Episode 60 – Yep, Sixty

In this week’s brief episode, Delvin, Cameron and James take a look at the smattering of Nintendo news that came out this past week, as well as the outlandish pricing of the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare season’s pass.

Be sure to check out our YouTube videos from our Nintendo holiday event below.

Episode 59 – Tomorrow Is Mine, Bitch

After a mini-hiatus, the VGRealness crew is back! Delvin, James, Cameron and Michael are here to discuss the mega Super Smash Bros for WiiU Direct that happened last week.

James and Michael give some early impressions of Bayonetta 2 and the crew discusses the major release dates for November, this week on Video Game Realness.

Episode 57 – The DLC Discussion

This week on Video Game Realness, the guys talk about DLC! In the last week there were lots of DLC packs announced for Hyrule Warriors, which in turn have caused a bit of a stir for some people. Join Cameron, Michael, James and Delvin as they have  an in-depth discussion about good DLC vs money grab DLC.

The crew then throws in their two cents about Microsoft’s aquisition of Mojang, the creator of Minecraft. All that, Now Playing, and an FF15 demo and trailer discussion on this week’s episode of Video Game Realness!

Time Stamps:
DLC Discsussion – 23:00
Microsoft Mohjang Discussion – 56:00
Final Fantasy 15 and other news – 1:14:00

Break Music:
Sonic Adventure 2 – City Escape
Hyrule Warriors – Kakiro Village
Hyrule Warriors – Twilight Field

Episode 56 – Aunt Jemima Gigglefest

The whole crew is back and this week they go in depth talking about the Smash Bros 3DS demo that was recently released. The crew also discusses the effects of the Destiny hype and how it may have affected game reviews. The guys go over the news of the week and then there’s well…whatever the Aunt Jemima thing was.

All this and more this week on Video Game Realness!

Break Music:
Smash Bros 3DS Menu Music
Smash Bros 3DS Melee Theme

Episode 55 – The “New” New? 3DSi

Delvin, Michael and James congregate online for their first ever Skype episode (so please bear with any potential audio blips). The guys discuss what they’ve been playing recently, major releases for September and the hottest news of the past week including: Dragon Age: Inquisition multiplayer announcements, Gaymer X returning and Amazon buying Twitch.

In later half of the show, the crew discusses Nintendo’s boatload of news from the past week, including Pokken Tournament, Mario Kart 8 DLC, Smash Bros reveals, Xenoblade for 3DS and most importantly the New 3DS—what this means for Nintendo and what our opinions are on it.

This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Episode 54 – Isosceles

The whole crew—James, Delvin, Cameron and Michael—is back this week and the guys are talking about all the news and events that took place at Gamescom this past week. News topics include exclusive deals, Beyonce’d game announcements, bundles, expansions, oh my! Michael shares his very long gaming update and James has a beta breakdown.

All this and more on this weeks episode of Video Game Realness! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel!

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Episode 53 – Is Nothing Sacred Anymore?

It’s our second stab at a live episode! This week Cameron, James and Delvin went through a partial play through of Sacred 3. Check out our video portion of the episode with the links below. In the podcast portion of the episode, we still have our regular news items of the week.

We discuss Mario Kart DLC, a prospective game tied to Forza, Hyrule Warriors Direct and much much more!

Check out our new content and leave us your feedback on what you think of our live episode and what games you would like to see us play!

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Episode 52 – New Horizons

This week, Delvin, James and Cameron discuss the annoucements of EA’s subscription service and discuss the pricing models of Playstation Now. Which system is priced best for its offerings?

The guys also take a look at the releases coming out for the month of August and welcome back the return of Phoenix Down—a segment where they discuss a game series they want to see back!

All this and more on this week of the Video Game Realness Podcast!

Break Music
FF14 – Garuda Theme
FF14 – Hydra/chimera Theme

Episode 51 – Season 2 Begins Now!

It’s the start of a whole new year at VGRealness, but we’re still sticking to our roots this episode with a Now Playing and news items of the week.

