Between The Joysticks

Jon and Nick have been brought back from Hell to slay demons from Heaven as we gush about the game Neon White and touch on a few other games that we have been playing. We also ask Santa to put some things under the tree for us that would enhance our gaming setups. Finally, we spend time whittling down to the last two games of our Franchise Madness bracket. All this and much more in this week’s episode!

Intro: Neon White

6.5 Things:

- What do you want from Santa? Gaming Edition

- The Last of Us Part 3 [Rumor]

- Neon White

- Gone Home / Sound Shapes

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

- PlayStation Pals GOTY Categories

Outro: Rigged Game - Neon White by Machine Girl

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What?!?! A 2 hour long podcast?!?! We return to the format of the show for our longest podcast yet! This is mainly due to us closing the book on God of War: Ragnarok and Jon having an epic rant about Microsoft and the purchase of Activision Blizzard that the FTC is not too keen on. We also have time to tackle the games we have been playing, Forspoken and Kena: Bridge of Spirits. This and TONS of content in this week’s episode! Thanks for listening!

Intro: Hades

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium December Update

- FTC Sues Microsoft Over The Activision Blizzard Purchase

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

- Forspoken Demo

- Kena: Bridge of Spirits

- God of War: Ragnarok [SPOILERS 60:33 - 112:00]

Outro: God of the Dead - Hades by Darren Korb

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We are back to give you the hottest take on Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards. What didn’t happen in this show? Jon’s most anticipated game gets announced, star studded actors are showing up everywhere and we got tons of actually good “World Premieres” to chat about. Microsoft and Xbox are nowhere to be seen but they had a rough day. We talk about all of the awards and announcements in this week’s episode! Start saving for June now!

Intro: The Game Awards 2022

6 Highlights:

- Hades 2

- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

- Troy Baker’s Hat

- Final Fantasy XVI

- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon

- Pedro Eustache (Flute Guy)

Outro: SSD - Astro’s Playroom by Kenneth C M Young

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What?!?! A late podcast?!?! Due to some meddling by THE WHEEL we had to record later than expected. Don’t worry though as we record our longest podcast yet! This is mainly due to us hashing out our Top 10 PS5 games to recommend for the console. We also dig into the PS Plus Essential games of December, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and share how we got our PS5’s in the first place. All this and much more in this week’s episode!

Intro: God of War: Ragnarok

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Essentials December Games

- PlayStation Tournaments

- Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

- Our PS5 Launch Story

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

- Top 10 PS5 Games

Outro: I’m Your GPU - Astro’s Playroom by Kenneth C M Young

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What?!?! An early podcast?!?! Due to the holiday week we are dropping the podcast early. We have a lot to be thankful for and we chat about it. We also talk about GOTY nominees Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok (again, sorry). With the Game Awards coming up we also have some predictions as to what announcements will be at the event. I think that is it. Did I forget something…? Oh right THE WHEEL makes its fourth appearance on the show! Listeners beware!

Intro: God of War: Ragnarok

6 Things:

- Video Games To Be Thankful For

- Elden Ring Official Strategy Guide, Vol. 1: The Lands Between

- The Game Awards 2022 Predictions

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

- THE WHEEL

- God of War: Ragnarok

Outro: Trigger Happy Havoc - Danganronpa by Masafumi Takada

Fimbulwinter is here and the year is wrapping up but don’t worry we have the upcoming Game Awards and even more video games to keep our consoles on and our houses hot. We continue our PlayStation Pals franchise bracket and continue with our impressions on both Game of the Year nominees, A Plague Tale: Requiem and God of War: Ragnarok. All this and much more in this week’s episode!

Intro: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

6 Things:

- The Game Awards 2022 Nominees

- PlayStation Store Black Friday Deals

- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Next Gen Update

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

- A Plague Tale: Requiem

- God of War: Ragnarok

Outro: Still Alive - Portal by Jonathan Coulton

Okay. So we lied. The entire podcast is about Sonic Frontiers. No? Okay. Well we do spend some time talking about another big PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium update and then go deep into God of War: Ragnarok. We save the story spoilers for the very end. All this and much more in this week’s episode! Thanks for listening!

Intro: God of War: Ragnarok

2 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium November Catalog Update

- God of War: Ragnarok

Outro: Blood Upon the Snow - God of War: Ragnarok by Hozier, Bear McCreary

We are on the precipice of war and PlayStation comes out swinging this week. We have a release date and the price for PSVR2, a release date for HBO’s The Last of Us television show and God of War: Ragnarok is a masterpiece according to the reviews. We also got listener questions to answer! Yay! All this and much more in this week’s episode!

Intro: Metal Gear Solid

6 Things:

- EMAILS !?!?!?!?

- PSVR2 Date / Price / Games

- Electronic Arts / Marvel 3 Game Collaboration

- God of War: Ragnarok Reviews

- HBO’S The Last of Us Release Date

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

Outro: Bloody Tears - Castlevania. Cover by Friedrich Habetler. Original by Kenichi Matsubara.

We finally slay our audio issues and embrace our new status as God of Audio by switching to a new recording method! Speaking of that, we revisit Kratos' previous adventures and speculate on his upcoming ones. We also talk about the big news items of the week, touch on the new release, A Plague Tale: Requiem and move on to the next bracket of our PlayStation franchise bracket in this week's episode!

Intro: God of War (2018)

6 Things:

- PNN: PlayStation News Network

- PlayStation Plus Essentials November Games

- God of War (2018)

- God of War: Ragnarok

- A Plague Tale: Requiem

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

Outro: Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) by The Immortals

Two classic Japanese horror franchises compete for our money and attention this week. We also get into all of the details of Sony’s pro controller, the DualSense Edge. We then wrap things up with some tales from visiting GameStop and move into the next region of our PlayStation franchise bracket. All this and more in this week’s podcast! Also Ellie stops by with a joke or two…

Intro: The Last of Us Part 1

6 Things:

- DualSense Edge

- Silent Hill Transmission

- Resident Evil Showcase

- Into The Breach

- GameStop Stories

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

Outro: A Fleeting Dream / Someday That Dream Will End - Final Fantasy X by Nobuo Uematsu