Turtle Jump Podcast

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode, we discuss gamer stereotypes. Gamers have been called it all: immature, lazy, smelly, hateful, ignorant, misogynistic. But do these monickers really fit? We hash it out.    turtlejumpletters@gmail.com @turtlejumpshow on Twitter

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode, we talk about the Nintendo Treehouse Twitch stream. The biggest news was the Super Smash Bros. for 3DS demo released to select Club Nintendo members. We give it a thorough review. Other topics from the stream: Hyrule Warriors, Fanta...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode, we talk about Playdead's indie hit Limbo. In this title, players must guide a young boy through a creepy forest, a decayed urban environment, and a dangerous factory on a quest to find his lost sister. With a macabre asthetic, chall...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode, we discuss some big Nintendo news: the New 3DS announcement, Mario Kart 8's awesome DLC, and Super Smash Bros.'s leaked (and possibly confirmed) roster. Is it too early for a new Nintendo handheld? And what's up with that name, anyw...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode, we talk about horror in video games. Whether it's the zombies of Resident Evil, the paranormal scares of Silent Hill, or scares manifest in other ways, the video game industry is no stranger to horror. Paul and Allen are notorious s...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In July, Bungie gave the world an advance look at their new sci-fi massively multiplayer epic, Destiny. In this episode we talk about our experiences with the game. We also reminisce about video game movies we have seen and talk about a few on the h...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode, the Turtle Jumpers take a break from video games and explain why they like--nay, LOVE--Dungeons & Dragons. D&D is the father of role-playing games. Using only pens, paper, dice, and imagination, you can embark on the most fantastic...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode we put on our speculation hats and rouse up some theories about how Nintendo might use amiibo, their new NFC-enabled figurine line set to launch in the fall. We know that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, Captain Toad, and m...

Welcome to the Turtle Jump Podcast: the video game podcast of your hearts and ours! This week on TJ, the guys take you on the third and FINAL portion of our journey through a mystical land in this homemade D&D campaign, "The Hammer of Moradin." Dungeons and Dragons is one of the oldest games around, not to mention that it is considered the father of basically all RPG video games. There may be some...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode we grab our shovels and take off for adventure with Shovel Knight by Yacht Club Games! When the evil Enchantress and her knights in the Order of No Quarter take over the realm, Shovel Knight endeavors to stop their villainy and save...

Welcome to Turtle Jump, the video game podcast of your heart and ours! We talk games, industry news, and in depth discussions of hot topics in gaming. In this episode: Mario Kart 8! New to the Wii U, Nintendo's favorite plumber and his posse gather together to race for glory on the banana peel strewn roads of the Mushroom Kingdom, and beyond!    turtlejumpletters@gmail.com @turtlejumpshow on Twitt...

Welcome to the Turtle Jump Podcast: the video game podcast of your hearts and ours! This week on TJ, the guys take you on the second part of our journey through a mystical land in their homemade D&D campaign, "The Hammer of Moradin." Dungeons and Dragons is one of the oldest games around, not to mention that it is considered the father of basically all RPG video games. We hope you enjoy our advent...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we give our thoughts on the mountain of news revealed at E3, the game industry's biggest trade show. We talk about the Sony and Microsoft press conferences, Nintendo's digital event, and the ma...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, the we are joined by special guest Justin Davenport to talk Super Metroid, the classic action/adventure/platformer title on the SNES. After the events of Metroid II, Samus Aran learns that the...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, the Turtle Jumpers share their predictions for the industry's biggest trade show, E3. What will Sony bring for the PS4? How about Microsoft's Xbox One? Will Nintendo be able to salvage the Wii...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we bring in special guest Andrew DiMarcangelo of the PolyComics podcast to discuss Nintendo's current troubles--their NintendWoes, if you will. Wii U sales have been abysmal, and Nintendo has p...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Ubisoft's artistic platformer Rayman Legends for the Wii U, PS3, PS4, PS Vita Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC. After a long delay, this beautiful sequel to Rayman Origins has finally b...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Blizzard's free to play digital trading card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, now available for the PC, Mac, and iPad. We reminisce about our Pokemon TCG experiences of days...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Nintendo's E3 presentation plans, Destiny's Beta announcement, and Eve Fanfest's MMA competition between ten game developers and UFC fighter Gunnar Nelson.    Send us an letter! W...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Yoshi's New Island for the Nintendo 3DS. When the stork delivers baby Mario and baby Luigi to the wrong home, it's up to the Yoshis to protect them from the evil wizard Kamek as t...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Fez, a delightfully charming puzzle platformer from developer Polytron. Check it out on Steam (for Windows, OS X, and Linux), the Playstation Store (for PS3, PS4, and Vita), or Xb...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Nintendo's upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Last week Sakurai revealed gobs of new information in a Nintendo Direct video, including new modes, items, stages, and cha...

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss side quests, the optional content that adds flavor to games. We talk about what side quests mean to us and discuss some of our favorite game side quests. The Legend of Zelda: Majo...

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Tomb Raider for the PS3, PS4, XBox 360, Xbox One, PC, and Mac. When Laura Croft and her friends and collegues are shipwrecked on a mysterious island, they must survive until they can find a way to find help or escape. However, an evil cult...

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we venture into the unknown, bringing you the first of many SPECIAL episodes featuring our own forays into the world of tabletop gaming. That's right folks, this week you get to witness the TJ boys playing Dungeons and Dragons in a campaign of Paul's...