Video Game Break Podcast

I sit down and Skype with my old buddy John Davison (Industry vet, and my manager/partner on Screen Tear). We share some whiskey and talk about the Witcher 3 (and Hearts of Stone), Destiny, and YouTube.  Follow John on Twitter

Dave Justus Skypes in to talk Lifeline, comics, choose your own adventure books, and how to make your dreams come true. Well, sorta. It's not as corny sounding as all that, but we do talk about what got us to where we both are today.  Check out Dave's writing over on: http://www.publicrelationscomic.com Lifeline on iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lifeline.../id982354972?mt=8 Lifeline on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.threeminutegames.lifeline.google&hl=en

I sit down with Conor Murphy (after having tried out the intense steering wheel, pedals, and ass shaker) to talk Forza 6, Project Cars, and car video games in general.  

Calina Joyce (Her Interactive) joins me to talk adventure and hidden object games, Nancy Drew, as well as Steam game Reverse Crawl, Skyrim, Portal 2, and voice acting.  And also talk in southern and british accents. Sorta.   Calina: Twitter handle: @HerInteractive Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/HerInteractive   YouTube handle: Nancy Drew YouTube Link: youtube.com/herinteractivegames

Lauren stops by to hear about SOMA, discuss her fascination with Prune, and talk about video games as art. We also check out some stats on women gamers, and discuss sci-fi movies.   

@JeffMattas (Weekend Confirmed, Narcosis) joined me to talk Madden 16, Until Dawn, Between Me and The Night, interactive fiction/adventure games, Narcosis, VR, Apple TV, and SMB 3.

Christopher Lefebvre aka @Tiger__Uppercut virtually stops by to talk games.

Another old coworker of mine from IDG joins me on the podcast to talk Heroes of the Storm, Witcher (again!), City Skylines dlc, the racetrack he works at, and why a guy stuck a PS4 down his pants. Alex's FB gig: https://www.facebook.com/SRW.PDC Alex on Twitter

I sit down (virtually) with old friend Alex Wawro (Gamasutra) and talk Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Galak-Z, Gamescom, Hearthstone, Xbox cloud power, Steam, and Phil Spencer. Also, we geek out over this device Alex got to play called the Pippin (by Apple Computers?!).   Alex on Gamasutra   http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9132195/crackdown-3-multiplayer-cloud-xbox-one-gamescom-2015   http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9130779/superdata-hearthstone-pulls-in-20-million-a-month-as-it-disrupts-the   http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2015/08/only-34-of-steam-users-run-their-games-at-1080p/   http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/10/9126899/phil-spencer-obliterating-distinction-between-xbox-pc-gamescom-interview-2015

Kinsey and her brother (AJ) stop by to talk Witcher 3 (again!), but more specficially Gwent. We also talk Life is Strange, Quantum Break, Ojipockle, Catlateral Damage, Niki Minaj, Fallout 4, Destiny, and DOTA (a bit). 

I Skype with Jose San Mateo of www.indiehaven.com, and we talk for AWHILE! It was rad, and we kinda covered everything. Including: The Long Seige, Rocket League, Rymd Resa, Angry Birds 2, Oculus, and MORE Witcher 3. Links: http://rymdresa.com/ http://rocketleague.psyonix.com http://clione.halfmoon.jp/hatoful-boyfriend/english.html https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prune/id972319818?mt=8 http://necrodancer.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-long-siege/id999251944?mt=8 Witcher / Dragon Age comparison http://kotaku.com/the-witcher-3-vs-dragon-age-inquisition-the-compariso-1720924405

Adam Lang (comedian) and Chaz Bazz (YouTuber) sit down with me to talk never ending RPG's, Q.U.B.E, Life is Strange, virtual reality (again), and storage space running out on consoles.

We had another live podcast at the Raygun Lounge (one of our favorite places!), and it got a little cray cray. Guests: Atticus Wiman, Lauren Hall Stigerts, Adam Lang, Nathan Martin, Brad Gallaway, Taylor Bartle, Tony Gee, and of course my rad co-host Kinsey Burke. Enjoy!

Carlos chats with Nathan Martin (SRGE, Microsoft, and Video Games Northwest), and Charles Porter (Microsoft, Project Spark) about making games, Mario Maker, Arcade Games, Super Chibi Knight, a new PS4, and a couple fun facts about Xbox One.  

Holly Green joins Kinsey and I to talk E3 2015 leftovers (but mainly Fallout 4). Holly on Twitter Kinsey on Twitter Carlos on Twitter

I got to finally sit down with Richard Garriott (aka Lord British) and geek out over Ultima 7, Ultima Online, and talk Shroud of the Avatar. I also added a segment after our interview where I run through some Ultima memories for games 1-9. Enjoy! Richard on Twitter : https://twitter.com/richardgarriott Carlos on Twitter : https://twitter.com/onawa Video Game Break on Twitter : https://twitter.com/videogamebreak   www.gog.com - Where you can get the old Ultima games!

I sat down with Jeff Cannata (DLC) and Ray Carsillo (EGM) for a couple quick chats about E3 2015. We were in South Hall and it was a TAD noisy, but that's the best I could do..E3 be crazy! 

Nathan, Kinsey and I talk E3 in a hotel room down in LA. We discuss the press conferences, but then get into some very cool indie games we saw down there.

Courtney Holmes (from Pixelkin.org) stops by to talk Elder Scrolls Online, Splatoon, YouTube Gaming, Witcher 3, and Virtual Reality. We also talk some heavy duty gaming topics, indie gaming, and games we're excited to see at E3. Podcast Page: http://video-game-break.com/?p=7749 Pixelkin Podcast: Gaming with the Moms http://pixelkin.org/2015/06/12/podcast-gaming-with-the-moms-9-im-the-mom-that-hides-devices/

Robby Zinchak (8bit MMO) is back to talk about his new game March of Industry as well as Duck Game, Witcher 3, March of Industry, Fallout 4, Lego Worlds, E3 predictions, PC master race, the Holodeck, and more!