Chamberlain and Chance

It's Cuphead day, a day celebrated only by Chamberlain! Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course has arrived and has wasted no time reminding Chamberlain that he is not actually good at videogames, he just plays a lot of them. Alex is still lost in No Man's Sky, as it offers a cosmic respite from the dumpster fire of current events. And Chance is wreaking havoc in the Overwatch 2 beta, just not with Tracer, as she has been nerfed to an almost unfair degree. Also, don't send inappropriate anatomy picks to anyone. No one wants to see that. Seriously.  

Chamberlain and Chance have both played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's revenge! One of them appreciated the shallow, kiddy pool approach and reveled in the nostalgia of arcade days long past. The other was disgusted by its lack of depth and character progression, giving up before finishing. Basically Chamberlain enjoyed the game for what it was and Chance disliked the game for what it wasn't (and now you know how writes these). Alex has once again jumped back into No Man's Sky, this time enjoying space farming. Who can blame him. It's the dead season, got to find your fun where you can.

You aren't going to believe this (I almost didn't) but Chance did not play Elden Ring this past week. This does not mean that he is never going to play Elden Ring again, but he did flit about between a whole bunch of other titles, ending up on Grand Theft Auto V, of all things. Alex uses the almighty power of his PS5 to play Touchlight II again and Chamberlain finds himself in the uncomfortable position of defending Bethesda and the footage of Starflied they showed at Microsoft's presser. It does not go well for him.

Chamberlain, Chance and Alex decide to collectively ignore terrible rumors about a very important game that is still VERY MUCH COMING OUT IN 2022 and instead go over the blasé mediocrity that was this year's Summer Game Fest - the not quite the Keighley's but still lots of world premiers, only mostly games that no one cares about. And Callisto Protocol, because holy cow, that looks really good. Other than that, Chance is still (still!) playing Elden Ring, Alex is playing Torchlight 2 to keep from going mad over how terrible Diablo Immortal is, and Chamberlain has found a metroidvania that might as well be a new Hollow Knight, just not as good looking. Or playing. It is not the Hollow Knight sequel needs, but it is the one he deserves. 

You can blame Time Warner for our missed week (ask Alex, he will be back next time). Lots to catch up on, especially the Sony State of Play. Callisto Protocol is coming out this year! Street Fighter 6 really exists and actually looks good! Stray is coming out in a few weeks! PSVR2 fails to impress! The first salvo of not-E3 season has been fired and it was a good one.

Oh, and Chance is still playing Elden Ring.

Apologies to all his fans, but Alex is not here this week. He is busy making, as the kids say, fat stacks. Instead you have two old men talking about games! How enthralling. Chance is still playing Elden Ring, making a reputation for himself as a savior and helper. And Chamberlain finished up Rogue Legacy 2, the new LEGO Star Wars and Trek to Yomi. Two of these were actually good, the third he makes silly excuses for.

What you have here is the rarest of Chamberlain Chance and Alex episodes. It is a episode to be treasured, put up on a shelf, and listened to only on the most special of occasions. To do so more often would not diminish its specialness, but it would make just about anything else you do in life much less enjoyable. Appreciate the majesty of Alex having the intro.

Fear not! After a week's forced hiatus Chamberlain, Chance and Alex have returned! Chance is no longer playing Elden Ring, he is living Elden Ring, having taken up residence in a specific area and assisting any and all who summon him. Bonus internet points to any listener who gets him in to a game. Alex has returned to Mass Effect Andromeda and is playing it the way it was meant to be played: at max setting on new hardware, skipping almost all of the dialogue. And Chamberlain is playing the least roguish rouge-like he could find, Rouge Legacy 2, and is honestly having a good time with it. Because it is not very difficult.

Chamberlain here. It is with all seriousness that I must place a trigger warning on the first twenty or so minutes of this week's episode. Not for us being crude, or using bad language or me having bad opinions, because those things all do happen and we are unironically proud of all of them. No, real life intrudes on my friend Chance, and Alex and I wish him the best, but it might be a bit rough to hear. 

Don't worry, they are still playing Elden Ring, still loving it, and I try to convince them that Ghostwire Tokyo is worth approximately 66% of its asking price, so there are still shenanigans to be had.

Chance would like to make it VERY CLEAR that he did not noy enjoy invading other players' games in Elden Ring. He killed them, honorably of course, just to see how it felt. It felt hollow, so he returned to the hero role. Alex has gotten past the boring part of Tiny Tina's Wonderland, the game, and found the best part, the endgame. And Chamberlain is still having a difficult time dealing with Tiny Tina's constant positivity and the yelling. So much yelling.