Game Buoy

About Game Buoy

Ahoy, mateys! Welcome to Game Buoy, where Captain Spike and First Mate Slaggy McWaggy bring you gaming news and views that maybe aren’t on your radar, but most definitely should be! Visit http://gamebuoy.org for our complete episode archive dating back to 2012!

Publisher

Podcast Pirates

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Oct 2019

Latest episode

15 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Game Buoy Podcast Episode 197 – Summer News Fest

   Captain Spike and First Mate Slaggy McWaggy discuss recent news, including the latest Sony State of Play and Nintendo Direct presentations!

2. 

   5 Sept 2026

   Game Buoy Podcast Episode 196 – That’s Edutainment

   Ahoy, mateys, and welcome to the GAMEBUOY.ORG video game podcast – your port of call for gaming news and views that maybe aren’t on your radar, but most definitely should be! On this episode, recorded Wednesday, September 2, 2026, First Mate Slaggy McWaggy and Captain Spike discuss some of their favorite educational games! HOT TOPIC IS THE WAY THAT WE RHYME Xbox Announces Disc-to-Digital Program, Letting Players Use Physical Games To Claim Their Digital Versions Dire Forecast Predicts 39 Million Fewer Consoles Sold If PS6 And Xbox Helix Are $1000 Sony still hasn’t chosen a PlayStation 6 release date, says CEO, as RAM crisis continues Sony says ‘reasonable consumers’ know they don’t own the digital games they buy Former PlayStation Boss Weighs In On Sony Killing Off Physical Game Discs Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Development Will Have A “Tough Future” Because Of AI Online streamers sue Twitch, Amazon over generative AI training Gamers are getting more comfortable with AI in games, study says GTA 6 Has Already Made $400 Million+ From Preorders, Apparently Vibes Around GTA VI Continue To Be Rancid As Gameplay Footage Leaks And Fired Devs Ask Fans Not To Boycott GTA 6 Leaks: A Timeline Of The Events So Far GTA 6 Leaker Now Asking People To Antagonize Rockstar IRL And One Person Already Did It Grand Theft Auto 6 Leaks Are Fueling A Crypto Pump-And-Dump Scheme Gamescom Opening Night 2026 LIVE: The Witcher, Final Fantasy 7, Gears of War and every revealed RollerCoaster Tycoon Wonderworks announced, drawing inspiration from the originals Worms: Galactic Tactics Trailer Includes A Mysterious Tease For Another Project Mega Man: Dual Override Looks Immense In New Gameplay Trailer Stage Tour launches December 10 Witcher 3 Remastered Will Be Free in September With New Expansion Coming in 2027 Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gets New Trailer at Gamescom 2026 Showing off Submarine Combat, Weapons, and More Here Are The Opening Night Live Games You Can Ignore Because Of GenAI Slop RELEASE UPDATES Vampire Survivors DLC ‘Legacy of the Bloodmoon’ launches August 28 AKIBA LOST demo now available for PS5, coming to Switch 2 and Switch on August 26 FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time now available for iOS, Android MARVEL Cosmic Invasion DLC ‘The Siege of Castle Doom’ announced Kernel Hearts launches September 17 Control Resonant has gone gold, but its physical release is delayed Star Trek: Outposts Unknown launches October 20 Shroom and Gloom launches in Early Access on September 10 TCG Card Shop Simulator launches September 15 for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Xbox One, Switch, and PC Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! coming to Switch 2 on September 14 Cassette Beasts 2002 launches in March 2027 Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart delayed to 2027 Trine 6: Together in Time delayed to March 4, 2027 Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement delayed to 2027 Earth Defense Force 6.2 Invaders From Another World Game Announced for PS5 The Witcher IV launches in 2028 RETRO RELEASE UPDATES Console Archives 8-20-26: Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess (PS1, Nippon Ichi Software, 1999) Arcade Archives 8-20-26: CYBER CYCLES (Arcade, Namco, 1995) Console Archives 8-27-26: BUBBLE BOBBLE (NES, Taito, 1988) Arcade Archives 8-27-26: SATAN OF SATURN (Arcade, SNK, 1981) NSO Classics 9-2-26: Ninja Gaiden III (NES, Tecmo, 1991) NSO Classics 9-2-26: R.C. Pro-AM II (NES, Rare, 1992) NSO Classics 9-2-26: Ikari Warriors (NES, SNK, 1986) Console Archives 9-3-26: The Conveni 2 (PS1, HUMAN, 1997) Arcade Archives 9-3-26: Wiz (Arcade, SEIBU KAIHATSU, 1985) Arcade Archives 9-3-26: Arcade Archives ARKANOID REVENGE OF DOH (Arcade, Taito, 1987) CULTURE CLUB Warren Spector Says He’s ‘Retiring From Game Development’ Unlike The Big Console Makers, Playdate Is Refunding You Those Tariff Fees Army Commander Reportedly Offering GTA 6 Bonus For Re-Enlisting Soldiers The US Senate are investigating Roblox for prioritising “revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children” [Very Australian Voice] Tale As Old As Tooiimmeee MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO Terranigma announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, Switch, and