Video Game Choo Choo

It's time for another episode of the Video Game Choo Choo Podcast. This week John sits down with Maverick to talk about the week in games. John finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and jumped into A.I. The Somnium Files: Nirvana Initiative while Maverick played some of the Street Fighter 6 Beta and more God of War: Ragnarok. In the news, Congress grilled game makers about extremism in the gaming space, Ash is no longer the protagonist of the Pokémon Anime, and John Carmack has left Meta. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's Episode 420 so you know what that means. That's right, It's time for John, Lorelai, and Maverick to talk about the week in games. John's about to finish Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick has been digging into Need For Speed: Unbound. Lorelai has finally connected with a Pokémon game with Pokémon: Scarlet, Marvel's Midnight Suns, and Harvestella. In the news we go over The Game Awards, Microsoft getting sued by the FTC for the Activision merger, Microsoft voluntarily recognizing the Zenimax QA staff Union, and Yuji Naka getting arrested a second time for insider trading.  As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album 

Thanksgiving is over which means it's time for John and Maverick to talk the news around games. John's been playing Pokémon and Maverick's been playing Need For Speed Unbound and God of War: Ragnarok. In the news, another division of Activision has unionized, the Mario Movie is coming, and Twitch has finally integrated much needed featured for combatting hate raids. We also go over the mess surrounding Panda Global and the Smash World Tour. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that Yuji Naka got arrested for insider trading. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

The VGCC is back on the air after a day off due to scheduling problems! Join John, Solo and Maverick to discuss the latest events in gaming. This week we talk about the ZA/UM firing of Disco Elysium's lead creatives and the allegations regarding writer Robert Kurvitz. Complicated opinions swell regarding Sonic Frontiers. The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake has been finished and leaked onto the streets, yet no release has been announced and we take a moment to celebrate Kevin Conroy's life and work. We have an indepth conversation to finally close the book on Bayonetta 3, John imported a copy of Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher which leads to an interested discussion of regional differences in titles. Signalis is a game about girls that are robots and also Zombies and Solon has a lot of good things to say about it! We talk about recent developments in the tech industry, and consider Kojima's disclosure that several companies have been trying to acquire Kojima Productions. As always, you can support us on o

It's a full house this week as John is joined by Lorelai, Maverick, and Solon to talk about the week in and around games. This week, John's still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but he's also digging in to the new Marvel: Snap. Maverick is still lost on the Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher grind while Solon has been playing a whole lot of Purgatory Dungeoneer. Lorelai's been spending time on the farm with Coral Island, Potionomics, and Potion Permit when she isn't rocking out with the rollback beta of Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 and the first 2 chapters of We Are OFK. In the news, People have gotten the Miiverse social features of the WiiU working, Rocksteady's studio heads are leaving, and Space for the Unbound has found a new publisher. Sadly, Reiko Kodama has passed away, Activision is pulling more union busting antics, and The Witcher 1 is getting a remake. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, @JudgmentScythe and @Mavsplainiamania Also, do

It's the weekend, which means it's time for John and Maverick to sit down and talk about all the happenings around the world of Video Games. Maverick's been playing Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher and John has actually played games that aren't Xenoblade Chronicles 3. That's right, he's spent this week digging back into Strange Journey, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, and Scorn.  In the news, the Zelda Wiki has left Fandom and gone independent. Digimon World: Next Order is getting a Switch port and Konami had a lot of new Silent Hill announcements to go over. The new G4 has been shut down due to severe mismanagement, and the Diablo 4 QA department is allowed to vote on forming a union. We also go over all the new information we got over the last week regarding the Bayonetta situation. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in ques

It's Sunday which means it's time for John to sit down with Rosa and Maverick to talk about the week in games and the news around it. John's still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick's been digging into Tokyo Xanadu, The House in Fata Morgana Door 2, and the Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 demo. Rose went old school with some a whole lot of Chrono Cross when she wasn't playing Library of Ruina and Genshin Impact. In the news, Facebook doesn't understand how legs work and Twitchcon broke legs with their shallow and dangerous foam pit. FFVII: The First Soldier is shutting down and an old animatic for a Kingdom Hearts cartoon pitch came out. In labor news, Blizzard is dealing with a new lawsuit and Nintendo had to settle a legal case over their union busting efforts. Hellena Taylor also came out and detailed why she isn't returning as the voice of Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3 after being offered a pittance of $4000 for the role. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo, 

