Game Bytes

In this episode we return to some old comforts and explore some new frontiers. First, LeGrande does a bit of both by getting to the end of the main campaign in Final Fantasy 14–a first for the podcast! We explore how the elegant player-level system creates an evenly-spread sheet of marbles. Dale gets back into Blood Bowl 2 and actually learns how to play the game, simultaneously becoming many of your favorite characters from [sports movie]. Finally, Jeremy traverses new worlds of water and milk in Astro Aqua Kitty, and he gushes over the sequel to one of his favorite little indie gems.

Intro: “Get It On” – Blood Bowl 2
Outro: “Dropsite” – Astro Aqua Kitty, by Mark Day & Cody Carpenter

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The news of the week is hopeful as Game Pass beta comes to Windows and iOS, Xbox Live Gold requirements are removed from F2P games, PS Vita and PS3 stores receive a stay of execution, Sony launches a video service, and lots of games sell lots of copies. Plus, Valve finally fixed that bug that stopped 3 of you from logging into Steam, Atelier games are everywhere, and we foist things on our children as is our way.

Intro: “DOTA” – Basshunter Outro: “A Fertile Wood at Heart” – Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, by James Currier & Ryan Borbone

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Time to catch up with the video game news of this week! On this episode we discover Epic’s answer to Roblox, called Core. PS5 is the fastest seller. Nintendo trots out some indies. Sony gets into Epic, Bioshock 4, another Amazon Game Studios cancelation, and more! Plus we take a close look at the MMO genre to investigate what it would take to bring us back into a persistent online game world!

Intro: “Execution Grounds” – Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection
Outro: “Fant M” – Lost Vikings 2

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The GameBytes show delivers that gamey flavor this week (no fee required) with the sweet taste of Final Fantasy 14, the savory Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch, and the bizarro fusion-cuisine flavor of Paper Beast. Don’t forget to be thinking about taxes on this Ides of April!

Intro: “Sea of Clouds Day Theme (Lost in the Clouds)” – Final Fantasy 14, by Masayoshi Soken
Outro: “Parade” – Paper Best, by TsuShiMaMiRe

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In our news episode this week, we take a deeper dive into some goings-on around the video game world, and drag you down with us! We discuss Sony’s “counter-punch” to Xbox Game Pass, the financials of the Epic Game Store in the past year, New E3, Age of Empires 4, Metroid Prime2D, and more! Plus, new releases and we guess the game premise to go with the titles.

Intro: “City” – Calling All Cars
Outro: “Chozo Ruins” – Metroid Prime 2D

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In this week’s episode we cover all the newest online multiplayer crazes, from 2021 to 1997. Yes, the newest and most popular ones. Jerod kicks us off with Ultima Online forever. But not for a long time, just Forever. What’s the appeal and how can you play something like that now? We transition to Dale who brings us a little further forward in the future to Counter Strike Global Offensive. We try to get in on that illicit CSGO money but it doesn’t work out, due to the high cost of kevlar. Jeremy finally brings us up to date with Destruction AllStars on PS5 and its Twisted-Metal-esque play and Dualsense support… but is it better left unsensed? Come find out!

Intro: “Character Themes” – Destruction AllStars
Outro: “Minoc (Rock Remix) – Ultima Online, by Zniak

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It’s springtime, and you know what that means! It’s HEIST season! This week we plan our trivia assault on the casinos of Las Vegas and hit the video game news of the week in our lateast madcap caper. We cover sony’s troubling confirmation of store closures, look at the top Metacritic publisher of last year, look at upcoming Game Pass PC content, see who the FBI has its eSports eye on, and figure out the LeGrande + Dale PB & chocolate combination for the ages! Plus, lots of new freebies and store updates this week, and in honor of LeGrande’s non-renewal of his WoW account, we look at old “first-gen” MMOs that we might consider going back to.

Intro: “Battle Theme” – Fantasian, by Nobuo Uematsu
Outro: “Bree Land Jig Lute Duet” – Lord of the Rings Online, by Chance Thomas

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In this week’s news episode we check in on award shows across the sea, we check into changes at Microsoft for the better and the baffling, we dig into the “DLSS” thing that might revolutionize game remasters and graphics, and enjoy the various game newses that are bouncing around us this week. We cover the bounty of new releases (especially on PC) and we discuss our feelings about Sony taking down some of its legacy storefronts.

Intro: “Theme of Darkness (Vs. Nega-Lance)” – Balan Wonderworld, by Ryo Yamazaki
Outro: “Episode Six (Remix) ” – Panzer Dragoon Saga Remake, by Yoshitaka Azuma

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Jerod, Jeremy, and LeGrande unpack the games they played this week, as well as the cinema masterpiece Crocodile Dundee 2. LeGrande played DOOM Eternal Ancient Gods pt 2, but gets in a bit of everything else too! Jerod played Stronghold Warlods, in an effort to sample the Pei Wei of strategy games. Jeremy walks past all the paid PS5 content for his new console and gushes over the PlayStation brandfest Astro’s Playroom.

Intro: “The World Spear Combat” – by Andrew Hulshult and David Levy
Outro: “GPU Jungle” – Astro’s Playroom, by Kenneth CM Young

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This GameBytes Show episode is another chompy news digest! This week we cover the newest announcements by Square-Enix, a few moves by Sony (including fighting moves, ha!), new studios starting, GeForce Now’s price increase, Valheim’s landmarks, Valve declines to list a game, and more! Plus, new releases and freebies! And we give a bit of a boost to underserved intellectual properties!

Intro: “The Elder Theme” – Valheim, by Patrik Jarlestam
Outro: “RIZ-ZOAWD” – Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, by Michiko Naruke performed by Kaori Asou

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont