CTRL PAD Podcast
1) NEWS GAME PLUS: Episode 6 - Why Disagreeing About Favorite Video Games is OK
In this week's episode, Jeff Cannata highlights the games launching with Google's Stadia, Xbox's "Surprise Me" feature, Sonic the Hedgehog's new movie look, and discusses why it is totally okay to dis...Show More
NEWS GAME PLUS: Episode 6 - Why Disagreeing About Favorite Video Games is OK
08:25 | Nov 16th, 2019
2) LOCAL CO-OP: Episode 6 - The Longer the Game, the Better?
In Today’s episode, Alex Berg and Christian Spicer talk about how bloated, lengthy games can affect playability. Do new-gen games need to have super-long story lines in order to be fun? Tune in and fi...Show More
3) CTRL PAD: Episode 22 - Apple and Valve AR, China and More!
Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about Apple partnering with Valve on an AR headset; China’s gaming regulations for minors; and how Death Str...Show More
4) NEWS GAME PLUS: Episode 5 - Fall 2019 Releases, BlizzCon, and Death Stranding!
Fall is for GAMING! In today’s episode, we highlight all the new releases coming this November; Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, and BlizzCon news; and how Hideo Kojima’s much anticipated game Death Stranding p...Show More
NEWS GAME PLUS: Episode 5 - Fall 2019 Releases, BlizzCon, and Death Stranding!
08:10 | Nov 7th, 2019
5) LOCAL CO-OP: Episode 5 - Problems in Always Covering New Games
Alex Berg and Christian Spicer take inspiration from the chats for this week’s show, examining the issues and reasons in covering new games. Also, please note, there will be no CTRL PAD or News Game P...Show More
6) CTRL PAD: Episode 21 - Game Delays, MP Bots, Fallout 76
This week, Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg talk about the Last of Us: Part II delay, Ubisoft game delays, Bethesda and Fallout 76 subscription, bots in multiplayer games...Show More
7) NEWS GAME PLUS: Episode 4 - When Great Games Become Just Good Enough
On this week’s News Game Plus, Jeff Cannata talks Fortnite bots, this week’s new, big releases, Pokemon Go’s upcoming PvP, and questions when great games are made just “good enough.”
8) LOCAL CO-OP: Episode 4 - Preservation vs Piracy
Alex Berg and Christian Spicer use the recent MS-DOS games added to the Internet Archive as a jumping off point to discuss preservation vs piracy.
9) LOCAL CO-OP: Episode 3 - Character Cameos and Crossovers
Nikole Zivalich and Christian Spicer discuss character cameos and crossovers, and what they mean for games, gaming ... and life?
10) CTRL PAD: Episode 20 - Niantic & Data Tracking, Riot Games, Fortnite Chapter 2, Stadia
Join Jeff Cannata, Nikole Zivalich, Christian Spicer, and Alex Berg for this week’s episode about the data practices at Niantic, Google Stadia, Fortnite Chapter 2 PR strategy and the future of next ge...Show More