Gaming Meal Podcast

Gaming Meal Podcast Ep.264 Not-E3 2026 Nintendo Direct On episode 264 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric) and Manny discuss the recent videogame presentations from June 2026. For this episode, we discuss the announcements from the Nintendo Direct, including Jujustu Kaisen: Rumble Survivaton, Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy Switch 2 Editions, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (why?), Splatoon Rai...

Gaming Meal Podcast Ep.263 Not-E3 2026 Xbox Showcase On episode 263 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric) and Manny discuss the recent videogame presentations from June 2026. For this episode, we discuss the announcements from the Xbox Showcase, including Gears of War E-day, Fable, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Crazy Taxi World Tour, Valor Mortis, and Spyro: A Realm Beyond. For more information,...

Gaming Meal Podcast, Ep. 262 Not E3 2026, PlayStation State of Play On episode 262 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric) and Manny discuss the recent videogame presentations from June 2026. For this episode, we discuss the announcements from the PlayStation State of Play show, including Wolverine, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, Stuntman Hollywood, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy and God...

On episode 261 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric), Manny and Gilbert discuss the recent videogame presentations from June 2026. For this episode, we discuss the announcements from the Summer Games Fest show, including Resident Evil: Veronica, Gen Atlas, Crossfire, Virtua Fighter Crossroads, Stellar Blade Blood Rain, and Final Fantasy 7 Revelation. For more information, visit us at www. T...

On episode 260 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric (CyberEric) and Luis catch up on everything we missed over the past month. Microsoft news. Sony news. Games that came out. A little bit of everything really. 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 a...

On episode 259 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric (CyberEric) and Luis continue with our discussion on what we think are the best games of each hemisphere. East Vs West. We have our finalists and we will be dissecting each of them. Plus, a twist here or there. That said, we did reach a conclusion. Gotta tune in to find out. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please f...

On episode 258 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric (CyberEric) and Luis continue where we left off last week and discuss what we think are the best games, East Vs West. We have our list of games and select between these with a point system and decide which side has the advantage. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.tw...

On episode 257 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric (CyberEric) and Luis (new special guest) discuss what we think are the best games of each hemisphere. East Vs West. We go through each year of the last 10 years and pick games and representatives for each side. Then later on we will discuss which side has the best lineup. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please foll...

On episode 256 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric) and Manny (and Gilbert later) cover this week’s appetizers (gaming news). We cover the recent Xbox GamePass price drop, and the latest trailer for Splatoon Raiders. For our main course (main topic) we discuss the many gaming trilogies in gaming, and what is the best one, at least of the HD era.  For more information, visit us at www. TheG...

On episode 255 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric cover this week’s appetizers (gaming news). Got some interesting news this week. A new Metro game was announced, Xbox CEO mentioned that Game Pass is too expensive, Sony raised prices (again) and a Bloodborne movie is actually happening. Did not have that one in my bingo card. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and ple...

On episode 254 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric dive right into the main course. We practically rant for an hour about gaming tropes. Remember quicksand? It used to be a thing. Invisible walls, excessive tutorials, bullet sponges, grind grind grind. All tropes we think can be better implemented and executed. We discuss what we dislike about them and why, with some examples. For more info...

On episode 253 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, and Gilbert FINALLY select our Game of the Year award winners. We are a bit late but better late than never. Is Clair Obscur going to take over all the awards? Seems likely but we never know. Bonus hour rant about the state of the industry and what has been going on recently and where what we expect the future of the industry to be. For more...

On episode 252 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric (and Gilbert joined) cover this week’s appetizers (gaming news). We have our well overdue review round-up and talk about a lot of the games that have been released so far this year. We also talk about PlayStation shutting down another studio, Epic lays off over 1000 employees and Nintendo is scaling back manufacturing and updating their gam...

On episode 251 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric cover this week’s appetizers (gaming news). We discuss the Xbox executives shake up, PlayStation shutting down BluePoint, HighGuard has officially shut down and the next generation of Pokemon, Winds and Waves! For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/GamingM...

On episode 250 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Gilbert and Eric, reminisce over 6 years of podcasting. We take a look at previous milestone episodes and go down memory lane. See how things were 6 years ago and from then till now; what was relevant in the industry, what was on our minds, what we liked, what we expected to happen.  For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and plea...

On episode 249 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric discuss the Feb 2026 State of Play. Lots of good announcements: God of War Trilogy Remake, Castlevania is alive again, so is Dead or Alive, Kena sequel, a new Legacy of Kain game, new Silent Hill, Metal Gear Collection Vol.2, Konami is back baby! And more! For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on soci...

On episode 248 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric cover this week’s appetizers (gaming news), including the recent Xbox Developer Direct, the Ubisoft reorganization, and Nintendo Direct: Partner showcase. 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 a...

On episode 247 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric try to predict things that will happen in the video game industry in 2026. Will the industry face challenges? Drastic changes? Is Half-Life 3 finally coming? Unlikely, but we did talk about it. 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 w...

On episode 246 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric review all of the predictions that we made last year. We recap the draft results, see who had the better picks. Afterwards we discuss our predictions from a year ago and see just how good or bad they were. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/GamingMeal,...

On episode 245 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Eric dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we performed our 2026 videogame fantasy draft and preview the games expected to come for 2026. 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...

On episode 244 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric) and Manny discuss recent gaming news, including: D.I.C.E. Awards nominees, the death of Anthem, Meta shuts down more game studios, rumors on StarCraft, Wolfenstein and Ecco the Dolphin games, and Steam continues to grow. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky...

On episode 243 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric (CyberEric) and Manny discuss the various announcements from the 2025 Game Awards, including Star Wars, Divinity, Tomb Raider 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.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook....

On episode 242 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, CyberEric and Manny discuss the news (appetizers) that Netflix is buying Warner Bros, the RAM price epidemic, and if Expedition 33 is inevitable. For our main course, we discuss our predictions for the Game Awards. 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/Gam...

On episode 241 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, CyberEric and Manny discuss the Game Awards GOTY nominees and info from the Steam Hardware survey. For our main topic, we discuss a recent IGN and Nintendo Life Top 100 Nintendo Games list, one by one. 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, Twit...

On episode 240 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, CyberEric and Manny discuss the new hardware from Valve, the new Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame VR headset. We then go into our appetizers (gaming news), discussing the delay of GTA6 and the PlayStation cross-buy rumors and the recent Japan State of Play. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on soc...