YoVideogames!
A commentary on gaming lifestyle: its history, its news, and all things hype!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 508
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
YoVG # 445 Nintendo & the Back Half of 2024
We're back! I moved across the country and had to catch up on Nintendo's presentation, so what's the verdict? To me: pretty good. Maybe even great really. I swing back and forth on it. Matt likes it …
YoVG # 444 Post Showcase Clarity 2024
While we wait on Nintendo's upcoming Direct - let's talk about the rest of showcase season. Did Xbox pull off a victory? Did Sony make a strategic decision to hold back their biggest announcements? D…
YoVG # 443 Summer Games Snoozefest 2024?
Keighley tempered some hopes this past Sunday, saying this years Games Fest was going to be smaller. Personally, I think it took some balls to say it outright, rather than trick people into expecting…
YoVG # 442 Sony State of Play 2024!
Sony kept its promise and held their State of Play on the very last day of the month they said it would happen. That can't possibly mean anything. For some, there were delightful surprises. Let's tal…
YoVG # 441 In Memoriam: Dead IP
We gather here today to celebrate and mourn beloved IP dead and gone. Maybe to return (probably not though, who are we kidding).
YoVG # 440 Is Crossover Marketing Worth The Cost?
Is the cost/benefit of cross over marketing worth it? Are these hit shows, movies, book series etc leading to more game sales? Are they expanding the brand value?
I would argue that that isn't their …
YoVG # 439 The Industry Is Not Done Bleeding
Plenty of industry news this past week and little of it good. Each of the big three had there own storm to weather. With Nintendo holding off investors, Sony fighting an army it created, and just thi…
YoVG # 438 Exclusivity is Dead.
Remember that time we said E3 is dead and it seemed we were nuts? Granted we called it a little early, but still... Well... Sure looks like exclusivity is heading that way too.
YoVG # 437 Does A Good Story Make Up For Bad Gameplay?
Matt doesn't love Bethesda gameplay in general but Bethesda Fallout games hold a special place in his heart as examples of mediocre at best gameplay.
But the Fallout Tv series just recently inspired …
YoVG # 436 Game Changing Marketing
This week's episode is all about the newest industry trend: extremely short marketing windows. Have you noticed that the window between announcement/first trailer and release has been getting shorter…
YoVG # 435 Multiplayer is in a corner
I love multiplayer games. So, the last 15 years or so have been pretty great for me personally. But it is getting hard to deny that they have cornered themselves. In many ways, multiplayer as a conce…
YoVG # 434 Nintendo Goes in Dry
It's all but certain that Nintendo is launching a Switch 2 in 2025. I'd like to hope maybe they do it Holiday 2024, but it's doubtful. An odd thing about Nintendo and the final year of each console g…
YoVG # 433 What if XBOX never existed?
For most of us, the original Xbox was a bit of a blip. It had good games but compared to the other consoles it seemed bulky, inept, unrefined even. During its first few years most gamers would have a…
YoVG # 432 What If... The GameCube Was Successful
Continuing our What If series with another Nintendo Alt History: we're exploring the timeline where GameCube was a success. Do we get the Wii? The Switch? Does Nintendo pursue their "Blue Ocean" stra…
YoVG # 431 What if... Nintendo Bought Pokemon in 1996?
Is anyone doing alt-history for videogames? Is that a thing?
This week we're talking about alternate history. There's no denying that Pokemon is a juggernaut and there is a real good reason Nintendo…
YoVG # 430 Helldivers do it right!
Suicide Squad... Foam Stars... Skull and Bones... Many fail. Crushed beneath the expectations and disappointments of gamers.
But Helldivers? They do it right. Again. And Again. And Again. For (Manage…
YoVG # 429 Grim Beginnings 2024
Nintendo continues its crusade against emulation and more lay offs announced. 2024 has had a rough start for the gaming industry, and we might still be at the top of the drop. Licensed games will be …
YoVG # 428 Nintendo Does It Different
Nintendo had a Partner Direct, and while there might not have been anything mind blowing - there was a little something for everyone. Which highlights how Nintendo is playing its own game. Especially…
YoVG # 427 The Future of Microsoft Games
Was today's (feb 15th) extra special Xbox podcast with Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, and Sara Bond as important as anticipated? No. No world changing news.
Was it a nothingburger? Also no. There was valu…
YoVG # 426 EVO + Rebirth!
Sony had a special State of Play for FF7 Rebirth and dropped a demo. Plus EVO announcements came out. Lots to be excited about!