Videogame Roundtable

Episode 169: Happy New Year 2014

The first episode of 2014 is now out, as Jonah Falcon, Jordan Lund and Dan Quick recap the major news of 2014.
The news includes:
PC gaming exploding
Next-gen launches, including Microsoft’s 180
Nintendo Wii U suffers
Nintendo Announces 2DS
Microconsoles launched
Tech flops of 2013
Also, some Listener Feedback, and the Questions of the Week, "What was the biggest event of 2013? What was your favorite game?"

Outtakes and Dr. Who for Christmas

Thanks to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, Gaming Podcast is running an Outtakes episode, which features mostly Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund, but a little Paul Nowak and Dan Quick. If that weren't enough, right after the outtakes is a Dr. Who discussion by usual commentators Jordan, his wife Jennifer and Paul.

Episode 168: Double X

This week, Jordan reveals that he actually won an Xbox One from work, making him the second owner of the console in the podcast, and the only one with both a One and a PS4. Unfortunately, Paul's not available for the podcast, making it a podcast of two.
The news this week:
Square Enix confirms Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for next-gen
EA donates $1.65 million to American Cancer Society following Humble campaign
Report: MMOs targeted by intelligence agencies
Ubisoft polling on Assassin's Creed 5, non-Assassin pirate game
Report: Disney taking over Indiana Jones from Paramount
Also, listener Pawel Predki wrote his own review of Tearaway. Read it here.

Episode 167: Droning On

Despite the title of the podcast episode this week, nothing is boring. Rather, there's a ton of banter between Jonah, Paul and Jordan, as they discuss next-gen console gaming.
This week's news items include:
Amazon testing package delivery by drone
Microsoft advises gamers against turning the Xbox One into a dev kit
There's "no lack of ideas" at DICE, CEO ponders local weather for Battlefield
Xbox One beats PS4 sales at Walmart, Target
Epic: "We've yet to see the real value of the second screen"
Sega: Shenmue 3 trademark listing a hoax
All this and some Listener Feedback.

Episode 166: Boss Battles

Paul returns to the Gaming Podcast, having doing the major work on the Facebook game he'd been helping develop, Team USA Pinsanity. The trio argue over boss battles, and this week's Gaming Flashback is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Jordan also finally has a great Vita game to fawn over, Tearaway.
Take-Two files 'Bully Bullsworth Academy' trademark in Europe
Twitch cracks down on PS4 Playroom inappropriate content
Blizzard dev apologizes for remarks on sexualized designs
Sony to make $250M entertainment cuts, "nothing too sacred"
The Question of the Week: "What is your opinion on boss battles?"

Episode 165: Blue Light Unspecial

Gaming Podcast is back after a week off, as Jordan talks about playing games on his brand-new PlayStation 4, while Jonah is anxious and worried about the Xbox One launch this week.
There's also a ton of news this week, including:
Unlucky PlayStation 4 owners face 'blue light of death'
Report: Apple in

Episode 164: Videogame Music Time

This week's episode has a long discussion on videogame music of the past, while Jonah discusses Batman: Arkham Origins and iPad adaptations of board games.
This week's news includes:
Surprises found in the PS4 FAQ
Xbox One will support DLNA, MP3 and audio CD
Valve working to make offline mode indefinite
Nintendo: We have failed to establish Wii U as a "worthy" Wii successor
Wii U bundle announced
This week's Question of the Week is: "What was your favorite videogame music?"

Episode 163: Batman Problems

This week's episode has Jonah ranting about the shoddy QA in Batman: Arkham Origins, while Jordan admits he never used those Xbox Live cards that came free with some games. In the meantime, the Gaming Flashback is the classic Apple ][ game Bolo.The news this week includes:
EA splits from Tiger Woods
Rumor: Xbox One SDK plagued by eleventh hours bugs
Apple sells 33.8m iPhones, 14.1m iPads in September quarter
Nvidia Shield update adds official PC streaming, console mode, more Android support
Fans trash Call of Duty: Ghosts booth at a games expo
No Question of the Week this week - just looking for Listener feedback.