Gamersvantage Podcast with Steve and Jake (video games)

It's more Doom in this episode as Jake was able to finish Doom 3. We discuss Doom, Dead Space, Infamous Second Son, and Shadows of Mordor.   We also take a brief gaming detour to discuss Ant-Man and Jake's new soundbar.

We also discuss a few news items and the August Games with Gold and Sony's Playstation Plus games.

Links for this episode:

Specs for Jake's new soundbar: HT-CT80

Xbox Live Games with Gold for August 2015

PS Plus: Free Games for August 2015

Direct download: GV_Episode_28.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 10:22am EDT

In this episode Steve and Jake discuss Iwata's passing and other gaming news, DooM 1 & 2, Heretic, Hexen, Batman Arkham Knight, Watch_Dogs, and inFamous Second Son.  We also revisit our discussion about the emotional impact of games.

Links to items from the podcast:

Gravitation on SourceForge

Doom 4 Trailer with old Doom sounds

 

Direct download: GV_Episode_27.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 11:36pm EDT

This episode is all about Batman and E3.   We talk about the new game, and give our thoughts on E3.

As mentioned in the cast:

Report: Nintendo NX release planned for July 2016

Batman: Arkham Knight - Batmobile Race: Mental Blocked

Direct download: GV_Episode_26.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 9:24am EDT

Steve & Jake talk about Splatoon, Batman Arkham Origins and Blackgate, Metro 2033 Redux and a few other games.  We then talk about E3 and what we'd like to see for E3 2015

Metro 2033: Bad checkpointing

Direct download: GV_Episode_25.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 1:54pm EDT

This week we talk about Battlefield: Hardline, SMT: Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Tower of Guns, Hohokum, Splatoon Test Fire, Mass Effect and a few others.  We discuss some news, new releases and wrap it up with a discussion on console fanboys.

Direct download: GV_Episode_24.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 6:26pm EDT

Steve and Jake are back and we talk about Mario Kart DLC, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Battlefield 4, and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin.   We also discuss some news items, Nintendo's new strategies, and answer listener emails.

Direct download: GV_Episode_23.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 12:04pm EDT

To start off we talk about Star Wars!!! Steve and Jake then jump back to games and talk about Battlefield 3 & 4, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Aruzik, Mario Kart 8, Guild Wars 2, and Mass Effect.  We also discuss Star Ocean 5 with a brief discussion on the state of the JRPG in the western world and we wrap it up with our thoughts on the Guitar Hero/Rockband resurgence.

Some links for you:

Wii U - Shin Megami Tensei & Fire Emblem Crossover Project Gameplay Trailer

Battlefield 4: Unusual Wind Patterns

And because you know you want it, here's Shepard and Wrex for 10 minutes:

Shepard and Wrex for 10 Minutes

 

Direct download: GV_Episode_22.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 11:32pm EDT

In this episode Steve and Jake discuss Final Fantasy and what they want in a new Final Fantasy.   We also talk about Nintendo's recent announcement of the NX.

Direct download: GV_Episode_20.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 11:25am EDT

In this episode we talk about Assassin's Creed Unity and Battlefield: Bad Company 1 & 2.   We discuss VR, and ask the question, what does next gen mean?

We discussed a couple of videos from Eurogamer which I've linked below one which passed judgement on The Order 1886 before it release and told you not to preorder and the other which praises a game called STRAFE which looks which doesn't do anything for me.  Caution, they are NSFW:

STRAFE, the game that looks boring to me.

5 Reasons not to preorder The Order: 1886

 

Direct download: GV_Episode_19.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 2:26pm EDT

After a two week hiatus, we are back.   In this episode we discuss Assassin's Creed IV, Rogue and Unity and 'Good Enough Graphics'. We also discuss the New 3DS and the future of the Nintendo handheld. A Zelda tv show? Yeah we talk about that too.

Some links to stuff:

How Zelda should look

Direct download: GV_Episode_17.mp3
Category:video games -- posted at: 11:03am EDT