Frenemy Fire

• Games played 

• Kev - Weekly Weigh in: 250.8

• Have a nice death (B tier)

• Spiderman 2

• Aren - Weekly Weigh in: 275.8

• Balatro

• Yugioh gx duel academy

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News

• Bluepoint shut down by Sony

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/sony-is-shutting-down-the-playstation-studio-bluepoint?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTUyNzAyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyMTMxODI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQVBZWlBLR0lGUFkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.utABYnI4m_K6kqNqybZarBQ9T5WW_aWCH6NI3kt8Q64&leadSource=uverify%20wall  

• Pokemon FR and LG on eshop

• https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/pokemon-firered-version-and-pokemon-leafgreen-version-are-coming-to-nintendo-switch-in-multiple-languages/?srsltid=AfmBOoouxBPlteWlEPhmUM92VDkKYbVZeCVYjC3DnZoEcRAQge57PY3o 

• Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving Xbox 

• https://kotaku.com/phil-spencer-xbox-leaving-retirement-microsoft-2000672059 

• PlayStation's New ‘Soft Pause’ Patent Could Let Gamers Pause Without Really Pausing 

• Hideki Kamiya says players who spoil Resident Evil Requiem deserve to ‘die a thousand deaths’ | VGC 

• The Pokémon Company created 30th anniversary logos for every single Pokémon 

• A GAMECUBE LIST

• https://gamerant.com/best-nintendo-gamecube-games-still-perfect-masterpieces/ 

• https://gamerant.com/games-main-character-not-hero/ 

• Games played 

• Kev - Weekly Weigh in: 248.8

• Dave the diver (B tier)

• Story: https://g.co/gemini/share/f6c919928408

• This game is wonderful, fun to explore the ocean. The story is super interesting. It goes from just driving and running a restaurant to a story about helping sea people

• But also as I'm writing this there's a fuckin anime rhythm game happening

1. https://youtu.be/Bcsky6xtrS0?si=86ogasO7K5_WGjHO 

• The cutscenes in this game are ridiculous

• Game really goes in different directions as it goes on. 

• I was ready for it to end by the end. I was enjoying the restaurant management but then it takes a huge backseat 

• Burnout Paradise (Not Tiering)

• Tried burnout paradise but I do not like the map navigation and how you learn the turns though the races. Not for me

• Diappointing because I know people LOVE burnout

• Crysis remastered (C tier? Not worth it)

• https://gemini.google.com/share/0df2ce0b8c29 (important to explain 2)

• It may be remastered but it got some jank but I wonder if that's just remote play jank?

• Did some research, apparently a lot of people feel likes its very dated…but pretty 

• So… CRYSIS 2 (D Tier)

• Story setup: https://gemini.google.com/share/96cb74d5a9db 

• I guess this is polarizing to original crysis fans because its a little more streamlined and not as hardcore as 1

1. They’re wrong, this is much better

• This is halo. I'm realizing this is just halo on earth 

• AI broke

1. https://bsky.app/profile/consolekev.bsky.social/post/3mew5auxko22h 

• Now it's just crashing a lot in the same spot.

1. https://bsky.app/profile/consolekev.bsky.social/post/3mewbdiqzyk2g 

• I don’t think I’m gonna be missing anything by not experiencing the end of crysis 2

• Just finishing the week with wwe 2k25 because I don’t wanna start a new thing until after the podcast.

• Chris

• Balatro

• Cloverpit

• Expedition 33

• Star Wars Genesis

• Kingdom Come Deliverance

News

• ASUS Says It's Experiencing "High Repair Volumes" When Asked For Help With Faulty Xbox Ally X

• https://www.thegamer.com/asus-high-repair-volume-xbox-ally-x/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=698b8e511230a9000108b7c3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=comment&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawP4eJ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVQTl2OUwwMGk3YzgzdGkzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrQMHap1fySJI5Vk6oYkYULth-VX3wl2Gg_66pTY5LjzBNVCNE-t9jmojOHr_aem_1sdKJIceXVV3NpF9uA3bTg 

• Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen Are Allegedly Being Ported To Nintendo Switch 

• PlayStation State of play 2/12

• https://blog.playstation.com/2026/02/12/state-of-play-february-2026-all-announcements-trailers/ 

• Games played 

• Kev - Weekly Weigh in: 250.4

• Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart(A tier)

• Story setup: https://g.co/gemini/share/9ba33f470256 

• First game I played on ps5 with these adaptive triggers, I feel like I'm going to break them

• Call of duty Black ops 7 (B tier)

• Hey this is pretty cool 

• I dunno if I have the crackhead energy to compete 

• But I also played the campaign…which is designed to be played multiplayer. You can't pause it. It's always online.

