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Episode 24 – January Jams Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

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This week, join Cameron, Michael and James as they continue the Video Game Realness month-long celebration of music in video games. Michael shares his Top 5 soundtracks of all time, as well as his faves from 2013.

The trio also takes some time to share listener tweets who tweeted at us with their favourite soundtracks of all time. Donkey Kong Country is high on a lot of lists; who knew?! The guys discuss the news of the week, including updates from CES, and finally move into this week’s January Jams topic: how does music influence/affect storytelling and atmosphere in games? What games do this the best? You’ll have to listen to find out! Also, be sure to tweet us with your opinions!

(Michael also wrote a story about this for 1UP.com a couple years back and you can check it out here.)

Show Notes:
-The Wind Waker video James mentioned
-Below is a Storify of all the game soundtrack tweets we received. Be sure to get in on the action this week!

***DISCLAIMER: All music used in this episode does not belong to Video Game Realness and is being used under Fair Use Policies.

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Episode 23 – January Jams

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Video Game Realnees is back for 2014 and we’ve got a JAM packed month! All this month, we are celebrating music in video games! Each week we will discuss or have a different feature celebrating music in games.

At the top of the episode, Cameron, James and Delvin go over what games they were playing over the holiday break, as well as their Top 5 games of 2013. Next up, they go over the news that happened over the break, such as the Nintendo Direct announcing some hidden gems, as well as Square Enix rumors.

And in celebration of January Jams, the crew discuss their Top 5 Gaming Soundtracks and what makes them enjoyable for them.

It’s a JAM packed episode you are sure to love! Check it out!

6:30 – Now Playing and Top 2013
34:54 – News
1:17:13 – Delvin’s Top 5 Games
1:26:00 – James’s Top 5 Games
1:31:10 – Cameron’s Top 5 Games

Break Music
Killer Instinct 2 – Tusk’s Theme
Smash Bros Melee – Hyrule Temple

***DISCLAIMER: All music used in this episode does not belong to Video Game Realness and is being used under Fair Use Policies.

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Episode 22 – Zelda Time Warp

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In the final episode of Video Game Realness for 2013, Greg, Delvin and Michael discuss the Zelda Timeline. The guys discuss the flow of the timeline and what might come next in the series. Check out the recent BuzzFeed post that breaks down the timeline as well with some nice visuals.

***Spoiler Alert in the Podcast*** For the Zelda Timeline, we do discuss the endings for each game EXCEPT A Link Between Worlds. So if you haven’t beaten the others and don’t want it spoiled, please skip this section.

In the rest of the podcast, the guys discuss the news of the week, including console sales numbers, Tales of Zestiria and and a light dash of Rayman shade, because they just can’t resist. All this and more on the final 2013 episode of Video Game Realness!

The show will return the week of January 5th, 2014.

(Also, we did have a giveaway planned, but due to some technicalities and limitations being in Canada and most listeners from the US, we will need to postpone the giveaway until we’ve worked it out at a later date.)

Time Stamps:
02:15 – Now Playing
28:50 – News
1:03:00 – Zelda Timeline

Break Music:
-Final Fantasy 4 – Dreadful Fight
-Legend of Zelda – Ganon’s Tower

Show Notes:
-Zelda Timeline on BuzzFeed
-Lightning Returns Collector’s Edition
-Mega Man Board Game
-Read Only Memories Kickstarter

 

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Episode 21 – Player 2 Press Start

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On the 21st episode of Video Game Realness, Delvin and Greg have a discussion about two-player games, and the games that they have enjoyed in the past. They go into a brief history evolution of co-op and competitive games and the introduction of online play and how it evolved multiplayer games.

The duo also discusses the news that broke out over Riot Games and their now overturned decision to not allow contracted players to stream a list of specific games. Will Greg and Delvin have an eSports throw down again? Tune in to find out!

All this, the Jane Austen MMO, VGX awards, Nintendo Shade, and more on Episode 21 of Video Game Realness.

