Middle Aged Gaming

Hello listeners and a happy belated Chinese New Year. It has been a while since you have heard my voice. I want to apologize for the delay of this episode. Lots of things have been happening at work and I have been struggling to catch up. Also, I can’t really do too much editing after Wednesday. This episode was recorded on February 19th 2021. Today we take a break from gaming and talk about us and our lives in Taiwan. Adam and I go into the reason we moved to Taiwan, what was it like living here in the beginning and some stories. This is the first part of a potential two-part series because we ran out of time as usual. Look forward to the next part airing the first week of March. As always if you like what we do, please follow our YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channel. Come along and reminisce with us…

Topics Covered Today:

1.   Why we moved to Taiwan

2.   What were the initial years like

3.   Studying Chinese or the lack of it

4.   Finding a job here

5.   Moving to Taiwan

Good morning, evening and afternoon middle aged gamers. We are finally back with The Game Show. On today’s show we talk about two games Adam and Crian have been playing. We also end the show with some breaking news. This episode was recorded on February 9th 2021. Adam is done with the Portal series and has a lot to say about it. If you haven’t played it yet, this is the episode to listen to. Crian is still playing Cyberpunk but has found a new love, namely Slime Rancher. A cute relaxing game where you make money and feel accomplished without any stress. Stadia has made another mistake and EA might finally put Anthem in the grave. As always if you like what we do, please follow our YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channel. It really does help and makes a huge difference. We are all over the place as usual this episode but in a good way, have fun and see you next week!

Topics Covered Today:

Slime Rancher

Portal 1 & 2

EA Might Put Anthem Out To Pasture

Terraria Not Coming To Stadia

Good morning, evening and afternoon middle aged gamers. We are back with another thought-provoking episode where we talk about the “Battle of the Stores”. This episode was recorded on February 2nd 2021. What is the best store out there? What can we hope from our digital gaming platforms? How can they improve? How has Epic’s use of “free games” impacted the industry? Who are these games meant for? Today Crian and Adam go over the pros and cons of the various stores as well as a breaking news item. As always if you like what we do, please follow our YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channel. It really does help and makes a huge difference. We are going to go off the rails a bit but don’t worry, we will get back on.

Topics Covered Today:

1.   Google might be winding Stadia down

2.   The PlayStation Store

3.   The Steam Store

4.   The Epic Store

5.   A big payout or monthly income

6.   What would you do with 300 million dollars

Adam catches up with his old school chum Ben, talking about gaming in the good old days and how things have changed over the last few decades from tastes to tech trees.

Good day listeners, welcome back for another show where we talk about the F2P (Free 2 Play) model in gaming. Crian and Adam discuss their experiences with it, the future of it and what each of them think is going to happen in the future. We apologize for the various audio issues during the episode. We had some problems with our podcasting software and had to find a workaround. This episode was recorded on January 27th 2021.Today we would also like to give a shoutout to friends of the show. The Going Terribly podcast and the GamePapa podcast. They have talked about us before so it is only fair we thank them for their support. Check out their shows in the links below. As always if you like what we do, please follow our YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channel. It really does help and makes a huge difference. Get ready for a train veering off the tracks.

Going Terribly Podcast

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Topics covered today:

1.   XBOX Gamepass

2.   DLC’s in games

3.   Microtransactions

4.   F2P Games

5.   Streaming Services

Our hosts provide us with some of the latest stories in gaming.

Today's headlines include

• Microsoft Hopping on the Sony Pony
• The Recent GPU Shortage Crisis
• Next Gen Power Hogs
• More Cyberpunk Controversy
• Sony and Japan's Break Up Rumors

Tune in now before this becomes old news!

Today on “Player 3 Press Start” we interview an old classmate of Crian’s currently living in Canada. He is originally from France so if you can’t quite deal with accents than maybe this isn’t the episode for you. This episode was recorded on January 20th 2021. Crian and Antoine went to school 13 years ago but have remained strong middle aged gamers since then. Antoine talks about how he got into gaming, gaming with kids and what he currently loves at the moment. 

Topics Covered

1.   Nintendo gaming in the 80’s and 90’s

2.   Final Fantasy series

3.   Console gaming

4.   Gaming and kids

5.   Kids and coding

6.   Tales of Berseria and similar series

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Retro-Spective: The Playstation Vita

Adam does another solo show but this time gives us a (not so) brief history of the PlayStation Vita, why it was a great system, and goes into some of his favorite games for the system including, Killzone: Mercenary, Soul Sacrifice, Freedom Wars, and Gravity Rush.

Here's to hoping some of those lost IPs will return in some form on next gen systems.

Did you have the chance to play on this amazing system? Did Adam make you feel like you really missed out? Let us know on social media.

Hey everyone, welcome back my name is Crian and today on “After The Show” we are not quite “After The Show” since this is the only episode for today. We talk about whether history has replay value? This episode was recorded on January 12th 2020. Now, for the sake of argument we’re not going to be limiting this to real world history but also in-universe history, or canon, of the respective game. And the question is, how strictly should games stick to pre-established, quote-unquote, facts? For example, should they provide an accurate depiction of people, places and events, an “optimal” or “preferred” depiction, or should they just throw that all out the window and just have fun with it. As always if you like what we do, please follow our YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channel. It really does help and makes a huge difference. Get ready for one hell of a discussion!

Topics Covered:

1.   Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

2.   Battlefield V

3.   Historical Accuracy

4.   Inclusivity/Race

5.   Fun Games

6.   Star Wars

Middle Aged Gaming 2020's the Game Show: V is for Viking

In today's show we'll only be going into two games, however, we'll be going a little further into depth than usual so there will still be plenty to listen to.

Crian: Cyberpunk 2077

Crian gives us a look into one of the most anticipated games of 2020. Needless to say, it had a bit of a rough start, but has that stopped Crian from enjoying it? Listen and find out.

Adam: Assassin's Creed Valhalla

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Adam first reviewed this game (well... technically a month but it was "last year"). He's now a bit further in and wanted to give us an update now that he's had more time with it. Does it still have that shiny new game shine, or is some of the polish starting to rub off? Find out for yourself.