Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games

It's been a while huh? But we're finally back, this time to discuss the latest gaming news and get caught up on what we've been watching and playing lately (which is a lot)!    [News of the Week] Microsoft inside Xbox stream Mass effect remastered? Unreal engine 5 running on PS5 Paper Mario - The Origami King Ghost of Tsushima   [What We’re Playing/Watching] West World 3 Upload Red Dwarf Scrap Mec...

We're behind (I'm also releasing this episode later than intended), but on this week's episode of Starside Chat, we discuss the 2019 Game Awards and what we've been playing and watching lately! We're hoping to do a top 5 games of 2019 episode in the near future so stay tuned, and give us your top 5 in the comments! [News of the Week] Bioware plans a complete overhaul for Anthem Stadia is out, but...

We've been away for too long, but we're back! And in this episode of Starside Chat, we discuss a couple of the BlizzCon 2019 announcements. We also talk about the mixed reception Death Stranding seems to be getting, and the leaked Pokemon Sword and Shield Pokedex. Then we talk about what we'd like to see Bungie change for Destiny 3. We go over the latest games we've been playing: Link's Awakening,...

Today we're recapping the most interesting bits of info from Gamescom 2019!   Nintendo Indie World Showcase Eastward Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Hotline Miami Collection Superhot Risk of Rain 2 Torchlight 2 Dungeon Defenders Earthnight Freedom Finger Skater XL Skellboy The Touryst Youropa Inside Xbox New controllers coming this fall New Gears 5 themed Xbox One X coming Gears 5 Hor...

We haven’t recorded a Starside Chat in awhile because we stopped to focus on E3, then took a bit of a break. But today we’re doing our belated E3 2019 wrap show complete with our top 5 games at E3! We also name the Game of the Show, we name the winner of E3 2019, we talk about the worst things at E3, and we give our early dark horse candidates for game of the year! It’s a packed show, so settle in...

We sat down to discuss the top 5 things we're most looking forward to finding more out about at E3 2019.   Are you as excited about E3 as we are? Let us know what you're looking forward to seeing in the comments, or send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com   Follow our YouTube channel, and follow us on Twitter @starsidecafe for more on E3 2019!

We're back with another week of news and we discuss what we've been playing and watching - in particular we give a brief review of the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie and explain why the last season of Game of Thrones is such a failure. Zach also explains why he's enjoying Shakedown Hawaii and Aaron has finally started playing Uncharted 4! [News of the Week] Free PS Plus Play Pack for Apex Legends...

We're a little bit late on this, but this week we're discussing Avengers Endgame!  We discuss what we liked, what we didn't like, and our thoughts on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.   Let us know what you thought of Avengers Endgame and what are your predictions for the future of the MCU?

We may be anxiously anticipating Avengers: End Game, but we're making time to discuss the latest video game, TV and movie news!   [News of the Week] New details about the PS5 Discless Xbox one S coming in May Low-Cost Nintendo Switch might arrive in June But no higher end model Mario Kart Tour Closed Beta Test coming to Android May 22nd - June 4th (official launch “summer 2019” - same release wind...

This week was light on gaming news, so we discussed a slew of new movie and TV show trailers! We also briefly discuss the rumors for the next Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs 3!   [News of the Week] Hot new trailersThe Dead Don’t Die Too Old to Die Young Joker My Spy Stuber Weathering With You Cowboy Bebop casting news Next Assassin’s Creed with be about Vikings Watch Dogs 3 to be set in London Sta...

This week we're going over all the news including Sony's first State of Play stream. We're also discussing Bethesda's new mobile game "Elder Scrolls Blades."   [News of the Week] TOP STORY: Hyper Light Drifter Animated Series in the Works Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is getting a sequel 15 years later Apple announces Arcade 2 new switch models to be announced this year PlayStation State of P...

We've been gone for two weeks and we missed a ton in that time, so we're trying to cover as much as possible this week! In particular, we need to discuss Google's Stadia cloud gaming platform! Also, there's some other news, like Destiny 2's latest update and the latest Pokémon announcement, we need to discuss. But more importantly, Aaron has finally binge watched The Expanse so we start discussing...

We took a week off, but we're back to talk about the early negativity surrounding Anthem now that the game has officially launched. Before that, we talk about some of the bigger pieces of news happening this week - including some speculation about the cloud gaming wars that are soon to come! #cloudwars - You heard it here first!   [News of the Week] Nintendo's President Reggie Fils-aime retires (0...

