Author Archives: Ethan

About Ethan

Having long been an avid gamer, Ethan found his niche in the PC gaming market, while still occasionally dabbling in the medium that got him into gaming, consoles. Usually, he finds time to play his Xbox 360 and occasionally will dust of his Wii for a bit to play with friends and family when he isn’t found locked in his room playing shooters and strategy games. Follow him on Twitter: @ethanhawkes

Episode 96: World Miitomo Entertainment

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Miss the Small Council? Well, Ethan and Ricardo reunite to bring you a one-on-one podcast that doesn’t involve that awful Game of Thrones game. Instead, they talk about eSports, the biggest wrestling event of the year, being excellent at Hitman, the dark social app that is Miitomo and much more!

Games we played:

Ethan: Hitman, Red Orchestra 2, Miitomo, Stikbol

Ricardo: SFV, Miitomo, Stikbol

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Nintendo fires Treehouse representative

Danny DeVito doesn’t know what Pokemon is

Guitar Hero Live developers had to layoff some people

UCI has a eSports scholarship

Retail Xbox can be used as a developer machine

Trailer trash:

Overwatch: Alive

Enter the Gungeon

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X

DOOM

Killer Instinct Season 3

Miitomo

Dark Souls III

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:43:37 — 142.3MB)

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Episode 95: Travis

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With Matt out of town Ricardo and Ethan hold down the fort with a little help from Parker. The team discusses bad voice acting, CRPGs, VR and video games that Parker finds boring. At the end we got crazy spoilers for hit Zach Snyder film, Batman V Superman. Be careful if you’re sensitive to that sort of thing. It’s a good one!

Games we played:

Ethan: Divinity: Original Sin Enhance Edition, SFV

Ricardo: SFV, Pokken

Parker: Destiny, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Lords of the Fallen

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

VR is here. It seems good, but no great games yet.

Wii U might be shutting down production? Also a fake controller surfaces.

Guess how much all the DLC will cost for RB4 on PC!!

Possible leaked outline for EA E3 presentation

Fake but fun.

Trailer trash:

Dark Souls 3

1979 Revolution

Total War: Warhammer: Master Necromancer

Ratchet and Clank Story Trailer

Starfox Zero nostalgia trip

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:42:14 — 140.4MB)

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Road to Evo 2016 #2: Terms and combos

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Ethan continues his attempt to be good at Street Fighter V in preparation for EVO 2016. Maybe he should takes some lessons from Dhalsim on keeping a calm inner mind. In this video Ethan explains different fighting terminology and what it means when it comes to Street Fighter V.

Episode 94: The wolf is giving birth

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Ethan, Matt and Ricardo sit down for a chill podcast with just the three of them. On the docket this week is VR, Pokkén, UFC 2 and of course Stardew Valley. If we didn’t convince you to listen already, just know the crew takes a quiz on United States regional sayings. Also we go down a dark rabbit hole of beekeeping. Just make sure you don’t run into any mountain screamers while you’re listening.

Games we played:

Ethan: Street Fighter V, Stardew Valley

Ricardo: Pokkén Tournament, EA Sports UFC 2

Matt: Stardew Valley

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Playstation 4.5 is most likely being worked on

Playstation VR $399 or $499 for the bundle, comes out in October

Trailer trash:

Overwatch short

Nightcry official release trailer

Miitomo Trailer

Below Official Death’s Door trailer

Playstation VR worlds

WWE SUPERCARD SUPERTOKEN

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:50:18 — 151.5MB)

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Episode 93: A podcast for Matt’s Wife

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Matt’s cooler younger brother, Andrew, who rides a motorcycle, stopped by the podcast to make fun of Matt. He’s so cool. But besides that games! Ricardo has finally dug into his Wii U purchase and played Splatoon and Hyrule Warriors. Matt started playing Stardew Valley. Ethan on the other hand is letting Stardew Valley take over his life.

Games we played:

Ethan: Stardew Valley

Ricardo: Splatoon, Hyrule Warriors (SFV and Pokemon, yeh yeh…)

Matt: Stardew Valley

Andrew: Rocket League

The NEWS HOUR News Topics (Sponsored by bloodlust):

Radiant Entertainment, the guys making Rising Thunder shut down because Riot bought them.

Cross console multiplayer on Rocket League on Xbox One! Other games to come soon..maybe?

Coleco Cameleon fiasco comes to a close.

Trailer trash:

There’s poop in my soup

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:41:01 — 138.7MB)

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Road to Evo 2016 #1: Pulling the V-trigger on Street Fighter V

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Ethan makes a mistake and buys into the largest Street Fighter V tournament ever! Of course, he can’t just show up and lose his first match, right? This video series will show how a fighting game novice will slowly transform into a fighting game……uh, semi-competent player.

This episode is basically full of Ethan getting in way over his head.

Mario Breakers: Episode 4

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Matt learns the story of the spooky ghost factory. How are ghosts actually made? Find out in Ethan’s devious level, which is aptly named “Ghost Factory.”

Want to find out how ghosts are made yourself?
Use this code in Super Mario Maker: 918f-0000-01da-5ff0

Episode 91: Parental guidance needed

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Ethan, Matt and Ricardo are once again joined by Brandon to discuss pizza, tacos, video games, nostalgia being a powerful force and of course poop.