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This week’s episode focuses on the Patreon disaster and a major expansion for an important strategy game. Even more shockingly, the crew manage to remain on topic and not drift off into discussions about superheroes or global politics.

The news discussions include:

• Patreon’s service fees anger creators, patrons
• Civilization VI: Rise and Fall announced
• Bungie admits “we’ve made mistakes”
• New Game Boy game released

Let us know what your favorite games of 2017 are!

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This week’s episode is unremarkable. Don’t expect any surprise guests or news, just a lot of chatting about comics and wandering way off the topic of video games.

The news items for the week are:

• Valve implements methods to curtail Steam review bombing
• Matsuda insists Deus Ex not being discontinued
• Star Citizen releases new video, makes another $500K in a Day
• Kamiya wants to work on Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe remakes

Let us know what you think.

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This week’s podcast was delayed in publishing thanks to the holiday week being more hectic than usual. However, better late than never, and there’s even some listener feedback included!

The news items include:

• Valkyria Chronicles 4 is mobilizing for deployment in the west in 2018
• Clicker Heroes 2 developer abandons microtransaction model citing ethical concerns
• Rainbow Six Siege is getting a high-tech ninja named Vigil
• Minecraft is adding tridents, shipwrecks, dolphins and coral reefs in Spring 2018

Let us know what you think.

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This week’s podcast has been seriously delayed due to Jonah’s computer going belly up, then having to deal with reinstalling everything. Not to worry, however, since everything on the old hard drive was saved, learn more at desky.com.au. If that weren’t enough, Jonah is enjoying his new Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition.

The news of the week includes:

• EA responds to community criticism of Battlefront 2 unlock system
• L.A. Noire remaster requires 29GB, forcing Switch version to require MicroSD card
• Physical media still “nation’s format of choice” for video games, says eBay
• Xbox One S available for lowest price yet

If that weren’t enough, there’s about 30 minutes of outtakes we’re saving for the future as the gang talks about 2018. But that’s for an Outtakes episode.

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This particular episode becomes a little sleepy as one host actually falls asleep during recording. Guess which one. After last week’s episode only partially uploaded, the Gaming Flashback for Okami is actually an insert, too.

The news items include:

• It’s a big week for new game releases on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC
• Lego Dimensions comes to an early end after two years
• Why Xbox One backward compatibility took so long
• Ex-BioWare says Anthem is an example of EA’s monetization plans

Let us know what you think — without falling asleep first.

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This week’s Gaming Flashback has no cake — instead it’s the history of Portal. The guys try to keep the podcast meme-free as they discuss Valve’s first person puzzle platformer.

There’s also non-Portal related news items, too:

• Chris Avellone may be teasing a new Fallout game
• Street Fighter 5 will finally get an arcade mode in 2018
• The SNES Classic has been hacked
• Telltale patch removes assassinated ambassador from Batman: The Enemy Within

Let us know what you think in the Comments section.

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As the episode title would imply, this week’s Gaming Flashback is Psychonauts, with Jonah revealing he’s a total fanboy and backed the sequel for over $800. He also has no idea what Oxenfree is, since he hadn’t played it yet. (He has, and realizes he was completely wrong about it being like Cabin in the Woods.)

The news:

• Captain Falcon was almost the mascot of the SNES
• Hackers have already infiltrated the Call of Duty: WWII open beta
• Assassin’s Creed: Origins‘ non-violent discovery tour update wants to teach you history

Let us know what you think.

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For some reason, this episode was never uploaded, though it was recorded two weeks ago. The Gaming Flashback is Mass Effect, and the news includes:

• After the fall update, development on Battleborn will cease
• Every Nintendo Switch may contain a hidden copy of NES Golf
• Divinity: Original Sin 2 boasts over 75,000 concurrent players on Steam

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This week is a week late due to various issues, but Hurricane Irma was not one of them, as Scott recorded his part of the podcast from Georgia, while Jonah and T.J. live far away from hurricane zones. In the meantime, T.J. goes from being disappointed with Destiny and being ecstatic with Destiny 2.

This week’s news includes:

• Destiny 2 passes 1 million concurrent users
• Half-Life writer posts possible Half-Life 2: Episode 3 plot
• American McGee is ready to make Alice 3
• Settlers of Catan is coming to virtual reality this year
• Act 1 of Homestuck adventure game Hiveswap coming out this month (from PC Gamer)
• Pewdiepie threatened DMCA takedown following his use of the N-word on stream
• Okami HD spotted for PC, PS4, Xbox One

This week’s Gaming Flashback is the original Assassin’s Creed. Let us know what you think of the game.

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The Gaming Podcast is back after a week off, and it celebrates the 10th year anniversary of BioShock with its own Gaming Flashback. They also touch on its sequels, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite.

It’s not all BioShock, however, as the following news items are discussed:

• Bethesda Game Of Thrones project potentially leaked
• PUBG becomes the biggest game on Steam
• $200 price cut brings HTC Vive down to $599
• Thimbleweed Park’s arcade is now open

Let us know if you enjoyed any of the BioShock games.