Shane is serving up grilled disinfectant wipe sandwiches and plays games the way they're intended. Joel finds a new groove at four in the morning and won't help another stranger with a bum leg. Karl gets back in the dugout and revisits his high school nickname.

News and Conversations

• PlayStation is giving away two fantastic free games so you stay home and play
• Sony might limit the run of PS5’s this year but it’s not due to COVID-19
• Nintendo patch fixes the buttons and helps us XBOX and PlayStation gamers from inadvertently going backwards

Games

• Football Manager 2020
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Easy PlayStation Platinum Trophies

• Thunder Paw

Cheers to Tom

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• Colter Wall Songs of the Plains
• Mike Herrera Moments Like These: Texas

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Cutting edge, expert takes and all the brand new games in yet another legit gaming podcast episode brought to you by the world renowned ABOG guys. 

News and Conversations

• Nintendo actively patching Animal Crossing based on fan feedback and reduces the annoyance of all them eggs
• Automatic digital refunds for preorders of The Last of Us Part II and Iron Man VR
• 35 years of Mario celebration with rumored re-releases of classic Mario games
• Sony announces a new controller design and features for their upcoming PS5 console

Games

• Shane completed the campaign in Red Dead Redemption 2 and shares his final thoughts
• Demon's Tilt

Easy PlayStation Platinum Trophies

• Rush Rover
• Null Drifter

Song at the end

• Brett Newski "Grow Your Garden" Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down
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The end of optical ports, a delay we can support, great time to be a gamer, our favorite racer goes offline, eggs are only good for scrambling and best friends.

News and Conversations

• Two classic Star Wars games coming to PS4 and Switch
• XBOX Series X ditching the optical port
• The Last of Us II delayed indefinitely
• World Health Organization supporting video games as a way to stay home

Games

• Don't Starve Together
• Bunny Day is no fun in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Driveclub goes offline and ABOG celebrates their favorite racing game one last time
• Apex Legends
• Mother Russia Bleeds

Song at the end

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Covid-19 and the impacts on our gaming hobby in addition to how the ABOG trio and special guest Shay are keeping sane through it all. The perfect distraction with impeccable release timing- Animal Crossing New Horizons. 

News and Conversations

Covid-19 and impact on the gaming industry

• No Sony experts in the manufacturing plants for production of PS5
• Microsoft development could be affected by work-at-home situation
• GameStop brick and mortar not open to shoppers except for Delivery at Door option (curbside)
• The impact on our lives and how we're keeping our sanity through it all

Games

• Animal Crossing

Recommended Record

• The Bombpops Death in Venice Beach

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Joel, Shane and Karl are stuck indoors talking PS5 architecture, XBOX Series X memory cards, NFL2K making a comeback but not as needed and a new GameStop big guy. 

News and Conversations

• Reggie Fils-Aime joins GameStop Board of Directors
• 2K NFL games are returning in 2021 but not as we want
• XBOX Series X expansion memory card
• Mark Cerny presentation about PS5 architecture

Games

• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• Riddled Corpses EX

Recommended Record

• Wayne Kramer & The Pink Fairies Cocaine Blues

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XBOX Series X tech and features revealed, Cyberpunk 2077 smart edition, advice for GameStop that will not save their business, Bleeding Edge, two easy PlayStation Platinum Trophies and Supersuckers.

News and Conversations

• The waiting game
• XBOX Series X
• • 12 Teraflops
  • Variable Rate Shading
  • Hardware Accelerated DirectX Ray Tracing
  • SSD Storage
  • Quick resume for multiple games
  • Dynamic Latency Input
  • Four generations
  • Smart Delivery
• Cyberpunk 2077 smart edition
• GameStop trying new things but Joel has some advice for how they can succeed

Games

• Bleeding Edge
  • XBOX One Console Exclusive
  • Ninja Theory

Easy PlayStation Platinum Trophies

• Milo’s Quest
• Deep Space Rush

Records

• Brad’s Recommended Record Supersuckers Play That Rock ’n Roll
• Next recommended record is Wayne Kramer & The Pink Fairies Cocaine Blues
• • Give it a few listens and drop some thoughts in our Discord

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Shane pulls a muscle opening a banana, Joel may have a price limit but can't fight his impulsiveness and Karl escapes the UK to stay in Alcatraz.

News and Conversations

• Nintendo Switch a complementary console as we suggested last episode and now there is data to prove it
• Potentially expensive PS5 and XBOX Series X has us considering a limit
• • Community and co-host commentary
  • @ABandofGamers Twitter and A Band of Gamers Facebook Group community input
• Full backwards compatibility could make a world of difference and change the value proposition of the upcoming consoles

Games

• My Friend Pedro
• River City Girls

Music

• Brad's new blog post reviewing Green Day | Father of all Motherfuckers
• Next recommended record is Supersuckers Play That Rock N' Roll. Give it a listen and drop your thoughts in our Discord Server

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Shane likes to sting six year olds, Karl finally gets to the Witcher 3 dlc and Joel believes in a digital future so hard he may retire the gaming shelf.

News and Conversations

• Feedback from the system wars conversation in last episode and related Twitter poll @ABandofGamers
• Phil Spencer, Head of XBOX, says their competition is Google and Amazon rather than Sony and Nintendo
• Joel might shift his game buying habits from physical to digital
• Coronavirus causing delays to Nintendo Switch manufacturing and if doesn't get resolved soon could also delay launch windows for the upcoming XBOX Series X and PlayStation 5

Games

• Red Dead Redemption 2
• The Witcher III Wild Hunt: Hearts of Stone dlc
• Bee Simulator

Records

• Brad's new blog post reviewing Beach Slang's The Deadbeat Bang of Hearthbreak City
• Listen to Green Day's new album and then leave your thoughts about it in our Discord Server

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Shane cuts his own hair, Karl readies the mascara and Joel pivots his backlog list after not enjoying one of the games.

News and Conversations

• Sony skipping E3 again and the guys wax lyrical about the old days of E3
• System Wars are dead
• Overwhelmed by all the good games
• Long list of game delays in 2020
• Redbox exits the game rental business

Games

• Gone Home
• TowerFall Ascension
• Luigi's Mansion 3

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PS5 reveals a logo and DualShock 4 attachment, Microsoft will have no exclusive games at the launch of the Series X, Need for Speed Heat, Bus Simulator, Oculus Quest and Joel's late to the party God of War thoughts.

News

• Sony takes a step towards the XBOX Elite controller
• Power battle starts to reveal itself between PS5 and XBOX Series X
• Microsoft more interested in selling you Game Pass than they are the new console later this year

Games

• Need For Speed Heat
• Bus Simulator
• Oculus Quest
• Vader Immortal

Backlog

• God of War
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna

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