- Episode 501: The Official Levis Episode

Episode 501: The Official Levis EpisodeEpisode 501: The Official Levis Episode

May 13, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This episode follows the landmark 500th episode, and this next episode is dominated by Nintendo, both in the news and looking back at the Gaming Flashback for Wii Music and the infamous E3 performance starring Reggie Fils-Aime and Cammie Dunaway.

The news includes:

Nintendo Labo first week sales sluggish in Japan, UK
Atari announces Atari VCS pre-sale begins May 30th on IndieGogo
Eastfound looks to scratch that retro Zelda itch
Nintendo starts moving to a Wii-like “non-gamer” strategy for the Switch

All of this and Listener Feedback.

Episode 500: Celebration Time!Episode 500: Celebration Time!

April 23, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:17 pm

After 11 years, VGRT Gaming Podcast, nee “Technical Diversions (TD) Gaming Podcast”, has hit the magic 500th episode, with not only former co-host Paul Nowak joining in on the celebration, but 2Old2Play’s Derek Nolan and former co-host Dan Quick sending their congrats as well. Paul’s presence is the go-ahead to give TJ and Scott permission to razz Jonah to no end, while Parker Brother board games are compared. This week’s Gaming Flashback is World of Goo.

The news for this magical 500th episode includes:

“King of Kong” star stripped of high scores, banned from competition
Croteam and Devolver promise a “brutally bigger” new Serious Sam
SNK teasing its own classic compilation console
Nintendo overhauls parental control app for Switch

Question of the Week: “If you were a classic Parker Brothers board game, which would you be?”

[Song: “The Field Of Cormallen” by David Arkenstone.]

Episode 499: A Long DelayEpisode 499: A Long Delay

April 12, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:40 pm

Yeah, we recorded this on April 2 and are just releasing this on April 12 — because during this time Jonah went to PAX East, then visited his mother in NYC, and things have calmed down about now. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the overly cute LittleBigPlanet… and to think it was a major topic of conversation in the early days of the podcast. How time has passed.

This week’s news items include:

You can play de_dust2 in Far Cry Arcade
No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One later this year

You’d think that wouldn’t be enough news for 90 minutes, but that’s ok. We go off on tangents all the time.

Episode 498: Part Men, Part Games, All PodcastEpisode 498: Part Men, Part Games, All Podcast

April 2, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:42 pm

This week’s podcast is a little late thanks to life interrupting, but better late than never. We discuss the Gaming Flashback, Robocop, and other weird tangeants that have nothing to do with videogames.

The news this week includes:

PUBG is “considering” region-locked servers
Rare cancels planned Sea of Thieves “death cost” after player complaints
Red Dead Redemption 2 leak teases Battle Royale Mode

All this and Listener Feedback.

Episode 497: Only Three More Til 500Episode 497: Only Three More Til 500

March 25, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:19 pm

The podcast slowly inches towards the magic 500th episode of Gaming Podcast, representing over 11 years of yakking about video games. For a Gaming Flashback, the gang looks at arguably the last good Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy. They also discuss the phenomenon that is Fortnite.

As for the gaming news, this week includes:

Atari reveals Ataribox, renamed Atari VCS
Ys: Memories of Celceta will arrive on PC this summer
Fortnite is already the second highest grossing game on iOS
Top Fortnite streamer Ninja earns $500,000 per month

Do you play Fortnite? Let us know.

Episode 496: Two Becomes ThreeEpisode 496: Two Becomes Three

March 18, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:42 pm

This week starts with two hosts and mysteriously turns into three without any warning. It’s scary. Otherwise, this week’s Gaming Flashback is the source of scorn from the hosts: Spore. Yes, SimEverything was SimDisappointing. Listen in and find out why.

The news for this week includes:

Xbox head tweets support of PS4/Xbox One crossplay on Fortnite
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has already sold 500,000 copies
Writer Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare for a second time

Let us know what you think.

Episode 495: Monster Hunting BrosEpisode 495: Monster Hunting Bros

March 12, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:03 am

This week, Scott and T.J. talk about playing Monster Hunter World on their PlayStation 4’s, while Jonah talks about how bad his experience with the console version of Prey was. Everyone talks about their impressions of the Gaming Flashback this week: Fallout 3.

This week’s news includes:

The state of Washington passes law to protect Net Neutrality
Rumor: a new XCOM 2 expansion may be coming soon
State of Decay 2 will be released in May
Fortnite is now the most watched game on Twitch, doubling PUBG‘s viewer count

Let us know what you think!

Episode 494: Power OutageEpisode 494: Power Outage

March 4, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:31 pm

This episode’s release was delayed by Spectrum internet problems which can be sorted with a VPN like cubik thanks to rain caused by El Niño, but that didn’t stop Jonah from enjoying the Turtles. The news was slow this week, so there’s a lot of banter about why Gaming Flashback title Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the best reviewed games of all-time, and how the crew thought it sucked. Maybe it was because of Roman constantly asking them if they’d like to go bowling or something.

This week’s news includes:

CD Projekt touts Cyberpunk 2077 as a “blockbuster franchise”
Minecraft Chemistry update goes live
Bandai Namco outlines plans to address Dragon Ball FighterZ online issues

Let us know what you thought of Grand Theft Auto IV.

Episode 493: Finally, After Three TriesEpisode 493: Finally, After Three Tries

February 25, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:23 am

So, two weeks ago, the audio was so corrupted, there was nothing that could be salvaged. A week later, the podcast only had one track working, so it was like Jonah speaking to imaginary people only he could hear. This podcast is finally perfect, with Rock Band being the Gaming Flashback.

This week’s news includes:

System Shock reboot that raised $1.3M on Kickstarter is now on “hiatus”
Dragon Ball FighterZ’s premium DLC characters revealed
Rumor: Diablo III is coming to Nintendo Switch

Let us know what you think.

Episode 492: Dragon Ball Fighter TJEpisode 492: Dragon Ball Fighter TJ

February 4, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:05 am

This week, TJ talks about how much he’s loving Dragon Ball Fighter Z, and how he enjoys using one character’s OP exploit to take down opponents with breathtaking quickness. Jonah brings up doing a special podcast, like Paul, Jordan and Jennifer did with Doctor Who, except with Star Trek this time.

All this and this week’s news, which includes:

Sega teams up with Heavy Rain lead designer’s new studio to publish “narrative-driven” game
Rainbow Six: Siege tweet suggests upcoming PS4 Pro & Xbox One X support
Microsoft’s Mixer streaming service to get Twitch-style tipping
FIFA E-World Cup forced to switch to Xbox due to PSN outage

This week’s Question of the Week is “What game have you ended up playing til sunrise?”