• Games played 

• Kev 

• Weekly Weigh in: 254

• Cyberpunk 2077 (B Tier)

• Nercromunda:  Hired Gun (c tier)

• https://g.co/gemini/share/999c97474d95 

• Accidentally a Warhammer 40k game

•  A little janky but really fun. Mixed reviews on steam but im loving it so far

• Plays like 2016 Doom with a lower budget. Even has glory kills to refill health 

• Lots of weapons customizatiom

• It started strong but the levels got weird checkpoints towards the end. The power ups were forgettable, literally I forgot I had them. 

• Sometimes the HUD just doesn't appear and that's super annoying. There's just a bit too much jank for me 

• Red dead redemption on switch 2 

• Free upgrade to switch 2 version! Let's goo

• Damn this runs smooth

• Rockstar open works games are so good at story and gameplay. Every single mission is its own story in itself

• WWE 2k25 

• Doing universe mode again 

and getting banger matches

• Aren

• Weekly Weigh in: 275.8

• Unmetal

• Little kitty big city

• Metro 2033 redux

• Spongebob battle for bikini bottom rehydrated

• Wolfenstein the new world order

• Yugioh gx duel academy

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News

• GameSir And Hyperkin Reveal A Modular Pad With GameCube And N64 Layouts | Nintendo Life 

• Machine Games is reportedly working on Wolfenstein 3 and a ‘Rainbow Six Siege-style’ multiplayer title | VGC 

• Avowed Is the Latest Xbox Game Studios Title Headed to PlayStation - IGN 

• Sony Patent Points To AI-Generated Ghost Player For Real-Time Help In Games - Clawsomegamer

• Report: GameStop closing hundreds of stores in the United States | GamesIndustry.biz  

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Links

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• Games played 

• Kev 

• Weekly Weigh in: 254

• Cyberpunk 2077 (B Tier)

• Nercromunda:  Hired Gun (c tier)

• https://g.co/gemini/share/999c97474d95 

• Accidentally a Warhammer 40k game

•  A little janky but really fun. Mixed reviews on steam but im loving it so far

• Plays like 2016 Doom with a lower budget. Even has glory kills to refill health 

• Lots of weapons customizatiom

• It started strong but the levels got weird checkpoints towards the end. The power ups were forgettable, literally I forgot I had them. 

• Sometimes the HUD just doesn't appear and that's super annoying. There's just a bit too much jank for me 

• Red dead redemption on switch 2 

• Free upgrade to switch 2 version! Let's goo

• Damn this runs smooth

• Rockstar open works games are so good at story and gameplay. Every single mission is its own story in itself

• WWE 2k25 

• Doing universe mode again 

and getting banger matches

• Aren

• Weekly Weigh in: 275.8

• Unmetal

• Little kitty big city

• Metro 2033 redux

• Spongebob battle for bikini bottom rehydrated

• Wolfenstein the new world order

• Yugioh gx duel academy

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News

• GameSir And Hyperkin Reveal A Modular Pad With GameCube And N64 Layouts | Nintendo Life 

• Machine Games is reportedly working on Wolfenstein 3 and a ‘Rainbow Six Siege-style’ multiplayer title | VGC 

• Avowed Is the Latest Xbox Game Studios Title Headed to PlayStation - IGN 

• Sony Patent Points To AI-Generated Ghost Player For Real-Time Help In Games - Clawsomegamer

• Report: GameStop closing hundreds of stores in the United States | GamesIndustry.biz  

• Games played 

• Kev 

• Weekly Weigh in: 254

• Cyberpunk 2077 (B Tier)

• Nercromunda:  Hired Gun (c tier)

• https://g.co/gemini/share/999c97474d95 

• Accidentally a Warhammer 40k game

•  A little janky but really fun. Mixed reviews on steam but im loving it so far

• Plays like 2016 Doom with a lower budget. Even has glory kills to refill health 

• Lots of weapons customization

• It started strong but the levels got weird checkpoints towards the end. The power ups were forgettable, literally I forgot I had them. 

• Sometimes the HUD just doesn't appear and that's super annoying. There's just a bit too much jank for me 

• Red dead redemption on switch 2 

• Free upgrade to switch 2 version! Let's goo

• Damn this runs smooth

• Rockstar open works games are so good at story and gameplay. Every single mission is its own story in itself

• WWE 2k25 

• Doing universe mode again 

and getting banger matches

• Aren

• Weekly Weigh in: 275.8

• Unmetal

• Little kitty big city

• Metro 2033 redux

• Spongebob battle for bikini bottom rehydrated

• Wolfenstein the new world order

• Yugioh gx duel academy

• GameSir And Hyperkin Reveal A Modular Pad With GameCube And N64 Layouts | Nintendo Life 

• Machine Games is reportedly working on Wolfenstein 3 and a ‘Rainbow Six Siege-style’ multiplayer title | VGC 