It's Episode 414 this week, but most importantly, it's time for the sixth episode 69, the episode where we take all your deliciously romantic questions. John is joined by Scott and Maverick to bring the love this time around. Scott's been playing with the Steam Deck messing around with the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, Elden Ring, and Nier Replicant. John's still just playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick's been digging into Weird RPG. In the news the team lovingly go over all the new Pokémon info, Chaos;Head Noah being released on Steam, Need For Speed: Unbound, and the Mario Movie. Kojima's new game is coming and Magic: The Gathering is adding Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed cards. Jennifer Hale is also going to be Bayonetta now.  As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @FKAsocks and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to

It's a full Crew in house tonight as John is joined by Elvie, Maverick, and Solon to discuss the week in games and 90's webcomics. John's still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 while Maverick has been wired in to Gundam Evolution. Solon played through the point and click classic LOOM while Elvie dug into Dragon Ball: The Breakers and Midnight Ghost Hunt. In the news, Toshimichi Mori the creator of Blazblue left ArcSys, Skull and Bones was delayed while Scorn was moved up, and E3 is back being run by ReedPOP. ZA/UM has dissolved, Wiglett is coming, and the Google Stadia is officially dead. Finally, the Shenmue and Blade Runner anime's are being cancelled by WB/Discovery, and there is a new Onimusha anime coming from Netflix. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, @ChorbySP, @lvmaeparian and @Mavsplainiamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask b

It's a John and Maverick show for episode 412 of the podcast! We talk stupid news, GTA 6 leaks, Splatoon 3, Splatfest, John continues to enjoy Xenoblade 3, has mixed thoughts on Soul Hackers 2, Among Us and Hololive have a new collaboration out, GameStop is giving out copies of Babylon's Fall, Deltarune's Spamton makes some noise, EVGA and Nvidia split, Maverick takes us deeper into the world of Honkai Impact, and Twitch is now regulating gambling content. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @john_michonski, and @mavsplaniamania Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It’s a big news week this week as John, Solon, and Lorelai are here to go over it all as well as what they’ve been playing this week. Solon’s been recovering from PAX and John’s been playing more Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Lorelai has been pulling a demo week with the demos and betas for Havestella, Various Daylife, Valkyrie Elysium, and her future Game of the Generation Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. AIn the news Babylon’s Fall is shutting down, Deltarune is getting an update, Overwatch is going offline for a couple days, EVGA is leaving graphics card manufacturing, and major layoffs have hit G4TV and Fanbyte. We also go over all the news from the Nintendo Direct like Zelda : Tears of a Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Fire Emblem Engage, Octopath Traveler 2, and all the farming games. At the Sony State of Play, we say a new Team Ninja game, Tekken 8, Pacific Drive, and the show closer, a God of War controller. Finally, we go over everything from TGS from Like a Dragon: Gaiden, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon 8, Street Fighte

For no particular reason this week, Maverick got really into Crusader Kings III and playing as Irish royalty. John's diving deeper and deeper into Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and he continues to love it! On the news side, D23 sure was an event that happened and John gets live updates on the Ubisoft conference from this weekend. Games Done Quick look at another online marathon for next year in the wake of Florida's Anti LGBTQ bills while Twitch's brain geniuses continue to make the website optimal to its user base by shutting down Host Mode in the weeks to come. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania and @john_michonski Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

John's back in the hosting chair this week as he's joined by a returning Rose and Maverick to talk about this week in games. Maverick is still lost in the Fortnite Goku hole while John and Rose have been playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Rose has also been playing a lot of Shin Megami Tensei 5, Pokémon Puzzle League, and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. In the news, Mario Kart Tour dropped it's gatcha system, Halo Infinite dropped it's plans for split screen co-op, and Steam dropped Domina after it's lead developer went on another transphobic tirade. We've got a new Assassin's Creed coming to us and a new monkey coming our way in Pokémon. Finally Diablo: Immortal cracked down on people buying stolen currency and now some players are experiencing orb debt which I just want to write the words orb debt one more time. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, @john_michonski and @Horngal Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, an

It's a long one this week as Maverick hosts the show alongside Lorelai and Solon. Maverick's been playing Fortnite and Splatoon 3 while Solon is living for We Are OFK. Lorelai's been digging into Final Fantasy XIV's 6.2 patch when she's not experiencing real Brisket hours in Guilty Gear Strive or enjoying the newly rebooted Saints Row. In the news, Masahiro Sakurai's got a Youtube channel and Hideo Kojima's got a podcast.  We're getting a new Dualsense wireless controller and Pokémon breeding is rumored to be changing. A Space for the Unbound has been delayed indefinitely because of their publisher being predatory as all hell. Gamescom also happened and we have a lot of release dates for games like Sonic Frontiers and New Tales From the Borderlands. We also got more detailed looks at Return to Monkey Island and Dead Island 2 and more. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, @ChorbySP and @JudgementScythe Also, don’t forget to rate and review us

