Gaming Trend Podcast

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about video games you can escape life to. - After hours of technical difficulties we finally have an episode! - If you buy a Switch the rule is you have to buy animal crossing. - Let's play a game where we do menial tasks and chores for...fun - You don't have to worry about summoning demons out of this Necronomicon. -We are nothing but Space dust trying to find its way back to the stars. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the human race becoming more and more dependent on AI Robots. - When the robots are more empathetic than humans we have a problem. - For the love of all that's holy don't overwork employees to get a game out faster, we can wait. - Somehow Disintegration flew under both our radars and now we NEED it. - Because we hate human interaction lets buy robots that will help us instead. - Jon worked really hard not to talk about sex robots...he deserves a cookie. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the unsung hero Valkyrie Profile hitting its 20th Anniversary. - My house is possessed by a demon and things are dying around me. - Erica is trying to describe Valkyrie Profile to a person who has never played it and its harder than you think. - Shout out to Elisa Wikey who got a shout out from Kevin Smith about her Gallery 1988 art! - Please tell me what makes a tent unisex? Do tents have a gender!?!? - Microsoft= big dick energy Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk with the CEO and Co-founder of Massive Damage, Ken Seto, about Star Renegades. - Imagine a game with classic JRPG feels with bright vibrant colors everywhere! - 2DX is my favorite game art style now. - But honestly why is everyone and their momma into rogue-lites now? - You can now own all the 80's stuff your parents wouldn't buy through American Girl Doll. - RIP RBG - How did preforming dental surgery on a hoverboard lead to 12 years in jail? Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the history of micro-transactions and what they mean for the future of gaming. - If you want to keep that 20 dollar game you need to keep paying up 19.99 for like, ever! - amiibos are the poor mans statue. - Are loot crates classified as gambling? - Since we cant see first hand someone getting murdered at the local dive bar lets play a board game about it. - Remind me not to go to grandpas villa in France anytime soon. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the controversial topic of game ports. - Add some smiles to the clouds, brighten up the grass, add some mumbas here and we got a new game! - Why does it take 20 some years to get JRPGs over here? - Amazon...do you have a new Zelda game or not... - All your mario are belong to ME. - Trusting Spirit Airlines with bio-metric check-ins is like trusting a foreign prince with your money. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about the disappointing game endings they've endured. - If you just like killing things story mode doesn't really matter. - Am I real....are you real...what is real??? - A game where you live long enough to become what you hate. - If throwing random food in a pot couldn't get easier, now it has wifi! - RIP Chadwick Boseman, Wakanda forever. - Robert Patterson is like a fem boy batman. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about their favorite Aliens in Video Games! - Any game where I can wield a cow as a weapon is good in my book. - Earthbound is Mother 2, not Mother, and there is Mother 3...and we have never officially got in the states...yeah, that's right. - Erica's new thing she likes doing is guessing retro game and accessory prices. - Jon finally has decent headphones and now we are both on team Turtle Beach! -On the next episode of Florida man... Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about Doomsday prepping, Zombies, and bug out bags! - I'll let Jon say Evil Dead is a zombie movie...even though it's not. - Jon can't fathom the fact that some people don't know how to use a gun. - So I had no idea there were like 60 million colors, this seems like something I should of known. - Testing on dead pig heads is why we cant have anything nice! - RIP Kissanime, you were to good for the world. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about Retro Resurgence into today's time. - If you don't want to invest in a real classic system the minis are a total win. - Surprisingly you can still get sealed PlayStation games for cheap on Ebay...or is that a surprise? - I'm gonna say this once...not a huge fan of Sega, Mario raised this Brat. - SupaBoy off this hoe - I don't care how antibacterial the outer coating is, it will still get poop on it! Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about at home conventions like SDCC and Gen Con. - Everybody, Rock your body right, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back alright! - Please tell me why Target and Funko still haven't prepared their web page for con ordering? - Ctrl board game...more like hardcore sorry - The only good thing Walmart is doing right now is selling motu origin figures. - Do NOT take away my TikTok!!! Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller discuss all the released exclusives for the upcoming system X Box Series X. - The Gunk is described as a in-between of Pikmin and The Goonies - We already have irl zombie deer, they're not that special State of Decay. - Pretty sure Everwild is just FernGully in disguise. - Now Erica is making dick jokes...thanks Jon. - Hearing that Luigi was planned to be in Super Mario 64 but didn't make it kinda makes me angry. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about a Karen discovering Adult swim 19 years too late. -Karen put your dang kids to bed and we wouldn't have this problem. -I'm totally a semi-normal, moderately functioning human being and I grew up on Adult Swim! -How dark is too dark for a Super Mario game? -Since you haven't been able to spend your hard working money buy some SDCC exclusive goodies. -I wan't the PSP to come back and I'm willing to sacrifice all the Vitas... Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about all the video games that give you that tingly feeling in your tummy, along with a good life lesson attached to it. - We need to talk about the speciesism in Majoras Mask...its just not fair to little Deku Link. - There is a reason D.A.R.E isn't around anymore. - Jon makes dick jokes as a grown man. - Dinosaurs, AI, Horror, what more could you ask for? - 2020 is the year of the video game kitty cats, I don't wan't to hear otherwise. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller are joined by the head honcho of Gaming Trend, Ron Burke. -Erica is upfront about knowing nothing about computers other than if it has numbers AND letters its good. -Jon is the the Junk Lady from the Labyrinth accumulating everyone's old PC products. - Ron talks nerdy about his OriginPC EVO-15-S Laptop - Nothing beats a party like a Coronavirus college party! - So delicate. So beautiful. So gunpowdery?Get Eau De Space today Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week live from the cesspool of Texas, Jon Miller and Erica Echlin talk about the pandemic and video games! - Okay but why is the user rating of the Last of Us II a 4.8? -Duke Nukem is the reason I have unrealistic standards in men. - Move over game Boy Micro! here comes a micro system you can't even see! -I've always wanted to live during the Civil War, Spanish Flu, Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement, Watergate, and the Dust bowl...not at the same time but still. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week we have a Game Zone episode! Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about all the new console, and game drops over the weekend. - While I look forward to feeling textures on the new PS5 controller Jon has other ideas... - Who to pick? Wifi Router or Mini Fridge? - I will take all video games with Kitty Cats please!!! - Jon somehow missed the new Jay and Silent Bob game - Do we even have to say Halo is coming out? Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This week we are not putting out an episode in support of Black Lives Matter. Gaming trend stands in solidarity and support of the Black Lives Matter movement. We're heartbroken. We're angry. We are appalled by the police brutality which killed George Floyd and countless others. We have donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and we call on our listeners to donate, support, and engage on both local and national levels. The system is broken, we all need to do our part to reform it. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

This Week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller discuss their favorite and some obscure Iconic Enemies. - Steam hates Jon, but he is able to play Aqua Lungers! - I'm really glad Psycho Mantis is just reading my memory card and not my browsing history... - I want my Geno on my Nintendo Switch now! - Everyone who leaves butter out to eat can loose my number - Twitter fact checking Trump is a major flex Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy

Erica and Jon are going back to basics (and testing some audio) by themselves this week! Join us as we talk about space and Games based in it. -So I seriously thought Master Chief was more cyborg and less genetically modified giant person thing. - Fly me to the moon, let me survive among those stars...please -Look if my wallet doesn't have lights, sounds, and tracking I don't want it -What could go wrong in an experimental space house in -30 degree temperature...and polar bears...and alone...okay a lot could go wrong. -SpaceX is just a huge nod to pop culture and nerds and I'm here for it. Join and continue the discussion on Discord here https://discord.gg/Yj6fQgy