Gamersvantage Podcast with Steve and Jake: Recent Episodes
Steve and Jake
We talk alot about the upcoming Star Wars, Marvel and movies. Our first 15 mins is all about the new Armadas in Star Trek Fleet command. Then it's The Outer Worlds, Rage, and a bunch of other stuff.
We talk about games, games, and more games. Gears 5, Borderlands, Link's Awakening, World War Z and that goose game. Some thoughts on some recent news (mostly around Sony) and we wrap up with thoughts on Blizzard's recent blunders.
Steve sets the record straight on Gears 5. Mike give his impressions on Link's Awakening. We discuss The Last of Us 2 and God of War and the emotional impact of video games.
Gears 5 has released and Mike gives us his first impressions. That along with Control the new game from Remedy. We also talk about our adventures in console acquisitions.
Steve and Mike discuss all sorts of stuff on this podcast. Star Trek themes, studio acquisitions, games we are playing and more.
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Steve finally returns from his vacation. Steve and Mike get all caught up on what we've been playing for the last couple of weeks. Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Danganronpa, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, New Super Mario Bros Wii, and whatever else we decide to chat about.
Steve and Mike talk about Danganronpa, Mortal Kombat 11, Days Gone, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario v Rabbids, Castlevania, My Friend Pedro, and Star Trek: Fleet Command.
After catching up with games we talk about what we think releases for the next gen may look like and the support of backwards compatibility
GamersVantage is back! Yes that is right, we are back with a new co-host, Mike.
Join us as we discuss our thoughts and feelings on the latest E3 conference and kick off the rebirth of GamersVantage!
Steve and Jake get back to our roots and just decide to talk about whatever. Forget news, forget release stuff. We just talk about the games we play and whatever suits our fancy.
Steve and Jake talk about Doom (4), Nier (the first one), Ys (the remake of the 3rd Ys), Forza MotorSport (the second one) and all the fun things we want to play in 2018.
Steve and Jake review what they played and like in 2017 and share a brief view into what has been on the docket for 2018.
Steve and Jake give their final thoughts on Assassin's Creed: Origins, Super Mario Odyssey and Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. Then we talk about a bunch of other games we are playing.
Listen in, it's good fun!
Steve and Jake talk alot about the new releases of Assassin's Creed and Super Mario Odyssey.
And what is a Boo exactly?
In case you care, this is actually Episode 55.
Steve and Jake just talk about what they are playing, Assassin's Creed, Super Mario: Sticker Star, Burnout: Revenge and some other stuff.
We talk about Mario, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, and Persona.
We respond to listener messages and Steve has a mini rant.
In this episode Steve and Jake talk about Mass Effect Andromeda, Paper Mario, both the original and Color Splash and Persona 4.
Jake gets triggered due to Steve's opinions on Paper Mario, so that's fun.
We talk some news and then launch into a lovely discussion about character creation which gets us to our question of the week:
When you have a game with a character creator, do you accept the default or do you create your own? If you create your own, who do you make it look like?
E3 has come and gone.
We talk all about the conferences and our thoughts. What we liked, and didn't like.
Enjoy!
Steve give his final thoughts on Horizon Zero Dawn and Jake gives his first impressions on Mass Effect: Andromeda.
We discuss some news, read some listener feedback, dream about the Mass Effect Unified Trilogy and then discuss the top ten moments in the Mass Effect Trilogy.
We talk about Paper Mario, Super Mario World, and...Horizon Zero Dawn which Steve loves.
Jake discusses his Mario Timeline and compares to some other Mario timelines and theories out there.
Some links for our episode:
Game trailers mentioned:
Burgertime Commercial - 1983
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Debut Trailer
Official Resistance 3 Teaser
Mario Timeline links:
OK, Bear With Me: What If Mario And Wario Are The Same Guy?
The Extraordinary Quest to Put All the Super Mario Games On One Timeline
This week we discuss the upcoming Nintendo Switch and how it will affect the handheld market.
