On episode 196 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Valve mentioning that Steam Deck 2 is not necessary yet, a previous Sony executive comments about the state of AAA games and the lack of AA games, and Ubisoft is disassembling the Prince of Persia: Lost Crown team. For our main topic, we talk about features that we think are under-appreciated or taken for granted. Features that we think should be in every game ...
Oct 24, 2024•2 hr 10 min
On episode 195 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Nintendo’s Alarmo clock and Destiny: Rising, a mobile game by NetEase set in the Destiny universe. For our main topic, we discuss different gaming opinions and what we think about them. Are graphics still king? Is gaming better or worse now? Agree, disagree, or agree to disagree. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on so...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 57 min
On episode 194 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Joe, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) that turned into a buffet. We talked about the Halo Studios announcement and how Halo is switching to Unreal Engine 5, new game releases and their review scores + impressions, and Ubisoft... again. Ubisoft is still making news and we are starting to wonder how they are still operating. This turns into a whole discussion about game design, monetization, current gaming...
Oct 09, 2024•2 hr 20 min
On episode 193 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Nintendo going after emulators (again), and California's new law forcing stores to admit that they are only licensing content. We then get into our main course where we reminisce about the Dreamcast and the good old days. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/GamingMeal, T...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 37 min
On episode 192 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Nintendo is suing Palworld and Assassins Creed: Shadows is getting delayed. We then get into our main course where we go over the recent State of Play announcements and give our impressions. 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/gamingme...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 58 min
On episode 191 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Annapurna’s exodus, Australia making changes to their ratings for games with gambling, and Unity finally backpedaling. We then get into our main course where we discuss the PS5 Pro announcement… $700!! 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/gam...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 44 min
On episode 190 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Joe go over this week's tapas (various gaming news with one overarching topic). Talking about the current state and future of the gaming industry. We discuss Concord being canceled and what that means for Sony and the industry, the likelihood of prices rising for consoles and games, corporate greed as well as corporate fumbling, and more. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on soci...
Sep 05, 2024•2 hr 23 min
On episode 189 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar jump straight into the main discussion: to find out which is the best SNES game of all time. 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, and please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal Podcast! Music credit goes to Sub...
Aug 29, 2024•2 hr 19 min
On episode 188 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Fortnite back on iPhones, Final Fantasy 16 coming to PC, and Black Myth Wukong's successful release. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we go over the announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live. 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....
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 55 min
On episode 187 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Myka, go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Tango Gameworks is back from the dead and Apple’s updates to their Terms of Service greatly affecting Patreon. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about games coming out in the remainder of 2024. Which ones are hype? Which ones are duds? For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at w...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min
On episode 186 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Chiara, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Game Informer being shut down, follow up on news at Bungie, and Warner Bros is trying to sell its gaming division... again. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we discuss jolly cooperation in video games. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/Gami...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 50 min
On episode 185 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about PSVR 2 price drop and sales surge, Bungie lays off %17 of its workforce, and Voice Actors strike over AI. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we lay to rest the ashes of the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 online store has officially closed down and we just wanted to share memories regarding the greatest platform of all time (Episodes 149-150). For more inf...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 53 min
On episode 184 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about FTC commenting on Game Pass raising prices, Concord is not even out and is already struggling, and a different take by a CEO on live services. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about our experience at the 2024 Evo Championship. Discussing the new venue, the game announcements, and what we thought about the event in general. For m...
Jul 25, 2024•2 hr 10 min
On episode 183 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Game Pass Changes, Palworld Entertainment, and Nintendo's plans to meet demands for the Switch 2. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we discuss some unique game mechanics that have stayed unique. For some reason, these mechanics were never truly mimicked. For our desserts, we had some bonus conversations about Concord, Gacha games and #Wh...
Jul 17, 2024•2 hr 16 min
On episode 182 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about unplayed Steam libraries, Sony is still developing a whole 2 games for VR, and Xbox coming to Fire TV as well as missing some big upcoming titles. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we discuss if we think new game content should be considered for GOTY. In a year where game expansions are having a massive impact, it made for a very interes...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 182
On episode 181 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, Myka, Chiara, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), where we talk about EA Executives making millions, and Koei Tecmo failing to meet expectations. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we discuss the Nintendo Direct from June 2024. A lot of new announcements to cover, including Mario & Luigi’s return in Brothership, Zelda is finally the main character in a Zelda game, and Metroid Prime 4 is act...
Jun 20, 2024•2 hr
On episode 180 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Chiara and Cesar go straight into discussing all of the latest reveals and trailer from the most popular showcases. Starting with the Summer Games Fest, we talk about Monster Hunter Wilds, Phantom Blade Zero and Blumhouse getting into horror game publishing. From the Xbox Showcase, we all liked Perfect Dark and Doom: The Dark Ages, talk a little history about Fable and Gears. We even go into the Ubisoft Forward and the turnaround Dra...
