It’s always a fun time for our two temerarious hosts to dig through their nerdy game lists. Staunch listeners will certainly be aware of this “list-obsession” of ours. This time, we share what we’re excited to get into as 2017 rolls along, and dwell a bit on how we choose what games to play and what we focus on in prioritizing our jumbo game collections.
Both dweebo-coolsters keep multiple lists, but take a pretty different approach. We definitely still see a trend of Matt digging deep into the past with his game picks, though there are some ongoing efforts to diversify and focus on trendier and newer titles on his part. Stephen has a mixed bag himself, including some Ultima goodness.
Firstly… Steve apologizes profusely for his terrible audio quality. Having just moved, his mic set-up isn’t what it should be and it’s resulted in levels being blown out.
As you know, Steve has just recently moved to Montréal which is in the French region of Canada. This poses the question of what is it like moving to French Canada as an English speaker?
In this episode we discuss the milestone of our kids first starting to talk and the idea of raising them multi-lingual. This leads into a discussion of what it was like learning French as a child in English Canada and how things have changed with being an adult that travels the world.
Steve talks about quitting Japanese, and Matt talks about interests in language and then we discuss whether or not there is a language barrier in Montréal and some of the cultural differences we’ve witnessed between Montréal and Vancouver.
This leads into a small talk about Silence before we catch up on what Matt’s been playing this week.
Huzzah! It’s 2017 (for realsies!)
Steve’s finally relocated his nerdy butt over to Montréal and while he hasn’t gotten around to building himself an Ikea bed just yet, he is in a position to allow us to finally get back to our recording routine. That means that yes, this episode was actually recorded this week.
In this week’s 54+ minute gamecast we talk about Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Nintendo’s primitive rules for buying digital games, and moving.
Rolling further in to the new year with some random Star Wars talk? Sure, why not.
After rounding out last year with some on-topic discussions of recent happenings and some reminiscence of the year in gaming, this week we visit the business of Star Wars sequels and prequels, and do our take on the topic that everyone has talked over to death: “Where were you when Episode 1 came out?”. Or, more accurately, “Why were all the prequels so bad?”
Hello again, faithful. So the end of the year is finally upon us, and it’s time to reflect on all of our gaming exploits throughout 2016. Not the hottest selection of games from Matt (Parenting! Thank you!) but Stephen has done a pretty respectable job of fitting in some good time for a variety of gaming delights. This time around, our conversation focuses on the games we finished, the games we didn’t, and our favorites from the year.
Stephen has a well documented list of respectable length while Matt’s finished games selection can be counted on one hand. Read More >
It’s a New Year, it’s a New Season! It’s us catching up for the first time in a couple of weeks!
In this week’s Gamecast we catch up on our holiday adventures, hangouts, and loot. Steve’s back from a short apartment hunting trip and about to embark of his family’s big move and Matt was inspired to play some of his Kickstarted boardgames. Did you find any good gaming deals over the holidays? Did anyone get you something particularly awesome? Let us know!
Cheers faithful ones!
Hopefully everyone had a fantastic holiday! We took some time off to visit with family and relax, and so this time around we’re pulling an unreleased podcast from our vault to discuss our backing histories on Kickstarter, as well as our general attitudes and experience with crowdfunding.
We aren’t extensive Kickstarter enthusiasts, but we have supported a somewhat diverse set of projects, and we toyed around with the idea of launching our own Kickstarter during our indie game dev days. As always, general chatter about games and what we’ve been playing creeps in a bit (certainly a happy addition to any serious conversation).
If you’re looking for talk of holiday grabs and gaming, then you’ll have to stay tuned for next time!
Hey Paisanos!
Matt’s back from Japan and Steve’s back from Black Friday shopping. That’s right, this podcast is actually coming a little later than recorded, but with Matt galavanting around the world who can blame us?
The gaming gods have provided a bountiful harvest this year and in this episode we discuss some of our recent aquisitions. It’s mostly a 40 minute geek out session about the marvelous physical media Matt got his mitts on in the land of the rising sun, and all the things Steve said he wasn’t going to buy this year that he picked up anyways.
Ever been frustrated that you can’t play your imported game on your domestic console? Ever have troubles with your Nintendo account because you now live in a country different than when you created the account? Ever experience the wonderful joy of scouring the internet to find a work-around for your region-locking blues?
In this episode, we discuss the woes we’ve faced as global nomads and avid game-geeks, including issues with online accounts, region locking on portable systems, importing international gems, hardware compatibility, and the like.
In this episode, we discuss our long term career plans and impressions of what it means to work in the game industry. We touch on some of the challenges involved considering our plights as parents of young children, and contrast our respective chosen career paths as one who’s taken the plunge and works in games versus one who’s gone the risk-averse, stable route of a more traditional software/hardware development job. Adult stuff, folks!
Speaking of work… not much in terms of gaming this time. Life gets in the way like that.