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This week: Pokemon, Pikmin and ports. Plus a special guest gives Tori some Pikmin pointers. You won't wanna miss this one. THINGS MENTIONED: A More Civilized Age : https://amorecivilizedage.net/ Let One Thousand Rei Ayanamis Bloom from Pyramid Inu on YouTube : https://youtu.be/qYjj1Rljr94 Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by  GEIST  and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curat...

It's Noah and Nathaniel this week, and the vibes are pretty loose. We're talking Switch 2 rumors, 3DS sales numbers and Elder Scrolls. Plus Barbenheimer thoughts and lots. THINGS MENTIONED: Video Games Chronicles' Switch 2 leak: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-nintendo-switch-2-targets-2024-with-next-gen-console/ Polygon: People love the 3DS: https://www.polygon.com/23...

Barbie this, Oppenheimer that, we're here to talk about video games, dammit. Neopets is doing some stuff (not NFTs), Tori's playing Final Fantasy and there's lots more this episode, too. THINGS MENTIONED: Neopets is under new ownership and ready to kick ass : https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/17/23798368/neopets-relaunch-website-flash-games From Kotaku: Cowboy Bebop's daddy is releas...

We've both finally done it: we beat Tears of the Kingdom. So, of course, we decided we'd ignore news this week and just talk about Tears of the Kingdom and the Zelda series at large. THINGS MENTIONED: What's Next For Zelda from YouTuber ENDO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhWEiKkxQTY

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Nathaniel and Tori are pretty stoked about a lot of the stuff shown off at Nintendo's Not-E3 Direct this year. Lots of wonder-ous stuff, yeah? They're talking about the stuff they want to play from that and what they're playing on this week's episode. Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by  GEIST  and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news togethe...

It's been a heck of a week, huh? A thousand more games were announced, Embracer Group shit the bed and Activision Blizzard is honoring Pride Month by telling weird homophobes to hit the bricks. Tune in to hear us talk about all of that as well as YouTube video essays, games we're playing and more. THINGS MENTIONED: The latest on what Persona 3: Reload is actually gonna have in it from IGN:...

And we're off! The E3 that's not E3 has officially begun with Jeff Keighley's testosterone-fueled spectacular. We're talking about that, the newly-announced Persona 3 remake, rumors of a Zelda movie and lots more. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon's Summer Games Fest recap: https://www.polygon.com/23752958/summer-game-fest-announcements-trailers-2023 Polygon's Day of the Devs recap...

It's been a weird week for games media. Bobby Kotick got interviewed by Variety, the Disco Elysium dev studio is in the spotlight again and Vice is still falling apart, but its video game stars are moving on. We're talking about that stuff as well as Zelda, the new Spiderman movie and more. THINGS MENTIONED: Bobby Kotick's Variety interview . People Make Games' ZA/UM documentary ....

We took some time out of our busy schedules of playing Zelda like it's our jobs to record a podcast about everything from the (reportedly) shitty new Gollum game to all of the highs and lows of the PlayStation Showcase last week. THINGS MENTIONED: An IGN article about how a playthrough of the Gollum game leaked early . This incredible tweet about Gollum . Naoki Yoshida floats removing Final Fa...

Alright, look, this one is 90 minutes about Tears of the Kingdom. OK, An hour and ten about Zelda and then like 20 minutes at the end about Crocs when we started to get especially tired and loopy. Hope you enjoy. Spoilers start at 13:30. THINGS MENTIONED: Eurogamer on the story behind some of TotK's new abilities . Garage Sale on Steam. Add it to your wishlist, it looks cute . Our cool sounds...

Alright, it's finally here. Gaming's latest Event. We recorded this episode on the eve of Tears of the Kingdom's launch, and while Noah had played it a bit, Tori was still in pre-game hype mode. Join us as we feel mega hype like all of the other Nintendo Gamers are. THINGS MENTIONED: The Verge's Ash Parrish's review of Tears of the Kingdom . Polygon: Silk Song is officially del...

Tori's out this week, so Nathaniel and Noah are catching up on news about unions, the media hellscape and more. Oh yeah, and Star Wars, as per usual. THINGS MENTIONED: From Polygon: Microsoft hits another snag in the Activision Blizzard acquisition . Polygon's follow-up on why it's interesting that cloud gaming, specifically, is the hang up . SEGA of America workers are unionizing (hel...

