Technical Alpha
297 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 249 ratingsHosted by Adam (NovaWar) and Jeff (MaximusBlack), Technical Alpha aims to put our opinions on video games, movies, and tech out into the real world where people may judge us feverishly. If things aren't on fire, we're not trying hard enough!
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Episodes
Technical Alpha 82 - Going Commando
November 09, 2018 18:23 - 2 hours - 103 MBThis week was a busy one as we talk about Fallout 76 bugs and features, Rainbow Six Siege cleaning up their game, Youtube banning folks for Read Dead Redemption videos, the 2080 ti dead card fiasco, Final Fantasy 15's DLC cancellation, Blizzard's Blizzcon 2018 Diablo Immortal announcement and more!
Technical Alpha 81 - Rhode Island Classic
November 02, 2018 21:32 - 2 hours - 84.8 MBThis week we talk about Trion Worlds closing its doors, Twitch VIP and other updates, Playstation Mini's brutal list of games, Smash Bros Ultimate additions, Magic the Gathering, Artifact and more!
Technical Alpha 80 - Hills And Houses On Them
October 26, 2018 22:08 - 2 hours - 97.9 MBThis week we talk about Boogie's DnD shenanigans, more Red Dead Redemption 2, a sprinkle of Black Ops 4, Devil May Cry's $8000 jacket, a huge spoiler filled talk about Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House and more!
Technical Alpha 79 - Captain Crunch Time
October 19, 2018 01:04 - 2 hours - 82.9 MBThis week was a thin one news wise but we talk about the sad passing of Microsoft's Paul Allen, the Red Dead Redemption 2 crunch time, COD 4 Blackops Blackout mode, recent Twitch changes and more!
Technical Alpha 78 - Just Once
October 12, 2018 03:28 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBThis week Google Plus dies, Windows 10 deletes your stuff, Intel tells Nvidia to hold its beer, Playstation 5 is sort of announced, Fallout 76 goes nuclear and more!
Technical Alpha 77 - Raisins
October 06, 2018 05:53 - 2 hours - 98.8 MBThis week we have our first podcast in the same room! Mike Morhaime steps down, Telltale Games closes its doors, Harry Potter RPG leaks, The Witcher author wants more money, Forza Horizon 4 is great, Red Dead Redemption 2 is looking less great, a new Switch is coming in 2019 and more!
Technical Alpha 76 - Consumer Justification Warriors
September 21, 2018 03:29 - 2 hours - 99.6 MBThis week the 2080 and 2080ti underwhelm but Adam buys one anyway, Red Dead Redemption 2 gets an online beta, PlayStation Now allows offline play, PlayStation Mini gets announced, Call of Duty Blackout gets discussed, Captain Marvel gets its first trailer and more!
Technical Alpha 75 - Light Versus Dark
September 14, 2018 03:31 - 2 hours - 105 MBThis week NVIDIA claims the 2080ti can run your games at 4k60, DrDisrespect has his house shot, Call of Duty Blackout gets a surprisingly positive response, Nintendo releases a sizeable Direct, Halo doesn't need a Battle Royale, Superman movies might go away for a while and more!
Technical Alpha 74 - Firestorm False Alarm
September 07, 2018 03:16 - 2 hours - 89.2 MBThis week Nintendo loses an N and gains a leaked list of Direct goodies. Spiderman gets love from everyone but a puddle, Battlefield 5's battle royale gets named Firestorm, THQ Nordic picks up Kingdoms of Amalur, Henry Cavill stars in Witcher, US Tariffs make our GPUs more expensive and more!
Technical Alpha 73 - Sharp Like a Meatstick Bud
August 31, 2018 03:20 - 2 hours - 104 MBThis week we talk first and foremost about the horrific and sad shooting at a Madden event in Jacksonville, Florida. Cyberpunk 2077 showed off a 48 minute demo, World of Warcraft sells another 3.4M copies, Streets of Rage 4 gets announced, PS5 might be codenamed Erebus, Rian Johnson is still working on his Star Wars trilogy and more!
