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The number of the episode does not escape notice from the podcast crew, especially a week before April 20. Aside from that, much is made of the release of Dark Souls III, which T.J. Denzer enthusiastically enjoys. The despicable firing of Alison Rapp is also noted from the unaired podcast recorded last week.

This week’s news includes:

• Former head of Rockstar North sues developer, alleges $150M in unpaid royalties
• Oculus apologizes for Rift shipment delay, taking steps to speed delivery
• The Nintendo NX might include Wii U ports
• Forbes claims Nintendo NX will likely output 4K

Let us know what you think!

Electronic Arts has officially announced Titanfall 2, releasing a teaser trailer showing a Titan approaching a drop pod and unleashing a sword, bringing the series closer to Pacific Rim.

The publisher was pretty brief in its press release, simply announcing:

“From Respawn Entertainment, the studio that brought you the award-winning Titanfall, comes Titanfall 2. Check out the teaser trailer at Titanfall.com and get a glimpse of what awaits you on the Frontier.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the worldwide debut of Titanfall 2 at 1pm PT on Sunday, June 12 at EA PLAY.”

We’ll be at E3 2016, so when the show comes around, we’ll have all the info for you. It must be noted that EA won’t be on the show floor itself, however.

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This week’s episode is full of pop culture… well, most of it got sliced off as outtakes, but there’s still plenty of pop culture. What there is a lot of these days is virtual reality, and none of it even involves the Virtual Boy. Jonah, Scott and T.J. discuss some of the rumors going on as well.

The news this week includes:

• Fallout 4’s Far Harbor will be bigger than any previous Bethesda expansion
• Outer Rim DLC for Star Wars: Battlefront still having issues
• Sony hints PlayStation VR may come to PC

Let us know what you think.

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This week’s episode runs pretty long as TJ Denzer returns from his bowling trip. Scott goes ballistic over the Harry Potter franchise with Twilight, and other than that, a lot of pop culture discussion.

This week’s news includes:

• Nintendo deletes every stage by prominent Mario Maker speedrunner
• Telltale’s take on Batman will be M-rated, launches this summer
• Original Diablo design docs show it was to be a classic turn-based rogue-like
• 30 launch titles for Oculus Rift revealed, each with “Comfort” ratings
• Mass Effect developer wore new IP on T-shirt, says no one noticed

This week’s Question of the Week, “What game editors have you used?”

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This week is a celebration of the 250th episode of the Videogame Roundtable, and Dan Quick is back for the special edition, joining fellow PolyCaster Scott Dirk. However, TJ Denzer was at the bowling alley, so he wasn’t available. There’s a lot of Cards Against Humanity and Town of Salem talk, as well as a lot of long-missed byplay between Dan and Jonah Falcon. Unfortunately, Paul Nowak couldn’t make it.

The news this week includes:

• Bethesda working on a “bleeding-edge” RPG
• Diablo II gets first official patch since 2011
• Forza Motorsport 6: Apex won’t crossplay with Xbox One version
• Nintendo explains why only the New 3DS plays SNES games
• U.S. DoJ increases hostility towards Apple in latest court filing

Let us know what you think.

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Unfortunately, we had to skip a week despite recording a good podcast thanks to technical difficulties – don’t worry, we’ll air it at some point in the near future. It was a good episode. This episode had its own issues, as Jonah was unable to record the podcast at home, so he was outside in the New York City night air podcasting with TJ and Scott.

This week’s news includes:

• Microsoft cancels Fable Legends, closes Press Play Studios, considers shuttering Lionhead Studios UK
• Report: SpinTires developer sabotaged his own game
• 10 months later, MAME finishes its transition to open source
• Valve announces The Lab, a compilation of free VR “experiments”

Let us know what you think.

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This week’s podcast isn’t the best, but at least we tried, right? There’s a lot of chatter, and Scott gets really angry at people criticizing Star Wars.

This week’s news items includes:

• Iranian state television mistakes Medal of Honor footage for reality
• Street Fighter 5 Arcade Mode being considered
• Experimental 5D data storage could store 360TB of games for 13.8 billion years
• Ubisoft boasts about The Division beta’s huge numbers
• HTC’s Vive VR Tech will launch in April priced at $799

This week’ Question of the Week: “When, if ever, will you be getting VR?”

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Jonah survived the cold snap, and everything is okay – we think. There’s not much to this podcast except for the extensive discussions on completely unrelated topics.

The news this week includes:

• The Chinese Room gearing up to announce a new game
• “Who wouldn’t want to take on” Baldur’s Gate 3, says former Bioware writer
• New rumor has Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Horizon 3 coming to Windows 10
• id Software: DOOM reboot single player campaign around 13 hours

Question of the Week: “What is your favorite FPS?”

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This episode sees the debut of a new co-host, videogame writer T.J. Denzer, who joins Jonah Falcon and Scott Dirk for this long episode, discussing Star Wars, spoilers, and other news that didn’t make the cut. This week also has the first Gaming Flashback in over a year, taking a look at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

This week’s news includes:

• Mac and Linux versions of Batman: Arkham Knight canceled
• 22 year old eSports FIFA gamer signed by professional football club
• Nintendo cancels sleep tracking device
• Ant Simulator canceled after business partners spent money on booze and strippers

Question of the Week: “What is your favorite strategy game?”

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This podcast is delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, but there’s plenty of banter between Jonah and Scott, and 30 minutes of the podcast were removed to be aired as an outtakes at some point. Oh, and there’s plenty of cursing and NSFW content in this particular podcast, so be warned.

The news includes:

• Starbreeze announces it’ll build a VR arcade venue in Los Angeles
• Mighty No. 9 unexpectedly delayed by Comcept
• Nintendo NX set to be new face of Nintendo with busy 2016 planned
• Five Nights at Freddy’s World pulled from Steam

Let us know what you think.