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Nov 5, 2020 · 1 hr 44 minThe Player's Club Podcast Ep 38: The Final Next Generation Hype Check
What's Up, Playa? Welcome back to the show, a day later than normal thanks to...other things happening in America right now. Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir have returned to talk about the games they've been playing and talk about the updated news coming out about the next generation of Xbox and PlayStation. By the time you hear this, it'll be the dawn before truly all is revealed about the Xbox Series X/S and the PlayStation 5, so we talk about everything we know up to now. But before that, in the What We're Playin segment, Al talks about his time with Spider-Man, Watch Dogs Legion, Fall Guys, and Rocket League while Emmett talks about his time with State of Decay 2, Supraland, and Control on Switch. VGU Plays - Becoming a Titanfall 2 Master #1: BT-7274 VGU First 30! - Costume Quest Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 13 VGU Plays: Disc Room Life is Strange: Episode 4 Part 4 Star Trek: Evolution: Tazi System Patrol The Best of the Quest: The Under Presents Review recAPP - September 2020 Celebrating G4 Part 9: Game On VGU.tv WIN Podcast Episode 25: Return of the Habitual Line Stepper Hypertime to Podcast - All-Star Comics #3 Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
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Nov 2, 2020 · 1 hr 16 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 26: “Funko Pop Next Gen”
What's up everybody welcome to the sanitarium! On this week's episode of W.I.N Allan is back at the hosting wheel and it turns into Crazy Taxi meets Midtown Madness 2 as he and Graydon both forget how to properly speak at multiple points in the episode, get really down when reading the news, and Graydon has a curious question he asks Allan about a recent Star Wars Sequel Trilogy character. (This episode is dedicated to the memory of Madison Muir)
- VPOct 28, 2020 · 1 hr 41 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 37: What Makes a Game "Awards Bait"?
What's Up, Playa? In this episode, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir have returned to talk about Oscar bait, or Awards bait, games. What exactly does it mean to be an Awards Bait game? And do those qualities discredit a game in any way? We break it all down in our special segment. But first, in the What We're Playing segment, we have a bunch of games to talk about. Al talks about his time with Fallout 4 and Tell Me Why while Emmett talks about his time with Risk of Rain 2's 1.0 Update, Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Warzone, and Super Lucky’s Tale. VGU.tv WIN Podcast Episode 24: #BringBackBubniak VGU Plays - Emmett's First Persona Game! (Persona 5 Royal Gameplay) Life is Strange Episode 4 Part 2 Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 11 Hypertime To Podcast: Episode 1: Action Comics #1 Smallville Chronicles: Freak & Promise Hypertime To Podcast: Episode 3: All-Star Comics #3 The New Entertainment System Podcast - Soul Jam: Eternally Retold ft Emmett Watkins Jr. Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
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Oct 26, 2020 · 1 hr 43 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 25: Return of the Habitual Line Stepper
On this week's edition of the W.I.N Podcast: - Amazon Luna Enters Beta - Halo: The Master Chief Collection Gets Optimized For Next-Gen - PS5 Fan To Be Optimized In Future Updates - Ubisoft Connect Debuts! - Spider-Man Remastered Suits Will Find Their Way To PS4 - Darkest Dungeon 2 to be in 3D - AOC Streams Among Us On Twitch! - AC: Valhalla Post-Launch Content Revealed - Original Fire Emblem Getting Localized For A Limited Time In the VENN Delineation - VENN Will Be Coming To Television! In "Remember This?" The guys talk about Marvel: Ultimate Alliance In The Rumor Mill - New Drawn to Life Coming? - Kojima Working On A New Game? - Microsoft Streaming Sticks? - 1 vs 100 Returning?
