Kev is missing in action because he went and had a side story DLC event... AKA his child was born! Congrats to him! Filling in today is Fafafoohi (Chris) in an episode heavily involving Star wars and balatro! (the page got nuked so no news articles. my apologies!) Lock in and have fun!

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• Enter the Gungeon 

• Wwe 2k25

• hot shot racing 

• Brawlhala 

• A tier 

• Tekken 8

• A tier

• Aren

• Final fantasy 4

• Balatro addiction

• Yugioh duelist of the roses

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• News

• https://www.reddit.com/r/consoles/s/t1IoVFFcmn 

• We never talked about that GTA 6 trailer 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRLujxTm3c 

• Nintendo is petty

• https://www.theverge.com/news/663210/palworld-updates-feature-removed-nintendo-lawsuit

• Ps5 prices are increasing 

• https://www.videogamer.com/news/sony-weighs-up-even-more-ps5-price-increases-in-response-to-us-tariffs/ 

• Steam verification coming to other things 

• https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-are-expanding-the-steam-deck-verified-system-to-cover-future-steamos-devices 

• Physical media is dead y'all

• https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/05/ps5-fans-furious-as-microsoft-ships-doom-the-dark-ages-with-just-85mb-on-the-disc 

• Top JRPG list

• https://youtu.be/PWnyL3C535k?si=K3iYDf7xWP_VntPV 

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

Fafafoohi (Chris)

Links

https://linktr.ee/consolekev 

https://linktr.ee/arennorman 

https://linktr.ee/frenemyfire 

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• Sifu (C tier because the blocking is frustrating)

• KoF XV (move to a tier)

• Halo 3 (A Tier)

• WWE 2k25 (Officially landed in S Tier)

• Playing around with universe mode

• Enter The Gungeon

• Aren

• Terraria

• Pokemon Fire Red Team Rocket Edition

• Balatro

• Assassins Creed Shadows

• WWE 2k25

• Final Fantasy 4

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• News

• Microsoft Raises the Price of All Xbox Series Consoles, Xbox Games Confirmed to Hit $80 This Holiday - IGN  

• Also add this to that: https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesXlS/s/zFK1WJfDWh 

• Grand Theft Auto 6 Has Been Delayed And Will Now Launch In May 2026 | Nintendo Life 

• Gears of War: Reloaded Comes to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming, PlayStation 5 and Steam in Summer 2025 - Xbox Wire 

• Game pass update

• https://bsky.app/profile/cheapassgamer.com/post/3loiwxni5a22u

• Doom 😫💦

• Xbox Handheld Gets Leaked, First Photos And Details Revealed 

• Half-Life 3 Might Be Announced This Year?!? - PC Perspective 

• Gauntlet

• Top 10 breakdown segment (find a top ten list video/written and make fun of it)

• WWE Names 50 Greatest WrestleMania Matches Ever - WrestleTalk 

• RPGs Where the Villain is a More Interesting Character Than the Hero 

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Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

Fafafoohi (Chris)

Links

https://linktr.ee/consolekev 

https://linktr.ee/arennorman 

https://linktr.ee/frenemyfire 

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• Roboquest 

• Got a win with engineer. That's neato

• Fortnite, got subzero

• Soul Calibur 6

• wwe 2k25

• Mario party jamboree for mania 

• South of midnight

• Aren

• Assassins creed shadows

• Scooby doo and the cyber chase

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• News

• Bethesda announcement on 4/22

• https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/04/bethesda-details-oblivion-remastered-tech-specs-and-gameplay-changes-on-xbox 

• Oh it's out now 

• Ghost of Yōtei comes to PlayStation 5 on October 2

• Retro game console maker Anbernic suspends US shipments due to tariffs | GamesIndustry.biz  

• Persona 4 Remake Domain Update Hints At Announcement At Upcoming Xbox Games Showcase 

• .Smash-like rogue style game!?

• https://www.reddit.com/r/roguelites/comments/1k68duc/our_smashlike_roguelite_game_spiritfall_is_coming/ 

• Someone stole a switch 2

• https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/comments/1k60vxf/a_switch_2_got_stolen/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button 

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• God of war Ragnarok complete (a tier)

• Fortnite 

• Rivals of Aether 2

• New free fighter, Olympia 

• WWE 2k25 

• Roboquest 

• Aren

• TEW 9

• MLB the Show 25

• Fire Emblem PoR Draft Race

• Pokemon heart gold

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• News

• The most influential video game of all time - Bafta

• Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2  

• Marathon reveal

• Marathon | Gameplay Overview Trailer 

• Marathon | Official Announce Trailer 

• Star Wars Zero Company Is Officially Heading To Xbox Series X|S 

• Game pass update

• https://bsky.app/profile/cheapassgamer.com/post/3lmu57e3l622a 

• Sony is raising the price of the PS5 (again)

• https://www.polygon.com/news/558161/ps5-price-increase-new-europe-uk+ 

• Mario kart world direct tomorrow morning 9 am is 15 minutes long

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• West of Dead beaten (B tier)

• Roboquest 

• WWE 2k25 

• GoW ragnarok

• Pinball

• Highlight My little pony table

• Balatro 

• Aren

• Balatro

• Assass creed shadows

• Mlb the show 25

• News

• Nintendo direct from last week. Not the switch 2

• https://mynintendonews.com/2025/03/27/nintendo-direct-roundup-for-27th-march-2025/

• XBOX HANDHELD

• https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/03/xbox-handheld-seemingly-revealed-by-asus-in-new-teaser-trailer

• Switch 2 direct 

• https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-direct-everything-announced 

• Needs new fangled SD cards

• https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/04/standard-micro-sd-cards-wont-work-on-nintendo-switch-2 

