Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Conscript, The Talos Principle 2, Shadow Warrior 3, and much more.

The Grind:

• Moxie: Shadow Warrior 3.

• Ben: The Talos Principle 2.

• Kole: Conscript.

• Dennis: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Diablo IV. iRacing.

The Multiplayer:

• What media would you like to see get a video game adaptation?

The End Boss:

• New Indiana Jones game coming to PS5, weirdly.

• Video game anthology series announced at GamesCom.

• Black Myth: Wukong developers thought crazy streaming restrictions would fly.

• Maniac mods actual car to be racing game rig.

This week we talk about Illusion of Gaia, an action RPG that completes the Quintet Trilogy… or quadrilogy? Depends which games you include. How does it stack up against the others, and which world cultures will it mangle for RPG melodrama? The only way to find out is to listen in.

There's a doll who leads a life of danger
To everyone she meets she stays a stranger
With every move she makes another chance she takes
Odds are she won't live to see tomorrow

The monsters will continue until morale improves

Now to play a nice relaxing game where cops beat up... the incarcerated. Hmm.

It's time to tackle our first Legacy Dungeon of the DLC, the sieged settlement beneath that impossible, shadowy tower. Belurat's lower quarters are choked with the shades of its defenders, still attempting to hold the line. And there's at least one crusader still here, the annoyingly devout Messmer follower Fire Knight Queelign.

Once the Stones of Shar are placed into the Gauntlet of Shar, Thanos will be unstoppable.

Oh my god, we're about to meet a necromancer!

Other Segments: 

• Sage Advice: Talk about the best counters for Invisibility

• Up on a Soapbox: What the hell is a "prestige dungeon"?

• Legends and Lore: Recount the Ketheric Thorm tragedy

Harvard's Memory Loss Clinic, established in 1952, 1967, and for the first time in 1981.

This whole thing SMACKS of gender.

"And she kept using this guy's name like... Hermano."

We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.