Videogame Roundtable

Episode 467: The Best (and Worst) Games of the Year 2021

2021 is finally over. And for the first time in years, a proper Games of the Year Awards has been done by GameStooge/TD Gaming Podcast. While the Worst Game of the Year was a no doubter, the Best Game of the Year was not, with the nominees being Deathloop, Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Metroid Dread and Psychonauts 2.
But there are a whopping 26 award categories, technical and artistic, so listen in on this fat 2 1/2 hour episode to find out who the winners are.
Original music by Liborio Conti.

Episode 466: The Bad Awards Before the Good Ones

This one and a three-quarters hour podcast talks about the silly awards show known as The Game Awards (formerly Spike TV's Game Awards). Let us know what you thought of the Awards show, the nominees and the winners.

Episode 465: Bobby Kotick Is Terrible

This week comments on the crapshow that is going on with most of the third party publishers. That, and some updates to games that people really care about. The news includes:
Bethesda shows another brief tease of Starfield
Kotick reportedly says he'll consider leaving if he can't fix Activision Blizzard's culture problems
Minecraft 1.18 'Caves and Cliffs Update' Part Two is officially available on all platforms
Let us know what you think.

Episode 464: Nintendo Dislikes Virtual

This is the second attempt at Episode 464, as the previous episode had bad audio, and was boring to boot. This week's episode features a lot of questionable content, as well as a Dark Souls Gaming Flashback. The news includes:
Surprise Halo Infinite multiplayer launch buckles Steam servers
Grand Theft Auto Trilogy back on PC after Rockstar removes 'unintentionally included' files
Microsoft adds 76 more games to Xbox backwards compatibility
Nintendo explains why there is no virtual console on Switch
Let us know what you think.

Episode 463: Sweet Bastion

This week's episode features a Gaming Flashback of Bastion, Supergiant Games' first title, and a proto-version of 2020's Hades. The discussion includes around their other two games as well, Transistor and Pyre. They also discuss how far Ubisoft is falling, and Jonah tries to convince the others how cool a metaverse would be for games. The news of the week includes:
Ubisoft announces plans to develop Play-To-Earn, Blockchain and NFT Games
Sega and Microsoft explore strategic alliance
Microsoft is planning 3D metaverse apps
Let us know what you think.

Episode 462: Chipmunk Voice

What's with the title? Stick to the end of the episode to find out. Meanwhile, this week was fairly slow and it was tough finding things to talk about -- Minecraft has been in the news a lot lately.
Microsoft is 'definitely not done' acquiring studios
Company sells new PS5 plate design
Minecraft Java Edition and Bedrock Edition are coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC
Let us know what you think.

Episode 461: The Core Nintendo Franchises

This week, Jonah, Scott and TJ have a huge debate over which franchises are the core ones for Nintendo. Mario and Zelda are the easy first two, but who is the third? Scott is also invested in what will be the next major Minecraft addition. There's also a Gaming Flashback, looking at a minor roleplaying game from 2011, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which has no relevance in 2021.
Nintendo Switch developers say they already have 4K dev kits
Dragon Age 4 is heading to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC only
Bloodlines 2 came close to being cancelled completely
Mobs announced for fan vote ahead of Minecraft Live
Let us know what you think the third major Nintendo franchise is.

Episode 460: Them New World Bots

The hottest new MMO is out, New World, and it's been dominating the news this week, along with other MMOs.
New World bots flood fishing spots, so players bring boars to kill them
Offline version of MMO Dragon Quest 10 hits Japan in February
Metroid Prime 3 developer reveals scrapped open world plans
Sora revealed as the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter
Wasteland 3's final DLC is out now
Let us know what you think.