Videogame Roundtable

This week's podcast isn't the best, but at least we tried, right? There's a lot of chatter, and Scott gets really angry at people criticizing Star Wars.

This week's news items includes:

Iranian state television mistakes Medal of Honor footage for reality

Street Fighter 5 Arcade Mode being considered

Experimental 5D data storage could store 360TB of games for 13.8 billion years

Ubisoft boasts about The Division beta’s huge numbers

HTC's Vive VR Tech will launch in April priced at $799

This week' Question of the Week: "When, if ever, will you be getting VR?"

Jonah survived the cold snap, and everything is okay - we think. There's not much to this podcast except for the extensive discussions on completely unrelated topics.

The news this week includes:

The Chinese Room gearing up to announce a new game

“Who wouldn't want to take on” Baldur’s Gate 3, says former Bioware writer

New rumor has Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Horizon 3 coming to Windows 10

id Software: DOOM reboot single player campaign around 13 hours

Question of the Week: “What is your favorite FPS?”

This episode sees the debut of a new co-host, videogame writer T.J. Denzer, who joins Jonah Falcon and Scott Dirk for this long episode, discussing Star Wars, spoilers, and other news that didn't make the cut. This week also has the first Gaming Flashback in over a year, taking a look at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

This week's news includes:

Mac and Linux versions of Batman: Arkham Knight canceled

22 year old eSports FIFA gamer signed by professional football club

Nintendo cancels sleep tracking device

Ant Simulator canceled after business partners spent money on booze and strippers

Question of the Week: “What is your favorite strategy game?”

This podcast is delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, but there's plenty of banter between Jonah and Scott, and 30 minutes of the podcast were removed to be aired as an outtakes at some point. Oh, and there's plenty of cursing and NSFW content in this particular podcast, so be warned.

The news includes:

Starbreeze announces it'll build a VR arcade venue in Los Angeles

Mighty No. 9 unexpectedly delayed by Comcept

Nintendo NX set to be new face of Nintendo with busy 2016 planned

Five Nights at Freddy's World pulled from Steam

Let us know what you think.

This week's episode features Paul guest-hosting, joining Jonah and Scott. The only real drama comes when Paul defends Nintendo's shady policy of deleting levels without any warning.

This week's news items include:

Nintendo is deleting people's Mario Maker stages without telling them why

Vivendi's takeover of Ubisoft looms

Square Enix announces upcoming Hitman game will be going fully episodic

Former game developer accused of being a spy released from Iranian prison

Question of the Week: “What is your favorite mobile/social game?”

This week's podcast is kind of boring, since there's little to talk about, but Jonah and Scott are game. Most of the entertainment comes from Scott talking about his Fallout 4 adventures.

This week's news includes:

Sony wants to trademark the term 'Let's Play'

Star Wars open world game Kickstarter proposal canceled

OculusVR founder claims Rift selling at $599 is "obscenely cheap"

Pirated games may cease to exist in two years thanks to Denuvo

Let us know what you think.

It's 2016, and the first podcast of the new year is now live. Be warned, there are Star Wars spoilers like Han Solo dying and the entire plot being a rehash of A New Hope, so don't listen if you don't want to have your The Force Awakens experience ruined.

This week's podcast covers the following news:

Valve explains Steam issues on December 25

Star Wars Battlefront won't be doing The Force Awakens or space battles content

New pachinko laws pushes SNK back to videogames

Question of the Week: “Which game do you really want to play in 2016.”

If you're wondering where the podcast has been, it's been in technical hell. Twice the podcast was recorded each week, and both times there were serious technical issues. This time, we've got it right, and even have Paul dropping by to discuss his new book, "Gaymers: the Difference a 'Y' Makes: How (and Why) to Make Video Games LGBT Players Care About". Actually, it's mostly dominated by a discussion of an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Otherwise, the news items include:

Kojima end of Konami employment

French consumer advocate suing Valve over violating consumer rights

Ken Levine states gamers prefer open world to linear narrative

The Question of the Week: “Who is your favorite superhero?”

No, you're not going backwards in time. This is the episode that was supposed to air a few weeks ago but was sidetracked by a faulty power supply. Of course, the episode was recorded on Friday the 13th, back when Fallout 4 was fresh and new.

The old news includes:

Bethesda sells 12M units of Fallout 4 for $750M at launch

October 2015 NPD: Xbox One won the month, despite PS4 price drop

Rapper predicted Smash Bros. future

Night Dive working on complete remake of System Shock, discussing System Shock 3

The Question of the Week, "Do you or have you pulled videogame all-nighters on weeknights?", was repeated in episode 239. But you can still answer the question.

If you're wondering what happened to Episode 405, it was recorded, but Jonah's power supply self-destructed, and wasn't available til Wednesday, and by then it was too late to post it. (It will be posted at some point in the near future.)

Instead, check out these week's news:

Afro Samurai 2 removed from online stores, players get refunded, episodes 2 and 3 canceled

Activision apologizes for Nuk3town pre-order mix up

PlayStation 4 is getting PlayStation 2 emulation, Sony reveals

Electronic Arts doesn't want to "nickel and dime" gamers with microtransactions

Question of the Week: Do you or have you pulled videogame all-nighters on weeknights?