The Arcade

Mar 06 2022 52 ep. 2.5k

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A weekly podcast here to infotain you with round-up and commentary on the latest news from video games, science, electronics, entertainment, and anything else that tickles our fancy.

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March 6, 2022

Ludicrous Leadoff: * Rare Pokémon Card Sells For $900,000 USD News of the Week: * Epic Games Acquires Bandcamp * Nintendo Acquires Longtime Partner & Support Studio * The Pokémon Company Announces Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (watch the announcement trailer here) * Capcom Announces Street Fighter 6 (watch the reveal video here) * Panic Makes Playdate SDK Available To Pu

February 6, 2022

Ludicrous Leadoffs: * Simpsons Fan Turns Steamed Hams Segment Into Point & Click Game (watch it in action here) * Atari Releasing Giftable NFT’s To Commemorate Their 50th Anniversary (learn more at the official site here) News of the Week: * Sony Announces Deal To Purchase Bungie For $3.6 Billion * New York Times Buys Wordle For Seven-Figure Sum * PlayStation 5 Has N

January 23, 2022

Ludicrous Leadoffs: * Daniel Radcliffe To Play “Weird Al” Yankovic In Biopic (watch the original parody trailer here) * Microsoft Purchasing Activision Blizzard For Nearly $69 Billion News of the Week: * Microsoft Purchasing Activision Blizzard For Nearly $69 Billion * Take-Two Interactive To Buy Zynga For $12.7 Billion * Awesome Games Done Quick Sets New Record Wi

January 9, 2022 – 2021 Year In Review

Come one, come all, as we here at The Arcade return to you for the first time in 2022! We hope all of you out there managed to survive the holidays, as well as the past 12 months, and are glad that we can be back together again. On this episode, we look back at the year that was 2021 with a focus on some of its bigger stories. In a strange twist, none of the big stories actually in

December 19, 2021 – Christmas Music Special

Come on in everybody, and thanks for joining us on The Arcade’s 15th annual Christmas Music Special! The M.O. for this show is to bring you music for the season you probably haven’t heard before. And boy howdy, do we deliver on that once again this year. Kicking off this year’s show is the Ludicrous Leadoffs, which are themed around internet humor and Christmas comedy. What f

December 12, 2021

Ludicrous Leadoffs: * New Game Being Released For Wii U In December * Modder Makes Skyrim VR Use Real Brain Power (read the original blog post here and watch a walkthrough video here) News of the Week: * Ubisoft Launching Own NFT Platform (read the press release here and watch the announcement video here) * Kickstarter Moving Crowdfunding Platform Over To A Blockchain (read the

November 28, 2021

Ludicrous Leadoffs: * Robot Company Willing To Pay $200,000 To Use Your Face * Plot Of Virtual Land Sells For $2.4 Million (read the official press release here) News of the Week: * Star Citizen Surpasses $400 Million Raised * Epic Games Acquires Harmonix * Microsoft Sending Fans Xbox Anniversary Gift Packages * Microsoft Launches Virtual Museum For Xbox 20th Anniversary (enter

November 21, 2021

Ludicrous Leadoffs: * Feds Say Man Spent Covid Loan On $57,000 Pokémon Card * Australian Developer Launches The NFT Bay News of the Week: * Dragon Ball Asymmetrical Multiplayer Game Announced, Coming 2022 (watch the announcement trailer here) * Nominees Announced For The Game Awards 2021 (read through all the nominations here) * Warner Bros. Announces Own Character Fighting Gam

November 14, 2021

Ludicrous Leadoffs: * FaZe Clan Going Public At An Estimated $1 Billion News of the Week: * Unity To Acquire Weta For $1.6 Billion (watch the announcement video here) * Apple Denied Request To Delay App Store Injunction (read the official court filing here) * Nintendo Switch Close To 93 Million Units Sold To Date * Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Now Best-Selling Mario Kart Game Ever * Metr

October 29, 2021 – Halloween Music Special

Come one, come all and listen if you dare, to our Halloween show that will give you a scare. The plan this year is to make Halloween killer, with songs aplenty that give you a chiller. We play tunes about people who like to kill, all to give you people a great big thrill. There’s music about psychos and songs with horns. There’s even a song about that dreaded candy corn. So ope