Episode 62 – Basic Baby Cheerios

The gang is all here—that’s right, James, Michael, Cameron and Delvin have gathered together for one of the silliest episodes of VGRealness in recent memory! Get ready as the guys talk about what they’ve been playing, the Playstation 1’s 20th anniversary, the news of the week, as well as Michael’s very special Black Friday edition of Bargain Bin Realness.

It’s an episode you don’t want to miss, this week on Video Game Realness!

Episode 61 – Weeeee’re Back!!!

After a couple weeks’ hiatus due to busy life schedules, James, Cameron and Delvin return this week to dish on the events of the past few weeks and share what games they’ve been playing in our absence!

Dragon Age, Smash Bros for Wii U impressions, Ubisoft Shade and lots more, this week on Video Game Realness!

Episode 52 – New Horizons

This week, Delvin, James and Cameron discuss the annoucements of EA’s subscription service and discuss the pricing models of Playstation Now. Which system is priced best for its offerings?

The guys also take a look at the releases coming out for the month of August and welcome back the return of Phoenix Down—a segment where they discuss a game series they want to see back!

All this and more on this week of the Video Game Realness Podcast!

Break Music
FF14 – Garuda Theme
FF14 – Hydra/chimera Theme

Episode 51 – Season 2 Begins Now!

It’s the start of a whole new year at VGRealness, but we’re still sticking to our roots this episode with a Now Playing and news items of the week.

James, Cameron and Delvin discuss the MMO fever they’ve been hit by, as well as some game delays and new character announcements for two Nintendo games. All this and more on Video Game Realness!

Break Music
KOF 97 Athena’s Theme

Episode 50 – The VG Realness Clip Show!

Get ready for what can only be described as the best episode of Video Game Realness to date! Why you ask, because it’s our first ever clip show of some of the best moments from the last year of Video Game Realness!

Join Delvin as he walks you through some of our favourite moments like Exy, #VGRealnessPSVita, and so much more. Stay tuned next week for an all new episode! And once again, thank you so much for your support from all of us here at VG Realness!

Episode 48 – One Year Anniversary Realness

Can you believe it? We’ve been at it for one whole year and couldn’t be more happy and excited! This week we we share some news about our one year episode. Send us your shout outs to videogamerealness@gmail.com.

The guys reflect on the E3 press conference as a whole and share their views on where E3 may head in 2015. The crew also checks in on the news items that happened post-E3, such as a new game announcement, news from Nintendo and much more.

All this, Now Playing and YouTube randomness all on this week’s one year anniversary episode of Video Game Realness!

Break Music:
FFx2 – Real Emotion
Wildstar – Defend the Gates

Timestamps:
7:10 – Now Playing
31:06 – E3 Reflection
1:08:19 – News
1:32:24 – YouTube Randomnes/Blooper

Episode 42 – Jeopardy Trivia Extravaganza Realness

This week on VGRealness, James, Cameron and Delvin discuss the games they have been playing through the week in Now Playing. Check out what they thought of Kirby Triple Deluxe, as well as their stint with the Wildstar MMO Open Beta weekend that passed last week.

Back for our end of month segement, the guys have the Phoenix Down segment, where they take a look at a game series that they want back. This months entry is Legend of Dragoon!

Last but not least, join host Alex Gaybeck through some Video Jeopardy Realness!! Who will be victorious through the 25 Answers provided? Check it all out, this week on the Video Game Realness Podcast.

Show Notes:
-Link to the Jeopardy game board

Episode 40 – The One Where We Talk About Social Injustice

In this week’s episode, the guys discuss a hot-button issue in today’s gaming culture. Using Manveer Heir’s talk at GDC as a spring board, Cameron, James, and Delvin discuss misogony, racism and homophobia in video games. We discuss both positive and negative examples of characters and story-telling devices and the mentality behind them. As well, we talk about how the industry can move forward.

While it’s not required listening for this episode, we highly recommend listening to Manveer Heir’s GDC talk, linked here.

**Note: This episode was recorded shortly before Nintendo’s ill-received statement and subsequent apology regarding gay options in Tomodachi Life. As such, we did not get to discuss it, but will be sure to do so in a future episode.

Break Music:
Dragon Age 2: Tavern
League of Legends: Main Theme
Mass Effect 3: Sheppard’s Tango

Episode 39 – Vroom Vroom!

It’s our Mario Kart Spectacular! The guys are covering all the the details of the Mario Kart Direct that hit us last week. Join James, Delvin and Cameron as they break down all the details of the stages, characters, new OP items and all the online details. Strap yourselves in hunties because there’s lots to cover!

That’s not all this week, the crew is covering some other interesting news bits for this week, such as some new dealings in streaming content and TV, as well as some news from Ubisoft.

Check it all out this week on Video Game Realness!

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Break Music:
Luigi Raceway
Moo Moo Farm
Rainbow Road Remix
SNES Koopa Beach

Show Notes:
Trailer for Hover Video Game

Episode 37 – Smashtastic!

This week, the VGRealness crew of James, Cameron and Delvin dissect the Smash Bros Nintendo Direct. What was announced, what changes were made, what’s the release date? They discuss it all and more.

But first, it’s Now Playing! The guys talk about what games they’ve been playing for the past few days. As always, the crew covers the news items of the week, including a very strange Ninja Direct that happened the day after the Smash Bros direct.

No new episode will air next week, but VGRealness will return the week of April 27th.

Break Music:
Smash Bros Brawl – Vs. Meta Ridley
Smash Bros Brawl – Battlefield

0:00 – Now Playing
25:14 – News
54:12 – Smash Bros Discussion

Episode 36 – Titanface

The gang’s all here as Michael, Cameron, James and Delvin get together to discuss some of the week’s biggest news items — new Xbox president, Amazon Fire TV, April Fool’s jokes, console title drought — as well as Smash Bros. speculation and more.

Later, the crew discusses what developers they might like to see take on a Nintendo IP; what the Big N’s mobile strategy should be; and what new IP/genres they’d like to see Nintendo tackle.

It’s not as crazy as last week, but it’s still just as fun! Don’t miss out on this all new episode of VG Realness!

Show Notes:
-Don’t miss the guys playing Titanface (Titanfall) on Twitch. Subscribe to our channel to see all our streaming updates!
-Michael’s LEGO in-progress:

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Episode 35 – Rabid for the D

In this week’s redonk-a-donk episode, James, drunk Cameron and medicated host Delvin cover a lot of ground and try not to get lost along the way.

The trio covers all of the social media discussions they had with listeners over the past week; they also announce the winner for the Smite contest. As it’s the beginning of the month, the guys cover the big game releases for April.

Next, the crew talks about what games they’ve been playing over the past two weeks and of course they talk about the news of the week, including the big bombshell that was Facebook and Oculus Rift. The guys also discuss Killer Instinct’s new developer and what game the former Castlevania producer would like to work on!

Check it all out, and be sure to stay till the end of the episode for all of the crazy antics that had to be edited out to the super-length blooper reel!

Break Music:
Kirby’s Adventure – Green Greens
WoW – Battle vs Sindragosa
WoW – Dalaran Theme

Timestamps:
0:00 – Social Media Discussion
19:43 – On The Horizon
34:50 – Now Playing
1:05:50 – News
1:49:27 – Bloopers

Episode 27 – The Roomies Are At It

Old roommates Cameron and Delvin are at the helm of this weeks episode of Video Game Realness. The two discuss the games they have been playing of the week. Did Cameron play Smite again this week? Did Delvin find an Xbox One yet? Tune in to find out!

In a new segment for this month, we take a look at all the big title releases coming out for consoles this month and discuss which ones we’re looking forward to.

Of course as always, VGRealness brings you the news items of the week and the big discussion topic this week is Nintendo’s financials. Check it all out!

1:50 – Cameron’s Now Playing
11:50 – Delvin’s Now Playing
32:48 – On the Horizon
47:00 – News Elder Scrolls Discussion
1:02:38 – News Nintendo Financials Disccussion

Break Music:
Killer Instinct 3 – Orchid’s Stage
Mario Kart Double Dash – Rainbow Road

Episode 25 – January Jams Part 3: The Trivial Pursuit of Realness

It’s a jam-packed episode this week on Video Game Realness. James, Michael and Delvin (back from vacation) have some in depth conversations about some news topics of the week. The guys discuss the upcoming release of Alienware’s Steam Machine — who are these consoles for? What about the controller? — as well as Playsation Now details that were released and the future potential of the service. The trio also talks about Nintendo’s financial woes and what they might try to do to recover from a poor 2013 for WiiU.

Finally, for VG Realness’ celebration to music in gaming, the guys have a Trivia game where James and Michael go head-to-head and try to guess an array of different songs. Who will come out victorious? You gotta tune in to find out!

Special Giveaway!!!

Tweet us @VGRealness or Post on our Facebook Page with the number of times James, Michael and Delvin say “Bravely Default” in this weeks episode for your chance to win a $20 Nintendo eShop Prepaid Credit Code**! #VGRealnessBravelyDefault

Contest Closes Thursday February 7th @ 11:59pm ET

**Code only Valid in the Canadian eShop.

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6:30 – Steam Machine Discussion
22:30 – Playstation Now Discussion
36:40 – Elder Scrolls Pay Structre
53:55 – Console Financials Discussion
1:21:35 – Music Trivia

Break Music
Super Mario Land 2 – Star Maze
FF6 – Terra’s Theme

***DISCLAIMER: All music used in this episode does not belong to Video Game Realness and is being used under Fair Use Policies.

Episode 22 – Zelda Time Warp

In the final episode of Video Game Realness for 2013, Greg, Delvin and Michael discuss the Zelda Timeline. The guys discuss the flow of the timeline and what might come next in the series. Check out the recent BuzzFeed post that breaks down the timeline as well with some nice visuals.

***Spoiler Alert in the Podcast*** For the Zelda Timeline, we do discuss the endings for each game EXCEPT A Link Between Worlds. So if you haven’t beaten the others and don’t want it spoiled, please skip this section.

In the rest of the podcast, the guys discuss the news of the week, including console sales numbers, Tales of Zestiria and and a light dash of Rayman shade, because they just can’t resist. All this and more on the final 2013 episode of Video Game Realness!

The show will return the week of January 5th, 2014.

(Also, we did have a giveaway planned, but due to some technicalities and limitations being in Canada and most listeners from the US, we will need to postpone the giveaway until we’ve worked it out at a later date.)

Time Stamps:
02:15 – Now Playing
28:50 – News
1:03:00 – Zelda Timeline

Break Music:
-Final Fantasy 4 – Dreadful Fight
-Legend of Zelda – Ganon’s Tower

Show Notes:
-Zelda Timeline on BuzzFeed
-Lightning Returns Collector’s Edition
-Mega Man Board Game
-Read Only Memories Kickstarter