PC Double Fine Returns To Kickstarter Post-Xbox, Announces New Game Jam LEGO Is Getting A New City-Building Game Made By The Cities: Skylines Team The Battle of Olympus is making a comeback SO CONTROVERSIAL Fortnite’s New Season Kicks Off With Bot-Infested Lobbies Marvel Rivals players discover devious way to quit matches without penalty PS5 Game Dev Says Sony Is Removing Its Catalog And Won’t Say Why Neverness To Everness Devs Forget To Remove Watermark For Free Trial Of AI Software James Pond Creator Says He Hopes Publishers of Legacy Collection ‘Choke on an AI-Generated Fishbone’ 20-year-old Gunz the Duel gets Steam re-release, receives harsh criticism over network issues and suspected use of generative AI Danganronpa 2×2 No Longer Getting A Full Cartridge Release On Switch 2 Persona 4 Revival boss knows you want to romance Yosuke, but you can’t because then the devs would have to do that for “all the other male characters” DOOM AND GLOOM “I don’t know if they will keep funding that one” – Former EA manager doesn’t believe the next Mass Effect will survive Saudi takeover SNK sees operating loss of $125 million and widening deficit despite revenue growth Sonic Blitz gets cancelled as servers go offline today Game Developers Devastated By Gamescom Laptop Theft Spree ‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch SMASH HIT I Wish Rockstar Cared About People As Much As It Does GTA VI NPCs (Aftermath) The Death of Physical Games is a Sign of What’s Coming (YouTube) RUMOR HAS IT Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United rated for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC in Brazil Rumour: Diablo IV Could Be Heading To Switch 2 As Soon As Next Month The next StarCraft may not be made by Blizzard, according to a new report Nintendo Fans Are Convinced Ubisoft Revealed The Next Direct Date DISCUSSION TOPIC This week, First Mate Slaggy McWaggy and Captain Spike discuss some of their favorite educational games! They start with a brief history of the edutainment genre before speaking about their early experiences with educational games, before discussing some of their favorite titles. The Podcast Pirates also talk about educational games on home consoles, the effectiveness of educational games as learning tools, edutainment in the present day, and their hopes for the future of the genre. Since so many of the classic educational games of the past and their hardware platforms are no longer attainable, you can find many of them playable in your browser at the Internet Archive! Featured games: The Oregon Trail (MS-DOS, MECC, 1990) Number Munchers (MS-DOS, MECC, 1990) Midnight Rescue! A Super Solvers Reading Adventure (MS-DOS, The Learning Company, 1989) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (MS-DOS, Brøderbund, 1985) Encarta MindMaze (Windows, Microsoft, 1995) WHAT’S UP First Mate Slaggy McWaggy shares his experiences at PokemonXP and has been playing Pokemon Shield and and Final Fantasy XIV. Captain Spike has been playing Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Star Wars Zero Company, and Final Fantasy XIV. SOCIAL LINKS QUESTION OF THE WEEK Hello, folks! This week we’re talking about edutainment! Do you have any experience with educational games? If so, what were some of your favorites (or least favorites, if you have strong feelings in that direction as well!) Bonus question: With modern franchises like Minecraft and Assassin’s Creed exploring the edutainment genre, which franchises do you think would be best suited to an edutainment spinoff? (Please only respond if you’re comfortable with us reading your responses on air, thanks! ) EXITLUDE SHOUT OUTS – “FRIENDS OF BUOY” The Bobby Blackwolf Show, a weekly internet radio show and podcast discussing the latest news in gaming as well as sometimes reminiscing about gaming’s history Nintendo Pow Block, a dive into the week that was in the world of Nintendo Super Phillip Central, a video game blog that is your source for video games with a heroic touch Standard Issue Computing, retro and modern computer games, hardware, software, and history Sasha’s Retrobytes, “bytes” of vintage gaming including magazine scans and photographs Defunct Games, your daily source for modern video game reviews, exciting trivia competitions and old school magazine analysis Thomas Game Docs, where each video covers “a different aspect of video game history” Orange Lounge Radio IIDX, where every geek has a voice Aftermath, an independent, worker-owned website about video games, other media and internet culture Game Mechanics, where TTRPG designers “kick tires and run diagnostics on tabletop experiences” Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast, a dive into every Spider-Man cartoon ever made Neo Geo Go!, a show that takes on the Neo Geo library chronologically and quickly. Craig, Slaggy McWaggy’s robot boyfriend a multi-track voice channel recording bot for Discord The post Game Buoy Podcast Episode 196 – That’s Edutainment appeared first on GAME BUOY.

3. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Game Buoy Podcast Episode 195 – Summer News Catch Up

   Ahoy, mateys, and welcome to the GAMEBUOY.ORG video game podcast – your port of call for gaming news and views that maybe aren’t on your radar, but most definitely should be! On this episode, recorded Sunday, August 16, 2026, Captain Spike and First Mate Slaggy McWaggy catch up on summer news with some extended discussions on the latest topics in gaming! HOT TOPIC IS THE WAY THAT WE RHYME Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG Reveals Bastion Job, New Areas for ‘Evercold’ Expansion in Videos Everything Announced At FF14’s Berlin Fan Fest Kingdom Hearts’ Canceled Mobile Game’s Intro May Have Leaked As Kingdom Hearts 4 fans await an update at D23, Disney says the JRPG series is now a $1 billion franchise Kingdom Hearts ‘Anime’ Announced for Disney+, Kingdom Hearts IV Game Launches in Late 2027 Including Coco World Kingdom Hearts IV Game Presents 4-Minute Trailer Nvidia GPUs see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the generative AI hardware crisis worsens PlayStation reports flat Q1 sales, says it’s “cautiously moving forward” with halting physical disc production | GamesIndustry.biz Marvel’s Wolverine “fully playable” on disc when it releases, Insomniac clarifies, perhaps making it one of the last few PlayStation games that will be Marvel’s Wolverine Limited Edition PS5 console bundle and accessories announced Now It Will Be Sonic Who Gets To Have A Gun In Latest Fortnite Update Ghost of Yotei narrative expansion, new combat survival mode launch October 1 alongside Complete Edition RELEASE UPDATES The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition now available for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC Suikoden Star Leap Game Reveals August 7 Release Date in Japan Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed coming to iOS, Android on September 16 Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Remake Game Streams New English Trailer PATLABOR the Case Files launches September 17 ENDLESS Legend II launches September 17 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea delayed to October 15 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT for Xbox Series delayed to October 29 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV delayed to December 3 Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan 3 Game’s Video Reveals December 10 Release God of War Laufey launches February 16, 2027 RETRO RELEASE UPDATES Console Archives 7-23-26 – The Conveni (PS1, HUMAN, 1997) Arcade Archives 7-23-26 – Armadillo Racing (Arcade, Namco, 1997) Racing Console Archives 7-2-26 – Doraemon (NES, Hudson, 86) Mascot Platformer Action Arcade Archives 7-30-26 – TX1 (Arcade, Tatsumi, 1983) Racing NSO Classics Virtual Boy – 8-4-26 – D Hopper NSO Classics Virtual Boy – 8-4-26 – Zero Racers Console Archives 8-6-26 – UFO A day in the life (PS1, ASCII, 99) Arcade Archives 8-6-26 – Combat School (Arcade, Konami, 1987) Beat em Up Console Archives 8-13-26 – Touki Denshou Angel Eyes (PS1, Tecmo, 97) Fighting Arcade Archives 8-13-26 – V’Ball (Arcade, Technos, 1988) NSO Classics GCN – 8-13-26 – Super Mario Sunshine CULTURE CLUB Pokemon Pokopia becomes second best-seller on Switch 2 after its first DLC launch, as Nintendo confirms the cozy spin-off has hit over 5 million sales in 5 months Sonic Frontiers sales top five million Meccha Chameleon has now sold 20 million copies in two months Beast of Reincarnation director “truly sorry” that Pokemon dev’s new action-RPG hasn’t “provided a sufficiently enjoyable experience” Rising Cost Of PS5 And Xbox Is ‘Not A Good Thing,’ Says Take-Two CEO, But He Doesn’t Think It Will Hurt GTA 6 Amazon Can Use Your Twitch Content to Train Its AI—Unless You Opt Out | WIRED Twitch Won’t Label Which Streams Are And Aren’t Using AI, So Streamers Are Doing It Themselves Amazon steps back from MMOs, transfers operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Art to NC and Smilegate Nintendo Offers Free Repairs To Consoles Damaged In Kumamoto Earthquake Here’s Why Wolverine’s Suit Heals Itself In His New PS5 Game MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO ‘Monkey Island’ Creator Finds Wealthy Investor for Next Game Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Reveals Phoenix