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Twitch has created a new tag category to separate politics and "sensitive social issues," but what are the unintended consequences? How will this be enforced? In other news Playstation has shut down Concord developers: Firewalk Studios and recent acquisition Neon Koi. How can an industry learn from flops when everything gets destroyed after one failure? Nintendo launches the more Nintendo thing ever: Nintendo Music. Ubisoft is late to the grift with a new NFT game. Path of Exile 2 gets delayed a few weeks and our review of Dragon Age: Veilguard and Metaphor: ReFantazio!

0:00 - Intro 

1:20 - POLITICS

4:10 - Going Camping

10:10 - Youtube streaming

13:50 - Twitch fumbles again

22:30 - Playstation shuts down Concord dev Firewalk and Neon Koi

31:20 - Destiny Rising

33:30 - Nintendo Music

37:40 - League of Legends Worlds

42:50 - Monster Hunter Wilds Beta

1:01:50 - Ubisoft's NFT game

1:07:00 - Path of Exile 2 delayed 3 weeks

1:14:40 - Phasmophobia sells over 20 million copies

1:15:25 - Exodus lore videos with Matthew McConaughey

1:18:00 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard

2:18:35 - Metaphor

2:51:50 - Shoutouts

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Cohh has returned just in time to purchase the new $90 Brontosaurus mount in World of Warcraft! The creators of the horse armor are rolling in their graves (they're fine.) On the other side of the pond, Ubisoft is going through it with Assassin's Creed Shadows which could spell doom for the mega company if it fails. 6v6 returning to Overwatch, Netflix closes its game studio before revealing any game. a large discussion on ear shapes and Call of Duty, excitement for Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon Age Veilgard and so much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - A very special episode
10:40 - Casa Bonita
15:50 - New puppy
17:05 - Blizzard releases a $90 mount for WoW
37:35 - Ubisoft changes Assassin's Creed plans
42:30 - 6v6 returns to Overwatch
48:35 - No new Prince of Persia
52:30 - Netflix closes game studio
58:50 - No Man's Sky launches a new Expedition
1:03:10 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6
1:05:30 - Ear shapes
1:20:30 - Monster Hunter Wilds open beta
1:29:50 - Dragon Age Veilguard
1:42:50 - Dragon Age Inquisition spoilers
1:43:40 - Spoilers over
1:48:00 - Batman Arkham Shadows
1:50:30 - Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
1:59:10 - Metaphors
2:13:00 - A Quiet Place
2:27:00 - Finishing Satisfactory
2:28:40 - Starting Factorio
2:34:30 - Towerborne
2:35:00 - Eternal Strands
2:38:50 - Neva
2:50:00 - While We Wait Here
2:52:48 - Silent Hill 2
2:58:30 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Jesse Cox this week to chat about spooky season, how to be a gracious podcast guest & vehicular marriage. CitizenCon also happened this weekend with all new gameplay footage of Squadron 42 and a roadmap that they will for sure keep. NetEase takes on Destiny and more Marvel, Ben Starr is in everything, we gush about Metaphor and much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - When is Halloween?
4:00 - Podcast guests
7:30 - Tiktok trends
11:50 - Arnold Palmer's D***
12:40 - League of Legends Worlds
14:30 - Star Citizen still hasn't released
41:20 - Subnautica 2 annouced
49:20 - Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
53:50 - Cronos: The New Dawn
1:02:00 - Rule 34 cars
1:09:50 - Mistfall Hunters
1:14:20 - FBC Firebreak
1:18:20 - Dragon Ball Sparking ZERO sells a lot
1:23:00 - Spider-Man 2 coming to PC
1:24:40 - Hades 2 gets a big update
1:29:00 - Song lyrics
1:32:00 - Claire Obscura: Expedition 33 reveals voice cast
1:38:00 - Space Marine 2 sells a ton
1:42:00 - Final Fantasy franchise sales
1:50:20 - Destiny Rising
1:53:50 - Marvel Mystic Mayhem
1:56:50 - Factorio: Space Age
2:00:00 - Steam Next Fest
2:26:10 - Hordes of Hunger
2:40:10 - Metaphor Refantazio continues
3:03:50 - Neva
3:07:25 - Beyond Galaxyland
3:10:25 - Romancing Saga
3:13:00 - The Penguin
3:16:40 - Agatha All Along
3:21:15 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Bruce Greene this week to chat about the megaton announcement this week: The Nintendo Alarmo! But also GOTY candidates Metaphor Re:Fantazio, Silent Hill 2 as well as a long discussion on the horror genre and more TCG Shop Simulator!

