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DualShockers' brand new podcast dedicated to Japanese games, Anime, Manga, Japan, and geeking out in general about otaku culture. Brought to you by Executive News Editor Giuseppe Nelva and Staff Writer Emily Hobbs.

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DualShockers' brand new podcast dedicated to Japanese games, Anime, Manga, Japan, and geeking out in general about otaku culture. Brought to you by Executive News Editor Giuseppe Nelva and Staff Writer Emily Hobbs.

While only Logan and Tomas are on Episode 47 of DualShockers' ShockCast this week, that didn't stop them from talking quite a bit about one of this past month's biggest gaming controversies - intrusive loot boxes and microtransactions in AAA games. Specifically, we mainly talk about their implementation in Middle Earth: Shadow of War and Star Wars: Battlefront II, and if we prefer them to Season Passes.

Tomas also talks about a ton of indie games that he played during his recent trip to Poland for Poznan Game Arena and GIC, while Logan delves a bit more into his thoughts on Middle Earth: Shadow of War outside of the aforementioned controversy.

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This week's shows is a bit shorter, but Logan, Taylor, and Scott still cover a fair amount of ground. Per usual, the cast talks about what they've been playing recently at the top of the show with the discussion centering on Destiny 2, FIFA 18, Forza Motorsport 7, and Metroid: Samus Returns.

Afterwards, the crew gives their quick predictions for the new Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal, while also discussing whether or not they'll each be trying to track down an SNES Classic on launch day.

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Taylor and Tomas return to the ShockCast this week to discuss a slew of news that mostly happens to deal with remastered games. After Taylor freaks out about the advent of Okami HD coming to PS4 and Xbox One, the crew then talks about some rumored remaster collections from the Shenmue 1 & 2 HD bundle to the Bayonetta and Vanquish double pack that each might come to current generation consoles if some retailer listings are to be believed. 

Later on, the cast talks about National Video Games Day, which is a thing apparently. To celebrate, Tomas, Logan, and Taylor each mention a few of their favorite games of all time before reading some listener submitted responses.

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This week, Logan is joined by Tomas and Michael to run down a variety of games they each have been playing. Some of these include Destiny 2, Madden 18, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Shovel Knight, Yakuza 0, and a handful of others.

After plugging some recent content on the website relating to PAX West, Logan then opts to have a discussion about the group's favorite developers in the industry in lieu of such a stagnant week with news. That conversation then turns into the three debating over which developer they think is currently the best in the business.

As a final note this week, there might be a special surprise for one who listens to the entire episode of the ShockCast. Make sure you tune in so that you can know how to win a snazzy prize for yourself.

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Don’t forget to also join our community Discord channel where you can send in questions or topics that we will then read on the show!

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On this week's ShockCast, Logan is joined by Noah Buttner and Tomas Franzese to talk about the recent Destiny 2 preview coverage on the site and the feeling that they each have a week before the game's release. Tomas then runs down a variety of games he has reviewed lately ranging from Madden 18 to Agents of Mayhem while Logan discusses his own experience with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Later on, we recap Gamescom and run down all of the games that took home awards while also analyzing Nintendo's indie showcase which featured the reveal of then next game in the No More Heroes franchise.

As always, you can follow both Dualshockers and the cast of Episode 43 on Twitter:

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On this week's episode, we talk about Crackdown 3's delay into 2018 while also analyzing where Microsoft stands with the remainder of their lineup for 2017. Afterwards, we discuss the recent news the Mass Effect Andromeda will not be receiving any new single player content while also talking about what has happened at Gamescom so far.

Afterwards, we are happy to be joined by composer Grant Kirkhope who sits down with Logan to talk about what it was like to create the music for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. From the early days of the project to realizing the lineage of Mario music that he had to live up to, Grant tells us about all of the feelings he had while working on the game.

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What’s up everyone and welcome to episode 41 of the ShockCast, DualShockers‘ official podcast, recorded on August 14, 2017 and hosted by Logan Moore, Azario Lopez, Josh Brant and Taylor Lyles.

This episode is packed with a full discussion on Sonic Mania, Azario reviewed the game and answers questions from the other hosts about what they can expect. With Gamescom coming up we dish out our predictions of what we want to see come out of the show. Games talked about, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Dead Rising, The Witness, more Dead Rising, and a few other games.

Additionally, we give a quick rundown of games we find deserve a perfect score. Please let us know what games you think are perfect!

What’s up everyone and welcome to episode 40 of the ShockCast, DualShockers‘ official podcast, recorded on August 8, 2017 and hosted by Azario Lopez and Taylor Lyles.

The crew takes their time today to talk about past games that they've enjoyed or are still enjoying such as Overwatch and The Last Guardian. News covered is all about Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Persona 5 spin-off titles. Other games discussed, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School, Fall Out 4, Collar X Malice, and more.

Additionally, the hosts talk about art in video games and how it's clear or not clear to see the art of all games and why a game being difficult should not be criticized if the developer gives you the tools to "Get good".