Videogame Roundtable

Episode 217: Homestar Ruiner

This week's episode has bad audio, but at least it's short, due to Jonah's lingering laryngitis. Paul insists Homestar Runner hasn't been good in 15 years, while Jonah talks about the NES classic bomb Athena.
This week's news includes:
Nintendo Virtual Store to start selling N64 and DS games
Tim Schafer recommends Broken Age players start over from the beginning
Silent Hills is officially dead
All this and Listener Feedback.

Podcast Update - April 19 2015

Jonah and Paul send a brief missive about the current state of the podcast.

Episode 216: Get Some Board Games In

This episode was recorded on short notice thanks to last week's late posting, so the Listener Feedback that responded to 382 couldn't make it here. Paul and Jonah discuss some board games with remarkably similar themes they played in the past few days. Paul also waits for his compensation for The Sims Freeplay.
The news of the week includes:
Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Windows
Microsoft says open source Windows is "definitely possible"
OnLive shuts down streaming games service, sells patents to Sony
Mario Maker gets release date
No Listener Feedback this week, so the Question of the Week remains the same: "What do you think the future is for old games?"

Episode 215: Late But Not Too Late

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this episode was recorded on Monday, but despite the lateness, it's full of rich news items, including some very disturbing trends in videogames, as well as a question by a listener that got mental juices flowing. This week's Gaming Flashback is Professor Pac-Man.
The news items include:
Headteachers in UK threaten to report parents who let their children play 18-rated games
Star Citizen's Vanguard "concept" fighter costs a cool $250
PC version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round launches on Steam without key features
Zelda delay could ruin Nintendo's 2015
New Jersey game store "swatting" takes an uglier turn
This week's Question of the Week: "What do you think is the future of older games?"

Episode 214: Nudity Next Time

This week's episode is full of pop culture references, again, as Inspector Gadget, Matthew Broderick, My Little Pony and The Garry Shandling Show all get some airtime. In addition, Paul discusses his frustration with The Sims Freeplay, and Jonah threatens that in the next episode, he'll be naked and Paul will wear a silly hat. The news includes:
Free Windows 10 for pirates
Kojima breaks silence over departure rumours
Atari to indie dev: Stop ripping off your own work on Tempest 2000
Xbox For Sale - the rumours just won't quit
Nintendo's next-generation console is codenamed 'NX'
All that and a Listener Feedback.

Episode 213: Calling All Goats

After a week off from Jonah being at PAX East 2015 and Paul being at GDC, the podcast is back, as this week's Gaming Flashback is the landmark Guitar Hero. In addition, the podcast learns too late that Cities: Skylines runs on Windows XP. Paul also deals with goats, and the podcast is giving away a free code for Catlateral Damage.
This week's news items include:
Report: Mississippi deputy fired over threatening Xbox Live players
Cities: Skylines breaks Paradox sales records
Titanfall DLC is free forever on Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360
Goat Simulator is coming to Xbox One and 360 in April
Cards Against Humanity is now online, free
This week's Question of the Week, "What is your favorite gaming snack?"

Episode 212: Dizzney

This week's episode was going to be short thanks to a lack of news, but Paul and Jonah get into a long discussion about the Disney Afternoon from the 90's. which makes up for the lack of a Gaming Flashback or History.
This week's news includes:
Lenovo preinstalled Superfish adware on its laptop
The FCC approves strong net neutrality rules
Capcom takes co-op out Of Resident Evil, modders put it back in
No One Lives Forever re-release isn't happening after all
Star Trek Online players pay their respects to Leonard Nimoy
All this and Listener Feedback too.

Episode 211: Hilary 2015

This week has a very special guest, former IGN editor and current Dog and Thimble podcast host Hilary Goldstein, as he teams up with Paul to razz Jonah incessantly, as well as add a certain amount of NSFW spice to this week's proceedings.
The news items include:
Rock Band DLC hints at a comeback
Sony appears to have 'abandoned' its trademark for The Last Guardian
Final Fantasy 15: Episode Duscae demo detailed
Nvidia's big March 3rd event - is it a gaming phone?
After raising $114,000 on Kickstarter, dev goes silent
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has come back from retirement
All this and Listener Feedback.