Voxels

We talk about Summer Game Fest, the changing Games media landscape, and talk about some recent games we’ve been playing. Show Notes: Nobody Should Play Splitgate 2: Nice Hat, Loser - Aftermath Fuck the British: How Relooted, A Game About Reclaiming African Artifacts From Western Museums, Ended Up Being Shown By A White Guy At Summer Game Fest - Aftermath Big Games Media is probably dead, unless it...

We talk about a bad book, then take a trip to Puerto Rico to talk about the new Bad Bunny album but really just use it as a vehicle to talk about modern colonization. Show Notes: Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao Storygraph Sadiq’s Review of Heavenly Tyrant Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS BAD BUNNY - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film) BAD BUNNY - BAILE INoLVIDABLE (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS...

We do our year end wrap up, and talk about the best Music and Games of 2024. Show Notes: Albums of the Year 2024 Sadiq’s Albums of the Year Charli xcx - BRAT Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Khruangbin - A LA SALA Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn Shaboozey - Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going Elkka - Prism of Pleasure GloRilla - GLORIOUS BigXthaPlug - TAKE CARE Kendrick Lamar - GN...

We talk briefly about the Game Awards, then we discuss Kendrick Lamar’s GNX. Show Notes: Twitter Fingers Turn To Trigger Fingers Drake alleges UMG falsely inflated Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' | AP News Other Links It's Getting Harder to Deny that Payola 2.0 Is Alive and Well in The Music Streaming Era | Headphonesty SpotifyPanel Info Links Genius Wikipedia YouTube Playlist Apple Music Spotify T...

We talk about Star Wars Outlaws, King of The Mischievous South Vol. 2, and Journalists leaving their jobs to go full time Youtuber. Show Notes:  Tumblr & WordPress: Tumblr migrates more than 500 million blogs to WordPress | Ars Technica WordPress Discover Star Wars Outlaws: Buy Star Wars Outlaws Gold Edition on PC & More | Ubisoft Store Star Wars Outlaws review: a perfectly ok bit of star...

We talk about Destiny 2: The final Shape, and we 4 weeks after the fact talk about Summer Game Fest 2024. Show Notes: Destiny 2 The Final Shape: Bungie got their W - My Impressions/Review of Final Shape The Final Shape’s campaign makes good on Bungie’s ‘raid-lite’ promise - Polygon Sony State of Play May 2024 Every big announcement from PlayStation's new State of Play Summer Game Fest: Microsoft r...

We talk about Drake versus Kendrick…and that’s really it we ran out of time for anything else. Content Warning: Sexual Assault Mentions, talk of predatory behavior. Show Notes: Drake vs. Kendrick: First Person Shooter (Drake and J.Cole) Like That (Kendrick) 7 Minute Drill (J.Cole, deleted and apologized) Pushups (Drake) Taylor Made Freestyle (Drake and AI 2Pac) euphoria (Kendrick) 6:16 in LA (Kend...

Non-Profits, Destiny 2, Horizon Forbidden West, and the Spring 2024 Anime Season. Show Notes: Mastodon new 501c3: Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit Destiny 2 Weapon Sunsetting being Un-sunset (Risen?): Bungie is un-sunsetting your old weapons in Destiny 2: The Final Shape - Polygon This Week In Destiny - 04/25/2024 | Bungie.net Horizon Forbidden West packetcat's review of the game Anime Pickup Sp...

Beyonce, the Winter 2024 Anime Season, and life's most important question: Why does Phil Spencer keep opening his mouth? Show Notes: We don’t need to talk about it but Suzume is now on Netflix so everyone should watch it: https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1776263617974841453 Cowboy Carter: COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé Lyrics for Beyoncé’s New Album ‘COWBOY CARTER’ | Genius Cowboy Carter: This Ain’t C...

Classic Rap Albums, Microtransactions, Games Reviews, and we go shopping for a gaming PC. Show Notes: Madvillainy 20th anniversary: Searching for Tomorrow: The Story of Madlib and DOOM's Madvillainy https://web.archive.org/web/20240203032745/https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9478-searching-for-tomorrow-the-story-of-madlib-and-dooms-madvillainy/ -> Archive.org link in case Conde Nast does a...

A Business Update Podcast, Bad Ubisoft Games, Vice going down, and unexpected federation talk. Show Notes: Xbox News Follow Up: Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves among first Xbox exclusives to hit other consoles Skull and Bones: Skull And Bones review: an exceptionally boring live service shipping sim | Rock Paper Shotgun Quadrubisoft's Quadruple-A Quadswallop (The Jimquisition) RIP Vice.com:...

Sadiq is sick of discourse, Cristian is just sick. We talk about Xbox going third party, the new Love Live Gacha Game, Crunchryoll removing digital purchases, Disney investing into Epic, and Death Stranding for Mac. Show Notes: Xbox Going Third Party: What, Exactly, Is Xbox Thinking? - Remap What Does Xbox Even Mean Anymore? - Aftermath What would an Xbox without console exclusives even look like?...

Anime without fanservice, Palworld discourse, cool murder mystery games, and books. Show Notes: Anime Follow Up: Watch Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Crunchyroll Palworld: Palworld Is A Bummer That Millions Of People Are Enjoying - Aftermath Four Hours In, 'Pokémon With Guns' Hasn't Given Me Any Guns - Aftermath Jubensha: The Murder Game Revolution That Has Gripped China PTSD and Gaming Accessibi...

Alan Wake 2, Remedy Games, and the 2024 Winter Season Anime Pickup. Sadiq Talks About Alan Wake 2: Sadiq’s Review Mechanics Weak Combat Mind Palace shit is surprisingly fun and satisfying Narrative The Dark Place AWEs, Parautilarians, Federal Bureau of Control Questioning Reality Warlin Door!! RIP LANCE REDDICK Music Anger’s Remorse Herald of Darkness Comparisons to other Remedy games (Control, Qu...