What game or series needs a new entry?
The BitPub is back to it's same old boring three-way with Danny, James, and Ian leading the charge into drunken oblivion. On the way there, they discuss games and game series they think needs a new entry. How great (or super-great) are their picks? Come have a drink and find out! Cheers!
Do Review Scores Even Matter?
Its The Bit Pub's first five-way! Danny, James, Phil, Ian, and new drinkin' buddy Joanna discuss the ins and the out (and then the ins and outs again) of video game review scores. Expect all the usual thrills, chills, spills, Phils, and quill pens plus more. Also, they somehow made it to twenty-five episodes! Cheers!
Will the subscription service doom us all?
Its a slow news week and the lads: James, Phil, and Ian, recorded the night before the launch of the switch. Great idea, right? Nevertheless, they found ways to keep you entertained while you drink. Amidst the discussions about cyst removal, pizza glory holes, the strangest thing they'd subscribe to, midwestern cities that Phil hates, and why wolves are awesome you'll find some pretty good talk about gaming subscription models (what with the new Xbox Game Pass and all). Cheers!
Now that a villain is The President of The United States, we name our top five favorites bad guys.
Danny, Ian, and Amazing Tsunami Welterweight Podcasting Champion of the World: Podcast Patrick, sit down and hash out their top five favorite video game antagonists. Villains, enemies, ne'er-do-wells, or even just folks who create conflict in a story to make a compelling plot, Satan bless 'em! Pour yourself a drink to help drive away all of those painful, villainous memories and get A Bit Drunk with us.
Keeping The Tab Open Pt. 2: Will The Console Be Around Forever?
Its the same old boring and drunk lads: Danny, James, and Ian. This time around, they pick up a series-style conversation that they've been forgetting to continue for a long time: Keeping The Tab Open. This time around its Part 2: The Console. Will it be around forever? Something similar? What could replace it? What hurdles do we as gamers and the gaming industry face? Maybe you'll find the answers here... but probably not. Cheers!
Now that a villain is The President of The United States, we name our top five favorites bad guys.
Danny, Ian, and Amazing Tsunami Welterweight Podcasting Champion of the World: Podcast Patrick, sit down and hash out their top five favorite video game antagonists. Villains, enemies, ne'er-do-wells, or even just folks who create conflict in a story to make a compelling plot, Satan bless 'em! Pour yourself a drink to help drive away all of those painful, villainous memories and get A Bit Drunk with us.
The Nintendo Switch announcement. We came. We watched. We reacted.
James and Ian are joined by podcast favorites Patrick and Phil to watch the Nintendo Switch Announcement. After drinking and watching the event together, they drink and discuss the event together. Exciting? Boring? Disappointing? Invigorating? Erotic? Listen along to find out!
Favorites, anticipations, and last minute Nintendo Switch hopes and predictions.
We're back to getting back off the wagon. This time around the old lads (James, Danny, and Ian) muse of their favorite games of 2016, pick their most anticipated releases of 2017, and give their last minute Nintendo Switch
How would YOU release a brand new console?
Its been a while since you've heard from your favorite lovable drunks but they're more than making up for it. The lads, James and Ian, along with returning guest Trevor Dallier and new friend Phil Denton muddle their way through new Switch news and stumble their way to this episode's ultimate question: how would YOU release a brand new console in today's world? Its a long way down, but rest assured there's gold in them there mines. Grab a festive holiday adult beverage and come along!
What's the next big gaming genre fad?
A similar bunch of non-diverse white dudes, Ian and Danny welcome friend and gamer Trevor Dallier to the drunken reverie. James is somewhere doing something or other, but don't worry he's definitely drunk. While he's away, this new trio predicts what the next big genre fad is going to be. Will it be the return of Survival Horror? VR Tetris and its clones? Sleeping simulators? Your guess is as good as theirs.
Our top five most personally meaningful games.
This time around, the lads rank the games that impacted them the most all throughout their lives. Grab some tissues for a cry-fest and/or a gun for a Texas-style shootin' in the air in agreement as they rank their top five most personally meaningful games.
The bad, the ugly, the terrible. Some of our most loathed games.
In which our heroes discuss the worst games they've ever played: One modern, one classic.
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VR: The hype, the hate, and the (virtual) reality.
