Podcast – The National Pastime

The National Pastime – Episode 14 Hosts: Melvin, Ryan, Megan, Zack, Sofia The last episode of the season and possibly our best episode yet! Our hosts this week discuss hyperviolence in video games, but the conversation evolves into so much more. Show Notes: Just keep in mind that we recorded this early May so we […]

The National Pastime – Episode 13 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Liz This week, our hosts discuss the need, or lack thereof, of deep stories in video games. Show Notes: This was a really short episode because a few of our podcasters had to leave for apointments. I still think it’s a good episode, it”s just […]

The National Pastime – Episode 12 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Ryan This week, our hosts talk about who they’d be on a sitcom set and backwards compatibility in games and the next gen! Show notes: It should be noted that we recorded this at the end of April so there’s a lot of stuff about […]

The National Pastime – Episode 11 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Liz This week our cast talks about the death (or evolution) of the arcade!

The National Pastime – Episode 10 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Sofia, Megan, Ryan Join us for another random wacky episode of The National Pastime where we discuss some different kinds of gameplay we’d like to see and much off-topic conversation… And to top off the new episode, a picture of Megan as Jack Frost from Calgary […]

The National Pastime – Episode 9 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Liz, Brodie Our topics of discussion this week cover video game weapons during a zombie apocalypse AND licensed property games. SPOILER ALERT: Melvin gets a little bit yelly.

The National Pastime – The Last of Us Spoilercast Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Megan This week is our special The Last of Us spoilercast! Be warned, if you have not finished the game, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. If you want to discuss some of the points we raised on the podcast about The Last of Us, […]

The National Pastime – Episode 8 Hosts: Melvin, Ryan, Kayley, Megan Join us this week as our cast talks about what neglected genre of series that should see a comeback, or what the effect that rehashing the same five types of games over and over again can do to a genre. Show Notes: We recorded […]

The National Pastime – E3 Part 4 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 4, we wrap up the E3 special talking about Nintendo’s presence and some extra tidbits from E3. Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games […]

The National Pastime – E3 Part 3 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 3, we talk all about the Sony conference! Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation as […]