Episode 84 – Two Silly Queens

This week, James and Delvin sit down to play some FF14 and chat about Real Housewives of New York and Atlanta, discussing the reunion episode for New York and the future of the Atlanta and other franchises. The boys also throw a good amount of shade at Kim Zolciak’s singing career.

The guys also talk about things they like about MMOs, what games they’ve have been playing, the possibility of a Mega Man movie, and what games they are excited for that are coming later this year.

Episode 82 – Unsolicited Nonsense

This week’s episode is another live episode, stripped down to all the goodies for your listening pleasure.

Join Cameron, James and Delvin as they play Final Fantasy 14 and discuss Fantastic Four, Gamescom, DPs and Cameron’s new crush. All this and more on this week’s live cut of VGRealness!

Episode 72 – Pre-E3 Rundown

This week, Cameron and Delvin discuss what we can expect to see at this year’s E3. Before diving into that, they have a discussion about eSports and Twitch culture and where it’s come over the past few years, as well as where we can expect it to go. The guys also share their experience playing the Marvel Legendary Card Deck Building Game.

Episode 66 – Where Rosie At?

The gang’s all here (Delvin, Michael, James and Cameron) and this week the guys are bringing a whole new segment to the VGRealness game: Hot Topics! Listen as the guys talk about the Club Nintendo shutdown, a potential replacement and the rumour that Nintendo is teaming up with Netflix to create a live-action Zelda series.

The guys also discuss sales numbers, amiibo hunting, and the other big news of the week. Stay tuned for more video content coming soon and be sure to watch the videos below in lieu of videos from us. Also, be sure to check out Nintendo Lovefest (a new podcast that Michael is co-hosting), which is also the newest inductee into the Hunty Bunch!

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Episode 65 – The Lich Bitch

This week Delvin, Cameron and James have some news catch up with the slew of Nintendo news that came from the latest Direct, as well as the Microsoft Windows 10 Conference. The crew also discusses what games they played over the past few weeks, as well as the possibilities of a WoW expansion.

No video this week due to technical difficulties while we work out audio/video issues. Look forward to more video again in the coming weeks!

If you haven’t checked out our 3 videos from the last episode, check them out below:

Episode 64 – Video Realness

The VGRealness crew is starting the year off right—in full video glory. That’s right, VGRealness is now coming at you through your eyes and ears. To kickstart off our New Year’s episode, the guys discuss what they played over the holidays and Michael shared his Boxing Day Bargain Bin Realness.

The crew also discusses their Top Five N64 games (in honour of our 64th episode) and Delvin hosts an awesome game of video game Jeopardy. Get ready for this because this is an episode you really don’t want to miss!

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 54 – Isosceles

The whole crew—James, Delvin, Cameron and Michael—is back this week and the guys are talking about all the news and events that took place at Gamescom this past week. News topics include exclusive deals, Beyonce’d game announcements, bundles, expansions, oh my! Michael shares his very long gaming update and James has a beta breakdown.

All this and more on this weeks episode of Video Game Realness! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel!

Check out our most recent video below:

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

VG Realness Gets Hands-on at the Nintendo Post-E3 2014 Preview Event

We’ve done it before and we did it again! That’s right, James, Michael and Delvin went to Nintendo’s most recent media preview event showcasing some of the biggest and best games The Big N was touting at E3 2014. Watch below for our hands-on demos of Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Yoshi’s Woolly World, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

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 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:
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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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