On episode 226 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) talking about Monster Hunter Wilds game reviews hitting "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam and an aggregated gaming library coming to the Xbox PC app. For our main course, we go over a middle of 2025 gaming checkpoint and checkout the best games of the year so far, and preview the rest of the upcoming games for 2025. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follo...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 226
On episode 225 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) talking about the Microsoft and AMD partnership for Xbox hardware, Bungie delaying Marathon, and the Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct. For our main course, we go over our impressions of the Switch 2 hardware and Mario Kart World. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 225
On episode 224 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over all of the reveals from the past week. Hours upon hours of reveals. There’s not enough time to cover them all, but we do our best to cover the most exciting stuff. From Resident Evil Requiem to Call of Duty Black Ops 7. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and F...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 224
Gaming Meal Episode 223 - PlayStation State of Play June 2025 On episode 223 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka and Cthulhu go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we give our impressions on Elden Ring Nightreign, recap the Top 10 Arcade Games with Cesar, make some Summer Games Fest predictions and chat about that Witcher 4 Unreal tech demo. For our main course, we go over the Sony PlayStation State of Play from June 2025. We had an awesome show… Well, at least most of us s...
Jun 06, 2025•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 223
On episode 222 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we discuss Jade Raymond’s sudden departure from Haven Studios and some Microsoft rumors around Xbox emulation and Steam integration. For our main course, we discuss the best arcade games and actually list a Top 10. We had to argue and defend why certain picks are better than others but that’s normal for this type of discourse. Tune in to see what we think are the Top 10 bes...
May 22, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 222
On episode 221 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Sony considering raising prices across the board and Square Enix ‘refocusing’ on quality over quantity as a company. For our main course, we discuss gaming white whales. The most obvious example being Half-Life 3 which has been anxiously anticipated for decades (yes, plural) and it still doesn’t exist. We also talk about seemingly dead IP’s like Bloodborne and games t...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 221
On episode 220 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Cesar and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Microsoft raising prices across the board (at least they had a neat Gears Reloaded announcement), Half-Life 3 back in the rumor mill, and Apple getting some judgement. For our main course, Grand Theft Auto 6 has been making waves this week and we wanted to focus on that. We discuss the delay news and the impact it might have on the industry as a whole. Follow...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 220
On episode 219 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Cesar and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order chaos, and EA canceling more projects and cutting more people. For the main course, we talk about the recent renaissance we have been noticing with game design. A lot of games with ‘older’ designs that haven’t been relevant in a long time have been leaving great impressions and are even GOTY material. From Astro Bot, a 3D platformer w...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 219
On episode 218 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Oblivion Remaster getting officially announced and shadow dropped, Discord getting a new CEO, and Reviews of recent games. For the main course, we reminisce about old experiences with preordering. Games or consoles. Did anyone in the group camp out for a full night? Yes… Because of course we did. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and plea...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 218
On episode 217 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Manny, Gilbert and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Bungie’s Marathon, Star Wars Zero Company, and The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered. For the main course, we discuss what games we have been playing and assess the status of game subscriptions. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.tw...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 214
On episode 216 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Star Citizen reaching $800 million crowdfunding. For the main course, we discuss all the news and details that came out after the reveal of the Switch 2. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.face...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 216
On episode 215 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Gilbert we discuss the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal. Exciting new game announcements, hardware specifications and price increases. Good stuff but also some bad. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and sub...
