Video Game Choo Choo

It's time for another episode of the Video Game Choo Choo Podcast. This week John sits down with Maverick to talk about the week in games. John finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and jumped into A.I. The Somnium Files: Nirvana Initiative while Maverick played some of the Street Fighter 6 Beta and more God of War: Ragnarok. In the news, Congress grilled game makers about extremism in the gaming space, Ash is no longer the protagonist of the Pokémon Anime, and John Carmack has left Meta. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Episode 420 so you know what that means. That's right, It's time for John, Lorelai, and Maverick to talk about the week in games. John's about to finish Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick has been digging into Need For Speed: Unbound. Lorelai has finally connected with a Pokémon game with Pokémon: Scarlet, Marvel's Midnight Suns, and Harvestella. In the news we go over The Game Awards, Microsoft getting sued by the FTC for the Activision merger, Microsoft voluntarily recognizing the Zenimax QA staff Union, and Yuji Naka getting arrested a second time for insider trading.  As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Thanksgiving is over which means it's time for John and Maverick to talk the news around games. John's been playing Pokémon and Maverick's been playing Need For Speed Unbound and God of War: Ragnarok. In the news, another division of Activision has unionized, the Mario Movie is coming, and Twitch has finally integrated much needed featured for combatting hate raids. We also go over the mess surrounding Panda Global and the Smash World Tour. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that Yuji Naka got arrested for insider trading. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

The VGCC is back on the air after a day off due to scheduling problems! Join John, Solo and Maverick to discuss the latest events in gaming. This week we talk about the ZA/UM firing of Disco Elysium's lead creatives and the allegations regarding writer Robert Kurvitz. Complicated opinions swell regarding Sonic Frontiers. The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake has been finished and leaked onto the streets, yet no release has been announced and we take a moment to celebrate Kevin Conroy's life and work. We have an indepth conversation to finally close the book on Bayonetta 3, John imported a copy of Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher which leads to an interested discussion of regional differences in titles. Signalis is a game about girls that are robots and also Zombies and Solon has a lot of good things to say about it! We talk about recent developments in the tech industry, and consider Kojima's disclosure that several companies have been trying to acquire Kojima Productions. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a full house this week as John is joined by Lorelai, Maverick, and Solon to talk about the week in and around games. This week, John's still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but he's also digging in to the new Marvel: Snap. Maverick is still lost on the Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher grind while Solon has been playing a whole lot of Purgatory Dungeoneer. Lorelai's been spending time on the farm with Coral Island, Potionomics, and Potion Permit when she isn't rocking out with the rollback beta of Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 and the first 2 chapters of We Are OFK. In the news, People have gotten the Miiverse social features of the WiiU working, Rocksteady's studio heads are leaving, and Space for the Unbound has found a new publisher. Sadly, Reiko Kodama has passed away, Activision is pulling more union busting antics, and The Witcher 1 is getting a remake. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, @JudgmentScythe and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's the weekend, which means it's time for John and Maverick to sit down and talk about all the happenings around the world of Video Games. Maverick's been playing Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher and John has actually played games that aren't Xenoblade Chronicles 3. That's right, he's spent this week digging back into Strange Journey, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, and Scorn.  In the news, the Zelda Wiki has left Fandom and gone independent. Digimon World: Next Order is getting a Switch port and Konami had a lot of new Silent Hill announcements to go over. The new G4 has been shut down due to severe mismanagement, and the Diablo 4 QA department is allowed to vote on forming a union. We also go over all the new information we got over the last week regarding the Bayonetta situation. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Sunday which means it's time for John to sit down with Rosa and Maverick to talk about the week in games and the news around it. John's still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick's been digging into Tokyo Xanadu, The House in Fata Morgana Door 2, and the Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 demo. Rose went old school with some a whole lot of Chrono Cross when she wasn't playing Library of Ruina and Genshin Impact. In the news, Facebook doesn't understand how legs work and Twitchcon broke legs with their shallow and dangerous foam pit. FFVII: The First Soldier is shutting down and an old animatic for a Kingdom Hearts cartoon pitch came out. In labor news, Blizzard is dealing with a new lawsuit and Nintendo had to settle a legal case over their union busting efforts. Hellena Taylor also came out and detailed why she isn't returning as the voice of Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3 after being offered a pittance of $4000 for the role. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @horngal and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Episode 414 this week, but most importantly, it's time for the sixth episode 69, the episode where we take all your deliciously romantic questions. John is joined by Scott and Maverick to bring the love this time around. Scott's been playing with the Steam Deck messing around with the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, Elden Ring, and Nier Replicant. John's still just playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick's been digging into Weird RPG. In the news the team lovingly go over all the new Pokémon info, Chaos;Head Noah being released on Steam, Need For Speed: Unbound, and the Mario Movie. Kojima's new game is coming and Magic: The Gathering is adding Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed cards. Jennifer Hale is also going to be Bayonetta now.  As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @FKAsocks and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a full Crew in house tonight as John is joined by Elvie, Maverick, and Solon to discuss the week in games and 90's webcomics. John's still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick has been wired in to Gundam Evolution. Solon played through the point and click classic LOOM while Elvie dug into Dragon Ball: The Breakers and Midnight Ghost Hunt. In the news, Toshimichi Mori the creator of Blazblue left ArcSys, Skull and Bones was delayed while Scorn was moved up, and E3 is back being run by ReedPOP. ZA/UM has dissolved, Wiglett is coming, and the Google Stadia is officially dead. Finally, the Shenmue and Blade Runner anime's are being cancelled by WB/Discovery, and there is a new Onimusha anime coming from Netflix. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, @lvmaeparian and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a John and Maverick show for episode 412 of the podcast! We talk stupid news, GTA 6 leaks, Splatoon 3, Splatfest, John continues to enjoy Xenoblade 3, has mixed thoughts on Soul Hackers 2, Among Us and Hololive have a new collaboration out, GameStop is giving out copies of Babylon's Fall, Deltarune's Spamton makes some noise, EVGA and Nvidia split, Maverick takes us deeper into the world of Honkai Impact, and Twitch is now regulating gambling content. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a big news week this week as John, Solon, and Lorelai are here to go over it all as well as what they've been playing this week. Solon's been recovering from PAX and John's been playing more Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Lorelai has been pulling a demo week with the demos and betas for Havestella, Various Daylife, Valkyrie Elysium, and her future Game of the Generation Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. AIn the news Babylon's Fall is shutting down, Deltarune is getting an update, Overwatch is going offline for a couple days, EVGA is leaving graphics card manufacturing, and major layoffs have hit G4TV and Fanbyte. We also go over all the news from the Nintendo Direct like Zelda : Tears of a Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Fire Emblem Engage, Octopath Traveler 2, and all the farming games. At the Sony State of Play, we say a new Team Ninja game, Tekken 8, Pacific Drive, and the show closer, a God of War controller. Finally, we go over everything from TGS from Like a Dragon: Gaiden, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon 8, Street Fighter 6, Mega Man Battle Network, and the ultimate rare Konami W. That's right, the remaster they've been teasing announcing forever wasn't a Bluber Team Silent Hill or a Metal Gear remaster. No, it was a Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remaster, and Lorelai is incredibly emotional about it. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @ChorbySP and @JudgementScythe Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a John and Maverick show for episode 412 of the podcast! We talk stupid news, GTA 6 leaks, Splatoon 3, Splatfest, John continues to enjoy Xenoblade 3, has mixed thoughts on Soul Hackers 2, Among Us and Hololive have a new collaboration out, GameStop is giving out copies of Babylon's Fall, Deltarune's Spamton makes some noise, EVGA and Nvidia split, Maverick takes us deeper into the world of Honkai Impact, Twitch is now regulating gambling content As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a big news week this week as John, Solon, and Lorelai are here to go over it all as well as what they've been playing this week. Solon's been playing DEEMO - Reborn- as he recovers from PAX and John's been playing more Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Lorelai has been pulling a demo week with the demos and betas for Havestella, Various Daylife, Valkyrie Elysium, and her future Game of the Generation Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. AIn the news Babylon's Fall is shutting down, Deltarune is getting an update, Overwatch is going offline for a couple days, EVGA is leaving graphics card manufacturing, and major layoffs have hit G4TV and Fanbyte. We also go over all the news from the Nintendo Direct like Zelda : Tears of a Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Fire Emblem Engage, Octopath Traveler 2, and all the farming games. At the Sony State of Play, we say a new Team Ninja game, Tekken 8, Pacific Drive, and the show closer, a God of War controller. Finally, we go over everything from TGS from Like a Dragon: Gaiden, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon 8, Street Fighter 6, Mega Man Battle Network, and the ultimate rare Konami W. That's right, the remaster they've been teasing announcing forever wasn't a Bluber Team Silent Hill or a Metal Gear remaster. No, it was a Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remaster, and Lorelai is incredibly emotional about it. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP and @JudgementScythe Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

