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We're joined by Dan this week to give us the lowdown on The Alters and the tips/tricks for dating everything in the house in the new dating sim: Date Everything! But first Borderlands 4 had their deep dive reveal during their fanfest and for the first time we're actually excited to play it! Nexusmods gets sold, should we be worried (yes!) Splitgate 2 devs face layoffs after poor  launch, Marathon gets delayed indefinitely, Mr. Beast's AI thumbnails, Kojima doesn't want you to feel good after playing Death's Stranding 2, 32 race Mario Kart World and more! 0:00 - Intro4:00 - The Blood of Dawnwalker16:00 - Borderlands 432:35 - Borderlands 4 is now a $70 game49:25 - Donkey Kong Bonanza55:45 - Lies of P: Overture1:03:45 - Stellar Blade1:05:00 - Splitgate devs facing layoffs1:08:00 - Nexusmods gets sold1:12:20 - Hades 2 update1:15:20 - AI thumbnails1:20:40 - Marathon delayed indefinitely1:25:00 - Jukeboxes1:31:30 - Fantasy Life I gets a roguelike mode1:34:30 - SEGA leaks their sales info1:36:00 - FBC Firebreak

This week we share our final thoughts on Summer Game Fest and check our post-SGF hype levels. We wonder if Marathon is still releasing this year. Sony quietly removing region-lock on their PC ports. GameStop removing the Game from Stop. Obsidian leads wonder about the industry. MindsEye... Dune: Awakening addiction and plenty of Steam NEXT Fest demos including Rue Valley, Baby Steps and Dispatch!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Father's Day4:00 - Post-SGF10:00 - Arc Raiders21:00 - Marathon37:20 - Sony removing regional restrictions on Steam43:30 - Stellar Blade peaks CCU on Steam49:40 - Gamestop moving away from games54:00 - Obsidian on $80 games and the industry1:02:40 - Switch 2 sells over 3 mil in a day1:16:25 - MindsEye and Cohh1:34:00 - Dragon Age dev hell1:47:00 - Dune: Awakening2:24:00 - Ninja Gaiden Ragebound     2:26:30 - Baby Steps2:34:50 - Rue Valley2:37:00 - Dispatch2:49:00 - Zeke's favorite NEXT Fest demos3:03:40 - Path of Exile3:05:10 - Nancy Drew3:11:15 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/li

Our main topic this week is going over our Summer Game Fest coverage plans. Be sure to watch with us this Friday, June 6 5PM ET! We also go through all the TwitchCon news including increased streaming resolutions (but not the bitrate,) Twitch live rewind... That's behind a paywall, and more! We then discuss our time with Elden Ring: Nightreign a weirdly addicting game, Tainted Grail and round it all out with Zeke's indie recommendations! 0:00 - Intro1:40 - Nicknames5:10 - Twitch bitrate6.40 - Twitch rewind17:00 - The rest of Twitch Con EU news25:00 - Expedition 33 sells 3.3 million in 33 days26:40 - EA closes Cliffhanger Studios30:00 - COD ads34:40 - Elden Ring: Nightreign1:15:00 - Switch 21:31:10 - Summer Game Fest plans1:59:00 - Tainted Grail2:30:00 - The Last Golfer2:40:30 - Zeke's indie recommendations2:56:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Marathon getting delayed? All signs point to yes with the latest Playstation rumors, meanwhile an Arc Raiders announcement seems imminent! We share our very official casting for the recently announced Elden Ring movie by A24 and Alex Garland. We have a battle over which game is better, we can't afford $80 and then we watch the OTK game showcase.   0:00 - Intro3:25 - Marathon delayed?16:50 - Lies of P Expansion preview21:40 - Arc Raiders ARG?25:15 - Elden Ring the movie38:55 - Warhammer52:25 - Games Workshop doing well53:30 - Witcher 3 celebrates 10 years1:01:10 - Star Wars Battlefront 2 returns1:10:00 - Pokémon1:12:30 - Carey Patel joins Night School1:19:00 - Can you afford $80?1:36:20 - TMNT1:45:10 - Tainted Grail1:46:15 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Dan this week to into DOOM: The Dark Ages before we tear into Bungie for plagiarizing assets off an artist in their upcoming game Marathon. AI Darth Vader is a menace in Fortnite, Stellar Blade banned in 130 countries on PC, World of Tanks introduces tiered loot boxes, more ways to pay for Star Citizen and much more this week! 0:00 - Intro0:55 - Summer Game Fest is soon3:50 - Is DOOM: The Dark Ages not as good as the others?45:20 - Art plagiarism on Marathon1:04:40 - Darth Vader in Fortnite1:32:40 - Apple denies Fortnite on App Store1:33:50 - Nintendo patents gliding1:35:10 - Ubisoft down1:37:00 - Sony considering to increase prices1:38:00 - Stellar Blade banned in 130 countries1:43:50 - Star Citizen sells more stuff before game release1:47:00 - Tiered loot boxes1:52:50 - Call of Duty Warzone Mobile shutting down1:55:00 - Bandai Namco execs2:03:50 - Dragon's Dogma Online2:06:10 - Cash Cleaner Simulator2:15:45 - Quarantine Zone2:18:55 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 332:31:15 - The Precinct2:43:00 -