Here's some links for stuff we talk about:
DuncanR2N's PSN Profile
Mario14th's PSN Profile
Trailer List:
Horizon Zero Dawn - E3 2015 Trailer | PS4
Killzone®3 - Justice Trailer
Assassin's Creed 3 - Official Connor Story Trailer
E32008 - Ubisoft Prince of Persia Trailer
Assassin's Creed Revelations E3 Trailer
Prey 2 - E3 2011 Cinematic Trailer
Ratchet & Clank®Future: A Crack in Time (Comic Con)
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - Air Strike
Red Dead Redemption Debut Trailer
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
Honorable Mentions:
Halo 3: ODST - We Are ODST Trailer
E3 Cinematic Trailer HD | Assassin's Creed 3
We talk about Paper Mario, Persona 3, Final Fantasy XV, the Mario timeline and Yoshi's Island and some other random stuff.
We finally have a GV10List so listen in and enjoy.
Here's a couple of links we mention in this week's podcast:
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Derelict's Movie Moment - Ratchet and Clank
NieR: Automata – A special message from YOKO TARO
Steve and Jake talk about games they played in 2016, their personal GOTY picks and a look forward to 2017.
A new year, a new episode!
Assassin's Creed movie, Final Fantasy XV and The Last of Us dominate this discussion.
Gears! Bioshock! Undead Nightmares! Oh my!
Nintendo finally showed their new console, the Switch and Rockstar revealed Red Dead Redemption 2.
We talk about that stuff.
Whats your Greatest Video Game Moment Ever?
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Jake played a bunch of Destiny. Steve beat a bunch of games and talks about it; Yoshi's Island, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Halo 5: Guardians, Gear of War: Judgement, and Gears of War Ultimate. We also talk about some games we are currently playing like Persona 3 and more Gears games.
We finally address some listener feedback from April (yeah we are slow). We also discuss the possibility of a PS5 announcement sooner than later.
The GV 10 List returns inspired by Steve's playthrough of Yoshi's Island with some memories of rage quitting games.
Let us know about your rage quite memories!
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Episode 43 is here!
Once again, we talk about Assassin's Creed (it's what we do) and the announcement of the Ezio Collection and what we would want from an Assassin's Creed (the first one) remastered release.
Then it's onto Yoshi's Island, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, and No Man's Sky.
We sidebar into a discussion about the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox Scorpio and if 4K gaming really matters.
Finally we wrap up with a joint discussion on Journey (yes we finally played it) and Uncharted 4.
Our question for the podcast: Do you have a favorite game? Is it different from the best game you ever played and why?
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Steve and Jake are back! And we are bringing you a fun filled episode with all the answers to life, the universe, and everything!
We discuss what we've been up to for the last little while, and recap all the games we've played.
We go into a bit more detail on a few games, like Doom, Mass Effect, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
No GV 10 List this episode but we'll for sure have one for next time.
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In this episode Jake gives us an update on Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Steve updates us on Mad Max, The Witness, Halo Wars, Halo: Reach, Ryse and his impressions of the Xbox One.
We also discuss some news and in our final topic we discuss linear games and a new GV10List of great games that linear.
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Jake and I decided to record our first impressions of Batman v Superman. Originally intended to be included in a full sized podcast, we decided, since we weren't able to record this weekend to just get this out there as it is.
This episode is chock full of goodness with Jake continuing his run of Paper Mario games and starting in on Paper Jam. Steve continues playing all sorts of stuff; Dragon Quest IV, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Defense Grid 2, Lego Indiana Jones 2, Mad Max, and The Witness.
We also discuss the news about Microsoft allowing cross-platform play and Sony's response.
Finally we end with some listener feedback and a new GV 10 List: Games that are art.
