This week Dustin talks about his three year old son finishing levels in Sonic on his own and Scott has begun the journey of getting the best possible picture from his NES, SNES and Genesis carts without emulation. News topics we chat about are Valve changing how Steam review work, Nvidia GTX 970 settlement site goes live, Chris Metzen retiring from Blizzard and the PS4's firmware 4.0 update. We also deliberate over our votes for round 3 of The Retro League's best-games-of-1991 Tournament and have great listeners comments. Enjoy!
It Feels Like Magic - Episode 198
This week Dustin got to see his old friends and Scott has his Wii U hard drive fail. We both agree that ordering retro games from Japan feels like magic. We also talk about the new Friday the 13th game, paid DLC for an Early Access game on Steam, the first batch of AVS units have arriving to the US, some odd things about the PlayStation Pro, Run the Jewels being in the Gears of War 4 trailer, Phil Fish coming back to game development, Great Battle Cyber and the movie Looper! Our listener comments are fantastic this week and we go over Round 2 of The Retro League's tournament for the best games of 91! Enjoy!
It Looked Like Freedom - Episode 197
This week is the start of The Retro League tournament! This year is the "Best Games of 1991" so be sure to check out our deliberations at the end of the episode as we cast our official podcast vote. Scott is thrilled by a shout-out from Rally Point, an eSport podcast from The Bleacher Report, and Dustin talks about his Army buddies coming to Nashville for a reunion. The game trailer for Owlboy really impressed us and we also talk about Pewdiepie's twitter ban, the AVS NES clone from RetroUSB.com, Konmani said something about Metal Gear Solid V and some fantastic videos about No Man's Sky from Jim Sterling and Paul Taylor. Enjoy!
Stale Hookah Flavor - Episode 196
This week Dustin is dealing with Murphy's Law at work while Scott is dangerously close to falling down the deep rabbit hole of collecting for the Famicom. We chat about ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove is coming in 2017 and being published by Adult Swim, PlayStaion Now coming to PC, The Legend of Zelda Art & Artifacts book, Giant Bomb Game Academy and a hololens emulator for the NES exists. Dustin played some Sonic 3 and Super Mario 3D World with his son and Scott is enjoying Uncharted 4 quite a bit.
I Hate Poop - Episode 195
This week was light on news but heavy on laughs so it turned into a longer one than we expected. Despite it being a long episode we promise it's worth listening to the end! No Man's Sky is shredded on a long reddit post outlining missing features promised throughout development, Nordic games rebranding as THQNordic, Metal Gear Survive Trailer is well received, AVGN is back with a Beavis and Butthead episode and GoldenEye: Source is very cool. Scott is becoming a true Castlevania fan and Dustin gets a lesser-known but very cool Genesis. Enjoy!
Wreck The Mind's Eye - Episode 194
The week starts off with Scott making an impulse pre-order for a NES clone and ends with Dustin realizing the foam in his Snatcher case is worth more than most other games. No Man's Sky is finally released, Nintendo (fairly, but unsurprisingly) shut down both Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R) and the Nintendo Power archive project at Archive.org. Plus, thanks to Duhmez we have a nice chat about the difference between Castlevania on the NES and MSX. Enjoy!
John Wick of Video Games - Episode 193
It was a light week of news and gaming for Dustin and Scott so thanks to Emails, YouTube comments and Twitch chat it was still a fun episode. The first 13 years of Nintendo Power has appeared on Archive.org, Blizzard was hit with DDoS attacks possibly as backlash for their latest sweep of bans for cheaters, a man paid $1,300 for a leaked copy of No Man Sky and we can't understand why, a Vita exploit was finally found and more! Enjoy!
Suck My Cook - Episode 192
This weeks episode has a special treat as it ends with a bit of a spoiler-cast for Stranger Things! In gaming news we talk about the return of The Retro League Podcast tournament, the NES mini, the Nintendo NX leaks from Eurogamer, Tim Sweeney being convinced of Microsoft intentionally patching Windows 10 to make Steam not work well, Sony holding up cross-platform multiplayer and Sports Illustrated laughable gaming section and more! Enjoy!
A CUP of COFFEE - Episode 191
This week Dustin and Scott's opinions of Blade Runner have been refuted and there is a lot of Retro gaming talk. We give our thoughts on the NES Mini, Alicia Vikander confirming Tomb Raider movie story, Metal Jesus Rocks finding a N64 Disk Drive for the US, Ben Heck tearing down the Nintendo Playstation, The Arkade Kickstarter, Valve taking initial steps with CS:GO gambling sit shut downs and Terry Crews showing another reason why he is awesome.
Make A Vet Sweat - Episode 190
This week we chat about the Pokemon GO craze, Overwatch's new character named Ana, Valve's response to the GS:GO gambling scandal, Evolve going free to play, Sega Saturn's DRM looks to be cracked after 20 years and the fastest tool assisted play through of Super Mario 3 ever. Dustin finally played the Bloodstained Demo while Scott enjoyed some yard games and Blade Runner is brought up more than once. Enjoy!