Pause Your Game

Hey fellow listeners, We have been discussing internally what and where Pause Your Game is headed and what we want out of this podcast. As such, we will be taking a week off to do some soul searching, and will have an answer by the end of the week. You can find a bit more more detailed response in this audio snippet. Thanks, Mitch

That's Right! We finally have our first little piece of ACTUAL news regarding the Nintendo NX, and guess what, it's some sort of Hybrid! The Co-President(Mr. Ishihara) of GameFreak (also know as the Pokemon Company) stated, "The [Nintendo] NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device,". So there you have it folks, we have our first official Nintendo NX news, and it confirms essentially all the most recent rumors of it being a hybrid console. Who's excited?!

It's another mid-September, and that means its time for another edition of Tokyo Game Show! We sit down and discusses all the news and trailers that caught our eyes, one way or another. Tokyo Game Show Games Discussed on this Episode: Corpse party DanganRonpa V3 Death Stranding Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Age Final Fantasy XV GrandBlue Fantasy Gravity Rush 2 The Great Ace Attorney 2 Monster Hunter Stories Nioh Resident Evil 7 SG/ZH School Girl/Zombie Hunter Valkyria: Azure Revolution World of Final Fantasy So pause your game and sit back for another discussion and debate packed episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

In what is an unprecedented move by any developer, Digital Homicide has opted to sue over a 100 steam users over their reviews. This has prompted Valve to ban Digital Homicide for(what is also a first) being "Hostile" towards Steam and its customers... ...This whole thing is just one absurd train wreck full of firsts. 

Fallon recalls his youth playing the American localized versions of Final Fantasy I, IV, VI, and VII; giving his commentary on what made those games the he fondly remembers, and explains why, starting with Final Fantasy VIII, the series lost its appeal.  Finally, he brings the curtain down on Final Fantasy XV, making the prediction that it will, in fact, be the last Final Fantasy game we will ever see.

To upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the question! A hotly debated question so it seems, as we go back and forth on the value of the Playstation 4 Pro. But, this episode isn't all Playstation 4 Pro, as we also discuss: The ways in-game economies and market places are created to keep you spending, Nintendo bringing a premium Mario game to phones, and Activision Blizzard hiring a Fox Sports exec to be the CEO of MLG So pause your game and sit back for another discussion and debate packed episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

COURT IS IN SESSION! Mitch shares his thoughts on the latest Phoenix Wright entry; taking you to new lands with familiar faces—while keeping the charm of the earlier entries that fans have come to love. Get ready to put your life on the line and yell, "OBJECTION!" in this First Impression of Spirit of Justice. If you have any questions or which to share your experience with the game, let us know in the comments below or on social media and we will be happy to discuss. You can purchase Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice from the Nintendo eShop.

If ever there was a theme these past few weeks in the Game Industry—it has to be—Broken Promises. Bethesda has announced that Fallout 4 will not be receiving mod support on PS4—due to Sony. Which brings one big question to mind, where is the line for when you're due a refund? So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast! *Note - In reference to the Dance Studio Comment, it was not featured on the box, but was mentioned during the WOTLK announcement.

The Playstation 4 Pro has been announced, but with its close release date to the Playstation VR, price point, and the limitations of the original PS4's power—the Playstation VR looks to be in quite a problematic position.  So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

VR's adoption rate comes to a near stand still now that both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are no longer back ordered, which leaves us worried for VR's future. Hopefully Sony's venture into VR can reignite growth and adoption rate—otherwise we will be in a bad situation fast. But, we don't only talk about VR on this episode! We also discuss: ESL signing with Yahoo eSports, Google Play allowing for more early access games, and a correct on Steam's return policy regarding No Man's Sky. So pause your game and sit back for another discussion and debate packed episode of your favorite gaming podcast! SHOW NOTES 5:00 ESL Signs a Deal with Yahoo! eSports 13:50 Lindsay Lohan's case against Rockstar is thrown out 22:05 Google Play no longer restricts its Early Access games 30:40 We correct last week's episode regarding Steam's refund policy in regards to No Man's Sky 39:30 VR adopted has come to a stand still Click this Link to enter out Civilization V: Complete Edition GIVEAWAY

Brad, our resident lead World of Warcraft corespondent, has his boots on the ground—reporting on his impressions of the Legion's invasion of Azeroth from the front lines. If you have any questions or which to share your experience with the game, let us know in the comments below or on social media and we will be happy to discuss.