Technical Alpha 72 - Blackman
August 24, 2018 03:53 - 2 hours - 113 MBThis week Cyberpunk 2077 says things on Twitter before their Gamescom showing, Playground Games is maybe doing Fable, Nvidia really likes Ray Tracing, Amazon Prime cuts out some more stuff, Idris Elba says he's not the next Bond, and more!
Technical Alpha 71 - Winnie The Real
August 17, 2018 03:49 - 2 hours - 88.8 MBThis week we talk about all manner of possible titles from major series like Diablo, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Star Wars The Old Republic, Timesplitters, and Second Sight! Monster Hunter World gets modded, Battle Rite Royale becomes a thing, an IGN editor gets caught stealing notes, Christopher Robin gets very real and more!
Technical Alpha 70 - Smoking Gunn
August 11, 2018 02:31 - 3 hours - 132 MBThis week Discord does games, Riot has a PR problem, Twitch adds categories and tags, Smash Bros Ultimate gets more ultimate, Monster Hunter World PC hits big, PUBG gets a fix, Dave Bautista stands up for James Gunn and more!
Technical Alpha 69 - Digging Holes And Building Ladders
August 03, 2018 04:48 - 2 hours - 112 MBThis week Jeff and Adam join forces to discuss a Def Jam game comeback, Valve's Artifact, Google's game console, and more before digging very, very deep holes.
Technical Alpha 68 - Stop The Madness
July 27, 2018 04:19 - 2 hours - 94.9 MBThis week we recap on the first days of the No Man's Sky Next launch, Nintendo goes after LoveRom and LoveRetro, Realm Royale gets a beat on Xbox and PS4, Microsoft's game division crests $10bn, James Gunn gets fired and more!
Technical Alpha 67 - You Should Have Pre Ordered
July 20, 2018 04:53 - 2 hours - 120 MBThis week the summer gives us some news finally as we discuss Octopath Traveler, Microsoft's next console release, Realm Royale's invitational, No Man's Sky Next expansion, Star Citizen refunds, and more!
Technical Alpha 66 - Starbucks And Vice
July 13, 2018 05:09 - 3 hours - 128 MBThis week we chat about Octopath Traveller's early review success, Darksiders 3 $400 edition, the failure to launch of The Culling 2, and the VR downturn before likely getting too upset about the Arena Net firing of Jessica Price and Peter Fries and more!
Technical Alpha 65 - Scarlett Johansson Plays NovaWar In New LAGTV Bio Pic
July 06, 2018 18:20 - 3 hours - 133 MBThis week while Jeff tries to win money in Vegas, Adam and Tabin talk about the next Xbox, Google's console, PhatomL0rd suing a subreddit, Zenimax Suing Warner Bros, Twitch tossing out 30 day bans, Netflix Ultra and more!
Technical Alpha 64 - Nicolas Rage
June 30, 2018 18:04 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBThis week we sit down to chat about EA Blaming Breath of the Wild, Overwatch's Wrecking Ball, PUBG dropping the Epic lawsuit, Planetrism, the Halo TV show, Nicolas Cage's attempt to reclaim his career and more!
Technical Alpha 63 - Show Me On The Doll Where Twitch Touched You
June 22, 2018 05:14 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBThis week Jeff and Adam scrape together some news in the post apocalyptic wasteland that is post E3. PUBG sells over 50 million copies, Remedy's Control flirts with games as service, Sony puts their foot down on Fortnite crossplay, devs think Twitch hurts single player games, we yell at Star Wars again and more!
Technical Alpha 62 - Chasing The Dog
June 15, 2018 03:55 - 2 hours - 119 MBE3 2018 has successfully wrapped up, leaving Jeff and Adam to talk a bit about their final thoughts. The Last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Battlefield 5, Microsoft's next console and more are all discussed before Adam kills chickens and Jeff fist fights an Orangutan.
