12.5K
Downloads
190
Episodes
Video game news that reflects on the latest trends and cultural impacts brought on by gaming. From the perspective of a few guys who wish they had more time to play video games!
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
We're celebrating 100 episodes of Joystick & Mouse! We look back at what our first episode was like and how the gaming industry has evolved over the past 2+ years. Many thanks to all of our listeners who have supported us over the past 100 episodes. We sincerely appreciate you!
Website: www.joystickandmouse.com
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
No, definitely not, from the literal perspective anyways. But the guys talk about a potential bubble happening in the industry, what quality vs quantity means for AAA titles, and talk about what they're looking forward to in the future of gaming with a saturated market!
Website & Contact Info: www.JoystickAndMouse.com
https://www.quora.com/Are-video-games-dying
https://vironit.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-video-game/
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
It works either REALLY well, or REALLY poorly. Video games have been adapted into TV shows and movies for decades now. From Pokemon, to the Mortal Kombat movies in the 90's, to the well-received Witcher and Castlevania series on Netflix. We take time to talk about what has worked, what hasn't, and what we have to look forward to on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Microsoft had quite the roller coaster of a day on Friday. They announced they were going to DOUBLE the price of their Xbox Live Gold membership. This set the internet ablaze, and Microsoft did something great. They listened. We'll talk about what happened and what this means for the bigger picture of subscription services in gaming on today's episode of Joystick & Mouse!
Website & Contact Info: www.JoystickAndMouse.com
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
It's Martin Luther King Jr Day here in the states. As one of the most influential figures who fought for equality and inclusion in America, we wanted to dedicate today's show to take a hard look at inclusion and diversity as it pertains to video games.
Black Girls Code: https://t.co/9HFayOfJbE?amp=1
Website: www.joystickandmouse.com
https://kotaku.com/the-state-of-diversity-in-big-budget-video-games-1845994350
https://www.gamedesigning.org/gaming/diversity/
https://www.thewrap.com/lgbtq-representation-gaming/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/piapeterson/a3-magazine-black-creatives?origin=web-hf
https://theundefeated.com/features/why-arent-more-black-kids-going-pro-in-esports/
https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/30067415/a-conversation-race-diversity-esports-gaming
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Lucasfilm Games enters the arena and isn't bound to EA anymore. What does that mean for new Star Wars games and other IP's under the Lucasfilm umbrella? We talk about this and review Assassin's Creed Valhalla on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!
Website & Contact Info: www.joystickandmouse.com
https://www.starwars.com/news/lucasfilm-games
https://www.wired.com/story/lucasfilm-games-star-wars-ubisoft-indiana-jones-bethesda/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/01/13/star-wars-open-world-ubisoft/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22226966/bethesda-indiana-jones-game-machinegames
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/its-time-for-star-wars-games-to-get-weird/1100-6486292/
https://www.gsmarena.com/cloud_gaming_on_the_go-review-2215.php
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Happy 2021! The guys are back to talk about some gaming highlights from 2020 and their own list of "best of" gaming titles.
Write into the show: JoystickAndMouse@gmail.com
Website: www.JoystickAndMouse.com
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
A racing game developer hits the jackpot. Facebook takes another shot at gathering the gaming community to it's platform by reimagining the video game genre. And we have 2 fantastic lists to dig into: one that went pretty much as expected and the other? Not so much.
We dig into those topics, the state of cloud gaming, and whether or not you should return Cyberpunk 2077 on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!
Website: www.joystickandmouse.com
Email: joystickandmouse@gmail.com
Watch LIVE every Monday at 8PM Eastern: www.twitch.tv/alexalbisu
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/14/ea-to-buy-racing-game-developer-codemasters-for-1point2-billion.html
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/375137/The_Last_of_Us_Part_II_dominates_The_Game_Awards_2020.php
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-12-11-everything-announced-at-the-game-awards-2020
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/14/22166004/best-games-2020-ps4-xbox-one-switch-pc-series-x
https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/11/cloud-gaming-platforms-were-2020s-most-overhyped-trend/
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Is marketing in video games a good thing?
There is a huge kerfluffle about space buns... no not that kind of buns, get your mind out of the gutter!
Shadowlands is out in the wild!
You can now have your very own Pokeball!
All that and a heavy hitter enters the cloud-gaming-services octagon on this episode of Joystick & Mouse.
Website: www.joystickandmouse.com
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
You get a console! And you get a console! And ... what? Oh wait nobody gets a console.
Oxford tells us what we knew all along.
Miles Morales finally makes his debut.
And another list to tear apart .. I mean to go over.
Those stories and the launch of yet another cloud gaming service on this episode of Joystick & Mouse!
Website: www.JoystickAndMouse.com
https://twistedvoxel.com/eight-playstation-console-exclusives-goty-golden-joystick-awards-2020/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/14/us/miles-morales-playstation-5-diversity/index.html