• Avowed Is the Latest Xbox Game Studios Title Headed to PlayStation - IGN 

• Sony Patent Points To AI-Generated Ghost Player For Real-Time Help In Games - Clawsomegamer

• Report: GameStop closing hundreds of stores in the United States | GamesIndustry.biz  

• The 12 Best Xbox 360 Games From Halo: Reach To GTA 5 

Patrons

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Links

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https://linktr.ee/frenemyfire 

Games played 

• Kev 

• NEW WEEK STARTS HERE till spotify stops suckin

• Cberpunk 2077

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• Cyberpunk 2077, corpo storyline 

• GeForce performance: Went to play it once, and suddenly it wants me to install it on their weird cloud pc? K did it, whatever. Run beautifully. 

• Ran a test stream while doing Geforce, seems alright

• Corpo path this time

• Fuck how this runs on steam deck lmao. Getting on Xbox and cross saving

• The save on steam has Phantom Liberty ,so I can't open it on Xbox. Now I have to also buy Phantom Liberty to cross save and play on xbox

• Remote play stopped being cool. Fuck. Went back to GeForce, yolo. It looks and play so nice. Guess the Xbox version was a waste of money because I acted on emotion 😂

• Accidentally stumbled into phantom Liberty DLC. It's weird because it doesn't feel like the rest of the game. Linear so far

• Requested a Microsoft refund AND I GOT IT LET'S GOOO

• Boy math

• KoF 2002 Unlimited Match

• Dark Deity

• This is Fire Emblem…exactly Fire Emblem 

• It's good, but I'm just not in the mood. No tiering for now

• Jak (cuz aren smells)

• Megabonk

• Resident Evil

• Guild Wars Reforged 

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News

• Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle Production Ends, Nintendo Says It's Now 'Available in Limited Quantities… While Supplies Last' - IGN 

• Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025 

• ASUS Announce Price Hikes From January 5, 2026 - SDHQ 

• All the wrap-ups NEED TO DO STILLWITH AREN

• Xbox (not out)

• Nintendo (not out)

• Ps (its out)

• Steam one

• IGN made awards or something

• IGN Awards 2025: The Winners (So Far) 

• Games played 

• Kev 

• Donkey Kong bananza

• Fantastic game.Amazing game. Loved the level designs. The Nintendo Joy is very present in this game. Some sections were a little cheap, but that's few and far between. Smashing everything is satisfying. Loved all the outfits to put do Pauline and in, they had useful powers.  Very pretty game, fun to look at. DK moves real fluently and smoothly it was easy to chain hits together. Boss fights were way too easy, but those are my only two complaints. 

• Lollipop chainsaw 

• Straight gooner opening, where she conveniently is turning 18 the day you start this game.

• The first move was to get her a less revealing outfit.

• One boss claims he jizzed himself when I cut him in half, so that's neat.

• Neat short little game. Don't expect it to change your life, but it's fun and stupid. 

• Retromania Wrestling 

• Can't get a hold of the timing mechanics. Not for me. Hated that in Fire Pro

• Deathrun tv

• Keeps crashing on the switch but it's fun. I would keep playing it, but it's very unoptimized. I'll give it a few more tries

• WWE 2k25. 

• Ducktales remastered 

• Meh, don’t love the hit detection or life system. I recall this being a significant event when it was released—way too many cutscenes.

• —-------- new week below —-----

• Strider Remake

• Movement feels good, combat is super satisfying. Metroidvania thats super easy to navigate

• Onimusha Warlords remastered 

• It needs the RE remake treatment. It plays like old resident evil and I just don't wanna.

• Angry Video Game Nerd Game adventures

• Infuriating 2D platformer. Hard to be hard…like nes games…ok I guess it did it well

• Blazing chrome 

• Sick contra like, don't play as the ninja your first time though. I think itll shine in co-op

• Roboquest but to talk about geforce now

• Bloodstained curse of the moon 2

• Very good but very NES Hard Castlevania-like. I had to bump down the difficulty because I ain't got time to suffer. Its good

• Aren

• Final fantasy 4 pixel remaster - B-

• Final Fantasy 1 pixel remaster - C-

• Final fantasy 5 pixel remaster - not done

• Balatro - S tier

• Bloons Td 6 - A tier

• PokePath Tower Defense - B- 

• Honorable mentions

• Metal gear solid 1

• Metal gear solid 2

• Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater - not done

Kev's top ten list

Kev list

Doom the dark ages

DK Bananza

Clair obscure

Amid evil

Max Payne 3

Power stone 1 & 2

Hollow Knight Silksong

Hades 2

Balatro

WWE 2k25

Honorable mention: windwaker

Aren's Top 10 List

1. like a dragon infinite wealth - 1

2. like a dragon - 3

3. yakuza 6 - 6

4. balatro - 2

5. resident evil - 9

6. Dark Deity - 8

7. Slay the Spire - 5

8. MLB the Show 25 - 7

9. NCAA football 25 - 4

10. Pokemon Odyssey - 10

1. final fantasy 2 - 3

2. Final Fantasy 3 - 5

3. Hades - 2 

4. Final fantasy 1 - 1

5. Tekken 8 - 4

• Games played 

• Kev 

• Wario World GameCube 

• Fantastic Platformer I think even Aren would like. Under rated game (A Tier)

