Stepcast

Chris is our Captain this week as we traverse the sea of topics on our minds from the past two weeks. Hear us talk about the Epic Games Store sale epic fail, a microtransaction filled Mario Kart, the Huawei Android ban, and a little console called the PlayDate.

Bevan leads Jonny and Chris in their topics this week. They speculate over the new Pokémon mobile game that's in development, discuss the newly-announced US bill banning loot boxes and pay-to-win mechanics, a fan-made reimagining of the Ben Kenobi & Darth Vader fight scene from Star Wars: A New Hope, and a spoiler-filled nerd-fest about Avengers: Endgame.

Elliot is at the helm this week, with Bevan and Chris alongside. Together, they talk about the new Sonic The Hedgehog trailer, the new SMHUP/SMUTUP - Subverse - that broke a Kickstarter record, Epic Games' purchase of Psyonix, and PornHub's interest in purchasing Tumblr (as restoring it to its former glory).

This week, Bevan leads Chris and Elliot in a somewhat different episode of Stepcast. No news is discussed, but many questions taken from the internet are answered. This is a chance to learn more about us as people and hosts. Normal service will resume next week.

Chris is our Jedi Master this week as he, Jonny, and Elliot navigate the news from Star Wars Celebration, discuss films previous and, as always, the games we've been playing over the past week.

Jonny hosts, with Bevan and Elliot alongside, this week. They talk about Elon Musk's comments regarding the new Tesla Autopilot computer, the announcement of Disney+, Hockey and the NHL sort of fantasy league Elliot is making everyone do, Octopath Traveler's port from Switch to PC, the new Avengers: Endgame trailer, and more along the way.

Chris leads the tenth episode of Stepcast, with Jonny and Elliot tagging along. They talk about the lack of an episode last week, the best of the April Fools pranks found online this year, Jesse Cox's Gentleman's Hentai Club, Avengers Endgame breaking records already, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and origin stories, Borderlands 3's announcement at PAX, and the JOKER trailer.

Elliot takes the reigns of a three-man podcast this week. He, Chris, and Bevan talk about The Division 2 (brielfy), the new Overwatch update, Google Stadia, The Outer Worlds' Epic Store exclusivity, and Nindies (Nintendo Indies Direct).

Bevan leads this week's five-man podcast with Jonny, Chris, Elliot and George. They talk about the recent Halo announcement from Microsoft, Microsoft's new mobile SDK/Gamestack for Android and iOS, Steam Link's "cloud" update, rumours around Google's new console, the new Avengers: Endgame trailer, and Disney re-hiring James Gunn.

This is not your typical episode of Stepcast - after experiencing technical issues that were out of our control we ended up just recording us having fun and making light of the situation. We didn't want to release nothing, so this is the first in an accidental new series called "The Lost Episodes". Normal service will resume next week.

First-time host George leads Jonny, Elliot, and Chris in this week's "Pokécast" where - you guessed it - they talk about the new Pokémon game announcement including the new generation, the new lead "character", and the setting. They also talk about the age of the Pokemon franchise, and the new Detective Pikachu trailer and how hyped they are for it.

Chris leads a trio of himself, Bevan, and Jonny this week. They talk about the new F1 series coming to Netflix, a big Elite: Dangerous rescue mission that made headlines, Xbox Live Game Pass and Switch crossover rumours, Reggie Fils-Aime's retirement, and fresh Pokémon rumours from the rumour mill.

Elliot leads the gang once again this week as a new regular is introduced - George! They navigate their discussions through Chris' ongoing Dark Souls addiction, layoffs within the gaming industry, and the big Nintendo Direct!

Chris is bossing Jonny and Bevan around this week. They talk about an update regarding Machinima, Twitch's streaming numbers for 2018, The 2018 Steam Awards, Echo and Google Home being able to make calls to emergency numbers, Xbox Live's new crossplay SDK, and Chris spends a lot of time talking about his Dark Souls playthrough/addiction.

Jonny takes the reigns in this week's episode with himself, Bevan, and Chris. They talk about Resident Evil 2, Bevan's fandom of electric and environmentally friendly vehicles, Netflix's plea to its fans, Burger King rebranding the Whopper, brands being self-aware on Twitter, Nintendo Joy-Con prices, amiibos, collectibles and their values and the UK movie rating system.

This week a slightly unwell Bevan leads the group as they talk about what games they've played recently, Elite: Dangerous, Farming Simulator official esports series, Fallout 76 potentially going free to play, Machinima disappearing from YouTube, Chucklefish's new game 'Wargroove', Smash Ultimate setting sales records, and various other topics through tangents along the way.

In the inaugural episode for Stepcast: The Official Podcast of Steptax, Elliot, Chris, Bevan and Jonny group up. Bevan talks about something he read about Blizzcon, Chris and Elliot bring up Awesome Games Done Quick and Jonny is along for the ride. The group also discuss World of Warcraft, gaming nostalgia, how esports is expanding, the Fallout franchise, game modding and more!