Episodes
Episodes



Friday Mar 21, 2025
Episode 581: Five Nights
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
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The news this week:
The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered's PC specs and features detailed, as Sony reiterates no PSN account required, EA Sports College Football 26 to increase NIL payouts to $1,500, Palworld update 0.5.0 patch notes bring crossplay to the game, Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says 'it's a tragedy' his 2013 immigration sim now feels so on-the-nose, Xbox lists Hollow Knight: Silksong as part of "incredible" upcoming indie line-up, Apple & Google face antitrust charges as EU defies threat of Trump tariffs.
Let us know what you think.



Friday Mar 14, 2025
Episode 580: The Next Xbox
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Some of the minor news discussed include Defiance coming back 4 years after servers were shut down, BlizzCon 2025 not happening, Moon Studios going full indie, buying No Rest For the Wicked's publishing rights from Take-Two and Final Fantasy 16 PC version removing Denuvo Anti-tamper DRM. The Gaming Flashback is 2015's Bloodborne.The news includes:
Humble Games Showcase
Killing Floor 3 delayed to later in 2025
Next-gen Xbox reportedly coming in 2027, handheld rumored for this year
Let us know what you think.



Friday Mar 07, 2025
Episode 579: More Tony Hawk
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
This week, the guys discuss the fact that Cities: Skylines 2's asset editor is remaining a distant dream as Colossal Order is still working on it but says it's 'proven more technically challenging than initially anticipated', Western Digital sold their SSDs to SanDisk, and Naughty Dog boss says "don't bet" on there being a The Last of Us Part 3.The news includes:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 official announcement reveals deluxe edition with Doom Slayer
Call of Duty admits it's using generative AI to 'help develop some in-game assets'
Let us know what you think.



Friday Feb 21, 2025
Episode 578: More and More Layoffs
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
The guys discuss the week's goings-on, including Diablo speedrun sleuths proving a 15-year world record was fake after reverse-engineering the game and failing to replicate the run in 2.2 billion possible randomized dungeons, Call of Duty's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover costing $90, Valve releasing the Team Fortress 2 source code, and a mystery Tony Hawk remaster mentioned by pro skater involved in the game.
For the first time in years, we have a Gaming History: The Civilization II Eternal War.
The news includes:
Netflix culls staff at Oxenfree developer Night School Studio
Marvel Rivals team hit by layoffs despite major launch success
Days Gone Remastered $10 PS5 upgrade not available for game redemptions via PS Plus
Let us know what you think.



Monday Feb 17, 2025
VGRT Flashback: Episode 207
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
This episode was recorded on January 10, 2015, and was guest hosted by former Joystiq editor Andrew Yoon. He tragically passed away three weeks later.
Here are the original podcast notes:
This week's episode of Gaming Podcast has a special guest co-host, Andrew Yoon, formerly of Joystiq and currently in card game and video game development. The Gaming Flashback is the one that started them all: LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game. The slow news week includes:
DDoS service targeting PSN and Xbox powered by home Internet routers
Japanese console sales continued to slide in 2014
Evolve’s questionable bargain: pre-purchase to avoid the unlock grind
Sony delays PS4 in China
The Question of the Week: "What is your favorite, if any, LEGO videogames?"



Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Episode 577: Even More Switch 2 Stuff
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
The guys discuss a ton of topics off the cuff. They talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct airing on April 2, the PSN crash, lots of negative Civilization 7 reactions, Phasmophobia hitting 22m total sales, PlayStation and Steam quietly removing shovelware, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake selling and Dragon Quest 12 confirmed to still be in development.
Let us know what you think.



Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Episode 576: Free-For-All
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
This week, there's no notes, just talking about the current events, such as Microsoft's multiplatform strategy and the new games that have come out, especially Foundation, a city-builder in the style of The Settlers.
Let us know what you think.



Friday Jan 24, 2025
Episode 575: More Switch 2 Stuff
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
This week, Nintendo reveals the Switch 2 teaser video and Hello Kitty and Friends DLC has been released for Minecraft. Fun! The news also includes:
Retailer lists "New 3D Mario" and "Legend of Zelda Remake/Remaster" under 2025 games
Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled
Nintendo Switch 2 rumored to get at least 5 Xbox games
Let us know what you think.

GameStooge Lives!
This podcast originated on Gamestooge.com, which was shuttered a long time ago. On Feburary 26, 2010, the first episode was launched, and since then over 500 episodes have been released.
The regular hosts have included Jonah Falcon, Richard Elliott, Filippo Paris, Dan Quick, Jordan Lund, Paul Nowak, Scott Dirk and TJ Denzer.