Call of Duty Black Ops 7 released this week, to very little fan fare and a lot of mad players. We take our bets on what games will be nominated at The Game Awards this year. Steam launches a new family of hardware with Steam Machine, the new Steam controller and Steam Frame. There's a Horizon MMO in the works, we give our thoughts on Where Winds Meet & The Last Caretaker as well as our review of Dispatch!

0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Bubba
8:00 - GOTY so far
14:00 - Ubisoft getting bought?
20:00 - Call of Duty Black Ops 7
42:40 - Steam launching new hardware
1:02:00 - JP's search history
1:09:10 - Will there be a Dispatch season 2?
1:18:30 - Escape from Tarkov reviews
1:22:20 - Fans try to bring Concord back
1:24:30 - Horizon MMO
1:32:20 - State of Play
1:36:10 - Star Citizen
1:47:30 - Aion 2?
1:49:00 - ARC Raiders update
1:53:00 - Battlefield 6
1:56:40 - Popular YouTuber Chris Wilson
1:59:50 - Where Winds Meet
2:35:40 - The Last Caretaker
2:43:00 - Dispatch
2:54:20 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Super Meat Boy co-developer and Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen this week to chat about his upcoming tactics roguelike cat game - Mewgenics and his very storied indie dev career that spans over 2 decades! In the news: GTA6 is delayed again, Dispatch sells 1 million copies in 10 days, mass Square Enix layoffs and is Steam a monopoly? We end the show locking in our GOTY categories for the year so lookout for the upcoming community vote!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Cohh's addiction
5:40 - Indie dev Edmund McMillen is here!
7:00 - Edmund's first game: Gish
21:40 - Binding of Isaac
30:00 - Indie Game - The Movie
37:30 - Mewgenics and the art of poop
1:23:50 - GTA6 is delayed amidst union busting
1:31:50 - Kingdom Come devs take shots at Obsidian
1:37:00 - Dispatch sold 1 mil copies in 10 days
1:44:10 - Game execs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC gaming
1:52:40 - Funny numbers
2:03:20 - Square Enix fires lots of employees
2:09:20 - WoW Midnight - Housing MTX
2:12:45 - The Mass Effect TV Show
2:14:10 - Arc Raiders selling a ton/AI talk
2:41:15 - Escape from Tarkov 1.0 approaching
2:43:10 - Locking in our GOTY categories
2:53:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Brandon Adler and Matt Singh from Obsidian Entertainment to chat about the evolution of the Obsidian RPG and where the studio goes from here. In the news: Amazon shutters Amazon Games Studio and ending the MMORPG New Worlds after a 15 years attempt at dethroning Steam to shift to AI. Is Twitch on the chopping block as well? A remake of Halo CE was announced for Playstation (and XBOX.) We try to understand Digimon, Arc Raiders is fun, Path of Exile drops a peak league, we glaze Dispatch and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Halloween
10:00 - New World gets shuttered
16:00 - Amazon trying to compete with Steam
32:00 - Halo: Campaign Evolved
37:50 - Ball x Pit
42:20 - 20k bot
47:50 - Digimon Story: Time Stranger
1:00:25 - Obsidian interview
1:01:00 - Outer Wilds 2 or The Outer Worlds 2?
1:16:00 - Flaws
1:34:20 - Difficulty
1:58:00 - Trails in the Sky FC
2:05:40 - Arc Raiders
2:13:10 - Silksong
2:24:00 - Path of Exile 1
2:26:40 - Dispatch
2:30:10 - Keeper
2:34:00 - Ire: A Prologue
2:39:30 - November releases
2:41:20 - Tormented Souls 2
2:45:50 - RV There Yet
2:56:20 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by actor Amelia Tyler this week to chat about airplane food, convention plague, therapy, the state of the industry, AI and of course all the amazing games she has contributed her voice too such as: Baldur's Gate 3, Warframe and recently: Hades 2! We also get into our early impressions of Outer Worlds 2, Dispatch and a whole lot of demos!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Diva Zeke
2:30 - Twitchcon
10:20 - Amelia Tyler is in your ears
14:10 - PAX Australia
18:00 - Plane trips
22:00 - Getting into character
32:50 - The narrator
39:40 - Hades 2
52:00 - Sight reading scripts
1:10:20 - Experimental Psychology
1:21:30 - Life-changing advice
1:25:50 - Favorite performances
1:31:50 - Warframe
1:40:30 - State of the industry
1:55:00 - AI voice acting
2:13:40 - Hades 2 again
2:19:50 - Outer Worlds 2
2:31:30 - Dispatch
2:45:50 - Demo list

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Are we witnessing the end of XBOX as hardware? All signs are point to yes as retailers continue to stop stocking the console. EA officially goes private, what does that mean for the studios under their umbrella? Megabonk sells over 1 mil, World of Warcraft Midnight set to change how raids work moving forward and living in the AI hell dimension. We then glaze Hades 2 and Ghost of Yotei and brace for another stacked month of video games!

