The Disconnected Gamers Podcast
Disconnected Gamers, Where We Reconnect with Gaming and Life
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is now available on the “New” 3DS (Note: It won’t play on a 2DS or an older 3DS), Wii U, and Xbox One. It was previously available on Steam (PC, Linux, OSX), PlayStation 4, and PS Vita, but Nintendo and Xbox players can rejoice in the fun that is The Binding […]
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. released a premium version of the award-winning PAC-MAN Championship Edition™ DX on the Apple App Store for iOS powered mobile devices and on Google Play™ for Android powered smartphones and tablets. Get your thumbs ready cause you’ll need lightning quick reflexes to beat the ghosts and win. Want high scores? Get […]
Episode 30. July 19th, 2015. It’s Mike’s Birthday! Andrew has no clue what he’s doing this week so while we start off with some gaming topics, we quickly and steadfastly veer off course and de-rail. We talk gaming stuff but Andrew rambles far too much this week. Topics that come up are Jamie Lee Curtis […]
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Tic Toc Games, the studio behind the lovely 1-8-16-bit platformer Adventures of Pip has recently announced that it’s in the final phases of it’s PS4 and Xbox One versions. On a KickStarter update from July 17th, they announced: “We are happy to announce that we have officially submitted Adventures of Pip for First Final submission […]
Episode 29. July 12th, 2015. Mike and Andrew talk about Rocket League, the PS4 Successor to Super Powered Rocket Powered Acrobatic Super Cars…or, well, you know what we’re talking about. Psyonix Studios Rocket League released FREE on PS Plus this month ($19.99 on Steam) and it’s awesome! Well, save for the initial server issues the […]
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Episode 28. July 9th, 2015. Mike and Andrew Record a mid-week podcast about nothing. Literally. We just chat and catch up on gaming and end up talkin’ bout pizza. We thought we’d do a more informal podcast mid-week to catch you up on what we’ve been doing. We missed the week prior to ep 27 […]
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Episode 27. July 5th, 2015. Mike and Andrew talk Batman: Arkham Knight and the PC issues with that particular version of the game. The troubled PC Port of Arkham Knight led to it being pulled from stores and Steam, which leads to a bigger question: Why are these games being released in such poor states? […]
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We Happy Few, the newest survival-adventure game from Compulsion Games (Contrast) got a new Uncle Jack video recently. If you didn’t see the first teaser video from the kickstarter page for We Happy Few, I’ve pasted it below for you. We Happy Few focuses on the 60’s aesthetic, but with a group of people who […]
The party game maker famous for the You Don’t Know Jack series, Jackbox Games, has released their newest party game Quiplash. Successfully Kickstarted, Quiplash takes party games to a new level. Quiplash released yesterday, and is available for $9.99 on Xbox One through the Xbox Games Store; the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems via the […]
Languinis Match and Spell is a free to play mobile game (with in-game purchases) that is really annoying on the front end, but ultimately is a nice mobile game to occupy your time in between things. The game plays very much like your typical “matching” tiles/objects/icons games, and immediately felt reminiscent of Treasures of Montezuma Blitz […]
Episode 26. June 21st, 2015. Mike and Andrew re-cap their E3 experiences (not attending of course) and what they loved about the show. Press conferences from Bethesda, Xbox (Microsoft), Sony, Ubisoft and EA all brought up. We talk Fallout Shelter, Fallout 4, Uncharted 4, Doom, and how ultimately it’s the gamers who win this year […]
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Whew. Well, the Sony E3 Presser was yesterday and there was just a TON to talk about and take in. Just look at my notes from the conference! (Mind you it’s more to remember what my brain took it, it’s not like incredibly detailed or anything) So, let’s just start with the obvious: THE LAST […]
I hate to do it, but I have to tell you this up-front: Save your money for now. Chariot Wars is a racing game mixed with a graphic novel story that tries really hard but ultimately falls short. I tested the game with two separate computers (a macbook without an integrated graphics card, and then […]
Below is a hastily compiled list of highlights from the Bethesda E3 Press Conference held on June 14th, 2015. Highlights From The Conference: Doom (Spring 2016 Release Window) Built with Idtech6 Engine, info given by Executive Producer iD Software – Marty Stratton live at the conference. Guns: Amazing detail, Super Shotgun, Shotgun, Heavy Weapon, Plasma Rifle […]
Episode 25. June 14th, 2015. Mike and Andrew catch up on what they’ve been playing, and how Andrew is still alive after repairing the A/C. Andrew got an Alienware Alpha, so he chats about how it’s made his gaming set up even more fun. Discussion leads to E3 and games that we’re hoping to see, […]
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Chiptunes are pretty awesome, so why not incorporate them into a game? That’s exactly what Spectra does, and it’s heading towards Xbox One and PC for July. The long and short about the dev company, Gateway Interactive, and working with independent publishing studio Mastertronic worked together with ID@Xbox self-publishing program and to PC, Mac, and Linux this […]
Chip’s Challenge 2 is the successor to the famed Chip’s Challenge that was available in the way back machine known as Atari Lynx, MS-Dos and also Windows 95, among other devices. My first experience with Chip’s Challenge was on a Packard Bell Windows 95 machine, that had the Microsoft Entertainment Pack. The Entertainment Pack #4 […]
“Sully we gotta move!” Uncharted is being re-mastered for PS4, coming October 9th, 2015, according to Naughty Dog via the PlayStation Blog. This is a huge announcement coming just before E3 on June 16th. The remaster, interestingly enough is being handled by Bluepoint Games out of Austin, TX. As Arne Meyer stated in the blog […]
Steam has recently changed their return policy on steam games. Taken from the Steam program on Windows, “You can request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam—for any reason. Maybe your PC doesn’t meet the hardware requirements; maybe you bought a game by mistake; maybe you played the title for an hour and just […]
Xboxes in Australia just got slightly more awesome. The ID@Xbox bundle, titled the Xbox One Independent Developers Pack, contains download keys for 5 full games and extra bonus content for 2 free-to-play games. The games are as follows (some descriptions borrowed from the Australian Xbox page) Hand of Fate – This is a great action/card […]