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Get ready for a nice, smooth week of podcast discussion as the crew jumps straight into dental hygiene. Okay, so maybe we don't talk about games right away this week, but we get to them eventually! And the results are awfully fun and friendly as the crew dives deep on Fuser: the new DJ rhythm game from Harmonix. Is it the best music game the gang has ever played? Quite possibly. Listen and find out why!

We skip right to the good stuff by going heavy on games this week! The usual gang goes deep on Griftlands, Valorant, Clubhouse Games, The Last of Us Part II, and Divinity: Original Sin 2! Plus stick around for some lighter chat about the Game Boy Advance (again) and some quick hits in the form of Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children and Invisible, Inc. This is a totally normal episode.

The Fanwidth crew celebrates an important milestone

The time has come! Kenneth, Natalie, and Collin are back together again to talk about the very harrowing journey each of them took through the world of The Last of Us 2. Join our hosts as they get just ridiculously emotional about the post-apocalypse (and the characters that inhabit it). Be warned: there will be spoilers. Though you should probably be able to tell that from the title... If you're cool with that, let's mosey on over and get ready to cry.

Amplitude — known for Endless Space, Endless Dungeon, and Endless Legend — are trying their hand at the Civilization formula with the upcoming 4x strategy game Humankind. Join Dillon (who just got hands on time with a preview build) and Danielle (who has a latent strategy game itch) as they discuss the game’s tweaks — including a very cool fame mechanic and the ability to meld different aspects of cultures into your own society.

Your regularly scheduled hosts have returned to regale you with stories of their time in school. Going back a bit further than that, the gang talks about the olden days of portable gaming (we will never forget the Game Boy Micro). And eventually there's even an itty bitty dollop of current video game talk! Get ready to learn as merritt, Steven, Niki, and Danielle take you to class.

We can't talk much about the story of The Last of Us Part II, but that isn't going to stop us from giving you the best review possible. That's why we brought the very best reviewers possible: Natalie Flores, Collin MacGregor, and Kenneth Shepard. The gang of queer critics has a lot to say about the often violent, sometimes touching game (despite a downright oppressive embargo). It seems there's a lot more to this Naughty Dog sequel than the marketing and leaks would have you believe! And everyone who's beaten it is very happy with the end result.

Don't worry about spoilers on this one! We literally aren't allowed to include them. But tune in soon for a full spoilercast that discusses the game up and down. For now, enjoy our review of The Last of Us Part II with as much as we can possibly cram into 80 minutes.

Niki, Steven, and John dive into everything we saw today at Sony's PS5 reveal event

This week, horror film superfans Danielle Riendeau, merritt k, and Collin McGregor are joined by once-and-future You Love to See It co-host Dillon Skiffington in watching Shudder exclusive Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. A dense, well-paced piece that takes a deep dive on black folks in the horror genre, peppered with interviews by scholars, directors, writers and actors, it’s an instructive, highly watchable, and important piece. It’s currently streaming for free on the Shudder platform.

We're joined this week by the special and wonderful Reviews Editor of US Gamer, Mike Williams, with the scoop on Skyrim! Well, he's really here to talk about The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor expansion. The new add-on brings us back to Skyrim, though, as we battle vampires and get a major lesson in Khajiit biology. I promise you're not expecting what you're about to find out. Plus, Niki has sandwich talk and wants to talk to John about Valorant. Steven finally brings up an extended overview of Monster Train, while the whole gang talks about games with long "lead-up" times. Sometimes we love 'em, sometimes we hate 'em, but none of us have time for them. But you can make time for episode 67 of Fanwidth, the Fanbyte podcast!