There are some HUGE games out this year. We haven't played any of them, but there's lots of other stuff to talk about, too.

THINGS MENTIONED:

The latest episode of the podcast Into the Aether: https://intothecast.transistor.fm/episodes/into-the-starfield

A GameRant article about the latest Nintendo Direct rumors: https://gamerant.com/nintendo-direct-september-2023-rumor/

IGN: No ToTK DLC:

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-moves-on-to-brand-new-the-legend-of-zelda-game-rules-out-tears-of-the-kingdom-dlc

Eurogamer says people have seen Switch 2:

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-demoed-switch-2-to-developers-at-gamescom

Vice breaking down the latest updates in the SAG-AFTRA strike: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy34zq/video-game-workers-are-now-voting-whether-to-strike-over-ai-wages

Deadline, also:

https://deadline.com/2023/09/sag-aftra-says-dual-strikes-against-video-games-film-tv-industry-makes-sense-as-key-issues-of-wages-ai-mirror-each-other-1235538222/

FF7 Ever Crisis is not what we thought it would be :

https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-vii-ever-crisis-hands-on-preview

Friend of the podcast Emily Price's review of Chants of Senaar for Polygon:

https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23864920/chants-of-sennaar-review-puzzles-stealth

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