Game Crunch

This week on Game Crunch: It’s all about E3! This week we tackle all of the news from the major E3 conferences: EA, Bethesda, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sony and Nintendo. It’s been a glorious few days of utter joy, shock, surprise, awe the entire range of emotions! We are also left facing some burning questions like: Is the world ready for two more Xbox Ones? Where is Mass Effect? I want more Mass Effect! Did Bethesda sneak another game announcement in their E3 conferences?  Has Sony ever had a better E3 lineup? Was Nintendo right about how they presented The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? There is so much to talk about on this all E3 episode!  Until next week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: While there are a few new games to talk about in what we’ve been playing (Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Overwatch and Uncharted 4) it’s really the onslaught of Pre-E3 news has our attention.  As the publishers are rushing to get out news before it gets buried in the mix we have a ton of game announcements and delays to discuss.  Final Fantasy 12 is being remastered!  Horizon Zero Dawn is delayed until February! Volition announces Agents of Mayhem! That’s just the tip of the iceberg.  Rounding out the podcast we have a discussion on our favorite E3 conference moments.  From meme generating oddities to moments that swept the masses we try to take it all in one last time before the conferences.  Come join us on the E3 Hype Train! Until next week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: The premise of this episode is easy: Overwatch and Pre-E3 Speculation.  However, that doesn’t mean that the episode is light on content!  Brandon and Nick start out talking about their time spent in Overwatch thus far.  Then Mike joins with the group to give their Pre-E3 speculation on the different looming conferences.  Between bold predictions and safe bets there is a lot to speculate about!  Will EA talk about Mass Effect? Bethesda is locking in Dishonored 2, but they said they wouldn’t do another conference unless they had something big to show… what could that be?  Will Microsoft play it safe and stay out of the VR discussion? Can we expect big announcements from Square Enix at the PC Gaming Show?  Mr. Caffeine vs. Lady Wood at the Ubisoft conference? But please show us more South Park: The Fractured But Whole and not so much Just Dance… Does Sony have anything major other than VR in 2016? Will the Last Guardian be pushed back yet again?  Meanwhile, Nintendo has announced a second day of streaming.  Can the passion of their Treehouse win the hearts and minds of gamers with a now expanded slate of games?  All this and more in the latest Game Crunch!  Until next week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: The premise of this episode is easy: Overwatch and Pre-E3 Speculation.  However, that doesn’t mean that the episode is light on content!  Brandon and Nick start out talking about their time spent in Overwatch thus far.  Then Mike joins with the group to give their Pre-E3 speculation on the different looming conferences.  Between bold predictions and safe bets there is a lot to speculate about!  Will EA talk about Mass Effect? Bethesda is locking in Dishonored 2, but they said they wouldn’t do another conference unless they had something big to show… what could that be?  Will Microsoft play it safe and stay out of the VR discussion? Can we expect big announcements from Square Enix at the PC Gaming Show?  Mr. Caffeine vs. Lady Wood at the Ubisoft conference? But please show us more South Park: The Fractured But Whole and not so much Just Dance… Does Sony have anything major other than VR in 2016? Will the Last Guardian be pushed back yet again?  Meanwhile, Nintendo has announced a second day of streaming.  Can the passion of their Treehouse win the hearts and minds of gamers with a now expanded slate of games?  All this and more in the latest Game Crunch!  Until next week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: Game Mix: The theme is adventure!  We are trekking through the jungle, exploring tombs, taking on the great seas and beyond – accompanied by some excellent video game music.

The Amazon – DuckTales: Remastered – Jake Kaufman – Available on iTunes or Amazon

Nate’s Theme 3.0 – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Greg Edmonson – Available on iTunes

Full Mast – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Jake Kaufman, Preenus, SnappleMan – Available at ocremix.org

Full Steam Ahead (Spirit Tracks) – Super Smash Bros for Wii U / 3DS – Michiko Naruke

Theme of Super Metroid – Super Metroid – Kenji Yamamoto – Super Metroid: Sound In Action

Frog’s Theme – Chrono Trigger – Yasunori Mitsuda

Gaur Plain – Xenoblade Chronicles – ACE+

Home Again – Earthbound – Dale North – Available at ocremix.org

This week on Game Crunch: Game Mix: The theme is adventure!  We are trekking through the jungle, exploring tombs, taking on the great seas and beyond – accompanied by some excellent video game music.

The Amazon – DuckTales: Remastered – Jake Kaufman – Available on iTunes or Amazon

Nate’s Theme 3.0 – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Greg Edmonson – Available on iTunes

Full Mast – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Jake Kaufman, Preenus, SnappleMan – Available at ocremix.org

Full Steam Ahead (Spirit Tracks) – Super Smash Bros for Wii U / 3DS – Michiko Naruke

Theme of Super Metroid – Super Metroid – Kenji Yamamoto – Super Metroid: Sound In Action

Frog’s Theme – Chrono Trigger – Yasunori Mitsuda

Gaur Plain – Xenoblade Chronicles – ACE+

Home Again – Earthbound – Dale North – Available at ocremix.org

This week on Game Crunch: ALMOST everyone is waiting for Overwatch so it’s only a matter of picking through the backlog while waiting for the shiny new game servers to go up.  Brandon returns to Marvel Heroes, Counter-Strike GO and the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 DLC.  Nick on the other hand keeps pushing through Uncharted 4, but has he reached his point of no return on Homefront: The Revolution?  Mike, meanwhile, keeps up his momentum with Nathan Drake now moving onto Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.  As E3 looms news is nearly non-exsistant this episode so the crew takes on some Pre-E3 show questions – How will the half generational systems fair (PS4K & Xbox 1.5)? Can Nintendo have a successful E3 with only one game? Then they take on the recent article about Uncharted 4’s Focus Tester.  All this and more in the latest Game Crunch! Until next week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: ALMOST everyone is waiting for Overwatch so it’s only a matter of picking through the backlog while waiting for the shiny new game servers to go up.  Brandon returns to Marvel Heroes, Counter-Strike GO and the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 DLC.  Nick on the other hand keeps pushing through Uncharted 4, but has he reached his point of no return on Homefront: The Revolution?  Mike, meanwhile, keeps up his momentum with Nathan Drake now moving onto Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.  As E3 looms news is nearly non-exsistant this episode so the crew takes on some Pre-E3 show questions – How will the half generational systems fair (PS4K & Xbox 1.5)? Can Nintendo have a successful E3 with only one game? Then they take on the recent article about Uncharted 4’s Focus Tester.  All this and more in the latest Game Crunch! Until next week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch:  It’s been a week of game releases!  The Game Crunch crew has rejoined Nathan Drake for a final(?) adventure in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.  Nick and Brandon take on the new FPS revival of the future, DOOM.  Meanwhile, Mike strays to the past with a return to Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune on PS4.  Wrapping up the game playing Nick returns to the spotlight to share his… love… of Homefront: The Revolution.  News wise there are a lot of new game announcements some exciting (Civilization VI) some not as much (Star Wars Battlefront 2017), but it does make the time leading up to E3 more exciting.  Our question of the week talks about online harassment.  Can make Blizzard and Twitch make an immediate difference in the state of the online community?  All this and more!  Until next week – Game On!