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What's up mashers? Is Sifu kicking your butt? This week the guys get together to talk about Sony censoring another game, a new Assassin's Creed entry, and Call of Duty releasing on the PlayStation in the future? How hyped are we for Horizon Forbidden West? Find out. What is Dan's GG this week? Find out. How bad are we at Sifu? Bad. Finally we go over the beefy Nintendo Direct from 2/9/22 and I swear we don't poke any fun at everyone's favorite handheld/home console.  Time stamps and song details follow.

🔥Heat🔥 Check: Horizon: Forbidden West

GG: Tomba

Intro Song: Simon's Theme - Masanori Adachi (Super Castlevania IV)

GG Song: Seeds of Gold - Closure In Moscow

Games We're Playing Song: Good Stuff - The B-52s

Outro Song: One a.M - Brian Altano

Time Stamps:

Martha is Dead / Sony Controversy (10:42)

Assassin's Creed: Basim Standalone Game (15:32)

Microsoft & Call of Duty News (19:59)

Heat Check: Horizon Forbidden West (26:48)

GG: Tomba (33:50)

Games We're Playing w/ Sifu Impressions (42:54)

Nintendo Direct (1:22:30)

What's up Mashers? Check out this sick ass description for a sweet breakdown of all the topics covered in this week's episode. We have a brand new segment you won't want to miss, trust me, you'll regret it DEARLY if you miss it. Seriously, watch your back if you miss it. I'm not kidding*.

**NEW SEGMENT** Heat Check: Sifu

GG: Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Intro Song: Hibana - Kankaku Piero (Tales of Arise)

GG Song: What Is Love? - TWICE

Games We're Playing Song: Good Stuff - The B-52s

Outro Song: One a.M - Brian Altano

Time Stamps:

Switch Sales and MLB The Show News (11:25)

Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 News? (19:25)

GTA 6 Announced (25:06)

Ghostwire Tokyo Gameplay (28:46)

Heat Check: Sifu (35:04)

GG: Yakuza: Like A Dragon (45:02)

Games We're Playing (51:36)

Dying Light 2 Impressions (56:35)

Sony / Bungie Acquisition News (1:22:50)

*I'm kidding

We are back again, and we are getting progressively raunchier. We touch on some recent news in this week's episode, Respawn working on 3(!) new Star Wars games, Crysis 4 as announced, and Blizzard announced they are working on a new survival game. Pokémon Legends Arceus reviews are in and we discuss the high scores it's receiving. Our GG for the week is brought to you by Alex™ and it most certainly does not get sidetracked at all*. As always, we recall our fondest (or worst) memories from the games we've been playing the last week. Finally we talk about which Video Game movie Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson teased on twitter, which leads to us casting a Zelda movie. No, seriously. 

Song and topic info and timestamps follow:

GG: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Intro Song: V - Marcin Przybyłowicz (Cyberpunk 2077)

GG Song: Menswear - The 1975

Games We're Playing Song: Good Stuff - The B-52s

Outro Song: One a.M - Brian Altano

Time Stamps:

(5:22) Respawn Working on 3 Star Wars Projects

(17:02) Crysis 4 Announced

(20:27) Pokemon Legends: Arceus Reviews

(22:27) More Blizzard / Activision News

(40:15) GG

(48:30) Games Played

(1:30:15) The Rock's Video Game Movie Speculation

*It does

The purchase heard around the world. Microsoft has purchased Activision/Blizzard, so the guys get together to discuss what that means for Xbox, for PlayStation, and for YOU. Will Call of Duty be an exclusive? Will World of Warcraft come to Xbox? Will every game publisher and developer get bought out? Will Gamepass become as important as heat, water, and electricity? We will tell you exactly* what's going on, and how we each feel about it. We also discuss new PSVR2 details, What's going on at TT games, a new GG from Dan, and of course the games we've been playing. Get ready or get out of the way! Let's go!

Song info and Timestamps follow

*Speculation

Intro Song: Megalovania - Toby Fox (Undertale)

GG: Illusion of Gaia

GG song: Seeds of Gold - Closure in Moscow

Games We're Playing song: Good Stuff - The B-52's

Time Stamps:

(07:08) PSVR2 Details

(14:05) Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga Crunch Story

(23:28) GG

(32:35) Games We're Playing

(1:22:40) Microsoft's Purchase of Activision, Blizzard, & King

This is it. No segments, no timestamps, no holds barred Video Game Fantasy Drafting. Pure, uncut, raw.

The Game Awards have come and gone, the days have grown shorter, the nights are colder, so snuggle up with your favorite beverage and get cozy. Yet another jumbo sized episode from the boys because we love you. Consider this an early Holiday treat for you and your loved ones. Alex talks about the freshly announced Splinter Cell remake and what he wants out of it (spiritual and emotional fulfillment). We recap the the gaming predictions we made at the beginning of the year and why we don't have a winner yet (barn burner). Then we sink our teeth into the meat of this week's episode; The Game Awards 2021. All (most of) the announcements, all the awards, and all the sass you can handle. But that is not all! We love you so much that we decided to also share some general thoughts on watching Mother! and Hereditary back to back. Is it a good idea? Is it healthy mentally? Has Dan descended even deeper into the darkness? Does anyone read the descriptions? Tales of Arise. Timestamps follow ^_^

Time Stamps:

(08:42) Splinter Cell Remake

(12:42) Predictions Update

(22:07) The Game Awards

(1:38:24) Games We're Playing

(2:02:24) Mother! / Hereditary 

Are we back again? You bet your sweet ass we are. This week we talk about the changes in DICE leadership and what that means for Battlefield going forward. Then we discuss more Activision BS and their direct involvement (or lack of) with The Game Awards 2021, and Geoff Keighley's response to it. Then we talk about the crime of the century; How and why isn't Tales of Arise (Game of the Millennium*) nominated in the Players' Voice category when a game with very low critic and user scores like Battlefield 2042 is. Is Tales of Arise the Rodney Dangerfield of games?** Will The Game Awards live up to the hype? Can Dan just cool it for once? Is anyone reading this? Time stamps below.

Time Stamps:

(12:58) Dice Shakeup

(23:41) Activision's Involvement with The Game Awards

(35:07) The Game Awards Fan Voting

(58:21) Games We're Playing

*According to Everyone

**No respect I tell ya