Salt City Gamescast: A Video Game Podcast

Jared continues to make progress through Horizon: Forbidden West and is generally positive about it. Nick has become obsessed with Elden Ring and talks about its scope and scale. Additionally we cover Triangle Strategy and wonder if they will ever stop talking.

Jared takes some time to answer Nick's questions regarding fighting games. Obviously, this took a lot of patience on his part. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We are deep into the busy February release schedule and have Horizon: Forbidden West in our hands. We dive in and talk about the game in depth with mostly positive things to say about the game. Additionally we talk about an early access game called Vampire Survivors. Discord: https://discord.gg/qpRWUqtA

We take a question from the discord regarding what kind of game we would design if given the chance. We talk about the hurdles of making a succesful game in the current market and what game we would make to fix past mistakes (Fallout).

We finally have new games to talk about and get down to business pretty quickly. We talk Pokemon and how frustrating that series can be. Nick has had some major bugs in Dying Light 2 but still absolutely loves the game. On top of that we try a pretty terrible cocktail. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

We spend some time talking about the local craft beer scene in Utah. Highlighting some of our favorites throughout Utah. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

Big week this week with news of Microsoft buying Activision. We talk about the affect it will have on the industry and give our opinions on whether this a good thing. Jared has been playing SMT V and has a lot of good things to say about it. We played Rainbow Six Extraction over the weekend and dislike most of what that game has to offer. Additionally we give our final thoughts on the ending of De...

Jared and Nick have both finished season 2 of The Witcher. They talk about what worked this season, the improvements made and some of their new criticisms. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We are back to the regular schedule with Gamescast #79. Jared played through Guardians of the Galaxy and ended up a little down on the game. Nick played through 12 Minutes and you really just have to listen to what he has to say to believe it. He also managed to finish Cold Steel 2 and is still extremely high on the entire series. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We continue to put a bow on 2021 by talking about some of our favorite soundtracks in games from the year. Additionally, we cover some of our favorite games that we played in 2021 but were released in previous years. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

With 2021 behind us Jared and Nick sit down to talk about their favorite games of the year. They each bring 5 games to talk about, with some surprises and some predictable choices.  Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

Plenty of videogames give us choices to make, but which ones do it the best? Why is it so hard to go beyond black and white choices? Jared and Nick talk about what they like in the choices games have them make and what they would like to see more of in future games.

This week we go in depth on the Halo Infinite campaign. We talk about what works and what doesn't in the hybrid open world game, as well as spoiling the story at the end of the discussion. Jared and Nick are both working their way through Deathloop and are extremely impressed with how that game functions. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We spend some time talking about Christmas gifts growing up. Nick shares a story about how he took matters into his own hands in order to get a Nintendo 64. Meanwhile, Jared was getting notes from Santa that told him how hard it was to get him his Christmas gifts.   Discord:https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week Nick talks about his serious pc problems with his new build. Jared is really enjoying Gunfire Reborn and Nick and Jared finally finished Inscryption. We even talk some Pokemon, despite Nick's objections. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

Jared and Nick talk about the future of shorts and what they might look like going forward on the show. They ask for help from the Discord community to address shorts going forward.   Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

This week we talk about the early release of Halo Infinite multiplayer and we wonder whether they have changed the formula enough. Jared started off disliking the latest Battlefield but it is slowly winning him over while Nick is shocked at how good Guardians of the Galaxy is. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

FromSoftware finally released a gameplay video for Elden Ring. The guys take some time to pick apart the details of  the trailer and give their thoughts.

We start the show off by sampling an 11% Stout, spoilers, it's bad. Midds and Jared continue to grind out New World, while Nick went back to Diablo 2. We talk about the Left 4 Dead clone, Back 4 Blood as well as a horror card game called Inscryption. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

For the third annual Halloween special we dipped our toe into an anime visual novel. Things are not what they seem in Doki Doki Literature Club.

This week on the Gamescast we have a lengthy discussion about Metroid Dread. Generally positive reactions to the latest entry in the 2d Metroid games. Jared and Midds are deep into New World and continue to be enjoying the game. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

This week's short has us trading stories about airports. Flight delays leading to intoxication and Midds getting turned around at customs are just some of what we share.

We get back to our regular gamescast schedule this week. We've all been playing New World and have enjoyed what we have played so far. Jared is running out of patience for Tales of Arise and Nick has fallen in love with Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We talk about sports, what more do you need to know? You want more information about sports? Well we don't know that much about sports...but we do talk about them in this short.

What is the deal with Hot Pockets? The guys talk about them in depth and try to figure out what leads a man to consume a Hot Pocket. Why is the center always frozen until it is absolutely not frozen? We try to get to the bottom of the Hot Pocket conspiracy. Notes: https://discord.gg/nZbrDdPrf9