Eternal Beta Gaming Podcast

Episode 22 - Pure Quality VR.

It gives you validation to forget about the meaning of life?

This week on the Eternal Beta Podcast we are joined not by one guest but two. It's a two up episode. Welcome back Corey and Dave.

None of us have played Watchdogs 2 or Dishonored 2 but we give our thoughts on them anyway. #anti-nudepatch. It's now three vs Steve on whether the Nintendo Switch looks interesting with Corey joining Mike and Dave. And on the Battlefield One front, it's still Mike Vs the entire video gaming world.

We have a look at some of the new releases as well as our thoughts on the upcoming games for the rest of 2016.

Corey upgrades to a 1080 and a bloody HTC Vive and we quiz him on everything Virtual Reality related. We also question his existence and whether he is in the Matrix or not. Listen to find our whether Corey is Neo?

All this and a lot more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

* Dishonored 2 and Watchdogs 2.

* Nintendo Switch and Zelda.

* Titanfall 2.

* Battlefield one.

* The darkest dungeon.

* Civ 6.

* Room and Room 2.

* Owlboy.

* A bit of Steep.

* Squad and Rainbow six siege.

* Overwatch and Paladins.

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Opening theme: Escape from an Unknown Planet by Senbei.

Episode 21 - Coming of Age.

Holy hell!!! Back to the Future was right. Gotta take your hat off to them for that?

We are back for our coming of age episode. We can drink but we forgot to vote.

Trigger Warning: We recorded this episode soon after Trump's win.

Mike was missing in action last week because he was in Melbourne attending PAX AUS. We find out what he did at PAX, what he thought of PAX and how he managed to be kicked out of PAX. It was all VR, board-games, and cosplay as far as his nerdy eyes could see.

Steve kept watch on things at home and  goes from being a leader of men, to a single boy navigating the battlefields of WWI. Steve reviews some Civilization 6 and Battlefield One and gives us his thoughts on them.

We talk about the new Humble Bundle, the Steam Halloween sale and upcoming Black Friday sales.

And Steve pitches the idea of the first Eternal Beta LAN. Game of choice.... Listen to find out.

Episode Breakdown:

* Post Trump shock.

* Mikes PAX Aus review.

* Civilization 6 review.

* Battlefield One Review.

* Titanfall 2 review reviews and possible future purchase.

* Steam Halloween sale.

* Mikes plays some Don't Starve and The Room.

* Humble Bundle.

* Black Friday Sale hopes.

* Steve's multi 1080.

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Episode 20 - Same Dave Different Day.

Take "time played" and then times by "how much fun you had". How do you measure fun?

We are back for episode 20 of the Eternal Beta Podcast. TV Dave joins us and gives us his thoughts on his first 23 hours of Civilisation 6.

We have a look at the news from the front of Battlefield 1. Which leads into the driver update craziness. And Steve sheds a light on why so many updates in a short period.

Steve Steveplains some recent CPU issues and CPU lingo for us.

We talk about Skyrim and the upcoming Remastered edition.

And we take a look at 2 new trailers that drop this week from Nintendo and the Switch and Rockstar Games' Red Read Redemption 2 trailer.

And lastly, Dave says goodbye to Starcraft 2's Pro League.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

* TV Dave joins us.

* Civilisation 6 from Dave.

* Battlefield one discussion.

* Driver update week.

* Stevesplain driver update and CPU.

* Skyrim remastered.

* Nintendo Switch trailer and tech talk.

* Red Dead 2 trailer and Rockstar Games.

* Final thoughts on episode.

* Starcraft 2 Por League

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Episode 19 - Cowboy Crazy.

Short and Sweet... And Sour.

To make up for the delay last week, we decided to pull our fingers out and drop this episode earlier.

No guests this week and we are keeping it short and sweet as well as a bit sour (from Mike.)

The gaming world is going cowboy crazy with Rockstar announcing Red Dead Redemption 2. Steve and Mike, have a look at the three images and announcements made by Rockstar. We also discuss our hopes and dreams for the game, but most likely our chances for a same day PC release as the consolers. We talk about our past experiences with Red Dead Redemption as well as some other old Rockstar games. And with all this cowboy talk we can't help mentioning HBO's new show Westworld.

With Battlefield One releasing on Friday we have a look at the plethora of footage already out there and dicusss our thoughts on the Battlefield franchise.

Mike re-reviews Mafia 3 and oh, how the tides have turned. Listen to Mike go on a vocal bender and get everything off his chest in his updated review. While Steve gives us an update on the another 2K game NBA 2K17 and things are still going strong for him.

Steve also quizzes Mike on his recent addiction to World of Warships and Wargaming games.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

* Rockstar and Red Dead Redemption talk.

* Old Rockstar game talk. Rockstar Table Tennis & GTA.

* Westworld talk.

* Battlefield One.

