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We're joined by Path of Exile 2's Co-Founder and Game Director: Jonathan Rogers to talk about the last week of the new update, what's being addressed in the near and far future, and the future of the game. But first we get into the news of the week including the Marathon reveal and some of the games we've been playing this week including surprise GOTY contender Blue Prince!

 

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Taxes
5:30 - Blue Prince
25:25 - Marathon reveal
59:00 - Sabrina Carpenter
1:01:35 - Baldur's Gate 3 update 8
1:12:40 - Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
1:26:05 - Path of Exile 2's Jonathan Rogers joins us
2:50:00 - The next week of POE2
22:58:15 - Shoutouts

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Gothalion joins usthis week to break down the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, all the games shown, the hardware, the... Price and how the current political climate will be affecting the video game industry as a whole. Monster Hunter Wilds tops 10 million sold as a new content update breaths more life into Capcom's new game. Bungie is doing an ARG for Marathon to build hype for their new extraction shooter. Emma Frost joins Marvel Rivals. Path of Exile 2 launches a new update to much discourse and much more this week!

 

0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Disney Theme Parks
7:30 - Segues
7:50 - Nintendo Switch 2 debuts
1:00:30 - Duskblood
1:11:30 - Games & Tariffs
1:30:50 - Monster Hunter Wilds tops 10 million sold
1:34:10 - Atomfall
1:39:00 - The Marathon ARG
1:45:00 - Emma Frost and Ultron join Marvel Rivals
1:46:50 - Path of Exile 2
2:08:00 - South of Midnight
2:18:40 - Schedule 1
2:26:00 - The First Berserker: Khazan
2:46:30 - The Isle
2:50:00 - LA Noire
2:55:30 - Shoutouts

 

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We're joined by DansGaming this week to get the lowdown on Ubisoft's new Assassin's Creed game! GDC was this week, including award winners like Balatro, ARK released an AI trailer and the devs have no idea who made it. A worldwide game dev union is being formed, someone found a hidden level in Split-Fiction and much more! 

0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Ice water
4:00 - Assassin's Creed Shadows
45:50 - Quick Valhalla spoiler
46:30 - Spoiler over
1:01:50 - GDC and IGF awards
1:03:00 - ARK and AI
1:08:30 - A union being formed for game devs
1:10:20 - Hidden level in Split Fiction
1:11:00 - Atomfall
1:21:40 - Future Games Showcase
1:43:50 - Single-Player games are dead (again)
1:46:50 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1:56:00 - 33 Immortals
2:08:50 - Heavy Rain
2:24:25 - R.E.P.O
2:29:00 - Order 13
2:31:40 - Poop Killer 9
2:38:30 - Look Outside
2:47:00 - Gaming pet peeves
2:50:10 - Shoutouts

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We return from the Wilds and the plague to bring you an all new episode! We catch up on the games we've finished including Avowed, Split Fiction, and almost Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Praise Kojima, become very interested in Silent Hill, realize we're old as Chrono Trigger celebrates 30 years and become vulnerable with an AI voice!

 

0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Laundry
8:30 - Tub grub investments
12:00 - Finishing games
13:50 - Avowed
34:00 - Death's Stranding 2
41:40 - Silent Hill f
45:30 - Split Fiction
1:05:00 - Chrono Trigger turns 30
1:08:00 - Assassin's Creed Shadow
1:16:00 - Claire Obscura Expedition 33
1:28:00 - R.E.P.O
1:41:30 - Pirate Yakuza
1:54:00 - Monster Hunter Wilds
2:08:00 - Steam Next Fest demos
2:23:00 - Core Keeper
2:26:20 - Twitch partners with StreamElements
2:33:00 - Maya the AI
2:40:00 - Twitch Mobile app changes
2:50:40 - Shoutouts

 

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Cohh and Zeke return from a weekend of sunshine and fish just in time for Twitch severely restructuring their VOD system, NetEase restructuring, Hades 2 updating and more! We also have a long conversation about the trap of rushing video games and a deep dive into our time with Avowed!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Blaze it
6:00 - Small burn
12:40 - Aquariums
16:00 - Twitch changing VODs
44:00 - NetEase lays off support staff
56:50 - Hades 2 gets a new update
1:04:00 - Trying to rush games
1:08:00 - Monster Train 2 announced
1:10:20 - Chris Wilson has left GGG?
1:16:55 - Avowed
2:11:50 - Steam NEXT Fest returns
2:13:10 - Roadcraft
2:24:00 - Shoutouts

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We're honored to have Obsidian Games' Carrie Patel, Game Director for Avowed, return on the eve of their game launch to share our early thoughts and answer our most pressing questions! We're also joined by special guests DansGaming and Gothalion to chat about the recent Playstation State of Play, Skibidi toilet horror stories, ending the debate on Overwatch 2 vs Marvel Rivals and much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Carrie Patel is back!
4:15 - Launching games
5:50 - Game reviews
10:00 - Writing with established lore
21:45 - Garrus
25:50 - Tips & Tricks
28:00 - Build variety
33:40 - Level design
45:50 - Why the drastic change from Pillars of Eternity to Avowed?
48:10 - Will this lead to Pillars of Eternity 3?
49:00 - Dodger's questions
51:00 - Mod support?
58:55 - Our time with Avowed
1:05:20 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1:19:00 - Art Director of Half-Life 2 - Viktor Antanov passed away
1:19:50 - Borderlands 4
1:24:10 - Skibidi Toilet
1:27:00 - Saros 
1:29:30 - Tides of Annihilation
1:31:25 - Lies of P: Overture
1:39:25 - Monster Hunter World has sold a lot recently
1:46:10 - Overwatch 2 vs Marvel Rivals
1:55:40 - Elden Ring Nightreign
2:07:00 - Love and Deepspace
2:14:00 - Warframe
2:19:40 - Destiny 2
2:22:40 - Civilization VII
2:24:10 - VRChat gooning
2:32:20 - Goth is making a game
2:35:10 - BREAKING: Rainbow Six Siege X
2:39:50 - Path of Exile 2
2:42:20 - No Man's Sky
2:44:00 - Shoutouts

