NicheCast

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says Blizzard games are not a platform for his politics. We talk up the reoccurring hot button issue with video games that have really hamfisted, possibly nonsensical politics or political themes. Why is it that more games these days have cringe-worthy, heavy handed politics and political themes? Is there a line with how thick a developer or writer lays on political themes? The Niche Gamer crew talk this up and how the industry has been embracing or avoiding this.

Google has launched their Stadia platform this week. By our own reporting as well as the industry at large, it has been a massive failure riddled with issues, broken promises, and a platform that is largely unusable. We talk up what the Stadia launch failure means for the industry, and what could be coming next.

This week, this was our second live podcast – we didn’t really have a planned topic of the week. It’s also been awhile so we just talked current things with the website, the industry, and more!

This week, as this was our first big live podcast – we didn’t really have a planned topic of the week. We talk up our E3 2019 predictions, hopes, and the current state of the industry leading into the summer.

In this week's show, we talk up Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and the new argument of difficulty in video games over accessibility for disabled gamers, or gamers who just want easier games.

A new episode of the Niche-cast, only with a special guest! Playasia!

In this weeks episode, we talk up yet another censorship debacle - this time surrounding Dead or Alive 6 and the holier than thou folks who are ironically running the EVO tournament. We also evaluate the current performance of the Nintendo Switch, and what we'd like to see in the future.

We have a Christmas / end of 2018 recap podcast while struggling to overcome NyQuil and exhaustion. Come laugh at us talk up 2018 in gaming - including all of the good, bad, and the ugly. We also talk up our own Game of the Year choices, predictions for 2019, and more!

From all of the Niche Gamer staff here at Nakatomi Plaza, may your holidays be warm, safe, and hopefully free of terrorists!

In this weeks episode, we recap the latest news, more Sony nonsense, and give thanks to the most important stuff in our lives - tis the Thanksgiving season!

We also did a slight rebranding in dropping the podcast title "Niche Gamer-cast", we always felt the name was a bit too long and we're trying to make it sound more snappy! Let us know what you think in the comments.

In this weeks episode, we recap the latest news - as well as the new push to remove anime boobies in new games launching for various gaming platforms. Spicy!