The XboxCast
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Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Kyle has been giggling in his sleep.
And it could be because of his new laptop...
Kyle gets a quick 1000GS in Bullet Beat, thanks to a cheeky update. So, now it's time to redownload that! Lee is going full on into story mode on Jedi: Fallen Order and Marvel's Gaurdians of the Galaxy. And Simone is eating mans in Maneater! What a strange week for gaming. And of course, the best way to cap a strange week in gaming is by playing Anthem! Pour one out for what could have been a great game...
We're going to be at PAX Melbourne! Do you want to get an XboxCast hug? Come up to us and do the floss!
Then we'll know that you're a listener. And you may get stickers, or merch, or maybe just the promise of merch... But who knows. We don't remember half of what we say.
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Kyle: XarCrius on Xbox and Twitter
Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
We do the charts.
Unironically.
Gears 5 is giving away two free achievements because it's dropping certain modes, and this leads to an interesting thought - is this the right way to do it? Or is there a better way to deal with discontinued achievements? How would you deal with achievements tied to things that stop working? Stupid freaking Rockband and their "check our website" achievement!
You can now get GamePass for 42% off! But only if you're in the US. Not if you're in ANZ. Because we don't get things like that here... Luckily Scotland joins ANZ in being slow when it comes to Xbox. Almost as slow as Lee is when it comes to reading the news stories. There's a rumor that Zenimax Online is building a Mandalorian MMO. And who owns Zenimax? Some small company called Microsoft...
And Skull & Bones - the long-awaited game from Ubisoft - is getting a TV show. Did you know? We didn't. And do we really need another pirate TV show?
In another announcement - we're back on Twitch and YouTube! Woohoo! And we've made the game give away even easier now - subscribe to our YouTube channel and we'll give away these games when we get to 100 subscribers. So, what are you waiting for? Get subscribed!
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Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
When you stop drinking tea, does the Queen unfriend you?
Asking for a friend...
April is finally over! And boy did we play a lot of trash. So much trash. Lee played almost every baby game known to man. But we know someone who played even more baby games than we ever thought existed! The winners this month... *drum roll please*
Neomaster with 157,875 GS in one month wins the Touch Some Grass Award for the most gamerscore in one month. Out of The XboxCast, Lee wins with 29,477 GS! His personal best!
Diabolic Jester wins the Have You Thought About Staying Inside? award for the most steps! He got 408,432 steps in the month of April. Kyle beat the other two slackers with 305,466 steps!
Neomaster popped 2,425 achievements and takes home the Addicted To The Pop award! With 266 chevos popped this month, Lee beat the other two.
Thanks to everyone who took part! We have some big plans for next year already. And we even had an official competition running with the gamer score plus steps going on. Should we make it official next year? Too late. We already have!
Keep an eye on the website, as we'll be adding all these stats to it at some point. You'll be able to see all the graphs and info your little heart could desire. If there's any other stats you want to know about, tell Simone! She's the keeper of the graphs.
In another announcement - we're back on Twitch and YouTube! Woohoo! And we've made the game give away even easier now - subscribe to our YouTube channel and we'll give away these games when we get to 100 subscribers. So what are you waiting for? Get there and get subscribed!
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Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
Lee deals with auditors. And no one cries.
We call that a win!
Maybe we should turn this podcast into our work stories? Because it seems like both Lee and Kyle have a lot to say on the subject. And Kyle's laptop is about to melt into the center of the earth while recording this podcast. Happy times all around!
The charts continue to be whelming. Not overwhelming, or underwhelming. Just whelming. Just what we expect. Kingdom Hearts 4 is revealed and looks super realistic. Like almost true to life real... Not exactly the direction we expected. Especially when Lee finds the wrong video!
Is Certain Affinity looking to be sold to Microsoft? Or is 343 Industries going to be taken off Halo? Something has to be done as the perception is that Halo is not evolving fast enough. Are you still playing Halo Infinite?
March saw the best month ever for Xbox - selling almost half a million units in one month alone! Great job everyone. And well done to Phil for turning the Xbox ship around in such a massive way. Microsoft has also grown almost all its businesses, so the future is very bright indeed.
And do you remember Riders Republic? We got slightly obsessed with it earlier this year. Well, it's gotten a Season 2! New stuff, new events, new, new, nu! How exciting.
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Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
All four of us, back together again?
Covid-crew go!
Kyle and Simone have been away on holiday while Lee and Paul have gotten the spicy cough. That's our excuse for missing some podcast episodes, and we're sticking to it!
So, to make up for it, we got Paul in to chat about... movies! Movies, TV series, RPG's and somewhere there is a podcast all about our April Achievement Challenge (including some games).
What games did you play for AAC? We played some really bad games. So bad, most of us gave up and went back to CyberPunk! Simone has given XCloud a good shake while on holiday. What did she think and how did it handle? Want to hear us rant about these bad games? Which game wins the One Leaves award this month? How much trash before we just go "we've done enough"? You'll just have to listen to this episode to find out.
In another announcement - we're back on Twitch and YouTube! Woohoo! And we've made the game give away even easier now - subscribe to our YouTube channel and we'll give away these games when we get to 100 subscribers. So what are you waiting for? Get there and get subscribed!
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Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
You're welcome to write a letter of complaint to us.
We may even reply...
While the news has gotten noticeably quiet in prep for June, it doesn't stop us from spending an hour ranting about things. The game play charts are not super exciting, Kyle is super close to buying Overwatch, and will Tiny Tina Wonderlands come to Game Pass?
Xbox is having a sale, and we think we've cracked the code for when these things happen. Is Simone right? Do these sales happen on the second month of the season? We'd love to know so we can put it in our calendar! And in the constant search for content, we go through some of the more interesting deals.
Unreal Engine 5 has dropped and looks amazing, but we're a bit dubious of there being only 2 game engines in the world. Hopefully it doesn't come down to Unity VS Unreal... We'd be missing out on so many cool and interesting looks in games. But we can't argue with how amazing UE5 is.
Microsoft has been accused of paying for chip priority. Also known as business common sense. And it's working!
Xbox is sitting as the top selling console for the past few months! Often outpacing the competition by a very healthy margin. Is it too early to say that Xbox is back to the glory days of the 360 - hardware wise at least.
We're still knee deep in the April Achievement Challenge and would love you to join us. We're also doing a step challenge, so if you can't get some alone time with your Xbox, you can at least compete on the physical side!
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Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Have you been following Lee on Twitter?
Because if so, we apologize!
The April Achievement Challenge is here, and we have been giving it a good run so far. Lee is off to the races and looks like he's trying to take down Neomaster all by himself.
Simone is already sick of playing games, and she hasn't even been playing any. Seems like Kyle is to blame... Moaning about all the baby games he's playing. All these games! And they are all terrible.
Lee gets through 17 games, Kyle gets through 8-ish and Simone, one.
Want to join in on the challenge this month?
Join our #Discord and jump in!
In some good news - Lee has almost 100%'d CyberPunk. Now that's an achievement!
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Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
The podcast is never early, nor is it late.
It arrives exactly when it means to.
The charts aren't remarkably interesting this week... Fortnite removes building-mode and stays the same. GTA V releases a next-gen version and... stays the same... Elden Ring and CyberPunk are slowly dropping off. Looks like we might be stuck in the doldrums after the recent excitement.
Xbox is trying its hand at 'Cloud Native' games again after being burnt by Crackdown 3. But maybe they can focus on it this time and make it great. They certainly have found the right person with Kim Swift! Either way, we watch with interest.
In some late breaking news, and confirming what we've been seeing for the past 3 years, and after confirming it multiple times, it's now been confirmed, yet again, that Game Pass is profitable and good for the industry!
And apparently there's been a Game Pass leak too... A nice big Blizzard game in fact. Could this be a sign of things to come?
And who is Ashley Burch? The name sounds familiar...
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Kyle: XarCrius on Xbox
Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
We're the most cultured Xbox podcast around.
Pop cultured!
April brings with it the April Achievement Challenge! Are you ready? We're going to need everyone's help to take down Neomaster! For those that need some remembering, April is the month where we all get as much Gamer Score as possible, we all try get the most achievements and we attempt to take the most steps?
We're also doing a game give away! And you can enter. See, we're kind like that... If you're looking for details on how to enter, it's all on our website right here. Basically, subscribe to our YouTube channel and leave a comment on any one of our videos! We'll be drawing winners on #GameFace so make sure you tune in to see if you've won. We're all rooting for you!
#ParchMunk continues and we're sad to see CyberPunk go. It's such a good game and it's been made even better with the next-gen patch. We may have been slightly obsessed... Lee has even managed to put in over 80 hours! Now that's dedication. Kyle can't stop buying clothes and guns and taking every screenshot known to man. Simone is sick of trying to rescue Little Sisters in BioShock, and finding some of the challenges, well, challenging...
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Your hosts are:
Kyle: XarCrius on Xbox
Lee: Leehoward on Twitter and Xbox
Simone: GymBeanNZ on Twitter and Xbox