Gameware Express

In this week's show, Adam digs into Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. Renee reads deeper into Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc while sharing Don't Starve stories with Rachel. Stephen reports on some good news for Persona fans as well as an interesting turn in the King "candy" saga. Come celebrate 20 episodes with us! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin Music Credits: Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvoKyIYHC4g RSS Feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:61611947/sounds.rss February 28, 2014

Anarchy vs. Democracy -- you decide! In this week's Gameware Express, we dive head first into this week's Internet phenomenon, TwitchPlaysPokemon. Vaughn "VforExtreme" Venters returns to talk about some Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Adam plays the Titanfall Beta as well as Peggle 2 while Rachel gets absorbed in Threes on iOS. PS4 launches in Japan and a major studio shuts its doors in news, and there's more Pokemon and speedrun discussions in emails. You don't need to consult the Almighty Helix Fossil to know to tune in to this week's episode! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Vaughn Venters Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slKNBP7VEvI Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOsdy1ZsXUs RSS feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:61611947/sounds.rss February 21, 2014

In this week's show, we decide what the best date games are as well as what video game soundtracks define our lives. Rachel is scared away from Outlast while Adam slides around in Threes on iOS. Renee reads along with Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Stephen begins his quest in Bravely Default. In news, we discuss Nintendo's latest Direct and the Flappy Bird saga. We round off discussing our favorite bad games in emails. Sorry for being tardy, but the Gameware Express has finally arrived! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE8vKLEK6A8 Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXfl0EIvxw RSS Feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:61611947/sounds.rss February 15, 2014

It's a big week for news this week! Sega brings the boom with a new Sonic announcement. Nintendo finally releases the Pokebank in North America while GTA V moves a ridiculous number of copies. In what we've been playing, Rachel and Adam get silly with Octodad: Dadliest Catch, John-Michael begins his quest in Bravely Default and Stephen and Renee are gearing up from New Orleans Comic Con. We also discuss the newest addition to the PlayStation 4, Outlast, as well as the fate of good video game cover art in emails. Come join us! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h27rq_RwQMk Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYW7-hNXZlM RSS Feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:61611947/sounds.rss February 7, 2014

In this week's show, we share our stories of survival in Don't Starve. Along with that, John-Michael battles Z in the new Dragon Ball Z game while Renee gets further in Balder's Gate. Adam shares his continuing woes in Super Mario 3D World and Rachel runs a gauntlet of games from the 90s. Also, Stephen cuts into the world of DmC: Devil May Cry as well as punches his way through the beginning of Guacamelee. Finally, Nintendo is in the news again after their big shareholders meeting. Come and listen! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGz1O1c19HE Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqn-qXQah_s RSS feed: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:61611947/sounds.rss January 31, 2014

This week, we find out what everyone wants to see come out next in HD. John-Michael sticks to the handhelds with Rune Factory 4 and Ys: Memories of Celceta. Adam dies a lot in Demon's Souls and begins an adventure through the Borderlands with Rachel. Renee gets a blast from the past on her iPad with Balder's Gate while Stephen's gotta go fast in Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed. In news, King (makers of Candy Crush Saga) goes after games with similar names and Microsoft is reportedly paying YouTubers for good words. We wrap the show up, as usual, with emails and Special Stages. Come and listen! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcBSEdKEyJ0 Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jIA_hQCAOY January 24, 2014

In this week's show, Rachel buys a Game Gear as well as taps to the beat of Theatrhythm. Stephen starts up Metal Gear Rising while Adam practices his typing skills in Typing of the Dead: Overkill. Finally, Renee delves further into the world of Puzzle and Dragons. Nintendo slashes its Wii U expectations in news and the absence of the PokeBank is discussed in emails. Other games mentioned: Bravely Default, Evo, Persona 3 Portable, Resident Evil 4 and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7RPY-oiDAQ Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAQVE2e3u8o January 17, 2014

The whole gang is back together and ready to celebrate the new year! Adam challenges everyone to complete a backlog game by the end of 2014. John-Michael plays through the Bravely Default demo while Renee gets sucked into the world of Puzzles & Dragons. Rachel gets her remix on with NES Remix and Stephen becomes a pirate in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. We discuss the reveal of PlayStation Now in news and share out favorite arcade games in emails. Other games discussed this week: Super Mario 3D World, Dr. Luigi, Kirby Superstar and more! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley Music Credit: Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CB1fFeb1n8 January 10, 2014

Gameware alum and speedrun aficionado Vaughn "VforExtreme" Venters joins the Express this week to brag about his current world record time in DuckTales Remastered (on PS3) as well as chat about an upcoming charity speedrun event: Awesome Games Done Quick 2014. Rachel dives head first into Ridiculous Fishing and other iOS games while Adam gets destroyed by Super Mario 3D World's secret worlds. There's also some talk on Sonic Colors, Ace Attorney 5 and more! Come ring in the new year with us! Stream Link for Awesome Games Done Quick 2014: http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Vaughn Venters Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9vOL_OW80w Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmLjdRaVxXg January 3, 2014

The end of 2013 is quickly approaching, so come join us as we reminisce on all of the great games of this year with The Gameware Express 2013 Game of the Year Awards! I'm not going to spoil who wins what in the show notes, so you'll have to listen in to see who we each crown as Game of the Year -- as well as our 2013 Backlog Award Winner and Most Anticipated 2014 Award winner. 2013 was a great year for games and we can't wait to see what 2014 has in store! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin Music Credits: Intro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnxnCww09Fc Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8slLrX0kA December 27, 2013

