Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-196: Discussing Fighting Games And Beat'em Ups With Top Hat Gaming Man! ​In this podcast, British retro video gaming god, former pro wrestling villain, lightning thrower, and distinguished gentleman of YouTube Gaming, Top Hat Gaming Man (@Top Hat Gaming Man; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiiGwQJ0ybsCcN3fyGBQCQ), returns as our honored special guest to discuss some of our favorite fighting and beat em' up game franchises, right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!   

News Topic Discussions:  

Frasier Fan Imagines the Sitcom as Streets of Rage-Style Brawler

G4TV Host Speaks Out Against Sexism in the Games Industry  (Reference Link)  https://www.google.com/amp/s/gamerant.com/g4tv-host-speaks-out-sexism-games-industry/amp/ 

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion  

Netflix’s The Cuphead Show! gets a manic trailer and timely release date  

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-195: Discussion Q&A Interview With INFINI Indie Game Developer Emeric Morin! In this podcast, Emeric Morin of indie game development studio, Barnaque (http://www.barnaque.com) joins as our honored special guest to discuss one of the most surreal and intriguing indie games where you try to escape a world of never-ending puzzles and oddities called "INFINI", right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!   

News Topic Discussions:  

Resident Evil: Code Veronica is getting a remake this year, from fans  (Reference Link)  https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-05-resident-evil-code-veronica-is-getting-a-remake-this-year-from-fans  

DAYS GONE’S DIRECTOR CLAIMS SONY ‘MADE IT FEEL LIKE A DISAPPOINTMENT  (Reference Link)  https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/days-gone-director-claims-sony-made-it-feel-like-a-disappointment-despite-outselling-ghost-of-tsushima/amp/  

Nintendo Switch Reportedly Passes Lifetime Sales of Nintendo Wii  (Reference Link) https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-lite-sales-pass-nintendo-wii/  

Mario Kart 9 Is Reportedly In Development, 'With a New Twist' 

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-194: What Are Your Gaming Pet Peeves? Here's Ours! In this podcast, we discuss and share all of the things in gaming that truly annoy us, right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!   

News Topic Discussions:  

Mortal Kombat HD Dev Wants To Remake The OG Trilogy, But It Needs Your Support  

GoldenEye 007 Xbox Achievements Have Appeared Online, Possibly Hinting at a New Port 

The Version Of Bully 2 You'll Never Get To Play

Remedy Entertainment and Tencent Partner to Develop a Co-Op Multiplayer Game Codenamed Vanguard 

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-193: We Share Our 2022 Gaming Predictions! In this podcast, we discuss and share our gaming predications for 2022 after verifying which of our 2021 predications actually came true, right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!   

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-192: Best Indie Games We Played in 2021! In this podcast,  we discuss all of our favorite indie titles played in 2021, right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!   

News Topic Discussions:  

Bandai Namco registers another Klonoa trademark, this time in the UK  

New Ghostbusters game is "definitely" in development 

Bill Gates Apparently Put "A Lot Of Pressure" On Xbox's Team Leaders To Respond To The Wii Craze 

Splinter Cell Remake Begins Development at Ubisoft Toronto

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-191: Favorite Female Gaming Protagonists With Lucy Kyriakidou! In this podcast,  BAFTA (http://www.bafta.org)/WOMG (https://www.womenmakinggames.com) member and very talented lead character designer for Xbox Game Studios/Rare/Dlala Studios's Battletoads 2020 reboot, Lucy Kyriakidou (http://www.lucydoesart.co.uk), returns as our special guest as we discuss our favorite female protagonists in gaming, right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!  

News Topic Discussions:  

Idris Elba steals the show as Knuckles in first Sonic the Hedgehog 2 trailer  (Reference Link)  https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/22823056/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-trailer-release-date 

The NFT gaming backlash reaches a fever pitch  (Reference Link)  https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/gaming/ubisoft-nft-gaming-blockchain-backlash 

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss Reveal The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience  

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Shows Off Its First Real Gameplay  

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-190: Live At The 2021 Festival of Games! In this podcast, we broadcast live, once again, at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York to discuss and cover the 1st annual, local retro gaming convention "Festival of Games" (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-of-games-a-retro-holiday-shopping-and-gaming-event-tickets-220198789507); courtesy of Long Island Retro Gaming (https://www.liretro.com/) and CradleCon (https://www.cradleofaviation.org/plan_your_visit/cradle-con.html), right after discussing some news topics and sharing some current games we've played!

News Topic Discussions:  

Sony’s ‘Spartacus’ could be PlayStation’s answer to Xbox Game Pass 

Masahiro Sakurai: 'No Plans' for a Smash Bros. Sequel Right Now, and Don't Assume It Will Come

Xbox Game Pass PC Gets A New Name And Four More Day One Games

XBOX PREMIERES NEW HELLBLADE 2 TRAILER AT THE GAME AWARDS

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-189: We Share Our Game Streaming Disasters!! In this podcast, we reflect on the past and share our most game streaming disaster stories, right after discuss some news topics and close with the current games we're playing!

News Topic Discussions:  

Best Selling Console On Black Friday Wasn't The Switch Or PS5, But The Xbox Series S 

Don't Expect Halo Infinite Campaign Co-op until May 2022 at the earliest  

Phil Spencer calls for industry to work on 'legal emulation' 

Metroid Dread studio announces new 3rd person fantasy action RPG 

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-188: We Share Predictions for The Game Awards 2021! In this podcast, we make our predictions for all the nominated games on select categories of this years Game Awards, right after discuss some news topics and close with the current games we're playing!   

News Topic Discussions:  

Xbox Cloud Gaming Launches on Xbox Consoles  

New fighter MultiVersus is Smash Bros. but with Bugs Bunny, Batman, and Game of Thrones 

New Earthworm Jim TV Series Is In the Works  

A Chrono Cross Remaster Is Reportedly On the Way   

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Level 857 Video Game Podcast Ep-187: Q&A Discussion with Kenny Maximum! In this podcast, we welcome for the very first time, like minded, fellow YouTuber (who "Don't play no games!!!"; watch that Sephiroth reaction vid) Kenny Maximum (@Kennymaximum; https://www.youtube.com/c/KennyMaximum) as our honored special guest for a Q&A discussion interview right after discuss some news topics and close with the current games we're playing!   

News Topic Discussions:  

Nintendo addresses Joy-Con drift and says it's taking Switch Online feedback ‘seriously’  

Rockstar’s ‘GTA Trilogy’ Is Getting Eaten Alive On Metacritic  

The Game Awards 2021 Game Of The Year Nominees

Microsoft adds 76 games to backwards compatibility list 

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