Game Bytes

Our latest episode covers games that we have lately played and enjoyed, and we’re bringing it to you in delightful and nutritious audio form! This week, LeGrande switches places with Dale on the Assassin’s Creed Origins hype train. Dale gets into Jerod’s shoes for a Shogun 2 Total War campaign. Jeremy loots his way through the Arabian nights with City of Brass.

Intro: City of Brass Soundtrack
Outro: “Bird of Time” – Shogun 2 Total War, by Jeff van Dyck

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

Our first big GameBytes Show event of the year is here! And yes, we’re talking about the second week of NEWS! Just kidding, it’s pretty slow. But we do hit the English release of Ask Iwata, the closing of the Killzone official website and Minecraft Earth, Slay the Spire’s board game and Monster Hunter Rise’s demo, etc. For real the big event is our PREDICTIONS FOR 2021. We stack up last year’s against the facts, and we prognosticate the coming year in video games, IN PUBLIC, for YOUR AMUSEMENT. Check it out!

Intro: “Killzone Shadow Fall Main Theme” – Killzone Shadow Fall, by Tyler Bates & Lorne
Outro: “City” – Slay the Spire, by Clark Aboud

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

It’s 2021 and time to get back to the video games!! This week we get on some new stuff, some older stuff, and some ancient stuff. LeGrande checks into the hot new dance move sweeping the nation: Monster Train. Dale discovers the joys of various sidequests and bird-drones in Assassin’s Creed Origins, and Jeremy seeks asylum in the Monster Sanctuary. It’s a Dale sandwich on Monster! Have a taste!

Intro: “Simple Machines” – Monster Train, by Jordan Chin
Outro: “Infinity Arena / PVP” – Monster Sanctuary, by Steven Melin

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

In our first news show of the year, we discover that there’s very little news going on. But gosh darn it, we make the most of it! We check in on Cyberpunk 2077’s final tally, give your regular PSA about AGDQ, look forward to the Year of Psychonauts 2 and Nier Automata’s final secret is unearthed. Finally, we preside over the retirement of Macromedia Flash, and reminisce about its impact on internet culture at large, and video games in particular!

Intro: “Maneater (8-bit version)” – by LordLoraferIII
Outro: “Flash [Bitpop/Chiptune – Tribute to Queen]” – by Gavin Graham

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

The video game event of the year is here! Your Gamebyties Awards 2020! We’ve assembled, like the video game illuminati, preside over the final judgment of the best games of this year! LeGrande, Jerod, Dale, and Jeremy each go through our top games (and a few honorable mentions) so get ready to be blown away by the absolute justice of our decisions! Ring out the year with the only awards show you need!

Outro: Bubblegum K.K. – The 8-Bit Big Band ft. K.K. Slider!

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

We played some games this week… or was it last week? This back-dated episode of video game impressions is chock-full of sweet miscellany! LeGrande updates us on several games, but NOT the Big C. Dale rolls around with Dicey Dungeons in a reprise of some previous playtime. Jeremy tried out the recent free weekend for Killer Queen Black, but did it blow his mind (every time)??

Intro: “Killer Queen (Official Theme Song) – Killer Queen Black, by Powerglove
Outro: “Bonus Round” – Dicey Dungeons, by Chipzel

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

The more things change, the more they stay the same… at least in the last couple of weeks. We have no choice but to bring you the latest news on Cyberpunk 2077 and CDProjekt Red as they navigate the landscape of public opinion and game development, and it is FRAUGHT. We discuss the new company policies being enacted around Cyberpunk 2077, as well as China and world politics, Riot Games’ new MMO, and we notice that Diablo Immortal is right around the corner for at least part of the world. Plus, we discuss the world of finance surrounding … well, fine, we just talk more about Cyberpunk. But we make it good.

Intro: “Odyssey Login Theme” – League of Legends
Outro: “Manic Manipulator” – Super Meat Boy Forever, by Ridiculon

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

In our midweek show we’re talking about–what else?–Cyberpunk 2077. After a good long exploration of mods and techno-magic by LeGrande, we suddenly remember we DO have what-elses to discuss! Dale reveals his power level and recent conquests in Dark Souls 2, and Jeremy talks about the chill new (and yet classic!) release of Pixeljunk Eden 2 on the Nintendo Switch.

Intro: “Scavenger Hideout” – Cyberpunk 2077 by Marcin Przybyłowicz
Outro: “167 ghianda” – Pixeljunk Eden 2

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

We’re going to be honest: we’ve only really got two things to talk about this week. those things are The Game Awards (colloquially known as “The Keighleys”) and Cyberpunk 2077. We run down all the winners of the prestigious best-of-year awards as reckoned by the mysterious “panel”, as well as the most exciting exclusives as reckoned by the mysterious “deep booming voice.” Plus, we talk about the mess Cyberpunk 2077 finds itself in on some platforms, and CD Projekt Red’s response (or lack of response) to it.

Intro: “The Only Thing They Fear is ‘V'” – Cyberpunk 2077, by Marcin Przybyłowicz
Outro: “Future Days” – Performed by Eddie Vedder at The Game Awards 2020 

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week we’ve played some great games both new and old, robotic and… non-robotic. LeGrande goes back to wander the desert with Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, and also investigates never-nudism in Cyberpunk 2077’s character creator. Dale takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the various areas of Dark Souls 2 he’s explored. Jeremy tries out the latest in the craze firefighter-simulator genre with the early access post-capitalist emergency responder game Embr.

Intro: “Never Fade Away” – Cyberpunk 2077, by Samurai
Outro: “End Credits” – Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, by Paul Ruskay

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont