Videogame Roundtable

Episode 359: New York State of Mind

This week's episode of Gaming Podcast features the first news of 2019 for the podcast, and there's some juicy items to discuss. There's no Gaming Flashback, but there is more discussion of the latest Civilization VI: Gathering Storm civs to be discussed.
The news includes:
"Exciting Halo: The Master Chief Collection news" teased for SXSW 2019
EA cancels open-world Star Wars game
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is getting turn-based combat later this week
Let us know what you think.

Episode 358: Best Games of 2018 - A Rambling Recap

This week's episode has no news, despite the beginning of 2019 having some earth-shattering news items, which will be discussed next week, probably.
Instead, Jonah, TJ and Scott talk about their favorite games of 2018. Let us know which game was your favorite last year.

Episode 357: Goodbye, 2018!

This is the last podcast of 2018, and the next episode will be our Games of the Year announcement. Until then, we snark at Pewdiepie, and check some of the news ending the year. This week's news includes:
Steam Xbox One cross-play tools hinted
Americans can get Assassin's Creed Odyssey free from Google
Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues
Inca announced for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Let us know what your Game of the Year is.

Episode 356: Valve Running Out of Steam

Valve continues to have problems in the wake of Epic (and now Discord) giving developers more of the earnings pie, as the year draws to a close. Meanwhile, T.J. explains his gamertag. This week's episode includes the following news items:
Developers do not believe Steam is worth it anymore
Canada announced for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Studio Wildcard’s Atlas is delayed by a week
Rainbow Six Siege chat filter and toxicity update
Let us know what your favorite game of 2018 was.

Episode 355: Civving Up

This week's episode is full of industry news in the wake of The Game Awards. There wasn't many news items but there was plenty to talk about with the Awards, especially with this week's Gaming Flashback, Unlimited Adventures. This week's news items include:
Rumor: Starfield in trouble
Epic launching Steam rival
Maori announced as second civ for Gathering Storm
Let us know what you think.

Episode 354: Power Outage

Last week's podcast couldn't be uploaded thanks to some good old-fashioned California power outages. This week's episode is full of snark -- enjoy. The news items include:
PlayStation Classic using PAL versions for several games regardless of region
Bethesda apologizes about Fallout 76 launch
Fortnite surpasses 200 million players
No Man's Sky Visions update improves diversity
Let us know what you think.

Episode 353: Excelsior!

The news cycle has begun to explode, as the holiday season looms and Black Friday in sight. Jonah and TJ get into a heated argument about Destiny 2, to liven up the proceedings after the bummer of Stan Lee's death. This week's news include:
Obsidian and inXile join Microsoft Studios
Stan Lee dies at 95
Destiny 2 director assures players Bungie is "not disappointed" with Forsaken
The Question of the Week is indeed "How would you fix Destiny 2?"

Episode 352: Red Dead Arrival

Jonah and TJ finally got to play Red Dead Redemption 2, and discuss how great it is and how disappointing it is at the same time. Great and disappointing can also describe the Gaming Flashback with 2008's Mirror's Edge, along with its awesome theme song, which Jonah is addicted to. The news this week includes:
Nintendo recommits to “keep the business going” for 3DS
Capcom has “high expectations” for Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2
Pachter: Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC in April
Let us know if you've been playing Red Dead Redemption 2.