Brothers vs Backlog

E3 is dead, Monkey Island is alive! We are also both heavily into Triangle Strategy, presumably to the surprise of nobody. Also: is the world ready for an open-world baseball game? Should people be mowing the lawn at 6:30 in the morning? Do you know what to do if you win the lottery? Answers to all these and more are here!

Timestamps!
1:15 - Are people still really paying with checks?
11:10 - What we've been playing (minor Triangle Strategy spoilers, maybe)
NEWS
25:44 - What came out this week
37:14 - Is E3 dead, or just its career?
40:19 - Summer Game Fest is not dead
41:33 - Crystal Dynamics is back to what they do best
44:16 - Monkey Island has been resuscitated
49:50 - Shovel Knight sales numbers
57:12 - Nobody Saves the World is officially coming to PS and Switch
1:04:05 - Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 3 is Coming Soon™
GAMES
1:08:11 - Forspoken gameplay
1:12:55 - Dice Legacy
1:16:32 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is coming to Switch

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In news that literally no one could have seen coming, the Breath of the Wild sequel has been pushed into 2023. Jackson finished up Rise of the Third Power mere days after Bill. Also, we're both at roughly the same point of Triangle Strategy; is it still awesome? This week's episode is slightly shorter than usual, as you probably noticed.

Timestamps!
2:15 - What we've been playing
NEWS
14:19 - Games out this week
17:27 - Delays! Delays everywhere!
21:32 - Some new dates for games
24:41 - A new Ghostbusters game is coming
26:58 - Fallout 76 still alive; gets new developer
29:20 - GT7 is a work in progress
32:32 - Project Spartacus is fully revealed
GAMES
36:35 - Foretales
39:03 - The Outbound Ghost
40:23 - Patrick's Parabox
43:13 - Lego Bricktales

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The Hogwarts Legacy focused State of Play has come and gone, and let's get the big news out of the way: Avada Kedavra is in! Bill sets a personal record for in-game time, Jackson is closing in on finishing up one game while just getting going in another. Also: are the GT7 makers idiots or morons? You decide.

Timestamps
2:55 - What we've been playing
NEWS
21:42 - Kirby is out!
31:35 - The State of the State of Play
43:56 - Switch has folders! Reactions here are mixed
45:05 - Triangle Strategy is maybe selling well
50:26 - Sony bought a studio that hasn't actually made anything
52:04 - GDQ is returning to its in-person events
56:14 - GT7 is making... questionable decisions
GAMES
1:03:34 - Golfie
1:09:35 - Nine Sols
1:14:55 - Wrestle Quest
1:21:15 - Relayer

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The latest State of Play has come and gone, and we have some thoughts about what was shown, including the adventures of young Frey, the heroine of Forspoken. Also, the turkeys are taking over Staten Island and no one seems to be concerned.

Timestamps!
6:47 - What we've been playing
NEWS
19:40 - What came out this week
26:20 - Big US eShop sale for Capcom and Square-Enix stuff
28:26 - The State of Play recap
52:30 - Hogwarts Legacy gets its own State of Play
55:18 - F.I.S.T is probably coming to Switch
1:00:04 - Dead Space remake has been sort of dated
GAMES
1:02:36 - Arcadian Atlas
1:05:18 - Orx
1:06:59 - Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
1:10:14 - Small Saga

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While Bill is waiting to finish up his current game before diving into Triangle Strategy, Jackson is leaping headfirst into HD-2D shenanigans. We also talk about all sorts of gaming news and Bill commits cinematic blasphemy.

Timestamps!
1:43 - Bill comes in clutch with unexpected movie trivia!
4:15 - What we've been playing
NEWS
21:57 - There was a State of Play on Wednesday, the 9th of March
23:24 - Some interesting games that came out this week
28:20 - GameSpot's most anticipated games have zero release dates
32:44 - More Cuphead is coming to Netflix
33:50 - Forspoken is coming later than expected
36:48 - OLED Switches are unlikely to suffer burn-in unless you're a lunatic
39:06 - Sifu is selling well
43:52 - Itch.io is supporting Ukraine
47:39 - Gran Turismo 7 has gross microtransactions
53:59 - Hogwarts Legacy is still mysterious
GAMES
1:00:08 - RPG Time: The Legend of Wright is certainly something
1:04:18 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land has a new trailer, still looks awesome
1:06:38 - Grand Mountain Adventure: Wonderlands is a snowboarding game

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It's finally March 4th! By the time this episode is live, Triangle Strategy should be in our hands. Plus: 3 stages of game announcements, and all the tangents you can handle. 

Apologies for the late upload this week. A combination of jury duty and internet outage worked together to delay proceedings.

Timestamps!
3:52 - New game idea!
6:56 - We have low opinions of the legal system. Many, many low opinions.
14:06 - What we've been playing (a new game for Jackson!)
NEWS
28:02 - What's come out recently
37:19 - Fallout: New Vegas 2?
39:22 - Dragon Age 4 is in progress
42:52 - More Pokemon!
48:42 - Steam Deck 2: Newell Boogaloo
52:38 - FFXIV from MMO to MSO
55:07 - Spartacus is coming soon
59:30 - Elden Ring > other SoulsBornes
1:05:27 - Kirby demo available now
GAMES
1:06:22 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
1:11:39 - Oaken
1:13:18 - The Legend of Ixtona
1:16:24 - Shredders

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It was a big week in backlog completion, with both Jackson and Bill crossing some things off. Also, Square-Enix is doing Square-Enix things, martial artist rat origin stories, and the customary nostalgia trip.

