Game Bytes Show

Games that we've been playing this week include but are not limited to: Hotline Miami 2, Lugaru HD and Rising Thunder! Intro: "Le Perv" - Hotline Miami 2, by Carpenter Brut. Outro: "Terra (Final Fantasy VI)" - The Best of Final Fantasy 1994-1999: A Musical Tribute by Nobuo Uematsu (arr: Sherman Heinig)

This week Jerod steps in for Jeremy to discuss the world of video games! Windows 10 is out, FF12 might be getting remastered, OUYA is in the news again and more! We also talk about the new releases of the week and have a nice discussion about high barrier to entry PC games. Intro: Far Out at Home - Cosmonautica. Outro: Days of Summer V2 :: Thieves of Fate (OCRemix)

This week we've been playing some games including: Crypt of the Necrodancer, Starcraft 2 Legacy of the Void, Nom Nom Galaxy and Kings Bounty! Intro: "Crypteque (1-2 with Shopkeeper)" - Crypt of the Necrodancer, by Danny Baranowsky Outro: Sayonaragar, by the Electric Bends

In this weeks news bytes we talk about Summer Games Done Quick, China playing video games, a new Hearthstone expansion and more! There are some new releases that came out and we talk in depth about remastering of old old games alongisde the KOTOR 2 upgrade patch. Intro: "Pull up a Chair (Solo)" - Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft by Peter McConnell Outro: "The Royal City of Rabanastre - Town Ward Upper Stratum" - Final Fantasy XII, by Hitoshi Sakimoto

Jerod, Dale, and Jeremy talk about this week's games, including Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, those darn adventure games, Skullgirls, more Rocket League, Legends of Eisenwald, and Sorcerer King! Intro: "Skullgirls Main Theme" - Skullgirls, by Michiru Yamane, Blaine McGurty, and Breton Kossak. Outro: "Legendary" - Legends of Eisenwald, by Ressa Schwarzwald

The EVO fighting game tournament happened! Shenmue breaks all Kickstarter records, Destiny gets some new stuff and you can FINALLY stream your Xbox One to your PC. Finally. Srsly. We also dive back into our past and talk about fighting games. Intro: "Guile (aggressive Remix)" - Street Fighter Compilation "RE:"MIX Chiptune by baker. Outro: "The Instinct" - Killer Cuts, by Robin Beanland and Greame Norgate

Jerod joins us today for some talk about Mount and Blade while LeGrande plays some free PS+ games. Jeremy laments the fact that he has no reason to buy the FF14 expansion and also played some mobile game. Intro: "Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars Theme Song" - Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars, by Rant Theory. Outro: "I Am the Sea" - Final Fantasy XIV, by Masayoshi Soken

We mourn the passing of Satoru Iwata and talk about a bunch of other news that doesn't matter because of the Satoru Iwata news. It all ends up being pretty good. We discuss the archiving of video games and what that all means. Intro: Satoru Iwata, Nintendo Direct 5.17.2013, "Twoson Hits the Road" - Earthbound: Bound Together, An Earthbound Remix Project, by DJ Pretzel. Outro: Pollyanna (I Believe in You) - Mother - Preceding Title of [Earth Bound], by Catherine Warwick

Hey man! Whatcha been playing? Dale tells us about his H game and Assassin's Creed Unity, LeGrande played a neat little game called A Story About My Uncle while Jeremy dives into the beautiful Ori and the Blind Forest. Intro: "Science is Fun" - Portal 2, by Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory Outro: "Naru, Embracing the Light (feat. Rachel Mellis)" - Ori and the Blind Forest by Gareth Coker

More Kickstarters banking on nostalgia pop up, Mad Catz is in a bad financial state and the Destiny that could have been with some livelier voice work. Club Nintendo shuts down for good and that drums up some discussion about loyalty programs and the subscription programs of Xbox Live and Playstation Network. Intro: "Kataware" - Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm by LIQU@ Outro: "In Just a Moment's Time" - Skullgirls by Geila Zilkha