AnavCast

From flea markets to subscription services, games sure have changed. Or maybe we're just old. • 01:59 - Flea market game swapping • 13:43 - Halo x Fortnite event • 18:07 - Battlefield stays grounded • 29:40 - Future of Halo • 40:47 - Game Pass economics • 53:23 - Sales vs subscriptions

Johnnie Who and the Invisible Snares.

The full crew reunites for a deep dive into modern storytelling, exploring how the best tales are the ones that don't hold your hand. • 00:34 - Summer movie marathons & franchise formulas • 05:41 - Modern storytelling & audience engagement • 17:06 - Gaming narratives & player choice • 29:19 - Batman films: past & future • 43:30 - Tech & streaming platform updates

Look up - that's where the prices are.

Sometimes you just need to shut up and take a vacation.

Gaming is hard on the back, and not enough people talk about this.

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It's the end of an era.

.We don't discuss the Nintendo Switch 2. Like, at all.

We spiral from traumatized toddlers to heated piracy debates, somehow managing to make Magic: The Gathering sound both fun and morally superior. • 00:12 - Craig's in trouble • 01:05 - Dental drama with toddlers • 02:35 - Xbox exclusives dying • 15:06 - Magic addiction begins • 35:33 - Nintendo's iron grip • 49:19 - Piracy ethics throwdown All death threats must be directed only to DiJaDi, and incl...

A tech-laden therapy session about Johnnie's HDMI switcher woes that somehow devolved into yet another conversation about Destiny 2, proving that like an ex you can't quite get over, Bungie's space opera keeps pulling DiJaDi back in despite its questionable life choices. • [00:11] HDMI switcher troubles • [17:27] DiJaDi returns to Destiny 2 • [29:25] Star Wars crossover controversy • [34:41] New m...

The crew grumbles about manufactured holidays and gaming price hikes, while ironically plotting to create their own totally-not-fake holiday called Anav Day. • 00:11 - Show Intros • 03:01 - Fake Holidays • 25:18 - Xbox Pricing • 34:59 - Game Pass Value • 42:27 - Switch Hardware • 44:09 - Gears Remaster • 48:31 - Anav Day Plans

Somehow managing to connect Pope Francis's passing to a hatred of cozy games, we meander through gaming news while actively avoiding anything resembling relaxation or staying on topic. • 01:07 - Pope Francis tribute • 04:16 - Anti-cozy games manifesto • 14:22 - Switch 2 pricing debate • 27:56 - Japanese housing repair scam • 32:54 - Gaming news roundup

We discuss Bungie's new game, Marathon, while debating the eternal struggle between premium vs. free-to-play games, all while nursing our collective Destiny-shaped emotional wounds. • 00:09 - Sakura festival and Marathon announcement • 13:31 -The problem with free-to-play games • 28:15 = Battle passes and gaming burnout • 34:33 - Marathon's marketing approach • 39:48 - Nintendo Switch 2 and Astron...

The crew dives into Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 and its pricing drama, bouncing between defending and criticizing the gaming giant's decisions while taking entertaining detours through gaming history - from GameCube classics to the days of swapping CD-ROMs between computers. • 00:10 - Switch 2 Basics • 06:34 - Price Talk • 15:00 - Old Tech Stories • 22:27 - Handheld Gaming • 37:37 - Japan vs Worl...

In this season opener, Johnnie and DiJaDi prove that all of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again, as they cycle through familiar patterns: starting with gaming news like Game Informer's revival before inevitably wandering into passionate tangents about book adaptations, Fast & Furious movies, and their shared nostalgia for older games - all while playfully noting the ironi...

This train has no breaks.

It's Sea of Thieves in Space!

The monolith crumbled. Seeds were planted. A new world is just beginning, as the old one is salted.

Maybe the correlation between Farmer finding out he's not paid and his frequent absences isn't coincidental.

The State of Meh.

This is just a fact.

But the real Halo is the friends we made along the way.

Nominees: Best TV Show: Fallout, The Acolyte, X-Men 97 Best Movie: Inside Out 2, Dune Part Two, Deadpool and Wolverine, Wicked, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim Game of the Year: Helldivers 2, Indiana Jones, Alan Wake 2 Best PS2 Game: Gollum, Bellorito, Nightrunners Best Game I Won't Finish: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth B...

We discuss the (alleged) Tiktok ban and pronunciations of the word "niche". #djdwasright