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Fallon takes a few more shots at Steam for their lackluster seasonal sales, aiding and abetting big game developers like Activision against small, indie devs, and for their lack of traditional fun entertainment like the games of previous years that accompanied seasonal sales. So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast!

Explained Through Oranges We are finally back from our post E3 break and are ready to talk about some news! Our main topic this week focuses on the recent accusations levied against G2A (a gray market key seller) from Tiny Build, claiming that they received keys of Tiny Build's games through illicit methods. Unfortunately, there is little they can do now, but we explain how issues like this can be prevented in the future, through the wondrous fruit know as, oranges. We also discusses a few minor topics as well, such as: The Smithsonian's efforts to start preserving the game industry's history, Vivendi continuaing to devour more and more of Ubisoft each passing month, and finally what—if any—issues may arise regarding British game developers with Brexit. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Show Notes 2:02 Vivendi now owns 20% of Ubisoft stocks 6:55 G2A accused of gaining keys through illicit methods 24:17 The Smithsonian starts p

Norman Reedus with Norman Fetus E3 2016 has come to a close, and that means its time to give our thoughts and opinions on the whole event in a very Pause Your Game style. Expect much absurdity, disappointment, rage, and of course for one of our caster—drunkenness. If you wanted an analytical look at E3 2016, turn back. If you want a passion filled look at E3 2016 with plenty of intense emotions—this is what you want. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Share in the comments below or on social media what you were most disappointment with at E3 this year, or we suppose, you could also share what you enjoyed the most as well—if your into that sort of thing.

E3 2016 is soon upon us, which means its time for us to go over what we are looking forward to seeing! From Dawn of War 3 to Persona 5, we each give a run down of our top games we wish to see more of—or—at all, and of course discussing what surprises we would want to see as well.  You can't have a true E3 discussion without speculation—that's E3 101.  So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Share in the comments below or on social media what you are most looking forward to at E3 this year!

Its time for Ultimate Despair in this week's discussion(read in Monokuma voice): Vivendi is on the path to devour more and more of their fellow French companies after recently purchasing Gameloft—now setting their eyes on Ubisoft, E3 continues to struggle in finding its reason for existing as more companies exit the event, and pre-built Steam machines hit a halt in sales. It's not all despair however, we round out the episode discussing France's recent proposal to remove tax incentives from games (made in France) that are deemed sexist. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Show Notes 1:50 GOG allowed redemption of Steam Games 11:37 Steam Machines hit a halt in sales 17:02 Vivendi sets its sights on Ubisoft after acquiring Gameloft 29:13 France preposes to remove tax incentives from games (made in France) that are deemed sexist 43:08 E3 struggles to find its purpose   If you are interested in supporting the fight

Time to throw away those gender rolls! Beth tackles the awesome freedom of the Sims 4 finally removing gender boundaries for clothing—new clothing options ahoy! Guess who is reinstalling her Sims 4? So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast!

On the left we have Respawn Entertainment's latest new shooter featuring mechs and jumping on walls, Titanfall! And on the right side of the ring we have DICE's latest entry into the Battlefield series, taking us back to the WWI era, Battlefield 1! Who will be the champion? Tune in to find out this Holiday season and watch some of the biggest FPS titles to date duke it out amongst themselves! Seriously, whoever thought it was a smart idea to have Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 2 release within three weeks of each other is going to get a rude awakening.

