If PvP Splatoon is too sweaty for you, but you DO love Monster Hunter, Diablo, and Vampire Survivors, don't sleep on Splatoon Raiders. Matt explains how Nintendo's latest gets its hooks in from the word "go."

Colette returns to the incredibly popular farming indie "Fields of Mistria" as it nears a 1.0 release, and lays out the reasons she's cautiously optimistic for the upcoming Resident Evil movie, despite it taking blatant liberties with the game's lore.

Also: Have ya'll heard of "Dune?"

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/splatoon-raiders-switch-2/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

In February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the traitor-in-chief's batshit tariffs are illegal. So the extra hard-earned money we all spent on phones, computers, and game consoles should come back to us, right? RIGHT?!

Nintendo says "no," and would like to keep your money instead, citing the long-established legal precedent, "suck it, losers." And we expect most corporations to follow suit.

Time will tell what class action lawsuits, court decisions, and the Federal Government decide to do with our cash.

Plus: GameStop no longer cares about selling games, and your Steam Wishlist just got a major upgrade.

Items discussed in this episode:

https://www.gamefile.news/p/nintendo-tariff-lawsuit-response

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/nintendo-customers-have-no-legal-right-to-tariff-refunds-company-tells-judge/

https://insider-gaming.com/gamestop-ceo-says-games-irrelevant/

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/710028372767410959

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

The Chat returns, now in exclusive audio form!

Colette shares her personal/professional update, and we conveniently ignore all bad news to focus on: Video Games!

(and Magic cards that feature video games)

Items discussed in this episode:

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/secret-lair-superdrop-of-the-moonlight-jellies

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4246860/Security_51/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era/

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

The Steam Machine pricing is live, and it's not pretty. But as every single device that plays games suddenly gets more expensive, the value proposition gets far more complex.

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

This week we invent a new game genre and copyright it so that we can become future billionaires.

Colette breaks down the demo of the Twin Peaks-infused detective game Silver Pines, and we share our newfound love for Spirit Crossing, which combines the best parts of Animal Crossing, Journey, Breath of the Wild, and Pokemon into the coziest MMO on the market today.

Plus: Your most anticipated games from the slew of summer announcements.

Silver Pines: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2333000/Silver_Pines/

Spirit Crossing: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2321960/Spirit_Crossing/

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

Games are coming out! Lots of them! And some of them even look really good!

Fire up your wish lists for Sony's latest State of Play. 

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

Good news: The Steam Deck came back in stock.

Bad news: It's $200 more expensive and already sold out.

This week, we discuss how global supply chains are pricing normal people (and kids) out of video games, and what that means for the future of the medium.

Plus: Building the '90s video store of our dreams and what makes James Bond so damn cool after all these years.

Items discussed in this episode:

Steam Deck's unhinged price increase: https://www.theverge.com/games/938340/valve-steam-deck-price-increase

The Witcher 3, a game from 2015, will get another DLC in 2027: https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-songs-of-the-past-announced/

Dungeon Settlers: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4663910/Dungeon_Settlers_Demo/

Retro Rewind: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3858710/Retro_Rewind__Video_Store_Simulator_Demo/

007 First Light: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3768760/007_First_Light/

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

Roblox needs to be regulated out of existence according to Rich Stanton at PC Gamer, and we wholeheartedly agree. We discuss the profit machinations that incentivize kids to make games that fleece other kids.

Colette continues her Resident Evil adventures with DLC for RE4, and opens the doors on her dream thrift shop in Thrifty Business.  

Matt continues his Arc Raiders grind and spends a few hours with the new Steam Controller, which is all the time he needs to declare it the GOAT.

Items discussed in this episode:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ive-been-playing-games-for-40-years-writing-about-them-for-20-and-im-here-to-say-parts-of-roblox-need-to-be-legislated-out-of-existence/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2109300/Resident_Evil_4__Separate_Ways/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3693650/Thrifty_Business/

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

Subnautica 2 released in Early Access this week. Within 1 hour, there were 100,000 people playing it on Steam alone. By mid-day, there were half a million. By the end of it, they had sold 2 million copies and counting.

Colette & Matt discuss how this indie darling shot to the top everyone's wishlist, and how its developer Unknown Worlds (tentatively) won the legal battle against its slimy corporate overlords.

Plus: Colette continues her Resident Evil journey into the 5th game where the scariest thing is the racism.

And Matt revisits the surreal dungeon crawler/RPG Caves of Qud, where turns are time, and water is money.

Games and links discussed in this episode:

What's the Deal with Subnautica 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8HdhU-SSAE

IGN: The Resident Evil Game That Can't Be Remade: https://youtu.be/IMY4LwVIypU

Caves of Qud: https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/

Welcome back to CMS Talk, your number one podcast for content management systems!

Also, it sucks to want a Steam Controller when you can't have it. And Nintendo surprised everyone with a brand new Star Fox game that's actually a very old Star Fox game?

Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJ
 

Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColetteAndMatt

Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! [email protected]

Follow and subscribe to Colette:

• https://bsky.app/profile/itscocobee.bsky.social
• https://www.twitch.tv/hellococobee

Follow and subscribe to Matt:

• https://bsky.app/profile/mattsilverman.bsky.social
• https://www.patreon.com/influencepod
• https://www.youtube.com/c/freedadvideos

Our theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/

Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/