Videogame Roundtable

Episode 405: Remasteration

This week's episode is full of news that aren't described below, as the games the guys have played get a lot of analysis. The news, incidentally, includes:
Rumor: Diablo 2 remaster coming this year
Mafia Twitter account awakens after 2 years to say “Family”
Destiny 2 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
Let us know what you think.

Episode 404: Good Old Galaxy

This week's episode has no Gaming Flashback, but there is a lot of talk about how awesome the Good Old Games digital store is. The week's news items include:
GOG Galaxy 2.0 now includes your gaming subscriptions
Fallout 76 to add pets
Minecraft city was created by a team of professional builders
Xbox Series X design blends game console, speaker and projector into one
Let us know what you think.

Episode 403: Fallout: New Vegas Redux

This week's Gaming Flashback, Fallout: New Vegas, sets the crew on a long discussion of what made New Vegas good and Fallout 4 a failed sequel, and the inherent problems of the mainline Bethesda games as opposed to Obsidian's take. This week's news includes:
Nintendo "investigating" reports of accounts being breached
Nintendo gearing up for increased Switch production following global shortages
COVID-19 lockdowns have led to surges in popularity for survival and sports games
Animal Crossing trading is being ruined by absurd trader fees
Let us know if you, too, are obsessing over the latest Animal Crossing.

Episode 402: Red Dead Memories

The guys talk about Resident Evil 3 (and by extension Evolve), but most of the episode delves into the Gaming Flashback, Red Dead Redemption and its sequel Red Dead Redemption 2, focusing on where the original succeeded and where the sequel failed. The news items this week include:
Valorant closed beta rushes to 1.6M viewers on Twitch
Rumor: Resident Evil 8 is first-person, takes "serious departures", and will be out next year
E3 2020 won't hold an "online experience" after all
Let us know what you think!

Episode 401: Deathspank!

This week's Gaming Podcast is full of Animal Crossing, which Scott can't get enough of. You'd think TJ would be all over Resident Evil 3, but he reveals a plot twist, and talks about another game. Meanwhile. the Gaming Flashback is the titillatingly titled Deathspank. This week's news items include:
Resident Evil 3 Remake brings back unbreakable knives
Cities: Skylines' fishing-themed Sunset Harbor expansion is out next week
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting review bombed
Let us know what fish you've caught in Animal Crossing.

Episode 400: The 400th Episode!

The Videogame Roundtable has been around since 2009 and it's hit its 400th episode, separate from TD Gaming Podcast! Former co-host Dan Quick offers his congrats, and the guys discuss electronic music. This week's news includes:
E3 2020 cancelled
Resident Evil 3 remake demo lets you visit Raccoon City early this week
Xbox Live struggled to cope with demand last night
Be sure to listen to the outtakes after the end of the podcast!

Episode 399: NBA 2K20 Is Awful

Jonah goes off on a virulent rant about NBA 2K20 and the decline of the series as a whole, while offering milder criticism of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. There's no Gaming Flashbacks, but plenty of news. The news items include:
Another leak points to new Tony Hawk game arriving later this year
Horizon Zero Dawn is coming to PC this summer
2K returns to making NFL video games, but not a Madden competitor
Let us know what you think.

Episode 398: Xbox Series X and PS5 Go Pro

This week's episode features more news about the next generation of consoles, while the Gaming Flashback takes a look at the unfairly overlooked arcade racer Blur. The news includes:
Bloodstained's roguelike mode has been cancelled
Xbox Series X and PS5 to come with Pro variants
Obsidian's survival game of tiny children, Grounded, has a Steam page
Let us know what you think.