The Rough Draft - A Sometimes Gaming Podcast

November 9, 2026: Let's keep the good times and thankfulness going into November with this episode! ***There will be spoilers for everything I talk about so be warned!*** News? The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 Metacritic score is here. Movies? ParaNorman (2012) Games? Resident Evil 3 Remake & The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 Follow me on Twit...

November 2, 2026: Hope everyone enjoyed Halloween season as I close it out with the movie I watched for this episode. News? Gears of War apparently cost a lot of money to make. A lot. Movies? Coraline (2009). Games? Pokemon Emerald. Again for those in the US, check your voter registration status and make sure everything is in tip top shape and up to date. Exercise your right to vote in this electi...

October 26, 2026: A happy early Halloween to folks out there because this episode will be coming out earlier and my next episode will come out after. Stay safe and have fun! Also for those in the US, check your voter registration status and make sure everything is in tip top shape and up to date. Exercise your right to vote in this election cycle to make sure your voice is heard. November 3, 2026...

October 19, 2026: Let's hit the ground running with this episode! News? Upcoming consoles possibly super expensive. Movies? The Mummy (1999). Games? Resident Evil 2 Remake on Nintendo Switch 2. Follow me on Twitter below for new episode updates as well as leave any comments you want to me. Much appreciated! https://x.com/TRDPodcast_Hori

October 12, 2026: I didn't lose my audio this week, I call that a successful start to the week. What is on the agenda this week? News? Not a lot. Movies? Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Games? The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64). Follow me on Twitter below for new episode updates as well as leave any comments you want to me. Much appreciated! https://x.com/TRDPodcast_Hori

October 5, 2026: Of course I lost my audio. It wouldn't be a new episode if it didn't start off that way. Any way this is me redoing the whole episode from scratch. Apologies for the low volume. This episode we go over: Artificial Intelligence being used in Capcom's game engine and processes and my thoughts on its' impact. And then artificial intelligence being used in AI up scaling for PlayStatio...

September 28, 2026: I just realized my episode titles are getting into Anime light novel territory of length so I need to start shortening them. Anyway for this week's episode we have the following Some quick news on Hideo Kojima's Physint and some spec leaks on the next gen consoles. We then figure out who the culprit is in this whodunit movie Clue. And finally we close the book on Xenoblade Chro...

September 21, 2026: Episode 14 and still no pumping the breaks yet. Come with me on this ride as I once again forget to introduce myself in the episode itself, it's Horizon by the way. We'll explore the not too eventful news: Blizzard announces some new StarCraft and Diablo games coming way too far out in the future. IGN interviews Hideo Kojima on the recent change from jumping to Xbox for his nex...

September 14, 2026: Lucky episode 13! Why lucky? Because I'm still able to get another episode out and that alone is enough reason to celebrate! Let's hit the ground running with some news: Marvel's Wolverine by Insomniac Games reviews drop and they are definitely scores. Kojima Productions split with PlayStation on Physint. Now Xbox has scooped them up for both that and OD. Two Nintendo Directs b...

September 7, 2026: Let's jump straight into the PlayStation State of Play that came out a few days ago and go over some of the announcements that were made there and the Japan one. Then talk and predict a little about the upcoming Nintendo Zelda and General Direct that will release within the next few days after this episode comes out. Then we deep dive right into the lush jungles of Pandora as I...

August 31, 2026: Now embarking from the nearest port to you at episode 11. Your trip ticket grants you the following: The news! Grand Theft Auto VI got its extended reveal. Xbox reveals more info about their disc to digital program. Gamescom had a lot of new game trailers. Elden Ring is released on Nintendo Switch 2. Stellar Blade gets a shiny new action trailer for Nintendo Switch 2. Witcher 3 re...

August 24, 2026: Episode 10 is here at last. Getting to double digits now. Next goal is triple digits! I talk a bit about how the show title came to be and I actually introduce myself, your host, Horizon. Hello Hello. Because it's a mostly gaming podcast so I'll go by the username I run with. Today I discuss some news on GTA VI leaks, The Duskbloods Network Test, and Crunchyroll. ***PLEASE BE AWAR...

August 17, 2026: Welcome to episode 9. Quick news section this week with Kingdom Hearts IV and Wolverine. For the movies I've been watching section, we close out Christopher Nolan's last movie for me to watch, Memento. Then we head on over to the next director and their movies James Cameron and we kick things off with The Terminator. And to close out with the games I've been playing, once again we...

August 10, 2026: Yes this is episode 8. No it isn't called Memoriam. It is called Memento. And yes The Prestige came out after Batman Begins and Inception came out after The Dark Knight. Phew, now that that is out of the way I'll have a little ramble about Christopher Nolan's other movies: Insomnia and Following. Unfortunately no Memento this week because I thought I had it but I actually didn't....

August 3, 2026: I briefly talked about some Christopher Nolan movies last week so lets talk a bit more about some of them, mostly the Batman Trilogy and what I loved and didn't love about them. Next week we'll probably go over some more so stay tuned. Then onto some quick news from Xbox and their upcoming physical to digital initiative. And a quick word PlayStation had about ending physical media...

July 27, 2026: No dumb episode title here. Let's reexamine it later so for now, it is what it says it is. A very quick talk on the movies I've watched aka Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises. I'll come back to revisit these movies more in depth as I try to finish all the other Christopher Nolan movies. Then to the meat and potatoes I react to the last console showcase, the Xb...

July 20, 2026: We're still doing it in this heat, no rest for the wicked who go on this arduous journey back home to Ithaca. For it is in this journey that we may find out more of who we are. Anyway a little Persona 3 Reload talk. A little The Odyssey movie talk. A lot of late reacting to the Playstation State of Play from June 2026 talk. There seems to still be an issue with the audio that I need...

July 13, 2026: Dabbled in GarageBand and made an intro and outro for the podcast. We'll see if it gets flagged and taken down. If it does I'll reload it without them. Otherwise 50 experience gained. Level up! Onto episode 4, it's more of the same in the game's industry and that's not really a good thing. Layoffs hitting Xbox hard. PlayStation still doing their no physical games starting 2028. I'll...

Under careful consideration and clearly against the doctor's wishes, we're going full steam ahead into episode 3. Minions & Monsters? Check. Football talk? It's there. No more new physical games from Playstation in 2028? Readings are off the charts. Xbox spinning off and selling studios? We need you to sit down sir. Xenoblade Chronicles again? Nurse, I don't know how he's still conscious. Apol...

June 29, 2026: Jobs scarce. Paychecks low. Cost of living high. Trying to enjoy games? Difficulty set to impossible. Steam Machine from Valve price was announced. Grand Theft Auto VI from Take Two pricing announced. Everything costs way more and I have to grumble and stamp my feet on it. You'll get my two cents on it because that's all that I have to my name. You'll get my quick take at the end on...

June 22, 2026: Legends all have their humble beginnings with one small step. No luck here, there's no legend and this host isn't so humble. Come with me as I stumble and ramble my way on the going ons of things that I like to talk about. From video games to TV to movies to music and all things in between. This is a rough draft after all, it won't be perfect, it may never be perfect, but its about...