Between The Joysticks

To battle! Nick grabs Mjolnir, Jon reaches for a… umbrella? We played some games, get excited for what’s next, and more in this week’s episode! Jon also keeps alerting the guards for some reason.

Intro: Marvel’s Avengers

6 Things:

- Games of August

- Our personal peripheral history, should they make a comeback?

- PS5 Accolades Discontinued

- Death’s Door

- Marvel’s Avengers

- The Wheel Returns!

Outro: Avarice by David Fenn

Jason Schreier and the PlayStation Blog give us 6 news items to talk about this week. We talk about the upcoming PlayStation Plus games, KOTOR remake by Aspyr (pronounced "Aspire" not "Ass-purr" apparently), GTA6, Backbone One (we predicted this) and much more in this weeks episode!

Intro: Grand Theft Auto V

6 Things:

- August PlayStation Essentials Lineup

- 8 Yakuza Games Are Coming To PlayStation Plus

- PS5 Firmware Beta

- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Game Paused Amid Studio Shakeup by Jason Schreier

- Backbone One Controller

- Rockstar Games Cleaned Up Its Frat-Boy Culture — and Grand Theft Auto, Too by Jason Schreier

Outro: Gunstar Heroes - Empire - The Final Assault by Norio Hanzawa, Remix by Monte

Nick has played the recently released cyberpunk cat simulator, Stray, and Jon has gone to war with Hell in Doom Eternal. We talk games, news and get our consumerism on as we talk pre-orders and collector editions in this weeks episode!

Opening: Doom Eternal

6 Things:

- PlayStation Stars

- Stray

- Doom Eternal

- Pre-ordering Video Games

- Should Sony do another portable console?

- Collector Edition Wishlist

Outro: Rip & Tear by Mick Gordon

The perfect trifecta of news, games, and topics! We discuss all of the latest Rockstar Game's news, talk the games we played recently, and rank Sony's first party studios in this week's episode!

Opening: Red Dead Redemption 2

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus July Game Catalog Update

- Rockstar Games Current State / Trajectory

- The Quarry

- Undertale

- Raising Kratos (Documentary)

- Top 5 Sony First Party Studios

Outro: Undertale - MEGALOVANIA by Toby Fox

We should discuss more things each week as news about the things we discuss in a previous podcast come true. Ubisoft shows off Skull & Bones, God of War: Ragnarok gets a release date and we talk boss fights in this week's episode.

Opening: Metal Gear Solid

6 Things:

- God of War: Ragnarok Release Date

- Ubisoft Forward: Skull & Bones

- Shadow of the Colossus - Phalynx

- Batman: Arkham City - Mr. Freeze

- God of War (2018) - The Stranger

- Returnal - Hyperion

Outro: Hades - In the Blood by Darren Korb & Ashley Barrett

Jon can put his smug hat on as despite industry journalist / insiders predicting a GoW: Ragnarok announcement in June, he said otherwise. Nick hates JRPG's so bad he forgets the game that caused it. We cover the drama, learn about ourselves and the games we are playing in this week's episode!

Opening: God of War (2018)

6 Things:

- God of War: Ragnarok Rumors

- Most Anticipated Game of 2022 (2nd Half)

- Ubisoft's Current State / Trajectory

- TMNT: Shredder's Revenge

- Games That Shaped Us

- Death Stranding

Outro: God of War by Bear McCreary

Don't die on us, you owe us a pizza! We breakdown a few remaining news items from the last few weeks. Jon has completed Horizon: Forbidden West (Finally!) and we discuss the game. This and much more in this week's episode.

Opening: Final Fantasy VII Remake

6 Things:

- God of War: Ragnarok / Jason Schreier's Bloomberg Article

- PlayStation Plus vs Game Pass

- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

- Final Fantasy XVI

- Nick's Next Video Game!

- Horizon: Forbidden West [SPOILERS]

Outro: Final Fantasy VII Remake - Bombing Mission by Nobuo Uematsu.

E3 is dead... or is it? It may not be called E3 but June has been filled with events a lot like E3. We talk about Sony's State of Play, Summers Game Fest and more in our inaugural podcast.

Opening: Resident Evil 4

6 Things:

- Last of Us Part I

- Starfield

- The Callisto Protocol

- Resident Evil 8 Winters Expansion

- Saints Row Boss Factory

- Sonic Frontiers

Outro: The Last of US by Gustavo SANTAOLALLA (saan·taa·ow·lai·uh)