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Shorty of an episode this week because there was a bit of a pet emergency (everyone is OK!) midway through recording. We'll be back to our regularly-scheduled length next week, but enjoy a shorty this week :) THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Florida State University opens Garnet Gaming Lounge 09:18 Honoring the consoles we sold along the way 14:38 XBOX prices going up (again) - Variety 20:47 Steam endi...

Do you guys remember the song Pump it Up from 2002? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Introduction/straight into Nintendo Direct talk The Mario movie leaked via Old Spice (sorry for a twitter link) I Don't Think This Was the Direct Nintendo Needs Right Now - Arlo 18:52 An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 's...

We're asking the big questions this week like... can games actually be good? Why is everything handheld? Why is Persona 5 Like That so much? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro, Pokemon and, hear us out, what if games were good? 08:35 Comic book talk 14:30 NBA 2K's college game and WNBA coming to 2K? Further reading: EA's college basketball revival may be over before it really began - Polygo...

Sorry Wii U owners. Got some bad news in this one for all 20 of us. Mild CW for sexual assault and self harm during some Persona 5 talk from 47:35-50:04. THINGS MENTIONED: 06:55 Hideo Kojima says AI is the latest “revolution” for gaming - GamesRadar 19:39 Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay - Aftermath 25:12 Stardew Valley update coming!! 29:18 Silksong is only...

We've got games coming out we never even thought we'd see. THINGS MENTIONED: 05:35 Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date Bloomberg's interview with Team Cherry 14:35 The new LEGO Batman game looks so good 20:54 But we can’t forget Garfield Kart 2!! Can Garfield Kart 2 compete with Hollow Knight: Silksong? Who cares, dude? - Polygon 23:22 What we’ve been playing 01:08:29 Closing To...

We chose some heavy (but important!) news items to talk about this week, but it's all balanced out by talking about two Big Jokers (of the Persona 5 and Batman varieties). THINGS MENTIONED: 00:26 Games media talk 08:25 Louisiana sues Roblox for allegedly choosing "profits over child safety", claiming "it's basically open season for sex predators on this app" - Eurogamer...

Battlefield 6 more like Battlefart 6, amiright? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Battlefield 6 and Pax Armata Battlefield 6 team wanted villains who could blow up Brooklyn, but also be 'badass' - Polygon 11:30 Nintendo Direct/Indie Showcase/Pokemon Presents 16:30 Video Game History Foundation buys the rights to Computer Entertainment Archivists Let You Now Read Some of the First...

Tori and Noah read the book Ocean's Godori and were dying to talk to author Elaine U. Cho about the video games she loves. Thanks for coming on the show Elaine :) You can learn more about Elaine and find links to buy her books at her website elaineucho.com . She's also on Instagram @elaineucho . THINGS MENTIONED: 02:05 Questions for Elaine 20:06 Some of Elaine's favorite books 23:28 El...

Censorship is bad. THINGS MENTIONED: 0:43.859 itch.io/Steam NSFW content ban ... lots of links for this one. The Gamer on removals from Steam ArsTechnica on itch game removals Credit Card Companies Are Hurting the Future of Video Games - 404 Media Consume Me on itch.io 12:38.439 What's up with Waypoint? 20:33.254 Mario and Peach just friends - IGN 25:08.060 Final Fantasy XI suspends character...

Hiiiii. We've got a great new episode for you (if I do say so myself). I know this is mostly a video game news show but a good bit of this is also just Superman talk. Buckle in. SUPERMAN SPOILERS 27:45 - 49:48 THINGS MENTIONED 00:13 The 2027 Zelda movie has its Link and Zelda - BBC 05:45 Paste Media launches a new site for gaming news 08:10 Oblivion remaster support studio hit with layoffs - K...

It's a big week for us! We joined a podcast network! We're all three here talking about games! Nathaniel and Noah reveal what Final Fantasies they've been playing! All that and more!!! SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY XV FROM 31:30 to 45:30!!! THINGS MENTIONED: OK fine here are the Animal Crossings Crocs but don't buy them just because we talked about them Nintendo is not paying us Soon...

Microsoft is all up in the news recently, whether they're ruining people's lives with layoffs or ruining people's lives with its complicity in an ongoing genocide in Palestine. This week, Tori and Nathaniel are talking with games journalist Autumn Wright about how the BDS movement is targeting Microsoft and what that means for Xbox. You can keep up with Autumn's work on their blues...

