Jordan Lund can’t make Episode 280, but fortunately, Paul S. Nowak makes his triumphant return, albeit pumped full of medication. Enjoy his drug-fueled babbling as he waxes poetic on the virtues of playing social networking games while high. He was lucid enough to discuss the following news items with the gang, however: Cryptic calls for […]
Episode 280: Episode 280: Full of Drugs and an XCOM Contest
September 26th, 2012 · 18 Comments
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Episode 272: Whinny 8
July 25th, 2012 · 4 Comments
This week’s Gaming Podcast deals with Jordan Lund discussing how much negative flak Windows 8 has been getting, Daniel Quick being his usual Canadian self, Paul Nowak returning triumphantly, and Jonah Falcon just taking infamy in stride. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the derided Super Pitfall! for the NES. As far as the news: “Super-slim” […]
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Mass Effect 3: What REALLY Went Wrong, And How To Fix It
March 22nd, 2012 · 5 Comments
NOTE: THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE ENDING AND EVENTS OF MASS EFFECT 3. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WISH THE GAME TO BE SPOILED FOR YOU. In this day and age, one learns to take internet outrage with a heavy dollop of salt. The videogame community tends to be reactionary in the worst way, […]
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Episode 253: Future Generation
February 29th, 2012 · 13 Comments
This week, Paul is still not available, which is unfortunate, since the Gaming Flashback is the classic DuckTales for the NES. There’s also a bunch of scintillating news items including: Pachter: Nintendo “Blew It” With Wii U, “In Disarray” Bethesda hiring talent for Xbox 720, PlayStation 4 game EA reveals Mass Effect 3 preorders well […]
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Episode 242: All Nude Podcast
December 7th, 2011 · 7 Comments
Since Paul is not in this week’s episode, Jonah and Jordan do the podcast completely nude, to help boost ratings. While being naked, rather than a Gaming Flashback, this week is a Gaming Preview, and Jonah and Jordan discuss the recently announced South Park: The Game, developed by Obsidian. The other news covered includes: Electronic […]
Tags: electronic arts · playstation 3 · Podcast · RPG · Show Notes · Sony
Episode 239: This Episode is DRM-free
November 16th, 2011 · 4 Comments
This week, Paul is too busy unpacking in his new home in California, so it’s just Jonah and Jordan, as the news mainly deals with DRM. The Gaming Flashback this week is the Activision racer The Great American Cross-Country Road Race, while this week’s Gaming History doesn’t focus on a video game company or developer, […]
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Episode 236: Now With Pandas
October 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments
This week, Paul is not around, as Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss the latest news, which includes pandas. Lots and lots of pandas. That, and a Gaming History profile on David Crane. The news this week includes: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced Sony: April PSN outage has resulted in improved service Deep […]
Tags: Industry News · MMO · playstation 3 · Podcast · Show Notes · starcraft · world of warcraft
Episode 232: Remember Pong?
September 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments
This week, there’s no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there is a ton of news and Reader Feedback as Paul is finally present to react to some hate mail. The news includes some huge items, like: No PSN unless you waive lawsuit Netflix adds game rentals to Qwikster DC Universe Online goes free-to-play Xbox […]
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Episode 221: Fireworks
July 6th, 2011 · 7 Comments
It’s the Smurfiest post-Fourth of July podcast ever, as Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund look back at the ColecoVision classic Smurfs: Rescue from Gargamel’s Castle, probably the easiest videogame ever Smurfed. If that weren’t Smurfy enough, Jonah and Jordan, working without Paul S. Nowak this week, also check out this week’s Smurfy news: Xbox 720 […]
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2M Users Sign Up for COD: Elite Beta
June 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Activision’s Dan Amrich posted in his One of Swords blog that two million users have signed up Call of Duty: Elite‘s beta, who said the number “blew his mind” when “they hit that number in less than two weeks. That should give the dev team at Beachhead plenty to work with to kick off the beta, which officially starts […]
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