Gaming Tangents

The boys talk about some memorable games that, despite initial impressions, ended up being surprisingly great games to play, including: Saturn Bomberman, Dragon Warrior II and Solstice. Menji also checks out a surprisingly good mobile Final Fantasy game. It's a surprising surprise on a surprisingly surprising episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

So the PS4 Pro was announced. I guess we'll talk about that. But seeing as how that doesn't warrant an entire show we'll also talk about Bloodstained delays and we bring back some more therapy for Maverick and delve deep into his inner-animosity (or is it animality?) towards DLC and digital game libraries. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Sometimes games don't live up to what they cracked themselves up to be. Menji and Maverick talk about these games, all of them (not all of them) but not before giving a run down of the new Battlefield 1 open beta and Maverick's weekly KoF round-up. Is that a pun? I think so. Pun Acheivement...acheived. Added correction- When mentioning "Shining in the Darkness" (great game) Menji is actually talking about "Shining the Holy Ark" (not so great game) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

It's finally arrived! Maverick gives his review of The King of Fighters XIV! Does it do justice to the revitalization of the KoF franchise? Or does it simply fall flat as another cheap attempt to slap polygons on a beloved 2D fighter? After that, Menji and Maverick wax ideas on games they would love to see as movies only DONE RIGHT! Listen up Hollywoo cause we do know things and you're gonna find out. Take notes! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Never thought we'd be doing this but we're talking about Konami again! Unfortunately, not for any good reason. Watch as they smash holes in their ship and fail to plug leaks. Meanwhile, we also talk about The King of Fighters XIV, games we delayed so they wouldn't end and Soul Calibur memories. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Get your tangenting helmets strapped on people because we're in for a massive tangecture! This week we discuss, as best we can, some dormant video game franchises we would love to see get rebooted before taking a massive right turn as Maverick takes into his dreams for an SNK cinematic universe. The struggle is real, people. Also, gaming tangents, people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Join us as the guys give a report on GenCon, Suicide Squad and The Killing Joke before finally getting around to video games. In our main topic we look at the trend of bringing games back to their graphical roots and its possible impact on THE FUTURE. Also, we give a lesson in geek etiquette that may or may not result in Maverick getting totally fired up. Spoiler alert: it totally does. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Menji returns from his near-month-long trip to Japan with a trip report on all the geeky things he experienced in the of Godzilla and Udon. Talking about retro game hunting, old arcade games, oh, and something called Pocket Man Goes. Then Maverick gives his thoughts on the Ghostbusters remake. Hold your trigger fingers till the end please. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Welcome back! After a brief hiatus Maverick is back with another episode and another guest host. Join us as we welcome Tyree to the conversation and discuss our JRPG experiences and a bit of card games! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Sarah is back, folks! And after a crazy week in the United States we discuss gaming and the topic of unity! How does Pokemon Go fit into all this? Find out during this weeks episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Welcome one and all to episode 21! Find out what happens when Maverick takes the reigns along with his guest host, Sarah! Today's topics include Virtual Reality, first person shooters and the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III! Will Maverick succeed? Stay tuned and find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Welcome one and all to episode 20! What better way to celebrate than to talk about all dat news. In preparation for Menji's vacation from the show, the guys talk about all the news that's fit to riff. KoF 14, the Warcraft movie, the hacking of Boogie2988 and even Jem are all covered. Here's to 20 ....more? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Wooo wooo, the E3 hype train has come around and we're gonna break down all the stops. It's a doozy and a long one so without further adieu. BIG thanks to Doug Walker and crew for the awesome shout out at the beginning of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

This is it baby! We get deep into the E3 hype pool (some of us deeper than others) and talk about our hopes, dreams and predictions. Innuendos and Simpsons references abound! We also do a little pre-E3 therapy on Maverick and try to get his excitement levels up. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Hey there all! We're back after a nice week long break to bring you some goodness. For one more week leave E3 on the backburner and discuss the ups and downs and more downs of the current eSports scene and how they could make it better....if at all. We also touch on a couple controversies including the X-Men Apocalypse billboard and No Man's Sky delay. But hey, it's all good fun.....right? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Oh man, we's about to get hellas topical all up ins. Which of course means, yes, we're talking about Ghostbusters. Shields up! Then we delve into why Final Fantasy VII is overrated and not our favorite in the series which, of course, to the internet means we must hate it. Once the smoke clears, who's still standing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

This week we shrink down our previous episode about video game movies, not unlike a certain Ant-Man, and talk about video game TV shows.  That is, of course, after we stop gushing over Captain America: Civil War. Beware of major spoilers. Once you get past that though it's all 90's cartoon tropes and dancing wrestlers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Greetings true believers! Your heroes, Menji and Maverick, take on the colossal beast of comic book video games! Watch as they use their amazing powers to traverse the mysterious Nostalgia Zone with limited accuracy and next to zero knowledge of the source material! Who will win? Who will die? Who will care? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gaming-tangents/support

With the much anticipated arrival of theme park rides based on video games FINALLY becoming a reality, Menji and Maverick decide to take it a step further and outline some plans for an entire video game based theme park. Imagineers, if you're listening, these ideas are on the house. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support

Bravo! Bravo! Menji and Maverick have a musical journey down the soundwaves of some of their favorite videogame scores. We cover all the music possible that one can when you're not focused. So like...I don't know...5? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gaming-tangents/support