Timestamps!
We kick off this week by waxing nostalgic about Inspector Gadget and wonder if every appliance needs to have wifi capability.
7:56 - Jackson apologizes for his TMNT mistake, which leads to a long tangent
13:50 - What we've been playing
NEWS
37:43 - Mini news bites
48:59 - Is the next Fire Emblem game coming this year?
53:49 - The Uncharted movie is succeeding, probably
58:29 - Nothing is good enough for Square-Enix
1:07:43 - Train suplexing is serious business
1:09:03 - More HD-2D is probably coming
GAMES
1:20:15 - Batora: Lost Haven
1:23:06 - Plague Lords
1:25:55 - Gigabash
1:30:47 - Souldiers (again!)

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That sure was a Nintendo Direct! We talk about everything shown and what we're excited for. Plus, some great takes on Paul Simon, for some reason.

Timestamps!
Bill comes out swinging this week with shots at Simon, Garfunkel and Eagles.
6:01 - Why do tier lists top out with S?
7:34 - Key Lime update
9:43 - What we've been playing and buying
23:00 - Nintendo Direct reactions
NEWS
1:00:42 - Some interesting games came out this week
1:06:59 - 1,100 days since Silksong's announcement
1:09:18 - FF6 Pixel Remaster is coming next week
1:10:52 - HFW has gyro aiming!!
1:13:17 - Sloclap is getting difficulty settings
1:15:54 - Will Mother 3 get a worldwide release? Bill doesn't care
1:17:14 - Salt & Sanctuary is getting a sequel
1:18:34 - Splinter (who I call Shredder like a moron) is coming to TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
GAMES
1:21:31 - Infernax, a 2D NES love letter
1:25:30 - Abermore, a 1st person heist game

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Let's talk Skittles! Or sales numbers! Or both! We demonstrate an inability to comprehend what games will sell well. Plus, only 3 weeks until Triangle Strategy!!

Timestamps!
1:41 - Let's kick things off with a Skittles deep dive
5:00 - The Kojima Minute (may be longer than a minute)
8:55 - What we've been playing
NEWS
23:06 - Sifu, Rise of the Third Power and Ocean's Heart are all out now
28:02 - If you wanted to hear Link play Toto's Africa, someone's got you covered
29:04 - Big changes at Intellivision, which apparently still exists
30:53 - The Cruel King and the Great Hero is delayed
31:29 - Hogwarts Legacy may not be delayed
36:13 - Naughty Dog is making games
41:27 - Horizon Forbidden West has a lot of stuff to do
45:24 - GTA V's successor is in development
49:12 - Voice of Cards is getting another installment
50:37 - Did someone anticipate a Nintendo Direct? Cause there was a Nintendo Direct
52:23 - Switch is now the best selling Nintendo console
55:46 - Kirby's birthday is supposedly getting celebrated
58:32 - Metroid Dread will be the new best selling Metroid game
1:01:37 - Pokemon Legends is selling like hotcakes
1:05:44 - BotW2 is still coming this year, still not named
1:07:56 - Huge Nintendo of Europe eShop sale!
1:09:08 - Riders Republic temporarily free
1:09:52 - You had to guess there was Triangle Strategy coming
GAMES
1:16:49 - Gran Turismo highly appealing to Jackson, who is clearly neurotic
1:19:20 - Spelldrifter has tactics, which means Bill has to take a look
1:23:13 - Achilles: Legend Untold
1:27:31 - Ephemeral Tale has sprites, which means Jackson has to take a look
1:29:31 - Mago: The Villain's Burger is a game and not a Mad-Lib

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We have negative opinions on the inclusion of stealth sections in otherwise non-stealthy games. It may also surprise you to know that we are somewhat excited for the upcoming Triangle Strategy.

Timestamps!
0:46 - We talk about Disney Direct-2-Video movies for quite a while today
9:20 - Conspiracy theorists are... interesting
10:40 - Clarifications and corrections from Episode 15
14:14 - The Kojima Minute™
14:40 - What we've been playing
Trigger Witch spoilers from 25:50 to 27:35
28:31 - Shoehorned stealth sections need to go
30:23 - Pikmin is surprisingly stressful
NEWS
32:31 - Gran Turismo 7 has a massive info dump
35:07 - Sony is buying Bungie
41:44 - Square-Enix just doing Square-Enix things
43:58 - Elden Ring hard, but not as hard as other Souls games?
46:41 - Horizon Forbidden West keeps showing us pretty videos
50:29 - Brothers vs Backlog Bet #1
52:30 - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin has crystals, Kraken, and Frank Sinatra
54:50 - Two Point Campus is coming; Jackson excited, Bill not so much
55:55 - Triangle Strategy also gets a place in the news
GAMES
1:01:20 - The Use of Life is a JRPG
1:04:30 - Alder Forger is a very different JRPG
1:10:00 - Mina the Hollower is not a JRPG and isn't coming any time soon. We also talk about Kickstarter a whole lot.
1:16:55 - Brothers vs Backlog Bet #2
1:20:11 - More wild ideas from BvB Studios!
1:21:52 - Threads of Time is totally a game and not vaporware

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