XCape Gaming Presents: The X Button

In this week's The X Button, Alejandro welcomes Rick Davis as newer rotating cohost as he, Joe and returning guest Rae/Sardonism go through an extensive talk about games they've played, then talk the Xbox Showcase for this coming summer, the Mafia: The Old Country release date, the dumpster fire that's been Nintendo Switch 2 discourse and more! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No...

In this week's episode of The X Button, a full panel that includes Alejandro, Paul, Joe and "Spreading the Nerd" host Rick Davis discuss all the highs and lows from the April 2nd Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/3e3sxiw Video Link: https://youtu.be/zeXd4dFB...

In this week's episode of "The X Button", Alejandro and Joe go over the future new venture for Ubisoft going forward, the return of Game Informer, the Monster Hunter Wild's title update and more! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/3e3sxiw Video Link: https://youtu.be/zeXd4dFB5cw Lofi Hiph...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro delivers his review on "Assassin's Creed Shadows" alongside Paul's thoughts, then go over some quick headline news including Ubisoft ramping up legal action against harassers, the new Respawn Star Wars turn-based game being revealed at Star Wars Celebration, the KOTOR remake still being alive and more! "Assassin's Creed Shadows" Review: https://seasonedgami...

In this week's "The X Button", after catching up on their latest game updates, Alejandro and Joe go over the recent fast success for games like Split Fiction, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 and argue for the difference in their success versus recent American-made games. Then, they go over the recent release date for Death Stranding 2, the latest evolution f...

In this week's episode of "The X Button", Joe and Paul have now "beaten" the campaign for Monster Hunter Wilds, so they join Alejandro to sound off on their impressions on Capcom's latest hunting opus. Afterwards, they go over The Last of Us Part 3 apparently not happening anymore, the reported length for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Discord potentially going public an...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro gives his thoughts on "Monster Hunter Wilds" and then with Joe go over the cancellation of the Wonder Woman game and subsequent closure of Monolith Studios alongside other WB studios, the PSVR 2 price drop, Fable's delay to 2026 and more! "Monster Hunter: Wilds" Review: https://seasonedgaming.com/2025/02/24/review-monst...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro, Joe and the returning Paul go over the games they've played, and go over some of the choice quotes that have come out of the recent interview by former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida, the messy layoff situation over Marvel Rivals, a potential new Tony Hawk game and more! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Musi...

In this week's episode of "The X Button", Alejandro and Joe are joined by the returning Bryan Finck from Seasoned Gaming & Super Jump Magazine to go over the first State of Play of 2025. Finally, Joe gives his review for Avowed! "Avowed" Review: https://seasonedgaming.com/2025/02/13/review-avowed-awowed/ Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Mus...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro and Don go over the renamed upcoming revival of E3 in the form of "IICon", the different EA news from their recent financial report (new Battlefield! Apex Legends 2? Dragon Age should have been a live service!?), the return of Fallout New Vegas writer to Obsidian, and so much more! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro talks his thoughts on "Eternal Strands", and with Joe go over a deluge of news including PlayStation reshuffling its CEO structure, Xbox becoming the #1 games publisher in the world, Phil Spencer's comments on the future of Xbox hardware & his involvement in making "Ninja Gaiden 4" happen, PlayStation removing PSN requirements for their PC ports, layoff...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro and Joe catch up on three weeks worth of games played and then go over various different topics of the week, from the seeming death of "Dragon Age", the cancelled Horizon MMO, the departure of Insomniac's Ted Price, the imminence of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3, and the Xbox Developer Direct! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilev...

In this week's shorter episode of "The X Button", Alejandro, Paul and Joe give their thoughts on the anticlimactic reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, their gut check on Grand Theft Auto 6 and talk about their 10 most anticipated games (they know of) for 2025! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/...

In the start of the fifth season for "The X Button", Alejandro and Paul welcome Seasoned Gaming's Joe La Russa AKA "DonLionheart" as the new permanent cohost of the show as they talk the Nintendo Switch 2 leaks, the shocking prices for NVIDIA's new series 50 graphics cards, the upcoming Xbox Direct for January 23rd and the new Assassin's Creed Shadows delay. Then, they spend the rest of the show t...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by fellow Seasoned Gaming freshman contributor Luis Andres AKA "Louie" (@andresplay93) to give their impressions after extended time with the PlayStation 5 Pro, and then give an honest analysis of the performance of the Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo brands in 2024. Did the conventional wisdom spewed online about the brands reflect their reality?...

NOTE: This was the episode meant to air over Thanksgiving Break. This week's episode will air as normal on Friday, December 6th from 10am onwards. In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro and Paul catch up on their recent games and then go over the winners from the 42nd Annual Golden Joysticks Awards and give their bets on who wins the different categories for The Game Awards! Intro Music By: Song...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by Seasoned Gaming contributor Joseph La Russa AKA "DonLionheart" and The Single Player Experience host Sebastion Mauldin to host an extensive postmortem for "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" with two Dragon Age superfans. Then, they move on to give their thoughts on the recent Game Awards nominee fiasco and each give their thoughts on who they think wi...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by Richard Hoeg from "HoegLaw"/Last Stand Media/Seasoned Gaming's Bitcast to talk about "Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake" and then give their thoughts on the JRPG scene as we wind down in 2024, and the current state of "storytelling in games"! "Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake" Review: https://seasonedgaming.com/2024/11/13/review-dragon-quest-3-hd-2d-rem...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined once again by fellow Seasoned Gaming contributors Joseph La Russa AKA "DonLionheart" and Rachel Rae AKA "Sardonisms" to catch up on their played games, follow up with Don on his thoughts on "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" and quickly go over the reactions to the PlayStation 5 Pro reviews and the Nintendo Switch successor confirming its backwards compa...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro and Paul catch up on their recently played games, including Alejandro's deep dive into his review for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6", and then go over the spread of reviews for "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" and explain how they approach a game with a wild spread of opinions. Finally, they close the show talking about their favorite and most memorable game enviro...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro i joined by Joseph La Russa AKA "DonLionheart" to catch up on Don's experience with Hurricane Milton in Florida, and go over the many games they have been playing before going on a gut check for next week's "Dragon Age: The Veilguard"! Time Stamps: Intro/Housekeeping: 0:00 - 05:58 Games We've Played (Mafia 2, Mafia 3, Life is Strange Double Exposure, Alan W...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by fellow Seasoned Gaming & Last Stand Media community member Rick Davis and eventually cohost Paul to catch up on the games they are playing (Metaphor, Silent Hill 2, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero, etc.), and then recap and give their thoughts on Xbox's Partner Showcase and Shawn Layden's comments about the death of creativity in the high end AAA...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by the returning Paul after a Hurricane Helele-induced absence to catch up on the current games they are playing and then try to dive deep and analyze the strange discourse around 2024 being a supposed "dry year" for videogames. Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https:/...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by Seasoned Gaming members Joseph La Russa AKA "DonLionheart" and Rachel "Rae" Redmond AKA "Sardonisms" to talk the games they played and then discuss what we specifically look for on a JRPG, spurred by the upcoming release of "Metaphor Refantazio" Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Fr...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro is joined by Super Jump Magazine and Seasoned Gaming contributor Bryan Finck to give their current feelings about the PlayStation and the recent State of Play for September 2024! Intro Music By: Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music) Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download: https://bit.ly/3e3sxiw Video Link: https://youtu.be/z...