Gaming Meal Podcast

On episode 227 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Esports, particularly the League of Legends MSI tournament and the impact of fearless draft.

For our main course, we discuss all of the recent Microsoft cuts. Jobs lost. Projects and games canceled. Entire studios shuttered. It’s a graveyard. Why do we think they did what they did and what is the impact on the industry it is causing? Let’s find out.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 226 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) talking about Monster Hunter Wilds game reviews hitting "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam and an aggregated gaming library coming to the Xbox PC app.

For our main course, we go over a middle of 2025 gaming checkpoint and checkout the best games of the year so far, and preview the rest of the upcoming games for 2025.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 225 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) talking about the Microsoft and AMD partnership for Xbox hardware, 

Bungie delaying Marathon, and the Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct. 

For our main course, we go over our impressions of the Switch 2 hardware and Mario Kart World.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

On episode 224 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over all of the reveals from the past week. Hours upon hours of reveals. There’s not enough time to cover them all, but we do our best to cover the most exciting stuff. From Resident Evil Requiem to Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

Gaming Meal Episode 223 - PlayStation State of Play June 2025

On episode 223 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka and Cthulhu go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we give our impressions on Elden Ring Nightreign, recap the Top 10 Arcade Games with Cesar, make some Summer Games Fest predictions and chat about that Witcher 4 Unreal tech demo.

For our main course, we go over the Sony PlayStation State of Play from June 2025. We had an awesome show… Well, at least most of us seem to think that was the case and we go into that as well.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 222 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we discuss Jade Raymond’s sudden departure from Haven Studios and some Microsoft rumors around Xbox emulation and Steam integration.

For our main course, we discuss the best arcade games and actually list a Top 10. We had to argue and defend why certain picks are better than others but that’s normal for this type of discourse. Tune in to see what we think are the Top 10 best arcade games of all time.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 221 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Sony considering raising prices across the board and Square Enix ‘refocusing’ on quality over quantity as a company.

For our main course, we discuss gaming white whales. The most obvious example being Half-Life 3 which has been anxiously anticipated for decades (yes, plural) and it still doesn’t exist. We also talk about seemingly dead IP’s like Bloodborne and games that have been in development for a long time (we think) like the next BioShock.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 220 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Cesar and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Microsoft raising prices across the board (at least they had a neat Gears Reloaded announcement), Half-Life 3 back in the rumor mill, and Apple getting some judgement.

For our main course, Grand Theft Auto 6 has been making waves this week and we wanted to focus on that. We discuss the delay news and the impact it might have on the industry as a whole. Follow that up with a discussion on the latest trailer. Let the hype train begin.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 219 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Cesar and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order chaos, and EA canceling more projects and cutting more people.

For the main course, we talk about the recent renaissance we have been noticing with game design. A lot of games with ‘older’ designs that haven’t been relevant in a long time have been leaving great impressions and are even GOTY material. From Astro Bot, a 3D platformer winning GOTY last year to the recent Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a turn based RPG, making shockwaves.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 218 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Oblivion Remaster getting officially announced and shadow dropped, Discord getting a new CEO, and Reviews of recent games.

For the main course, we reminisce about old experiences with preordering. Games or consoles. Did anyone in the group camp out for a full night? Yes… Because of course we did.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.