This week we talk about whether or not Games Pass will be the turning point for Xbox as they add in all forthcoming first-party games, Fable may (hopefully!) be getting a reboot, lots of controller news between The Duke and a new Xbox Pro Controller, John Cena might be Duke Nukem and PUBG is getting a new loading screen and new anti-cheat updates.Vinny tries to stump us with questions from The Guinness Book of World Records, the Byte Me guys spend a strange day in VR thanks to MightyWepaman and ...
Jan 25, 2018•1 hr 24 min
After a bit of a couple of slow news weeks, video game news is apparently back with a vengeance! Nintendo Cardboard...er Labo was announced yesterday, you can play the JackBox games via Comcast now, Night in the Woods is coming to Switch and Mobile, Assassin's Creed: Origins and Final Fantasy XV get DLC dates, Xbox now has 100 Enhanced games now, Fortnite breaks 40 million players and 2 million concurrents and has a new map update, we talk about what publishers "owe" gamers when it comes to onli...
Jan 18, 2018•1 hr 29 min
Adam is back! Yay!We talk about how PUBG is making reporting cheaters easier and introducing some (potentially impossible to get) loot boxes that cost real money! HTC announces the Vive Pro, GeoForce Now Beta lands on PC, the Kinect is really dead this time, Battle Royale Trainer lets you practice your PUBG skills and pro Overwatch kicks off their first season!With Adam back, we answer a couple of questions we've been pushing back, plus a ton of other questions from some of our favorite folks! P...
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 39 min
We start off the show talking about video game addiction and stupid gamers being stupid, but the plow right into the 28 games we are most excited about in 2018! Have a listen and get ready to spend some money, this year is going to be a great one for gamers!We also answer a couple of questions and talk cheap Humble Bundle games!
Jan 04, 2018•1 hr 37 min
Adam's gone (kidnapped by Santa Claus perhaps?) so Cliff and Dylan made a podcast! We do a bit of a dive into Fortnite and then answer questions from our fine, fine listeners! We also debut next months Xbox Games with Gold and PS Plus games and a mobile game that Dylan is really loving.Happy New Year!
Dec 27, 2017•1 hr 29 min
This episode is all about the GOTY. We each picked our favorite Switch, PS4, Xbox and PC games, plus our GOTY, plus our favorite game we played this year that wasn't released this year!We also had some GOTY feedback from our Discord channel and answered a couple of questions.Have a Safe and Happy Holiday's from your friends at Byte Me!
Dec 21, 2017•1 hr 37 min
PUBG has finally released on the Xbox (and Miramar is on the test server), you can scratch your D&D itch with Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs, Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event gets underway, we were pretty excited about Hello Neighbor but apparently it's not great and The Game Awards happened with 15 new games teased!We also talked video games and casseroles with questions from Vinny, Edsterturbo, Mansocks and Hijump, plus cheap & free games!
Dec 14, 2017•1 hr 29 min
After a couple weeks of drought, there was so much news this episode! Destiny 2 is changing their endgame and releasing their first DLC, there's a new Portal game coming out (sorta), we get the first look at the new PUBG map Miramar, Nintendo improves the JoyCon motion controls, The Division gets a huge new patch with tons of content, Hawaii Rep. Chris Lee wants to pass some laws regarding loot boxes and Capcom is making Mega Man 11! Wow!We also talk to Vinny and Edsterturbo and talk cheap games...
Dec 07, 2017•1 hr 18 min
We talk what we bought on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, the games nominated for the Video Game Awards, the weirdness with Destiny 2 leveling, Fornite is suing cheaters (including a 14-year-old) and soon you'll be able to get your chicken dinner to go (at least in China).We answer some great questions from Vinny, Annie and JoeColeslaw, talk cheap/free games and complain about toxic gamers in Troll Corner!
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Since Thursday is Thanksgiving (at least in the US) we thought we'd release a day early so you could listen before you start stuffing yourself with turkey. But if that's not your thing, I say put it on when you are eating and expose the extended family to some Byte Me goodness!This week we talked about Switch third-party games, a conspiracy theory about Battlefront 2 and EA, ask for just a little bit of critical thinking about things before we dogpile and a Minecon update!We answered some great ...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Byte Me Podcast turns one today, Happy Birthday to us!To celebrate, we had some of our favorite listeners call in and ask us their questions directly, which was an amazingly good time! Thanks to Vinny, Kevin, Ryan, Vicky, Chalupa Dios, Josh and Carter! We also want to thank every single one of you that listen every week, that send in questions, that talk to us on Facebook, Twitter and Discord, that game with us and that tell your friends to listen. Without all of you awesome people this podcast ...
