Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games

This week we talk about Aaron’s early impressions with Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and Zach’s early impressions of Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. We also talk briefly about the Jack Ryan movies and the 90’s Hercules TV show. [News of the Week] Akira Toriyama has passed away Bioware reportedly confident Dragon Age Dreadwolf will release this year Mass Effect board game expected to come out later th...

Zach has seen Dune Part 2 and finished Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and started FF7 Rebirth. We keep the chatter about these things vague so as to not spoil anything, but we’ll circle back to them again soon. We also talk about layoffs impacting Sony and EA and the previews that came out about Moon Studio’s upcoming RPG No Rest for the Wicked. [News of the Week] Sony rumored to release PS5 Pro th...

On this week’s episode, we talk about a bunch of new game trailers (and the trailer for the Borderlands movie), but we also talk about what stood out to us in the latest Nintendo Direct. We also briefly cover a bunch of new game releases (including the review roundup for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth). We also talk about what we’ve been playing lately, which includes the hit new rogue-like deck builder...

This week we talk about the future of Xbox podcast and a few other news items, but then it’s all about the games. There are a ton of games out now and we briefly talk about some of the more recent releases and then get back into the games we’re actually playing. [News of the Week] Future of Xbox event Game developers explain layoffs hitting riot, epic and more Sony won't have any major existin...

On this week’s episode, we talk about the leaks and rumors suggesting Xbox may make more of their games cross-platform and what that may mean for the Xbox brand. We also talk about the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play and Sony’s new exclusive co-operative shooter Helldivers 2! Plus, we talk even more about Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth. [News of the Week] Microsoft reportedly planning to brin...

This week we give more thoughts on Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and go through PlayStation’s latest State of Play in which they showed off Death Stranding 2, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin and Dragon’s Dogma 2. But before that, we pitch Nintendo on a Pokemon plus Animal Crossing crossover game to compete with Palworld. [News of the Week] Crypt Custodian gets a free demo on Steam Pepper Grinder...

It’s only January, and it’s already been a wild year. It’s been another week, and that means another million more people playing Palworld, so we talk more about that game. But Zach has finished Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and started Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, so we talk about those games as well! [News of the Week] Palworld continues its success, Nintendo releases statement Palworld Pokem...

It’s a packed show this week! We cover a lot of ground between the Xbox Developer Direct, our most anticipated games of 2024 and recent game releases Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and Palworld. [News of the Week] Grime definitive edition coming to PC, console, including switch (for the first time) Ubisoft says people need to get comfortable not owning their games Gameshark hints at Switch 2 rele...

On this week's episode, Zach talks about his latest progress in Hollow Knight, then we dig in to our top 5 games of 2023!

Happy New Year! This week we go over our year in reviews given out by Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Steam. We’ve also both been playing metroidvanias over the holidays. Aaron gives his impressions of the new metroidvania Cookie Cutter and Zach has finally decided the time has come to see what he has been missing with Hollow Knight. [News of the Week] E3 officially dead   Insomniac Games Hacked B...

This week we talk about the new trailer for GTA 6, and we recap the 2023 Game Awards! [News of the Week] GTA 6 trailer IGNs 99 details analysis Story mode coming to Vampire Survivors in Adventures update Aonuma more or less confirms the next Zelda will be something new and not another sequel in the Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom series [Features] The Game Awards (Everything Announced) Aar...

This week we talk about how our Thanksgiving breaks went and get into the previews for Amazon’s Fallout TV show. We also talk about our experience with Apex Legends’ cross progression and upcoming events in Fortnite. Then we talk about what we’ve played and watched since we last talked! [News of the Week] Vanity Fair’s preview of the Fallout TV show - Trailer Apex Cross Progression Rockstar announ...