- VPOct 21, 2020 · 1 hr 30 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 36: Here Lies Our Next-Gen Hopes and Dreams (ft. Jess Howard)
What's Up, Playa? This week, as always, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are here to chop it up about games. But this week we're joined by Jess Howard! This week, we're talking all about the trends we hope to see in the gaming industry with the next generation, from work culture to game length, and a lot more! But first off, in the What We're Playing segment, we have a huge batch of games to get through. Jess talks about her time with Hades and Genshin Impact. Al talks about his time with Baldur's Gate 3 and Fallout 2. And Emmett talks about his time with Spellbreak, Persona 5 Royal, and Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. Jess on Paste Jess on Uppercut Jess on Twitch ROUNDTABLE: OUR FAVORITE GAMES OF THIS GENERATION VGU Plays - Emmett Get's Stumped by Deleveled Hypertime to Podcast - Worlds Collide VGUTV W.I.N Podcast Episode 23: Bugsnax In The Middle of Our Street Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 10.5 Life is Strange Episode 4 Part 1 Star Trek Evolution Secrets of Nimbus III Part 2 Black Ops Cold War Beta Impressions Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
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Oct 18, 2020 · 1 hr 43 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 24: #BringBackBubniak
Hello and welcome to the VGU.tv Week In News podcast where the writers for VGU.tv talk about the latest news, rumors, and look back at old games. On this weeks show: - Next-Gen Avengers Moved To 2021 - Golden Axed Dredges Up Rough Working Environment Behind Game Prototype - AC: Valhalla Has An Option To Canonically Play As Both Genders For Eivor - Future Bethesda Games May Not Be On PS5 According To Phil Spencer - The PS5 UI Has Finally Been Shown - Iconic LucasArts Titles Coming To GamePass This Month - US Army's E-Sports Facebook Stream Violates 1st Amendment - Microsoft Finalizes The Series X and S Launch Lineup This week's edition of Remember This? is Episode 1 of Telltale Games' The Wolf Among Us Episode 1: Faith Meanwhile in the Rumor Mill - Ubisoft and Crytek Victims Of RansomWare Attack - Asobo Teasing Something? - Potential News For Killzone?
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Oct 14, 2020 · 1 hr 23 minThe Player's Club Podcast Ep 35: The Curious Case of Backwards Compatibility
What's Up, Playa? In this more mellow episode, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir talk about the discrepancies in the two differing strategies for next-generation backward compatibility. Xbox has been super transparent about it, but PlayStation has been cagy and underhanded in its explanations that leave plenty of room for disappointment. Both of them dig into the topic to figure out what bad news could slip through those cracks. But first, in the What Ya Playin? segment, Emmett talks about his time with Rogue Company, Halo 2 Anniversary, and Persona 5 Royale while Al talks about his time with Super Mario Sunshine, WWE 2k19, Star Wars: Squadrons. Player Player Podcast: Best Genre of the Generation ft. Emmet Watkins Jr. VGUTV WIN Podcast Episode 22: LoFi Hip Hop Beats To Simp To The Walking Dead Season 10 Finale - VGU Reacts Here's What Happens When You Change Your PSN ID and Play PS3 or Vita Hypertime to Podcast - Action Comics #1 Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
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Oct 13, 2020 · 1 hr 29 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 23: Bugsnax In The Middle of Our Street
News: - Amazon Kills Crucible - Microsoft Takes Some Shots At Apple - Layoffs At GameSpot - Microsoft Working On A Different Way To Bring Xcloud to iOS - A New PlayStation Store Is Launching - Epic Loses Fight To Get Fortnite Reinstated On App Store - Bugsnax Gets A Release Date - Epic/Apple Battle To Have Major Ramifications on Games Industry - Level Five Games Will No Longer Be Released In America Rumor Mill: - Microsoft Has One Last Acquisition To Announce? Episode Title Credit: Matt Rorie https://twitter.com/frailgesture/status/1314258196601556993?s=20
- VPOct 11, 2020 · 1 hr 34 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 34: Next Generation Hype Check
What's Up, Playa? In this episode, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir, in the face of an admittedly slow news week, decide to take stock of their hype going into the next generation. With all of the major info on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 out, have we been swayed to switch console families, or are we even fully swayed to hop into the next-gen at launch? In the What Ya Playin? segment, Emmett talks about his time with Bravo Team, Arizona Sunshine, and Farpoint on PSVR while Al talks about his time with Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, and Mafia: Definitive Edition. Mafia: Definitive Edition - Initial Thoughts VGUTV WIN Podcast Episode 21: Josef Fares 2020 Hypertime to Podcast - Action Comics #1 VGU Plays Virginia Part 8: The End Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 9 Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
- VPOct 11, 2020 · 1 hr 48 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 33: Microsoft X Bethesda: The Biggest Gaming Crossover of All-Time?
