Gaming Meal Podcast

Gaming Meal Episode 214 - Felt Like Having a Snack (Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions) On episode 214 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Myka felt like snacking. Basically, we just wanted to talk about predictions for the Switch 2 before it the direct drops. We made a bingo card, in other words, 25 predictions. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on...

On episode 213 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Game Informer coming back, Xbox UI showing Steam, and Ubisoft restructuring. For the main course, we discuss the March 2025 Nintendo Direct. We talk about the Virtual game cards, Metroid Prime 4 and more. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com an...

On episode 212 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Assassin’s Creed Shadows review scores and some upcoming game announcements like Space Marine 3 and Powerwash Simulator 2.  For the main course, we go back in time and recap what games were like 10-20-30 years ago. We take a look at some of the popular gam...

On episode 211 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Scopely buying out Pokemon Go for 3.5 billion, EA adding microtransactions in a closed alpha test, and Death Stranding 2 latest trailer.  For the main course, we talk console wars… Particularly PlayStation and Xbox. The war itself might be mostly over but...

On episode 210 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we start with a discussion on the Pokémon Z-A trailer, then talk a little about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 reveal announcement and finally we discuss some of the recent games that have launched and how they are being received by critics.  For the main course,...

On episode 209 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we discuss various gaming related news. We start with a discussion on WB closing down 3 studios, more CEOs and their lovely comments on gaming, RIP Dauntless and Balatro catching a break.  For the main course, we revisit some predictions we had completely forgotten about. P...

On episode 208 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we discuss various gaming related news. We start by going over the recent Elden Ring Nightreign network test, with our impressions and answer some questions. Then we discuss the recent Marvel Rivals layoffs, Overwatch 2 bringing back lootboxes, Niantic being sold, and N...

On episode 207 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Cesar, Manny, Eric, Myka and Gilbert go over our main course (topic) where we talk about the State of Play and all of the new reveals and announcements. We also did an addendum to our draft, see Myka’s picks. Finally, we go over EA CEO comments and how did PSN to go down for a whole day. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please...

On episode 206 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Cesar, Manny, Eric, Myka and Gilbert go over our main course (topic) where we discuss the result from our 2024 Fantasy Game Draft and Gaming Predictions to see how good (or bad) we did last year. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at @gamingmeal.bsky.social, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingme...

On episode 205 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we discuss the Xbox Developer Direct announcements. Including Ninja Gaiden 4 and a bunch of release dates. For our main discussion, we then try to predict what will happen for the gaming industry during 2025. Doom and gloom or hopeful predictions? A bit of both. We then plan to...

On episode 204 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, and Gilbert catch up on all of the news that we have missed over the holiday break. We discuss the Sony live service graveyard, some recent AAA and live service news and is increasing game prices good for the industry? For our main discussion, we talk about the recently announced Nintendo Switch 2. Not much was shown but we speculate a little...

On episode 203 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, Gilbert, and Cesar dive into our entrée (main discussion), where we performed our 2025 videogame fantasy draft and preview the games expected to come on 2025. We will revisit this list a year from now. For more information, visit us at www. TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on social media at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/GamingMeal, Twitc...

Happy Holidays! On episode 202 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Cesar go over the best of the Game Awards 2024 presented by Geoff Keighley. This year had a ton of fantastic announcements that were incredible. We want to dive into each of our favorites and discuss in detail what we thought about the announcements, the future of these developers and the future of the industry as a whole...

On episode 201 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert, and Cesar discuss the best of the best of the year! We go over our nominees for the best of the year. So many categories, so little time but we still manage to squeeze them all in. What is the best meal we had all year? Can Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, a DLC, win our prestigious Meal Of The Year award? Surely a DLC cannot beat...

Happy Thanksgiving! On episode 200 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Gilbert, and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where it’s a special 200th episode! We wanted to discuss live which games should make it into the nominees for our upcoming Gaming Meal awards. So we did just that… it was maybe a tad messy. For our main discussion, we figured why not take a fond look back an...

On episode 199 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Gilbert go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Sony reportedly in talks to buy Kadokawa, Microsoft’s "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign, and PlayStation Portal update adding cloud streaming support.  For our main topic, we discuss the Videogame Awards nominations, and discuss why the Elden Ring DLC should be (...

On episode 198 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we are having tapas again! We talk about Nintendo confirming backward compatibility, Kojima now owns the Death Stranding IP, Halo 2’s E3 demo level is playable, a new Virtua Fighter is in development, and then it turns into a Monster Hunter podcast as we catch up on M...

On episode 197 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we are having tapas! We picked more topics than usual is all that means… We talk about Firewalk Studios officially closing down, Capcom releases some interesting sales statistics, Ubisoft releases an NFT game, World of Warcraft has a $90 mount, Nintendo releases a music app, and a r...

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...

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 a...

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...

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...

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 ple...

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 an...

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...