A tech-laden therapy session about Johnnie's HDMI switcher woes that somehow devolved into yet another conversation about Destiny 2, proving that like an ex you can't quite get over, Bungie's space opera keeps pulling DiJaDi back in despite its questionable life choices.

• [00:11] HDMI switcher troubles

• [17:27] DiJaDi returns to Destiny 2

• [29:25] Star Wars crossover controversy

• [34:41] New mech vs tank mode

• [37:55] Octopath Traveler review

• [41:11] Destiny's story problems

• [46:40] Police Simulator announcement

The crew grumbles about manufactured holidays and gaming price hikes, while ironically plotting to create their own totally-not-fake holiday called Anav Day.

• 00:11 - Show Intros

• 03:01 - Fake Holidays

• 25:18 - Xbox Pricing

• 34:59 - Game Pass Value

• 42:27 - Switch Hardware

• 44:09 - Gears Remaster

• 48:31 - Anav Day Plans

Somehow managing to connect Pope Francis's passing to a hatred of cozy games, we meander through gaming news while actively avoiding anything resembling relaxation or staying on topic.

• 01:07 - Pope Francis tribute

• 04:16 - Anti-cozy games manifesto

• 14:22 - Switch 2 pricing debate

• 27:56 - Japanese housing repair scam

• 32:54 - Gaming news roundup

We discuss Bungie's new game, Marathon, while debating the eternal struggle between premium vs. free-to-play games, all while nursing our collective Destiny-shaped emotional wounds.

• 00:09 - Sakura festival and Marathon announcement

• 13:31 -The problem with free-to-play games

• 28:15 = Battle passes and gaming burnout

• 34:33 - Marathon's marketing approach

• 39:48 - Nintendo Switch 2 and Astroneer news

The crew dives into Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 and its pricing drama, bouncing between defending and criticizing the gaming giant's decisions while taking entertaining detours through gaming history - from GameCube classics to the days of swapping CD-ROMs between computers.

• 00:10 - Switch 2 Basics

• 06:34 - Price Talk

• 15:00 - Old Tech Stories

• 22:27 - Handheld Gaming

• 37:37 - Japan vs World

• 46:45 - Digital Future

In this season opener, Johnnie and DiJaDi prove that all of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again, as they cycle through familiar patterns: starting with gaming news like Game Informer's revival before inevitably wandering into passionate tangents about book adaptations, Fast & Furious movies, and their shared nostalgia for older games - all while playfully noting the ironic absence of their colleague who demanded the new recording time.

• 00:10 - Show intro and schedule changes

• 03:05 - Game Informer news

• 19:23 - Fast & Furious talk

• 24:19 - Wheel of Time discussion

• 34:12 - Minecraft updates

• 41:24 - Assassin's Creed retrospective

This train has no breaks.

It's Sea of Thieves in Space!

The monolith crumbled. Seeds were planted. A new world is just beginning, as the old one is salted.

Maybe the correlation between Farmer finding out he's not paid and his frequent absences isn't coincidental.