The Critical Myth Crew delivers a full episode of genre news as the TCA press tour comes to a close!  Recorded 24 Jan 2015.Listen to Critical Myth on VOG Network! Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific), with an encore marathon on Saturdays (12PM Eastern/9AM Pacific).Opening teaser and end "credits" by Ken Spassione, Jr. as "The Professor".The podcast is on iTunes, and you can add this feed to the client of your choice: http://criticalmyth.podbean.com/feed/ Want to leave some feedback? You can leave a comment here on the site or our Facebook page, or you can also record your comment and send it to us by E-mail at feedback@criticalmyth.com. 

We are joined on tonight's show by Eric of Rockage4.0, a MAGFest event taking place in San Jose from February 6th-8th. We talk about what gamers will see at the show, and how folks can even participate online with the 40+ bands performing. In gaming news, Microsoft unveiled much information about Windows 10 this week, and how it will interact with gaming such as streaming from the Xbox One. Also catching a lot of attention is the new Hololens. How do our hosts and live listeners feel about this emerging new technology? Is it too early to believe in this new way to see a game?

Welcome Leeta Interview time Tell us about yourself briefly, the player behind the characters How did you start playing WoW? What was your first character, do you still play them now and how do you feel about alts? Tell us about your most epic moment when playing WoW Tell us about you most epic fail […]

If you are still not in the Heroes of the Storm beta, now is your chance to buy your way in! This method of accessing this hot “free” to play title sure has struck a controversy in the online gaming community, but is this the first time we’ve seen something like this? How do our hosts and live chatters feel about the issue? Also, somewhere the other shoe dropped and Elder Scrolls is going Free to Play! Wait, shh, don’t let Rob hear you say “free to play!”

Namco's patent on minigames being available during loading screens expires later this year! Bring on the innovation? Nintendo has announced the New 3DS XL for America, but they assume you already have a way to charge it. This segues into discussing how 3DS cartridge save games are not necessarily saved on the cartridge anymore. It has finally been confirmed that you can only store one set of game data on an Amiibo at a time - so when Mario Party 10 comes out, say goodbye to your Smash Bros data. Then we take calls about Nintendo's lack of A/C Adapter, the podcasting patent, Fantasy Life, and third party games on Nintendo plaftorms.

On tonight's show, DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Mako-chan have a treat in store for you! Live on tonight's show, we interview Barracuda Cosplay! We will talk to her about how she got into cosplay and the infamous image about cosplayers charging for photoshoots, and we will take your calls! We then ask the Open Forum Topic, "We see a lot of cosplayers cosplaying from popular animes, mangas, video games, comics, movies, etc... But have you seen anyone cosplay a character you don’t see at cons, or is there a character you would like to see that’s not done?" And in the News From Japan segment, an officer arrested for molesting a girl, youth arrested for YouTube prank video, and sake in a can!

After 20 years, we feel like we need a Caretaker! We’ll explain.  The next installment of the Star Trek / Planet of the Apes comic is due out! We get a double dose of Patrick Stewart this week thanks to his new movie.  STO has some updates coming, so we’ll update YOU!   And finally, our crew returns from our away mission where the NX-01 gets some help from a space station that repairs vehicles faster than a NASCAR pit crew... All this, and more: on the Starboard Power Coupling Podcast - A -Star Trek Podcast you hope doesn’t fail.

Many trilogies have middle chapters that bring on the complicating factors without managing to maintain, much less enhance, the tension of the overall story. Golden Son stands as one of those exceptions that prove the rule; it takes everything great about Red Rising and takes it to a grander stage.

It's been a long time since any game similar to Princess Maker was released in English to the PC gaming world. And while Littlewitch Romanesque isn't a sim-life game, It does share a few similarities in a number of ways. Part-puzzle-game/Visual Novel hybrid, this little gem is an entertaining experience. Originally released in Japan in 2005, after ten years, it's finally in the hands of English speaking players...

Winter movie season is upon us again and this year, more than ever, it has become the prime release period for movies that were bumped from their previously claimed spots on the calendar for one reason or another. While over half the movies featured in this preview were pushed back from earlier dates, there are still a few others that see this as a great time to release a big, hotly anticipated movie with very little competition. Along the way, I’ll fill you in on which specific films made the change to these new winter dates.