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Dustin managed to secure a PS5 so we thought we'd take a look at what it has to offer! Tune in while we discuss the UI and different features, as well as the surprisingly great pack-in title!  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop about uploads or just to chat! Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter

It's that time of the year! We are here to talk about our favorite games of this year, our favorite games we played this year, and several fun categories as well! Tune in to see our opinions and for some fun recommendations! Recommended Viewing: Tier List Tier List Video Timestamps: Games We Played - 1:26 Award Categories - 36:59 Tier List - 50:29 Top 10s - 1:29:55 Follow us on Twitter and Instagr...

We finally got around to talking about our feelings of the recent Game Awards! Huge thanks to @chillystraw for joining us once again! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop about uploads or just to chat! Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter Recommended Viewing: GMTK Accessibility Video

Here we are, lost in Kojima's fever dream. Tune in to see if we make it out with our lives or if we lose our minds over the stupid names and wack plot fuckery. Maybe the gameplay will keep us trucking on through.  Show Notes: P.T.’s Hidden Meaning Voidout in Gameplay Death Stranding: A Commentary, Critique And Understanding Hideo Kojima Presents: Death Stranding Death Stranding SPOILERCAST Fo...

Ghostrunner! A new action-packed, neon-dipped thrill-ride of an indie game that released this year. Does it's descriptors make for a fun and engaging videogame though? Tune in and see! Show Notes:  Switch Performance Soundtrack Also, Conner's Twitter account that he says at the end is incorrect since that one got sent to Twitter Hell. The new one is @ConiferSSR. Follow us on Twitter and Insta...

The Game Awards Nominees have been announced, so we spend some time perusing them and deciding on what we want to see win as well as what we think will actually win.  Huge thanks to our special guest for this episode, Syd aka Chillystraw! They are both the co-host of the Beans and Leaves podcast as well as the artist who did our show's art! Check them out on Twitter @chillystraw and check out...

Welcome to the premier of our new podcast, Ska Station... anyway. Tony Hawk! The de-facto skateboarding game is back! As people who grew up around the originals, we thought we would take a look! Show Notes: Weddle Grab Post Tony Hawk's Twitter Every Tony Hawk Level RANKED! Out of Bounds Secrets Goldfinger but it changes genre (Skatune Network) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop...

Ooooooo, Happy Halloween!!! Our schedule perfectly aligned with the spooky holiday, so how could we not do a horror game? Here, we have a somewhat obscure horror game for the Gamecube, Eternal Darkness! If you know anything about this, it's the sanity stuff, but it also has a real interesting plot and is also pretty fun! Show Notes: All Sanity Effects IGN Unfiltered 42: Denis Dyack Follow us on Tw...

The newest game in the Crash Bandicoot series is here! Does it live up to the hype it set up for itself? Reference Links: Teaser Puzzle Playstation Ad with Kapuna-wa Leak Crash 4 Japanese Commercial Fred Ford and Paul Reiche Interview (segment starts at 8:45) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop about uploads or just to chat! Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter Music is Copyrig...

We've arrived at the finale of the original Crash Trilogy! So what is the final verdict? Does it end on a high note, improving on just about everything from the already great Crash 2? Listen in and find out!  Reference Links:  N Sane announcement Fake Crash Crash 3 Intro Jurassic Park Coco Bandicoot Crash of the Titans Crash in Skylanders Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the...

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, a title that is a minor spoiler for the story right on the box. But hey, you don't play these games for story at least. The second of the original trilogy and what many consider to be the best of the trilogy. Join us as we discuss the fun new additions and the painful journey to 100%. Reference Links: Jet Set Radio GBA Longplay Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy...

Even More info on the Playstation 5! We go over our reactions to the price, models, lineup of launch games and the strange info that was or was not in the showcase. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop about uploads or just to chat! Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter

We got access to an early demo of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time! We gave it a shot and are here to give you our early impressions for this very hype game. Thanks to @MattDannevik for supplying the code and @Canadianguyehh for bringing it to our attention! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in the loop about uploads or just to chat! Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter; Crash image fr...

