State of the Gamer

The ESRB attempts to deal with micro-transactions, Fornite cross-play, free games, and new game announcements!

0:00 – Intro

0:52 – ESRB and micro-transactions

4:14 – Fortnite cross-play

9:08 – Twitch Prime starts giving out free games!

11:43 – Shadow of the Tomb Raider

13:30 – The Division 2

16:56 – Warframe

23:32 – Metal Gear Rising

27:49 – Fran Bow

32:43 – Guess the Game: Ghost of a Tale

Oculus Rifts world-wide went down for a day and the Nintendo Direct had some pretty great announcements!

0:00 – Intro

0:45 – Oculus Rifts stopped working world-wide for a day

4:47 – Nintendo Direct highlights

12:03 – Plague Inc.

16:50 – Warframe

20:10 – Astroneer

26:27 – Outro

Heavy Rain was definitely a standout game on the PS3, but how has it aged? One of us 100%’d the game and one of us couldn’t finish it, so the team discuss the story, pros, and cons of this PS3 classic in “The Great Heavy Rain Debate, Only Several Years Late”.

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR HEAVY RAIN

The Game Developer’s Choice awards take place in late March, and we give our thoughts and predictions for the event along with a score game to see which of us can predict the most winners correctly.

Nintendo Labo, Horizon Zero Dawn’s anniversary update, Yakuza 6 “demo” and Prey DLC?!

0:00 – Intro

0:45 – Nintendo Labo

8:30 – Horizon Zero Dawn sales, Anniversary Update, and Monster Hunter quest

11:14 – Yakuza 6 demo is more than a demo…

13:45 – Prey DLC teased by Bethesda

15:56 – Path of Exile launches a new league

21:52 – Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

27:05 – Outro

Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the heartbreak of Chrono Trigger on Steam, the best VR game, and the Oculus Rift VR headset price drop and what it means for the VR marketplace.

0:00 – Intro

0:47 – Kingdom Come: Deliverance

3:18 – Chrono Trigger’s Shock Release

7:10 – Oculus Rift Price Drop and the VR Market

12:38 – The Turing Test

18:40 – Warframe

21:32 – How Far VR Has Come

23:16 – Lone Echo

35:51 – Outro

The 21st Annual DICE Awards, our thoughts on Metal Gear Survive, and Stealth geese as well as other games where you play as animals.

0:00 – Intro

1:00 – The 21st Annual DICE Awards

16:36 – Klocki

19:35 – Metal Gear Survive

25:52 – Subnautica

29:30 – Games Where You Play As Animals

36:12 – Outro

The Civ 6 Rise and Fall expansion, Warframe, Final Fantasy XIV, and the Terrors of the Deep Sea.

0:00 – Intro

0:45 – Civ 6: Rise and Fall Expansion

4:47 – Red Dead Redemption 2 Leaks

6:18 – Starwing Paradox and Square Enix Reboots

11:12 – Final Fantasy XIV

14:03 – Warframe

26:21 – Subnautica

35:00 – Outro

The latest news from Rockstar Games, the fear of AI world domination represented by a Civ 5 mod, and the moral ambiguity of raiding people’s stuff in RPG games.

0:00 – Intro

0:42 – GTA5 sells 90 million and has a record month 4 years after release

4:49 – Red Dead Redemption 2 Delayed Again

7:29 – Civ 5 superintellegence AI takeover mod

11:40 – Plague Inc.

14:19 – DOOM on the Switch

19:50 – Soundtrack sidebar and RIP LawBreakers

21:09 – Beatbuddy

25:11 – What I’ve Learned from Video Games: Raiding People’s Houses in RPGs

32:42 – Outro

33:08 – Kitty Issues