We're off to a flying start as hosts Phantom Limb and Steven Something try to get James up to speed on the Playdate before the episode even officially begins!

Beginning proper, the three of us gently critique 'My Friend Pedro' and then we go on a merry tour of the AR-based Pokémon Go clones starting with 'Harry Potter Wizards Unite', 'Jurassic World Alive' & 'Ghostbusters World'. Niantic's 'Codename Neon' gets dredged up (how many of you remember that?) briefly before we move on to the whole Auto Chess genre and the concept of Battle Royale games in general.

In the final stretch we debate passionately about streaming services like Google's Stadia, piracy and what's popular, and very nature of existence as it relates to the PlayStation 5 (which apparently doesn't exist).

Game on! 😁

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Today's podcast brings you part two of our E3 coverage as your hosts Phantom Limb and Steven Something go through the news and details that have trickled out.

We discuss 'Shenmue 3' being announced as an Epic Store exclusive and why it's a non-issue, we dissect 'The Outer Worlds' and its roots in the Fallout Franchise and we even attempt to count the forthcoming Final Fantasys (Final Fantasii?) announced at E3.

After all that, we take deeper looks at the dreamy 'Sky: Children of Light', the cutesy 'Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening' and the... Er… Gib-tastic 'Doom Eternal'.

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E3 is here! E3 is here!

So begins part one of our E3 coverage where your hosts Phantom Limb & Steven Something pick out highlights and points of interest from the torrent of news and previews that poured out of the event.

Games featured in this episode:

Creature in the Well

Elden Ring

Ghostwire: Tokyo

Cyberpunk 2077

DEATHLOOP

Astral Chain

Gods & Monsters

Rad

Tune in soon for part two of our E3 coverage where we will cover more games that we are least 'meh' about!

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Today, your hosts Phantom Limb and Steven Something make a play date with the Playdate handheld gaming system... And we do our best to be as un-negative as possible. Or at least, one of us tries to be un-negative...

We talk about the device's place in the hardware pantheon which leads us to reminisce about its contemporaries such as the Nintendo Gameboy and the Nokia N-Gage.

From there we touch upon the Sega Dreamcast and I get lost on Ragol as I get all misty-eyed about Phantasy Star Online. Of course, we talked about Phantasy Star Online 2 and then a couple of weeks later it gets announced for the west! We must have special powers or something!

I fail to remember 'Kurtzpel' throughout the entire episode and we finish up with Theremins (someone send us a review unit!).

*Cue constant Theremin music...*

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Join your hosts Phantom Limb, Steven Something and James (the new-ish guy) as we go on a deep dive into upcoming title 'John Wick Hex', a shallow dive into 'Toki' and remakes in general, and finally we explore the paddling pools that are 'Children of Morta' and 'Raji: An Ancient Epic'.

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Your hosts Phantom Limb and Steven Something take quite the tour this time around. We start with a look at the forthcoming game 'Control' before musing about the Final Fantasy VII remake and remakes in general. Should they remain faithful reproductions of the original, or is it acceptable that they get updated and improved upon to account for the modern player?

Oh, and the bits where we say "Advent Children", perform a mental substitution and replace that with "The Spirits Within"!

Finally we touch upon 'Last Idea' and mull over the release of 'Rage 2' and the games it reminds us of.

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Join hosts Phantom Limb and Steven Something as they go on a gentle rollercoaster ride starting with the fantastic Sonic the Hedgehog movie and then meandering into ARPG territory with Diablo Immortal, Last Epoch as well as touching upon the state of mobile gaming too.

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