Apr 03, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 215
Gaming Meal Episode 214 - Felt Like Having a Snack (Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions) On episode 214 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Myka felt like snacking. Basically, we just wanted to talk about predictions for the Switch 2 before it the direct drops. We made a bingo card, in other words, 25 predictions. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gaming...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 214
On episode 213 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Game Informer coming back, Xbox UI showing Steam, and Ubisoft restructuring. For the main course, we discuss the March 2025 Nintendo Direct. We talk about the Virtual game cards, Metroid Prime 4 and more. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 213
On episode 212 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Assassin’s Creed Shadows review scores and some upcoming game announcements like Space Marine 3 and Powerwash Simulator 2. For the main course, we go back in time and recap what games were like 10-20-30 years ago. We take a look at some of the popular games of each time and talk about the good old days. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 212
On episode 211 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Scopely buying out Pokemon Go for 3.5 billion, EA adding microtransactions in a closed alpha test, and Death Stranding 2 latest trailer. For the main course, we talk console wars… Particularly PlayStation and Xbox. The war itself might be mostly over but these companies are still fighting for a space in the industry. What is the current status and what does ...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 211
On episode 210 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we start with a discussion on the Pokémon Z-A trailer, then talk a little about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 reveal announcement and finally we discuss some of the recent games that have launched and how they are being received by critics. For the main course, we just talk about Monster Hunter Wilds for like an hour… We discuss why we think it’s good, what has cha...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 210
On episode 209 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we discuss various gaming related news. We start with a discussion on WB closing down 3 studios, more CEOs and their lovely comments on gaming, RIP Dauntless and Balatro catching a break. For the main course, we revisit some predictions we had completely forgotten about. Predictions we made more than 100 episodes ago (that’s roughly 2 years and 8 months). Let’s see how wr...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 209
On episode 208 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we discuss various gaming related news. We start by going over the recent Elden Ring Nightreign network test, with our impressions and answer some questions. Then we discuss the recent Marvel Rivals layoffs, Overwatch 2 bringing back lootboxes, Niantic being sold, and Nintendo removing their gold coins program and adding more patents. For more information, visit us at www...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 208
On episode 207 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Cesar, Manny, Eric, Myka and Gilbert go over our main course (topic) where we talk about the State of Play and all of the new reveals and announcements. We also did an addendum to our draft, see Myka’s picks. Finally, we go over EA CEO comments and how did PSN to go down for a whole day. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at @gamingmeal.bsky.social, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and ...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 207
On episode 206 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Cesar, Manny, Eric, Myka and Gilbert go over our main course (topic) where we discuss the result from our 2024 Fantasy Game Draft and Gaming Predictions to see how good (or bad) we did last year. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at @gamingmeal.bsky.social, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 206
On episode 205 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we discuss the Xbox Developer Direct announcements. Including Ninja Gaiden 4 and a bunch of release dates. For our main discussion, we then try to predict what will happen for the gaming industry during 2025. Doom and gloom or hopeful predictions? A bit of both. We then plan to revisit this next year to see how good or bad we did. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMea...
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 205
On episode 204 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, and Gilbert catch up on all of the news that we have missed over the holiday break. We discuss the Sony live service graveyard, some recent AAA and live service news and is increasing game prices good for the industry? For our main discussion, we talk about the recently announced Nintendo Switch 2. Not much was shown but we speculate a little on what the future holds for Nintendo. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and ...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 204
On episode 203 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, Gilbert, and Cesar dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we performed our 2025 videogame fantasy draft and preview the games expected to come on 2025. We will revisit this list a year from now. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening,...
Jan 16, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 203
Happy Holidays! On episode 202 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Cesar go over the best of the Game Awards 2024 presented by Geoff Keighley. This year had a ton of fantastic announcements that were incredible. We want to dive into each of our favorites and discuss in detail what we thought about the announcements, the future of these developers and the future of the industry as a whole. We also go into the winners and what we thought about the show in general. For more information, v...
Dec 17, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 202
On episode 201 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert, and Cesar discuss the best of the best of the year! We go over our nominees for the best of the year. So many categories, so little time but we still manage to squeeze them all in. What is the best meal we had all year? Can Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, a DLC, win our prestigious Meal Of The Year award? Surely a DLC cannot beat a game that came out this year like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth or Metaphor ReFantazio… right? Join us ...
Dec 05, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 201
Happy Thanksgiving! On episode 200 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert, and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where it’s a special 200th episode! We wanted to discuss live which games should make it into the nominees for our upcoming Gaming Meal awards. So we did just that… it was maybe a tad messy. For our main discussion, we figured why not take a fond look back and some of the most unforgettable gaming moments for us. Whether it be a unique moment in a specific ...
Nov 27, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 200
On episode 199 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Gilbert go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Sony reportedly in talks to buy Kadokawa, Microsoft’s "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign, and PlayStation Portal update adding cloud streaming support. For our main topic, we discuss the Videogame Awards nominations, and discuss why the Elden Ring DLC should be (or not) nominated for the Game of the Year. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com a...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 199
On episode 198 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we are having tapas again! We talk about Nintendo confirming backward compatibility, Kojima now owns the Death Stranding IP, Halo 2’s E3 demo level is playable, a new Virtua Fighter is in development, and then it turns into a Monster Hunter podcast as we catch up on MH related news including a new mobile game and discussions about the Wilds beta. For more informatio...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 198
On episode 197 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we are having tapas! We picked more topics than usual is all that means… We talk about Firewalk Studios officially closing down, Capcom releases some interesting sales statistics, Ubisoft releases an NFT game, World of Warcraft has a $90 mount, Nintendo releases a music app, and a review round-up covering a lot of recent releases like Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Mario Party Jambo...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 59 min