Listen as two people who don't own the console talk about the launch of the Switch 2. Marvel at their lack of excitement for another Hollywood adaptation of a beloved video game franchise! All that and more!! THINGS MENTIONED: This Switch 2 Accessory Is Making Fans Drop Their Consoles And The Manufacturer's Response Is Only Making Things Worse [Update: Everyone's Getting Free Upgraded...

Hekki grace! Man this game is good as hell. Strap in because we're trying to cover as much ground as possible in two and a half hours talking about Sunset Visitor's incredible 1000xResist. FURTHER READING 1000xRESIST and the Pain of Departure Nothing Ever Stops Existing A Complete Story Breakdown of 1000xResist Talking for 5 Hours About 1000xRESIST What Should You Leave Behind? - 1000xRESI...

Tori's got a Switch 2 and it's Fake E3 Season. All that and a special Star Wars surprise. Buckle in :o) THINGS MENTIONED: Aftermath on the Splitgate dev's stupid hat A good post from Ethan Gach on bsky Alpharad playing Switch 2 Tori's on bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠toridp98⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

OK, first thing's first: SPOILERS FOR CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 FROM 1:13:38-1:20:14. Second thing's second, sorry for some of the audio inconsistencies this week. It's entirely Noah's fault and nobody else is responsible for it. All of that aside, we're playing some sick games this week. We do our best to tip toe around literally anything that could be considered a spoiler f...

The way these games are starting to cost, we're all gonna be ice soup households soon. But Borderlands 4 will be worth it!! THINGS MENTIONED: IGN on the new Battlefront 3 hype Randy Pitchford sucks (from Gamesradar) Brian Eno rules (from PC Gamer) Tori's on bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠toridp98⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

That's right: forget a morning podcast taping. This is how wild and crazy things can get After Dark. THINGS MENTIONED I GN on Kojima's "forgetting game." Wired on AI Vader. Variety with the latest on the SAG-AFTRA strike. PCGamer on the Overwatch union. The Verge on Bungie's oopsie (theft). Morbid Zoo's Sinners video. Shout out to Cool Uncle Marisa :) Tori's on bluesk...

Star Wars is in the air (for better or worse), and this week we're talking about our recent playthroughs of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Sit down, tune in and don't have a bad feeling about this one. FURTHER READING/WATCHING Polygon's reporting on crunch at Traveler's Tales during the game's development Scott the Woz's video about the LEGO Star Wars games Tori's...

Lots of bad news this week!! We do our best to make the best of it. THINGS MENTIONED: Kotaku on the Microsoft price hikes Bloomberg on the EA layoffs And Polygon sold to Valnet from Kotaku The Verge going deeper on that GTA VI delayed Scott the Woz re: Lego Star Wars Tori's online Nathaniel's on Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nathanbased⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Noah's on Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

OK, first thing's first, the MGS2 spoilers are at 52:00 and lasts until 59:30. Besides that, we're light on news this week because we all played and watched so much dang stuff. Enjoy :) THINGS MENTIONED Yes, Sidney Sweeney is supposed to be in the Split Fiction movie Business Insider on Ryan Coogler's Sinners deal Collider on RotS' crazy cinema numbers Kermode and Mayo on RotS Tori...

Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. And it's making the Switch 2 accessories cost more money :( THINGS MENTIONED Wired with the details on Switch 2's pricing : https://www.wired.com/story/the-nintendo-switch-2-price-wont-get-hit-by-trumps-tariffs/ Forbes' Paul Tassi on the almost certainly legit Oblivion remak...

We love gaming :) THINGS MENTIONED: No, Mario Kart won't be $90 : https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/no-switch-2-games-arent-90-the-internet-is-just-broken-beyond-belief/ Welcome to Fortnite, Sabrina Carpenter : https://www.thecut.com/article/sabrina-carpenter-fortnite-skins.html Microsoft joins the BDS list : https://aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-games-journalism Tori's on Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

I may not be the same thickness I was in 2017, but the new Nintendo Switch is!! Yeah OK every gaming podcast is doing it and so are we: we're talking about the hot Switch 2 barrage of announcements from last week. Lock in and get ready to go into debt. THINGS MENTIONED Polygon's breakdown of the Switch 2 Direct : https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/550857/switch-2-direct-all-games-ne...

Look, if everyone's consenting and happy, what's wrong with it? Oh but other than that there was some interesting game news this week — a legacy publication is seemingly back from the grave and Nintendo sure is going crazy. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon's rundown on the latest Nintendo Direct : https://www.polygon.com/news/547591/nintendo-direct-march-2025-everything-announced-switch IGN w...