Ah, summertime. What better way to weather the oppressive heat than with a cocktail by the pool and some video game time? Noah and Tori reminisce about some of the games they played in bygone summers as well as some games with distinctly summer-y aesthetics. Plus there's some news, some Michael Jackson and some Gundam. 

CONTENT WARNING FOR BRIEF MENTION OF ABORTION FROM 1:12:00 to 1:13:00

THINGS MENTIONED:

This Polygon article about Elden Ring re-imagined as a SNES game.

Another Polygon article explaining the Yuji Naka tweet heard around the world.

Space Michael on the Space Channel 5 wiki.

Some additional info from the Lost Media Wiki about the N64 Final Fantasy tech demo.

This Eurogamer with more information about the latest update from GSC Game World, the Ukrainian dev team behind S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2.

The Star Fox vid by Transparency.

Water Womb World on itch.io.

Our cool sounds, as well as the intro and outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod and you can email us your fond summer gaming memories at [email protected].

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