* Mike's re-review of Mafia 3.

* Steve's update on 2k17.

* World of Warships and Wargaming games.

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A look at some upcoming releases for PC.

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Episode 18 - More Smarter.

We now have a drinking game for the listeners.

Sorry for the delay with this episode, but we needed a long weekend break as well. I promise it will never happen again... Had my fingers crossed.

After a little break the Eternal Beta Podcast is back. Steve and Mike return with Andrew riding shot gun.

This week sees the release of two major 2k games with Steve playing NBA 2k17 and Mike having a go at Mafia 3.

With help from Andrew we talk about the upcoming release of Civilization 6.

Mike has a look at the free to play Paladins and we notice a lot of similarities to another first person team objective shooter that released earlier in the year. To it that must not be named. Overwatch.

We look at the news of the week, including Star Citizen pushing the release date of  single playing campaign to 2017. The EVE bounty of 75,000 USD. AS well as the large update for Mortal Combat.

And we answer the question do games make you more intellectual or have you ever felt more smarter after playing a game?

The New Eternal Beta podcast drinking game. Take a drink when Mike says G2A instead of GTA. Now drink!!!

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

* Welcome back Andrew.

* Update on missing last week.

* Mafia 3 from Mike.

* NBA 2K17 from Steve.

* Civ  6 talk from Andrew.

* Some Star Citizen Squadron 42 delay. Some No Mans Sky chatter. Mortal Combat update.

* Paladins to Overwatch. Overwatch 20 plus activations.

* Eve’s 75 grand bounty between players.

* And do games make you more intellectual or make you feel smarter discussion.

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Episode 17 - Same Price For All.

If this game was a sandwich it would clearly be a bigger sandwich...

Eternal Beta Podcast's most controversial episode ever! If Steve or Mike go MIA listen to the episode to find clues to their would be assassins.

Corey is back for episode 17, and starts a band with Mike dubbed "The Seventeen Coreys."

With help from Kieran, Mike goes undercover to expose Humble Bundle for region based price points. Which leads into out main discussion about price fixing and manipulation for Australian gamers. We look at "Steam Vs the ACCC" and kick the hornet's nest that is, why Australians pay more for video games? We compare our Steam games Number. What is your number?

 This week on What’s your peripheral? We look at our favourite  game pads.

We talk some more about No Man's Sky, Sean Murray, and how much better Elite Dangerous is.

And debut a new segment "What would you pay?" In which we argue on a fair price points for games. This week, Battlefield One.

And we talk about what we have been playing? And just plain argue with one another.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

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Corey is back.

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 No Man's Sky and Sean Murray talk.

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 Hyper light drifter FPS upgrade.

* Corey and Mike can't wait for Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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Pokemon GO vs Pokemon GF.

* Sonic chat.

* Mike still playing GTA 5 and he is a cashed up Megalodon #idiot to everyone else.

* Steve has been playing some Mafia 2 to get ready for Mafia 3.

* New game releases and gamer news: Paladins, Battlerite, Watchdogs 2, and a perspective on COD.

* Humble Bundle, Steam Vs ACCC and price points in Aus discussion.

* What would you pay? Battlefield One.

* What's your peripheral? Game Pads. Xbox, Playstation or Steam controller.

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Game mentions: No Man's Sky, Elite Dangerous, Hyper light drifter, Zelda, Pokemon Go, Sonic, GTA 5, DC Injustice, COD, Battlefield One, Watchdogs 2, Battlerite, Paladins, CSGO and Mafia 3.

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Episode 16 - Our Super Sweet 16.

We all on our phones.

Our Super Sixteen episode!!! Look how much we have grown?. This week TV Dave returns and gives us his thoughts on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. And yes it’s confirmed that there will be DLC for it. What a surprise!

We talk about the first of many updates to the Steam review system.

What’s your peripheral is taking off and this week we talk headsets and Stevsplains PC game audio.

With no word of No Man Sky from its Devs the community is crying out for the silence to stop. This then leads us into a discussion of the biggest game "scams" of all time.

Stevsplains us through colour management apps to help with Mike’s insomnia.

We discuss what we have been playing.

We take a look at the new Humble Bundle package.

And lastly, TV Dave this weekend will be Twitch streaming Star Wars X-Wing, so join him a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

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TV Dave is back.

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The New Humble Bundle.

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Deus Ex Review.

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What have we been playing. GTA 5 G2A, FIFA 17, 2k17, Miscreated, Tex Murphy, Battlefield 4, Dirty Bomb, The Crew.

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Steams new review system changes.

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No Man Sky’s no comment and biggest game scams.

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What’s your peripheral? Headsets. Corsair, Astro and Kingston.

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Colour management night time apps.

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Game mentions: Deus Ex, Humble Bundle deal, GTA 5, 2K17. FIFA 17, Dirty

Bomb, Battlefield 4, No Man Sky, Maxi games of the naughties, Mistreated, Prison Architect, Punch Club, devil daggers.