Time Stamps:
01:40 – Jane Austen MMO
18:40 – Nintendo Shade
32:00 – VGX Awards
41:15 – Riot eSports discussion
53:25 – Two-Player Discussion

Break Music: Megaman X Spark Mandrill Theme Music

Show Notes:
-Jane Austen MMO

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Episode 20 – A Walk Down Mario Lane

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On this week’s episode of Video Game Realness, Delvin and Greg are back with James to discuss Super Mario 3D World and taking a look back on the previous Mario console releases and how they contributed to 3D World. Lots of elements from past games make an appearance in this game and you can find them out all here.

The guys discuss the games of the week that they’ve been playing, or lack thereof in some cases. They also go over some news tid bitties of the week, so strap yourself in and check out episode 20 of Video Game Realness!

Time References:
04:20 – Now Playing
23:16 – News
49:50 – Mario Retrospective

Show Notes:
-Blog about Super Mario Bros 2
-Waiting in line Black Friday game

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Episode 18 – PS4 and Things Because Reasons

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After a one week hiatus, the boys are back to chat your ears off about PS4, Blizzcon and other news highlights.

Join Cameron, James, Michael and Delvin as they share what games of the week they’ve been playing as well. Michael gives us the T on his PS4 and shares his impressions on Killzone: Shadow Fall, Knack, Resogun and more.

Also, in this week’s episode we’re using our new microphone, so apologies for the sound levels this week (auto volume was turned on by accident). We will work it out in the coming weeks.

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Episode 17 – Objection!

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It’s a VG Realness three-man crew this week. Join Delvin, James and Michael as they discuss the newest Ace Attorney game, Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies. You won’t object when they also talk about their impressions from Gamercamp, getting hands-on with some of Nintendo’s holiday releases (with extra commentary expanding on our videos from last week), and all of the hottest news of the week.

Also: in a VG Realness first, the guys play a few rounds of The Metagame — a card debate game about games and culture — that is currently holding a Kickstarter. Which do you think will save the world? Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Cats: The Musical? (Thanks again to Eric Zimmerman, Colleen Macklin and John Sharp for sending us an preview deck!)

Did you go to Gamercamp? What did you think? What did you play? Leave a comment or tweet at us!

Also, we’ve worked on fixing our audio levels, so please let us know what you think. Send us a tweet with #VGRealnessMyEarsAreBleeding and let us know if there’s more we need to change.

13:35 – Nintendo Holiday Preview
22:09 – Playing The Metagame Live!
31:55 – Weekly News
59:40 – Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies

 

Show Notes:
-Our hands-on videos at Nintendo’s holiday preview event
-The name of the digging game from Gamercamp was Super Motherload
–The Metagame Kickstarter
-From one of our rounds of The Metagame:
metagame-1-Delvin’s Megaman 3DS XL case:
megaman-3ds-case

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Episode 15 – Pokémon Generation Fabulous: Y Be Basic When You Can Be X-travagant?

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Get ready for the episode we were beyond excited to record all about Pokémon and X and Y! We talk about the launch of the game, new game mechanics and our personal experiences with this new iteration of Pokémon on the 3DS.

If you were on the fence before about whether or not to buy the game, you won’t be after listening to this episode! We do as much as possible to keep the spoilers on this episode to a very minimum.

Take a listen to us spill the T on Pokémon X and Y! Leave a comment with your favourite moments from the game and be sure to include your Pokémon party.

Show Notes:
-Vivillon from around the world
vivillon-worldwide

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Episode 8 – Two Lonely Gays and The Pikmin Pik-Stravaganza

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In this week’s episode of VG Realness, Delvin and James are two lonely gays holding down the fort as the rest of the cast is out and about. They talk about the Nintendo Directs of the week, discuss the Wonderful 101 demo that was released as well as a deep discussion about Pikmin 3 since it was the only game those two bitches played for the whole week! Come join them on their inter-planetary extravaganza!

Show Notes:

Difference in Gaming Box Art

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