Game Bytes

In this news-stuffed episode of the GameBytes Show podcast, we discuss exactly where all those former Blizzard people have been going with the formation of a new studio. Final Fantasy 14 Fanfest produces several announcements (and a bunch of job-class discussion), new DualSense controllers, Destiny 2’s premature crossplay, Game Center CX adds new “retro” platforms, Pokemon show up in another new music video, and more! New releases, and has Stadia ended IN SHAME yet? The doomsday clock is still ticking!

Intro: “Star Prince” – Retro Game Challenge, by Koji Yamada & Naoto Ouba
Outro: “Electric” – Katy Perry

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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

In this week’s games we played, Jerod definitely DOES or definitely does NOT return to some weird Ultima Online legacy servers that might be different or not different from the previous ones. Dale commands the finest hotel chain in all of ancient and modern Hebrew Japan, and Jeremy revisits the “weird-heads-with-cloaks” parts of TRON and a little CRT swordplay in Narita Boy.

Intro: “Narita Boy Theme” – Narita Boy, by Salvinsky
Outro: “History of the Bell City” – Ultima Online Renaissance (ocremix)

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It’s time to get down again with the games we played this week! LeGrande has been playing around with time and television with Quantum Break! Dale goes a little too old school for comfort with Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven! Jeremy finally digs into the single-player MMO with the SNES aesthetic, CrossCode!

Intro: “Raid” – CrossCode, by Deniz “Intero” Akbulut
Outro: “The Hive” – Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven, by Paul Romero, Rob King, & Steve Baca 

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The news of the week is all about big money. What’s big money doing? How is big money feeling? How is big money’s family these days? We check in on Bethesda, Sony, Google, Valve, Embracer (eugh) Activision-Blizzard, and Miranda’s remastered derriere. Plus, new releases and a cool Humble Bundle, and we play a new game called Hype But Not Buy. Can you guess how it works? Come check it out.

Intro: “Escape” – Project Winter, by Bob Baffy
Outro: “Baby Got Back (8-bit version)” by 8-Bit Misfits
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So far it’s a few days into last week’s New Year’s resolutions and we’re sticking to our program! Dale practices the art of war a bit more with Total War: Shogun 2. LeGrande decides to go with the flow and enjoy what he enjoys with World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Jeremy carpes the diem with Game Pass and tries out Night in the Woods, since he’s had his eye on it for a while. Come feel what the new-year-new-us is like!

Intro: “Die Anywhere Else” – Night in the Woods, by Alec Holowka
Outro: “Die Anywhere Else DM Dokuro Remix” – Night in the Woods

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We return with a top-of-the-week show to help catch you up on video game news of this week! Apple gives up a little, Microsoft accommodates a lot! Fortnite gets a new subscription service while stadia comes to iOS. Nintendo is shutting down uploads to Super Mario Maker, while Monster Hunter World and Mortal Kombat 11 get some infusions of RL. Plus, new releases and freebies and discounts and such, and we discuss our patterns of acquisition and wishing, in the season of wish-fulfillment.

Intro: “Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)” – The Immortals, Mortal Kombat 11
Outro: “Create: Super Mario World – Ground Theme” – Super Mario Maker

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Our weekly news show is back to enthrall and edify you, and this time we go a little off the beaten video game path to do it! This week we discuss some Magic the Gathering shenanigans, which turns into a discussion of the Pokemon CCG. Once we get down to brass tacks we uncover the PS5 UI and terms and talk about Microsoft’s rollout of their new UI on Xbox One. Microsoft also flexes their Bethesda muscle. K/DA will release a whole album, and Rock Band stuff will work on PS5 and Xbox Series X. We also cover new releases, and we pay homage to our favorite historical game publishers who have gone the distance.

Intro: “Main Theme” – Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Outro: “Atari” by Lucky Boys Confusion

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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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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont