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Author: Kody Davidson, Jacob Nielsen
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the Gamepad provides commentary on current events, news in gaming, and speculation about the future of the video games industry.
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On today’s podcast, Kody and Jake Fus-Roh-Da their way through first impressions of Skyrim: Special Edition. Battlefield 1 has been receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews, making it the first game in the series with better reviews than the last. And, continuing to get better is Rainbow 6: Siege with a major announcement on the way in... Read more
Kody and Jake take us one step closer to the world of Tron as Microsoft announces a new VR platform with many advancements compared to current systems. In game news; the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer came out exhibiting the RAGE engine’s power, and making us want it that much more. Nintendo released more about... Read more
This week, the triumphant return of the Description writer makes Kody and Jake’s lives a little easier. Released on the 11th of October, Gears of War 4 seems to be functioning well with cross platform playability, and updates for the game rolled out Tuesday. Oculus made announcements on where they think VR will be heading... Read more
This week, the triumphant return of the Description writer makes Kody and Jake’s lives a little easier. Released on the 11th of October, Gears of War 4 seems to be functioning well with cross platform playability, and updates for the game rolled out Tuesday. Oculus made announcements on where they think VR will be heading... Read more
Cameron was busy so I wrote this one… I’m bad at that – love Kody This Weeks Notes! Where to get or Support the Show? Our Patreon if you chose to support us! You can watch the podcast live, Wednesdays at 8pm MDT! If you’d like to leave feedback go to the reddit page! Subscribe... Read more
This and more, with Kody and Jake on, The Gamepad! This description might need an overhaul. Speaking of overhauls, Steam’s UI will get one soon according to a SteamWorks post that came out this week. The Minecraft twitter announced that Minecraft may be the first universal platform game, sadly Sony may have other plans. A... Read more
This week, Crouching Tiger Hidden Update: CS:GO added a crouching mechanic to the game with their latest update. Other games to receive updates was a mod for Morrowind, now at v3.8; Elite Dangerous recieved an Beta update as well. Lacking any sort of update for the past month was the Twitter account for No Man’s... Read more
Description: As the sun sets on Skyrim and Fallout 4 Mods for the PS4; Jake and Kody once again host The Gamepad. In other news from the realm of gaming: The NESBox has been approved. Sega takes some shots at Nintendo and does some fan game promo. Destiny is getting a new round of DLC,... Read more
On the docket tonight for The Gamepad: PAX coverage including; D.O.A 5 news from new characters to the platforms of release. Gameplay from Sonic Mania, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Hob, and Chasm. An Apple event showed off Super Mario on iOS and Pokémon GO on the Apple Watch. The NESBox may be compatible with the... Read more
Jake and Kody disapprove. In other news PS Now is officially available; The new Legend of Zelda game is being loaded with some interesting weapons; Resident Evil 4 came out yesterday (Aug 30th, 2016); The Witcher 3 continues to be updated and expanded upon; Reggie Fils-Amie, President of Nintendo America, had an interview where he... Read more
Today, Kool Kay and J. Talk about Playstation Now games coming to PC, and updates to the PS4 controller. Deus Ex comes out this week, and expectations for it. Nividia going after AMD. A new Legend of Zelda video came out, and everyone knows Kody is going to rave about it unless he already saw... Read more
This week, Mr. K and Mr. J talk about trailers this week: A Battlefield 1 gameplay teaser, Monster Boy, and Oceanhorn. In games and development: The RPG Surge has gameplay showing it’s melee focus, and some story elements; The possible spiritual successor to Mega Man, ReCore, is being released in September; People are complaining about... Read more
In light of the Canadian Forces asking people to stay off bases in search of Pokémon; Kody and Jake talk about trespassers playing Pokémon GO, and the lawsuits that followed. Following that they enlighten us on other topics including: Full, free developer access to Steam VR; The rumor that is the PS NEO; Blizzard brooding... Read more
Jake and Kody didn’t know how far away the podcast was this week, after Niantic removed their tracking feature, so they start this late edition talking about DOOM updates and DLC; then they move to more Pokémon news, this time not just for PoGO players. From there it is the NVidia false advertising lawsuit; World... Read more
Today Kody with a “K” and Jake with a “J” talk about Sonic the Hedgehog’s 25th anniversary; more Pokémon GO news, from their Comic-Con announcements to new hacks. Plus information about the Nintendo NX; Valve releasing an official statement about CSGO gambling; The Xbox One’s most recent price cut, and what it might say about... Read more
Poké-fans everywhere rejoice; This week Kody and Jacob talk about Pokémon GO: from Poké Stops to Gym battles, to the social and economic impacts of the game. After that, they compare notes on the release of I am Setsuna, CS:GO lottery site takedowns; Breeding Simulator’s community getting screwed; the update to the NES; No Man... Read more
On the show today Jake and Kody talk about Pokémon Go and it’s impact on Nintendo and people’s wallets; Microsoft dialing back on what will be available on “Play Anywhere”; G2A trying to go legit; DLC for Fallout 4 and updates for Fallout Shelter; dollars per hour in games; the GTX 1060 technically outperforming the... Read more
This week Jacob and Kody talk about the biggest story this week, CS:GO skin gambling and Valve’s involvement; as well as: Diablo 2 turning 16, and the new Diablo project losing a game director; the Bioshock collection and remasters coming to the latest generation of consoles; whether game reviews should be updated with the games... Read more
This week on the Podcast Kody and Jake celebrate the 20th anniversary of QUAKE. From there they talk about developments in the TinyBUILD/G2A story from last week; two (good?) games with poor advertising; ARMA’s birthday; Steam killing off Flash Sales; No Man’s Sky legal debacle; The travesty that is Mighty No. 9; and much more.... Read more
Kody and Jake’ talk, updates to Counter Strike: Global Offensive. Jake’s denies his furry obsession with Khajiit. Part two of “The Generation of Remasters” discussion; End of E3; Mighty No 9; the G2A piracy scandal; and more. Link Dump: E3 Recap Website again because it’s awesome G2A Facilatating Fraud E3 Best in Show: Zelda Shovel Knight... Read more