Crash Bandicoot, Willy The Wombat, Sonic's [WHOA], whatever you want to call him, his mark on platformer history is unmistakable. Luckily for us, there is this shiny new remake of the original trilogy for us to enjoy nowadays but the success of the original has cemented his place up next to legends like Sonic and Mario. But for real, poor Papu Papu. Reference Links: Crash Bandicoot Commercial SGB...

Ghost of Tsushima, Sucker Punch's ode to Kurosawa films is here. Listen in as we discuss all kinds of BA Samurai stuff, a very satisfying story, some of the best side characters in a video game as well as the struggles of playing an action game with no lock-on. Reference Links:  Kinda Funny Games Cast interview with Nate Fox Prophecy footage and article Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to s...

Anodyne 2, the absolutely wonderful follow-up to the 2013 original is as ambiguous as it is delightful. Join us as we discuss this game's themes in-depth and gush over the game's style.  Extremely sorry about the audio quality here, Conner's mic wasn't working for the beginning of the episode so it was recorded using the backup headset mic so apologies for the terrible audio quality on that....

Welp, it's another long one folks. The Last of Us Part II is one of the most divisive games this year and once again we have a lot to talk about. Whether or not you liked this game, I think our discussion is interesting to listen to. Join us as we talk about Abby's Ripped Bod, problematic trans tropes, and as a bonus, listen to Conner change their opinion on the game in media res. PLEASE CONSIDER...

As promised, here is our opinions on the presentation! A lot to like about it and a lot to "meh, that's cool for people who care" at it. Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/savestationpod and Instagram instagram.com/save_station_radio to stay in the loop about uploads. Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter twitter.com/chillystraw

Xbox Series X Presentation is out later this week so we thought it would be fun to do a little prediction episode for you! We will do a react discussion on Thursday as well. Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/savestationpod and Instagram instagram.com/save_station_radio to stay in the loop about uploads. Art assets by @chillystraw on Twitter twitter.com/chillystraw

Anodyne! This weird action adventure Zelda-like is quite the mysterious little game and we are here to discuss not only it's open and somewhat rough around the edges gameplay but its complex and interesting design and story! Maybe someday we'll release an episode that isn't quite as depressing.... This episode was recorded on May 23rd, before even our PS5 episode so it's not at all current but I h...

So, The Last of Us Part II is out now and we thought it was appropriate to revisit the first one in our anticipation! Join us for our extremely long discussion of a relatively short game as we discuss Joel's Rat Hands and a lot of depression. We got so excited talking about this game and all of the interesting details and story beats so our recording ended up super long but I hope it is at least s...

Welcome to the episode we are probably least qualified to talk about, Final Fantasy VII! Join us for our discussion on the latest Final Fantasy release and the one everyone is talking about. 23 years later and Square Enix wanted to remake the fan favorite and change up the gameplay which caught our eye enough to give it a shot.  We didn't go beat by beat for this discussion because we wanted...

So, we were going to record an episode but that PS5 stream got us too hyped to talk about what we were going to record so here is our discussion on the stream! Art Assets by @chillystraw on Twitter Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/savestationpod and Instagram instagram.com/save_station_radio to stay in the loop about uploads.

Doom is Eternal On this episode we discuss the newest game in the Doom series, 2020's Doom Eternal. Join us as we talk about some fantastic and gooey animations, a great game-play loop and get way too deep into the lore bible.  Since this episode was recorded the game has been updated so our complaints about swimming (notably the addition of vertical dashing underwater) and the Mayker Drone t...

In our excitement for Doom Eternal we went ahead and recorded our thoughts on the Doom franchise from 1993 all the way to 2016 (minus Doom 64, sorry, we'll get to it some day.) Join us as we discuss the classic Doom 1 & Doom 2 and all their bad-ass metal tones and the gloomier and divisive Doom 3, rounding it out with our gushing about the Masterpiece that is Doom (2016). We recorded this epis...