Turtle Jump Podcast

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we give our thoughts on the mountain of news revealed at E3, the game industry's biggest trade show. We talk about the Sony and Microsoft press conferences, Nintendo's digital event, and the many game reveals and demos present on the show floor. This year's E3 was certainly one for the books.    Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, the we are joined by special guest Justin Davenport to talk Super Metroid, the classic action/adventure/platformer title on the SNES. After the events of Metroid II, Samus Aran learns that the evil space pirates have rebuilt their base on the planet Zebes. The valiant bounty hunter travels to Zebes in order to rescue her baby metroid and hunt down the villainous space pirates. Join us as we discuss this classic Nintendo game.    Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, the Turtle Jumpers share their predictions for the industry's biggest trade show, E3. What will Sony bring for the PS4? How about Microsoft's Xbox One? Will Nintendo be able to salvage the Wii U with some awesome reveals? What's in store for the 3DS? What games will we see? A new Zelda? A new Mario? Something from Naughty Dog? The infamous Last Guardian? We let our thoughts be known here!   Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we bring in special guest Andrew DiMarcangelo of the PolyComics podcast to discuss Nintendo's current troubles--their NintendWoes, if you will. Wii U sales have been abysmal, and Nintendo has posted terrible financial losses for the last couple of years. What could they do to turn the game around? What games would help them, and what policies should they change? We ponder these questions and more in hopes to find hope and a solution for the Big N's big problems.    Check out Andrew's podcast at http://polycomics.com!   Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Ubisoft's artistic platformer Rayman Legends for the Wii U, PS3, PS4, PS Vita Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC. After a long delay, this beautiful sequel to Rayman Origins has finally been unleashed on the public. Join Rayman, Globox, and friends as they seek to save the Teensies from evil.   Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Blizzard's free to play digital trading card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, now available for the PC, Mac, and iPad. We reminisce about our Pokemon TCG experiences of days gone by and then discuss our rediscovery of the joys of trading card games with Hearthstone. Also: existential philosophy, Democritus, Atoms and the Void, Plato's Cave, Cincinnatus, and Kentucky geography.    Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Nintendo's E3 presentation plans, Destiny's Beta announcement, and Eve Fanfest's MMA competition between ten game developers and UFC fighter Gunnar Nelson.    Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we talk news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Yoshi's New Island for the Nintendo 3DS. When the stork delivers baby Mario and baby Luigi to the wrong home, it's up to the Yoshis to protect them from the evil wizard Kamek as they journey toward their real home. This game has plenty of puzzles and platforming action, amazing art and music, and clever design. We elaborate on all those elements, and more.    Send us an letter! We'll read and discuss your emails on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Fez, a delightfully charming puzzle platformer from developer Polytron. Check it out on Steam (for Windows, OS X, and Linux), the Playstation Store (for PS3, PS4, and Vita), or Xbox Live (on Xbox 360).    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Nintendo's upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Last week Sakurai revealed gobs of new information in a Nintendo Direct video, including new modes, items, stages, and character details. He also dropped the news that the 3DS version will be releasing earlier than the Wii U game. We give our thoughts on the new information and express our excitement for the two upcoming titles.    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a weekly video game podcast focusing on Nintendo, Playstation, XBox, and PC games, and more! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss side quests, the optional content that adds flavor to games. We talk about what side quests mean to us and discuss some of our favorite game side quests. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Tomb Raider, and Skyrim, among others, are examples of games with great side quests.    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Tomb Raider for the PS3, PS4, XBox 360, Xbox One, PC, and Mac. When Laura Croft and her friends and collegues are shipwrecked on a mysterious island, they must survive until they can find a way to find help or escape. However, an evil cult and possibly a supernatural force aim to keep them stranded for their nefarious plans. Action, stealth, exploration, intrigue--this game has it all.    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow   Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/turtlejump

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we venture into the unknown, bringing you the first of many SPECIAL episodes featuring our own forays into the world of tabletop gaming. That's right folks, this week you get to witness the TJ boys playing Dungeons and Dragons in a campaign of Paul's making: The Hammer of Moradin. Let us know what you think of this weeks episode on twitter, facebook, or through an email or iTunes review. Thanks for listening, and may you successfully jump every turtle you see.

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about retro Nintendo consoles and our favorite games on those systems that seemed to fly under the radar. No Marios, Zeldas, or Donkey Kongs here--our nostalgia this episode is reserved for less well known titles.    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about NES Remix, Nintendo's reimagining of classic NES titles in the form of short mini-games. Join Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, and other familiar characters as they relive bits of old adventures in this challenging title on the Wii U. We also discuss current news, including the Mario Kart 8 Collector's Edition, Watch Dogs' release date, and upcoming March releases: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and Yoshi's New Island.   Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, the Turtle Jumpers talk about licensed games. Love 'em or hate 'em, licensed games make up a large portion of the video games available. It has been so since the NES days, and licensed games continue to play a major role in the current generate. Some have the reputation of being cheap cash-ins poorly developed. Others hold dear places in our hearts.    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about Capcom and Wayforward's Ducktales: Remastered, the revamped version of the classic NES platformer that helped define the genre. Lead the extravagantly rich Scrooge McDuck through the Amazon, Himilayas, Transylvania, the Moon, and more as he seeks to thwart the Beagle Boys and recover five rare treasures for his money pile. The game is available on PC, Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360.    Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com   Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we talk about love in video games: our favorite game couples, the best love stories, and dating simulator games. We also do a brief roundup of the Nintendo Direct news from February. Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss Batman: Arkham Origins by Warner Bros. Games Montreal. When Black Mask puts a bounty on the Batman, the caped crusader is in for the Christmas eve of his life as the world's deadliest assassins converge on Gotham City. Free-flow combat, predator stealth, detective works, and Gotham exploration--in this game, you ARE Batman. Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow

Turtle Jump is a now WEEKLY video game podcast! Join us as we discuss news, reviews, and in depth discussions of our favorite games. In this episode, we discuss game guides per Jonesy's letter, Allen's new PS4, and Nintendo's fate in the midst of their current troubles.  Contact us! We'll read and discuss your letters on the show! turtlejumpletters@gmail.com Find us on Twitter! @turtlejumpshow 1:40 - Jonesy's Letter: Game Guides 12:20 - Allen's Shiny new PS4 21:20- Nintendo's fate in the midst of trouble