It’s a real rollercoaster of gaming experiences this week as we talk through our thoughts on the latest games including Atomic Heart, Octopath Traveler II, Sons of the Forest, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, and more!

3:10 Atomic Heart

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There are SO many games to talk about this week, so let’s jump right in!

1:45 Hangman: Video Game Edition

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Hogwarts Legacy has arrived and boy howdy do we love it! We spend a lot of time talking about our first few hours with the game as well as Metroid Prime Remastered, our expectations for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The Last of Us episode 4, more thoughts on Hi-Fi Rush and Fire Emblem Engage, and a host of headlines including the latest Nintendo Direct!

1:49 Hogwarts Legacy

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This week we take a look at the hundreds of ‘2022 Best Game of the Year’ picks across the industry and identify the most tryhard selections in our new Tryhard Tracker segment. Also, we talk about a few small new games, the latest episode of The Last of Us on HBO, and a ton of headlines.

1:14 Hogwarts Legacy preview hype

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Welcome to Current Cinema Podcast, a spin-off of Current Gen that dives way deeper into movies, hosted by Jeff and Kyle from the main CG show!

This week, Jeff recaps his experience watching Sundance Film Festival 2023 movies from home, then we move onto reviewing what we've watched this week, including Infinity Pool and Babylon. To close it out, we each Pick Five of our Favorite Movies We'll Never Watch Again.

Timestamps 2:52 - Sundance 2023 9:26 - What Did You Watch? (Babylon, Infinity Pool, The Raid 2, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey) 53:40 - Pick Five: Favorite Movies We'll Never Watch Again 1:29:40 - America's Pick Five at This Week's Box Office

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2023 is off to a hot start as January closes with 3 major game releases: Dead Space, Forspoken, and Hi-Fi Rush. We give our spoiler-free impressions of all 3 games as well as the latest episode of The Last of Us on HBO. We talk about much more, so check out the time stamps below for details.

1:20 “Never Have I Ever…” (video game edition)

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Welcome to Current Cinema Podcast, a spin-off of Current Gen that dives way deeper into movies, hosted by Jeff and Kyle from the main CG show!

This week, we touch on the 2023 (95th) Oscar nominations, then review Dual, Sometimes I Think About Dying (Sundance 2023 film), Death to Smoochy, and Palm Springs in the What Did We Watch segment. To round it out, we each give 5 movies we consider to be Misunderstood Gems, meaning mainly movies we felt social media or people we know just 'didn't get.'

Timestamps:  2:00 - 2023 Oscar nominations 31:52 - What Did You Watch (Dual, Sometimes I Think About Dying, Death to Smoochy, Palm Springs)  1:04:23 - Pick Five: Misunderstood Gems  1:45:59 - America's Pick Five at This Week's Box Office

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The first big game of 2023 has arrived in the form of Fire Emblem Engage. The crew talks about their early impressions of that game as well as their thoughts on the premiere of HBO's The Last of Us. Also, Microsoft and Xbox seem to be dealing with quite a bit of drama early in the year, so we talk about that along with other major headlines in the industry and other games we are playing.

2:36 Fire Emblem Engage

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Welcome to Current Cinema Podcast, a spin-off of Current Gen that dives way deeper into movies.  

In our first episode, Jeff and Kyle cover recent releases such as Women Talking and Triangle of Sadness, and older releases such as Annihilation and Road to Perdition. Then we each reveal and discuss our top 5 'movies that shaped our taste.'  

Timestamps:

00:45 - Welcome!

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2022 Game of the Year Debates (Part 3)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: GOTY debates! We will talk about a variety of Game of the Year categories over the next few episodes.

2:56 Best Remaster or Re-Release

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