Game Crunch

This week on Game Crunch: Brandon starts the podcast off talking about Dying Light: The Following and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.  Nick and DJ talk about their final gaming rushes before heading off to MAGFest.  Rounding out the now playing section Mike tells the group two stories: one of war and victory in Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide and another of isolation and friendship in Firewatch.  However, it seems not everyone is on the same page with Firewatch.  After a bit of non-spoiler discussion during the podcast proper Mike and Brandon go into a heated full spoiler discussion AFTER the podcast outro.  Until Next Week – Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: DJ -tries- to wrap up a few games with Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Gravity Rush and Final Fantasy Explorers.  Brandon has a thing for Satan with Pony Island, Diablo 3 and Bloodborne’s DLC.  Wrapping up the segment Mike and Nick are scraping the bottom of the barrel with what they’ve been playing.  Mike manages to scramble together a few more thoughts on Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide.  On the news side of things though MOTHER 3?  All this and more in the latest Game Crunch!  Game on!

This week on Game Crunch: DJ -tries- to wrap up a few games with Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Gravity Rush and Final Fantasy Explorers.  Brandon has a thing for Satan with Pony Island, Diablo 3 and Bloodborne’s DLC.  Wrapping up the segment Mike and Nick are scraping the bottom of the barrel with what they’ve been playing.  Mike manages to scramble together a few more thoughts on Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide.  On the news side of things though MOTHER 3?  All this and more in the latest Game Crunch!  Game on!

This week on Game Crunch: 2016 continues its impressive start! Brandon and Nick both getting their expeditions on with new release Final Fantasy Explorers and spending time with Rise of the Tomb Raider.  DJ talks about his time in the Street Fighter V Beta and talks about some new additions to Final Fantasy XVI. Rounding out what they’ve been playing Mike talks about his time lost on an island in The Witness. There is plenty of news this week, but two major discussions take the spotlight: Should Super Smash Bros. be ported to the NX for launch? and At what point in remaking a game does it deviate too much from the original?  All this and more in this week’s Game Crunch!  Game on!

This week on Game Crunch: 2016 continues its impressive start! Brandon and Nick both getting their expeditions on with new release Final Fantasy Explorers and spending time with Rise of the Tomb Raider.  DJ talks about his time in the Street Fighter V Beta and talks about some new additions to Final Fantasy XVI. Rounding out what they’ve been playing Mike talks about his time lost on an island in The Witness. There is plenty of news this week, but two major discussions take the spotlight: Should Super Smash Bros. be ported to the NX for launch? and At what point in remaking a game does it deviate too much from the original?  All this and more in this week’s Game Crunch!  Game on!

This week on Game Crunch:  Nick plays catch up on Rise of the Tomb Raider and Amplitude.  Mike takes Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam for a spin.  Brandon finds his spirit number is three while playing Diablo 3, Witcher 3 and Yakuza 3.  Meanwhile, new guest DJ tells the Game Crunch crew why he loves Final Fantasy XIV and Street Fighter IV, but not Undertale…. What??  The news section is packed to the brim this week with frustration over another Mighty Number 9 delay, rumors over a new Paper Mario, Street Fighter V updates, Pokemon at the Super Bowl, Amazon Prime offering 20% off on preorders, content removed during localization of Fire Emblem Fates and MUCH more! Game On!

This week on Game Crunch:  Nick plays catch up on Rise of the Tomb Raider and Amplitude.  Mike takes Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam for a spin.  Brandon finds his spirit number is three while playing Diablo 3, Witcher 3 and Yakuza 3.  Meanwhile, new guest DJ tells the Game Crunch crew why he loves Final Fantasy XIV and Street Fighter IV, but not Undertale…. What??  The news section is packed to the brim this week with frustration over another Mighty Number 9 delay, rumors over a new Paper Mario, Street Fighter V updates, Pokemon at the Super Bowl, Amazon Prime offering 20% off on preorders, content removed during localization of Fire Emblem Fates and MUCH more! Game On!

This week on Game Crunch: It’s back to the basics this week!  With the holidays and Game of the Year discussions over its time for the Game Crunch crew to get back to talking about the here and now!  Mike and Brandon start of 2016 with a brand new game: Amplitude! Meanwhile, both Mike and Brandon find themselves repenting their sins of 2015 by playing games they may not have put enough time into last year: Bloodborne and Rocket League.  Nick, on the other hand, is back on his conquest to finish more Zelda games.  Playing them all (and finishing none?) he is in the midst of Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and even dabbling in Oracle of Seasons.  Can he finish his quest(s) to save Hyrule?  All this and more in this episode of Game Crunch! Game on!!

This week on Game Crunch: It’s back to the basics this week!  With the holidays and Game of the Year discussions over its time for the Game Crunch crew to get back to talking about the here and now!  Mike and Brandon start of 2016 with a brand new game: Amplitude! Meanwhile, both Mike and Brandon find themselves repenting their sins of 2015 by playing games they may not have put enough time into last year: Bloodborne and Rocket League.  Nick, on the other hand, is back on his conquest to finish more Zelda games.  Playing them all (and finishing none?) he is in the midst of Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and even dabbling in Oracle of Seasons.  Can he finish his quest(s) to save Hyrule?  All this and more in this episode of Game Crunch! Game on!!

It is the final day of the Game of the Year 2015 awards! In this episode the Game Crunch crew names their top three picks of games that didn’t release in 2015, makes the list of the top ten games to release in 2015 and shares their own personal top ten list of games from 2015.  You’ve heard them debate endlessly over the past year – Do you think you could predict their favorite games of the year?  It is an exciting episode with some big surprises!

Spoiler warning: As with the rest of the Game of the Year discussions spoilers are open to discussion without warning!  Use your best discretion!