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Today we talk about how it seems to be the loop that a successful game leads to arrogance, which leads to a plateau that eventually spells the downfall of our favorite series.

Controversy. Announcements! EXCITEMENT!   It's EVO baby!   Enjoy our round up - and once again, sorry I couldn;t make it this year. But next year lets grab a drink!

It's FGC Christmas! Usually EVO has a few exciting announcements for the FGC and there's been a lot of crazy ass rumors spreading about this year - So we try to give you some realistic predictions to either temper your expectations or get you hype for what announcements may actually come!   Shine on Doods!    And those of you going to EVO, have fun and i'm sorry I won't be there to shake your hand...

That is to say: no idea survives the marriage of commercial and creative pursuits. No triple A game, no movie, no song - makes it to your hands without having been censored or diluted in some way. It's a hot button issue right now to get riled up about censorship, but the truth is - this is how it's always been and always will be. And it's not always a bad thing.   We tend to side with the creator...

Super Nintendo Land - or what I have called Super Nintendo Entertainment Land (SNEW for short) had a few models leak this week. And the park looks cool as hell!   Add to that a little controversy from pokemon fans, one that will ultimately mean nothing, and we have what's called a slow AF news day. But a fun conversation nonetheless. Shine on doods!

Nintendo announced the Switch Lite! FINALLY. And it has a few people riled up. I think it's cool if only somewhat late but this announcement mixed with it being Matt's Birthday week - led us into a conversation about switch lite, good gifts, and matt's fond gaming memories growing up. Dig in and shine on!

Today we talk about whether exclusivity still matters, if it actually costs companies money, and what exclusive would need to be announced to make us buy a system.

Last episode was named "Final Thoughts" but I was sick and we left a ton out to accommodate that. So, here is some additional thoughts - namely what was missing from E3 2019.

This year was terribly exciting or awfully underwhelming depending on who you talked to about it. Here's our final thoughts on this year's E3!

For the first time ever, I made a E3 Predictions Bingo card. And apparently I did well.   We rate the cards you guys submitted before going over mine and then letting Matt lay down his own predictions based only on the floor plan o. O   Shine on and enjoy E3 2019!

Just a quick episode on our thoughts of what is to come for the back half of 2019 and all of 2020 for Fighting Games. Matt is convinced a winter is coming - but I'm holding out hope that there will be surprises at E3!

For legal reasons, we could not include the songs in the actual podcast but there is a youtube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXEmGfsFKKYkWGBsvpq0OHDFeGtTC1bIz   Enjoy and Shine on!

Ever buy a piece of game related merch that you ended up regretting? Seen some game merch that made you cringe? What about game merch you love and don't regret buying? Maybe something you'd definitely save in a fire? Let's talk about it!

In today's episode we talk about what we would like to go back and change in our gaming lives while growing up. Games we wish we would have played, or systems we wish we would have owned or avoided and why.

This episode was suggested by Emneon, on Patreon. Thanks dood! With e3 fast approaching, we wanted to do a fun evergreen episode before the storm of news, and announcements that inevitably come this time of year. Let me know what your beloved, but hated, games are on twitter!

MK11 released and it looks cool, has a badass story mode, and pretty damn good online!   It also has what seems to many to be the most atrociously tedious (and maybe predatory) system for unlocking new costumes, brutalities, and other such content. So we do a deep dive into MK11's release and reception!

Originally this episode was titled PS5 & Salty B's but I toned it down for iTunes.   That'll be a lot funnier once you listen to the episode.

CONTROVERSY! And other buzz words!   Do you like hard mode? Do you think easy mode ruins games? This is for you.

A story about real game journalism, and why companies fight so hard to prevent it.   Featuring Bioware, EA and Anthem!

Did Nintendo change the MF game!? Sony drops out of E3 and puts on a (sorta lame) direct. But then maybe Sony changed the game cus now Nintendo is releasing a Switch Pro (probably). Oh and now Apple is in both the video streaming AND cloud gaming racket.

In a surprise to no one, Google confirmed their new gaming platform is cloud based. They're calling it: The Netflix for games. But with a stupid name. And ambiguous pricing. And probably a load of data mining. Then we talk about the Nintendo Indie Direct (Nindie Direct).  

Is Google cannonball-ing into the gaming world? Next week we'll know for sure, but right now we speculate as to whether there's room for four consoles.

I almost named this episode "RE Worst to Burst" But I didn't. You're welcome. Now that the remake is out and we have all had time to digest, we wanted to discuss where it ranks. What better way than to rank all the mainline games, including remakes and originals!   Shine on!

THQ Nordic PR blunder or master plan? Titty Jiggle! And Bouncy Pokemon in glorious 3D!    Let's do it!

First: A conspiracy theory. Then: Our thoughts on the current state of triple A games.