[News of the Week] Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth is very long PlayStation Portal Former Bioware writer starts new studio Last of Us again New FF7 Rebirth information Half Life 25th Anniversary Stuff [Games out this week] Super Mario RPG Persona 5 Tactica [Features] The Game Awards Nominees  [What We’re Playing/Watching] Apex Spiderverse Super Mario RPG

On this week’s episode, we talk about the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nintendo’s announcement of an upcoming Live Action Zelda movie, GTA 6, a new Steam Deck, and Bioware’s tease of the next Mass Effect game! We also get into what we’ve been playing, like Apex Legends and Mario Wonder. [News of the Week] Variety article about the downfall of the MCU Live action Zelda movie announced Ge...

On this week’s episode, I’m out of town, so my audio doesn’t sound as good, but we powered through. We talked about some of the Blizzcon announcements, the Bungie layoffs, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 controversies, and our newfound love of Apex Legends. [News of the Week] Blizzcon recap Bungie Layoffs (marathon delayed) Everyone’s liking that The Final’s Beta Modern Warfare 3 ( controversies ) S...

On this spooky, Halloween 2023 edition of Starside Chat we go over some of the latest gaming news that interested us and briefly talk more about Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Apex Legends. Then we get into our special feature for this week, 5 recommendations for Halloween appropriate games and 5 movies for the non-horror fan. [News of the Week] First in-engine look at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake...

This week we talk about the big Microsoft purchase of Activision/Blizzard, the future of physical game sales, and using Discord on Xbox. We also talk about our early impressions of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and we talk about whether we like Apex Legends or Warzone more now that we’ve dipped our toes back in. [News of the Week] Microsoft officially completes purchase of Activision/Blizzard Best Buy...

Without a lot of big gaming news to talk about this week, we focus instead on some of the games we’ve been playing and the movies we’ve been watching lately. We also briefly talk about why a lot of the October releases this year aren’t exciting us. And the movies discussion gets us sidetracked marveling and questioning 90s era technology. [News of the Week] The Last Faith gets November release dat...

On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we talk about the big Xbox leaks and the new indie puzzle game Cocoon! We also talk more about Starfield and update our Top 10 Games of the Year Builder (still a work in progress). [News of the Week] Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan to retire in March 2024 Epic Lays off more than 800 employees Next Elder Scrolls game expected no soo...

This week we go over the September Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play and all the exciting upcoming games shown. Then we dive more into our journeys in Starfield! [News of the Week] Sony adds remote play app to Chromecast with Google TV Fallout TV show teaser leaks Bethesda announces updates coming to Starfield and plans for future updates Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios lays of...

This week we have both played Starfield and we talk about our early adventures, along with some tips and tricks. But before that we have a bit of news to talk about! [News of the Week] FF16 to get two paid DLCs and a PC port Stray to get animated film adaptation Switch 2 rumors Nintendo confirms there will be no TotK DLC [Games out this week] Mario + Rabbids Rayman DLC Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspir...

Aaron finally upgraded to an Xbox Series X! We talk about that and the massive amount of interesting news that dropped over the last week or two. But we finally have played some Starfield and we talk about initial impressions and review reactions. [News of the Week] Aaron bought an Xbox Starfield early access requires either purchase of a digital copy of the game or a game pass subscription Starfi...

On this week’s episode we discuss the latest Starfield details ahead of launch, and we say goodbye to the store on the Xbox 360. We also discuss Evil West, Fallout New Vegas and Venture Bros! [News of the Week] Starfield preload begins New Starfield details Xbox 360 store to close [Games out this week] Immortals of Aveum Armored Core fires of Rubicon Blasphemous 2 [What We’re Playing/Watching] Evi...

On this week’s episode, we talk about the bizarre move to port Red Dead Redemption to PS4 and Switch. We also go over some other little gaming-related news items, but then we start talking about all the games. We talk about what just came out and what we’ve been playing. [News of the Week] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Nov. 10 Red Dead Redemption coming to Switch and PS4 Star Wars Jedi Survivor...

This week, we talk about how Nintendo is targeting the second half of 2024 for its next generation console release. Then we discuss the reception for Baldur’s Gate 3. Then Zach has completed Dredge, played more Pikmin 4 and started Final Fantasy 16’s new game plus mode! [News of the Week] Nintendo targeting second half of 2024 for next gen console release Sakurai talks about the future of Smash Po...