Rushdown Radio - Video Game And Entertainment Podcast

Team Rushdown discuss the delicate and sensitive topic of sexual harassment portrayed in the latest installment of Valkyria Chronicles 4. Living in a #MeToo and #TimesUp era in Western society, we are hypersensitive to these kind of things more than ever. With the president saying things like "Grab em by the P**sy" and other lewd sexual misconduct against women, we take a look at how this will affect the optics of this game. It's time we had an adult conversation about adult situations in video games. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Team Rushdown delves into all the foolishness, missteps, shenanigans, bad decisions, terrible PR, awkward publicity, and hiccups made by Electronic Arts aka EA. This is a shit on EA episode. We go through the entire year of 2018 and how EA has completely screwed themselves the entire time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael and Anthony discuss the brand new online service that Nintendo rolled out for their Nintendo Switch. It's safe to say it needs a lot of work and improvement. We do a deep dive into the ins and outs of the new service. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Earlier today we learned about the Mass Shooting in Jacksonville Florida during a Madden 19 eSports Tournament. This tragedy unfortunately forces the gaming community as a whole to confront this issue of gun control and safety at these events. We discuss how this will affect the competitive gaming community and video game culture as a whole. We also discuss ways we as a community can help make events safe and fun for everyone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Team Rushdown discuss Evo 2018 that took place last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Evo or Evolution Tournament is the world's biggest fighting game tournament. On Sunday before the Street Fighter V Top 8, we discuss what went down during the weekend including pop-offs, upsets, character reveals, community salt, bad brackets and so much more. We couldn't fit all of this in a regular episode so this is another Super Combo edition of Rushdown Radio. [The audio may be slightly inconsistent in quality due to recording during the event viewing.] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael and Anthony discuss a topic that flew under the radar from this past Game Developers Conference 2018 (GDC). There was a roundtable discussion about domestic and international regulation regarding video game DLC practices. They also try to find ways to get around these regulations and legislations that they feel hinder their business and financial well being. SidAlpha's Thoughtshttps://youtu.be/Fe1T-Eeyh9oMeeting Info:http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/censorship-strikes-back-roundtable-presented-by-igda/856303 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During our adventures at Combobreaker 2018, Michael joined with friend and colleague Cookye Fu-Sung for a special Pride episode of Rushdown Radio Podcast. He and Cookye discussed a few topics such as LGBT presentation in the nerd community, Nicki Minaj's ChunLi Cover Art and Visuals, Shoujo Fighting games and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are on location at Combobreaker 2018 in St. Charles, IL and we got a chance to chat with CuddleCore aka Jeannail Carter, Pro Tekken Player. We wanted to continue the conversation about women that are apart of the Fighting Game Community and their lived experiences within it. CuddleCore's unique perspective and insight will help people to understand the experiences of women in the FGC. We discuss how she got her start, her process and also a few other topics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The term fanboy within the nerd and geek community has a pretty awful history. Fanboys unfortunately have notoriously been the underbelly of the gaming community as well. They will do all sorts of crazy and outlandish things in favor or in protest of their favorite IPs. We take a look at this culture within the gaming community and why they are harmful. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Team Rushdown delve into the confusing topic of what is the acceptable amount of content for a fighting game in 2018. There is no clear and defined standard at present as many games deliver different amounts and variants of quality. They discuss quality over quantity and the like. Some games mentioned include Injustice 2, Dragonball FighterZ, Soul Calibur 6 and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.