Don’t forget, this weekend, TV Dave will be Streaming Star Wars X-Wing

 on his Tiwch Channel. Link is HERE.

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Opening theme: Escape from an Unknown Planet by Senbei.

Episode 15 - Preorder.

I think she knows it's a gaming PC... 100%... But it's not like I’m hiding it from her?

Episode 15! Jamie and Kieran return to talk builds, preorders and peripherals.

Kieran's build is finished and he gives us his thoughts, regrets and upcoming dreams for his rig. Steve not only helps Kieran with his build but builds a replica of it for his brother.

We talk about the history of purchasing PC games. From early deluxe edition of games, to common inclusions of DLC and season passes, to the future trend of chapter based games and re-releases of old games. Is it good? And who keeps preordering these deals. Stop Preordering! We have a look at the rest of the year's games and what we are excited for.

We have a new segment called, What's your peripheral? And this week we take look at keyboards and what keyboards we all have.

Stevesplain returns, and this week Steve explains Vulcan and keyboards.

And we learn Steve does a lot of weird things with his PC.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

* Jamie and Kieran are back.

* Kieran build and what he has been playing with Stevesplain Vulcan included.

* Preorders, DLC, Season Passes, Re-releases and Deluxe editions of games discussion. Games mentioned, Hitman, Fallout, Rockstar games, Age of Empires 2, Bioshock.

* What games we are excited for the rest of 2016.

* What have we been playing. 7 days to die Vs. Miscreated, Tharsis, The Final Station, Toxiqq and Halo Forge Editor.

* What's your peripheral? Keyboards. Featuring Stevsplain keyboards.

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Episode 14 - Invisible Divided Human Mankind Revolution.

Did you just say the C word?

Top Quality episode this week with a really long name but a shorter run time.

TV Dave is back,  but we are also joined by Jamie for the first time. And as is traditional, he plays "Gettin to know you."

On this weeks pod we talk more about the Battlefield One open beta and what are our impressions so far (PS do not preorder it.) ARK: Survival Evolved updates and new patch gets a mention. TV Dave talks about the new Deus Ex Mankind Divided release. We learn about Jamie's rig and Steve gives us an update on Kieran's new Taxman build.

We have another very. very, very quick look at No Mans Sky and Pokemon news. We promise its quick. And we talk about what we have been playing.

And finally we answer Eddie's question about a potential build for a console gamer looking to enter the world of PC rigs. If you have a question for us reach us at our email, or on the website or at our Twitters, details just below.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast.

Episode Breakdown:

* TV Dave gives us an update.

* Jamie's plays "Gettin' to Know you."

* Tv Dave makes some corrections on past show mistakes.

* We talk about DOTA 2, No man Sky, Minecraft and Emporium.

* Battlefield One Beta talk.

* ARK: Survival Evolved update.

* TV Dave takes a look at new Deus Ex.

* Quick No Man Sky and Pokemon news.

* Kieran's Taxman rig update and Jamie's current rig.

* TV Dave's new chair and joystick talk.

* We answer Eddie's question.

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Episode 13 - Allegedly.

"Allegedly"Steve makes all of us hang out and be friends.

Allegedly on this week's Eternal Beta podcast, Dustin "Jugs" makes his first appearance and we play "Gettin' to know you". The EB pod debuts its Brand New "Gameshow based" segment GGWP.  (We can't call it by its full name.) Allegedly! And there is a sweet prize (Allegedly.)

Luke joins us for his second appearance,  and makes us feel old by showing his age. But Dustin and Luke make a connection with their love of Runescape. (Link to Luke's Runescape post.)

On this weeks pod we talk adventure games, with mentions to the past with Sierra games, and all the way to modern adventure games from Telltale. Dustin takes us on a tour of his rig and tells us his MegaCD win.

We have a go at the Battlefield One open Beta. Mike plays it, and no one cares what he has to say with his bias views.

We have a very. very, very quick look at No Mans Sky and Pokemon news. We promise its quick. And we talk what we have been playing.

All this plus a whole bunch more on the Eternal Beta Podcast. (Allegedly!!!)

Alleged Episode Breakdown:

* Dustin plays "Gettin' to Know you."

* Adventure game talk: Sierra games, Telltale and humble bundle current bundle.

* Dustin's rig talk.

* Battlefield One Beta talk.

* What we have been playing: Alien Isolation, Assetto Corsa, Dirty Bomb and Tex Murphy. And MegaCD win.

* Quick No Man Sky and Pokemon news.

* Gameshow :GGWP.

* Game Mentions: Runescape, Batlefield One, Paratroops, Squad ,Dragon Age, Alien Isolation Assetto Corsa and Tex Murphy.

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Opening theme: Escape from an Unknown Planet by Senbei.