On This Episode of Pause Your Game Podcast: The Cicada News Cycle strikes again as we get ever closer to E3 with our main discussions this episode being focused around, you guessed it, E3! E3 launches the first public event, E3 Live, which most of us are completely fine with — except one. It also seems we just can't get Geoff off of our screens, and will — once again — host Youtube's live E3 show, sigh. Microsoft had one big set of rumors that were corroborated through multiple differences sources with new consoles on their way and Halo on PC, with us discussing what the future of the console market will look like. Finally, we end the episode with Street Fighter V having more relaxed rules for sponsorships, but still not going far enough. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more

On this Extra Bit- Beth readies her blade to slay those who dare oppose her in Minecraft's new Battle Mini game. Sometimes building and thinking are just too consuming to do all the time, and you need to mix it up with some good ol' fashion violence. So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On this Extra Bit- Fallon takes to this Extra Bit to go over all the recent news surrounding Civilization 6, from policy and city building to graphics and religion. Civilization is a bit of a favorite around here (no, not just Fallon); this was destined to be talked about at some point. So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On This Episode of Pause Your Game Podcast: It feels like a bit of a repeat on this latest episode, what with WESA facing large issues and the organization only existing for a week, and Android now getting early access games, a feature we know that everyone is just thrilled about. Then there is also Nintendo taking another stab at making movies, which brings the horrible nightmare known as the Super Mario Bros. back into our minds. Finally, and perhaps the only new news, is Microsoft bringing Halo back to PC, although it is just a map creator, but hey, a step is a step! So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On this Extra Bit- Brad is back on this Extra Bit to get something off his chest...about a Tetris movie...having an 80 million dollar budget...and it being a trilogy... So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On this Extra Bit- Mitch is back again to discuss the Japanese company, Kadokawa Games, having an E3 media briefing this year and how this representative of E3 changing as a whole this year. So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On This Episode of Pause Your Game Podcast: It's a whole lot of Jar Jar Binks jokes on this latest episode! Our main topics are focused around eSports once more, this time on League of Legends facing scandals with a handful of team regarding their player's welfare. We also discuss the launching of W.E.S.A, the World eSports Association, which hopes to create standards for both players and viewers, essentially hoping to become the FIFA or NFL of eSports. We also touch on the latest Ubisoft prediction for consoles eventually becoming glorified stream boxes and The Game Awards launching a kids edition. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On this Extra Bit- Beth lets her inner fan girl side out once more, this time, for the Sherlock Holmes series. With the advent of the latest title being announced recently and arriving in early June, Beth gives a quick summary of the series and why this is another one you shouldn't overlook. So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

Dear Pause Your Game fans, We want to take this time to talk about some significant changes that we will be making to the website in the coming weeks.  We anticipate that these changes will take a few weeks to fully implement, so we are asking for your patience and consideration during that time until they are fully implemented and finalized. Full Article - http://pauseyourgame.com/2016/05/upcoming-website-and-design-overhaul/

On this Extra Bit- Mitch gives a somewhat lengthy but informative overview on purchasing a graphics card for those who might be new to PC gaming or building computers, covering: Manufactures Differences between manufactures Card nomenclature How to pick (price& goals) How it fits into the rest of your PC When to buy So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On This Episode of Pause Your Game Podcast: It's one big Activision focused episode! Call of Duty announced it's latest entry into the franchise, Infinite Warfare, which has gained a staggering 800,000 dislikes on YouTube, but manages to anger fans by baring Modern Warfare Remastered to those who only purchase Infinite Warfare.  We also discuss the Devil himself, Bobby Kotick, on how he is eyeing up the eSports market; be warned! We also touch on the latest Steam feature to be added, recent reviews, as well as Nintendo bringing nothing to E3 2016 but Zelda. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On this Extra Bit- Beth can't help but let her inner fan girl out over the Persona series with news of Persona 5 finally getting a release date(albeit Japan only having a date currently). Its definitely a series you shouldn't overlook, and Beth is going to make sure you know why! So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!

On this Extra Bit- Fallon decides to tackle a topic that not too many of us are fond of discussing, divorce, its a messy affair and one that games have yet to truly tackle. You can have relationships, sex, and married in many games now, but very few if any, allow you to get divorced. So Pause Your Game and sit back for another Extra Bit of your favorite gaming podcast! Enjoy the show or this episode? Spread the word via social media or face to face with your friends, a simple retweet goes a long way to helping us grow and produce more content!