Retro Jonez – Retro Game Fx

On today’s episode I am going to explore reviewing games as a Fan vs. Critic, why I think game reviews are broken, and I provide some examples by converting Metacritic score to Rotten tomato’s.  

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Talking the Xbox Series X announcement and gamer's ridiculous reactions to everything.

Start - My computer woes - 2080 TI RMA

06:30 - Luigi's Mansion 3

09:00 - Star Wars Fallen Order and gamer hypocrisy

13:30 - Microsoft Game Pass

22:00 - Google Stadia

37:40 - Game Awards a Disservice to Gamers

Stadia is insane, how haven't they solved the internet infrastructure problems in the world. I'm bringing back reviews and have already written most of my Luigi's Mansion 3 review. Bethesda is taking advantage of me with a Fallout 76 subscription model. Blizzard needs to be reprimanded even after we cancelled them after they layoffs they had earlier this year.

Microsoft, Gears 5, gamer's arguing about Gears 5 review scores, Astral Chain, Control, Ray Tracing

Level setting on the podcast, what I discuss, where I discuss it, and why I discuss "it."

Gamer's continue to reap what they sow while jackass journalists pours gas on the fire.

Rumors are floating around about a an Xbox streaming console code named Scarlett, what does it mean for you.  This episode Mike discusses the current state of gaming expectations, why hardware sales don't matter, what the future looks like, Micorsoft Azure Cloud, how streaming can eliminate latency, and how it provide more people with ways to play while meeting their expectations for quality.

On this episode Mike discusses the continued saga between Epic and Valve, Epic purchases Rocket League developer Psyonix, Nether Realm is under fire for stress and burnout while the games media continues to paint an entire industry based on the word of disgruntled former employees, and it wouldn't be a podcast without discussing the cluster F that was Days Gone coverage.

This week we are back discussing Mitch's latest Pinball collecting and restoration stories, we also jump into some Nintendo Switch and touch on their VR offering, and we talk VR gaming on PC, hardware options, and the VR games Mike's been playing.