Game Bytes

The world of video game news this week is abuzz with speculation! What’s the latest in the Apple/Epic/Fortnite/Unreal quadrangle? Why did Blizzard close its French office? When will Final Fantasy 16 be here? does Jeff Bridges talk funny? Will Monster Hunter the movie be any good? How can we tie together all of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s films? What exactly makes a good game, if it’s free-to-play “garbage” by default? All of these questions and many more will be answered… in some form. Join us and let your speculations be satiated!

Intro: “Shang Tsung’s Island Ruins” – Mortal Kombat 11, by Wilbert Roget
Outro: “The City Favored by Wind” – Genshin Impact, by by Yu-Peng Chen

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This week’s game-playin’ episode is a special treat! LeGrande updates us on the post-launch situation with Hades, and goes Back To Hell™ again. Then he and Dale bring us into their Super Mario 35 battle royale nightmare, and it turns out to be really clever and great. Jeremy then fulfills one of his all-time gaming dreams with Star Wars Squadrons in VR. Can you listen as fast as he talks? Check us out!

Intro: “VGM Remix Main Theme (Super Mario Bros 35th Anniversary)” – by Paulygon
Outro: “Main Theme from Star Wars Squadrons” – Star Wars Squadrons, by Gordy Haab

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This week’s top-of-the-week podcast covers the biggest moves in video game news! The jydge gives angry-eyes to Epic in their Apple lawsuit. Xbox Game Pass gets a big boost from EA. WoW’s next expansion hits some bumps. Cyberpunk hits some crunch. And Peter Parker is not the guy you thought he was in Marvel’s Spider-Man. Plus, we hit the news and new releases, and we discuss games that deserve a second chance like Among Us is getting!

Intro: “Talos Theme” – Rising Thunder
Outro: “Your Rain” – Silent Hill 4, by Akira Yamaoka

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Brand-spankin-new games is what we’ve got on offer for you today, and they are all-time greats, we’re just sure of it! LeGrande leads us across the river or ocean styx to pet frogs and build kitchens with Spiritfarer. Jeremy shops around for a new gacha waifu in Breath of the W– err, Genshin Impact. Dale is getting back into a new old habit with Spelunky 2!

Intro: “Caelestinum Finale Termini” – Genshin Impact, by Yu-Peng Chen
Outro: “Dwelling” – Spelunky 2, by Phlogiston

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Count on us to keep you in the deathloop WE MEAN TIMELOOP of video game news and edifying game talk. This week a few moves are made by Microsoft who buys Zenimax and subsidiaries. More info comes out about Xbox next-gen hardware. Blizzcon will be online in February. Mike Morhaime starts a new company. Amazon launches a game streaming service, but is it luna-cy? Metal Gear games are coming to Gog, Runescape comes to Steam, and more! Plus, new releases, and we discuss games that we’d like to see go free-to-play.

Intro: “Sea Shanty 2 (Trap Remix)” – Runescape, by OSRSBeatz
Outro: “Extreme Battle” – Resident Evil Vendetta, by Kenji Kawai

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Jerod joins us for a mid-week show to talk about the games we’ve been playing. And some of them are quite a throwback! First, Dale picked up that “limited time only” super Mario 3D All Stars for the Switch, and it turns out that Super Mario Sunshine wasn’t as bad as you all make it sound. Jerod dives into the world of French transmedia audio dramas adapted to video games with The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk The Amulet of Chaos. Jeremy returns to fight off the running dead with the Left 4 Dead 2: The Last Stand update.

Intro: “Isle Delfino” – Super Mario Sunshine
Outro: “L’Amulette du Desordre” – The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos

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Today is an episode of hellos and goodbyes. Hello to PS5 launch info, preorders, and Epic/Apple name-calling, and so longa to Michel Ancel, the 3DS, and … Bowser. We also share new releases and deals, and we also create a few pirate-themed next-gen scenarios that will please Dale!

Intro: “Photo Print Channel” – 3DS
Outro: “Bowser’s Theme” – Super Mario 64 by Koji Kondo

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We played a small game or two this week, and we can’t wait to bring the gavel down those who deserve jydgment. LeGrande tried the Star Citizen free trial and finds it not to be worth his considerable expense. Dale dons his robo-wig and “y”-themed gags with Jydge, and Jeremy hacks his life to get the Xbox Game Pass app on his Android TV, and plays a small game of Grounded.

Intro: “All Pumped Up” – Jydge, by Jay Man
Outro: “Main Theme” – Grounded

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This week’s news keeps things simple: just three blocks of news… chock-full of tons of delicious game bytes of news to chew thirty-two times before swallowing! This week we finally get the lowdown on the Xbox Series X and S, we catch up on the latest Epic v Apple developments, and then we check in with everyone else who thinks they’re making big news-moves this week. PlayStation 5 event? Well, that’s something. We have exactly one new release this week and one meme-themed Switch game, and we discuss our tolerance for “work” in video games.

Intro: “Rock Club” – Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: The Game, by Anamanaguchi
Outro: Star Wars Squadrons reveal trailer music

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On this Dreamcast Day, we hit the internet airwaves to opine about the video games that we played this week! LeGrande kicks us off in style with Marvel’s Spider-Man, and we appreciate the bold moves it made in 2018, some of which are still lacking today. Dale continues with the good-concept-but-needs-work Necromunda: Underhive Wars, and we ponder the final fate of Eschers, both MC and otherwise. Finally, Jeremy played Dead by Daylight and explores the “simple but subtle” gameplay.

Intro: “Negative View” – Marvel’s Spider-Man, by John Paesano
Outro: “Main Theme” – Dead by Daylight, by Michel F April

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont