In this week's episode, Jeff Cannata highlights the games launching with Google's Stadia, Xbox's "Surprise Me" feature, Sonic the Hedgehog's new movie look, and discusses why it is totally okay to disagree about which games are the best.
Nov 16, 2019
8 min
In Today’s episode, Alex Berg and Christian Spicer talk about how bloated, lengthy games can affect playability. Do new-gen games need to have super-long story lines in order to be fun? Tune in and find out!
Nov 13, 2019
16 min
Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about Apple partnering with Valve on an AR headset; China’s gaming regulations for minors; and how Death Stranding and non-violent games make us see the world differently!
Nov 8, 2019
43 min
Fall is for GAMING! In today’s episode, we highlight all the new releases coming this November; Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and BlizzCon news; and how Hideo Kojima’s much anticipated game Death Stranding pushes limits! Tune in and join the excitement!
Nov 7, 2019
8 min
Alex Berg and Christian Spicer take inspiration from the chats for this week’s show, examining the issues and reasons in covering new games. Also, please note, there will be no CTRL PAD or News Game Plus this week. Hopefully they will be back soon!
Oct 31, 2019
17 min
This week, Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg talk about the Last of Us: Part II delay, Ubisoft game delays, Bethesda and Fallout 76 subscription, bots in multiplayer games, and more!
Oct 25, 2019
40 min
On this week’s News Game Plus, Jeff Cannata talks Fortnite bots, this week’s new, big releases, Pokemon Go’s upcoming PvP, and questions when great games are made just “good enough.”
Oct 25, 2019
8 min
Alex Berg and Christian Spicer use the recent MS-DOS games added to the Internet Archive as a jumping off point to discuss preservation vs piracy.
Oct 24, 2019
17 min
Nikole Zivalich and Christian Spicer discuss character cameos and crossovers, and what they mean for games, gaming ... and life?
Oct 21, 2019
17 min
Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about the data practices at Niantic, Google Stadia, Fortnite Chapter 2 PR strategy and the future of next gen consoles.
Oct 18, 2019
44 min
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