Salt City Gamescast: A Video Game Podcast

This week Midds had a nap interrupted by a man trying to open his front door. This lead to a weird amount of stories that involve strangers or members of this podcast entering houses while intoxicated.

This week Jared talks about Loop Hero, which is extremely addictive. Midds comes to find out that Project Zomboid is not an up and coming game and Nick gushes about the narrative and puzzle design of Maquette. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: Loop Hero: 37:08 Project Zomboid: 56:00 Maquette: 1:15:05

This week we take some time to explain how drinking in Utah is not the same as drinking in other states. We cover liquor laws, private clubs and bad mixed drinks in this weeks short.

This week Midds tells us about his experiences in Valheim and wonders why it is as popular as it is. Jared is working his way through Persona 5 Strikers and Nick gives an update on the changes that Apex Legends has seen. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: Valheim: 16:30 Persona 5: 40:45 Apex: 1:03:25

We got together for an evening of Don't Starve Together and Nick and Midds had a great time. We crafted, we lit fires, we defended our base and became better friends in the process. Also, Jared hated it and had a terrible time.

This week Jared tells us all about The Pathless, which is a game that he thinks is perfectly fine. Midds got sucked back into Escape From Tarkov and gives us an update on that game. Nick finished Trails of Cold Steel and talks about how much he appreciates how the game takes its time in revealing itself. Discord: https://discord.gg/nZbrDdPrf9 The Pathless: 35:40 Escape From Tarkov: 49:10 Trails of...

This week we found out that Jared hates all things building. Whether it be in Sim City, RTS games or Survival games, he hates them all equally. We try to dig into why he is like this on this week's short. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week Midds tells us all about Factory management in Factorio. Is it a game, is it a job? Nobody really knows. Nick is back on the Overwatch train, while Jared has been completely consumed by doing every challenge in Hitman. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

With a new generation upon us we take some time to talk about the future of persistent games. We try to nail down exactly what games like Destiny need to do to keep us coming back week after week. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week we talk about Hitman 3 and some of the problems that have come up around getting the previous games to work on pc within the game. Midds is playing a spiritual successor to FTL called Bomber Crew, while Jared has been in VR playing Half-Life: Alyx. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

Nick and Midds find out that Jared doesn't like Pineapple on his pizza and that causes the guys to spend far too long discussing it.

This week we take some time to talk about the chaos that are country is dealing with before getting into a regular show. We talk politics, drinks and videogames in this week's Gamescast. Notes: Yakuza: 34:30 Until Dawn: 55:57 Immortals: Fenyx Rising 1:02:00 Hitman 2: 1:24:30

We continue having conversations around the hot mess that is Cyberpunk 2077. A glimmer of a great game completely buried in bugs and failed systems. But also, Arby's.

We continue the tradition and recorded a huge Christmas Special for the end of the year. We talk about out favorite games that came out in 2020 and spend some time recognizing older games as well. This is a long one, pour a drink and relax while put a nice bow on this terrible year. Notes: 13 Sentinels: 21:30 to 28:30 Risk of Rain 2: 28:30 to 34:30 Hades: 34:30 to 46:40 Ori: 46:40 too 1:05:30 Fina...

Jared lets the guys know that he is a Taekwondo master. It goes over as expected as the guys push to get his trophies sent to the podcast room.

We dive into the buggy mess that is Cyberpunk 2077 on this weeks Gamescast, while talking about expectations that the game had and if it can still win us over. Midds is deep in the world of Fifa ultimate team and talks to us about it's problematic systems. Jared has finished up Demon's Souls and maintains that it is the weakest of the Souls games, while Nick started streaming Dark Souls on Twitch.

On this weeks short we spend some time talking about the new consoles and the UI that comes with them. We love the new hard drives and get distracted by talking about transferring contact from old phones.

We have had the PS5 for a couple weeks and have some opinions on Demon's Souls. We talk about the high quality of the remake out of Bluepoint and whether this is our least favorite (but still fantastic) Souls game. Midds continues his hospital managment career in Three Point Hospital. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

Midds sent the guys a Youtube video that turns a game of Rust into a cinematic experience. The guys talk about what this brings to the medium, the kinds of possibilities it opens up and how it could change games going forward.

New consoles are finally here and we are back to our regular Gamescast routine. Nick checked out the new Sekiro update, Midds decided to play a hospital simulator during a pandemic and Jared is playing the Pokemon update, because of course he is. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: Sekiro: 21:38 Two Point Hospital: 32:36 13 Sentinels: 45:21 Pokemon: 1:03:15

We are very tired and very exhausted and all we want to talk about is going to sleep. So we did one better and had a deep dive into shopping for a new mattress.

This episode has us celebrating our 50th Gamescast. We asked our discord for questions and we spend the entire show answering them. Grab your drink of choice and relax while we celebrate 50 episodes in this laid back episode.

It's time for this years Halloween Special. This year has us playing through Capcom's Resident Evil 7. We thoroughly discuss the puzzle design and mechanics found throughout the game, as well as a brief conversation about next years sequel. Additionally there is a lengthy bonus section of us having small talk at the end of the show.

This week we talk about Jared's golf game and Midds got some new pc parts. Nick is falling down the dangerous hole that is Genshin Impact. Midds is sampling some Terraria while Jared tells us about the Mafia Remake. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We spend some time talking about Hollow Knight and wonder when its follow up Silksong will be released. We continue to draw comparison between Hollow Knight and Ori, this time asking if Silksong is going to improve the flow of movement in the game. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z