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Wow. I forgot to add a description to the last episode, but I don't give a rat's rump!!! This week, we discuss Xbox first party titles potentially going multi-platform and that big, girthy Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth State of Play. We also make fun of Bloober Team!

Intro & Outro music: Glatty

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(7:00) Like A Dragon Sales

(9:50) PS Handheld?

(12:10) Xbox Games on Playstation?

(24:05) Live Service Games are dead (but not really?)

(31:00) Persona 2 and 4 Remakes

(38:00) Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth

(50:41) Heat Check

(55:50) Games We're Playing

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2023 is officially here, so you know we HAVE to get together with Peter and Justin from Hitbox!  Join us to catch up with all the guys, find out who won last year (truly a great person with a good heart and a nice butt) who couldn't break 50 points and who was in between. I honestly recommend listening to this podcast once a month every month for the rest of 2023. PLEASE! we need this*. 

Intro Song: Surprise

Outro Song: De La Soul - Eye Know

*not really, but it would be nice

It's 2023 and we are looking into the crystal ball to tell you what to expect* this year in Video Games. As always** we first get into the most recent news of the week. Bungie and Atlus are teasing new announcements and are being really vague about it. Sony had a presentation at CES talking about PSVR2, the Gran Turismo movie, and revealing Project Leonardo, Sony's first controller aimed at accessibility. Then we get right into with our annual predictions episode, featuring a few write ins from our adoring and dedicated fans. We reveal last year's winner*** and what video game he is assigning to the losers that they have to play to completion in 2023. Then we really get into the business of just straight up telling you what's going to happen over the next year flawlessly, 10 predictions from each of our hosts that are sure to happen. Open up your cold heart and just let us in. Then we get back to our usual segments**** the HEAT CHECK and what we've been playing. So just check it out, will ya? C'mon please! *fights back tears* I NEED THIS!!

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*probably not though.

**as usual honestly.

***I can prove it yet, but he cheated.

****R.I.P. GG

As we wave goodbye to 2022 and welcome in the big beautiful 2023 we look back at our favorite games, but also at some that let us down. WELCOME TO THE 2022 BUTTONMASHING101 GOTY AWARDS!!!!! (**cue Dua Lipa**) Firstly, we share the results of our twitter poll of who had the best GG list for 2022 (the people were right) then we share some of our listeners favorite games of 2022 because we are a podcast of the people!! Then we fly up into the stars and share all of our Top 10 games of the last year. You will laugh, maybe cry, feel anger, possibly question why you listen to this show. That all leads us to the official 2022 BUTTONMASHING101 GOTY AWARDS!!! We give out so many coveted, prestigious, noble awards that Billy Crystal himself called to see if we would allow him to host but of course we gave him a resounding NO haha. Who was the best villain? Which game is the most overrated? Which of Dan's social media accounts reigns supreme above all the others? All of that leads to the most beloved and generous award in all media: the BUTTONMASHING101 GOTY AWARD!!!!! What will it be? There is literally so many ways to find out, but you should just listen to the whole podcast PLEASE because we put our whole bussies into it for you and only you, you magnificent, beautiful, heroic bitch! I love you   

Intro & Outro Song: Hikari - Utada Hikaru (Kingdom Hearts)

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Yes, I know, we've been gone for a while, but life happens ya know? But, we're here when you need us the most; to recap The Game Awards 2022. Geoff gets gritty and grimy with groovy game trailers that tantalize trendy tech typhoons and also give away some awards. But first! Control is getting a sequel, Horizon is getting a multiplayer game, Spiderman 2 is coming out Fall 2023, and is Naughty Dog working on the Last of Us Part 3? Then we recap LITERALLY everything that happened at The Game Awards 2022 and it only takes us about an hour and twenty minutes to do that. Then things get steamy with this week's Heat Check, Alex shares his futuristic GG, and then as always, we tell you what we've been playing since we last recorded (the last 2.5 years roughly). Was Dan able to vote JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Fighting Game Extreme Extravaganza Extra Type R Final Edition (shortened as JJBAFGEEETRFE) to Fighting Game of the Year? Will Dave be sad that a "Real RPG" didn't win best RPG? Has Alex been playing OverWatch 2 way too much? There is only one was to find out.

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This episode was most definitely recorded BEFORE Halloween October 31st! Otherwise it wouldn't really make sense for us to talk about Spooky Games as our main topic, ya know? That being said, we don't really follow anyone's rules, not even our own. So, who could really say what is even going on right now. We're just three guys talking games for fun, it's ButtonMashing101. 

Timestamps are so mainstream 

The Button Boys are back and we recorded and short, sweet, 2 hours of of gaming* discussion for your audio pleasure. Firstly, Number 1 trophy whore Dave, talks about the 2 BIGGEST GAMING STORIES OF THE YEAR. If literally no one else is talking about then I guess they just don't have their finger on the pulse of the industry like we do! Because it's Spooktober, Silent Hill and Resident Evil had creepy little streams to scare silly spectators with slimy spirits spooking startled stars into speculation on scoops soundly sent to streamers. A new Final Fantasy XVI trailer dropped and so did our jaws, Bungie might be reviving their first release "Marathon", and Dan does a front flip from a standstill. Our main topic is all about the discourse surrounding Bayonetta 3 and the actress' who plays her. Should we boycott? Do voice actors get paid enough? Does lying make someone less sympathetic? Afterwards we get into all of the first class segments you have grown to love and appreciate: The Heat Check, Dave's tower climbing, deck building, rogue lite GG, and of course what we've been playing. Saddle up partner!   

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*mostly