Sandfall Interactive co-founder and Game Director: Guillaume Broche joins us this week to talk about the crazy journey it's been getting their first game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 out the door. In the back half we share our enthusiasm for new extraction shooter Arc Raiders, surprised by the glowing previews of Death Stranding 2, breathe a sigh of relief at GTA6's delay and much more!    0:00 - Intro2:30 - Guillaume Broche from Sandfall Interactive is here!4:30 - Clair Obscur crushed all their expectations11:00 - The path to creating Expedition 3330:00 - Expedition 33's soundtrack33:00 - How the combat came to be1:00:00 - Rapid fire questions1:11:30 - Will there be DLC?1:26:30 - Arc Raiders Play Test1:43:20 - Death's Stranding 2 previews1:49:40 - GTA6 delayed to May 20261:53:20 - Tariffs and games2:00:00 - Borderlands 4 might be $80?2:04:20 - Diablo 4 x Berserk2:06:00 - Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy2:12:40 - Ben Starr is everywhere2:22:45 - The Midnight Walk2:31:00 - Revenge of the Savage Pl

Joining us for the LAST STREAM ever (in April 2025) is first-timer Criken to chat about his streaming journey that started almost 2 decades ago and gives us some sage advice on how to not burn out after so long. Then we get into a surprisingly banger week in video game releases starting with the Oblivion remaster, Clair Obscura: Expedition 33 and our continued adventures in Blue Prince. 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Criken is here4:00 - Horse girl6:00 - Are centaurs furries?5:50 - Marcus in VRChat15:00 - Streaming since Justin.tv37:30 - Japan40:00 - Avoiding burn out53:40 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered1:31:50 - Horse armor1:33:00 - Larian finds DLC boring1:38:00 - Runescape Dragonwilds1:43:00 - Dune: Awakening2:06:00 - Revenge of the Savage Planet2:15:30 - Blue Prince continues2:30:20 - Clair Obscura: Expedition 332:45:00 - Switch 2 Preorders2:49:40 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blue Prince has got us falling through layer after layer of puzzles and notes still. Luckily Rami Ismail is here to update us on the health of the games industry in 2025! Nintendo finally locks down it's Tariff induced pricing for the Switch 2 in the US. The worst kept secret: TES: Oblivion is dropping soon and  lots of Star Wars news plus much more! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - 4/203:40 - Lost in Blue Prince9:00 - Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remaster incoming13:25  - Dwarf Fortress sells over 1 million copies13:45 - The Switch 2 console will remain the same price (but not accessories)18:00 - The Marathon CBT will not be under NDA27:00 - Rami is here!32:30 - The state of the industry1:23:00 - Roblox did it first1:44:00 - The Last of Us season 21:50:00 - Star Wars: A New Hope1:56:20 - Star Wars Zero Company2:06:10 - Marvel Rivals adds chroma MTX2:11:00 - The EU on MTX2:24:10 - Overwatch 2 Season 162:25:50 -  Marvel Rivals swimsuits2:30:10 - Blades of Fire2:47:40 - Lost Skies2:55:40 - Shoutouts  See omnys

