Turn-Based Cynics: Unleashing Snark and Wit on the Gaming World

AMD's Answer: https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-competes-against-nvidias-rtx-4080-fsr-3-support-for-non-rdna-3-gpus-possible/ PSVR2: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/psvr2-release-date-and-eye-watering-price-revealed Kerbal Space Program Launcher: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/new-kerbal-space-program-launcher-enrages-players Sims 5 Pirated due to Playtesting: https://techraptor.n...

Hellena Taylor admits the Truth: https://twitter.com/SkillUpYT/status/1584460037165940736 4090 Power connector burning: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/testing-suggests-faulty-cable-may-be-to-blame-for-melting-rtx-4090-connectors/ Witcher Being Remade: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/testing-suggests-faulty-cable-may-be-to-blame-for-melting-rtx-4090-connectors/ intro/Outro music::...

NDA's are Broken! Stories are followed up, G4 has the plugged pulled and CD is playing Racing Games?? Amourath's Husband: https://kotaku.com/amouranth-says-she-is-being-abused-by-her-husband-1849664778 Hellena Taylor Follow up :https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1582451770877480977 Comcast Pulls the Plug on G4: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/comcast-shuts-down-g4-one-year-after-relaunch-lays-off-...

This week was absolutely incensed with one or two stories, Google has pulled Google Stadia's Plug, and no one, not even the indie devs making games for it even knew. Twitch Con Injury: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/twitchcon-foam-pit-injuries-rcna51410 4090 Launch:https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/rtx-4090-release-date-price-spec-and-benchmarks Nvidia UNLauches 4080: https://thenerdstash...

This week was absolutely incensed with one or two stories, Google has pulled Google Stadia's Plug, and no one, not even the indie devs making games for it even knew. Google Stadia Closing Sources: https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023 intro/Outro music:: https://w...

All kinds of juicy stories, Dan Allen Gaming outs himself as a leaker, a 17-year-old arrested for stealing from Rockstar and Cyberpunk gets a huge bump in the player count! Cyberpunk: https://twitter.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/1574033648306757632 17 Year Old Hacker: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/17-year-old-reportedly-arrested-over-gta-6-hack Splinter Cell Unneed Remake: https://www.gamesindustry.bi...

Somehow, I had overlooked just absurd this week was till we did the show from Sony crying foul, to Tencent eating more and more Ubisoft stock. Looks like this week has a good deal of content. Cyberpunk DLC:  https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/cyberpunk-2077-expansion-phantom-liberty-announced-edgerunners-update-detailed Sony Cries about Call of Duty: https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/microsoft-pro...

This was an odd show, EDF and Live A Live sold really well, Trails of Fansite gets hit with a Cease and Desist, and Dormina Dev uses his Patch Notes to be a hateful person. EDF: https://nichegamer.com/earth-defense-force-6-tops-300k/ Live A Live: https://nichegamer.com/live-a-live-remake-tops-500k-sales/ Trails of Fansite Shut Down: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/nisa-orders-trails-fan-transla...

This was an interesting week, Playstation is upping its prices in multiple regions, Denuvo is making moves towards stopping Switch Game Priacy, and Blizzard breaks an already busted game in Warcraft 3 Refunded. Sources: Warcraft 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K__nOKbfDkY Sonys Price Hike: https://nichegamer.com/microsoft-ps5-price-response/ DENuvo on Switch: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/...

Going to be 100 Percent honest with this, Sony is killing it, and Blizzard/Activision are just digging their own grave. Sources: Activision / Blizzard being terrible: https://fortune.com/2022/08/17/activision-blizzard-accused-of-trying-to-stop-workers-communicating-about-pay-and-working-conditions/?showAdminBar=true Diablo IV Monetization:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa8Dno8H0sM Spiderma...

This week, We look at more Embracer Group News, Genshin Impact is bringing in an absurd amount of money, Sunsoft is looking to make a return to the public eye, and more Sega Genesis Mini 2 News! Story Sources: Genshin Dev Costs: https://nichegamer.com/genshin-impact-dev-costs-expensive/ Sega Genesis 2 News: https://nichegamer.com/sega-genesis-mega-drive-mini-2-games-34/ Sunsoft: https://nichegamer...

In this Lovely episode of the show Reso talks about Diablo Immortal and its Whale of a player who can't play PVP, ScreenRant gets caught out for ripping off someone elses Xenoblade Chronicles 3 written content, The Steam deck is making real waves in other countries, Meanwhile Tencent is eatting more and more of this business pie. intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written...

We took a week off and apparently all kinds of juicy things went on. EA  saw the legendary Incest bug return to the Sims, Ubisoft Exec spotted  working for Tencent after being fired, and Raid Shadow Legends makes way  more money than we ever figured. intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer:...

Apparently, the Cam went wonky towards the latter section of the show, which will be fixed as ill have a new piece of equipment very soon.  This week we have a wonderful chat about old video games, an NFT completely missing its audience, CEOs being CEOs, and Hungrybox the Smash Brothers Player. Yep, its one of those weeks intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Wor...

We Talk about The Gamers weird obsession with hating gamers and games and their absolutely stupid articles. Pile on with that we discuss a cheater during a speedrun at GDQ, easily the least of the events problems. intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeckWritten Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/   Resobaso's Gaming cha...

A super late upload due to Reso's Health, We spend time talking about the Partner Direct. Denuvo hopes to lock down DLC, and EA is being EA with bad takes. Honestly, this week was pretty standard. intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/   Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowa...

This week Reso talks about his experiences with .Hack Infection and the absolute difficulty wall that is the final boss, and because news is so slow we decided to talk about games that we just haven't played. Even if we own them. intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/   Reso...

Square Enix delivers the good when it comes to Final Fantasy VII, including the Remake part 2, and a remaster of Crisis Core. Meanwhile, Activision Blizzard did their research and they have concluded, that they have done nothing wrong. Because of course, they do. Intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: ht...

You can't keep a good story down, and you certainly can't stop us from talking about the truly BAD stories. Reso and ColdDeath talk about Shedders Revenge and truly amazing development, and Blizzard's Diablo Immortal. Intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/ Resobaso's Gaming chann...

We take an interesting turn for this week's episode and Reso decides to finally talk about some Crypto based news, Along with the ups, downs, and Cease and Desists when it comes to fan-based content in gaming. Intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ((Where you can find Jennifer's written content!)) ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https...

Final Fantasy XV for all its flaws, and its hiccups managed to move well over 15 million copies since its launch. This leads Reso and CD down a rabbit hole of topics from features and aspects we want to see come back. All the way to some light speculation about Nintendo and its weird features and choices.  Intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog....

Any Opportunity to crap on an obvious scam in the hobby of Retro gaming is always a good time, and I rarely will turn it down, and Gaming is becoming more and more consolidated. Intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeckWritten Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/ Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com Who Are We?...

This episode is a fun one, Reso talks about finally getting a PS5 and giving the Switch OLED a try, We talk about what's been going on over the week, and we look back on some old Square Games because is Selling some of itself off! Who Are We? Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @TurnBasedCynics

After nearly 3 and a half months, Resobaso and Colddeath come back for a show of a lifetime, a brand new look, a whole new vibe, and the same old Sony. Welcome to The Turn-Based Cynics.  Who Are We? Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath All Stuff Related to the Sony Stories: PS+ : https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-g...

Hi Everyone! The world is crazy, work is hard, but one thing that hasn't changed is our love and enjoyment of creating this show and talking about the things we are passionate about. Caffeinated Banter has been a great experience and I speak for myself and ColdDeath that we wouldn't change a single episode or a single day we have worked on making this show what it is. Looking back on how this show...