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In this week's episode, Jeff Cannata highlights the games launching with Google's Stadia, Xbox's "Surprise Me" feature, Sonic the Hedgehog's new movie look, and discusses why it is totally okay to disagree about which games are the best.

In Today’s episode, Alex Berg and Christian Spicer talk about how bloated, lengthy games can affect playability. Do new-gen games need to have super-long story lines in order to be fun? Tune in and find out!

Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about Apple partnering with Valve on an AR headset; China’s gaming regulations for minors; and how Death Stranding and non-violent games make us see the world differently!

Fall is for GAMING! In today’s episode, we highlight all the new releases coming this November; Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and BlizzCon news; and how Hideo Kojima’s much anticipated game Death Stranding pushes limits! Tune in and join the excitement!

Alex Berg and Christian Spicer take inspiration from the chats for this week’s show, examining the issues and reasons in covering new games. Also, please note, there will be no CTRL PAD or News Game Plus this week. Hopefully they will be back soon!

This week, Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg talk about the Last of Us: Part II delay, Ubisoft game delays, Bethesda and Fallout 76 subscription, bots in multiplayer games, and more!

On this week’s News Game Plus, Jeff Cannata talks Fortnite bots, this week’s new, big releases, Pokemon Go’s upcoming PvP, and questions when great games are made just “good enough.”

Alex Berg and Christian Spicer use the recent MS-DOS games added to the Internet Archive as a jumping off point to discuss preservation vs piracy.

Nikole Zivalich and Christian Spicer discuss character cameos and crossovers, and what they mean for games, gaming ... and life?

Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about the data practices at Niantic, Google Stadia, Fortnite Chapter 2 PR strategy and the future of next gen consoles.

In this week's episode, Jeff Cannata highlights updates on Blizzard and how one gaming company may be trying to take the reins. We also talk Fortnite Season 11, release date for Google’s Stadia, and buying a last-gen console when next-gen consoles are around the corner.

Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about Blizzard and Hong Kong, Apple Arcade, and the release dates for the PS5 and XBOX Project Scarlett.

This week, Jeff Cannata covers the recent PlayStation 5 news, Doom Eternal’s delay, touches on the drama surrounding Blizzard, and then dives into subscription services and the future of gaming.

Alex Berg and Christian Spicer use a recent Ars Technica article as a jumping off point to discuss what games, and the people that play them, can do to get more people into gaming.

Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about changes coming to Pokemon, the game Kind Words, the WGA and video games, and seasonal content in games.

News Game Plus is a video game news show that hits on the biggest news in gaming, and takes a deeper look at one of the biggest issues, themes, or talking points in and around the world of video games. This week's episode looks at whether first-person shooter games on console and PC can learn something from their mobile counterparts.

Alex Berg and Christian Spicer use a Berg’s recent play through of Super Metroid as a jumping off point for a larger discussion about the covenants games make with players and when it is OK for games to break those very agreements.

Jeff Cannata is back! So, join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about Untitled Goose Game, the environmental impact of gaming, Last of Us Part II hands-on impressions, and aging and gaming ... plus our in-depth impressions/review of Borderlands 3.

This week, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg talk about how many calories chess players burn during tournaments and what that means for esports, Venn and video game TV networks, and E3’s current pitched pivot.

Join Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg as they talk about Celeste Chapter 9 and “assist” modes, planning how to spend your gaming time, and what a world without GameStop or physical games might look like.

Join Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg as they discuss the latest Nintendo Direct, the problem of discoverability of games, Control performance issues on PS4, and then their general thoughts on Remedy’s Control as a whole.

Join Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg as they discuss tutorials, the continued evolution of Star Wars: Battlefront II, Yakuza 7, and more!

Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg as they discuss inclusion in games, what they want to know about a game in advance, the state of GameStop, and, shhhh, your devices are listening!

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg discuss “Dad Builds,” SNES games possibly coming to Nintendo Switch, games aging, and new VR experiences.

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, and Christian Spicer talk about procedurally-generated games, discuss what Bully 2 could or should be in 2020, chat cancel culture and games, and weigh in regrading loot-box disclosure requirements.

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, and Alex Berg are joined by John Davison for a discussion about Fortnite, Twitch, Death Stranding, and more!

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, and Christian Spicer are joined by John Davison for a discussion about Nintendo’s Joy-Con response, The Witcher, game reviews, and more!

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, and Christian Spicer are joined by John Davison for a discussion about games ending, scarcity in tech, Ubisoft’s subscription service, gardening games, and more!

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Alex Berg, and Christian Spicer break down Nintendo’s newly announced Switch Lite, chat about why “mistakes” are made in movies and games, look at all the video-game shows coming to/on Netflix, and wonder how long you need to give a game before deciding if you like it or not.

This week Nikole Zivalich, Alex Berg, and Christian Spicer talk about players making content in games, Morhau’s racist community, and video games’ relationship with fashion. Have a topic you want discussed? Let us know!

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Alex Berg, and Christian Spicer talk about gameplay vs narrative, tariffs and video games, the best game of all time, and positive behaviors video games can encourage.

This week Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Alex Berg, and Christian Spicer talk about what it means for a console to be “next generation,” look at representation in games, discuss introducing kids to games, and examine why developers might not want to show gameplay demos.

Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg talk about spending E3 as Crash Bandicoot, examine the current trend of science fiction in video games, analyze what all the different subscription services mean for gaming’s future, and talk about whether licensed video games get more respect now than in the past.

Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg talk about Google Stadia, the new Pokemon games and announcements, discuss what it takes to make something a forever game, and examine differences between remakes, remasters, and re-releases.