Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Viscera Cleanup Detail as they discuss how depressing the announcement of the Electronic Arts/NFL exclusive license extension is, promising more awful Madden titles.

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The podcast returns after a week off, and Scott also returns. The Gaming Flashback is another imfamous title, Acclaim’s BMX XXX, something Dave Mirra definitely did not approve of. The news features all sorts of Nintendo Switch items, too.

This week’s news includes:

• Metroid Prime Trilogy listed with June 19th release date
• Platinum insists Bayonetta 3 hasn’t been cancelled
• Pac-Man teams up with Minecraft to celebrate his 40th anniversary
• Ooblets releasing in early access ‘pretty soon’

Let us know what you think.

Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Maneater as they discuss some of the news of the day.

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This week, Paul fills in for Scott, who has more pressing issues than discussing videogames, though some very serious topics about them do pop up, such as how misogyny became pronounced in the hobby. The Gaming Flashback is one of the legendarily panned titles, Bomberman Act:Zero.

The news for this week includes:

• Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic
• Epic Games Store keyless integration with other digital stores announced
• Minecraft sales now exceed 200 million (from PC Gamer)
• Star Citizen will hold a free fly event starting this week

There’s also some Listener Feedback from longtime fan Ralf from Germany.

Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Prince of Persia 2008 as they discuss some of the news of the day.

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This week’s episode is full of news that aren’t described below, as the games the guys have played get a lot of analysis.

The news, incidentally, includes:

• Rumor: Diablo 2 remaster coming this year
• Mafia Twitter account awakens after 2 years to say “Family”
• Destiny 2 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X

Let us know what you think.

Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Gears Tactics as they discuss some of the news of the day.

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This week’s episode has no Gaming Flashback, but there is a lot of talk about how awesome the Good Old Games digital store is.

The week’s news items include:

• GOG Galaxy 2.0 now includes your gaming subscriptions
• Fallout 76 to add pets
• Minecraft city was created by a team of professional builders
• Xbox Series X design blends game console, speaker and projector into one

Let us know what you think.

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This week’s Gaming Flashback, Fallout: New Vegas, sets the crew on a long discussion of what made New Vegas good and Fallout 4 a failed sequel, and the inherent problems of the mainline Bethesda games as opposed to Obsidian’s take.

This week’s news includes:

• Nintendo “investigating” reports of accounts being breached
• Nintendo gearing up for increased Switch production following global shortages
• COVID-19 lockdowns have led to surges in popularity for survival and sports games
• Animal Crossing trading is being ruined by absurd trader fees

Let us know if you, too, are obsessing over the latest Animal Crossing.

Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Bus Simulator 18 as they discuss some of the news of the day.