Author: Justin Young

This week we head to IHOP for some Sonic pancakes, but then we have plenty of games to talk about! Fallout 76 gets a boost. ESA no thanks to libraries. Infogrames is back from the dead. Embracer splits. VR is spiraling. The crew this week is Alicia Utecht, Mario Sanders, and Justin Young.

There’s a new Nintendo Indie World Showcase, and we’re just smitten with some of the titles including Wars Rising, Little Kitty, Big City, Europa, Sticky Business, Schim, Duck Decretive, and more! Plus, a discussion of the death of physical media. The crew this week is Alicia Utecht, Mario Sanders, and Justin Young.

The Triple-I Initiative Showcase is a mouthful but showed off some really cool new games. We also talk about the year of Shadow the Hedgehog, emulators on the Apple App Store, EA putting the Dead Space series on chill, and more. The crew this week is Alicia Utecht, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.

Students in Southern Illinois University’s School of Media Arts are celebrating the 2024 solar eclipse by developing and releasing a video game about it! Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a combined class for RTD 489: Electronic Media Workshop and MCMA 543: Media Arts Studio Seminar have been working on the game all semester with the set in stone deadline of releasing before the solar eclipse on April 8. Professor Kevin Mercer has guided students in developing the game using the Unity game engine, while they also created all the visual and audio assets from scratch. The game is described…

Is PSVR2 going away? Is a PS5 Pro coming soon? Who is Jeff Minter? Does anyone remember MultiVersus? What belongs in the World Video Game Hall of Fame? All these questions and more addressed this week! The crew this week is Mario Sanders, Alicia Utecht, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.

We talk that Princess Peach: Showtime demo, Xbox Partner Showcase, The Alters, Peoria Police misusing Call of Duty, MLB The Show snubbing the Rockford Peaches, and more! The crew this week is Mario Sanders, Alicia Utecht, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.

Massive layoffs continue to plague the industry, with EA and PlayStation getting into the act. We also chat Pokemon Day announcements Nintendo suing emulator developers, kids getting bullied in games, academia’s response to video games, and more! The crew this week is Mario Sanders, Kevin Mercer, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.

That Nintendo Direct finally happened, so we recap it by discussing Unicorn Overlord, Pepper Grinder, Epic Mickey Rebrushed, and more. We also talk that new EA Sports College Football game, Arzette, and others. The crew this week is Alicia Utecht, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.

There’s big news out of Xbox amid them bringing games to other consoles, but the bigger news might be the future of games in general. We talk Balatro, Foamstars, Switch 2, Tomb Raider correcting itself, and more. The crew this week is Alicia Utecht, Mario Sanders, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.

This week we discuss Project 13, Part Time UFO, and Sheepy. We dive into news on Disney buying into Fortnite, Xbox going multi-platform, shakeups for the WWE cover, and Microsoft back in how water with the FTC. The crew this week is Alicia Utecht, Mario Sanders, Christina Ivey, and Justin Young.