This week we're recapping the Nintendo's surprise Direct, and we're talking about the crazy number of games coming out! We're also recapping our experience with The Division 2 Beta and talking about how much fun we're having with Apex Legends!   [News of the Week] Activision/Blizzard layoff hundreds of employeesThe fallout of the layoffs Nintendo Direct: (07:17)Mario Maker 2 Fire Emblem Three Hous...

This week we're talking about Respawn's new hero/battle royale game Apex Legends. We're also doing a brief follow up to last week's Anthem discussion, and we're reacting to the new info that came out during the open demo. We also discuss The Division 2 and whether or not we're actually interested in playing it. [News of the Week] Apex Legends surprise release! (04:03)Respawn says Titanfall not in...

This week is all about Bioware's upcoming looter-shooter, Anthem! Last weekend was the VIP Demo, and it was very eventful! So we're deep-diving on what it was like to play, and whether or not it was good. We also do a bit of a Q/A to explain everything we know about Anthem up to this point. Since we reference video of Anthem gameplay quite often in this episode (for the purpose of illustrating spe...

Here's a bonus episode for this week! The 1995 film "Hackers" is Aaron's favorite movie, but Zach has just seen it for the first time. So we're reviewing it to determine whether or not it holds up. Is Aaron just blinded by nostalgia?   Let us know if you have fond memories of 90's and if you love the movie Hackers (or hate it)!   Follow us on Twitter @starsidecafe Email us your questions or commen...

I hope you haven't taken off your 2019 new years party glasses, cause though we're a little late to the party, we're celebrating the first Starside Chat of 2019 this week!  The biggest news lately is Bungie parting ways with Activision (they get to keep Destiny), so we speculate what that could mean for the future of the franchise. And once we get through some other news we discuss the games we're...

This week we're going over our top 5 games of the year! We also discuss our favorite movies and TV shows of the year, our most disappointing games, the games we missed and what we're looking forward to next year!   The games we missed - (01:20)   The disappointments - (02:15)   Top 5 Games of 2018: Number 5 - (03:32) Number 4 - (06:58) Number 3 - (11:27) Number 2 - (14:07) Number 1 - (18:24)   Fav...

This week we're mainly talking about Smash Ultimate and Red Dead Redemption 2, but we go over some of the latest news (including trainer battles in Pokémon Go) and, of course, we get sidetracked along the way.  Also, stay tuned for our year in review podcast episode next week!   [News of the Week] PVP has come to Pokemon Go! (01:55)https://pokemongohub.net/post/pvp/pokemon-go-trainer-battles-every...

On this week's show we discuss the latest news in video games and TV. We also get sidetracked discussing streaming services.   [News of the Week] - (02:40) Darksiders 3 is out (it’s getting mixed reviews) -  Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Beta beginning this week “Red Dead Online transforms the vast and deeply detailed landscapes, cities, towns and habitats of Red Dead Redemption 2 into a new, livin...

On this week's episode we're talking about Tetris Effect and how great it is! But first we're discussing Sony's departure from E3 2019, the controversy over Bethesda's game engine, the Detective Pikachu trailer and a few other odds and ends. Send us your comments or questions at starsidecafe@gmail.com or @starsidecafe on Twitter! [News of the Week] Sony will not be at E3 in 2019!! (03:25) https://...

This week we're mainly discussing some recent news and going over some of the Blizzcon 2018 announcements! Also, Zach got it wrong. Overwatch's new character Ashe's repeater rifle does fire faster while hip firing - a la Widow Maker's sniper rifle (I linked a video of some gameplay in the show notes).   A YouTube app may soon be on Nintendo Switch (01:45) Apparently Brie Larson wants to play Samus...

On this post Halloween episode of Starside Chat, we're not even discussing the story at all, but we are telling our Red Dead Redemption 2 war stories! But before that we discuss the Fallout 76 Beta and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate info unveiled during this week's Nintendo Direct! But even before that we talk about the creepy thing that happened that caused us to delay this week's episode. [News...

[News of the Week] Google’s Project Stream (00:50) - Assassin’s Creed Odyssey playable for free in Chrome Browser - our video about it: https://youtu.be/btJpIwORfD0 Fallout 76 Beta dates announced (03:35) Xbox One on October 23 and on October 30 for PlayStation 4 and PC. “It gonna be buggy” -Bethesda Red Dead Redemption 2 download size is 99 GB but you can start downloading it now! (09:15) Destiny...