The Gaming Trend Podcast

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about video games you can escape life to. - After hours of technical difficulties we finally have an episode! - If you buy a Switch the rule is you have to buy animal crossing. - Let's play a game where we do menial tasks and chores for...fun - You don't have to worry about summoning demons out of this Necronomicon. -We are nothing but Space dust trying t...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the human race becoming more and more dependent on AI Robots. - When the robots are more empathetic than humans we have a problem. - For the love of all that's holy don't overwork employees to get a game out faster, we can wait. - Somehow Disintegration flew under both our radars and now we NEED it. - Because we hate human interaction lets buy robot...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the unsung hero Valkyrie Profile hitting its 20th Anniversary. - My house is possessed by a demon and things are dying around me. - Erica is trying to describe Valkyrie Profile to a person who has never played it and its harder than you think. - Shout out to Elisa Wikey who got a shout out from Kevin Smith about her Gallery 1988 art! - Please tell m...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk with the CEO and Co-founder of Massive Damage, Ken Seto, about Star Renegades. - Imagine a game with classic JRPG feels with bright vibrant colors everywhere! - 2DX is my favorite game art style now. - But honestly why is everyone and their momma into rogue-lites now? - You can now own all the 80's stuff your parents wouldn't buy through American Girl Dol...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the history of micro-transactions and what they mean for the future of gaming. - If you want to keep that 20 dollar game you need to keep paying up 19.99 for like, ever! - amiibos are the poor mans statue. - Are loot crates classified as gambling? - Since we cant see first hand someone getting murdered at the local dive bar lets play a board game ab...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the controversial topic of game ports. - Add some smiles to the clouds, brighten up the grass, add some mumbas here and we got a new game! - Why does it take 20 some years to get JRPGs over here? - Amazon...do you have a new Zelda game or not... - All your mario are belong to ME. - Trusting Spirit Airlines with bio-metric check-ins is like trusting...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the disappointing game endings they've endured. - If you just like killing things story mode doesn't really matter. - Am I real....are you real...what is real??? - A game where you live long enough to become what you hate. - If throwing random food in a pot couldn't get easier, now it has wifi! - RIP Chadwick Boseman, Wakanda forever. - Robert Patte...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about their favorite Aliens in Video Games! - Any game where I can wield a cow as a weapon is good in my book. - Earthbound is Mother 2, not Mother, and there is Mother 3...and we have never officially got in the states...yeah, that's right. - Erica's new thing she likes doing is guessing retro game and accessory prices. - Jon finally has decent headphone...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about Doomsday prepping, Zombies, and bug out bags! - I'll let Jon say Evil Dead is a zombie movie...even though it's not. - Jon can't fathom the fact that some people don't know how to use a gun. - So I had no idea there were like 60 million colors, this seems like something I should of known. - Testing on dead pig heads is why we cant have anything nice...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about Retro Resurgence into today's time. - If you don't want to invest in a real classic system the minis are a total win. - Surprisingly you can still get sealed PlayStation games for cheap on Ebay...or is that a surprise? - I'm gonna say this once...not a huge fan of Sega, Mario raised this Brat. - SupaBoy off this hoe - I don't care how antibacterial...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about at home conventions like SDCC and Gen Con. - Everybody, Rock your body right, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back alright! - Please tell me why Target and Funko still haven't prepared their web page for con ordering? - Ctrl board game...more like hardcore sorry - The only good thing Walmart is doing right now is selling motu origin figures. - Do NOT t...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller discuss all the released exclusives for the upcoming system X Box Series X. - The Gunk is described as a in-between of Pikmin and The Goonies - We already have irl zombie deer, they're not that special State of Decay. - Pretty sure Everwild is just FernGully in disguise. - Now Erica is making dick jokes...thanks Jon. - Hearing that Luigi was planned to be in S...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about a Karen discovering Adult swim 19 years too late. -Karen put your dang kids to bed and we wouldn't have this problem. -I'm totally a semi-normal, moderately functioning human being and I grew up on Adult Swim! -How dark is too dark for a Super Mario game? -Since you haven't been able to spend your hard working money buy some SDCC exclusive goodies....