• WWE 2k25 

• Blood omen: Legacy of Kain (not tiering)

• OLD GAME IS OLD AND DARK

• No tier

• Jak II (D tier)

• Story setup : https://g.co/gemini/share/ea7f1387794f 

• Unnecessary open world with nothing in it.

• Vehicles kinda suck to drive 

• I genuinely can't stand this. 1 hour in and I was like rather stab myself. 

• Super disappointing because I love jak and Daxter 

• Monster hunter generations revisit (not tiering)

• It's weird because I like monster hunter when I play it , a lot. When I'm not playing it they seem so intimidating 

• After playing monster hunter world…they are tedious going back to the old style

• Yeah I don't wanna do this right now, not with a child

• A Little Robert Journey to kill time

• Got a win with the engineer so that was cool

• Aren - Weekly Weigh in: 274.9

• Mlb the show 25

• Yugioh gx duel academy

• Balatro

• Exit 8 (B Tier)

• cloverpit

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News

• Who wants this?

• https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-has-patented-a-touchscreen-playstation-controller-that-lets-players-choose-where-to-put-the-buttons/ 

• Valve confirms Steam Machine price and release details have been delayed by exploding component prices | VGC 

• Nintendo Will "Carefully Consider" A Switch 2 Price Increase, Says Furukawa 

• Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2026: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer 

• Games played 

• Kev - Weekly Weigh in: 252.2

• Red Dead Redemption 2

• Halo Infinite

• Aren - Weekly Weigh in: 272.9

• Balatro

• Kingdom come deliverance (Chris)

• Star Wars Genesis (Starfield Mod)

• Spent more time watching stuff and phone games

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News

• Ranking South Park Games

• https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-worst-and-weirdest-south-park-games?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=73446ff5-ffba-4057-a988-ecc4bdacf922&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky 

• The Best PlayStation Plus Games You Should Be Playing Right Now

• All the wrap-ups NEED TO DO STILLWITH AREN

• Nintendo - Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review - Official Nintendo Site

• Steam one - consolekev's STEAM REPLAY 2025

Patrons

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Jd from the red leaf retrocast

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Links

https://linktr.ee/consolekev 

https://arennorman.com/ 

https://linktr.ee/frenemyfire 

• Games played 

• Kev - Weekly Weigh in: 253

• Smash Bros ultimate 

• WWE 2k25 

• More universe 

• Turbo overkill 

• https://g.co/gemini/share/7ec2b90db29a 

• Stupid brainless fps in a good way 

• Game needs a map

• I was enjoying it but the level navigation is infuriating 

• Kirby Superstar on SNES (c tier)

• It's like 8 Kirby miningames. And I just uh…don't find any of them that interesting.

• I'd rather have one deep Kirby game.

• This game is only 4 hours.

• Just for funsies, this SNES cart goes for $65…lul

• Red Dead Redemption (s tier)

• The ending of this game is taking forever.

• The last chapter is all farm worker and kind of boring unfortunately.i get why they do it, to set up the tragic ending.

• That being said, it's effective and the ending really gets you. I knew what was gonna happen too and it still hits.

• Super Mario 64

• I tried it again just to see. Turns out I still don’t like it.

• Panzer Dragoon Remake (B tier)

• It's like starfox but dragoons and threats come from all sides 

• It's an hour long and…people paid money for this back in the day eh? Well for $3 it was fine.

• Red Dead Redemption 2

• https://gemini.google.com/share/ad68717396d4 

• Definitely a slower start than RDR 1

• Snow part wasnt that bad

• Way more “scripted" than the first game. Like your horse just can't go places for the sake of cinematics

• Aren - Weekly Weigh in: 275.2

• Yugioh gx duel academy

• Girls frontline

• Spongebob battle for bikini bottom rehydrated

• Kingdom come deliverance

• Wolfenstein 2

• wolfenstein

News

• Live: Watch The Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Showcase Here 

• https://www.polygon.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-metacritic-user-score-cory-in-the-house/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=696827113f8ca600013e1fc7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky 

• Capcom’s next big Resident Evil remake will reportedly be revealed this year | VGC 

• Fire Shuts GTA 6 Developer Rockstar North, Following Report of Explosion - IGN 

• Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure - IGN 

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 

• 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  

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 

• 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

https://linktr.ee/consolekev 

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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.

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• 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