Cyclops DLC, Opening Movie Animated by Studio Sanzigen Super Robot Wars Y DLC ‘Anniversary Expansion Pack’ launches August 5 Super Robot Wars Z II: Ruination Remastered announced Analyst data: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey experiences surge in daily active users following Christopher Nolan film Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC announced; four titles now available SO CONTROVERSIAL Saber Interactive denies replacing former Rideshare Stimulator lead writer with ChatGPT, but does say the driving game uses AI out of “necessity” in an experimental mode AAA studio CEO needs Claude AI assistant to remember fired narrative writer, denies she was replaced with AI but wishes she was “in retrospect” Saber finally adds AI disclosure to Rideshare Stimulator amid CEO’s public feud with a former writer who claims she was replaced by ChatGPT Pokémon Bank App Ends Service in February 2027 Pokemon Bank shutdown will make 5 Pokemon unobtainable in modern Switch games, and fans want to know when that changes Blizzard takes rare World of Warcraft mount from players as the MMO’s latest crack down on real-money transactions continues Marvel Tokon Players Report Fixed PC Issues After Arc System Works Launches Update Marvel Tokon sold 485,000 copies in a week but it could have been “closer to 1M” with a better PC port and Steam reviews, analyst says Marvel Rivals devs respond to Storm summer skin controversy, promise to do better but say harassment “is not acceptable” DOOM AND GLOOM Netflix Closes Two More Game Studios, Expects Us To Believe It Still Sees ‘Opportunity’ In Games Witcher multiplayer spin-off Project Sirius hit by fresh layoffs Supermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 workers may be affected Double Fine Productions cuts 23 roles as it becomes independent from Xbox Switch Game Some Players Paid $60 For Disappears In A Cloud Of Virtual Smoke Id Software Vet Claims Xbox Doesn’t Understand Art Or Games Electronic Arts Officially Belongs To Saudi Arabia, Private Equity, And Jared Kushner Now Abandon single-player, move development to Saudi Arabia, “reduce labour”? Experts on what EA’s huge buyout debt could really mean RUMOR HAS IT The Simpsons: Hit & Run “is coming back in some form,” says Matt Groening, but it looks like he wasn’t supposed to This leaked Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 console better be real, because I’m already desperate to buy it Marvel Tōkon Datamine Both Delights And Underwhelms With Potential DLC Characters WHAT’S UP Captain Spike has been playing Final Fantasy XIV, Disgaea 7, Spider-Man, and Marvel Tokon. First Mate Slaggy McWaggy played the Marvel Tokon beta weekend and has also been playing Final Fantasy 7 and EarthBound. EXITLUDE SHOUT OUTS – “FRIENDS OF BUOY” Orange Lounge Radio IIDX, where every geek has a voice Aftermath, an independent, worker-owned website about video games, other media and internet culture Game Mechanics, where TTRPG designers “kick tires and run diagnostics on tabletop experiences” Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast, a dive into every Spider-Man cartoon ever made Neo Geo Go!, a show that takes on the Neo Geo library chronologically and quickly. The Bobby Blackwolf Show, a weekly internet radio show and podcast discussing the latest news in gaming as well as sometimes reminiscing about gaming’s history Video Game Realness, a dose of gaming chit chat among friends Nintendo Pow Block, a dive into the week that was in the world of Nintendo Super Phillip Central, a video game blog that is your source for video games with a heroic touch Standard Issue Computing, retro and modern computer games, hardware, software, and history Sasha’s Retrobytes, “bytes” of vintage gaming including magazine scans and photographs Defunct Games, your daily source for modern video game reviews, exciting trivia competitions and old school magazine analysis Thomas Game Docs, where each video covers “a different aspect of video game history” Craig, Slaggy McWaggy’s robot boyfriend a multi-track voice channel recording bot for Discord The post Game Buoy Podcast Episode 195 – Summer News Catch Up appeared first on GAME BUOY.

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Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

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