Videogame Roundtable

Episode 309: A Man Chooses

The Gaming Podcast is back after a week off, and it celebrates the 10th year anniversary of BioShock with its own Gaming Flashback. They also touch on its sequels, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite. It's not all BioShock, however, as the following news items are discussed:
Bethesda Game Of Thrones project potentially leaked
PUBG becomes the biggest game on Steam
$200 price cut brings HTC Vive down to $599
Thimbleweed Park’s arcade is now open
Let us know if you enjoyed any of the BioShock games.

Episode 308: Sterling Reviews

This week's episode is 50% longer as the first 20 minutes or so are devoted to the reaction to Jim Sterling's explosive review of Hellblade and his subsequent recanting later that day. This week has no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there are six news items to make up for it. The items include:
EA talks about Nintendo Switch support
Rainbow Six: Siege "Operation Blood Orchid" update launches August 29
Myth-inspired RTS Deadhold charges into Early Access later this month
No Man's Sky "Atlas Rises" update adds story content and "limited" online co-op
EA says Star Wars: Battlefront "lacked long-term goals”
Moons of Madness is Lovecraftian horror on Mars
Let us know what you think.

Episode 307: That Splat Ain't Mayo

This week's episode not only has a Gaming Flashback, but a Gaming History as well. The Flashback looks at the hardware intensive PC game Crysis, while the Gaming History looks at one of the bigger crowdfunding fiascos, Starforge. Jonah also reminds viewers that the "mayo" in the Splatfest for Splatoon 2 probably wasn't actually mayo. This week's news items include:
Lexington video game company sues after personal information posted online
New game combines monster taming and Stardew Valley
Respawn: "We're doing more Titanfall"
Destiny 2 will not offer customization of imported characters
Question of the Week: "What two games would you like to see combined?"

Episode 306: Jonah Bashes Zelda, Gets Snarked

This week's episode features Jonah being seriously critical of the Zelda series and getting the aghast reactions from his co-hosts (and probably the internet at large). The crew also discusses games on laptops and dreaming about the games they'd played. There's another Gaming Flashback this week, 2007's Game of the Year, Yaris. This week's news includes:
Night Trap 25th Anniversary Edition to haunt PS4 and PC players in August
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy spotted with Xbox One controls
Dragon Quest XI coming West next year
Assassin's Creed Origins director says game won't be on Nintendo Switch
The Question of the Week: "What game do you play most on your laptop?"

Episode 305: Peggling Peggles

Last week's episode was torpedoed by audio issues (who knows, maybe they'll come back in a outtakes episode), so this week returns with half old news and half new news. The Gaming Flashback returns with a vengeance with the classic Popcap game Peggle -- which came out while Gaming Podcast debuted! This week's new/old news includes:
Atari's 'PC technology-based' Ataribox will echo NES Classic, crowdfunding campaign coming
PC release of Classic action-RPG Ys Seven announced
Possible Xbox One X wireless module passes through FCC
New trademark sparks rumours of ‘Nintendo 64 Classic’ console release
Also, there's a Question of the Week -- listen in and let us know what you think.

Episode 304: Nintendo's Lawyers

Nintendo is the main focus of this week's episode, but we can't discuss the company too much or they'll sic their lawyers on the podcast. Other than that, there's plenty of safe things to discuss. This week's episode includes:
Evil Genius 2 in development at Rebellion
Nobody can find the source code for Icewind Dale II
Breath of the Wild players will learn more about Zelda in The Champions’ Ballad DLC
Where are all the Nintendo Switch game ports?
Also, learn about who won the contest, which was decided by the roll of a die.

Episode 303: The Sims 4 Contest Part 2

The The Sims 4 contest is still going on this week, with the winner to be announced in Episode 471. The crew gets back to discussing news, but as is usual, it's a light week in July. This week's news items include:
Starcraft Remastered is coming in August in 4K
Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot boxes spark pay-to-win fears
Only main player will progress in Far Cry 5 story
Destiny 2's getting rid of random perk rolls for loot and the response is divided
Nintendo Switch Virtual Console will be the only way you can play certain Super Mario games
Again, The Sims 4 Contest is only eligible for US entrants.

Episode 302: The Sims 4 Code Giveaway

It's Contest Time, as Gaming Podcast is giving away a swag bag that includes The Sims 4 and some videogame merch from E3. Most of the 87 minute podcast deals with more E3 talk, and 5 minutes spend on news items. This week's news includes:
Everything known about the Ataribox so far
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered standalone release confirmed
Gigantic launching in July, escapes Windows 10
Let us know what you thought of E3 this week in the comments.