Videogame Roundtable

Episode 254: Pursuit of Happiness

This week's episode morphs from a discussion about abusive workplace practices to pharmaceutical company practices. Otherwise, it's just a discussion about the games people play and the people who play them. Also, a bunch of pop culture discussion.
This week's news includes:
GameStop to launch video game publishing division
Sources leak potential Nintendo NX and controller specs online
Nintendo’s cloud-like patent approved
Ark: Survival Evolved lawsuit settled
The Question of the Week, "What games are you looking forward to this coming Summer?"

Episode 253: Light It Up

The number of the episode does not escape notice from the podcast crew, especially a week before April 20. Aside from that, much is made of the release of Dark Souls III, which T.J. Denzer enthusiastically enjoys. The despicable firing of Alison Rapp is also noted from the unaired podcast recorded last week.
This week's news includes:
Former head of Rockstar North sues developer, alleges $150M in unpaid royalties
Oculus apologizes for Rift shipment delay, taking steps to speed delivery
The Nintendo NX might include Wii U ports
Forbes claims Nintendo NX will likely output 4K
Let us know what you think!

Episode 252: Virtual Reality

This week's episode is full of pop culture... well, most of it got sliced off as outtakes, but there's still plenty of pop culture. What there is a lot of these days is virtual reality, and none of it even involves the Virtual Boy. Jonah, Scott and T.J. discuss some of the rumors going on as well.
The news this week includes:
Fallout 4’s Far Harbor will be bigger than any previous Bethesda expansion
Outer Rim DLC for Star Wars: Battlefront still having issues
Sony hints PlayStation VR may come to PC
Let us know what you think.

Episode 251: Potter Rage

This week's episode runs pretty long as TJ Denzer returns from his bowling trip. Scott goes ballistic over the Harry Potter franchise with Twilight, and other than that, a lot of pop culture discussion.
This week's news includes:
Nintendo deletes every stage by prominent Mario Maker speedrunner
Telltale’s take on Batman will be M-rated, launches this summer
Original Diablo design docs show it was to be a classic turn-based rogue-like
30 launch titles for Oculus Rift revealed, each with "Comfort" ratings
Mass Effect developer wore new IP on T-shirt, says no one noticed
This week's Question of the Week, "What game editors have you used?"

Episode 250: One In, One Out

This week is a celebration of the 250th episode of the Videogame Roundtable, and Dan Quick is back for the special edition, joining fellow Polycaster Scott Dirk. However, TJ Denzer was at the bowling alley, so he wasn't available. There's a lot of Cards Against Humanity and Town of Salem talk, as well as a lot of long-missed byplay between Dan and Jonah Falcon. Unfortunately, Paul Nowak couldn't make it.The news this week includes:Bethesda working on a “bleeding-edge” RPG Diablo II gets first official patch since 2011 Forza Motorsport 6: Apex won't crossplay with Xbox One version Nintendo explains why only the New 3DS plays SNES games U.S. DoJ increases hostility towards Apple in latest court filingLet us know what you think.

Episode 249: Blowing Winds

Unfortunately, we had to skip a week despite recording a good podcast thanks to technical difficulties - don't worry, we'll air it at some point in the near future. It was a good episode. This episode had its own issues, as Jonah was unable to record the podcast at home, so he was outside in the New York City night air podcasting with TJ and Scott.
This week's news includes:
Microsoft cancels Fable Legends, closes Press Play Studios, considers shuttering Lionhead Studios UK
Report: SpinTires developer sabotaged his own game
10 months later, MAME finishes its transition to open source
Valve announces The Lab, a compilation of free VR "experiments"
Let us know what you think.

Episode 247: We've Done Better

This week's podcast isn't the best, but at least we tried, right? There's a lot of chatter, and Scott gets really angry at people criticizing Star Wars.
This week's news items includes:
Iranian state television mistakes Medal of Honor footage for reality
Street Fighter 5 Arcade Mode being considered
Experimental 5D data storage could store 360TB of games for 13.8 billion years
Ubisoft boasts about The Division beta’s huge numbers
HTC's Vive VR Tech will launch in April priced at $799
This week' Question of the Week: "When, if ever, will you be getting VR?"

Episode 246: Baldur's Gaming Podcast

Jonah survived the cold snap, and everything is okay - we think. There's not much to this podcast except for the extensive discussions on completely unrelated topics.
The news this week includes:
The Chinese Room gearing up to announce a new game
“Who wouldn't want to take on” Baldur’s Gate 3, says former Bioware writer
New rumor has Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Horizon 3 coming to Windows 10
id Software: DOOM reboot single player campaign around 13 hours
Question of the Week: “What is your favorite FPS?”