Tori and Noah are joined this week by Pokemon (and other games, of course) fan extraordinaire Noella Williams. They're a writer whose work has been featured in Vox, Alt Press, PAPER, the Washington Post and more. She's also an assistant editor at Apartment Therapy, where she occasionally gets to write about games, especially cozy ones. We talk about our shared love for the Nintendo DS fami...

Put your phone down, put on your headphones and consume some media that isn't mindless sludge designed to get you to watch clips of old TV shows on Tiktok. Stop the sludge, baby. Come for the video game news, stay for the very end for Noah's thoughts on the Taylor Swift Eras tour. THINGS MENTIONED: The Verge on Sega's strange decision to buy Rovio . Hey, remember that time the Edward S...

Noah's gone this week so Tori and Nathaniel are brushing up on some of the hot new video game trailers out this week. Nathaniel finally gets his chance to review the Mario movie. THINGS MENTIONED The new Zelda trailer seen around the world . Final Fantasy 16's newest trailer . Fortune on the insane amount of money the Mario movie is making . Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by  GE...

Well, we did it, folks. We paid real U.S. dollars to go see the Mario movie. We share our thoughts, some news from this past week as well as updates on the media we're consuming. THINGS MENTIONED: YouTuber Nando v Movies on what he thinks is missing from the Mario movie . Polygon on the supposed Persona 3 remake leak . Insider Gaming on the PlayStation portable leak . Eurogamer on Quantum Brea...

Tori and Noah are joined this week by Robin Bea and Willa Rowe, the hosts of Girl Mode , another great gaming news podcast. We talk everything from the current state of games media to how much we adore the great games that are only really sevens out of 10 at the end of the day. You can find Girl Mode wherever you listen to podcasts and on twitter and cohost . THING MENTIONED: Check out the TTRPG f...

Noah comes back to the show with gaming news, and Tori is finally digging into a modern classic. Oh yeah and the new 100 gecs album is great. THINGS MENTIONED Polygon: Fortnite expands its creative mode in neat ways . Brendon Bigley's video about F-Zero GX . SMT 4chan leak . Mixed feelings in the world about Disco Elysium's new photo mode . Anime girl tax filing simulator . Gamestop is doi...

Pour one out for the 3DS eshop, which closes March 27, far too soon. Nathaniel and Tori lament its demise, talk about weird, messed up chicken sandwiches and talk about, you guessed it, Persona 5. Special thanks to Nathaniel Wilson for co-hosting this week's episode. You can find him on twitter @nathanbased . THINGS MENTIONED: An IGN article explaining the Diablo 4 KFC collab . Cooking Mama an...

I think we talked about Korean food more than video games this week. THINGS MENTIONED: The Vice Munchies video about Army Base Stew . Maangchi on YouTube . Saniya Ahmed's funny tweet . Polygon on Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4's announcement . A Kotaku article about Adam Sessler, Tarks Gauntlet and G4's weirdly racist past since some of those original tweets are gone . A GameSpot article about...

Editor, author and now game designer Alanna Okun returns to the show to talk about her journey from gamer to amateur game designer. We talk some game news, Alanna's game design process, her inspirations, and, of course, we discuss what we've been playing.  You can find Alanna Okun on Twitter @alanna , on substack at buttonmash.substack.com and on itch.io at alannabean.itch.io . THINGS MENTION...

Whoa! We're back! We took it slow on the news this week, but we both played some games and the podcast has a new Wife Guy incoming.  THINGS MENTIONED:  Good Vibes Gaming's video about the Tales of Symphonia remaster . Video Game Podtimism . IGN: Mortal Kombat 12 accidentally announced, coming this week . Gameranx swears that the classic Metal Gear Solid games are coming to Steam . Tears...

Come for the Nintendo Direct news, stay for our Harvest Moon hot takes.  THINGS MENTIONED: Nintendo Life's video about Direct announcements that weren't in the Direct . This Kotaku article on Keke Palmer's Twitch escapades . Gamerant on the latest live service deaths, including Rumbleverse . Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We cur...

None of the big dogs want to play with E3 anymore, Nintendo Direct rumors continue to buzz and The Sims does an inclusivity this week. Plus, the latest on Tori and Noah's 3DS quest and more.  THINGS MENTIONED:  IGN's exclusive report about how E3 ain't looking so good this year . r/gamingleaksandrumours PapaGenos on YouTube . Polygon on Jedi: Survivor getting pushed back a month . Kotaku...