Episode 106: The key moments in the history of the First Person Shooter genre.

Episode 201: The Decathlon

In the debut episode of season two of our podcast, we lay out the details of the upcoming Scion Esports Decathlon, and discuss the motivations behind its development.  Also, some sweet classic VGM trivia.

Episode 106: The key moments in the history of the First Person Shooter genre.

In this episode we explore the first person shooter genre from its roots in the early 90s through the modern competitive esports era of today.  Matth3w joins us to give a youngling's perspective on the modern shooters.

Episode 105: The hardware and design processes that drive the video game industry.

This week our friend Sam "RetroReject" Hayes fills in for Dustin who is again off galivanting around the Forgotten Realms.  We discuss the hardware that has powered the video game industry, from the Golden Age of Arcades, through the Video Game Crash of 1983, the Console Wars, the transition to CD-ROM format, and other pivotal moments in video game history.  Note: We're sorry about the mic doubling that starts popping up 30ish minutes in... Definitely going to troubleshoot that this week.

Episode 104: We explore the D20 Roleplaying genre.

On this episode we are exploring the wide range of D20 system video games, beginning with their origins in tabletop gaming and traveling through time from D&D 2E, to ASCII, to Fallout, to BG3.  Sorry about the mic doubling... we had a little technological setback this week, but we'll be back to that sweet sweet Bayou Retreats studio sound next week.

Episode 103: Scion Esports and the Legacy of Halo.

In this episode we focus on just Halo for almost the whole hour.  We talk about the lore, the games, the books, our experiences and memories with the franchise, and Scion Esports' longstanding relationship with Halo on the esports side of the scene.  Scooter Michelli and Josh "Aero" Janiec join us to reminisce.