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YoVG # 378 They Weren't Even Good Jokes (Gaming Journalism Hindsight)
The Yoshi P commentary really stirred the hornets nest. The early 2000's were the wild west of the digital age. Other, more poetic, writers have said that…
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YoVG # 377 The Hurdles + Possibilities of VR
I have a few friends who really love VR. The conversation usually goes in circles, beginning and ending with "how to make VR worth it". Today, former Nintendo…
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YoVG # 376 Brainiac's Lame
Sony released it's first State of Play for 2023 and there were a couple surprises outside of the presentation too. Let's hop in and talk about Sony's outlook…
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YoVG # 375 Who Shot The Golden Goose?
Whole lotta GaaS games are getting the axe! Many companies who went all in on live services games are now in hot water. At one point it was considered the…
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YoVG #374 Why Nintendo Won't Be at E3
It turns out Nintendo won't be light on releases this year. Both of us were delightfully surprised by this direct. But the direct being so big is probably why…
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YoVG # 373 Bursting Bubble Bobbles
Free to play games may be running out of GaaS and E3 won't have any of the first party publishers attending. Bubbles are bursting all over and who's to say…
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YoVG # 372 Microsoft Developer Direct 2023!
For the first time in years - Microsoft seems to have a little something for everyone. Personally we were delightfully surprised by the new Tango Gameworks…
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YoVG # 371 Ubisoft's Agonizing Death
Ubisoft is a sinking ship. And not just because of the latest Skull and Bones delay. It just seems like it cannot get out of their own way. From unexpected…
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YoVG # 370 The Great '98!
25 years ago began possibly the greatest year in gaming. 1998 saw the likes of Metal Gear Solid, Ocarina of Time, Half Life, Resident Evil 2, Banjo Kazooie and…
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YoVG # 369 Hype Check 2023
The first six months of 2023 has some very exciting releases. But oddly enough - the back half of 2023 is a blank calendar... Does this mean E3 2023 is going…
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YoVG # 368 Lost Gaming Trends
You ever miss an old trend? Maybe a game, or genre that used to dominate. Like I miss couch co-ops. I've said it before, I'll say it again but I do. Well…
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YoVG 367 Our Top Ten Games in 2022
It's that time of year, again. Where we compile our top ten games from the year and make an argument for why you should play them if you haven't. This was a…
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YoVG # 366 Artificial Un-Intelligence
Can't avoid it anymore. We're talking AI art and AI driven game development today. Mostly about it sucking, but I am open to counter arguments.
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YoVG # 365 Surprise Disappointment
It's the worst kind of surprise. We've been waiting and hoping and everything has been lining up to be a winner, but instead it's a big wet fart. Today's…
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YoVG # 364 Atari Flashback
This week we invite you to come back with us... to the 70s. Yes! Shag carpeting, in your pants and your home! A time of TVs with dials, wood paneling, and…
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YoVG # 363 Thanksgaming 2022!
It's that time of year where we devote an entire episode to the things we are most thankful in gaming this year. If you're in the states you may be travelling…
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YoVG # 362 Games that start strong, but get weak!
Today's episode is all about games that started strong and tapered off. Maybe it held a whole lot of promise, or had such a strong intro it just couldn't live…
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YoVG # 361 Games That Could be Better Without Combat
I don't know if this ever happens to you, but have you ever loved everything about a game - the puzzles, the story, the environment - and then the combat sorta…
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YoVG # 360 The Good Ending
Bayo 3 had a bit of a forced wrap up, or so it seemed to many fans. Just a quick bow tie outta no where. And this motivated our topic of the episode, how rare…
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YoVG # 359 Falling out of Love with Zelda...
Matt's got a heart ache. He's been feeling this way for a while... But he might, maybe, JUST MAYBE, be over Zelda. What does that mean? Does he hate it now?…
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YoVG # 358 Silent RE4Rs
Apparently it is the early 2000's again. We have Final Fantasy news, we have Silent Hill news and of course we have Resident Evil 4 (remake) news! Sure seems…
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YoVG # 357 Street Fighter 6 Beta Boys!
Matt got in to the SF6 closed beta and today we are talking about his thoughts on the game. It sounds a lot like the dev team focused on what fans wanted (I…
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YoVG # 356 Sony's Leaking...
A list of projects Sony has in development has leaked and while there is hub-bub about the Horizon Zero Dawn remake - there is plenty other stuff in there to…
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YoVG # 355 E3 + Cyberpunk Comeback!?
Weird week! E3 is coming back and they are doing the exact thing so many people have screamed about. It's like someone ACTUALLY read what people want and…
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YoVG # 354 Gaming Chair Deep Dive w/ Consumer Reports
Hey doods! This week's episode is a bit special. We have Nicholas De Leon, from Consumer Reports, on the show to talk about his recent article. Matt has been…
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YoVG # 353 TGS Red vs Blue
We expected some announcements at TGS, but to have both a Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play surprise announced, on the same day, within a few hours of…
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YoVG # 352 Project Management Pt 2: Electric Boogaloo
343 is having some Halo problems. Again. And they have broken their Co-op promise. Again.
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YoVG # 351 Story Time!