Oh and you can find Steve's page on the Backloggery here:
DuncanR2N's Backloggery
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Jake give us a update on Paper Mario and compares and contrasts Super Paper Mario with the previous entries. Steve talks more about his LEGO run and focuses on LEGO Indiana Jones 2 and goes into detail about his time with Mad Max. We also get a brief glimpse of Steve's Everybody's Gone to the Rapture impressions before we dive into news, listener responses to our last podcast and this weeks GV 10 List, Reasons Why Physical Media is better than Digital.
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After a month long break, Steve and Jake are back with talk about Paper Mario, Borderlands 2, LEGO Batman, Life is Strange, Mad Max a bunch of new and a new Top 10 List for franchises that we want to see LEGOized.
Questions for this podcast:
How do you say niche?
What series, IP or franchise would you like to see transformed into a LEGO game?
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Links for this Episode:
Super Cafe: Bros Before Marios
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In our first episode this year Steve and Jake each pick our top 5 games for 2015 and we look forward and talk about the 2016 games we are excited about. We also talk about what we are currently playing, and some news.
Questions for this podcast?
What were your favorite games from 2015?
What are you excited about for 2016?
What happened to the nose on the sphinx in Egypt?
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Yes, this episode is all about Star Wars. We talk about the new movie, the old movies and what we want out of the franchise going forward. Beware of spoilers for Episode VII!
Our questions for this podcast? Should we continue talking about release dates and general gaming news? Let us know!
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Steve and Jake are back! This episode Jake gives us his final thoughts on Mass Effect 3 and the trilogy in general with some speculation on the upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda. Steve gives his final thoughts on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Steve and Jake discuss the Game Awards and what they should keep or change. And we wrap it up with a discussion about the newly announced PS2 Emulation on the PS4.
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Steve and Jake talk about Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Mass Effect, Animuses (animi?), Helix Servers, DNA sequencing, mass relays, and a lovely discussion about Mass Effect 2 and it's value to the series.
We also talk a bit about Paris Games Week (honorable mentions go to: Detroit: Become Human, Uncharted 4, Dreams, Wild, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Gravity Rush 2, and Ratchet & Clank) and Blizzcon and wrap it up with this episode's 10 List: Games we loved but everyone else hated.
Some stuff we mention:
Uncharted: Golden Abyss Blooper
21 must-watch trailers from Paris Games Week 2015
Music breaks:
Mars from Mass Effect 3 by Sam Hulick
Pokitaru from Ratchet & Clank by David Bergeaud
Steve and Jake are back and in this episode we start off discussing the recent Star Wars trailer.
Jake gives his thoughts on Mass Effect 1 & 2 and Steve give some updates on Destiny and Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Steve wraps the Now Playing segment with initial impressions on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
For our not very Halloween episode Steve and Jake discuss 10 spooky moments in video games.
Music Breaks for this episode:
Family from Assassin's Creed: Syndicate by Austin Wintory
Twinkle, Twinkle from Dead Space
In this episode we talk about what we are playing (Uncharted, Destiny, Assassin's Creed: Rogue), recent news since our last podcast, recent and upcoming releases and 10 things games should (or shouldn't) do.
Plus, listen in for our free PS4 game giveaway!
PS4: Big Holiday Lineup, Lower Cost
Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, at the 2015 GeekWire Summit
Join the GamersVantage community on PS4!
Music Breaks for this Episode:
Nate's Theme from Uncharted: Drake's Fortune by Greg Edmonson
The Last of Us from The Last of Us by Gustavo Santaolalla
In this Episode we talk about Super Mario Maker, Destiny: The Taken King, Metal Gear Solid, and Need For Speed: High Stakes. We launch into a discussion about the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (and my frustration with the Collector's Edition) and a bunch of news; the new Nintendo CEO, Kingdom Hearts 2.8, rumored BioShock collection for PS4/Xbox One, a new Nintendo controller patent, and a few others.
Some links for this episode:
Super Mario Maker: "Will You Save Your Son?" Geoff The Hero's Custom Level
Super Mario Maker - 5 awesome levels that play themselves [Don't press anything!]