• Smash Bros ultimate 

• Wwe 2k25

• Donkey Kong bananza

• Aren

• Final Fantasy 4

• Final Fantasy 1

• Wwe 2k25

• Yakuza 0 Directors Cut

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News

• Game awards and announcements 

• The Game Awards 2025: Everything Announced - IGN 

• The Game Awards 2025 Winners: The Full List - IGN 

• JUST WANT TO MENTION STEAM WINTER SALE GIVE DADDY HIS MONEY!

• https://kotaku.com/steams-winter-sale-best-deals-biggest-savings-list-what-to-buy-2025-2000654585 

• Larian and Ai convo

• https://kotaku.com/larian-baldurs-gate-3-divinity-ai-swen-vincke-reaction-2000653934 

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

Fafafoohi (Chris)

Links

https://linktr.ee/consolekev 

https://arennorman.com/ 

https://linktr.ee/frenemyfire 

• Games played 

• Kev 

• Majora’s Mask

• WWE 2k25

• Gunfire Reborn 

• Warhammer 40k Spacemarine 2

• Donkey Kong country 

• Immortal redneck 

• Aren

• Slay the spire

• Final Fantasy 4

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News

• Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros, including game developers behind Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy | VGC 

• Xbox was outsold by a little-known Kinect-style console during Black Friday | VGC 

• 'We actually didn't attribute any value' to Warner's game studios, Netflix boss says about the acquisition deal: 'They're relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things' | PC Gamer 

• Capcom Plans To Remake IPs Like Devil May Cry, Mega Man, And Ace Attorney 

• New PlayStation 6 handheld leak claims Sony "needs" devs to support PS5 Low Power mode and "maintain 60 FPS by lowering resolutions" to get games ready for launch

• The 25 Best Video Games of 2025 

• Check news section of Discord AND Q&A

• Games played 

• Kev 

• Slay the spire

• Warhammer 40k Space Marine

• WWE 2k25 

• Majora's Mask

• Aren

• Slay the spire

• Pokemon Odyssey

• 
  

News

• Nintendo To Acquire Bandai Namco Studios Singapore As A Subsidiary 

• New dead rising?

• https://www.reddit.com/r/gamingnews/s/D03caQ5lzu 

• A  list of PlayStation 5 indie games to check out 

• 10 Underrated PS5 Indie Games That Look Like Full-Blown AAA Blockbusters 

• List of old open world games 

• https://gamerant.com/best-cinematic-open-world-games/ 

• Yakuza 0 Director's Cut makes a great game worse while erasing gaming history 

• Check news section of Discord AND Q&A

• Games played 

• Kev 

• Halo reach (A Tier)

• Fortnite

• Roboquest

• (CUZ I BEAT HALO ON STREAM AND NEEDED A PLAN)(what a mark)

• Slay the spire 

• Aren

• Slaying the spire boiz

• Pokemon legends za (A - Tier)

• Balatr

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• News

• MEGA LIST - IGN TOP 100 NINTENDO GAMES OF ALL TIME

• The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time - IGN

• EXCLUSIVE: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Release Update 

• New NSO titles 

• https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3m6ins2vpvk27 

• Lol Xbox 

• New Xbox Report Claims Another Console Price Increase Is Coming 

  
  

  TimeSplitters Rewind Has Launched For Free On PC, And It's Great On The Xbox Ally

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• Games played 

• Kev 

• Heretic (A tier)

• Fortnite

• Castlevania Aria of Sorrow

• Vice project Doom

• Star Ocean first departure R 

• Power stone 1&2

• Chris

• Street Fighter Collection

• Manhunt

• Castlevania Chronicles

• House of the Dead

• Horizon MMO: Burning Questions Answered By Dev About Aloy, Combat, Inspirations, And More - GameSpot 

• "$400 with a controller. This would really send a message" One analyst on how Valve's Steam Machine could make the biggest impact on the games industry | Eurogamer.net

• GameStop announces Trade Anything Day. Here's what to know. 

• How's that working out for you Ubisoft?

• https://tech4gamers.com/ubisoft-doubles-down-on-live-service/?fbclid=IwVERDUAOKdWhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4SFqD_wgrm2ipv0jDjnrzo6ZWDcr1ebsc9AY7jX-jVT_S77hZKAtdxl0F-VQ_aem_x9rk-H5DhJb-sXva_W-6qA 

• All The Game Awards 2025 Nominees And Categories - GameSpot 

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