For no particular reason this week, Maverick got really into Crusader Kings III and playing as Irish royalty. John's diving deeper and deeper into Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and he continues to love it! On the news side, D23 sure was an event that happened and John gets live updates on the Ubisoft conference from this weekend. Games Done Quick look at another online marathon for next year in the wake of Florida's Anti LGBTQ bills while Twitch's brain geniuses continue to make the website optimal to its user base by shutting down Host Mode in the weeks to come. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania and @john_michonski Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John's back in the hosting chair this week as he's joined by a returning Rose and Maverick to talk about this week in games. Maverick is still lost in the Fortnite Goku hole while John and Rose have been playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Rose has also been playing a lot of Shin Megami Tensei 5, Pokémon Puzzle League, and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. In the news, Mario Kart Tour dropped it's gatcha system, Halo Infinite dropped it's plans for split screen co-op, and Steam dropped Domina after it's lead developer went on another transphobic tirade. We've got a new Assassin's Creed coming to us and a new monkey coming our way in Pokémon. Finally Diablo: Immortal cracked down on people buying stolen currency and now some players are experiencing orb debt which I just want to write the words orb debt one more time. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, @john_michonski and @Horngal Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a long one this week as Maverick hosts the show alongside Lorelai and Solon. Maverick's been playing Fortnite and Splatoon 3 while Solon is living for We Are OFK. Lorelai's been digging into Final Fantasy XIV's 6.2 patch when she's not experiencing real Brisket hours in Guilty Gear Strive or enjoying the newly rebooted Saints Row. In the news, Masahiro Sakurai's got a Youtube channel and Hideo Kojima's got a podcast.  We're getting a new Dualsense wireless controller and Pokémon breeding is rumored to be changing. A Space for the Unbound has been delayed indefinitely because of their publisher being predatory as all hell. Gamescom also happened and we have a lot of release dates for games like Sonic Frontiers and New Tales From the Borderlands. We also got more detailed looks at Return to Monkey Island and Dead Island 2 and more. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, @ChorbySP and @JudgementScythe Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Sunday, which means John and Maverick are here to talk about all the news of the week. Maverick's got a new job so he's thinking about getting into Fortnite while John is finally digging into Xenoblade Chronicles 3.  We've got a whole lot of video game movies on the way to talk about while Embracer Group seems to own every franchise now. Dead Island 2 is still happening, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is still being updated with new content, and Multiversus is getting Black Adam and the little Gremlin Stripe. Aerotek, a QA company for Nintendo is dealing with a sexual harrassment issue and Nexus Mods has banned Spider-Man anti-pride flag mods and taken an extremely strong stance against mods that do similar. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

With EVO over it's a big news week this week as John and Maverick sit down to go over everything. John's been playing Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected while Mav finished up Sleeping Dogs when he wasn't playing in the Rumbleverse. In Evo news, Garou/Fatal Fury is getting a new game while Street Fighter 6 is getting Kimberly and Juri. In the biggest news of the weekend, Samurai Showdown and Dragon Ball FighterZ are getting rollback while Guilty Gear Strive brought back Bridget and had her come out as trans. In movie news Sonic 3 got a release date and a live action Pac-Man movie is being developed. Dragon Ball is being added to Fortnite and mask and vaccine requirements are being added back to Twitchcon. We also go over all the news from THQ Nordic's digital showcase and the Splatoon direct. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's EVO week and that means it's time for your yearly allotment of fighting game news! Persona 4 Arena has Rollback, KOFXV has Crossplay, No rollback for Granblue and Marie is coming to Skullgirls as a full character finally. Twitchcon is not following safety regulations, and Crypt of the Necrodancer is revving up to a sequel release. Join John and Mav in a 1v1 head to head breakdown of the fighting game event of the year! As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a full crew this week as Lorelai, Solon, and Maverick sit down with Scott to talk about all the fun they've been having this week. Solon's been living his lawn perfect lifestyle with Lawn Mowing Simulator and Maverick's been playing Sleeping Dogs. Scott finally finished the super hard Inscryption challenge and then had some time with Norco and Pathologic 2. Lorelai's been digging into a lot with Rogue Legacy 2, Live A Live, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and has been working her weekend in Final Fantasy XIV's in game convention LunarCon. In the news, Roblox is now oofless, Meta is jacking up it's prices, you can't see John Cena in Fortnite, and Rockstar Games seems to be cleaning up it's act in regards to it's workplace culture. I guess Grand Theft Auto 6 is a thing now too. In other workplace news, Vox media sucks and is laying off employees. Scott then goes deep into the week of weird Nier church videos and everything around that. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @ChorbySP, @Mavsplaniamania, @scottblah and @JudgementScythe Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John's off this week but Solon and Lorelai are still here to sit down and talk about all things video games. Lorelai's still playing Monster Hunter Rise, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, and of course some Final Fantasy XIV. That's when she hasn't been digging deep back into Rune Factory 5 now that it's out on PC and running like a dream rather than a glitchy frame rate dropping mess. Solon's been really enjoying his Tim Schaefer kick with Grim Fandango and then he get's 6 minutes to talk about the AI: The Somnium Files: nirvanA Initiative before he gets melted into goo. In the news, Cyberconnect announced a sequel to Fuga: Melodies of Steel, Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duels are coming, and the boys are back with some looks at Yakuza 8. With the heat wave here, Steam is letting people know they should keep their Steam Deck's inside for maximum performance. Lebron James and Rick & Morty are coming to Multiversus, the Sony purchase of Bungie has finally been finalized, and in potential great news Blizzard Albany is unionizing.  Outside of that, the FaZe Clan lifestyle brand company who seems to employ a lot of crypto scammers are now a publicly traded company, and Square finally is showing off their NFT's by charging an extra $30 for digital versions of their action figures. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @ChorbySP and @JudgementScythe Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John, Solon and Maverick are here to talk about what they've been playing and all the news of the week. John's been digging into Xenoblade Chronicles again and Mega Man: Battle Network when he's got the spare time. Mav's been having some good monkey time with Monster Hunter: Rise and Solon's been going hard at Neon White when he's not digging into A.I. The Somnium Files: nirvanA Initiative. In the news Nintendo of Japan is supporting it's queer employees and bought Dynamo Pictures.  The Metal Gear games that had to be taken down due to right's issues are coming back, and Kirby's Dream Buffet is on the way. Multiversus is coming soon and just so you're not confused, Rumbleverse is too, and they are not the same game.  Unity is partnering with everyone's favorite malware provider IronSource, GameStop launched their NFT collections, and the new Skate is a free to play live service game. In October we're getting both a new Genesis Mini as well as Bayonetta 3. We cap it all off by diving into your questions. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @ChorbySP and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

After recovering from our epic beach trip, the Choochcast is back as John, Lorelai, and Maverick are here to talk about the huge amount of news this week and what they've been playing. John fixed his SP which means he's been playing a ton of Pokémon: Emerald while Maverick has been digging into the new Rumbleverse playtest. Lorelai has been digging into the latest Vampire Survivors patch and Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising before she and Maverick scream about how much they love Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. In the news, Shinzo Abe got assassinated and a bunch of racist channers tricked people into blaming Hideo Kojima for it. In tragic news, Yu-gi-oh's manga creator Kazuki Takahashi died in a tragic accident. Gamestop laid off a ton more people from Game informer, Rockstar is stopping development on Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto 4 remasters because the GTA Trilogy remasters sucked and shifting everyone to Grand Theft Auto 6's Development. E3 is coming back in conjunction with ReedPop and Yuji Naka is having a complete breakdown on twitter while Intellivision might be making a comeback. SGDQ happened, and some guy just straight up cheated a run of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Her was gifted a sword and a ton of cool extras after killing Malenia 1000 times. Monster Rancher Ultraman Kaiju is officially being released in the US as well as Witch on the Holy Night. A fan bought enough Nintendo stock to join an investor meeting and ask about F-Zero while some Final Fantasy XIV players bought multiple billboards to advertise an in game event for their ERP venue. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @JudgementScythe and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John's gone, busy working on weird backroom deals. But while the boss is away, the gang takes a much needed day off. Join Scott, Elvie, Maverick, and Solon as they take a little vacation. Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Sunday, which means it's time for another episode of the Video Game Choo Choo Podcast. Join John and Maverick as they go over all the news from the week from Halo accidentally doing a really bad racism and Tactics Ogre: Reborn leaking on PSN. Capcom is coming out swinging with Dragon's Dogma 2 and new RE8 DLC and Square didn't miss with the next chapter of the FFVII Remake, FFVII Rebirth coming next winter and Crisis Core coming this winter. May we all find our true Gongaga. Maverick's been playing Railbound, Saint's Row IV, and WrestleQuest, while John's been boomer shootin' with Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @chorbySP, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Sunday, and that means John is here with Solon and Maverick to talk about all the news coming from the Summer Games Fest and everything around it from Wholesome Games to the Day of the Devs. Solon's been playing Clone Hero and Final Fantasy XIV while John is back on his Shin Megami Tensei kick with Strange Journey Redux. Maverick is playing 13 Sentinels and digging into the beta for Rumbleverse.  As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @chorbySP, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Crank up that AC and get ready to listen to "Get Lucky" on repeat because summer is once again on the horizon. This week John goes through the wringer in SMT Strange Journey Redux, Maverick unleashes his inner empath reflecting on Life is Strange: True Colors, and Elvie gets whisked away to Hatsune Miku's world in Project SEKAI amidst her gacha adventures. Also on the pod we go through Pokemon's new gen and what the future can hold with Junichi Masuda stepping down, check out the highs and lows of Playstation's State of Play including some leaks about Street Fighter 6's roster, and discuss what really is the future of Sonic now that gameplay of Sonic Frontiers is out. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @lvmaeparian, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

We done did it again. This week on the pod: John's Shmuping and Touhouing (which are somehow separate things), Elvie's Ludonarraconing with some hot new demos, and Scott's Elding with a side of Staning. PLUS! Skullgirls evades potential war crimes, Ni No Fucking Thanks Kuni, Sims 4 pronoun picking, games is too old, some definitely confirmed future Multiversus characters, and EA and Microsoft continue to show us all that corporations are hell. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @lvmaeparian, and @scottblah. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John and Maverick are back this week to go deep into Xenoblade Chronicles and Multiversus. In the news, Death Stranding is getting a sequel and Silent Hill is leaking a little bit. EA almost got sold to Universal, WATA Games is being sued by the government, and Blizzard released their "Diversity calculator" explaining how they go about designing characters or something? I don't know, it makes no sense. In the funny side of things, their is a bunch of stuff happening with Inafune and NFT's and we're trying to parse it all and can't stop laughing. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Subscribe via iTunes, Hipcast, direct download, or listen below!

It's another short one this week as John and Solon sit down to talk about Arknights, Ace Combat 0, We Heart Katamari, and what they are looking forward to trying with games like Loot River, Trek to Yomi and Citizen Sleeper. In the news, union reps visited the white house, Haden Blackman is leaving 2k and Mafia 4 is in the works. Ubisoft Montreal has taken over the Prince of Persia Remake, Microsoft is making a streaming-only console and Square Enix sold off a lot of it's western studios to focus on the blockchain. As always Activision is in the news for being terrible, this time being sued by New York. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a short one this week as John and Maverick sit down to discuss the happenings in the world of video games. John's been playing a little bit of Xenoblade Chronicles and Arknights while Maverick has been digging into The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. In the news, the Mario Movie has been delayed and Twitch seems to be shaking up their partner program in some really bad ways. We also dive into the situation with Yuji Naka deciding to pick a Balan Bout against Square-Enix. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

We're back and we've been gaming. Join John, Solon, Maverick, and Lorelai as they run down the week in games. Lorelai's become an Final Fantasy XIV raid teacher and playing Rune Factory 5 for what little time she manages to pull herself away from Vampire Survivors. Maverick is back in the Trails of Cold Steel IV hole along with the classic Gitaroo Man. Solon's played just about every Namco/Bandai game and Ghost Trick while John got himself an XBOXOne and 100%'d Kirby and the Forgotten Land In the news we talk about labor complaints against Nintendo as well as the Raven Software unionization news. Final Fantasy XIV is having a housing crisis, Digimon Survive actually has a release date and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 actually got moved up. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @mavsplaniamania, @JudgmentScythe and @ChorbySP Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Sunday, which means we're back with another episode of the Video Game Choo Choo Podcast. Franny and Elvie join John to talk about the news of the week and all the games they've been playing. John's been digging into mobile games with Arknights and Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 as well as Kirby and the Forgotten Land. When Franny hasn't been out shooting wrestling shows, she's been digging into Destiny and NORCO. And when Elvie hasn't been hanging out at Tim Heidecker shows with Maverick, she's been playing Gundam Evolution and Chinatown Detective Agency. In the news, Activision's got another Blizzard of news with just, so much happening that they had to show off a new Overwatch character to distract people. Bugsnax is getting more content and coming to all the consoles, No Man's Sky is getting even more free updates, and Cook Serve Forever is coming. Kingdom Hearts 4 is also on the way, along with fun furry Half-Life 2 mods. Hasbro also bought back D&D Beyond. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @arealgoldmouth, and @lvmaeparian Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a relaxed downtempo episode this week with Solon, John and Maverick. This week we discuss games that change your walk like AI: The Somnium Files, which Maverick is working his way through trying desperately not to be spoilt by the rest of the crew. Solon has been playing the "bayoupunk" adventure game Norco with extremely prescient social commentary, and taking a big ol' bite of a Kirby pie! Remedy is remaking Max Payne 1 and 2, the Hypnospace Outlaw devs are working on a new game inspired by the 2000s internet, and an FPS, Monkey Island is back with its original crew, and Pac-Man's home life is falling apart! As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, @mavsplaniamania, and @ChorbySP Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Oh, it's a boyscast. Scott, Solon and Maverick are getting juiced up, wet, and wild on a late Saturday Live cast. Scott beat that Elden Ring, Mav's getting down and dirty with some Power Wash Simulator, and Solon's putting on his Tunic getting back on the boat with Sea of Thieves. Plus, our ongoing and neverending Activision Blizzard coverage, Cleo Draglalialost loses her job, Sony's Playpass (just kidding, they couldn't come up with that if they tried), Bloodborne Kart real, shaggy controllers real, Testament real and nb, and an in depth look into the themes of #GollumGame. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @scottblah, @mavsplaniamania, and @ChorbySP. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a full house tonight as John and Maverick are joined by the returning Solon and Lorelai to talk the week in games. John's been playing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax while Solon has marathoned the Hitman and Psychonauts series'. Meanwhile Maverick is still deep into Elden Ring while Lorelai is obsessed with killing Chaos in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. In the news, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl got an update, Supermassive games is making a new star studded game called The Quarry, and Sony showed off the incredibly not good looking Hogwarts Legacy game. It also turns out that a lot of indie studios suck to work at with more stories of workplace abuse from companies like Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon studios. Along with that we go over what happened over the last few weeks with Artesian Builds losing everything because their CEO is a nightmare person. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @mavsplaniamania, @ChorbySP, @JudgementScythe and @john_michonski, Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John and Maverick are back at it again to talk the week in games. John's been digging back into AI the Somnium Files after a 2 year break and also jumped comfortably back into Pokémon Legends: Arceus while Maverick is still stuck deep in the Elden Ring hole, only popping his head out for a Chaos check-in with the Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin demo. In the news we go over Ikumi Nakamura's new studio, the Dead Space remake getting a release date, Super Nintendo World coming to the US, Advance Wars getting delayed and Sony's Japan focused State of Play. We also dig into the sexual harassments lawsuit that's been brought against Sony. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @mavsplaniamania and @john_michonski, Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John and Maverick are back to talk all the games they've been playing this week. John finished up Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna The Golden Country and has been messing with a lot of different mobile games. Maverick spent himself a week in Seattle and had some arcade fun before he buried himself in Elden Ring. In the news, Bandcamp got picked up by Epic Games, Babylon's Fall launched  quieter than a mosquito, CD Projekt Red has cut off sales to Russia, and an NVIDIA leak suggests a new switch is coming. Itch.io also brought in a ton of money for trans rights in Texas with a TTRPG bundle. G/O Media is going on strike and corporate is doing some really scummy things to keep posting content while both Quantic Dream and Activision are having a lot of trouble hiring people for job openings. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @mavsplaniamania and @john_michonski, Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