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about all the video games that give you that tingly feeling in your tummy, along with a good life lesson attached to it. - We need to talk about the speciesism in Majoras Mask...its just not fair to little Deku Link. - There is a reason D.A.R.E isn't around anymore. - Jon makes dick jokes as a grown man. - Dinosaurs, AI, Horror, what more could you ask fo...

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller are joined by the head honcho of Gaming Trend, Ron Burke. -Erica is upfront about knowing nothing about computers other than if it has numbers AND letters its good. -Jon is the the Junk Lady from the Labyrinth accumulating everyone's old PC products. - Ron talks nerdy about his OriginPC EVO-15-S Laptop - Nothing beats a party like a Coronavirus college party!...

This week live from the cesspool of Texas, Jon Miller and Erica Echlin talk about the pandemic and video games! - Okay but why is the user rating of the Last of Us II a 4.8? -Duke Nukem is the reason I have unrealistic standards in men. - Move over game Boy Micro! here comes a micro system you can't even see! -I've always wanted to live during the Civil War, Spanish Flu, Great Depression, Civil Ri...

This week we have a Game Zone episode! Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about all the new console, and game drops over the weekend. - While I look forward to feeling textures on the new PS5 controller Jon has other ideas... - Who to pick? Wifi Router or Mini Fridge? - I will take all video games with Kitty Cats please!!! - Jon somehow missed the new Jay and Silent Bob game - Do we even have to say...

This week we are not putting out an episode in support of Black Lives Matter. Gaming trend stands in solidarity and support of the Black Lives Matter movement. We're heartbroken. We're angry. We are appalled by the police brutality which killed George Floyd and countless others. We have donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and we call on our listeners to donate, support, and engage on both loca...

This Week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller discuss their favorite and some obscure Iconic Enemies. - Steam hates Jon, but he is able to play Aqua Lungers! - I'm really glad Psycho Mantis is just reading my memory card and not my browsing history... - I want my Geno on my Nintendo Switch now! - Everyone who leaves butter out to eat can loose my number - Twitter fact checking Trump is a major flex Join a...

Erica and Jon are going back to basics (and testing some audio) by themselves this week! Join us as we talk about space and Games based in it. -So I seriously thought Master Chief was more cyborg and less genetically modified giant person thing. - Fly me to the moon, let me survive among those stars...please -Look if my wallet doesn't have lights, sounds, and tracking I don't want it -What could g...

This week Erica & Jon are joined by Kay Purcell and Justin Corbett (from Mindfudge Comedy podcast) for an extra length episode on Video Games and their movie counterparts! -How many directors and screenplays does it take to make the "worst" video game adaptation in history? -If I could have like the last 5 minutes of Doom be the whole movie that would be great... -Detective Pikachu has no right ha...

This week Erica and Jon are joined by Mike Dunn, John Farrell, and Steven Starkey to talk about Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition! - Jon and I are honestly just here to ask questions. - On a scale from 0 to Dungeon Master how nerdy are you? - How many miniatures are too many miniatures? - I'm sorry your parents called you X Æ A-12, now go play with Sephiroth and Daenerys - Some how Minority report...

This week Erica and Jon are joined by Kay Purcell and David Lee to discuss what to play under quarantine! -Stardew Valley is like Animal Crossing except its not calming and you never have enough supplies. -Uncle Sam chooses YOU to be the next Viscera cleanup janitor. -Commander '85 its like stranger things meets War Games -Now ya'll...Texas is open but not open open. -No one cares about the UFO fo...

This week Erica and Jon are joined by Mike Dunn and Ron Burke to talk about Retro Gaming. -So its decided we were all poor and played games at our rich friends houses. -To build a gaming cabinet or to not build a gaming cabinet... -Two keyboards are not necessarily better than one. -Who knew preteens were so thirsty on TikTok -Nintendo what happened to the improved Game boy... I NEED ANSWERS! Join...

This week Erica and Jon are joined by Kay Purcell and David Flynn to discuss Final Fantasy VII! -Cloud X Barret is what I'm here for. -Final Fantasy blue should be a color swatch name. -Yuffie is 15 years old guys... - Who needs to pay bills when you have video games? -My little scared robotic AI buddy. -I don't care if its a pandemic you can not get a refund. Join and continue the discussion on D...