Nov 16, 2017•1 hr 20 min
Extra Life was this weekend and we played a ton of games...and raised $2,310 for the kids!Cliff got his Xbox One X (and it's pretty cool) but Adam is still waiting for his. GTA 5 has sold a ton of copies, but PUBG isn't doing badly either. The mobile version of FF15 is coming out and we have pricing, we talk about the highlights from Blizzcon, we talk about some sad news in the industry, Take Two doubles down on microtransactions and Nintendo confirms that the Breath of the Wild expansion is sti...
Nov 09, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Paris Games Week kicked off on Monday with the announcement of Spelunky 2 & Guacamelee 2, plus a bunch of AAA, indie and PSVR games. We also talk about how violent a couple of the trailers at PGW are and if that is a problem, GameStop launches a rental service, the Kinect is put out to pasture and the Xbox One X will natively support 1440p resolutions.We also answer some great questions, talk about a ton of cheap and free games and dip into troll corner!
Nov 02, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Cliff is on vacation so Vicky is back! Also, Cliff writes the podcast summary, so he's really not sure what happened on this week's episode! According to the show notes, it went something like this: * Is there a new Mario game on Friday? * Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon Last for 3DS * New 3DS XL SNES Edition Nov 27 * PokeBall 2DS XL Nov 3 * Switch 4.0 Update * PS4 Mini Controller * XBOX backward compatibility on XBOX ONE * The End of Lego Dimensions
Oct 26, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Lots of news and lots of questions this week!We start off with the sheer number of games being released between now and the end of the year and it's crazy! Also, Phil Spencer doesn't believe in paying for exclusive content but apparently does believe that they should completely redesign the Xbox Dashboard once every four months like they did with the Fall Update. IGN buys Humble Bundle and we are pretty sure that's a good thing but are being a bit cautious, Rocket League Halloween kicks off and ...
Oct 19, 2017•1 hr 32 min
This week we talk about the incredible size of Shadows of War on the PC and whether or not the loot boxes are ruining the game, we run through the Golden Joystick Award nominations, the SNES Classis has already been hacked and we do a strange experiment with the Red Dead Redemption II trailer.We answer great questions from Vinnie and Josh and Hans gets to the bottom of the all-important sandwich question. We talk about this month's great Humble Bundle Monthly and Wildlands and Aftercharge are ha...
Oct 12, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Dylans back and ready to talk video games after a week in California!Extra Life is in a little less than a month and we want you on our team! Join here: https://goo.gl/48DyvfOnce you've done that, listen to the episode for fundraising tips, plans for the actual day and more! We also want your feedback, so tell us what you'd like to play with us!Now that that's out of the way, we talked about the new Assassin's Creed: Origins Education Mode where you can learn about Egypt in a combat-free environ...
Oct 05, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Dylan is out of town, so we brought in Vicky to replace him!We talk about the bickering between PUBG and Epic, how toxic gamer culture affect game development, the voice actor strike comes to an end, a cool gaming book for kids (that you might enjoy too) plus we take a moment of silence for the Chinese Room.Plus, questions from Vinny, Josh and Chalupa Dios, a free Lawbreakers weekend and Assassins Creed: Origins in troll corner!
Sep 28, 2017•1 hr 24 min
Better late than never, right? Earlier this month Cliff and Dylan had the pleasure of attending PAX West and played some amazing indie games! We kick off the podcast with an interview with Ashley from SMG Studios the folks behind the amazing puzzle game Death Squared and then give you the lowdown on a bunch of unreleased indie games including:Yoku's Island ExpressAfterchargeUFO 50TunicAt SundownNo Heroes HereUnruly HeroesKeyboard SportsWhere the Water Tastes Like WineAegis DefendersTrail MakersM...
Sep 22, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Epic giveth and Epic taketh away. Cross Play that is, which was live briefly over the weekend in Epic's game Fortnite. Apparently, it's easy enough to enable that they did it "on accident". Trust me, we talk about it. Angrily.We also dive into last week's Nintendo Direct, Sony's presentation at TGS and talk about Jump, which wants to become the Netflix of indie games. We also answer questions from Vinnie, Josh and Crawdad, talk about the latest Humble Bundle and talk about games journalism in Tr...
Sep 21, 2017•1 hr 26 min
So, maybe you hadn't heard, but Destiny 2 came out. And we like it, we like it a lot. Also, apparently some people are mad about shaders. We think they are kinda dumb.Also, Bethesda's Creation Club launched and it's having some problems, Cliff's living in a strange FFVII paradox, PUBG has fog now and nobody is shocked but PewDiePie is kind of a racist.We also answer some questions and talk cheap and free games!Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/Fujr3J8Join our Extra Life team: https://goo.gl/e...
