Video Games Are Bad For You

With the bungled release of ANTHEM, Bioware has come to symbolize everything wrong with the development industry. This week, we examine a company — and a gaming generation — that has lost its way. Link to Jason Schreier's piece: https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964   Don't forget to send questions to videogamesbadforyou@gmail.com. Follow us on twitter @VideoGamesBad4U And subscribe to us on iTunes!   Music Credits: Little Chance by Jahzzar The Shine by Jahzzar The Wrong Way by Jahzzar Take Me Higher by Jahzzar No End Ave. by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0   Quizitive by Lee Rosevere What Have You Done by Lee Rosevere Looking Back by Lee Rosevere Curiousity by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0

When *it* hits the fan, who do we blame? Topics covered: Homophobia in PERSONA 5, Lost Izalith in DARK SOULS, and a review of HER STORY (just in time for Telling Lies!)    Don't forget to send questions to videogamesbadforyou@gmail.com. Follow us on twitter @VideoGamesBad4U And consider subscribing to us on iTunes!   Music Credits: Little Chance by Jahzzar Green Lights by Jahzzar The Wrong Way by Jahzzar Bloom by Jahzzar So Easy by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0    Quizitive by Lee Rosevere Puzzle Pieces by Lee Rosevere Featherlight by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0

Is there such a thing as "Elevated Horror?" We look through the semantics on this podcast mini-episode. Indiewire's article: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/elevated-horror-movies-us-1202053471/   Questions? Comments? Send 'em to: videogamesbad@gmail.com And follow us on Twitter! @VideoGamesBad4U   Music Credits: Quizitive by Lee Rosevere Looking Back by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0   Italia 90 by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0

Google, Google, Google. Following the Stadia announcement, I attempt to decipher a revolution in slow motion.   Don't forget to send questions to videogamesbadforyou@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @VideoGamesBad4U AND DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES!   Music Credits: Little Chance by Jahzzar No End Ave by Jahzzar Step On by Jahzzar Take Me Higher by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0   What Have You Done by Lee Rosevere Looking Back by Lee Rosevere Going Home by Lee Rosevere http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0

Now we're becoming copies of our ever-fading selves. Topics covered: CELESTE, the SNES MINI and SONIC MANIA. Don't forget to send questions to videogamesbadforyou@gmail.com Music: Bloom by Jahzzar Little Chance by Jahzzar The Shine by Jahzzar Green Lights by Jahzzar Step On by Jahzzar Take Me Higher by Jahzzar Italia by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0

What happens when an audience bites back? Topics covered: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD and FALLOUT 76. Don't forget to send questions to videogamesbadforyou@gmail.com Music: No End Ave by Jahzzar Step On by Jahzzar The Shine by Jahzzar Main Square by Jahzzar Little Chance by Jahzzar The Wrong Way by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ All songs licensed under CC By-SA 4.0