Salt City Gamescast: A Video Game Podcast

Jared moved into a new place and had everything that could go wrong, go wrong. We talk about moving and share work stories before getting into the latest releases. Midds is playing Surviving Mars and is generally positive on it. Nick and Jared talk about the latest entry into the Tales series, Tales of Arise. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week's short is all about cigarettes for some reason. Please note that we do not encourage smoking and that you probably shouldn't do it. Discord: https://discord.gg/nZbrDdPrf9

This week we talk about the incredible Skyrim mod called The Forgotten City. Midds has gotten back into Apex and gives his thoughts. Jared played some Humankind and Splitgate but came away not loving those games.    Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV

Pokemon Unite is out and it is a Pokemon based moba. We all know that Jared loves Pokemon, what we didn't expect is that Nick would show up singing its praises. Come listen to us talk about the birds, mobas and why Nick can't remember any names. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

The show is back after a catastrophic equipment failure at the end of the last Gamescast. We cover The Ascent, Pokemon Unite, Hell Let Loose full release and Axiom Verge 2 on this weeks show. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

We talk a bit about dieting and how easy it is to destroy your daily allowed calories. Then we get distracted and talk trash foods and guilty pleasures.

Gamecast #69 has us talking the end of the New World Beta, Death's Door and a story about witnessing a man almost die. We briefly cover the Activision Blizzard disaster before running into some serious hardware failures. Did Jared play games? Will he ever be able to talk about what he played? Only time will tell.

With the latest Escape From Tarkov wipe Nick jumped in and gave it an honest look. Surprisingly he has walked away loving the game and all of its punishing aspects. He asks some questions for the guys and they try to fill him in on the needed details of the game.

This week's gamescast has the guys talking about New World, a game personally made Jeff Bezos. Jared has been playing Scarlet Nexus even though he doesn't like it and Nick is enjoying a game called Where the Heart Leads. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: New World: 20:35 Where the Heart Leads: 40:45 Scarlet Nexus: 50:03  

Apparently you can play golf with a hybrid gun/club. Nick just found this out and the guys spend some time unpacking this information.

Nick finished Resident Evil Village so we take some time this week talking about the ridiculous plot of that game. Mario Golf is out and pretty average but we want to hold a tournament anyway. We talk a bit about the latest Tarkov update and Final Fantasy 7 as well. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Mario Golf: 11:10 Tarkov: 27:05 RE Village: 42:00 FF7: 54:30

The guys talk briefly about how Russell Crowe is just ok. We question whether Joaquin Phoenix is crazy or the best actor around and Midds absolutely hates jet skis.

This week we have Midds talking about life as a merchant in Moonlighter. Jared Finished up Ratchet and is ready for ps5 games and is raving about Guilty Gear: Strive. Nick is back on the Final Fantasy 7 hype train and played through the new dlc. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes:  FF7: 29:40 Moonlighter: 43:35 Guilty Gear: 52:10 Ratchet: 1:18:40

We take some time to discuss the important lore of Pokemon on this weeks short. Are dogs Pokemon? Are there animals in the world that are not Pokemon? All questions are finally answered.

This week Midds tells us all about the game Raft, which involves trying to stay alive on a raft. Jared finished up Returnal and is playing the latest Ys game. Nick is finally playing Yakuza Like a Dragon and wants to talk about the sidequests. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: Returnal: 37:40 Ys:: 49:07 Raft: 1:11:00 Yakuza: 1:19:40  

It's time for the summer mailbag. The Discord asked us questions and we answered. We answer questions about games, jello and covid in the 2021 Summer Mailbag. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week Midds tells us about Dread Hunger, which is the latest game on Twitch that is getting attention. Nick is working his way through Mass Effect and talks about what does and does not hold up in the remaster. Jared is still making progress in Returnal and tells us about the $60 he spent on a bad Pokemon game. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z Notes: Dread Hunger: 16:30 Mass Effect: 31:06 P...

While having beers and sharing stories Midds tells us about his short career playing intramural basketball in college. This story is worth a listen. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

After over a year of remote recording we have come back to the same room. We have drinks (a lot), share stories and eventually talk about games. We cover Resident Evil Village, Warzone and Returnal in this long episode.

This week we find out that Jared met a new friend golfing and that some people put their cell phone in their gun safe for the weekend. Jared tries to get big Tobacco's attention and Midds gives us a view into getting things done with ADD. Discord: https://discord.gg/g3Qq46z

This week we give our early impression on the Nier Replicant which seems pretty good. Midds is playing a free to play game called Enlisted and is enjoying it so far while Nick finished The Signifier and loved it. Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV Notes: Nier Replicant: 47:35 Enlisted: 1:07:16 The Signifier: 1:20:30

Jared is back to golfing and shares some stories with us on this weeks short. People get hit with golf balls, cigars are smoked and we all hate being grouped up with random golfers.

This week Jared tells us about Outriders and how that game makes a pretty bad first impression. All of the guys are still playing Monster Hunter Rise and Midds played some online Settlers of Catan. Nick went back to his backlog and played through Titanfall 2 and is working his way through Fantasian. Notes: Outriders: 20:30 Catan: 38:10 Monster Hunter: 47:20 Titanfall 2: 1:20:15 Fantasian: 1:30:56

Sometimes you eat spicy food, sometimes you enter spicy food competitions, and usually it is a bad idea. This week Nick tells us about the time he tried to take down a local restaurant spicy sushi roll challenge. Spoilers: It went terribly.

A new game came out and it is absolutely fantastic! The guys are all playing Monster Hunter Rise on the Switch and spend a good portion of the show talking about the game. Additionally Midds has a Tarkov update and Nick bought a mouse with a weird amount of buttons. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/VRKasRV Notes: Monster Hunter Rise: 14:35