0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Love your pets
5:30 - Pokemon hacks
9:05 - Red Dead Redemption 1 coming to Steam
19:50 - Metaphor Re:Fantazio sells 1 million copies in 1 day
21:00 - Dragon Ball: SPARKING Zero hitting top 10 on Steam
25:50 - Zeke's origin story
31:30 - Alien Isolation getting a sequel
35:00 - Horror
54:10 - Halo going Unreal 5
1:02:20 - The Halo TV show...
1:08:20 - The Nintendo Alarmo
1:12:00 - Dream mapping
1:19:00 - Sunderfolk developed by ex-Blizzard devs
1:31:00 - Like a Dragon the TV show
1:40:00 - Roblox is a cesspool
1:48:00 - One Piece going on hiatus
1:52:20 - Metaphor Re:Fantazio
2:15:00 - Silent Hill 2
2:29:10 - TCG Shop Simulator addiction
2:33:00 - The Game of Thrones auction
2:49:20 - Diablo 4 Vessels of Hatred
2:53:40 - Grunn
2:59:40 - Timberborn
3:01:20 - Starship Troopers Extermination

3:09:50 - Shoutouts

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Spooky season is upon us so everyone is getting jump scared by Nintendo this week as they take down another major Switch emulation platform and possibly streamers as well. We discuss upcoming games we're excited about such as the expansion Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred as well as Metaphor Re:Fantazio before losing it over the stacked February that is fast approaching! Then we talk about Starfield: Shattered Space, more Satisfactory, The Plucky Squire and the talk of the streamer world: TCG Card Shop Simulator!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Spooky season
2:20 - TwitchCon wrap up
29:15 - Ironmouse becomes the highest subscribed channel on Twitch ever
43:00 - Is anyone still playing Suicide Squad?
46:00 - Nintendo shuts down Switch emulator Ryujinx
50:50 - Original Horizon Zero Dawn gets delisted on PC
57:20 - 3rd person coming to Halo: Infinite
1:00:50 - Ubisoft blames the game players for poor Star Wars Outlaws sales
1:04:20 - The crazy games coming out in February 2025
1:13:25 - Dragon Age Veilguard goes gold
1:15:00 - New World Aternum 
1:21:30 - Metaphor Re:Fantazio Demo
1:36:30 - Starfield: Shattered Space
1:48:30 - TCG Card Shop Sim
2:13:00 - Diablo 4: Vessels of Hatred
2:16:00 - Satisfactory continues
2:28:30 - The Finals season 4
2:36:40 - The Holy Gosh Darn
2:43:50 - The Plucky Squire
2:48:10 - UFO 50
2:54:00 - Shoutouts

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Everyone is away at TwitchCon so JP brings in Gothalion and Rami Ismail to chat about our fear of flying and other core anxieties like Nintendo's lawyers coming for us! The game director for Concord steps down from role, Square Enix admits the sales for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI didn't meet expectations. We chat about why AI will not make games faster to develop, we get excited about Tokyo Games Show and more!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Fear of flying 3:30 - TwitchCon in 2024 20:10 - GCX 2024 22:05 - Nintendo sues Palworld devs 34:00 - Game rating changes in Australia 45:50 - Concord Game Director steps down 1:03:50 - Krafton CEO thinks Hi-Fi Rush 2 won't make money, but wants to try 1:16:00 - Square Enix admits Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & FFXVI didn't meet sales expectations 1:33:00 - The Oatmeal problem with AI 1:41:25 - Next Battlefield 1:47:30 - Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakzua 1:58:40 - Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 2:09:00 - New Dragon Age Veilguard previews 2:15:40 - Kingdom Hearts 4 will be a soft-reboot 2:19:10 - Football player Ronaldo joins Fatal Fury 2:22:25 - Towerborne 2:31:20 - Wild Bastards 2:34:00 - Star Wars Outlaws 2:37:15 - Observation 2:38:40 - UFO 50 2:41:50 - Satisfactory 2:44:30 - Shoutouts

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The Playstation 5 Pro was announced this week with a cacophony of groans from the audience. Is the new console worth the small percentage of games that will utilize it? Elsewhere, more layoffs hit those at Microsoft, the staff of Annapurna Interactive collectively resign, Ubisoft stocks plummet and Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 soars. Then we get into some of the games we've played: Astrobot and a whoooole lot of Satisfactory!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Work schedules 3:00 - TwitchCon is this week 4:20 - Happy Birthday 25:50 - The PS5 Pro 49:30 - What IS Concord? 53:40 - More layoffs at Microsoft 1:00:25 - Employees at Annapurna Interactive collectively resigns 1:09:30 - Will Palworld switch business models? 1:12:10 - Modders hack into Baldur's Gate 3 level editor 1:17:30 - Ex-Sony President says people should "drive an Uber" about industry layoffs 1:22:00 - Ubisoft stocks plummeting 1:28:35 - Flappybird is back? 1:32:50 - Hasbro using AI for Magic the Gathering? 1:39:10 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 hits 225k on Steam 1:42:00 - Embracer embracing Metro devs 1:46:00 - Elden Ring patch nerfs boss? 1:49:30 - Tony Hawk teasing a new game? 1:53:45 - Is Dave the Diver an indie game now? 1:55:25 - Unity canceling usage fees 2:00:00 - Justin Wong causing players to quit Marvel vs Capcom 2:13:20 - Astrobot 2:37:45 - Satisfactory 1.0 3:08:00 - Shoutouts

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Zeke has returned to celebrate episode 400!* We also bring back Maximilian to celebrate the occasion too and to chat about the return of Marvel vs. Capcom, his huge modding project and his incredible year as a content creator. All before bringing it down with the recent news that Sony's new hero shooter, Concord is shutting down after a very short 2 week launch. Is the AAA gaming space okay? We get the low-down on ad revenue across streaming services, gush over Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, and glaze up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (no spoilers!) and much more!

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - The real episode 400 2:00 - A good year for Maximilian 4:20 - Why Marvel vs Capcom is a big deal 8:20 - Maximilian's modding project 38:40 - 2XKO reception after alpha 55:00 - Concord shuts down after 2 weeks 1:05:00 - Astrobot is a graveyard 1:13:40 - Phil Spencer says he has made mistakes 1:25:00 - Budgets are too high 1:35:00 - Actor for Yakuza told not to play the games 1:42:00 - Balatro coming to Switch and mobile 1:44:00 - Fishing in No Man's Sky 1:50:40 - The ad wars on Twitch 2:05:00 - Youtube vs Twitch streaming 2:23:00 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2:51:00 - Black Myth: Wukong needs a map 2:58:00 - Glazing up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 3:01:00 - Wisdom 3:05:50 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Jericho and DansGaming this week to chat about YouTube contracts expiring, trying to figure out why Twitch and Youtube are alienating their core audience and the weirdness of Ad revenue. We then get the lowdown on the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and how it's not really reinventing the wheel before ending on our in-depth review of Star Wars Outlaws!

0:00 - Intro 1:30 - FOOTBALL 3:00 - Everyone returning to Twitch 12:00 - Short-form content on a long-form platform 18:00 - ADVERTISEMENTS 23:00 - PAX West 24:50 - Remedy & Annapurna team up 30:50 - Should games cost more? 39:25 - Concord reportedly sold 25,000 units 46:50 - Deadlock over 100k players on Steam 1:03:30 - Stalker 2 have passionate devs 1:16:00 - Borderlands 4 1:17:20 - Itsuno leaves Capcom after 30 years 1:22:00 - Visions of Mana 1:32:00 - Nintendo Direct 1:34:20 - Blue Protocol ends services and cancels global release 1:34:40 - Foamstars goes F2P 1:35:10 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 1:55:00 - Core Keeper 2:00:00 - Black Myth: Wukong 2:07:10 - Star Wars Outlaws review 2:53:00 - Shoutouts

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Zeke is out burning it up for a couple of weeks so DansGaming is taking over to help catch us up on all the news coming out of GamesCom this week! Civilization VII, deep dives into Monster Hunter Wilds & Dragon Age Vanguard. Then we have our thoughts on Valve's Deadlock, Black Myth: Wukong, World of Warcraft: The War Within and much more! 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Definitely not episode 400 4:30 - Twitch news: SUBtember 5:45 - Subscription prices rise on mobile 9:00 - Twitch knocks 16:40 - 3rd party Twitch clips 18:30 - Concord launched 27:00 - Deadlock 48:00 - Dragon Age Vanguard combat 58:20 - Avowed 1:09:00 - Civilization VII 1:20:40 - Monster Hunter Wilds 1:38:30 - Black Myth: Wukong 2:15:00 - Thank Goodness You're Here 2:17:00 - World of Warcraft: The War Within 2:38:00 - Starfield DLC 2:43:00 - Feed the Deep 2:44:40 - Gothic 1 Remake 2:46:00 - Path of Exile 2 2:48:00 - Peter Molyneux 2:54:30 - Shoutouts 

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