The Tetris God
DuncanR2N's Destiny Profile
Steve and Jake talk about Let's Plays, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, Borderlands 2, Metal Gear Solid franchise and Metal Gear Solid 3 original release vs the Subsistance/HD releases. We also discuss various new releases, news items and other stuff that pops into our heads.
Mario 14th Vote on My Next Let's Play
Jimmy Kimmel YouTube Vids:
YouTube’s New Video Game Watching Service
Video Game Watchers Are Mad at Jimmy Kimmel
Gamers Educate Jimmy Kimmel
Andy Gilleand's Video Game Movies
Persona 2: Innocent Sin FAQ by ThatGuy4913
In this episode Steve and Jake discuss TRON: Evolution, Shadow of Mordor, Never Alone, Borderlands 2, Final Fantasy X HD Remaster for the PS4 and Persona 2: Innocent Sin.
We also talk about several news items and the backward compatibility of the Xbox One and how it could impact console sales for this holiday.
And for a suprise, we get a fun diversion as Emma joins us and tries to trip us up with some riddles.
Here's some links for this week's episode:
Madden NFL 16 | Madden: The Movie
Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection - Story Trailer
Uncharted Trilogy: PS4 vs PS3 Graphics Comparison
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
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
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
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
Oh no! Episode 25 was derailed by a bad audio file! Due to scheduling we wont be able to record until next week.
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.
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.
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
In this episode we talk about what we are currently playing (Final Fantasy I, V and Type-0 HD, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Borderlands: Handsome Collection). We also discuss the impact of remasters on collecting, and revisit Nintendo's efforts moving into the mobile space and what that means.
As mentioned in the Podcast:
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Trailer (PS4/Xbox One/PC)
Xbox One April System Update
PS4 System Update 2.50
Final Fantasy X|X2 - PS4 Trailer
PS Plus: Free Games for April 2015
April’s Double Games with Gold Month
Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trailer
Summoning Ramuh in Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae demo
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.
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
In this episode Steve and Jake give their thoughts and impressions about The Order: 1886. We also revisit the problem with day 1 patches
Mentioned in the Podcast:
The Order: 1886 Collector's Edition Unboxing
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
In this episode we talk about the games we are playing (Kingdom Hearts 358/2, Assassin's Creed IV: Blag Flag, Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry, and Resogun) as well as upcoming titles, news, emotional responses with games, The Order: 1886, Amiibos and whatever else popped into our heads.
In this episode, Steve and Jake discuss some of our favorite video game villians. We also discuss some news and, as always, some updates on what we are playing.
Links to stuff:
Funny No One Lives Forever Conversation
In this episode we talk about games we are playing, what we are looking forward to in 2015 and some of gaming goals/plans for the year.
Mentioned in the podcast:
Battlefield: Bad Company Menu Theme
In this episode, our first episode of 2015, we talk about what we did and played over the holiday and our favorite games of 2014.
Mentioned in the podcast:
Gamersvantage on Youtube
We're finally back after a week long hiatus. In this Episode, Steve and Jake discuss games they are play, PlayStations #20YearsOfPlay, and some of our favorite (and least favorite) snow levels.
We ask the question to our listeners, what's your favorite (or least favorite) snow level in a video game.
Stuff we discussed:
UC4 ~ Naughty Dog artist releases HD images of Nathan Drake’s character model
Latest Assassin's Creed Unity patch boosts performance
Video: Why you might not want to pre-order The Order
Sony Long, Live, Play Commerical
In this episode we discuss the new announcements and vids from The Game Awards and the PlayStation Experience. We also discuss the PS4 impressions and Killzone: Shadow Fall.
Stuff we discussed:
A Month-Long Race To See Who Can Finish 21 Final Fantasy Games First
The PlayStation 20th Anniversary Theme Brings Back A Familiar Sound
The next major Assassin's Creed is set in Victorian London
Street Fighter V PS4/PC Exclusive They took the original announce trailer down so there's this instead.Adrift - The First Person Experience
No Mans Sky
Uncharted 4 Gameplay Trailer
We recorded on the road this week due to schedule and time constraints. We talk about the new Star Wars Teaser, we revisit music in games and a few other random topics.
