We discuss the post release treatment of games with troubled starts, namely Mass Effect: Andromeda and No Man's Sky. Recently one game received a new lease on life and the other received its death sentence (that might be a little hyperbolic). Is it ever too late for a game with issues to turn the tide and garner some favor with gamers? Afterward we think about the stage fright involved with a speaking gig to our collective exes.  We finish the show with a locked and loaded edition of "What You've Been Playing."

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This week's discussion topic is a hot button one for most gamers. Micro transactions in gaming! It is a thing and it is not going away. We tackle whether or not it is a deal breaker on games and if there is a tasteful way of dropping this into a game and not forcing a gamer to further open their wallet. Hypertheticals lead us down a road whether or not to bang that clay. We end the show with listener "What Have You Been Playing." Hellblade: Sensua's Sacrifice, Agents of Mayhem, and No Man's Sky DLC are the stars of the segment. Whether you still have your retinas intact or not, you should be able to see that play button well enough to hit it. Enjoy!

EA made a big splash last week with announcing the addition of the WNBA to their next NBA Live game. We discuss how we feel about this and also tackle other areas in gaming whereas minorities are or are not represented properly. This week’s hyperthetical answers whether big foot or the president is bigger news. We finish off an electric episode with a "what you have been playing" segment staring our Facebook community. Hit play and join us!

After Walmart’s SNES Classic preorder debacle, the NG crew dig into some of our preordering experiences and how we were able to attain that much sought after item if preordering fell through. This week’s hyperthetical throws us into a Lost/Cast Away situation featuring Jason Momoa. I feel like I should say Jason Momoa is not on the show. We finish the show with everyone’s favorite segment “What have YOU been playing?” Another good one for the books.

We are here for a another bang up show! Tom is back and we talk about what's the deal betas. Are all betas betas or glorified demos? We answer our own questions and offer an odd level of clarity on the matter. Destiny 2 comes up because a) it's a beta and b) Tom's here. We finish the show with a healthy serving of "what you have been playing".

This week we go into the depths of the Atari Box. All the ins and outs. We really do not have any more info on it than you, which is very little, but we try our best to speculate what could be the angle on this. This week, hyperthetically, we are  murderous assassins with a set of terrible pricing negotiation skills. "What have you been playing" goes into a bit of the Destiny 2 Beta, Prey, and Tom Clany's Rainbow Six Siege. Btw, our man Tony is here this week, so that's even more reason to check it out. Enjoy!

Do you remember CRT TVs? Do you remember sitting literally feet from the living room floor model set to get that optimal view of those beautiful pixels? Remember that tv encased in a wood cabinet sitting on the living room floor? Bonus points if you ever saw one of those with a working smaller TV set on top. We chat about those days and compare the present with yesteryear. Afterward we ponder whether it is best to look smart versus actually being smarter. We finish up the show with a little game of "this has to go." Grant Jackie Fingaz belated birthday wish and hit play.

The guys are back at it! That backlog is a serious thing and with this nice little lull in releases, the guys decide to discuss some of the games that they want to get to before the fall releases hit. This week's hyperthetical delves into whether or not we could or would even try to fit in during a crisis. We finish the show with a solid "what you've been playing" segment. Happy belated July 4th and we hope you are enjoying your summer!

We are officially at the halfway point of the year. It is time to reflect on the the biggest titles of 2017, thus far, and which games in the latter half we are looking forward to. Before we get into that, we discuss the news of the SNES Classic and our thoughts on the device that will have every gamer from the casual to the hardcore lining up months in advance to get their hands on one.

Modern Warfare has been released and we all talk about Actiivision's double dipping money grubbing ways. Atari is talking about making another console. The hyperthetical and the final segment of the show is all about the dirty deed called sex.  All of this and talk about the latest Injustice 2 game. Enjoy the show!