Videogame Roundtable

It's the last Gaming Podcast episode of 2018, and it's three hours long! Well, it's to make up for the fact we won't be doing one next week. There are only two news items, but the entire bulk of the episode is our Game Awards for 2017, and we took a different tack than most sites and podcasts by inventing our own Awards Categories! The news we do discuss include:

• Soulcalibur 6 finally brings the tale of swords and souls to PC

We also discussed the game we're looking forward to the most in 2018 -- let us know which one you are interested in!

This week's episode focuses on the Patreon disaster and a major expansion for an important strategy game. Even more shockingly, the crew manage to remain on topic and not drift off into discussions about superheroes or global politics. The news discussions include:

• Patreon’s service fees anger creators, patrons

Let us know what your favorite games of 2017 are!

This week's episode is unremarkable. Don't expect any surprise guests or news, just a lot of chatting about comics and wandering way off the topic of video games. The news items for the week are:

• Valve implements methods to curtail Steam review bombing

Let us know what you think.

This week's podcast was delayed in publishing thanks to the holiday week being more hectic than usual. However, better late than never, and there's even some listener feedback included! The news items include:

• Valkyria Chronicles 4 is mobilizing for deployment in the west in 2018

Let us know what you think.

This week's podcast has been seriously delayed due to Jonah's computer going belly up, then having to deal with reinstalling everything. Not to worry, however, since everything on the old hard drive was saved. If that weren't enough, Jonah is enjoying his new Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition. The news of the week includes:

• EA responds to community criticism of Battlefront 2 unlock system

If that weren't enough, there's about 30 minutes of outtakes we're saving for the future as the gang talks about 2018. But that's for an Outtakes episode.

This particular episode becomes a little sleepy as one host actually falls asleep during recording. Guess which one. After last week's episode only partially uploaded, the Gaming Flashback for Okami is actually an insert, too. The news items include:

• It's a big week for new game releases on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC

Let us know what you think -- without falling asleep first.

This week's Gaming Flashback has no cake -- instead it's the history of Portal. The guys try to keep the podcast meme-free as they discuss Valve's first person puzzle platformer. There's also non-Portal related news items, too:

• Chris Avellone may be teasing a new Fallout game

Let us know what you think in the Comments section.

As the episode title would imply, this week's Gaming Flashback is Psychonauts, with Jonah revealing he's a total fanboy and backed the sequel for over $800. He also has no idea what Oxenfree is, since he hadn't played it yet. (He has, and realizes he was completely wrong about it being like Cabin in the Woods.) The news:

• Captain Falcon was almost the mascot of the SNES

Let us know what you think.

For some reason, this episode was never uploaded, though it was recorded two weeks ago. The Gaming Flashback is Mass Effect, and the news includes:

• After the fall update, development on Battleborn will cease

This week is a week late due to various issues, but Hurricane Irma was not one of them, as Scott recorded his part of the podcast from Georgia, while Jonah and T.J. live far away from hurricane zones. In the meantime, T.J. goes from being disappointed with Destiny and being ecstatic with Destiny 2. This week's news includes:

• Destiny 2 passes 1 million concurrent users

This week's Gaming Flashback is the original Assassin's Creed. Let us know what you think of the game.