Episode 184 – Full Manual, Baby
Matt returns to Farcry 5, Neil is terrified by Visage, EA games are returning to Steam, and Blizzcon sure is tense this year! Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
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Episode 183 – Going to the Disco
Matt casts spells in Noita, Neil gets scared in Resident Evil 2, Blizzard starts destroying itself, and Butterfree is getting a Gigantamax form! Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 182 – Fully Simulated Whiskey Particles
Matt goes kart racing on his phone, Neil saves the world in 60 seconds, Shawn Layden departs from Sony, and Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC! Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita:
Episode 181 – Hosting Duties Revoked
Matt takes A Short Hike, Neil returns to a Classic, Kojima gets really excited about Death Stranding, and Sirfetch’d has the best of both worlds. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita:
Episode 180 – Rusty George
Matt cleans out some Nano-Dust, Neil finally finds the remains, Terry is joining Smash, and NBA 2K20 releases an extremely tone-deaf ad. There are MAJOR spoilers for Anodyne 2: Return to Dust in this episode. They appear between 19:35 and 42:40 of the episode. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita:
Review – Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
When Anodyne came out in 2013, all I knew was that the gameplay was inspired from classic 2D Zelda games like Link’s Awakening. The world Analgesic Productions crafted was so much more than that, though. A place that is full of beauty, but also pain and fear. I was drawn in by the fascinating world Read More …
Episode 179 – Pee-Tea Gamers
Matt chats with strangers in VR, Neil explores the world of Anodyne 2, Sony buys Insomniac Studios, and Spider-Man might be out of the MCU. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 178 – Femblem Throuses Clard
Matt continues to teach anime children, Neil finally finishes a video game, Ninja leaves twitch, and the ESA shoots itself in the foot… again. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 177 – Bathtub Shots
Matt decides between Three Houses, Neil returns for Season 2, and Joycon Drift is the worst fast and furious movie. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 176 – Dick Detection AIs
Matt makes some Marios, Neil taps through Teppen, the Switch Lite can’t switch, and everyone needs a little vacation juice. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 175 – Tree Stump Gaming Chair
Matt goes completionist for Bloodstained, Neil is 3 years late to Titanfall 2, the big 3 team up to oppose tariffs, and popular vlogger ‘Etika’ is no longer with us. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 174 – E3 2019!
Matt and Neil run down all the E3 press events! Banjo joins Smash, FF VII gets a release date, Fallout gets NPCs, and more! PSO 2, BABY! Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
E3 2019 – Nintendo Direct
In my perfect world, we would have had gameplay from Metroid Prime 4 today. Due to the news earlier this year that they were rebooting the development, I knew it wasn’t coming. Mario Maker 2 and the next generation of Pokèmon already had major reveals. So what was Nintendo going to come at me with? Read More …
E3 2019 – Square-Enix Conference
Do you like Final Fantasy? Like literally any of them? Great! This conference had something for you. Otherwise… They opened with Final Fantasy VII Remake looking quite beautiful, and I continue to not care at all. That game might be truly amazing for a whole set of people to experience that story for the first Read More …
E3 2019 – Ubisoft Conference
Out of all the major games companies, Ubisoft is the one that has really successfully embraced the “Games as Service” model. While this ongoing support has allowed for some great growth of those game’s communities and kept older games relevant in the gaming space, it has take away some of the fire of these big Read More …
E3 2019 – Bethesda Conference
Bethesda had a rough year. Fallout 76 was a huge failure, Rage 2 has been received very luke-warm, and the Mobile game Blades had some pretty negative responses too. Of course, I am really not the person Bethesda tends to make games for so it is always hard for them to excite me. Speaking of Read More …
E3 2019 – Microsoft Press Conference
Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally getting a release in the west! No other video games need to be announced anymore. Ok, I’m calmed down a bit. Let’s actually talk about Microsoft. They are the only platform holder that is still presenting at E3 this year. They could phone it in and still probably have Read More …
E3 2019 – EA Play Event
It feels weird to consider this part of E3. EA wants this to be considered its own event! You know, it just happens to be in LA, right around the time that E3 happens… Anyway, EA has the Star Wars license and is FINALLY showing something that isn’t a first-person shooter in that universe. Jedi Read More …
Episode 173 – Playing Catch-up
Life has been getting in the way for Matt and Neil, ProJared’s dirty laundry got aired, Sony’s State of Play was fairly bland, Death Stranding gets a new trailer, and a few E3 predictions are made! Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Episode 172 – Coast to Coast
Matt digs back into Minecraft, Neil is stuck on his old laptop, Riot Games is about to get a walk-out, SPOILER WARNING FOR ENDGAME! *Update – Riot Games had the walk-out on Monday May 6th. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita