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Boy, it's been another killing week for games media. On the bright side, Nathaniel is back for a special report at the top of the episode to share his compelling tale of buying a new 2DS XL on Facebook Marketplace. We've also got some Disco Elysium talk (Noah beat it), discussion about the Forspoken Discourse and Tori's update on Mario & Rabbids. THINGS MENTIONED:  Into the Aether . The V...

Noah's out this week but Nathaniel and Tori are picking up the slack and covering the news and what they're playing. Is it the season of the 3DS? We sure think so. THINGS MENTIONED:  The Verge on the slew of layoffs at Microsoft . IGN's breakdown of what's different about the various 3DS models . Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. W...

Whoa! Lots of video game news! Ubisoft's on the rocks, the QA workers who made Skyrim are organizing and lots more. Plus Tori's playing a J-pop game and Noah's playing Disco Elysium, which is decidedly not a J-pop game. THINGS MENTIONED:  QA workers at ZeniMax Media organized from TechCrunch . Rumor has it that a Tears of the Kingdom OLED Switch is on its way . TheGamer asks whether the Breat...

It's a whole new year we live in, so Tori and Noah have some harebrained predictions for 2023. Also, we're going over last year's ill-informed predictions, what games we're looking forward to in the new year and, as always, the stuff we're playing.  Special thanks to HeyKipp for sharing their favorite games of 2022 with us. You can find more of their stuff at twitch.tv/HeyKipp  and twitt...

It's that time of the year again; the end, that is. Join Tori, Noah and Nathaniel as we share everything we enjoyed in 2022. THINGS MENTIONED:  The AGAB podcast's GOTY episode . Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro's Pinnochio . Special shout out to our guests from this year who jumped in to share their GOTYS. Emily Price . The COMMNTD podcast . Rae Paoletta . HeyKipp . Our cool sounds and intro...

 Nowadays, all you see is violence in video games and sex in ... video games. That's why Nathaniel and Noah are here to share some video game news about the Mario theme park in California and all of the holiday events in live service games. Nothing says holidays like Fortnite :) THINGS MENTIONED:  USA Today on the Mario theme park article . Mario Kart 7 update from Nintendo Life . G...

We've got a full slate of hosts this week to recap the Game Awards and dive into some news from the past week or so. There's a janky ultimate frisbee video game, there's more games unions and the Game Awards sure did happen.  Special thanks to Nathaniel for joining us. THINGS MENTIONED:  This article from The Verge about the FTC suing to prevent Microsoft’s purchase of Actiblizz . ...

It's just us this week, but there's some Hot video game news to cover, and we both finished Tunic! That plus we talk about some incredibly bad movies we used to watch as teenagers and how Star Wars is good (OK, that one's not really that outside the realm of normal stuff we talk about...).  And for the final time, here's the link to sign up for our Video Game Gift Exchange: https://forms.gle/...

Holy crossover Batman! We took a digital trip this week to visit our friends AJ and Kim at the show Asynchronous for their end-of-the-year wrap up series, Synchronous. We had a great time and we figured we'd drop this show in the Press START feed. In the meantime, go listen to Asynchronous, a video game catch up show.  Below is the original episode description from the folks over at Asynch wi...

This episode goes a lot of places. From Tori's religious trauma to Noah's fascination with/review of Shenmue on the Dreamcast, we've got it all.  THINGS MENTIONED:  Game Awards nominees for this year . Sonic Frontiers Digital Foundry review . I am Jesus Christ from EW and from Vice . Maggie Mae Fish on the movie Fireproof . Matt Horton Tunic . This post about Tunic on Cohost . Noah’s coh...

Twitter's turning to absolute shit, but you know what isn't? That's right, baby. It's video games. Tori beat one of the routes of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Noah caught up on Doctor Who, and, as always, there's lots more to discuss. THINGS MENTIONED: The first official Press START video game gift exchange. Click on this hyperlink to get to the Google form. If you have questions, email us. Nibellio...

We're joined this week by Waypoint writer, producer and host Renata Price to talk about the hellscape that is modern games media, what got her into video games to begin with and much, much more. Spoiler warning for pretty much every Shin Megami Tensei video game once we start talking about them. You can find more of Renata at: Twitter.com/RenOrRaven. Twitch.tv/renorraven. And every week on Waypoin...

Whoa! Final Fantasy IV's got real estate problems, Bayonetta's got voice acting problems and Silent Hill hasn't got any problems, at least not yet. We're also playing some cool stuff: Noah's playing a mobil game and Tori's reading a bunch of books, which is sort of like playing video games. THINGS MENTIONED:  This article on Inverse about some fans' misgivings about a Silent Hill 2 remake . V...

Tori's back and she played a whole bunch of Fire Emblem and we've gotta talk about it! We're also making fun of the Metaverse (as per usual) and talking about the newly unearthed Kingdom Hearts TV show pilot from 20 years ago. THINGS MENTIONED: This article on Futurism about Decentraland, a failing Metaverse project . This Kotaku article about Facebook’s Metaverse . This tweet from Meta about how...

Chris Pratt's Mario voice is lame, but there's other gaming news to talk about this week, too. Nathaniel's playing some cool games, Noah's playing Overwatch. There's lots to discuss. THINGS MENTIONED:  GamesIndustry.biz on Fandom acquiring a ton of games websites . This Washington Post article about the latest in the Activision Blizzard anti-union saga . This Kotaku article about a Bush-era t...

With Tori off tending to wedding stuff (and a hurricane) we couldn't let the podcast go unhosted, so friend of the show Nathaniel Wilson jumps into the co-host seat and talks about the games he loves, the "Metaverse" and Star Wars. THINGS MENTIONED: This story from Kotaku about Walmart's weird new venture into Roblox . This Reddit thread about how a semi-credible leaker says Disney wants more Star...

Dunkey's publishing games, Konami's actually making games and we're playing them, too. There's other gaming news, too, plus some updates on what we're playing and consuming. THINGS MENTIONED: Videogamedunkey’s video about his new publishing house, BigMode . This article about Ted Woolsey’s weird translation choice in Final Fantasy IV . Let’s Mosey, a slow translation of FFVII from Tim Rogers . Jim...

Boy, there sure were a bunch of game announcements last week. It was also a pretty shitty week for games media, too. We're tackling all of that and discussing our favorite sparkling water brands.  THINGS MENTIONED: This Kotaku article about Queen Lizzy's adoration for the Wii . Vice on Keffals battle to take down Kiwi Farms . This Waypoint article about SNES emulation juggernaut Near . Kotaku...

Noah and Tori are joined this week by indie game developer Lucy Blundell. Blundell's first game, One Night Stand, is a certified indie game gem, and their next game, VIDEOVERSE, is on its way out in the coming months. We talk One Night Stand, her next game, and what inspires her. There's also a good bit of talk about our favorite Pokemon games, what makes Final Fantasy VII so special and why we lo...

Tori finally finished Neon Genesis Evangelion and that is admittedly what most of this episode is about. We talk about games, too, of course, like some of the announcements out of Gamescom and how Sony wants some people to pay even more for PlayStation 5s because of *gestures at everything*.  THINGS MENTIONED: This Polygon article about Wyrdsong . This Rock Paper Shotgun article about Lies of...

It's been a big week for intellectual properties and the mega-corporations that own them! It's been a pretty OK week for gamers, too, I guess. Come for the gaming news, stay for Tori's Neon Genesis Evangelion opinions.  Speaking of, SPOILERS FOR NEON GENESIS EVANGELION FROM 43:50 to 55:35. (The worst of the spoilers are in the first five minutes, but hardcore spoiler avoiders should skip the...

Tori and Noah are joined this week by Cori and Nia from COMMNTD for a fun conversation about games we love, K-Dramas and lots more.  THINGS MENTIONED:  Noah Samson on YouTube . FD Signifier on YouTube . Khadija Mbowe on YouTube . Shrine of Cards on itch.io . You can listen to COMMNTD wherever you find podcasts and check the show out on Twitter and Tiktok .  Our cool sounds and intro...

We're back from a week off to talk gaming news, a custom car and all the stuff we're playing. Noah talks Star Wars (shocker, I know) and Tori talks weird Animal Crossing clones. There's lots more, too. THINGS MENTIONED:  This article from The Verge about how busted KOTOR II was when it launched on Switch . This Bloomberg report about the craziness going on at Aspyr . Pictures of some of the l...

The cat game finally released AND there's another union brewing at Activision Blizzard? Well slap my ass and press the meow button 100 times. We're talking about all of that, the dangers of dinner theater, James Cameron's Avatar and more.  THINGS MENTIONED:  Paul Tassi for Forbes on why Minecraft saying no to NFTs is such a big deal . Folding Ideas on sandbox games and colonialism . This...

Noah and Tori take you deep into their memory cards to explore what makes Persona 3 (both the FES and Portable releases of the game) such a special entry in the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series. Buckle in, grab your tarot deck and get ready for a wild ride full of demons, suicidal teenagers and unforgettable characters. THINGS MENTIONED:  This video from YouTuber KBash exploring Persona...