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We're finally blessed with the presence of Dodger this week to chat about how getting old is super weird, another pitch for Tub Grub, being on LSF, League of Legends spreading, Monster Hunting and more! We also get the lowdown on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, indie darlings, retro games and a very extended look into VRChat.

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - The times are changing
6:00 - LSF
10:00 - Tub grub
15:30 - Indie games
24:40 - PSN down for 20 hours
27:00 - Civilization VII
32:00 - Sworn
47:10 - GTA6 still on track to release in 2025
48:00 - Borderlands
52:00 - The Switch 
54:00 - Avowed
58:20 - Battlefield Labs
1:09:20 - Monster Hunter Wilds approaching
1:17:00 - The League virus
1:23:00 - Riot removes F2P features
1:34:00 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1:59:20 - Ender Magnolia
2:08:20 - Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?
2:10:00 - Pitching Dodger games
2:17:10 - Urban Myth Dissolution Center
2:23:30 - VRChat
2:39:00 - CD-Rom-a-thon
2:47:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Farm boy Strippin this week to take stock of all the games releasing in the month of February and being on a farm! But first an update from the front lines of the ongoing Bronze Wars in League of Legends, getting influenced into playing No Man's Sky, more layoffs and more OnlyFangs drama. Games this week: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wilds and much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Bronze Wars
4:00 - Apples
7:00 - Spider Facts
14:00 - Wayne June - The voice of Darkest Dungeon passed away
17:00 - More Ubisoft layoffs
26:20 - No Man's Sky Worlds 2
44:00 - Next Path of Exile 1 league delayed indefinitely
54:00 - Parenting
1:07:40 - Bioware layoffs
1:14:40 - PSN changes for PC
1:19:20 - Baldur's Gate 3 Update 8
1:24:00 - 5090s
1:27:50 - Midnight Society shutsdown
1:29:00 - WoW drama
1:36:00 - The February games onslaught
2:46:00 - Why is Marvel Rivals engaging?
2:52:30 - Shoutouts

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Crendor and Jesse Cox join JP and Zeke this week to chat about leaving social media, showers, eating in the bath, Rumble Packs and Home Improvement? Of course we also chat about the recent XBOX Developer Direct that gave us release dates for DOOM The Dark Ages, Claire Obscura Expedition 33, South of Midnight & revealed Ninja Gaiden 4!

0:00 - Intro
0:55 - What are intros?
7:00 - Social media
13:00 - Rain Wind Fire
22:30 - Cox & Crendor
29:00 - Home Improvement
39:00 - Top 10 Most Pointless
50:20 - XBOX Developer Direct
1:35:00 - Console add-ons
1:45:40 - EA loses a lot of money
2:04:20 - Warhammer 40k - Rogue Trader hits 1 million sold
2:06:25 - Resident Evil 4 Remake sold less than 10K on iOS
2:09:00 - The Video Game History Foundation makes digital collection public
2:22:50 - Needy Streamer Overload hits 2 million sold
2:28:00 - Home Improvement (again)
2:36:39 - Crendor's games
2:43:00 - Showers
2:50:00 - Tub grub
3:02:00 - A conversation about orgies
3:08:10 - Shoutouts

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We're joined in the first half by Rebel Wolves - Creative Director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz and Writer Ariana Siarkiewicz - developers of the just announced game Blood of the Dawnwalker! We chat about the narrative ambitions of the game, and what a narrative sandbox really means. In the back half we get into some of the news such as the Switch 2 being officially revealed, TikTok being banned and unbanned. Our roach expert Cohh weighs in on the recent Twitch drama and POE2 drama. Games we're playing: Dynasty Warriors Origins, The First Berserker Khazan demo, Indiana Jones, Oni and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Cats
1:55 - Interview with Rebel Wolves (Blood of the Dawnwalker devs)
13:20 - What is a narrative sandbox?
55:00 - Rebel Wolves shoutouts
57:40 - Knowing the people who make our games
1:00:00 - TikTok
1:05:40 - The Switch 2!
1:16:00 - PlayStation cancels more GaaS games
1:20:00 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard director leaving Bioware
1:25:00 - Studies suggest players want shorter games
1:28:30 - The First Descendant loses 96% players
1:29:50 - David Lynch passed away
1:33:40 - Roach expert Cohh
1:39:00 - Comedy stuff
1:42:50 - Shuhei Yoshida on Bloodborne
1:49:00 - Elon's maps
1:54:40 - Dynasty Warriors Origins
2:10:30 - CD-ROM-a-thon
2:35:40 - League hell
2:36:40 - The First Berserker Khazan
2:45:10 - Indiana Jones
2:47:50 - Vtuber haters
2:53:20 - Shoutouts

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