If you're a long time listener you have heard us say that story in games don't matter. This episode is about how that opinion has thawed. And actually, how AAA…
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YoVG # 350 Gamescom '22
Last night, Gamescom 2022 opening night occurred in Germany. And to celebrate? Keighley did two hours of trailers and announcements! While it wasn't a whole…
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YoVG # 349 Nintendo Power
Inflation is really cutting into the profit margin for game consoles. So much so that Meta (Facebook) has increased their upcoming Meta2 VR headset by $100…
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YoVG # 348 Sony's EVO 2022
EVO is finally back and under new management! Matt was able to go this year to meet up with many of the doods and be a part of Sony's first year running EVO…
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YoVG # 347 The Fight for Free to Play
Multiversus seems to really be causing a split in the fgc over the fate of free to play being good or bad. We've said in the past that it would probably be…
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YoVG # 346 Days of Delays
We had been trying to move a little further away from news-centric episodes but today several delay bombs dropped and we had to talk about it. Does this point…
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YoVG # 345 Consolidation Wars
We knew things were getting serious when Microsoft bought Activision (and that is being finalized now) but Sony buying Bungie, and for a staggering amount, has…
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YoVG # 344 Matt's Birthday Nostalgia Episode!
Yesterday (7/11) Matt celebrated the second most important day of his life - that's right, his birthday! He's a man now and we decided to reflect on his…
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YoVG # 343 Remaster Disaster
Rockstar announced it has killed its remaster of GTAIV and Red Dead Redemption. A mixed bag because we both sort of looked forward to RDR coming back but we…
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YoVG # 342 Scrimblo Bimblo & The Nintendo Partner Mini Direct
Today's episode is all about the Nintendo Partner Mini Direct to round out our Not E3 Gamer Holiday! The title is a reference to an old meme. Would you like to…
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YoVG # 341 The World Warrior Problem
It wouldn't be announcement season without at least one good leak and this year it is a big one. The entire roster, and art for Street Fighter 6 has leaked. We…
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YoVG # 340 Gaming Christmas in June!
First thing - this episode my audio mixer seems to have died. So, I am quieter than Matt even after post processing. It is not your audio, please do not crank…
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YoVG # 339 (Not) E3 '22 Hype Check
Welcome to Not E3 week! Last week Sony had a really great State of Play. This weekend is Summer Games Fest and Microsoft's event. So we are taking the downtime…
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YoVG # 338 Sony State of Play Summer 2022
I'm sure everyone at Sony is pretty happy with how that State of Play went. Of course you had the big three announcements, but it is hard to pick out a weak…
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YoVG # 337 The '95 Malaise
In 1982, a melt down occurred in the video game industry. The next decade saw a market flooded with consoles and an absolute tsunami of bad software. Another…
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YoVG # 336 PSN Premium Games Confirmed!
Sony confirmed a list of games that will be on its GamePass competitor - PSN Premium. The highest of the three tiers, it will include older games from PS3 down…
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YoVG # 335 Trouble in the Mushroom Kingdom
So, it turns out that Nintendo is not a great company to work for - shocking. But apparently it is even worse for contractors (or associates as Nintendo calls…
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YoVG # 334 Yuji Naka VS Square Enix
It's a battle of the bastards in this episode. Yuji Naka has sued Square Enix over being removed unceremoniously from his position as director of Balan…
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YoVG # 333 Blanka is here for business
It's not a great title for SEO but I genuinely love Business Suit Blanka and it makes me laugh so I am keeping it. This week sees some news finally drop, from…
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YoVG # 332 An Audience For Everyone
Normally this would be when teases and rumors start flying for in the build up to E3, but since E3 is dead - I guess the rumor season will have to evolve…
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YoVG # 331 Sonic 2 or How to Adapt a Game
Slow news week means evergreen-ish topic. I haven't seen Sonic yet. To be honest, I had no plans to see Sonic but Matt loved it and we decided to talk about…
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YoVG # 330 Retro Staying Power
Matt has been going through some retro games lately and he's been wanting to talk about what it's like finding games that have real staying power versus others…
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YoVG # 329 Sony is Spartacus
Sony officially announced its GamePass competitor today! It is NOT called Codename: Spartacus - which would have been super cool - but instead is called…
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YoVG # 328 New genre, Who Dis?
We got another great suggested topic, this time from Myles! The evolution of genre in gaming. He uses the example of SRPGs and how they have grown due to…
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YoVG # 327 Best Games For New Gamers
Our topic today was suggested by Kaiber132. If you had a friend ask you what game they should start with - maybe they got a pc for work but it also has gaming…
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YoVG # 326 Sony State of Play Reheated
Sony held a State of Play on short notice, and even more of surprise: almost every game shown was Japanese developer focused. Now, personally there were only a…
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YoVG # 325 Nintendo Ghosts EVO
Does Nintendo hate the Smash community? Or maybe they just hate tourneys? This week we talk about the (not entirely unexpected) bombshell that Nintendo will…
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YoVG # 324 Street Fighter Horizons
Street Fighter 6 has been officially announced, and with a cool new logo that everybody loves! The debate now is: how long until it comes out? I say they…
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YoVG # 323 Nintendo Direct to my Heart
This last week was one of the best Nintendo Directs in a long time, and exemplified what makes Nintendo the powerhouse that it is. Anyone worried it would be…
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YoVg # 322 Platinum is Running Out of Gas
Yeah okay, Platinum is probably hopping on the Live Services train. But can we talk about the more important thing - Shinji Mikami thinks RE4 remake needs to…
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YoVG # 321 Sony Seizes Its Destiny!
It's like someone heard us cracking jokes at the slow news week last week and decided to drop bombs this week. According to sweet baby Keighley: this is just…
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YoVG # 320 Slow News Week
After the bombshell last week, I suppose we should have known this week would be pretty slow. Tune in for theme park talk, a debate on what a full head of hair…
YoVideogames!YoVG # 319 Microsoft Buys The World (of Warcraft)
Phil Spencer just keeps collecting those Ws. He earned himself a big promotion today, just after the news broke that Microsoft bought Activision/Blizzard…