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This week! Switch 2 pre-orders happened—find out how we fared amongst the chaos. Plus: Ghost of Yotei, Outrun and Split Fiction movies, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dave the Diver, South of Midnight, Silent HIll 2 and much, much more. Join us, won't you?  https://youtube.com/live/pBRAZBQFk3k Links of interest: Switch 2 pre-orders were a mess Every physical third-party Switch 2 game seen in Japan s...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/live/P_3N5WbCEkc Fuse It Or Lose It Aftershow Today courtesy of friend of the show Mike we have an AI-generated quiz. This time based on the artwork an AI has generated based on certain games and...

This week! We have a date for Switch 2 pre-orders in the US and Canada, Paul Rudd comes back to hawk Switch 2, the Mario Kart Direct reveals some new info, Lunar Remastered Collection, Dave the Diver, Split Fiction, Silent Hill 2, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? https://youtube.com/live/6WWBfuD7XuQ Links of interest: 7UP Zero Sugar Endless Summer Reese's Cups with Spring Sprinkles Switch...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. https://youtube.com/live/crvLl-1pcgI Pass On The Pass Aftershow Hacker alias Sir Alexander has challenged us with a Mexico Jeopardy. It's not going to be pretty. But you can listen and see how well we did and compare it...

This week! Switch 2 preorder woes, pricing, Genesis NSO additions, Blue Prince, WIldgate (beta), South of Midnight, Mario Golf GBC, Time Gal/Ninja Hayate HD Remasters, Katamari Damacy Rolling Live, Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? https://youtube.com/live/gicKy8UWWLA Links of interest: Switch 2 preordering delayed in US and Canada Mouse Work from Nitrom...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Performance Issues Aftershow On this week's Aftershow we hand over the keys to the AI for a little video game guessing game—with AI-generated box art, too! You'll have to listen (or watch) to get a grip on this madness....

This week! We talk about everything Nintendo Switch 2. What we thought of the Direct, the games, the pricing, what (if anything) we're going to be picking up on day one (preorder pending), and much, much more. Join us, won't you? https://youtube.com/live/fez6U-FiNX8 Links of interest: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Launch Date/Pricing June 5, $449/$499 in the US ($630/$699 CAD) Multi-language Switch in...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-fiJyjaGQo Top of the Yarn Ball Remake Aftershow Shake off the cobwebs in your noggin, folks. Today we have an EGM Review Quiz from the April 1998 issue of the magazines. Can Phil and Gr...

This week! The Switch 1 Nintendo Direct, C button speculation, Switch 2 hype, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Picross S Doraemon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, some Star Trek, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? https://youtube.com/live/po7Qzp8OW48 Links of interest: Sour Patch Kids Glow-Ups Nintendo Direct Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct Everybody's Golf and Patapon...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Tears For Tears Aftershow Set your time-reversal crystals to 1998 and join us for a quiz based on the games released in that much-revered year from listener Donald Theriault! If you have an idea for a game we can play i...

This week! It's a slow news week cuz we're so close to that sweet, sweet Switch 2 Direct. LEGO Pokémon, Koei SNES games on NSO, FBC Firebreak, a new NES game from ex-iNiS folks, Silent Hill 2, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Wanderstop, Split Fiction, Pirate Yakuza, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? https://youtube.com/live/pZr4StxyDxU Links of interest: New NES game from...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Hoping For Something Wart-Related Aftershow You listeners continue to pit us against each other! Here we are again with a Jeopardy quiz from hacker alias Enchy. Slightly based around game of the year polls from Discord...

This week! AI making more useful (and not) gaming inroads, Silent Hill F, LEGO Mario Kart, new Picross, cozy tea-making in Wanderstop, Touhou Spell Bubble, A Game About Digging A Hole, Silent Hill 2, of course, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Video version - https://youtube.com/live/51QUEt_OR7E Links of interest: Silent Hill F Copilot for Gaming Son...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Junk-Drawer Toothbrush Aftershow On this week's Aftershow we tackle a Jeopardy quiz based on the games in Frunkis Baldwin's backlog. Can we guess the games in this listener's backlog? Only one way to find out. And if yo...

This week! Some of the best Game Boy games land on NSO, a Robocop expandalone, Acclaim is back for some reason, Silent Hill 2, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? This episode on YouTube - https://youtube.com/live/BcMyPvbLebY Links of interest: DK94 and Mario's Picross come to NSO Robocop: Rogue City getting a sequel Sonic, Atlus, and RGG to play big ro...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Spread Your Seed Aftershow The P1P community Discord is a hotbed of memes and references. Too bad the hosts of the show don't know more of them. But you'll find out what Discord memes they DO know in this Jeopardy quiz...

This week! An NSO removal, plastic guitars, a new 2D Terminator, Silent Hill 2, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Taiko controllers, Monster Hunter Wilds, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: Switch Vouchers not ending (just not usable on Switch 2) Super Soccer is first NSO removal New Les Paul guitar controllers Terminator 2D: No Fate PS VR2 price dropped Tetris Forev...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Rusty Cage Breakers Aftershow It's an Aftershow! This is a Jeopardy quiz filled with ones we got wrong in the past. So, it's gonna be funny when we get them wrong again! Thanks to listener Luciano for sending in this qu...

This week! AI is poised to improve (and maybe also ruin) gaming, Nintendo ending loyalty programs, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is great, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: Creamsicle vs Dreamsicle Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Orange Cream Nintendo ending voucher program Xbox's New AI Project 'Muse' Catalog of games using generative AI AI to revive classic X...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Akira Cycle Slide Aftershow Turn those time crystals back to March 1998 for this EGM Review Quiz. Listen as CJ reads out reviews, blanking out the name of the game and developer/publisher. See if you can guess what game...

This week! We go over last week's State of Play announcements, Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, Warriors: Abyss, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, the Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii demo, a Star Trek minute, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: Pepsi Wild Cherry & Cream Orange Cream Coke Berries & Cream Daytona history I, Robot trailer State of Play broadcast All the State of Play an...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Tastes Like A Wet Peep Aftershow Now here's a new one - courtesy of friend of the show Chris Baker we have our first AI-generated quiz. This one is haikus based on NES games that started with letters between G and Q. An...

This week! Greg and CJ talk about the PSN outage, Switch 2 patent detailing a new (Pro?) controller, scalpers, Meta Gear Solid Delta, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, and much much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: PSN went down Wario Land 4 coming to NSO Switch 2 patent shows a new controller Switch 2 Nintendo Direct time con...

If you  support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. The Sense Of Presence Aftershow Patrons, this week we have a game music Jeopardy from Greg and CJ's friend Mike. How well do we remember the audio from games of the past? You're about to find out. If you have an idea fo...

This week! Forza Horizon drives to PS5, Ridge Racer 64, MultiVersus is a disappointing live service shutdown, Skies of Arcadia trademark renewed, CJ's back on Infinite Wealth, Phil plays some Dynasty Warriors, Star Trek talk, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5 (and maybe Switch 2?) Ridge Racer 64 comes to NSO MultiVersus going offline VGHF lib...