Sep 14, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Dylan and Adam are out of town this week, so Cliff called on one of his oldest internet friends to fill in!Not only did we talk about the amazing arcade that Hans has in his basement (and trust me, it's amazing) we also talked about how you can start your own collection. Plus, mouse and keyboard support on the Xbox One, Nintendo is killing Miiverse and it's breaking games, the HTC Vive is getting a wireless adapter and Twitch is donating up to $200k to Extra Life this month.Oh, and Destiny 2 is ...
Sep 06, 2017•1 hr 40 min
It was an early morning recording session this week (and Cliff and Adam aren't exactly morning people.) We made it through with some coffee, muffins and peanut M&M's!This week we talked about all of the changes coming to Overwatch's new season, the redesign of Mercy, the new Mei animated short and deathmatch going live! In non-Overwatch news, we talked about the price drop on two different VR systems (and how amazing VR really is), how Half Life 3 (or the lack of Half Life 3) is hurting DOTA...
Aug 31, 2017•1 hr 48 min
Did you pre-order your Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition yet? It's possible that somebody did...during our podcast.Tons of Xbox news this week out of Gamescom, including the pre-order announcement for the One X, some new Xbox games and lots of 4K news, plus Gamescom announcements for FF15, Destiny 2, a new game called Fe and a new Sims 4 expansion. Overwatch is getting a reporting system, new maps and some character changes, you should register for ID at Xbox if you are going to be in Seattle o...
Aug 24, 2017•1 hr 29 min
We hatch a plan for unlimited XP boost in Destiny 2 via cases of Pop Tarts, talk about killing folks deathmatch style in Overwatch, Adam's favorite Zelda-like is rumored to be getting a current gen release date, Adam and Cliff pretend they have the slightest idea what is going on in WWE 2K18 and Cliff tells you why you should buy Undertale for your Vita (or PS4).We also answer questions from Vinny, Kevin and Rich, talk cheap and free games (including a very rare Humble Bundle for consoles) and p...
Aug 17, 2017•1 hr 36 min
So apparently the Psychic Network is Suing Rockstar over a character in Vice City. You would have thought someone would have seen that coming. We talk about that, how the Xbox is finally getting Spotify, all the amazing games coming out in August, the news that Shadow of War is getting micro-transactions and about how PUBG is taking over the world. We also share some thoughts on DOTA 2 because we've been watching the Internationals all week long.We answer a TON of questions and talk about how yo...
Aug 10, 2017•1 hr 20 min
There are only three months until Extra Life and we'd love it if you'd join our team! We chat about it on the podcast, but you can get more info here: https://goo.gl/e7GLGHWe also talk about how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is dumb, decide whether or not we need the new Nintendo 2DS, talk about the DOTA Internationals and how they are making DOTA easier for new comers, when and if you are going to be able to actually pre-order a SNES Classic and the PS Plus price increase (if you live in Europe....
Aug 03, 2017•1 hr 23 min
It was a bit of a slow news week, but we still found lots to talk about! Epic's game Fortnite is out and they are doing something different with pricing, essentially charging people to beta test a free to play game. We give out thoughts on that development and talk about crowdfunding in general. It probably should have gone in Troll Corner, but we went over Walmart's "accidental" SNES Classic presale (and subsequent cancellations). In another troll news, ThinkGeek is selling NES Classic bundles ...
Jul 27, 2017•1 hr 33 min
Adam and Cliff both played What Remains of Edith Finch (and loved it!) Listen to our thoughts on the game. We also talked about Somerville, gave our first impressions of the Destiny 2 beta and decided that nobody wants the new Ataribox. The new Switch Online App is out, but you can't use it until July 21st, Titanfall 2 gets a new free co-op horde mode just prior to landing on EA Access and Kingdom Hearts 3 has a new trailer...and a release date!We also answer questions from Vinnie, Kevin and...C...
Jul 20, 2017•1 hr 26 min
What Remains of Edith Finch is a narrative adventure game (read: walking simulator) that was released earlier this year on the PS4 and PC to high acclaim (it currently has an 88 on Metacritic, making it the 4th highest rated PS4 game of 2017.) It releases today on the Xbox and to celebrate its launch, Adam had the pleasure of talking with Ian Dallas. Ian is the Creative Director at Giant Sparrow, the developer of Edith Finch and its predecessor The Unfinished Swan. Ian and Adam talk about what i...
Jul 19, 2017•25 min
