Gamerhead Radio

Episode 143 - Found: One Brony, Two Villains

This week we go from 2 hosts up to 5! Charlie returns from Ponyville Ciderfest and brings Nick "Mr. Agitator" Santiago and Analise "Vex" Rahn - also known as the rest of V is for Villains - with him to talk about their travels and the top stories of the week!

PLUS: Will original Xbox Games come to the XBOX One? Will you be able to play Playstation games remotely on computers? Will Nick EVER 100% Metal Gear Solid 5? And most importantly - Will Americans get to experience the cutting edge boob physics of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3; and SHOULD they?

All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

This Week's Stories:

1. Official PS4 Remote Play app coming to Mac, PC
2. League of Legends to punish 'toxicity' with ban on loot
3. Original Xbox games on Xbox One? “nothing’s impossible,” says engineering lead
4. Also our Feature - Backlash Fears Have Stopped Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 From Coming West
5. Former Donkey Kong Champ Has Lawsuit Against Cartoon Network Tossed Out

Episode 142 - Lost: One Brony, Two Villians

No Brony, no Villians, because reasons. Instead Goat and Jon run the show in Charlie's absence. 

This week Payday 2 studio apologizes for micro transactions, Blizzard is fighting cheaters in court, VR games could get new PEGI ratings, Microsoft is teaching kids through Minecraft, and the cold war between Developers and gaming journalists and much more!

Episode 141 - Lord Boatsworth's Wasteland Prostitution Adventures

(Yes, we incorrectly say "Sir" Boatsworth in the intro. Oh well.)

This week your hosts talk about their first impressions of the newest Fallout and Tomb Raider games on the last episode before Charlie heads off to Ponyville Ciderfest!

PLUS: Take-Two reveals their brilliant business strategy, PornHub can't compete against the wasteland, Konami doesn't fool us with their obvious PR stunt, and say hello to Linkle! All this and more in the most recent episode of Gamerhead Radio!

Story Links:

1. Konami helping to make a bionic arm for a double amputee Metal Gear Solid fan
2. Microsoft issues $100,000 and two HoloLens kits to five different schools nationwide
3. There’s only so much time in the day: Pornhub reports traffic drop on Fallout 4 launch
4. Hyrule Warriors Legends for 3DS will include a new female Link, called Linkle
5. Take-Two CEO: Our Strategy Has Been a Limited Number of the Highest Quality Releases

Episode 140 - Things Gamers Do with Socks

This week on Gamerhead Radio, an innocent discussion about our holiday gaming wish lists gets overshadowed by Charlie learning about a very unfortunate habit that some gamers have.

PLUS: One developer gets purchased, two studios close, and three people probably consider buying a very silly Master Chief helmet for charity. All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

This week's stories:

1. Activision acquires Candy Crush company King for $5.9b
2. Avalanche Studios Lays Off Staff in New York and Stockholm
3. Konami confirms closure of Kojima Productions Los Angeles studio
4. Blinged-out, 11-pound Master Chief helmet fetches $34,000 on eBay
5. The Falco amiibo is exclusive to Blockbuster in Mexico

Episode 139 - The Great Tabletop Experiment

This week, your hosts are joined by Michelle and attempt to figure out the tabletop game Bioshock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia. It doesn't really go well.

PLUS: Nintendo thinks mobile games are going to make them more money than the Wii, Sony doesn't know how to database, and the PC version of Arkham Knight is a disaster for the second time. All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

Story Links:

1. Batman: Arkham Knight's PC version is unfixable, WB offering refunds for digital purchases
2. Microsoft felt Halo franchise was at an end before 343 head Bonnie Ross took over
3. Sony Unsure You'll Ever Be Able to Change Your PlayStation Network ID
4. Sega: Recent Sonic Games Haven't Been "Acceptable", Looking To Replicate The Past In Future Outings
5. Nintendo Expects to Exceed Wii Era Profits Within Three Years

Episode 138 - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Konami!

In this week's episode your hosts talk about some of the games they've played that have exceptionally good or bad level design and also discuss the ones the listeners have liked.

PLUS: Fallout beer is a thing that exists, Microsoft loses a vowel, Sony gives up on the Vita, and Charlie loses his mind a little bit after hearing our top news story. All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

News Story Links:

1. Konami says Hideo Kojima is on vacation, didn’t leave
2. Sony completely drops first-party Vita development
3. Xbox Live architect Eric Neustadter has left Microsoft
4. Sonic Team apologises for scandalous in-game typo
5. Fallout Beer is a thing

Episode 137 - Video Gaming Charities

This week your hosts talk about some of the various gaming charities that they recommend.

PLUS: Witcher 3 has a creative way of responding to an exploit, Pokemon GO gets a big funding injection, and rumors about the Nintendo NX. All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

Links to this week's news stories:

1. Sources Suggest Nintendo NX Is A Fusion Of Home And Mobile Hardware
2. MGS5: developer The Phantom Pain made over twice as much as Avengers: Age of Ultron on launch day
3. Nintendo, The Pokemon Company and Google invest $30M in Pokemon GO
4. League of Legends' latest attempt to rehabilitate jerks is a narcissism test
5. Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone adds Taxman to sting money exploiters

Episode 136 - The Righteous Narwhals present: The $5.11 PlayStation 4

This week your hosts talk about their new band (not really) and Charlie explains how he got a Playstation 4 for $5.11 (yes really).

PLUS: Bungie gives PS4 owners Destiny (not really), Apple steals games back from people that bought them (yes really) and video game voice actors might be going on strike (maybe really)! All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

Links to this week's stories:

1. Stuntwoman Nearly Killed Making New Resident Evil Movie
   
   
2. On like silent Donkey Kong: video game voice actors authorized by union to strike
   
   
3. Valve Hires Psychonauts, Brutal Legend Developer
   
   
4. Apple is removing games from people's purchase history
   
   
5. Don't own Destiny? It might appear on your PS4 anyway

Episode 135 - Star Devil Goat Citizen Uzi Havok

(I want to play that game...)

This week your hosts cover the rapidly developing drama around The Escapist's recent exposé on the developers of troubled game Star Citizen.

PLUS: Mass Effect wasn't OK with Ubisoft getting all the theme park attention, Microsoft buys Havok, and find out what we all think about the Pokemon company suing a fan for copyright infringement. All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

Read and comment on our show notes at http://bit.ly/GHR135notes!

Episode 134 - Developers, Developers, Developers!

This week your hosts talk a little more about developers, and even interview the father and 14-year-old son team behind Forever Humble PDX, the developers of Steam game Galagan's Island and publisher of Deep Space Dash, currently on Steam Greenlight

PLUS: Bungie admits Destiny was broken at launch, Sony cops out on their lack of Vita sales, and analyst Michael Pachter believes that "This is the last real console cycle". All this and more in this week's episode of Gamerhead Radio!

Read and comment on our show notes at http://bit.ly/GHR134notes!