Game Language

Troy and Jason are joined by friend of the show Shy on this week's podcast. They discuss the biggest news from the latest Xbox Developer Direct. They also give their impressions on Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. Shy brings Shadow of the Colossus to the show, and they discuss why it's a Language Defining Game.

In this week's episode of the podcast, Troy and Jason kick of the New Year with a discussion on the newly revealed "Nintendo Switch 2." They also bring a fresh new game to the show, go deep on "Dark Souls" and why it's a "Language Defining Game" for one of the hosts, and have a discussion on the impact of hardware.

Happy New Year!

Troy and Jason are joined by their friend, and fellow video game enthusiast, Josh on this week's episode of the podcast. They dive deep into the biggest moments of this year's "Game Awards." They also give their (spoiler free) thoughts on the newly released "Sonic 3."

This week's episode of "Game Language" is jam packed. Troy and Jason discuss not one, not two, not three, but FOUR new game releases. They give their Impressions of "Marvel Rivals," "Path of Exile 2," "Sonic x Shadow: Generations," and "Supervive." After their reviews, they make some bets about this year's Game Awards, and then talk "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," for this week's Language Defning Games segment.

In this week's episode, Troy and Jason give their thoughts on Netflix's critically acclaimed series, "Arcane," before diving into this year's Game Awards nominees.

In this week's episode of the podcast, Jason and Troy give their impressions of the "Monster Hunter: Wilds" beta, as well as "Dragon Age: The Veilguard." Troy also brings another one of his Language Defining Games to the table, and explains to Jason why "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" speaks his language.

Byte-Sized News, Video Game Vocab and Troy's Variety Segment, this is a jam-packed episode!

In this week's episode, Jason and Troy dive deep into their impressions of the Silent Hill 2 remake, and Throne and Liberty. Jason also brings The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the podcast, and explains why it speaks his language.

Time Stamps:

Intro - 0:00:00 Whatcha' Playin - 0:01:36 Bite Sized News | Assasin's Creed Delay - 0:13:42 Bite Sized News | New Release Sales Tracking - 0:16:12 Bite Sized News | 343 becomes Halo studios, engines change to Unreal 5 - 0:22:01 Variety Section | Slay, Marry, Lay - 0:24:36 Impressions | Silent Hill 2 - 0:34:08 Impresisons | Throne and Liberty - 0:52:50 Language Defining Games | Jason and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 1:04:19 Last Boss topic | Halloween Games and Events - 1:35:09 Video Game Vocab - 1:41:48 Final Credits - 1:43:16

In this week's episode of the podcast, Troy pulls double duty as "Co-Host" and "Guest-Host" as he brings "League of Legends" to the table, and talks to Jason about why it speaks his language. They also dig into the latest video game news stories, and give their impressions of the "Dead Rising" Deluxe Remaster.

Timestamps:

Intro | 0:00:00

Whatcha' Playin' | 0:02:33

Byte Sized News - "Concord" Production Price Tag | 0:08:37

Byte Sized News - Nintendo sues "PalWorld" | 0:15:48

Byte Sized News - "HiFi Rush 2" | 0:18:12

Bonus Byte - Cristiano Ronaldo jonis "Fatal Fury" | 0:19:40

Variety Segment | 0:21:23

Impressions - Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster | 0:27:17

Language Defining Games - Troy and Leage of Legends | 0:39:00

Last Boss | 1:08:19

Video Game Vocab | 1:18:24

Final Credits | 1:19:40

NewsSources:

1. Concord reportedly was a $400 million project making it one of Sony's most expensive games of all time https://x.com/ethangach/status/1837163976452411510

1. Nintendo sues Palword over patent infringement https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1836548465570255255

1. Krafton CEO speaks on supporting HiFi Rush 2 even though it may not get them very much profit https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1836746821529743532

Impressions abound in this week's episode of the podcast, as Troy and Jason dive into "Black Myth: Wukong," "Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2," and "Astro Bot." They also go over the top news stories of the week, and more!

Timestamps:

Intro | 0:00:00

Whatcha Playin' | 0:00:33

Byte Sized News - Concord shuts down | 0:02:10

Byte Sized News - Black Myth: Wukong and Street Fighter sales | 0:08:05

Byte Sized News - Hideaki Itsuno leaves Capcom | 0:10:10

Game - "In or Out" | 0:12:14

Impressions - Black Myth Wukong | 0:18:57

Impressions - Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 | 0:35:34

Impressions - Astro Bot | 0:57:07

Last Boss Discussion | 1:11:55

Video Game Vocab | 1:28:06

Final Credits | 1:30:19

Sources:

Concord shuts down after only 13 days on the market https://x.com/dexerto/status/1831002087871660519?s=61

Black Myth Wukong hits 18 million in sales while Street Fighter 6 hits 4 million! https://x.com/streetfighter/status/1831814865297489924?s=61 https://x.com/genki_jpn/status/1831650244351991919?s=61

Hideaki Itsuno leaves Capcom after 30 years https://x.com/tomqe/status/1829814090942070886?s=61

In this week's episode of the podcast Troy and Jason give their impressions on the newly released "Black Myth: Wukong," as well as the "2XKO" Alpha Lab. They then jump in and break down everything that was revealed at this year's Gamescom event!

Timestamps:

Intro - 0:00:00

Watcha Playin - 0:00:39

Byte Sized New - 0:03:28

Impressions | 2XKO's Alpha Lab - 0:14:11

Impressions | Black Myth: Wukong - 0:38:01

Gamescom Breakdown - 0:51:28

"Last Boss" Discussion - 1:25:46

Video Game Vocab - 1:32:42

Final Credits - 1:34:22

Sources:

1. Black Myth: Wukong sells over 10 million copies in 3 days and becomes Steam's second top concurrent player record holder with 2.3+ million players during the launch window https://x.com/blackmythgame/status/1826985302592049599?s=61

1. Sony's Concord fails to hit 700 concurrent players on it's opening launch weekend https://x.com/paultassi/status/1827519730397135276?s=61

1. Ninja Theory made nearly $24 million last year without releasing any games, suggesting that their investment in the premier motion capture space was always the plan. Hellblade might be more of an ad for their services than anything else. https://x.com/thecarteldel/status/1825594187804455114?s=61