Japan knows how to get the hypu-train rolling! First Atlus, and now Square Enix hops on board—building their game worlds through multiple mediums both before and after release. ...and Beth, is all on that train; American companies really should get on this train too... So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

One topic just isn't enough for this Extra Bit, we needed two! Dead or Alive Extreme 3 's newest VR debut allows bad behavior towards its beach girls, which is fine for now, but may be a potential issue in the future. EA's pledge to put the player first is welcome, but the fact that they make it seem like an either or scenario is misguided...you can do both. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

Its all about sales figures and returning games in this latest episode! Gamestop finds its game division struggling this past quarter by a sizable margin, Steam Spy stops catering to developer requests to remove games from its service, and retailers continue to hand out refunds for No Man's Sky. We also touch on a few non-sales related topics: The creators of Rick and Morty make their own game studio, Zenimax's lawsuit against Oculus escalates, and Battle.net adds Facebook streaming support. So pause your game and sit back for another discussion and debate packed episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

We discuss the two most important things in life on this Extra Bit, teaching your kids not to be stupid with Pokemon Go—and along the same vein, don't dick around with article titles. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

Sony makes its first move to PC by announcing Playstation Now and a Playstation 4 controller adapter for PCs. It's quite the solid approach to get a cut of the PC market, while also not cannibalizing their console business in the process. So pause your game and sit back for another episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

Make Pause Your Game Great Again! Facebook begins positioning itself to create a PC gaming platform by signing a deal with Unity; this is the exact thing we don't need, Facebook more involved with PC gaming. But, Facebook isn't the only one making deals, Twitch acquires Curse in what we can only speculate, is a move to move past their website and create a program for their streaming and community services. Pokemon Go finds itself in our news once more, helping propel the Nintendo 3DS to the most sold console in July, showing one can't put a number on the power of Pokemon. Finally, for our last topic we discuss a potential future, where the traditions gaming press conference no longer exists! So pause your game and sit back for another discussion and debate packed episode of your favorite gaming podcast!

Trolls are going to be trolls Blizzard decides to take a heavy hand on some of the recent trolling taking place in their games, by replacing certain phrases—with absurdly hilarious ones. You won't ever be able to completely stop trolling, but you can certainly take steps to curb it, and this—is a good first step.

Fallon takes on the success of "idle clicker" games such as AdVenture Capitalist, and breaks down why the success of these games isn't truly "success" at all.

You smell that? It smells like another Pause Your Game episode talking about VR, but not about headsets this time—oh no—its about fart-sets. We dive nose first into Ubisoft's surprise announcement that it has created the first fart-smelling VR equipment, just for Southpark. Ubisoft isn't the only thing that stinks on this episode, we also have Pokemon Go being banned in Iran coupled with Nintendo cracking down on top quality fan made games. The point is, this episode stinks, but luckily we are a podcast—so that shouldnt be an issue ;) So pause your game and sit back for another discussion and debate packed episode of your favorite gaming podcast! Show Notes 4:05 Iran bands Pokemon Go 13:00 Kotaku is being sold off 17:02 Nintendo cracks down on top quality fan projects 28:07 Sony announces the Playstation Meeting. Mitch also dives into why he would cancel his Playstation VR pre-order if the NEO is announced. 43:55 Nordic Games changes its name to THQ Nordic 47:47 Ubisoft announces the first ever