Jun 13, 2024•2 hr 30 min
On episode 179 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about the PSVR2 PC adapter, another CEO considering raising videogame prices, and a live-service game becoming a regular game. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we predict what we will be seeing during E3 this year. E3 doesn't exist anymore? Excuse us, Not-E3's shows, including Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Showcase, among others. For more information,...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 53 min
On episode 178 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Microsoft moving to ARM, Riot and Ubisoft being greedy, Call of Duty coming to GamePass and we discuss the state of Sony following info from their most recent business meeting. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about the games announced in the May 2024 PlayStation State of Play, including gameplay of Monster Hunter Wilds. For more infor...
May 31, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 178
On episode 177 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Square Enix's restructuring, EA dreams about ways to deliver ads in games, and Assassin's Creed Shadows. Plus, a bonus lightning round covering other recent news! We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about the digital stores available to consumers. Mostly comparing Steam to Microsoft to Sony to Nintendo to Epic and what makes them tick. For ...
May 16, 2024•2 hr 4 min
On episode 176 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, Myka, and Cesar as joined by our newest guest Chiara, and go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Microsoft closes Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks and more at Bethesda, the Helldivers 2 PSN PC requirement debacle, Sony pulling Horizon: Zero Dawn from PlayStation Plus, and Nintendo pre-announces a Switch 2 announcement. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about the future of gaming and discuss a w...
May 15, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 176
On episode 175 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Stellar Blade, Sony patents 'Auto-Play' game mode for Playstation, and Escape From Tarkov’s new $250 PVE downloadable content. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about some game remakes we would want to see. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/...
May 08, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 175
On episode 174 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about gamers seeking ways to stop developers from rendering online games unplayable, that 60 percent of playtime in 2023 went to 6-year-old or older games, and Embracer splitting into three companies. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about game pricing and the tipping/subscription model for gaming. For more information, visit us at ww...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 174
On episode 173 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Gearbox being bought by Take Two and where does that leave Embracer, and the news that deals for developers to put games on Xbox Game Pass and Epic Games exclusivity have gone away. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about Game Informer’s recent 2024 bracket on the Best Game of all Time (as voted by its readers). For more information, visit us ...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 173
On episode 172 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Phil Spencer wanting Epic Games Store Xbox, Dragon's Dogma 2 launch woes, and Xbox reportedly developing a handheld gaming device. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about Metacritic’s Best Publisher of the 2023. We just go over the list and discuss the surprise. For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow ...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 57 min
On episode 171 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about PS5 Pro specs and rumors, PSVR2 is stopping production, and Steam’s updated Family Sharing. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about games that we think would make a good introduction to specific genres. Is a Mario game the best 2D platformer to recommend for someone new to 2D platformers? Tune in to find out as well as many other genre...
Mar 21, 2024•2 hr 31 min
Gaming Meal Episode 170 - Is the Game Industry Crashing? On episode 170 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert and Cesar (the crew is back baby!) go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Rooster Teeth being shut down, MAR10 day announcements, and some recent canceled game leaks. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we talk about the potential Gaming Industry bubble, particularly around AAA games and current industry trends… that we mostly hate and i...
Mar 14, 2024•2 hr 22 min
Gaming Meal Episode 169 - What puts the ‘J’ in “JRPG?” On episode 169 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Gilbert (skeleton crew again, let's go!) go over this week's appetizers (gaming news), talking about Warner Bros claims that AAA games are “too volatile,” Toys for Bob is going Indie, and Nintendo shutting down Yuzu. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we just talk about JRPGs, what makes games a “JRPG,” and some of our experiences, favorites and pet peeves about this sub...
Mar 06, 2024•2 hr 10 min
Gaming Meal Episode 168 - February Snack On episode 168 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric, the real skeleton crew, go over recent gaming news, talking about more bad news for Sony, including layoffs and cancelations. We also discussed recent Nintendo news, from rumors about the Switch 2 release window to the recent Pokémon Showcase and Nintendo Direct. Last but not least, some reactions to the Elden Ring DLC, Shadows of the Erdtree trailer. It was meant to be short and sweet but we stil...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 168
On episode 167 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, Cesar, Gilbert (and a surprise guest appearance by Joe in the end), and go over this week's appetizer (gaming news), talking about the news that Sony will not release new major titles before March 2025, Sony president’s interest in multi-platform releases, and the success of Helldivers 2 and it being PlayStation's biggest Steam launch game ever. We then dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we discuss the news coming from the recent...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 166
