This week on the show, The Video Game Pals talk about the games they’re looking forward to for 2018! They also cover the outcome of the swatting incident in Kansas, a new Nintendo sales record, and the specs for the new Dragon Ball Z game!

Plus: We speculate WILDLY!

Random Question of the Week!

Da News:

Update from last week: the individual who called in the false police report that lead to the death of Andy Finch in Wichita, KS has been arrested and charged.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/us/kansas-police-shooting-swatting/index.html

In another instance of swatting being a garbage thing that garbage people do, cops actually did the right thing!

http://kron4.com/2018/01/06/alameda-county-sheriffs-stop-castro-valley-swatting-attempt

IN LIGHTER NEWS THANK GOD

Nintendo announces that the Switch is the fastest selling console in US history after 10 months.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/948901835284283393

Rocket league hits 40 million worldwide players!

https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/948312773565362176

Dragon Ball FighterZ announces minimum/recommended PC specs

https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/949385026356920322

LawBreakers publisher blames PUBG (now a game) for its failure

http://nichegamer.com/2018/01/04/lawbreakers-publisher-writes-off-huge-failures-from-game-blames-pubgs-popularity/

Meat and Potatoes:

What video games we’re looking forward to in 2018!

Outro Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

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