Game Bytes

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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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

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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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

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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Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont