Videogame Roundtable

The podcast slowly inches towards the magic 500th episode of Gaming Podcast, representing over 11 years of yakking about video games. For a Gaming Flashback, the gang looks at arguably the last good Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy. They also discuss the phenomenon that is Fortnite. As for the gaming news, this week includes:

• Atari reveals Ataribox, renamed Atari VCS

Do you play Fortnite? Let us know.

This week starts with two hosts and mysteriously turns into three without any warning. It's scary. Otherwise, this week's Gaming Flashback is the source of scorn from the hosts: Spore. Yes, SimEverything was SimDisappointing. Listen in and find out why. The news for this week includes:

• Xbox head tweets support of PS4/Xbox One crossplay on Fortnite

Let us know what you think.

This week, Scott and T.J. talk about playing Monster Hunter World on their PlayStation 4's, while Jonah talks about how bad his experience with the console version of Prey was. Everyone talks about their impressions of the Gaming Flashback this week: Fallout 3. This week's news includes:

• The state of Washington passes law to protect Net Neutrality

Let us know what you think!

This episode's release was delayed by Spectrum internet outage thanks to rain caused by El Niño, but that didn't stop Jonah from enjoying the Turtles. The news was slow this week, so there's a lot of banter about why Gaming Flashback title Grand Theft Auto IV was one of the best reviewed games of all-time, and how the crew thought it sucked. Maybe it was because of Roman constantly asking them if they'd like to go bowling or something. This week's news includes:

• CD Projekt touts Cyberpunk 2077 as a "blockbuster franchise"

Let us know what you thought of Grand Theft Auto IV.

So, two weeks ago, the audio was so corrupted, there was nothing that could be salvaged. A week later, the podcast only had one track working, so it was like Jonah speaking to imaginary people only he could hear. This podcast is finally perfect, with Rock Band being the Gaming Flashback. This week's news includes:

• System Shock reboot that raised $1.3M on Kickstarter is now on "hiatus"

Let us know what you think.

This week, TJ talks about how much he's loving Dragon Ball Fighter Z, and how he enjoys using one character's OP exploit to take down opponents with breathtaking quickness. Jonah brings up doing a special podcast, like Paul, Jordan and Jennifer did with Doctor Who, except with Star Trek this time. All this and this week's news, which includes:

• Sega teams up with Heavy Rain lead designer's new studio to publish "narrative-driven" game

This week's Question of the Week is "What game have you ended up playing til sunrise?"

Aside from cardboard products by Nintendo, there wasn't much to talk about this week, thanks to the January slog. However, the guys did play games and there was some news to talk about. This week's headlines include:

• NIS America admits it has no idea when Ys VIII will launch on PC

All this and Listener Feedback, too.

This week's episode was recorded on time, but publication was late thanks to power outages again. There's no discussion of Nintendo's $70 cardboard arts and crafts project (that'll be the subject of the next episode), but a Switch emulator does get some discussion. The news this week:

• Battlefield 1 is setting one of its maps free this week

This week's Question of the Week is again “What popular game did you play long after its initial release?”

This week's episode is a little late due to a power outage. However, despite the lack of really interesting news, the crew still finds plenty to chat about. This week's news includes:

• Switch outsells entire lifetime of Wii U in Japan

The Question of the Week is, "What popular game did you play long after its initial release?"

The audio quality is a little bad on this podcast, probably because Scott goes on and on about his fractured butt-hole. However, the episode was recorded on January 1, so there isn't much news. The gang also challenges Paul to pop in and do an episode sometime. What news that was discussed includes:

• Project Phoenix accused of being a scam

All this and Listener Feedback. The Question of the Week remains, "What game are you looking forward to in 2018?"