Since it's launch Anthem has been a laughing stock of the games business.

With allegations of a bland world, poor gameplay, and literally no story Josh was intrigued.

After playing the Beta neither Ryan or Josh were too interested, however with EB Games practically giving away copies Josh took it onto himself to actually give it a go.

In our attempt for minimum level investigative journalism we ask: Is Anthem that bad?

TIME STAMPS

0:00 Intro Music

0:18 Intro

2:00 Five Nights at Freddy's chats

5:24 How have we been?

7:10 Quick AEW Fyter Fest thoughts

8:29 What have we been playing?

15:45 Vacation Simulator Initial Impressions

26:02 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)

26:25 Sony to plans with third parties with timed exclusives for PS5

37:00 Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo come together over Trump's new China tariffs

42:50 Ryan poorly explains the political party structure in Australia

45:34 Sony patents new technology to remove loading screens

50:00 PS Plus games for July 2019 have been announced

53:08 Top selling games on PlayStation 4 (Week ending 23rd June 2019)

53:33 Quick bits - EA Access dated for PlayStation 4

53:42 Chat to the players - Is Anthem THAT bad?

1:25:02 Coming to the players (New games for July 2nd 2019)

1:27:46 Ryan guested on a couple other podcasts

1:29:55 Outro

1:31:48 Outro Music

1:32:05 Patreon Credits

Have a question PlayStation or gaming related you want Ryan and Josh to discuss? Head on over to www.thepopculturists.com/questions and submit away. You can always comment below too!

With over 40 years combined PlayStation gaming and over 10 years in games coverage, Ryan and Josh felt that they would be perfect to throw their hats in the ring and join the greater PlayStation discussion. This new weekly show will allow us to discuss the ins and outs of Sony’s hardware, software, and relationships.

Many thanks to PlayStation Australia, POEM Group, and the many other publishers and PR teams for their continued support of For The Players: The PopCulturists' PlayStation Podcast. Their support of the show allow us to get hands on with games, early access, event invites, and many things we require to make this the show that it is.

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