Gameware alum Scott Bezdek joins us this week on the last "real" episode of 2013! Scott drops some Xbox One knowledge on us while reliving the glory days of Gameware with Stephen. Adam plays catch-up for on games for Game of the Year discussion next week and Rachel beat her high score in Burger Time. A whole slew of games are discussed this week: Peggle 2, Crimson Dragon, Ryse, Lococycle, Knack, Tearaway, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Gone Home, SRIV: How the Saints Save Christmas, GTA V and many more. Come join us as we send 2013 out in style! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Scott Bezdek Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIi-POZGIw4 Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuuSv7DuSBc December 20, 2013

Our 10th episode spectacular! Come listen in as we finally have new recording equipment (still working on knocking out the kinks) as we discuss news announced at Spike's VGX. Is Nintendo doomed? We talk about that along with the future of digital distribution. Oh, and Renee finally beat Pokemon X! Come listen and help us celebrate Episode 10 as we make our way to Episode 100! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin Music Credits: Break -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUHEH48xCpk Outro -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8 December 13, 2013

PRODUCER'S NOTE: I apologize for the lack of sound quality in this week's episode. Our microphone was experiencing some technical difficulties that were unrealized until editing. I tried to fix as much as I could in post-production. We'll be better next week -- I promise. We celebrate Zelda in this week's show! Come take a trip down memory lane as we relive our favorite Legend of Zelda experiences before diving into the newest entry: A Link Between Worlds. Also on the show, Adam finished BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea -- Ep. 1, Stephen finished Knack while John-Michael starts it, Rachel gets her Cookie Clicker on and Renee gets ready for the Elite 4 in Pokemon X. We also discuss Tiny Death Star, Killer Instinct (SNES), Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning, NBA Live 14 and how terrible microtransactions in games are. We round out the show with desert island games in emails. If you don't like Zelda, just skip ahead to around the 44:40 mark -- but c'mon, who doesn't like Zelda??? This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rache

Happy Black Friday, everyone! We hope you all enjoyed Brown Thursday with your families because crazy mobs and lines is what the holidays are all about! This week, we're excited for the Persona news Atlus dropped. John-Michael awakes from hibernation to invent MaddenFoodStamps.com (seriously, don't steal it). Adam returns to Rapture with the Bioshock Infinite DLC while Stephen is loving on Knack. Rachel buys the new Zelda 3DS XL but only plays Burger Time & Kirby and Renee keeps diving deeper into Pokemon X. If you survived shopping, come listen! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley November 29, 2013

Our biggest show of the year! On this week's episode, we start playing what's probably the best game on Wii U this year: Super Mario 3D World (meow). Adam and Stephen finally get their hands on their PlayStation 4s and discuss Knack, Need for Speed: Rivals and The Playroom. Renee gets further in Pokemon X while Rachel takes a trip down memory lane with a handful of Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo games. The show rounds out with some great discussion from email questions. Buckle up -- the next generation is here! P.S. Here is the link to the game Stephen talks about in his Special Stage: http://hymnofthesands.weebly.com/ This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin November 22, 2013

Adam and Stephen are still in Monroe for work, but that doesn't stop the Gameware Express. Renee returns this week for some PlayStation 4 hype! Tune in to hear us talk about games of PlayStation past we hope to see return on PS4. As well as Adam's time with XCOM: Enemy Within, Renee dives deeper into Kingdom Hearts HD and Stephen takes the Zombies Ate My Neighbors reigns this week. (Also, we're pretty sure someone tried to break into the hotel room during recording). Happy PS4 Launch Day! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Stephen Martin Renee Martin November 15, 2013

Who needs Peggle when you have Puggle! Adam gets the new iPad Air and shares his adventures in Peggle...while Stephen enlightens the world with the Windows Phone counterpart, Puggle. Things are getting intense for Rachel in Zombies Ate My Neighbors, and we finally learn the game she has been hard at work on at EA! Also discussed, Batman: Arkham Origins, Crazy Market on Vita and Proteus. Finally we bring it home with news and emails! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin November 8, 2013

Do you like scary video games? Because this week we're coming at you a day early to celebrate Halloween! Join us as we reminisce about games that spooked us in the past and reveal our favorite Halloween movies. We also discuss Kingdom Hearts HD, Text-based RPGs, and DLC for Telltales' The Walking Dead and Saints Row IV. Finally, we got a hands-on with the Xbox One. Come join us...if you dare! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin October 31, 2013

In this week's show, we learn what everyone's favorite bad fighting game is, dive into Beyond: Two Souls and the naughty scandal surrounding the game, talk about LEGO: Marvel Superheroes, Rogue Legacy, DLC Quest and so much more. Of course there is also the latest news and we finally have our first e-mail! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley October 25, 2013

We're back for a second episode! Welcome John-Michael Carley to the cast as we talk at length (and I mean at length) over the release of Pokemon X and Pokemon Y. If you don't like Pokemon, just go ahead and jump to the 1:31 mark. Gotta catch 'em all! This week's cast: Adam Arinder Rachel McCauley Stephen Martin Renee Martin John-Michael Carley October 18, 2013