This week’s episode features the crew heavily reminiscing about videogames that first got them excited about the hobby, while Jordan Lund surprisingly takes a contrary opinion that shocks the other podcasters. In addition to videogame news, the Gaming History takes a look at the Nintendo 64DD. This week’s news includes: Star Wars: The Old Republic […]
Episode 274: Shrinkydinks
August 8th, 2012 · 7 Comments
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Episode 268: Fake Maple Syrup
June 27th, 2012 · 4 Comments
In this episode of Gaming Podcast, Daniel Quick discusses how to become a true Canadian, while Jonah Falcon talks about making blond, green-eyed characters. There’s no Gaming Flashback this week, but plenty of news items. This week’s discussion: Nintendo announces XL version of Nintendo 3DS Dev claims Microsoft killed XBLA version of Stranger’s Wrath New […]
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Episode 264: This Podcast is DRM-Free
May 23rd, 2012 · 4 Comments
This week is full of gaming goodness as E3 slowly creeps up like kudzu, but there’s still plenty to talk about this week. For one, the Gaming Flashback is the classic Infocom game Planetfall. The news for the week: DICE has Frostbite-powered titles for 2013 that “will require a 64-bit OS” Actors confirm return to […]
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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 252: DuckTales
February 21st, 2012 · 7 Comments
This week, Paul can’t make it, so we bring on a Paul substitute, Dan Quick of the PolyCast podcast – and the show doesn’t skip a beat thanks to Dan behaving like Paul without realizing it. This week’s Gaming Flashback explodes like a blood sausage with Wasteland. This week’s news items include: Dashboard update gives […]
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Episode 246: Computer Specs
January 11th, 2012 · 3 Comments
CES 2012 is going strong, as Jonah and Jordan do tonight’s podcast without Paul, who is packing for a trip. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the notorious Custer’s Revenge, and a punch of intriguing news and rumors comprise this week’s topics: Fallout MMO rights belong to Bethesda as Interplay settles Pachter sez there’s “zero chance” […]
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Episode 241: Air Quotes
November 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments
This week features a long podcast, as there’s a ton of news to report. Jonah tries air quotes on a pure audio podcast, while Paul refuses to believe The Legend of Zelda: Skyword Sword failed to hit the top 10 in software sales. In addition, the Gaming Flashback checks out the JRPG Ys. This week’s […]
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Evolution of RPG’s – Gamers Don’t Want an End?
January 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments
I remember a day when old RPG games had either a level cap or a definite ending. From Pool of Radiance to Secrets of the Silver Blades to Final Fantasy the game had a final boss or stage and often had some type of level cap. Today, gamers don’t want it to end, they’d rather […]
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Gaming FlashBack: Baldur’s Gate
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Baldur’s Gate isn’t too old, it was released in November of 1998, but that’s still a bit dated now. The gaming industry isn’t friendly to the years, often working in what seems to be accelerated “dog years” in terms of technological advancements. It figured this was worth covering because it’s one of the best selling […]