James, Cameron and Delvin discuss the MMO fever they’ve been hit by, as well as some game delays and new character announcements for two Nintendo games. All this and more on Video Game Realness!

Break Music
KOF 97 Athena’s Theme

Episode 48 – One Year Anniversary Realness

Can you believe it? We’ve been at it for one whole year and couldn’t be more happy and excited! This week we we share some news about our one year episode. Send us your shout outs to videogamerealness@gmail.com.

The guys reflect on the E3 press conference as a whole and share their views on where E3 may head in 2015. The crew also checks in on the news items that happened post-E3, such as a new game announcement, news from Nintendo and much more.

All this, Now Playing and YouTube randomness all on this week’s one year anniversary episode of Video Game Realness!

Break Music:
FFx2 – Real Emotion
Wildstar – Defend the Gates

Timestamps:
7:10 – Now Playing
31:06 – E3 Reflection
1:08:19 – News
1:32:24 – YouTube Randomnes/Blooper

Episode 44 – E3 2014: Microsoft Conference

Check out our summary of the Microsoft Conference from E3 2014 where we break it down and discuss everything. Lots of great titles were announced and given release dates, such as Sunset Overdrive, Dragon Age Inquisition and Halo!

What did you think of their conference? Sound off below.

Xbox E3

Episode 43 – E3 Predictions

The full gang is back this week to dish on their E3 predictions and what things they are looking forward to seeing at E3 next week. The guys also discuss what things they know are most likely to make an appearance.

Before dishing on the E3 goodness, the crew talks about what games they’ve been playing and catch up with Michael on what he’s been up to.

We also take a look at some of the big news stories that passed over the last week, such as YouTube looking to buy Twitch, and Nintendo announcing the GameCube Controller adapter.

Check it all out, as well as a special announcement at the beginning of the show, this week on Video Game Realness.

***Our apologies for the Air Conditioner in the background***

Break Music
MK8 – Cloudtop Cruise
MK8 – Moo Moo Meadows

Timestamps
5:50 – Now Palying
37:13 – News
1:07:04 – E3 Predictions

Episode 42 – Jeopardy Trivia Extravaganza Realness

This week on VGRealness, James, Cameron and Delvin discuss the games they have been playing through the week in Now Playing. Check out what they thought of Kirby Triple Deluxe, as well as their stint with the Wildstar MMO Open Beta weekend that passed last week.

Back for our end of month segement, the guys have the Phoenix Down segment, where they take a look at a game series that they want back. This months entry is Legend of Dragoon!

Last but not least, join host Alex Gaybeck through some Video Jeopardy Realness!! Who will be victorious through the 25 Answers provided? Check it all out, this week on the Video Game Realness Podcast.

Show Notes:
-Link to the Jeopardy game board

Episode 41 – Flappy Nonsense

The crew is back this week with another News Extravaganza, and boy is there a lot of it.

First off, James, Cameron and Delvin cover the slew of Nintendo news including Tomodachi-gate and how they felt about it. The guys touch on the news of Pokemon, as well as the other recent announcements from Nintendo. Later, they discuss Sony’s recently released financial information and why they sold off their Square Enix stocks.

Of course, the crew also touches on yet another Xbox 180 and the news of the Kinect-less Xbox One.

All this and more on Video Game Realness.

Episode 40 – The One Where We Talk About Social Injustice

In this week’s episode, the guys discuss a hot-button issue in today’s gaming culture. Using Manveer Heir’s talk at GDC as a spring board, Cameron, James, and Delvin discuss misogony, racism and homophobia in video games. We discuss both positive and negative examples of characters and story-telling devices and the mentality behind them. As well, we talk about how the industry can move forward.

While it’s not required listening for this episode, we highly recommend listening to Manveer Heir’s GDC talk, linked here.

**Note: This episode was recorded shortly before Nintendo’s ill-received statement and subsequent apology regarding gay options in Tomodachi Life. As such, we did not get to discuss it, but will be sure to do so in a future episode.

Break Music:
Dragon Age 2: Tavern
League of Legends: Main Theme
Mass Effect 3: Sheppard’s Tango