Episode 156 - Eckbock The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast

In this episode, Brian Barnett, Joshua Mobley, and Chris Shriver discuss the megaton announcement of Xbox’s Zenimax/Bethesda acquisition, everyone talks about Among Us, and Brian talks about Deleveled, Breakpoint, and Paradise Killer. Enjoy!

Rejected Episode Titles:


Full on Chinese Food and Wine
The Wonderful, Drama-Free World of Video Games
Your Mileage May Vary
This One I Thought Up On The Toilet
You Can’t Turn It Off, Because Reasons
Who Do You Think You Are?! I Am!!!
My Friends Don’t Like Going The Extra Mile For Things
How Good Of A Liar Are You?
A Cool Thing To Have In Your Back Pocket
I Think I’m Just Gonna Stop
This Is Just Cranberry Juice

Topics:


The New Xbox Store - 1:23
Mike Rose’s Nintendo Store Twitter Thread - 2:49
Marvel’s Spider-Man Upgrade - 9:28
Xbox Buys Zenimax / Bethesda - 13:06
Our Feelings on PlayStation VS Xbox - 32:06
PlayStation VS Xbox First-Party
Metal Gear Solid Remake Rumor - 43:49
Everything We Still Don’t Know About PS5 - 47:34
Amazon Luna - 58:19
Deleveled - 1:03:18
Breakpoint - 1:07:08
Paradise Killer - 1:12:53
Among Us - 1:20:07
Xbox Game Pass Subscribers and EA Play - 1:32:26
Hades and Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 1:38:45

Tags: #Entertainment #Podcast #VideoGames #IGN #Xbox #PS5 #ParadiseKiller #Deleveled #Breakpoint