0:00 - Intro
2:30 - Race cars
12:55 - XBOX raises prices
42:50 - EA goes private
55:50 - Megabonk sells 1 million copies
59:00 - World of Warcraft removes combat mods
1:27:20 - The Age of Lies
1:33:50 - Hades 2
1:40:00 - Ghost of Yotei
2:29:00 - October games
2:35:10 - Baby Steps
2:51:20 - Housekeeping/Shoutouts

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Cohh teaches us about the wonderful history of childhood memes and slang this week so lock-in before we dive into all the Tokyo Game Show news that dropped over the week! Including the PC GAMER showcase, the Playstation State of Play where Yakuza Kiwami 3 and a reveal of Wolverine were shown respectively. Twitch unveils live rewinding of streams that is paywalled, Kai Cenat reaches 1 million Twitch subs. We bonk in Megabonk, Silent Hill f and Hades 2 and so much more!

0:00 - Intro 3
1:00 - Kermit
5:20 - 6 7
15:30 - Sumo Wrestling
17:00 - PC GAMER Tokyo Direct
26:10 - State of Play
38:40 - New Borderlands 4 character
47:40 - Deus Ex Remastered
1:00:50 - Yakuza Kiwami 3
1:05:30 - The Kojima Gold Card
1:08:20 - Overdose Knock
1:11:30 - Doug Bowser leaves Nintendo
1:13:00 - EA being bought by Saudi Arabia
1:21:00 - Subnautica 2
1:22:50 - Live Twitch Rewind
1:24:40 - Kai Cenat hits 1 million subs
1:39:10 - Megabonk
1:51:21 - Cloverpit
1:57:00 - Hades 2
2:12:50 - Silent Hill f
2:44:40 - Arkheron
2:48:00 - Baby Steps
2:57:00 - Shoutouts

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Do you remember the 21st night of September? Because we do on this very packed episode! Unfortunately the state of the world is encroaching on everything and everyone and that includes video games as payment processors have changed their guidelines to vaguely singling out adult content on Steam and other storefronts. Counter-Strike 2 found a way to get passed gambling laws, and Valve apologizes to an indie dev studio. We love Borderlands 4 despite itself. Our thoughts on Dying Light 2, Megabonk, No, I am Not Human, and a spoiler review of Cronos!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - 21st of September
9:00 - Convergence
19:00 - Let's Build a Dungeon
26:00 - Payment processors attack on video games
37:00 - Counter-Strike 2 circumvents gambling laws
43:00 - Steam apologizes to a dev studio
50:00 - Borderlands 4
1:15:00 - Easy mode?
1:22:20 - XBOX raises prices again
1:30:40 - Krafton vs Subnautica update
1:32:40 - Paradox changes Bloodlines 2 DLC
1:35:20 - Dying Light 2: The Beast
1:54:20 - Megabonk
2:08:20 - Jump Space
2:10:10 - Valve update
2:16:30 - No, I Am Not Human
2:26:10 - Eclipsium
2:33:50 - Cronos (+spoilers)
2:48:40 - Dead Reset
2:54:50 - Shoutouts

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Cohh is out this week so we bring on Bruce Greene and Anthony Kongphan to talk about the horrors of Ditto. JP's unnatural love of karaoke, our disdain for Nintendo gameplay patents, the difficulty of Silksong. Then we get into our time with Borderlands 4. Is it too much of the same thing? 

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Mr. Brightside
3:10 - Karaoke
8:30 - Beards
13:00 - Physical media
17:25 - Nintendo Direct
30:00 - Ditto
40:20 - Nintendo US patent.
48:50 - Is Silksong hard?
1:00:20 - Hades 2 1.0
1:09:40 - Silent Hill f
1:17:00 - Battlefield 6
1:27:00 - Borderlands 4
2:14:40 - 2XKO closed beta
2:35:20 - Waterpark Simulator
2:39:00 - Cronos
2:43:40 - The Lightkeeper
2:50:40 - Casebook 1899
2:52:50 - Gloomy eyes
3:00:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by recent Vtuber convert Dodger this week to get into the nitty gritty of vtubing debuts and the tech and work that goes into setting it all up. Then we get into the megaton game of 2025: Hollow Knight: Silksong and Cohh's speedrun! We explore the darkness of Hell is Us, why Deadlock might be okay for beginners. How to start Path of Exile 2, our thoughts on Cronos and more! 

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Controversy
8:00 - Homework
13:10 - Vtuber debut
17:00 - The tech
30:00 - Dodger's vtuber model inspiration
54:00 - Hollow Knight: Silksong
1:27:10 - Hell is Us
1:45:40 - Deadlock
1:59:20 - Path of Exile 2
2:19:50 - Cronos: The New Dawn
2:38:50 - Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion
2:47:15 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by FGC legend Justin Wong this week to chat about competing at EVO, upcoming fighting games, and becoming Him. We check our Silksong hype, Path of Exile 2 returns in a huge way, Shinobi is a home for fighting game players and the surprisingly hype Geoguesser World Championship.

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Football season
6:00 - Smack talk
11:30 - Sub sandwiches & fast food
16:30 - Oh yeah, Justin Wong is here
31:00 - Marvel Tokon/2XKO/Invincible VS
58:30 - Are hiding inputs useful?
1:05:10 - Sony sells EVO
1:09:20 - EVO prestige 
1:20:30 - Is it better to be good at a game or good at reading players?
1:24:30 - EVO Moment 37
1:32:00 - Street Fighter 6
1:36:30 - Lucy in Guilty Gear Strive
1:38:00 - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
1:42:30 - Silksong hype check
1:49:10 - Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict
2:21:40 - Geoguesser World Championship
2:40:30 - VOID/BREAKER
2:42:40 - TheHunter - Call of the Wild
3:00:00 - Shoutouts

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