Salt City Gamescast: A Video Game Podcast

This week we talk about Microsoft buying Bethesda and the implications that will have on the industry as a whole. All of us are playing Hades and loving it. Midds gives us an update on Rust and Nick and Jared are playing 13 Sentinels and go into the unique way that the game tells its story.   Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

Rocket League has gone free to play and the guys spent an evening testing out their skills. We talk about the future of the game, some questionable skins and question whether we only played bots. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week we dive into the Avenger's game and come away with mixed thoughts and some pc glitches. Midd's had his computer crash and is checking out Railway Empire while Jared is playing an anime soccer game called Captain Tsubasa, that's a real thing that we got to talk about. Discord:https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week we share stories about our worst hangovers and the poor choices that we made. All of us share a story based on the questionable behavior of our past.

This weeks show has us talking about the new Nvidea graphics cards and the aggressive pricing. Nick finished the latest Control dlc and Midds got into a preview for New World. Jared gives short impressions on PGA 2K11, updates us on Risk of Rain 2 and is pretty far into Spiritfarer. 

This week's short has us talking about the extraordinarily ambitious Hell Let Loose. Nick joined a server that wasn't speaking english and needed some tips and help from Midds and Jared wants to know why pc servers are so complicated.

This week's Gamescast has Nick dealing with technical issues, but the recording turned out great. We talk more Fall Guys, Jared tells us about Panzer Paladin and we get an update on Rust from Midds. Nick finally finished Persona 5 Royal and has promised never to talk about it again, then we all talk about the incredibly ambitious Microsoft Flight Simulator. Notes: Fall Guys: 18:45 - 27:15 Panzer P...

This week we finish up our two part spoilercast on The Last of Us Part 2. Spoilers beware, we cover the entire narrative and give our final thoughts on the story.

This week is full of new games, we start off with Jared diving deep into the systems of Ghost of Tsushima and then a short conversation around the new Metroidvania Carrion. Midds tells us about Fall Guys, a new hilarious Battle Royale, while Nick is completely addicted to Othercide. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: Ghost of Tsushima: 12:06 Carrion: 37:03 Fall Guys: 50:55 Othercide: 1:04:...

All three of us have finished The Last of Us Part 2 and have a lot to say. The spoilercast is split into two parts and this episode has us talking about the first half of the game. Beware of spoilers, we are talking about everything here.

This week we have ongoing discussions around Invisible Inc. and CrossCode.  Midds and Nick hate Hyperscape and we talk about what we want out of future battle royale games. Jared has been playing the  new Paper Mario and an early access game called Scourge Bringer. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week we set the games aside to tell stories about our jobs. We cover bar tending, general slacking off and an almost abduction.

Jared talks about CrossCode, which recently came over to the consoles, while Midds has been busy building ships to travel to the Mun in Kerbal Space Program. Nick picked up Invisible Inc. on the Switch and is loving it and gives a short update on Shipbreakers. Additionally we find out that Jared has never left Animal Crossing, so that's a thing. CrossCode: 10:20 - 25:007 Kerbal Space Program: 28:2...

This week we sit down to discuss some of our favorite game intros. We cover a wide range of short and long intros, explaining why each game makes the list. Notes: Half-Life: 2:20 MGS: 5:40 Last of Us: 11:30 Hell Blade: 18:48 God of War: 24:06 Battlefield 1: 31:13 Prey: 37:30 Dead Space 2 : 42:00 Halo: 44:07 Bioshock: 47:00

The Last of Us Part 2 is finally out and we begin our discussions on the game. No spoilers this week, we talk strictly game mechanics for now. After that Midds tells us about Hardspace: Shipbreaker, a pretty cool space deconstruction simulator. Nick briefly talks about Trails of Cold Steel and Jared gives us an update on the world of Pokemon. The Last of Us Part 2: 11:20 - 28:00 Shipbreaker: 31:26...

Nick is nearly done with Persona 5 Royal and the game has completely drained him. He explains how the games systems broke him down over 120 hours, while covering a few of the controversial characters within the game. Persona 5 has a massive amount of fans, but Nick isn't one of them.

Command and Conquer Remastered is out and we got together with the discord to play some free for all. We cover Valorant and how it shouldn't be compared to games like Overwatch and Jared is working his way through Phantasy Star Online 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles. Notes: Command & Conquer: 31:28 - 41:20 Valorant: 44:12 - 1:00:00 Phantasy Star Online 2: 1:00:02 - 1:08:55 Xenoblade Chronicles: 1:09:08...

The guys finished up Ori and the Will of the Wisps and wanted to talk about the entire series. We talk about how great the platforming feels in this series and where it could go in future games. Plenty of spoilers, so if you haven't finished the game tread lightly.

On this weeks Gamescast Nick talks about becoming a dad and all the trials that come with it. Midds talks about the lack of enthusiasm he has for the latest Tarkov patch. Jared has been bouncing from game to game but settles on MechWarrior 5, while Nick tells us about Subsurface Circular. Notes:  Subsurface Circular : 21:15 to 29:14 Sakura Wars: 29:15 to 39:55 MechWarrior 5: 39:55 to 57:33 Escape...

With the upcoming release of The Last of Us 2 we wanted to revisit the original game from Naughty Dog. We talk about the main story beats from the first game before discussing where we would like the sequel to go from here.

Gamescast #38 has this quarantine wearing on all of us. We cover Streets of Rage 4, before diving into the ending of Final Fantasy 7. Midds gives us an update on Sea of Thieves as well as briefly discussing Day Z. Nick was on the excellent Retro Spectives podcast talking about System Shock . You can find it here: https://www.rspodcast.net/ Notes: Streets of Rage 4: 18:50 - 32:45 FF 7: 32:45 - 48:4...

We sat down to talk a bit about remakes and how we feel about them. We talk about the games we would like to see remade and get some input from our discord on what games they are hoping to see remade.

This weeks Gamescast covers the Last of Us 2 leaked story spoilers as we talk about the impact that has on the dev team at Naughty Dog. Midds picked up Green Hell and was surprised at how well done the story is. All 3 of us played an early access game called GTFO and Nick and Jared continue talking about Final Fantay 7 Remake. Notes: Green Hell: 22:00 - 37:14 GTFO: 37:14 - 57:30 FF7: 58:23 - 1:37:...

We continue to game under quarantine, which means a whole lot of Animal Crossing. We talk more about the game and what our significant others think of the game.

Gamescast #36 is full of new games. Jared played Resident Evil 3 and is a little disappointed. Nick is playing Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Midds got access to Valorant, the new competitive FPS that is in Beta. Additionally Midds and Jared are playing Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord and they don't have very nice things to say about it. Notes: Resident Evil 3: 11:48 - 32:47 Final Fantasy 7 Remake: 34:5...