That's Right, the Video Game Choo Choo Podcast is back and John and Maverick are here to go deep into Pokémon Legends: Arceus and all the news from the Nintendo Direct. John's also been continuing his newfound obsession with Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux and going into the giant world of Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna. Maverick is still going hard into the Trails series with finishing Trails of Cold Steel 3 and starting up Cold Steel 4, along with that he's got some things to say about the MONARK demo and the weird personality quiz they have on their website. It wasn't all good in the Nintendo world as we go into the news with them thanking the feds for throwing a switch hacker in jail for 3 years, Microsoft bought Activision and Sony bought Bungie while Telltale is releasing the Wolf Among Us 2. We've also got some new info leaked on the Resident Evil 4: Remake. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @mavsplaniamania and @john_michonski, Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a new year of the VGCC and it's an all new episode of the podcast! This time John, Elvie, Maverick and Solon take us through a small retrospective of some highlights from last year like Loop Hero, Inscryption, The Artful Escape, Death's Door, Road 96, Cozy Grove and the new Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duels Battle Royale. And we discuss terrible news like Square Enix being unreasonably hyped for NFT, Castlevania 35th Anniversary NFTs, and the pope bearing presence to Megalovania. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, and @mavsplaniamania, @john_michonski,  @lvmaeparian, @chorbysp Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Scott and Elvie take their break from manning the bar to talk about some dang games. Elvie's making some embarrassing shopping mistakes, Scott is flabbergasted by Halo Infinite, our collective experience so far with VA-11 HALL-A, and we read a couple Essays of Empathy. Plus, the hottest news which we've poured into a glass and are lighting on fire, including: what's going on with FFXIV Endwalker, Kickstarter's tripping all over it's nuts for the blockchain, the Vodeo Games union, CD Projekt Red, Bungie, FF7R, more NFT bullshit, and more!

John is back on the pod to talk about his new job working at an arcade, going to CEO to play and watch fighting games, while Solon is here to give his perspective on Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker now that he's finished it. The gang then talks about all the news of the week with Ubisoft diving into NFT's, Garfield garfin' up Nickelodeon All Star Brawl and Activision-Blizzard-King employees preparing to strike. They also dive deep into all the news and awards from The Game Awards before digging into your questions. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @johnmichonski, and @chorbysp Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

The pod is BACK with a very special live-to-twitch episode. Scott, Elvie, Maverick, and Christine are live and must have their mistakes broadcast to the entire world if they say anything incorrect about FFXIV Endwalker, Inscryption, Shin Megami Tensei V, Halo Infinite, Tales of Arise, Forza Horizon 5, Critters For Sale, Hermitage Strange Case Files, and Ruined King. Plus, our ongoing coverage of everything happening with Activision/Blizzard, Sony's Gamepass competitor codenamed Spartacus, Take-Two taking too many copyright claims, The Game Awards, #GollumGame, Swarovski X Halo crystal figurines, and our favorite video game wardrobe changes.

That's right folks, John is back on the pod and he's here to talk about how he's been playing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. Maverick is also on the show for a deep dive into Shin Megami Tensei V.  The week in news was a weird one as we go into the delay of Halo Infinite's co-op and forge modes,  Rockstar saying they are going to fix the hilariously broken GTA Remastered while also selling the original games again. A lot of new games are coming like the Warner Smash clone WB Multiversus and the new Dead by Daylike Dragon Ball: The Breakers. Earthwork Jim is also coming back to television and we can be excited because Dougie Tennapel doesn't have the TV or video game rights to the character anymore. In darker news, Streamlabs finally got called out for the fact that their entire  business is based around ripping off other streaming tools and Bobby Kotick is a nightmare person who knew about everything and never did anything about it. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Content Warning for abuse, sexual assault, physical assault,  domestic abuse and more from 4:30 to 42:00 It's another big news week this week and Scott and Maverick are here with the proper Host/not host dynamic to go through all of it. Our biggest story of the week is the incredibly disturbing story of abuse coming from the  developers of Fight Knight. With the heavy stuff out of the way, we go into Discord's tease of NFT's, X-Box's twitter getting deleted, Among Us and Baba is You are getting updated, and the complete messes that are the Popeye game and the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy remasters. Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 along with Jump Force are being removed from digital storefronts while 1 vs 100 is coming back. The Hat in Time developers are teasing something and I Maed a Game with Zombies In It just popped up for free on steam. The dynamic duo have also been playing a few games, with Maverick digging deep into Trails of Cold Steel 3 and Scott really just wanting to spend all his time in Inscryption when he's not playing Cruelty Squad. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, @scottblah, and @mavsplaniamania. Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.