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:
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 …
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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
Matt changes colors in Breaker, Neil starts Sekiro over, they both join this week’s hot discourse, and Nintendo “invests” in VR. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Baba is Matt, Neil dies way more than twice, indies get to play with Zelda, and Google’s Stadia has a really dumb name. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Matt returns to his valley farm, Neil types out his bible, EA pulls even further out of E3, and everyone sucks at PR this week. Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
Matt looks at cardboard dinosaurs, Neil gets into anime robots, Tetris becomes the latest Battle Royale, and Bowser takes over Nintendo of America! Music: “Sun Spots” by Chakita