We're joined by Path of Exile 2's Co-Founder and Game Director: Jonathan Rogers to talk about the last week of the new update, what's being addressed in the near and far future, and the future of the game. But first we get into the news of the week including the Marathon reveal and some of the games we've been playing this week including surprise GOTY contender Blue Prince!   0:00 - Intro0:50 - Taxes5:30 - Blue Prince25:25 - Marathon reveal59:00 - Sabrina Carpenter1:01:35 - Baldur's Gate 3 update 81:12:40 - Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days1:26:05 - Path of Exile 2's Jonathan Rogers joins us2:50:00 - The next week of POE222:58:15 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gothalion joins usthis week to break down the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, all the games shown, the hardware, the... Price and how the current political climate will be affecting the video game industry as a whole. Monster Hunter Wilds tops 10 million sold as a new content update breaths more life into Capcom's new game. Bungie is doing an ARG for Marathon to build hype for their new extraction shooter. Emma Frost joins Marvel Rivals. Path of Exile 2 launches a new update to much discourse and much more this week!   0:00 - Intro1:25 - Disney Theme Parks7:30 - Segues7:50 - Nintendo Switch 2 debuts1:00:30 - Duskblood1:11:30 - Games & Tariffs1:30:50 - Monster Hunter Wilds tops 10 million sold1:34:10 - Atomfall1:39:00 - The Marathon ARG1:45:00 - Emma Frost and Ultron join Marvel Rivals1:46:50 - Path of Exile 22:08:00 - South of Midnight2:18:40 - Schedule 12:26:00 - The First Berserker: Khazan2:46:30 - The Isle2:50:00 - LA Noire2:55:30 - Shoutouts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by DansGaming this week to get the lowdown on Ubisoft's new Assassin's Creed game! GDC was this week, including award winners like Balatro, ARK released an AI trailer and the devs have no idea who made it. A worldwide game dev union is being formed, someone found a hidden level in Split-Fiction and much more!  0:00 - Intro1:25 - Ice water4:00 - Assassin's Creed Shadows45:50 - Quick Valhalla spoiler46:30 - Spoiler over1:01:50 - GDC and IGF awards1:03:00 - ARK and AI1:08:30 - A union being formed for game devs1:10:20 - Hidden level in Split Fiction1:11:00 - Atomfall1:21:40 - Future Games Showcase1:43:50 - Single-Player games are dead (again)1:46:50 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 21:56:00 - 33 Immortals2:08:50 - Heavy Rain2:24:25 - R.E.P.O2:29:00 - Order 132:31:40 - Poop Killer 92:38:30 - Look Outside2:47:00 - Gaming pet peeves2:50:10 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return from the Wilds and the plague to bring you an all new episode! We catch up on the games we've finished including Avowed, Split Fiction, and almost Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Praise Kojima, become very interested in Silent Hill, realize we're old as Chrono Trigger celebrates 30 years and become vulnerable with an AI voice!   0:00 - Intro1:02 - Laundry8:30 - Tub grub investments12:00 - Finishing games13:50 - Avowed34:00 - Death's Stranding 241:40 - Silent Hill f45:30 - Split Fiction1:05:00 - Chrono Trigger turns 301:08:00 - Assassin's Creed Shadow1:16:00 - Claire Obscura Expedition 331:28:00 - R.E.P.O1:41:30 - Pirate Yakuza1:54:00 - Monster Hunter Wilds2:08:00 - Steam Next Fest demos2:23:00 - Core Keeper2:26:20 - Twitch partners with StreamElements2:33:00 - Maya the AI2:40:00 - Twitch Mobile app changes2:50:40 - Shoutouts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh and Zeke return from a weekend of sunshine and fish just in time for Twitch severely restructuring their VOD system, NetEase restructuring, Hades 2 updating and more! We also have a long conversation about the trap of rushing video games and a deep dive into our time with Avowed! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Blaze it6:00 - Small burn12:40 - Aquariums16:00 - Twitch changing VODs44:00 - NetEase lays off support staff56:50 - Hades 2 gets a new update1:04:00 - Trying to rush games1:08:00 - Monster Train 2 announced1:10:20 - Chris Wilson has left GGG?1:16:55 - Avowed2:11:50 - Steam NEXT Fest returns2:13:10 - Roadcraft2:24:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're honored to have Obsidian Games' Carrie Patel, Game Director for Avowed, return on the eve of their game launch to share our early thoughts and answer our most pressing questions! We're also joined by special guests DansGaming and Gothalion to chat about the recent Playstation State of Play, Skibidi toilet horror stories, ending the debate on Overwatch 2 vs Marvel Rivals and much more! 0:00 - Intro1:50 - Carrie Patel is back!4:15 - Launching games5:50 - Game reviews10:00 - Writing with established lore21:45 - Garrus25:50 - Tips & Tricks28:00 - Build variety33:40 - Level design45:50 - Why the drastic change from Pillars of Eternity to Avowed?48:10 - Will this lead to Pillars of Eternity 3?49:00 - Dodger's questions51:00 - Mod support?58:55 - Our time with Avowed1:05:20 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 21:19:00 - Art Director of Half-Life 2 - Viktor Antanov passed away1:19:50 - Borderlands 41:24:10 - Skibidi Toilet1:27:00 - Saros 1:29:30 - Tides of Annihilation1:31:25 - Lies of P: Overture1:39:25 - Mons

We're finally blessed with the presence of Dodger this week to chat about how getting old is super weird, another pitch for Tub Grub, being on LSF, League of Legends spreading, Monster Hunting and more! We also get the lowdown on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, indie darlings, retro games and a very extended look into VRChat. 0:00 - Intro1:00 - The times are changing6:00 - LSF10:00 - Tub grub15:30 - Indie games24:40 - PSN down for 20 hours27:00 - Civilization VII32:00 - Sworn47:10 - GTA6 still on track to release in 202548:00 - Borderlands52:00 - The Switch 54:00 - Avowed58:20 - Battlefield Labs1:09:20 - Monster Hunter Wilds approaching1:17:00 - The League virus1:23:00 - Riot removes F2P features1:34:00 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 21:59:20 - Ender Magnolia2:08:20 - Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?2:10:00 - Pitching Dodger games2:17:10 - Urban Myth Dissolution Center2:23:30 - VRChat2:39:00 - CD-Rom-a-thon2:47:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Farm boy Strippin this week to take stock of all the games releasing in the month of February and being on a farm! But first an update from the front lines of the ongoing Bronze Wars in League of Legends, getting influenced into playing No Man's Sky, more layoffs and more OnlyFangs drama. Games this week: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wilds and much more! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Bronze Wars4:00 - Apples7:00 - Spider Facts14:00 - Wayne June - The voice of Darkest Dungeon passed away17:00 - More Ubisoft layoffs26:20 - No Man's Sky Worlds 244:00 - Next Path of Exile 1 league delayed indefinitely54:00 - Parenting1:07:40 - Bioware layoffs1:14:40 - PSN changes for PC1:19:20 - Baldur's Gate 3 Update 81:24:00 - 5090s1:27:50 - Midnight Society shutsdown1:29:00 - WoW drama1:36:00 - The February games onslaught2:46:00 - Why is Marvel Rivals engaging?2:52:30 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crendor and Jesse Cox join JP and Zeke this week to chat about leaving social media, showers, eating in the bath, Rumble Packs and Home Improvement? Of course we also chat about the recent XBOX Developer Direct that gave us release dates for DOOM The Dark Ages, Claire Obscura Expedition 33, South of Midnight & revealed Ninja Gaiden 4! 0:00 - Intro0:55 - What are intros?7:00 - Social media13:00 - Rain Wind Fire22:30 - Cox & Crendor29:00 - Home Improvement39:00 - Top 10 Most Pointless50:20 - XBOX Developer Direct1:35:00 - Console add-ons1:45:40 - EA loses a lot of money2:04:20 - Warhammer 40k - Rogue Trader hits 1 million sold2:06:25 - Resident Evil 4 Remake sold less than 10K on iOS2:09:00 - The Video Game History Foundation makes digital collection public2:22:50 - Needy Streamer Overload hits 2 million sold2:28:00 - Home Improvement (again)2:36:39 - Crendor's games2:43:00 - Showers2:50:00 - Tub grub3:02:00 - A conversation about orgies3:08:10 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat

We're joined in the first half by Rebel Wolves - Creative Director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz and Writer Ariana Siarkiewicz - developers of the just announced game Blood of the Dawnwalker! We chat about the narrative ambitions of the game, and what a narrative sandbox really means. In the back half we get into some of the news such as the Switch 2 being officially revealed, TikTok being banned and unbanned. Our roach expert Cohh weighs in on the recent Twitch drama and POE2 drama. Games we're playing: Dynasty Warriors Origins, The First Berserker Khazan demo, Indiana Jones, Oni and more! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Cats1:55 - Interview with Rebel Wolves (Blood of the Dawnwalker devs)13:20 - What is a narrative sandbox?55:00 - Rebel Wolves shoutouts57:40 - Knowing the people who make our games1:00:00 - TikTok1:05:40 - The Switch 2!1:16:00 - PlayStation cancels more GaaS games1:20:00 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard director leaving Bioware1:25:00 - Studies suggest players want shorter games1:28:30 - The First Descendant loses 96

Cohh and Zeke are out this week, which means it's the perfect week to bring in some vtubers: Jhinxx & Neomi (and Bruce Greene)! We ask some hard hitting questions about vtuber tech, reasons for wanting to be a vtuber and why vtubers talk about poop so often? Then we get into Nvidia's new AI initiative and some of the games we've been playing that includes a lot of Marvel Rivals! 0:00 - Intro1:22 - Vtubers7:40 - Vtuber tech19:35 - Why choose a virtual model?32:00 - VRChat46:25 - New Years resolutions48:00 - Game of the Year55:20 - League grinding55:55 - Stellar Blade devs get bonuses 56:35 - Marvel Rivals player retention1:01:20 - Switch 2 announcement imminent?1:09:10 - Musk is a fraud (to the surprise of no one)1:13:20 - Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed again1:17:30 - Tencent is a military company?1:19:45 - Nvidia and AI1:40:50 - AGDQ raises 2.6 million1:43:40 - It takes 36 days to unlock a single hero in League?1:46:00 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 21:52:00 - The Closing Shift1:57:40 - Project Zomboid

It's time for our extremely objective list of the top games of 2024! Much deliberation and brain power was used in the making of these lists to give you the most accurate assessment of what games are the best in 2024! 0:00 - Intro 2:55 - Games We're Playing 19:32 - Our GOTY begins! 20:24 - Favorite New IP 30:33 - Favorite Multiplayer 39:52 - Favorite Writing 49:20 - Favorite Art Style 55:05 - Favorite Music 1:00:46 - Favorite Sound Design 1:07:51 - Favorite Character 1:19:11 - Favorite Performance 1:31:12 - Intermission 1:36:11 - Favorite Moment 1:45:52 - Favorite Feature 1:57:01 - Biggest Surprise 2:07:46 - Biggest Disappointment 2:20:01 - Games We Wished We Played 2:28:16 - Most Anticipated Game of 2025 2:35:34 - Top 3 Games Streamed 2:37:07 - Our Top 10 Games of 2024 3:52:48 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.