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• Avowed (A tier) 

• Street fighter 6

• Wwe 2k25

• West of Dead, quickly

• Pinball

•  Highlight black Knight 2000 (pinball fx)

• Balatro mobile 

• Aren 

• WWE 2k25

• Mlb the show 25

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• News

• Re9 is gonna be a major reinvention

• https://twistedvoxel.com/rumor-resident-evil-9-major-reinvention-on-par-with-re4-re7/ 

• Top 10 video game flops

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/top-10-monumental-video-game-failures-of-2024/ar-AA1qNm9E?ocid=BingNewsVerp 

• Top Games of 2024

• https://www.nme.com/lists/end-of-year/best-games-2024-3817060 

• New Star Wars Turn-Based Tactics Game to Be Revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025

• https://www.ign.com/articles/new-star-wars-turn-based-tactics-game-to-be-revealed-at-star-wars-celebration-2025 

• Pokemon finally gets edgy with an…E10+ rating 

• https://www.ign.com/articles/pokmon-fans-wildly-speculate-on-why-legends-z-a-has-an-e10-rating 

• halo 7 news?

• https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/xbox/halo-7-fans-excited-707416-20250318 

• Gotta Build 'Em All: Lego Teases Pokemon Sets - GameSpot 

• New ps plus games

• https://gamerant.com/ps-plus-premium-new-games-march-2025/ 

• https://gamerant.com/xbox-game-pass-march-2025-games/ 

• Digimon Pocket?

• https://gamerant.com/digimon-pokemon-tcg-pocket-game/

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• Avowed

• Roboquest 

• WWE 2k24

• King of dragons (Capcom beat em up, a tier)

• Aren 

• Balatro

• Fire emblem shadow dragon

• Rebirth a little

• Starting something new????

• Yugioh duelist of the roses

• Yugioh forbidden memories

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• News

• Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles

• https://bsky.app/profile/nintendolife.com/post/3ljrokg6tv52h

• Pokemon could’ve been way cooler

• https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/03/pokemon-almost-became-a-gritty-baseball-themed-rpg-in-the-west 

• I'm bricked up at the thought of an Xbox handheld 

• https://bsky.app/profile/cheapassgamer.com/post/3lk22k7v77c24 

• 2025 video game Hall of Fame inductees 

• https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/call-of-duty-angry-birds-quake-video-game-hall-of-fame-3845584#:~:text='Call%20Of%20Duty'%2C%20',Video%20Game%20Hall%20Of%20Fame&text=The%20nominations%20for%20this%20year's,4%3A%20Modern%20Warfare%20all%20shortlisted. 

• EA puts micro transactions in skate alpha

• https://insider-gaming.com/ea-adds-microtransactions-to-skates-closed-alpha/ 

• Respawn had a mew multiplayer fps that got cancelled

  https://twistedvoxel.com/respawn-new-multiplayer-fps-canceled/

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• 30xx completed again 

• Moonlighter

• I see the potential but I don't care for the town management aspect. Progress feels very slow and tedious 

• Brawlout 

• Decent but severe lack of characters. Most of the unlockable characters are just alternate skins of already available ones. Grindy to even unlock those ones. (Move to c tier)

• Mortal Kombat 1 (B tier)

• Roboquest 

• Fortnite

• They got sub zero in it

• Avowed

• Stevie

• Avowed 

• Civ 6

• Ninja Gaiden Black 2

• Blaster Master Zero

• News

• Xbox using muse ai to make more games backwards compatible?

• https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lik5wzvmn22d

• Tmnt dlc is cool but for $90!?

• https://www.ign.com/articles/activisions-costly-call-of-duty-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-crossover-has-some-players-saying-black-ops-6-should-just-go-free-to-play-at-this-point 

• Pokemon direct predictions?

•  Xbox indie showcase 

• https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/round-up-every-switch-game-featured-at-xboxs-indie-showcase-february-2025  

• Quick note. Fable got delayed to 2026

• Wb shutting down a bunch of studios 

• https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lizk5skwps2d 

• Gauntlet

• Top 10 breakdown segment (find a top ten list video/written and make fun of it to)

• I asked chat GPT to give me a random top ten video game list

• https://chatgpt.com/share/672bea6f-8d8c-800b-a4be-c25153dd0df6 

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast

• Games played 

• Kevin 

• Wwe 2k24

• Vikings wolves of Midgard (C tier)

• 30XX

• Fortnite 

• Blops 6 

• Sonic & All stars racing

• Aren

• Whats a game???

• A little ff 7 rebirth

• Balatro

• Pokemon pocket tcg

• Duel links

• 
  

• News

• Overwatch 2 bringing back loot boxes…

• https://www.reddit.com/r/gamernews/s/Brojf8qxwS 

• Nintendo gold coins are going away 

• https://my.nintendo.com/news/97495f34d09fb076 

• EA is stupid

• https://gamerant.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard-ea-live-service-comment/#:~:text=EA%20has%20suggested%20that%20Dragon,EA's%20sales%20expectations%20by%2050%25. 

• Steam warns you if an early access game is abandoned 

• https://www.theverge.com/news/607095/steam-early-access-abandonware-warning?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

• If successful games aren't safe from layoff, what are we doing?

• https://dotesports.com/marvel/news/not-even-marvel-rivals-is-safe-from-layoffs-as-game-directors-entire-dev-team-is-reportedly-let-go 

• Not video games but cool!

• https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/magic-the-gathering-x-final-fantasy-first-reveal-see-all-of-the-cards-now/2900-6269/ 

Patrons

Klepisimo 

Jd from the red leaf retrocast