The Battlefield 6 open beta is out and it's looking good! Bobby wanders around a cyberpunk dystopia as an orange cat in Stray and Christian discovers a Total War mod that brings the game up to his level.

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Stray, Battlefield 6
Imperium Surrectum

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Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game
Little Nightmares III
Manor Lords, Westeros is now in Let Them Trade

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Bobby replays Final Fantasy VI, the remake that was demaked and has a questionable scene with two of its characters. Christian is too hyperactive to enjoy Let Them Trade, the chill city builder/auto-battler, and Taylor gets deep into Warhammer lore with Total War: Warhammer 3.

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Final Fantasy VI, Total War: Warhammer 3, Let Them Trade

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Grounded 2, Final Fantasy VII, Gacha Games

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Amanda and Christian go on a deep investigative dive onto niche tags on Steam and the custom maps and communities of Warcraft 3.

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Ring of Fire: Prologue, Warcraft 3

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Christian reconnects with his lake roots in his first Strand-type vacation. Bobby fixes his tech issues and ponders on the end game of Hell Divers 2, and Taylor says get lost to Lost in Random: The Eternal Die.

Warning - Orange Cat Slander

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Helldivers 2, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Death Stranding

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What Remains of Edith Finch, Stray, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

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Amanda discovers Kingdom Two Crowns, a 4x city builder that's been smushed down to 2D, and Bobby is also enjoying the lack of a 3rd dimension with Awesomenauts, the 2D MOBA that Atari is trying to revive.

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RoboCop might be Bobby's favorite movie, but can the video game live up to his expectations? Taylor crafts, survives, manages and clones himself in The Alters this week, and we get on a tangent about voice acting.

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The Alters, RoboCop: Rogue City

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Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Awesomenauts,

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Amanda is still playing Dune Awakening with the DL gaming crew. There's 12 slots left in our guild, so get on Discord and join the fun! Meanwhile, back at the slime ranch, Bobby is wrangling slime and collecting plort.

Slime Rancher, Dune Awakening

Jump Ship, The Alters, PEAK

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Bobby is deep into Monster Train 2, and Christian breaks 9 Kings. Are deckbuilding roguelikes just glorified slot machines, cleverly hiding addictive mechanics behind gameplay? And what would Rocket League look like with people instead of cars?

Monster Train 2, 9 Kings

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Pacific Drive, REMATCH

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Funcom's highly anticipated crafting survival game, Dune: Awakening, is out! Can Christian and Amanda convince Bobby to join the sietch? We take a look at the history of the crafting survival genre, and all the ways they've improved over the years.

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Dune: Awakening

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It's been showcase after showcase of game announcements recently. Which games stand out, and which ones will be forgotten in a week? Let's sort through all the ambiguous, cinematic trailers and find out!

Summer Games Fest 2025

The outro music was wrongly attributed by Christian (it'sa me, whoops!) It's actually performed by friends of Ahoy, El Pony Pisador.

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