This time around its a full-blown four-way as the lads: Danny, James, Patrick, and Ian discuss their hopes, fears, excitement, and boredom with VR gaming. Fun fact, an alternate title for this episode is AUDIO PROBLEMS INC. There's some fun patches of audio distortion sprinkled throughout the episode but we're pretty sure you're brave and drunk enough to get through it.
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Playstation 4K? Xbox One-two?
All of the original lads are back together at last to meander their way through rumours of PS4.5/K/Neo and Xbox One.5 or 2 or whatever. Is iterative hardware the way of the times? How do you avoid alienating your customer base? Haven't we seen stuff like this before? (Looking at you, 32X)
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Do we even need E3 anymore?
The Lads, Ian and Patrick, welcome back Danny Gwinn from the depths of new fatherhood and the absence of sleep. Together, they discuss whether or not the Electronic Entertainment Expo (aka E3) should stick around or if someone should take it out to the pasture and shoot it in the back of the head.
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What's you're favorite Zelda game, and why?
James and Ian welcome back friend and guest Patrick where they all wax eloquent about their most favorite Zelda game... and WHY!? Listen along and yell at your podcast player about how wrong they are. Just make sure you're doing so with a tasty adult beverage in hand.
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Pros and cons! The noble RPG.
Danny and Ian welcome friend and guest Patrick as they discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of RPGs. Drunkenly tackling definitions, popular genre types, and their best and worst examples they are sure to find their way to some solid conclusions. Nothing but smooth sailing here, folks.
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Jerkin' it off to 2016 and all the games within it.
With just two lads and far too many beers, Ian and James stroke in the direction of 2016 and all the great games that are arriving therein. Additionally, Danny is insulted in his absence in accordance with local laws.
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The Pros and Cons of Open-World Gaming
Haggard and hammered, the lads belly-flop into the vast ocean of open-world games. In this the first of a new series of "Pros and Cons", Ian, James, and Danny weigh the shine vs. the shit of open-world gaming.
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The hype train is leaving the station! Everyone get on board! ...Maybe?
Its just the lads again this week as they drink their way through the recent Nintendo Direct and then discuss the modern-day video game hype? What's good about it? What's bad? What should small studios do to survive in a world of publishing giants and huge budgets?
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Is the handheld console dead??
The lads and lass discuss the fate of the handheld console. In light of Shuhei Yoshida's recent comments about the healthiness of the market and the apparent dominance of mobile platforms can the traditional handheld survive? Is it already dead? Will it evolve into something greater and enslave us all?
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Keeping The Tab Open: Mascots. How video game mascots can capture the next generation of gamers.
The lads take a stab at a fairly academic and intelligent subject: marketing. In a new, ongoing series, "Keeping The Tab Open" they drunkenly and fumble their way through the what, why, and how of video game mascots and how (or if) they can be used to capture the hearts, minds, and eventually the wallets of the next generation of gamers.
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A rousing discussion of movie video games and video game movies.
This time, the lads go in, around, and up the arse of cinema culture and discuss movies that were made into video games, video games that were made into movies, games that became movies that became games again, and movies that would make for really rad games. Come get just as drunk and confused as they are!
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A drunken E3 roundup
The lads celebrate James' triumphant return from drunkenness with further drunkenness and a rousing discussion about E3 2015. Sony giving great impressions, Microsoft spending some time looking backwards, and Nintendo... causing a lot of debate. Couple some strong opinions with strong liquor and you got yourself an episode of A Bit Drunk.
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Bragging rights: achievements in video games. Then, now, the good, the bad.
This time around, the lads (minus James because he's probably passed out in a gutter somewhere in Vegas) chat about achievements in gaming. Modern day unlock notifications and trophies vs. the leaderboards and rumors of yesteryear. Where did they come from and what got us to where we are? Are the new methods of bragging rights better than the days of old? What about YouTube and Twitch subcultures of glitching and speedrunning?
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Rockstar just rocks, Star Wars Battlefront, 2015 RPGs, and the ups and downs of Super Space Fetishes.
This week, the lads discuss just how consistently rad Rockstar is, the pants-filling grandeur of the Star Wars Battlefront trailers, and the awesome myriad of RPGs dropping in 2015.
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Getting a podcast off the barstools and into the streets!
In this, the very first BitPub podcast, the lads struggle with recording woes, awkward introductions, a neighbour's "band", and whining huskies. Amidst the chaos is new Virtual Console content discussion, sad Zelda news, and the Power Glove's badass new life in the modern age.
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