E3 2018 - Nintendo Press Conference
June 12, 2018 17:53 - 17 minutes - 12.8 MBE3 2018 continues with the Nintendo Press Conference! Adam gives the rundown on what happened, with Adam's live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - Sony Press Conference
June 12, 2018 03:25 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MBE3 2018 continues with the Sony Press Conference! Adam and Panic give their rundown on what happened, with their live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - PC Gaming Show
June 12, 2018 03:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBE3 2018 continues with the PC Gaming Show! Adam and Panic give the rundown on what happened, with their live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - Ubisoft Press Conference
June 12, 2018 00:51 - 13 minutes - 9.58 MBE3 2018 continues with the Ubisoft Conference! Adam gives the rundown on what happened, with Adam's live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - Square Enix Showcase
June 11, 2018 18:03 - 13 minutes - 10 MBE3 2018 continues with the Square Enix Showcase! Adam gives the rundown on what happened, with Adam's live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - Bethesda Conference
June 11, 2018 03:48 - 18 minutes - 13 MBE3 2018 continues with the Bethesda's conference! Adam gives the rundown on what happened, with Adam and Jeff's live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - Microsoft Conference
June 10, 2018 22:54 - 35 minutes - 25 MBE3 2018 continues with the wrap up of Microsoft's conference! Adam gives the rundown on what happened, with Adam and Jeff's live reactions available on Youtube.
E3 2018 - EA Play
June 09, 2018 20:34 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBIt's E3 2018 and we're back with our reactions from each of the press conferences and more! This time around we've got EA Play talking about everything from Battlefield 5 and Anthem to Unravel Two!
Technical Alpha 61 - PrE3 Vaseline
June 08, 2018 20:12We're back and playing catch up with all the news of the last two weeks. Total Biscuit sadly passed, Ubisoft thinks consoles won't be around much longer, Steam goes full anarchy, Crackdown 3 is delayed again, Fallout 76 got announced, new Pokémon games are coming, Battlefield 5 has a trailer problem, Star Wars has a leadership problem and more!
Technical Alpha 61 - PrE3 Vaseline
June 08, 2018 20:12We're back and playing catch up with all the news of the last two weeks. Total Biscuit sadly passed, Ubisoft thinks consoles won't be around much longer, Steam goes full anarchy, Crackdown 3 is delayed again, Fallout 76 got announced, new Pokémon games are coming, Battlefield 5 has a trailer problem, Star Wars has a leadership problem and more!
Technical Alpha 60 - Always Wipe Before
May 18, 2018 03:59 - 2 hours - 107 MBThis week Rage 2, State of Decay 2, and The Crew 2 get trailers. No Man's Sky gets multiplayer, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 gets a Battle Royale mode, Boss Key Productions shuts down, Cobra Kai gets a spoiler talk and more!
Technical Alpha 59 - Kick Names And Take Ass
May 12, 2018 17:48 - 3 hours - 131 MBThis week Sony announces the games being showcased at E3, Nintendo kills the virtual console, Microsoft needs a hero, we talk a lot about the Avengers: Infinity War movie and more!
Technical Alpha 58 - Doing His Kanye Best
May 04, 2018 04:22 - 2 hours - 118 MBThis week Red Dead Redemption 2 gets a third trailer, Battlefield Bad Company 3 might land this year, Battletech is great but comes with controversy, Michael Pachter bets on Crackdown 3, Nintendo fixes the left joycon, the Xbox Duke controller lands, Deadpool 2 dances to Celine Dion, and Kanye West is Kanye West on TMZ and more!
Technical Alpha 57 - This Old Crack House
April 27, 2018 02:51 - 2 hours - 88.8 MBThis week Belgium and The Netherlands ax loot boxes, Nintendo gets a new CEO, the Switch gets hacked, Xbox gets 1440p and freesync, Microsoft puts out DMCAs on Halo Online, Final Fantasy 7 Remake suffers a set back, Venom gets a trailer, and more!
Technical Alpha 56 - Not My Glory Hole
April 19, 2018 02:49 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBThis week we talk about Shenmue 1 & 2 being rereleased, Cliffy B complains about Fortnite stealing his employees, Bioware talks Anthem, Battlefield 5 gets a possible battle royale mode, Infinity War looks to pull down $2 billion, and Netflix has some good watches!
