Videogame Roundtable

Episode 300: Reunion Extravaganza

The landmark 300th episode was recorded two weeks ago, but the audio was absolutely terrible, with over a half-an-hour having to be excised. It's a pity, because it featured both Videogame Roundtable originals Paul Nowak and Jordan Lund guest-hosting for a massive (for this podcast) five-man crew.
To make up for it, Jonah and T.J. recorded a half-hour discussion of upcoming games that they might check out at E3.
There won't be a podcast for another 3 weeks, until E3 is over, so for now. Enjoy the podcast, and sorry for the middle hour -- the audio cleans up in the last part.

Episode 299: Kill This Kitten For Fun

This episode continues to have some audio issues thanks to Jonah leaving his expensive headset back in Los Angeles, forcing him to use his iPad once again as a mic. However, this week's episode is chock full of game goodness. This week's episode includes the following news items:
Dragon Quest XI battle system further detailed
Overwatch has earned Activision Blizzard over $1 billion in less than a year
Steam changes cross-country gifting and gift trading
DOTA 2 is getting a co-op campaign with a story
Let us know what you think.

Episode 298: No Frills

This week's episode is raw and unedited, since Jonah's laptop got fried. However, despite the audio issues and being posted via cell phone, the gang got off a pretty good show.
This week's news includes:
Overwatch pro ends career with stream of racial slurs
Don't expect Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy 7 remake until at least 2018
DOTA 2 will soon require competitors to cough up their phone number
Report: PlayStation VR bundle will come with required camera and one Move controller
The Question of the Week: "What kind of VR game would you want to play?"

Episode 297: EA's Star Wars Battlefront II plans

Since the podcast recording last Wednesday had audio issues and the news was, frankly, boring, the crew decided to record a new 297th episode on Easter Sunday, after some more interesting stuff was announced near the end of the week. That, and Scott expresses his enthusiasm for Thimbleweed Park, the spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, using a SCUMM-like interface. This week's news items include:
Diving into Project Scorpio’s backwards compatibility, 4K, VR, and 1080p support
Nintendo discontinues the NES Classic Edition
It looks like Star Wars: Battlefront II will ditch the Season Pass
All that and some Listener Feedback.

Episode 296: Not an April Fool's Episode

This week's episode has nothing to do with April Fool's Day, since that was a week ago. There's nothing surprising about the crew this time around, though Jonah does finally give his final (?) thoughts on Mass Effect: Andromeda, and Zelda keeps getting heavy praise. The Persona 5 news item alone spurred a ton of debate. This week's episode includes the following news:
Twitch and YouTube streamers slam Persona 5's video policy
Total War: Warhammer 2 announced with a new trailer
Valve only wants to sell you good games
Nintendo might have accidentally revealed that Pokemon is coming to the Switch
Let us know what you think of the heated discussions in the episode.

Episode 295: Nerd Rage

Jonah discusses his renewed views of Mass Effect: Andromeda after his long, long rant last week. It fits in with the theme of nerd rage in the news items, as well as some new games coming out. TJ and Scott talk about the games they've been enjoying in the past week as well, as the latter is burning through Pillars of Eternity so he can play Torment: Tides of Numenera and the eventual Pillars of Eternity II. This week's news includes:
Planescape: Torment 4K remaster comes out April 11
First Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer dated for April
World of Warcraft has changed how enemies scale, and players are very angry
Destiny 2 officially announced, teasing the fall of The Last City
Let us know what you think.

Episode 294: Messy Effect: Andromeda

This week's episode, which has been posted a little late due to life interruptions, has Jonah ranting about Mass Effect Andromeda, which T.J. and Scott pine for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wind. This week's news includes:
Report: JoyCon wireless issues caused by "manufacturing variation"
There is a way to transfer Switch save data, Nintendo just doesn’t want you to know
Alexander the Great will lead Macedon in Civilization 6
Let us know what you think.

Episode 293: PAX East 2017 Recap

Jonah Falcon is finally back from PAX East 2017, and related his experiences at the convention. Somehow, T.J.'s musings on Dune and the origins of Mini-Me come up during the discussion. Among the games discussed are Snake Pass, Earthfall, Dauntless, and Yonder. There's also some news discussed:
Payday owner Starbreeze to publish System Shock 3
Switch stock and sellouts could be a problem for Nintendo
Let us know what you think and post in the comments!