It's Sunday, which means John and Maverick are here to talk about all the news of the week. Maverick's got a new job so he's thinking about getting into Fortnite while John is finally digging into Xenoblade Chronicles 3.  We've got a whole lot of video game movies on the way to talk about while Embracer Group seems to own every franchise now. Dead Island 2 is still happening, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is still being updated with new content, and Multiversus is getting Black Adam and the little Gremlin Stripe. Aerotek, a QA company for Nintendo is dealing with a sexual harrassment issue and Nexus Mods has banned Spider-Man anti-pride flag mods and taken an extremely strong stance against mods that do similar. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.

With EVO over it's a big news week this week as John and Maverick sit down to go over everything. John's been playing Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected while Mav finished up Sleeping Dogs when he wasn't playing in the Rumbleverse. In Evo news, Garou/Fatal Fury is getting a new game while Street Fighter 6 is getting Kimberly and Juri. In the biggest news of the weekend, Samurai Showdown and Dragon Ball FighterZ are getting rollback while Guilty Gear Strive brought back Bridget and had her come out as trans. In movie news Sonic 3 got a release date and a live action Pac-Man movie is being developed. Dragon Ball is being added to Fortnite and mask and vaccine requirements are being added back to Twitchcon. We also go over all the news from THQ Nordic's digital showcase and the Splatoon direct. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If yo

It's EVO week and that means it's time for your yearly allotment of fighting game news! Persona 4 Arena has Rollback, KOFXV has Crossplay, No rollback for Granblue and Marie is coming to Skullgirls as a full character finally. Twitchcon is not following safety regulations, and Crypt of the Necrodancer is revving up to a sequel release. Join John and Mav in a 1v1 head to head breakdown of the fighting game event of the year! As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

It's a full crew this week as Lorelai, Solon, and Maverick sit down with Scott to talk about all the fun they've been having this week. Solon's been living his lawn perfect lifestyle with Lawn Mowing Simulator and Maverick's been playing Sleeping Dogs. Scott finally finished the super hard Inscryption challenge and then had some time with Norco and Pathologic 2. Lorelai's been digging into a lot with Rogue Legacy 2, Live A Live, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and has been working her weekend in Final Fantasy XIV's in game convention LunarCon. In the news, Roblox is now oofless, Meta is jacking up it's prices, you can't see John Cena in Fortnite, and Rockstar Games seems to be cleaning up it's act in regards to it's workplace culture. I guess Grand Theft Auto 6 is a thing now too. In other workplace news, Vox media sucks and is laying off employees. Scott then goes deep into the week of weird Nier church videos and everything around that. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGCho

John's off this week but Solon and Lorelai are still here to sit down and talk about all things video games. Lorelai's still playing Monster Hunter Rise, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, and of course some Final Fantasy XIV. That's when she hasn't been digging deep back into Rune Factory 5 now that it's out on PC and running like a dream rather than a glitchy frame rate dropping mess. Solon's been really enjoying his Tim Schaefer kick with Grim Fandango and then he get's 6 minutes to talk about the AI: The Somnium Files: nirvanA Initiative before he gets melted into goo. In the news, Cyberconnect announced a sequel to Fuga: Melodies of Steel, Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duels are coming, and the boys are back with some looks at Yakuza 8. With the heat wave here, Steam is letting people know they should keep their Steam Deck's inside for maximum performance. Lebron James and Rick & Morty are coming to Multiversus, the Sony purchase of Bungie has finally been finalized, and in potential great news Blizzard Albany is

John, Solon and Maverick are here to talk about what they've been playing and all the news of the week. John's been digging into Xenoblade Chronicles again and Mega Man: Battle Network when he's got the spare time. Mav's been having some good monkey time with Monster Hunter: Rise and Solon's been going hard at Neon White when he's not digging into A.I. The Somnium Files: nirvanA Initiative. In the news Nintendo of Japan is supporting it's queer employees and bought Dynamo Pictures.  The Metal Gear games that had to be taken down due to right's issues are coming back, and Kirby's Dream Buffet is on the way. Multiversus is coming soon and just so you're not confused, Rumbleverse is too, and they are not the same game.  Unity is partnering with everyone's favorite malware provider IronSource, GameStop launched their NFT collections, and the new Skate is a free to play live service game. In October we're getting both a new Genesis Mini as well as Bayonetta 3. We cap it all off by diving into your questions. As