Category: Podcast Episodes

Episode 55 – Control Released! Astral Chain Released! Telltale Games Revived

Episode 55 – Control Released! Astral Chain Released! Telltale Games Revived

recorded on 8/30/2019 Control released on Tuesday to an 81 and Astral Chain released today to an 87 metacritic score Telltale games is getting revived as another company buys all their assets (IGN) LCG...

Episode 54 – GamesCom News!

Episode 54 – GamesCom News!

recorded on 8/23/2019 GamesCom news for Xbox and Inside Xbox information PvP mode Ghost War from Ghost Recon Breakpoint Metro Exodus’ The Two Colonels DLC and is available now Release trailer of free-to-play loot...

Episode 53 – No Big News

Episode 53 – No Big News

recorded 8/16/2019 Square Enix has cancelled a game tournament in the wake of recent death threats (IGN) Game: Starwing Paradox (Japan exclusive arcade title) After what happened with Kyoto Animation, they aren’t taking any...

Episode 52 – Transparency in loot boxes, Video game violence

Episode 52 – Transparency in loot boxes, Video game violence

recorded on 8/9/2019 Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo put out statements about the transparency of loot boxes (Wired) Michael Warnecke, chief counsel of the ESA, spoke at an FTC panel on loot boxes He said...

Episode 51 – Ninja leaving Twitch, 1st Fortnite World Cup

Episode 51 – Ninja leaving Twitch, 1st Fortnite World Cup

recorded on 8/2/2019 Ninja is going to be streaming exclusively on MIxer and not Twitch; some quotes below (Kotaku) “I know this may come as a shock to many of you, but as of...

Episode 49 – Cigarettes fully censored in Gears 5

Episode 49 – Cigarettes fully censored in Gears 5

recorded 7/19/2019 Cigarettes to be fully censored in Gears 5 cuz of Youth Anti-Tobacco Org (reddit, PCGamesN) Rod Ferguson, the creative director of the Gears of War franchise, stated the following: “I’ve always been...

Episode 48 – Nintendo Switch Lite Officially Unveiled

Episode 48 – Nintendo Switch Lite Officially Unveiled

recorded on 7/12/2019 The Nintendo Switch Lite officially unveiled on Wednesday and will launch in the Fall (Nintendo) Dedicated to handheld play, has better battery life, and does not have a kickstand Available in...

Episode 47 – EA is tired of being labelled the “bad guy”

Episode 47 – EA is tired of being labelled the “bad guy”

recorded on July 5, 2019 Headliners EA is tired of being labeled the “bad guy” in the gaming industry.  Matt Bilbey (EA exec VP: Strategic Growth) is candid about the current perceptions surrounding the...

Episode 46 – US & China tariffs affects gamers, new Sony patent to reduce loading times

Episode 46 – US & China tariffs affects gamers, new Sony patent to reduce loading times

recorded on June 28, 2019 In Memory Etika, prominent smash youtuber and streamer, dies at age 29 from suicide. Headliners Little Bits The next gen Xbox and Playstation could be more expensive due to...