Jetpack Swords

This week we talk about Gamescom 2023 Opening Night .

This week James tells us about the game that's all the rage - Baldurs Gate 3

Greg rambles to Packy about his new phone for an hour. Using my audio upload goof as a chance to jump ahead and call this number 47 which is the 47th upload due to some multi-parters.

This week James and Greg are joined by Shields to talk about Remnant 2 (Dark Souls with Guns) .

The 3 Jetpack Swords compadres catch up this week, and chat about our excitement for Remnant 2, Chorus, Rim World dlc, and Ace Combat

James is out with no internet this week so Packy and Greg just talk about a variety of topics from cardboard sword fighting to janky controllers.

This week we're joined by our editor in chief, Suzie to hear about what games she plays (Halo, Beat Saber, Duolingo, CrossMe, Solitaire, Scrolling). Note: Because Suzie was in the episode, the editing was actually mostly done via Adobes podcast enhance tool.

We talk about the various games showcases from this Summer once more to get James' take now that he's back.

This week we're joined by one of Gregs friends Ricard who went with him to see the Xbox showcase in a theater! We talk about the PlayStation, Summer Game Fest, Xbox, Ubisoft, and Capcom showcases.

This week Greg talks about TMNT: Splintered Fate after he misses his first flight.

This week, Greg is tormented by a woodpecker, and James is in a rut caused by the paradox of choice.

After talking with our friend William last week who was top 100 in Halo Wars 2 at one point, we talk about the best we've ever been at a game.

This week we are joined by our friend William who is one of top 100 highest ranked Halo Wars 2 players!

This week we start off by talking about how the CMA rejected Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard King on the grounds it'd put them in too powerful of a position in the cloud gaming market.

This week we talk about one of Greg's favorite genres - Looty Shooties.

This week we talk about what game we would make given no barriers, constraints etc. Almost as if we got a wish from a genie.

Greg's friend Shields joins us for our 30th episode! It turns out he's working on his own indie game, leading to some excellent conversations about game design. Besides that, Shields was also a prolific forger in the days of Halo Reach making him a perfect guest star for our podcast (given it's named after our go-to custom game in Halo Reach).

This week we try a new segment: Meme of the week, with this weeks being It just Hit Different Beyond that we also talk about the newly announced Counter Strike 2 and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite giving Epic a creative pipeline for new game developers.

This week Greg shares his thoughts on Mortal Shell after having completed it. We also talk about the Paradox Announcement Show 2023 , and conventions! Excitingly this week was when Xbox confirmed June 11th as the date for their summer showcase followed by a Starfield direct before the release on September 6th!

James was excited for the latest Destiny 2 expansion, Lightfall , but it sadly fell short of expectations.

This week we largely focus on the topic of VR games given the release of the PSVR2, and touch on how there still needs to be more games, but also reasonably priced, and so a subscription service like PlayStation Plus Extra could help get PSVR2 to take off if something you're already paying for includes multiple either VR specific games (like Beat Saber), or games with the option of VR (like No Man...

With no Packy this week James and I keep it brief, mainly talking about upcoming games, and plans for the podcast (topics, guests etc.)

With James back from work we've got lots to talk about! James and Packy talk more about Against the Storm and how they're doing a survey in game to gather community feedback about what new race to introduce to the game. This sparks a longer conversation about how in-game feedback mechanisms are (at least in our opinion) for getting an accurate representation of the entire player-base, and not just...

Packy and I use our regularly scheduled podcast meeting time to catch up since we've both been busy, and of course, with James gone, we talk a little about WoW and Packys mount hunting using Simple Armory .

This week James and I just catch up about what we've been playing ( Against the Storm and Hi-Fi Rush ).