https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com The official blog of The National Pastime Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:17:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://s0.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com yesvideo,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversationThe show where our hosts discuss topics relevant to the average gamer.The National PastimeThe National Pastime Castthenationalpastimeshow@gmail.comThe National Pastime Cast https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-national-pastime-episode-14/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-national-pastime-episode-14/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:14:34 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=142 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-national-pastime-episode-14/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow Photo on 2013-04-29 at 4.51 PM thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 14 Hosts: Melvin, Ryan, Megan, Zack, Sofia The last episode of the season and possibly our best episode yet! Our hosts this week discuss hyperviolence in video games, but the conversation evolves into so much more. Show Notes: Just keep in mind that we recorded this early May so we […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 14 Hosts: Melvin, Ryan, Megan, Zack, Sofia The last episode of the season and possibly our best episode yet! Our hosts this week discuss hyperviolence in video games, but the conversation evolves into so much more. Show Notes: Just keep in mind that we recorded this early May so we […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-national-pastime-episode-13/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-national-pastime-episode-13/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:00:23 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=140 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-national-pastime-episode-13/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 13 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Liz This week, our hosts discuss the need, or lack thereof, of deep stories in video games. Show Notes: This was a really short episode because a few of our podcasters had to leave for apointments. I still think it’s a good episode, it”s just […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 13 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Liz This week, our hosts discuss the need, or lack thereof, of deep stories in video games. Show Notes: This was a really short episode because a few of our podcasters had to leave for apointments. I still think it’s a good episode, it”s just […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/the-national-pastime-episode-12/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/the-national-pastime-episode-12/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:00:40 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=136 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/the-national-pastime-episode-12/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 12 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Ryan This week, our hosts talk about who they’d be on a sitcom set and backwards compatibility in games and the next gen! Show notes: It should be noted that we recorded this at the end of April so there’s a lot of stuff about […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 12 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Ryan This week, our hosts talk about who they’d be on a sitcom set and backwards compatibility in games and the next gen! Show notes: It should be noted that we recorded this at the end of April so there’s a lot of stuff about […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/the-national-pastime-episode-11/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/the-national-pastime-episode-11/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:23:07 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=132 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/the-national-pastime-episode-11/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 11 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Liz This week our cast talks about the death (or evolution) of the arcade!The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 11 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Liz This week our cast talks about the death (or evolution) of the arcade!video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/the-national-pastime-episode-10/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/the-national-pastime-episode-10/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:30:32 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=128 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/the-national-pastime-episode-10/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow jackfrost thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 10 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Sofia, Megan, Ryan Join us for another random wacky episode of The National Pastime where we discuss some different kinds of gameplay we’d like to see and much off-topic conversation… And to top off the new episode, a picture of Megan as Jack Frost from Calgary […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 10 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Sofia, Megan, Ryan Join us for another random wacky episode of The National Pastime where we discuss some different kinds of gameplay we’d like to see and much off-topic conversation… And to top off the new episode, a picture of Megan as Jack Frost from Calgary […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/the-national-pastime-episode-9/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/the-national-pastime-episode-9/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:02:34 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=124 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/the-national-pastime-episode-9/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 9 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Liz, Brodie Our topics of discussion this week cover video game weapons during a zombie apocalypse AND licensed property games. SPOILER ALERT: Melvin gets a little bit yelly.The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 9 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Liz, Brodie Our topics of discussion this week cover video game weapons during a zombie apocalypse AND licensed property games. SPOILER ALERT: Melvin gets a little bit yelly.video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/the-national-pastime-the-last-of-us-spoilercast/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/the-national-pastime-the-last-of-us-spoilercast/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:06:27 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=119 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/the-national-pastime-the-last-of-us-spoilercast/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – The Last of Us Spoilercast Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Megan This week is our special The Last of Us spoilercast! Be warned, if you have not finished the game, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. If you want to discuss some of the points we raised on the podcast about The Last of Us, […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – The Last of Us Spoilercast Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Megan This week is our special The Last of Us spoilercast! Be warned, if you have not finished the game, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. If you want to discuss some of the points we raised on the podcast about The Last of Us, […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/the-national-pastime-episode-8/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/the-national-pastime-episode-8/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:40:13 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=116 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/the-national-pastime-episode-8/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 8 Hosts: Melvin, Ryan, Kayley, Megan Join us this week as our cast talks about what neglected genre of series that should see a comeback, or what the effect that rehashing the same five types of games over and over again can do to a genre. Show Notes: We recorded […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 8 Hosts: Melvin, Ryan, Kayley, Megan Join us this week as our cast talks about what neglected genre of series that should see a comeback, or what the effect that rehashing the same five types of games over and over again can do to a genre. Show Notes: We recorded […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-4/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-4/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:55:58 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=112 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-4/feed/ 1 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – E3 Part 4 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 4, we wrap up the E3 special talking about Nintendo’s presence and some extra tidbits from E3. Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – E3 Part 4 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 4, we wrap up the E3 special talking about Nintendo’s presence and some extra tidbits from E3. Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-3/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-3/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:50:42 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=109 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-3/feed/ 1 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – E3 Part 3 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 3, we talk all about the Sony conference! Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation as […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – E3 Part 3 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 3, we talk all about the Sony conference! Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation as […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-2/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-2/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:37:25 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=106 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-2/feed/ 1 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – E3 Part 2 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 2, we talk all about EA and Ubisoft conferences! Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – E3 Part 2 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 2, we talk all about EA and Ubisoft conferences! Show Notes:  We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-1/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-1/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:30:20 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=103 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-national-pastime-e3-part-1/feed/ 1 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – E3 Part 1 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 1, we talk all about the Microsoft conference! Show Notes: We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation as […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – E3 Part 1 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Ryan This is our special E3 episode, broken up into four parts. Part 1, we talk all about the Microsoft conference! Show Notes: We recorded the episode before Microsoft’s backtracking on their DRM and used games policy so, yeah, we talk about the situation as […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/the-national-pastime-episode-7/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/the-national-pastime-episode-7/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:03:09 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=100 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/the-national-pastime-episode-7/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 7 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Ryan This week, join our hosts as they talk about video game characters they’d like to be, the use of high-profile actors in video games, and seeing video games as art. Lots of randomness in between.The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 7 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Ryan This week, join our hosts as they talk about video game characters they’d like to be, the use of high-profile actors in video games, and seeing video games as art. Lots of randomness in between.video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/the-national-pastime-episode-6/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/the-national-pastime-episode-6/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:32:10 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=95 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/the-national-pastime-episode-6/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 6 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Kayley This week our hosts discuss the game they’d play if they were forced to play only one game from now until the end of time, as well as their game of the generation! Show Notes: So sorry guys! Zack and Megan were in the […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 6 Hosts: Melvin, Brodie, Clayton, Kayley This week our hosts discuss the game they’d play if they were forced to play only one game from now until the end of time, as well as their game of the generation! Show Notes: So sorry guys! Zack and Megan were in the […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/the-national-pastime-episode-5/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/the-national-pastime-episode-5/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:32:09 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=88 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/the-national-pastime-episode-5/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow 486827_10152795198550624_1214968106_n 3566_10152795199420624_1774423926_n 377223_10152795194465624_1904019241_n thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 5 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Sofia, Angela, Tyler This week our hosts discuss the video game characters they’d like to be, and what makes them want to play open world games and linear storyline driven games. Warning: I know I said last episode was the most off-topic, but this one […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 5 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Sofia, Angela, Tyler This week our hosts discuss the video game characters they’d like to be, and what makes them want to play open world games and linear storyline driven games. Warning: I know I said last episode was the most off-topic, but this one […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/71/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/71/#respond Mon, 27 May 2013 16:54:25 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=71 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/71/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow photo thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 4 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Sofia, Sarah Join our hosts this week as they discuss weapons they’d use in a zombie apocalypse, and the lack of ethnically diverse characters in video games…! Warning: This is the most off-topic episode we’ve had yet…! Not sure if that’s good or bad. Show Notes […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 4 Hosts: Melvin, Zack, Sofia, Sarah Join our hosts this week as they discuss weapons they’d use in a zombie apocalypse, and the lack of ethnically diverse characters in video games…! Warning: This is the most off-topic episode we’ve had yet…! Not sure if that’s good or bad. Show Notes […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/the-national-pastime-episode-3/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/the-national-pastime-episode-3/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 17:43:57 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=61 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/the-national-pastime-episode-3/feed/ 0 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 3 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Brodie This week on the National Pastime, we discuss taking vacations in video game worlds, the nature of micro-transactions in video games, and how shitty it can be to have micro-transactions rammed down our throats. Show Notes: Not-DnD-game: Melvin makes reference to a Not-DnD-game played with […]The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 3 Hosts: Melvin, Clayton, Brodie This week on the National Pastime, we discuss taking vacations in video game worlds, the nature of micro-transactions in video games, and how shitty it can be to have micro-transactions rammed down our throats. Show Notes: Not-DnD-game: Melvin makes reference to a Not-DnD-game played with […]video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/the-national-pastime-episode-2/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/the-national-pastime-episode-2/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 18:26:39 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=41 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/the-national-pastime-episode-2/feed/ 1 thenationalpastimeshow thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 02 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Sofia This week we discuss video game wishes, social and mobile games, and whatever other nonsense that comes out our mouths. Warning: More often than not, we WILL get off-topic =PThe National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 02 Hosts: Melvin, Megan, Kayley, Sofia This week we discuss video game wishes, social and mobile games, and whatever other nonsense that comes out our mouths. Warning: More often than not, we WILL get off-topic =Pvideo,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/the-national-pastime-episode-1/ https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/the-national-pastime-episode-1/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 18:14:13 +0000 http://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/?p=22 https://thenationalpastimeshow.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/the-national-pastime-episode-1/feed/ 1 thenationalpastimeshow Photo on 2013-04-23 at 5.42 PM Photo on 2013-04-23 at 5.43 PM #2 thenationalpastimeshow@gmail.com (The National Pastime Cast)yesThe National Pastime – Episode 01 The astounding first episode of The National Pastime, where our heroes discuss the history of Power Rangers, the use of romance in video games, and the over-sexualization of women in video games. Warning: More often than not, they will get off topic.The National Pastime CastThe National Pastime – Episode 01 The astounding first episode of The National Pastime, where our heroes discuss the history of Power Rangers, the use of romance in video games, and the over-sexualization of women in video games. Warning: More often than not, they will get off topic.video,games,gaming,chit,chat,conversation