Gaming Meal Podcast

On episode 239 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, CyberEric takes over this week's podcast, and discusses two appetizers (gaming news), discussing his impressions of Battlefield 6, Pokémon Legends ZA and Ninja Gaiden 4. He also discusses the latest news debacles coming from Xbox. For the main course, he discusses the announcement of Halo Campaign Evolved, the remake of Halo CE coming in 2026 to Xbox,...

On episode 238 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric and Manny go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about the Golden Joystick awards nominees, FF7 Remake director likes putting ‘cheats’ in his games, and is that a Pikmin teaser? Yes, yes it is.  For our main course, we discuss the current state of Xbox. With all of the recent price increases, rumors and all of that, we felt the...

On episode 237 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric and Manny go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about all of the recent game bangers we’ve been getting over the past couple of weeks in our review roundup, Xbox going up in price again… didn’t we just do this last week? But yes, it’s true, Xbox is now raising the prices of Game Pass and the Xbox ROG Ally isn’t cheap either. W...

On episode 236 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Nintendo patenting achievements, Xbox going up in price again and Microsoft looking into cross save functionality.  For our main course, we make predictions for PlayStation’s State of Play coming September 24, 2025, and we go into a little history of all Sony first pa...

On episode 235 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Manny, Gilbert and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Final Fantasy 7 remake updates, Nintendo patents summoning characters, and the PlayStation 30th anniversary.  For our main course, we discuss the recent September 2025 Nintendo Direct, and talk about all the Mario announcements, Fire Emblem, and many more gam...

On episode 234 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick and Manny go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Sony reportedly planning a Switch-style PlayStation 6 portable, Fairgames director departing Haven studios, Crystal Dynamics tried to acquire Perfect Dark. For our main course, we discuss the surprise quick launch for Hollow Knight: Silksong and how it is affecting the gam...

On episode 233 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick and Manny go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about the Recent Game Releases in our Review Round-up, Nintendo Switch 2 already showcasing performance woes, and Roblox, it’s quite popular.  For our main course, we wanted to embrace Jolly Cooperation and discuss games we love to play with others in a collaborative way. No com...

On episode 232 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, CyberEric and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about the Kirby Air Riders Direct, Playstation 5 price increase, the ROG Xbox Ally, and the Helldivers Halo DLC.  For our main course, we cover the main announcements from Gamescom 2025, including Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Lords of the Fallen 2, World of Warcraft: Midnight...

On episode 231 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Xbox canceling Contraband, Bioshock 4 appears to be on shaky ground, Battlefield 6 beta on solid ground and the average gamer’s yearly spending numbers. For our main course, we are catching up on a lot of news. Not one but two Nintendo presentations, one from THQ,...

On episode 230 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Sony… A lot. It’s all Sony news. Sony is suing Tencent, they also opened at least one interesting job position and Microsoft is dominating the PlayStation best-selling charts. For our main course, we make predictions for the upcoming Nintendo Partner Direct for Ju...

On episode 229 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about The Outer Worlds 2 dropping its price to $69.99 and the Circana US sales for June 2025. For our main course, we discuss a paper about improving matchmaking for player engagement. We then talk about Donkey Kong Bananza in our digestif (what are we playing segment)....

On episode 228 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Nintendo Vouchers going away, Xbox ROG Ally price leaks, and Zelda + Link actor announcements. For our main course, we pick which games we would bring to a deserted island. Got plenty of time on your hands? Which games do we think could keep you busy under such ci...

On episode 227 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Esports, particularly the League of Legends MSI tournament and the impact of fearless draft. For our main course, we discuss all of the recent Microsoft cuts. Jobs lost. Projects and games canceled. Entire studios shuttered. It’s a graveyard. Why do we think they did wha...

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 t...

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....

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...

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 ove...

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 t...

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...

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...

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 lon...

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 ni...

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 p...

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 ga...

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/ga...