Videogame Roundtable

Episode 162: Back Again

Gaming Podcast is back after being off for a week. This time out, there's a Gaming Flashback as Jordan and Jonah discuss The 7th Guest, which was coincidentally just released on Steam.
This week's news includes:
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 headsets compatibility issues
Dark Matter abrupt ending blamed on failed Kickstarter drive
Rockstar New England working on "next version of famous IP"
Fassbender on Assassin's Creed film: it's "definitely happening"
Struggling Scrolls may go free-to-play
This week's Question of the Week, "What was your favorite adventure game?"

Episode 161: No Rusty Ventures Allowed

This week is on the short side, though Jonah and Jordan discuss pop culture like Red Letter Media, The Venture Bros. and Cave Johnson's lemon ranting. There's no Gaming Podcast or Gaming History, but there's plenty of Listener Feedback and news items.
The news includes:
Source: RI governor Lincoln Chafee deliberately torpedoed Studio 38
UK online retailer SimplyGames enforcing PS4 bundles
Half-Life 3 removed from trademark registery - Portal 3 appears
The Last Guardian developers "re-engineering" the game, never was on "hiatus"
Grand Theft Auto Online microtransactions disabled while server issues persist
No "Question of the Week" - this week is Listener Questions - send 'em in!

Episode 160: Not-Love Letters

This week's podcast has Jonah having a new job, while some really long Listener Feedback letters lengthen the podcast. In fact, several discussions between Jonah and Jordan were cut and will be in a near-future Outtakes episode.
This week is full of news as well, including:
Star Wars 1313 was to have starred Boba Fett after all
Shadow of the Eternals dev Precursor Games disbands
Techland: Dying Light isn't another Dead Island
China lifts console ban, Microsoft collaborating with BesTV to make new console
Watch Dogs ships on two discs, requires install, 30 FPS cap on Xbox One and PS4
That plus the long Listener Feedback, and Jordan has an appeal to veteran listeners to write in.

Episode 159: Jordan's Back

Jordan is back, and even though he's not 100%, he's still well enough to do the podcast. He and Jonah discuss what things make them stop playing a game, while the rest of the podcast is all about Grand Theft Auto V. They also get into discussions about laserdisc players.
The news includes:
Microsoft: Women make up 40% of Xbox Live audience
Rumor: Steam Box announcement on Monday
Grand Theft Auto V hits $1B in sales after 72 hours
Dead Rising 3 "frame-locked at 30" on Xbox One
Sony offers fix for GTA5 error 80029564 crashing system on install
All this and Listener Feedback, as well as the Question of the Week, "When will the current generation of consoles discontinue?"

Episode 158: Civilized Podcast

This week's podcast has Dan Quick filling in for an ailing Jordan Lund, while Civilization V inevitably comes up in conversation with the Polycast host with Jonah Falcon. There's no Gaming History or Gaming Flashback, but tons of news items.
The news includes:
Andrew Wilson named Electronic Arts CEO
PlayStation Vita TV announced
Sega buys Atlus for 14 billion yen
Star Trek video game "big disappointment" to J.J. Abrams
Chair on Shadow Complex 2: Fans "don't want it more than we do"
Steam adopts Xbox One's former family sharing program
Diablo III auction house closing in March 2014
There's also some Listener Feedback from the T-shirt winning contestant.

Episode 157: Next-Generation Showdown

This week's podcast has no Listener Feedback, and is sort of short because of it. However, in addition to the news items that were on script, there was the surprise news of how much Grand Theft Auto V cost to produce.
This week's news includes:
Xbox One gets November 22 launch date
Each Xbox One to be sold at a profit
PS4 only supports 4 controllers
PS4 and Xbox One won’t support external hard drives for now
Sony refunds Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn PSN purchases
This week's Question of the Week asks if you've ever gotten a new version of the console you already owned.

Episode 156: What Is Nintendo Thinking?

Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss PAX Prime 2013, then delve into this week's news, Listener Feedback, and discuss the 1990's developer Psygnosis.
The news this week includes:
Nintendo announces 2DS, Wii U price drop
Inafune "fought hard" for risk taking at Capcom, creators must be "willing to fail"
Godus beta to hit Steam Early Access on 13th September
Diablo III's new loot system to "cut the legs out" from the auction house
Bethesda wants The Elder Scrolls Online available to non-Xbox Live subscribers
The Question of the Week: "How many times have you purchased a new form factor of a console you already owned?"

Episode 155: Xbox One, PS4 Launch Lineups

This week's episode as a guest in the form of Jordan Lund's wife Jennifer. There was to be a Gaming History, but it'll be used next week when there's more time.
This week's news includes:
Microsoft Points transformed into cash
Gamers can return digital titles on Origin after a week
Bungie feels Destiny can be bigger than Halo, as big as Star Wars
Borderlands 2 coming to PlayStation Vita
Sony announces 33 “launch” titles for PlayStation 4
Microsoft announces launch titles for Xbox One
The Sims 4 emotional gameplay revealed at GamesCom 2013
All this and Listener Feedback, with the same "console or PC gamer?" question from last week.