What's Up, Playa? One of the biggest megatons in all of gaming history happened, Microsoft Bought Zenimax Media, AKA every Bethesda owned studio! Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir, are massive Doom, Wolfenstein, and Fallout fans, so they have a lot to talk about when it comes to this acquisition. and they do indeed get into it. But first, both of them talk about the games they've been playing in the last few days. Emmett talks about his time with Persona 5 Royal, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and Among Us while Al talks about his time with God of War (2018), inFAMOUS: Second Son, Ghost of Tsushima, and Spider-Man (2018). VGUTV W.I.N PODCAST EPISODE 20: FINAL KNACKTASY REMEMBERING G4: PART EIGHT: FILTER Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 8 Life is Strange Episode 3 Part 9 VGU Reacts - Emmett Reacts to the PS5 Price Reveal Event Hypertime to Podcast - Action Comics #1 Header image credit: https://twitter.com/TheIshikawaRin/status/1308155580075388937 Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
- VPOct 7, 2020 · 1 hr 55 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 32: Live from the Great PS5 Pre-Order Disaster
What's Up, Playa? The next generation is officially imminent! Moments before recording, Sony finally gave us pricing and a release date for the PlayStation 5, so Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are here to discuss! Are they finally convinced to jump into the next-gen? Spoilers: one of them is! After we go through all of that news, we finally get to the What We're Playing segment. Here, Emmett talks about Yoku’s Island Express and two XCloud games: ReCore, Minecraft Dungeons. Al discusses his time with SWTOR, AC Origins, and WWE 2k19. RECAPP – AUGUST 2020 VGU W.I.N PODCAST EPISODE 19: KNAXT GEN ROUNDTABLE: GAMES THAT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO LOVE Star Trek: Evolution Episode 23: Secret Shuttle Codes VGU Plays Virginia Part 6 Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 7 Life is Strange Episode 3 Part 8 HYPERTIME TO PODCAST – THE INTRODUCTION EPISODE Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
- VPOct 6, 2020 · 1 hr 37 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 31: Xbox Series S and Series X Price and Release Date
What's Up, Playa? This week, in a shocking turn of events, we finally know the forbidden answers to the questions we've had about Xbox's next-gen lineup, and Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are ready to give their first impressions on it all. Have we been sold on siding with Xbox in the next generation? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out. As for the games we've been playing this week, Emmett talks about his time with Super Lucky's Tale, Rocket Arena, Tetris Effect, and CoD Mobile while Al talks about his time with Marvel’s Avengers, Fallout 76, Fallout 4, Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, The Division 2, and The Outer Worlds. VGUTV W.I.N PODCAST EPISODE 22: LOFI HIP HOP BEATS TO SIMP TO VGU Reacts? - Allan Tries Fortnite VGU Plays VIrginia Part 5 Let's Beat - Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy Part 6.5 Life is Strange Episode 3 Part 7 Star Trek: Evolution Episode 22: Secret Mountain Base VGU Plays - Genesis Noir (Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo Event) RPG MAKER MV REVIEW RISK OF RAIN 2 REVIEW: THE CATHARSIS OF CONTROL IN CHAOS BLACK OPS COLD WAR REVEAL – VGU REACTS SITREP: CALL OF DUTY IN 2020 ROUNDTABLE: OUR TOP 4 GAMES OF 2020 SO FAR GIRAFFE AND ANNIKA REVIEW GAMES FOR THE PEOPLE: TOP 10 OF XBOX SUMMER GAME FEST RECAPP – JULY 2020 ROUNDTABLE: GAMES THAT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO LOVE Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
- VPOct 5, 2020 · 1 hr 24 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 30: Reacting to Opening Night Live at GamesCom 2020
What's Up, Playa? Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir have returned to talk about all the announcements from the Geoff Keighley hosted ONL event and if any of them got us excited at all. Spoilers: kinda? Joseph Anderson's YouTube Channel VGUTV W.I.N PODCAST EPISODE 22: LOFI HIP HOP BEATS TO SIMP TO ROUNDTABLE: OUR TOP 4 GAMES OF 2020 SO FAR ROUNDTABLE: GAMES THAT TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO LOVE MLB THE SHOW ‘21: OUR TOP NINE REQUESTS – VG-LISTS GIRAFFE AND ANNIKA REVIEW GAMES FOR THE PEOPLE: TOP 10 OF XBOX SUMMER GAME FEST SITREP: CALL OF DUTY IN 2020 BLACK OPS COLD WAR REVEAL – VGU REACTS Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
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Oct 5, 2020 · 2 hr 5 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 22: Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats To Simp To
Not gonna lie, things go flying off the rails in this episode and go straight to hell.
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Sep 27, 2020 · 1 hr 31 minVGUTV W.I.N Podcast Episode 21: Josef Fares 2020
News: - Amazon Luna Cloud Gaming Service Announced - Xbox Series S and X Additional Memory To Cost $220 - There Will Not Be A Free Upgrade To Spider-Man PS5 - The Game Awards Will Occur From LA, London, and Tokyo - Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2 To Release On PC - Nier Replicant Gets An April 2021 Release Date - Microsoft Buys Zenimax Media Allan and Graydon discuss the clusterf*ck that was the Xbox Series S and X Pre-Orders Allan and Graydon Look Back On Halo 3 In the Rumor Mill: - Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Won’t Be Out This Year - Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Getting Switch Version?
