Beeps & Bloops Podcast: Recent Episodes
Aaron Lowe
NerdCrave and Friends discuss all things gaming and pop-culture oriented, focusing on trending topics in the gaming world. Expect a wide variety of nerd-centric opinions, as things frequently expand into wider topics!
Shawn, Pory, and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome Kaz back for a special visit, as well as new guest, Bill, an emulation enthusiast, as we break down our experiences with emulation on all kinds of devices. What are the best consoles and handhelds for easy modding? what are our favourite ways to emulate? Android? PC? tune in to find out!
Shawn, Pory, and Aaron From NerdCrave Discuss the major gaming news that has arisen since the end of season one in November 2021. We break down the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, talk game announcements, studio acquisitions and more!
Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss the week's hot news, including Xbox backwards compatibility, and Black Friday sales, and then move into a spicy topic... What the HELL does RPG mean anymore? Is the term useful in the modern era to describe a game? Where did the term come from, and what was it supposed to mean? Is any game really an RPG, or are all games really RPG's?
Shawn, Mikey, Kaz, Pory and Aaron From Nerdcrave discuss trending topics at the top of the show, than dive into a reverie of Forgotten game series and franchises that need to be brought back. That could mean, remakes, sequels, ports, whatever, we just want to see these series live again on modern systems!
Shawn, Kaz, Mikey, and Aaron welcome Pory Nog back from a much-needed break, as we discuss trending topics, and then move into a discussion of the various franchises that benefitted from the move to 3D gaming, and others, not so much. And then we touch on the modern indie trend of going back to 2D and what that all means
Shawn, Kaz, Retro Mikey and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome Kevin from Happy Beard Games as we celebrate Horror games during the spookiest time of year!
Shawn, Mikey and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss the news at the top of the show, and then get into a discussion around puzzle games, and puzzles IN games... are you a fan?
Shawn, Kaz, Aaron from NerdCrave, and returning guest "Retro Mikey" welcome "SmashJT" to the Podcast to discuss the Perils and Pitfalls in the YouTube landscape. We share some stories of our journeys, and try to determine what the practical odds of "making it big" on YouTube really are these days, and how to position yourself to have a shot.
We had some technical difficulties with the guest audio, apologies for a few dropouts.
Shawn, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome "Retro Mikey" to the show as we discuss the various ways people collect video games. There can be a lot of "gatekeeping" in the hobby, and new collectors often feel they have to do very specific things in order to be considered a collector. We also give our opinions on the recent Nintendo Direct at the top of the show
Pory, Kaz, Shawn, and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss our memories of playing games with friends... gasp! in the same house, on the same tv! And then we talk about some modern (or semi-modern) couch co-op games you can play on current platforms.
Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome "Radical Reggie" as we discuss the PlayStation Showcase, and the Nvidia leak at the top of the hour. Later in the show, we get into a discussion of "comfort food" games that we love to play over and over, and the tendency over the last year or two to re=play old games rather than get into new experiences.
Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave are joined by friend Tyrone, as we discuss games, and a few movies and TV shows coming this fall and into the holiday season!
We welcome an expanded crew tonight, The Usual suspects, Aaron, Shawn, Pory, and Kaz are joined by Retro Tony and CyndaKiel for a Celebration of the content creators we watch, and a discussion of our inspirations in the Gaming content space. We start the night discussing Game Ratings, the number of ratings you get from places like Metacritic and IGN. Do they even mean anything anymore? how can they be objectively accurate in such a subjective medium?
Kaz, Shawn and Aaron from NerdCrave Deep Dive into Remakes and Remasters, when it's done well, and when its a quick cash grab. Be sure to Drop by NerdCrave on YouTube and say hello!
Shawn, Kaz, and newcomer, Cameron join Aaron from NerdCrave to discuss just what the term INDIE even means anymore. We break down the Indie World presentation and discuss our favorite selections while trying to figure out how to define Indie. It used to mean, developed by an amateur, or an individual or small, non-corporate team, but now the term seems to include anything "retro-styled" or 2D. we finish off the night discussing some of our favorite indies on the switch
Shawn, Pory, Kaz and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss trending topics at the top of the hour, then dive into a celebration of casual and simulation games. What is a casual game exactly? we discuss and try to define casual games, and maybe disagree just a little!
Shawn, Pory, Kaz and Aaron discuss the prohibitive price of upgrading storage in your PS5 and other modern systems like the upcoming Steam Deck. We debate the age old argument of Physical games vs Digital.
Shawn, Pory, and Aaron discuss the Activision scandal and lawsuit, the rising price of new games, and "perceived value" and then move into the main topic for the night, video game controllers, through the years.
Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss this week's trending topics at the top of the show and then move into a deeper discussion of the many times game franchises moved into the handheld space, and elevated the genre rather than being a quick cash grab. We discuss games with "synergy" the idea of connectivity between handhelds and their parent consoles, and a few times when this went horribly wrong!
Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and I discuss the glut of retro styled games that have been produced over the last few years and try to determine what's so great about them and why they have become so popular!
In this episode, Pory, Shawn, Kaz and I welcome Tarks Gauntlet, a Canadian Youtuber, and fellow gaming enthusiast to the show. We explore our old video game magazines and discuss the history of game ads and the wonders of demo discs.
Shawn, Pory and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss video game movies, and the perception that they are generally terrible... they cant all be terrible right?
Aaron from NerdCrave (YouTube) discusses the price of new games and whether Metroid Dread is worth the $60 price tag. The conversation continues as we dissect E3 2021, and dicuss our favorite games from the event, and what we plan to buy Day one. We deep dive into Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and get existential with a discussion of what makes a video game a game...