Technical Alpha 55 - DivaTV Extended Cut
April 13, 2018 05:26 - 3 hours - 135 MBThis week we talk about the new Radical Heights, Xbox backwards compatibility updates, Fortnite down time, God of War, Facebook privacy, A Quiet Place, Stan Lee and more! Oh and we may diva out about LAGTV a bit. Again.
Technical Alpha 54 - Adult Harder
April 06, 2018 03:21 - 2 hours - 97.1 MBThis week, Jeff and Adam talk about the UFC Conor McGregor gongshow, the Spyro remaster, the possible Division 2 Battle Royale mode, OW salt and Jeff Kaplan on toxicity, Quiet Place and more!
Technical Alpha 53 - The Mark Hamill Experience
March 30, 2018 03:51 - 2 hours - 109 MBThis week we work our way through the wonders of Fortnite and PUBG's updates, the first few minutes of Artifact gameplay and its marketplace possibilities, our first impressions of Far Cry 5, a passionate look at Star Wars Episode 8 and Mark Hamill, and more!
Technical Alpha 52 - Sailing The High Puddle
March 23, 2018 03:35 - 2 hours - 96.3 MBThis week, while Jeff is injecting Pina Colada into his veins, Adam and Tabin talk about the Myst 25th Anniversary news, Sea of Thieves' rocky start, Cyberpunk 2077, Mr. Rogers Documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor," Isle of Dogs cultural appropriation accusations and more!
Technical Alpha 51 - God's Plan
March 16, 2018 05:03 - 2 hours - 174 MBThis week we talk about our adventures in customer service before talking at length about the epic rise of Twitch's Ninja after his colab with Drake, Skyrim VR, Valve making games again, the new Tomb Raider movie, Nicolas Cage as Superman and more!
Technical Alpha 50 - John Travolta To Star In Fred Durst Directed Thriller Moose
March 09, 2018 03:45 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBThis week it's a special gongshow as it's our 50th episode! We talk about the Oculus Rift crash and burn, PUBG and Fortnite's announcements, Super Smash Bros. for the Switch, Octopath Traveller, Mark Hamill because he's awseome, and after that things get weird with John Travolta. Particularly weird.
Technical Alpha 49 - If The Boat's A Rockin'
March 02, 2018 05:13 - 2 hours - 111 MBThis week we talk about the grand ideas behind Chronicles of Elyria, Adam defends his position on Battle Royale mechanics like his life depends on it, Jeff gets competitive with Overwatch, 3D Realms brings out Ion Maiden, and some old lady does a faceplant.
Technical Alpha 48 - Two Tickets To The Gun Show
February 23, 2018 20:50 - 2 hours - 110 MBThis week it's a gong show for the ages! We talk about Echo Fox pulling in the big money, Rainbow Six Zombies, Twitch going in on Overwatch League before a heated and lengthy discussion about video game violence and it's connection to the Florida shooting. We also seamlessly transition into talking about the Reboot reboot which is...bad.
Technical Alpha 47 - Roses Are Red
February 16, 2018 04:25 - 2 hours - 91 MBThis week Jeff and Adam are left alone to fend for themselves, thus ending in great memes. Twitch drama, Shadow of the Colossus Remaster, Youtube Red, tone deaf Black History month posts, and more are up for grabs this week!
Technical Alpha 46 - Retro Active
February 09, 2018 04:49 - 2 hours - 96.2 MBThis week we talk about Twitch's new updated policies before tackling the real dirt like...Billy Mitchel having his Donkey Kong Jr. record taken away. We also chat about the response to Scarlett winning IEM Pyeongchang, Paragon shutting down, Subnautica's audio engineer being naughty, Shadow of the Colossus' remake, Black Panther, Venom, Deadpool 2 and more!
Technical Alpha 45 - Jim Carrey Knows
February 02, 2018 04:29 - 2 hours - 87.7 MBThis week we "briefly" talk about PUGB's enormous share of 2017's PC game revenue before chatting about Nintendo's upcoming paid for online service, the Game Developers Choice Awards taking back their Pioneer award, and Microsoft's possible acquisition of Valve. Somewhere along the way we take a lovely detour into the #metoo movement, and apparently we're getting a Mario movie? Definitely some other stuff too.