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Sep 21, 2020 · 2 hr 7 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 20: Final Knacktasy
It's our twentieth episode! This week's news consists of: - Michele Ancel retiring from video games - The PlayStation Five will NOT natively run PS1-3 games - Empire of Sin Gets A Merry December Release - Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition Won't Be Headed To PC - The Nintendo 3DS Has Officially Been Discontinued - Recaps From The PlayStation Five Showcase + Opinions on what was and wasn't featured In the Rumor Mill: - Is the Miles Morales suit from Into The Spiderverse Headed To Spiderman: Miles Morales? - Bloodborne Remaster Has Been Mentioned By A French Retailer - Is RE8 Struggling on PS5?
- VPSep 15, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 29: Games We'd Overpay For (Ft. TL Foster)
What's Up, Playa? Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are back with another episode featuring Live from the Pool House host and all-around dope dude, Travis L Foster! We're back to chop it up about video games once again. This week, we talk about games that we wouldn't mind dropping over $60 on. Some of these games have loads and loads of content to go through, some simply are just good enough to be valuable despite having less content. And of course, everyone values something different in what they play, so check out the games we choose! But first, we talk about the games we've been playing. Emmett talks about his time with Assassin's Creed Origins and Lego Avengers, Al talks about his time with MLB The Show 20, and Travis talks about his time with Slay the Spire, Madden 20, and more! VGU W.I.N PODCAST EPISODE 19: KNAXT GEN TPZP – AND NOW…COMICS!: ISSUE 64: HELLBLAZING HOPES FOR VENN: A SECOND CHANCE AT GETTING IT RIGHT ROUNDTABLE: OUR FAVORITE GAME TRAILERS Disney+ Us: Oliver and Company ft. Emmett Watkins Jr is out now! Blindspotting: Black Representation in Film (That Wannabe Film Class Ep. 32) PNB #200: Name That Cliche! Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!
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Sep 14, 2020 · 2 hr 19 minVGU.tv W.I.N Podcast Episode 19: Knaxt Gen
It’s another week and you know what that means, another episode of the VGUTV Week In News podcast where Graydon, Allan, and Raul talk about the news stories of the week, look back on a game released during the date of recording, and venture toward the great Rumor Mill. In the news portion the guys talk about: The leak of the Xbox Series S Press Briefing Kena: Bridge of Spirits getting delayed to 2021 A PS5 Showcase set for this Wednesday A UK Retailer criticizes Nintendo for their “limited release” of Super Mario 3D All-Stars Star Wars: Squadrons getting HOTAS support on consoles Apple Suing Epic For A Breach of Contract That Makes The Guys Go Insane A loophole in the App Store could but won’t see Stadia and XCloud on iOS Scott Pilgrim vs The World: Complete Edition has been announced A Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake has been announced as well Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla Release Date Moves Up To Accompany Series X and S Raul and Graydon look back at Lego Star Wars 2 in the Remember This? segment In the rumor mill: Could a Final Fantasy XVI announcement be planned for the PS5 Showcase? Has Saints Row 5’s critical information been leaked? Jeff Grubb: “Microsoft Spending A Lot of Money on Something That Isn’t An Acquisition”
- VPSep 10, 2020 · 1 hr 48 min
The Player's Club Podcast Ep 28: Does "The New E3" Kinda Suck?
What's Up, Playa? Kept ya waitin, huh? That's right! We back from hiatus, thanks to some PC repairs, and Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are here to once again talk through some gaming news, even if it's a month old. In this episode, we address the reckoning happening withing the games industry around abusive behavior from men at companies like Ubisoft. We also discuss "The New E3", which is also known as the never-ending stream of individual gaming reveal events with no real order or structure. We discuss the positives and negatives of this new format and whether or not we prefer the old way of doing things: having one big week where everyone announces everything. But before that, we start with the What We're Playing segment, where Emmett talks about his time with The Last of Us Part II and Slay the Spire, and Al talks about his time with SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. Disney+ Us: Oliver and Company ft. Emmett Watkins Jr is out now! ROUNDTABLE: OUR IDEAL LENGTH FOR GAMES VGUTV W.I.N PODCAST EPISODE 18: VINCE MEPHISTO CHECKING OUT FAN-MADE SPECIAL EDITION PLAYSTATION 5 DESIGNS Steam Game Festival - Just Die Already Demo Gameplay (RIP to that 50 Cent Let's Play, footage got wiped from my hard drive 😢) Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!