Videogame Roundtable

Episode 334: The Official Levis Episode

This episode follows the landmark 500th episode, and this next episode is dominated by Nintendo, both in the news and looking back at the Gaming Flashback for Wii Music and the infamous E3 performance starring Reggie Fils-Aime and Cammie Dunaway. The news includes:
Nintendo Labo first week sales sluggish in Japan, UK
Atari announces Atari VCS pre-sale begins May 30th on IndieGogo
Eastfound looks to scratch that retro Zelda itch
Nintendo starts moving to a Wii-like “non-gamer” strategy for the Switch
All of this and Listener Feedback.

Episode 333: Celebration Time!

After 11 years, VGRT Gaming Podcast, nee "Technical Diversions (TD) Gaming Podcast", has hit the magic 500th episode, with not only former co-host Paul Nowak joining in on the celebration, but 2Old2Play's Derek Nolan and former co-host Dan Quick sending their congrats as well. Paul's presence is the go-ahead to give TJ and Scott permission to razz Jonah to no end, while Parker Brother board games are compared. This week's Gaming Flashback is World of Goo. The news for this magical 500th episode includes:
"King of Kong" star stripped of high scores, banned from competition
Croteam and Devolver promise a "brutally bigger" new Serious Sam
SNK teasing its own classic compilation console
Nintendo overhauls parental control app for Switch
Question of the Week: "If you were a classic Parker Brothers board game, which would you be?"

Episode 332: A Long Delay

Yeah, we recorded this on April 2 and are just releasing this on April 12 -- because during this time Jonah went to PAX East, then visited his mother in NYC, and things have calmed down about now. This week's Gaming Flashback is the overly cute LittleBigPlanet... and to think it was a major topic of conversation in the early days of the podcast. How time has passed. This week's news items include:
You can play de_dust2 in Far Cry Arcade
No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One later this year
You'd think that wouldn't be enough news for 90 minutes, but that's ok. We go off on tangents all the time.

Episode 331: Part Men, Part Games, All Podcast

This week's podcast is a little late thanks to life interrupting, but better late than never. We discuss the Gaming Flashback, Robocop, and other weird tangeants that have nothing to do with videogames. The news this week includes:
PUBG is "considering" region-locked servers
Rare cancels planned Sea of Thieves “death cost” after player complaints
Red Dead Redemption 2 leak teases Battle Royale Mode
All this and Listener Feedback.

Episode 330: Only Three More Til 500

The podcast slowly inches towards the magic 500th episode of Gaming Podcast, representing over 11 years of yakking about video games. For a Gaming Flashback, the gang looks at arguably the last good Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy. They also discuss the phenomenon that is Fortnite. As for the gaming news, this week includes:
Atari reveals Ataribox, renamed Atari VCS
Ys: Memories of Celceta will arrive on PC this summer
Fortnite is already the second highest grossing game on iOS
Top Fortnite streamer Ninja earns $500,000 per month
Do you play Fortnite? Let us know.

Episode 329: Two Becomes Three

This week starts with two hosts and mysteriously turns into three without any warning. It's scary. Otherwise, this week's Gaming Flashback is the source of scorn from the hosts: Spore. Yes, SimEverything was SimDisappointing. Listen in and find out why. The news for this week includes:
Xbox head tweets support of PS4/Xbox One crossplay on Fortnite
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has already sold 500,000 copies
Writer Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare for a second time
Let us know what you think.

Episode 328: Monster Hunter Bros

This week, Scott and T.J. talk about playing Monster Hunter World on their PlayStation 4's, while Jonah talks about how bad his experience with the console version of Prey was. Everyone talks about their impressions of the Gaming Flashback this week: Fallout 3. This week's news includes:
The state of Washington passes law to protect Net Neutrality
Rumor: a new XCOM 2 expansion may be coming soon
State of Decay 2 will be released in May
Fortnite is now the most watched game on Twitch, doubling PUBG's viewer count
Let us know what you think!

Episode 327: Power Outage

This episode's release was delayed by Spectrum internet outage thanks to rain caused by El Niño, but that didn't stop Jonah from enjoying the Turtles. The news was slow this week, so there's a lot of banter about why Gaming Flashback title Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the best reviewed games of all-time, and how the crew thought it sucked. Maybe it was because of Roman constantly asking them if they'd like to go bowling or something. This week's news includes:
CD Projekt touts Cyberpunk 2077 as a "blockbuster franchise"
Minecraft Chemistry update goes live
Bandai Namco outlines plans to address Dragon Ball FighterZ online issues
Let us know what you thought of Grand Theft Auto IV.