Mentioned this week:
Physics of Mario Galaxy
Killzone 3: Justice Trailer
Illness overtakes the podcast once again, but we finally made it through! In this episode Jake gives us a full update on Super Smash Bros for the WiiU and the role of Amiibos.
As mentioned in this week's episode:
Mario14th: Lets Play: Luigi's Mansion Episode 5: Spooky Scary Skele-ghosts
In this episode we talk about what we've been recently playing, we revisit day 1 patching (in light of recent news about day 1 patches), we discuss the connected game experience and lousy save game systems.
In this episode Steve and Jake discuss upcoming releases, some gaming news, and the very important aspect of last life display methods.
Links to stuff that we discussed:
Wii U - Splatoon Single Player Trailer
Overwatch Cinematic TrailerTeam Fortress Classic on Wikipedia
Team Fortress 2 on Wikipedia
Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Collectors Edition
Digital Devil Saga 'Deluxe Box Set' Overview
Lets Play: Luigi's Mansion Episode 3: Scandalous Treasure Chest
This week we talk about the games we are playing, X-Wing and Tie Fighter on GoG.com, and silent protagonists. Jake invents some words for this podcast for fun.
Mentioned in this week's episode:
Zelda at the StoreGood Old Games
Let's Play: Luigi's Mansion Episode 1
The title says it all. In this episode, Steve and Jake discuss some of the creepier games they've played over the years.
Games mentioned:
DeathsmilesBlood
Blood II: The Chosen
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Devil May Cry
Clive Barker's Undying
American McGee's Alice
Alice: Madness Returns
Bioshock (series)
Dead Space (series)
Demon's Souls
The Last of Us
Resistance (series)
DOOM (series)
Half-Life 2 - Ravenholm
Silent Hill PT
KISS: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
Halo's Flood
Alan Wake
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Other Items:
Railbusters - A Minecraft Roller CoasterStar Wars: Death Troopers
Star Wars: Red Harvest
Build Engine
LithTech Engine
Pokemon's Lavender Town
Hell Valley Sky Trees
Looks like I'm not the only one who feels this way. Check out this article from Eurogamer. It touches on the same point I made on Day 1 Patches in the last podcast.
The pre-patch Evil Within we hope you'll never play
In this episode we talk about day 1 patches, the 8-bit indie, HD Remakes, AAA's on handhelds and Steve give more thoughts on the Walking Dead and Borderlands DLC. Jake also talks about recording his Luigi's Mansion Let's Play.
Episode 3 is finally up!
In this Episode we get our first listener email from Andrew (TymerTHEcheezGUY on PSN and Wii U). We discuss some Nintendo news, Star Wars: Scoundrels, The Black Glove Kickstarter, Hatsune Miku and ResolutionGate
Below are some links for additional info:
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Assassin's Creed Unity resolution
Microsoft parity clause
The Black Glove kickstarter
Hatsune Miku: "Sharing the World" - David Letterman
Hatsune Miku Expo 2014 in New York
Vocaloid Software
The Black Glove Kickstarter
Super Smash Bros 3DS released and Jake gives a short insight on that game. We also discuss a few other things, social gaming such as Let Play's and Twitch streaming, playing demos and/or beta games, the game rating company Video Game Authority, Minecraft clones for the Wii U and and a few other topics.
Welcome to our very first podcast. Gamersvantage is a father/son team that loves to play and talk about videogames. In this our introductory episode and we introduce ourselves, talk about what we are playing, the New 3DS, a discussion about the Assassin's Creed animus and how it (theoretically) builds worlds, the upcoming Assassin's Creed Unity and Rogue, Alan Wake, and we wrap up with our favorite game series.