Episode 16 – Gamercamp feat. special guest Jaime Woo

This week on Video Game Realness, we have our first special guest on the show! Jamie Woo, the co-founder of Gamercamp, stops by for a chat. Gamercamp, which is happening this coming weekend (November 1st -3rd), is Toronto’s celebration of indie games and all things gaming.

Come join us as Jaime shares his vision for Gamercamp, what the festival is and why he felt the need to create a new space for everyone to play games and enjoy them together. 

If you’re in the Toronto area, we also have a giveaway of 4 pairs of passes (8 passes total) to the Gamercamp arcade happening this Saturday and Sunday! Trust us, this is an event you want to go to!

All you have to do is leave the comment “I want to go to Gamercamp with Video Game Realness” or retweet our exact same tweet and follow us to be entered! Super easy!

All that, news of the week and the games we’re playing this week on Episode 16 of Video Game Realness!

Show Notes:
-Check out Gamercamp.ca for all of the festival details
-To learn more about Gamercamp Arcade, click here
-To see a list of many of the games we discussed with Jaime, click here

Episode 15 – Pokémon Generation Fabulous: Y Be Basic When You Can Be X-travagant?

Get ready for the episode we were beyond excited to record all about Pokémon and X and Y! We talk about the launch of the game, new game mechanics and our personal experiences with this new iteration of Pokémon on the 3DS.

If you were on the fence before about whether or not to buy the game, you won’t be after listening to this episode! We do as much as possible to keep the spoilers on this episode to a very minimum.

Take a listen to us spill the T on Pokémon X and Y! Leave a comment with your favourite moments from the game and be sure to include your Pokémon party.

Show Notes:
-Vivillon from around the world
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Pre-Show Update: Picking our Pokémon & Hands on with the 2DS


After taking a week off to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving (and spend copious amounts of time on Pokémon X & Y), the guys are back and giving you a little taste of their Pokémon parties. James, Michael and Cameron also got some hands-on video footage with the Nintendo 2DS at last Friday’s Pokémon launch event in Toronto.

Get ready for this Sunday’s episode, kids. It’s gonna be a whole other level!

James’ Party: Charizard, Talonflame, Bellossom, Greninja, Raichu, Florges
Cameron’s Party: Pyroar, Greninja, Mega Venusaur, Florges, Aurorus, Talonflame
Delvin’s Party: Butterfree, Raichu, Pidgeot, Blastoise, Vileplume, Simisear
Michael’s Party: Skiddo, Lucario, Quilladin, Azumarill, Charmeleon, Honedge

Episode 14 – When It’s Hot Before (Canadian) Thanksgiving

In this week’s podcast, Delvin, James, Michael and Greg have a discussion which started as a small news piece about the LoL World Championship, but turned into a heated debate on that validity of eSports in general. Which side are you on, and what side did we take? Tune in to find out!

Also, as this generation comes to a close, the group discusses their favorite console games of the past generation, which has actually been over 8 years long. Craziness! Cameron could not be with us this week, but his favorite games are listed below.

All this, Now Playing, other news items of the week, and James discovering he’s become his mother on an all new episode of the Video Game Realness Podcast.

Show Notes:
-Cameron’s Favourite Games:

  1. Mass Effect 3
  2. Mass Effect 2
  3. Dragon Age II
  4. Saints Row
  5. Skyrim
  6. Gears of War 3

-Michael’s crocheted Mass Effect 3DS XL pouch
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Episode 13 – News Extravaganza

Strap yourselves in for the video game podcast that is here to entertain and inform all in one! This week we talk about the news of weeks past such as the news of the PS4 launch in Japan, Nintendo Ninja Direct about Wii Fit and Wii sports, Ouya relaunch of Free the Games and Mighty No 9!

Join James, Michael, Cameron and host Delvin as they share their thoughts on the news tidbits as well as discuss what games of the week they have been playing!

Show Notes:
-Xerneas is FABULOUS!

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-Mighty No. 9 Fan Art

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-Ocarina of Time beats Grand Theft Auto V on Metacritic

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Episode 9 – Gay She-Ra

The VG Realness group is almost reuinted. Michael, Greg and Cameron return to talk with Delvin about what else? Video Games. This week the crew discusses Pokemon X & Y pre-orders in Japan, Hello Kitty Cruisers for WiiU, EA Humble Bundle, more Xbox One-80s and the news that the system launch will be delayed in eight countries. Michael shares his #VGRealnessExy moment and the guys also talk about game developer harrassment, as well as player-to-player harrassment online.

Show Notes:
-Be sure to check out Delvin & James on the Qoopa Klub Podcast this week
-Beauty and the Beast video
-Starcraft MMO Kickstarter
-Gay Dating Sim
-Polygon.com article on game developer harassment
-Dolly Parton Pinball
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Episode 2 – Nintendo Post-E3

We’re serving up more Video Game Realness than you can handle! Following up from our Post-E3 Sony & Microsoft episode, Delvin, James and Michael dish on all things Nintendo from E3 2013. Favourite games, a new potential Donkey Kong tie-in at Dairy Queen, and a very special rendition of “Genie in a Bottle” are just a few of things packed in this episode of VGR.