It's time for a new Destiny 2 expansion. God help us all for the discussion that was had.

We talk pretty explictly about the story of the new Destiny 2 expansion, Edge of Fate, between 0:44:08 and 0:49:09. We say so before hand, but if you are worried the timestamps below should help you skip it.

• Euan tries 'new Zach' in Kaizen: A Factory Story, a new Zachntronics game by not Zachtronics, Astra Logical (featuring Zach). He also continues discussion of Death Stranding 2
• You know it. You love it. It's Calum's time to talk about the new Destiny Expansion Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate

• 00:04:13 - Kaizen: A Factory Story
• 00:07:51 - Death Stranding 2
• 00:39:27 - Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate
• 00:44:08 - Destiny 2 Spoilers
• 00:49:14 - Destiny 2 Spoilers End
• 01:16:54 - Death Stranding 2 Audio Issues
• 01:19:28 - News - FBC: Firebreak has not launched to great reception, but Remedy are hoping that a major rework coming in September will improve things
• 01:21:34 - News - Off The Grid is a meh Battle Royal game with horrible vibes and actual NFTs, and a bunch of outlets ran sponsored posts about it
• 01:25:36 - News - Three execs from Subnautica 2 developers Unknown Worlds are suing their publisher Krafton after they believe the EA launch of the game was delayed to avoid paying a $250 million bonus.
• 01:30:18 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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A new Kojima has been released, and so new Kojima must be discussed.

• Euan plays follow-up story DLC Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest and the new madness from Hideo Kojima Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Calum deals with the grim dark 41st millenium in Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader

• 00:03:19 - Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest
• 00:07:29 - Death Stranding 2
• 00:25:39 - Rainbow 6: Siege
• 00:28:07 - Rogue Trader
• 00:49:29 - News - Med students are using 8BitDo controllers to aid with exam revision, and it seems to have just naturally grown.
• 00:51:40 - News - Nintendo have locked down the USB-C port on the Switch 2, seemingly to try and stop 3rd party peripherals
• 00:53:53 - News - Microsoft have laid off another 9000 employees, mostly in the XBox division and across their studios.
• 00:59:12 - News - Redditors found undeclared use of generative AI in The Alters, and people are not happy
• 01:08:20 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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Summer Games Fest has come and gone and this podcast is only an hour. That should say something about the show this year.

• We talk about a few of the things that stood out at Summer Games Fest, which is a pretty small list
• Calum gets into why Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is such an interesting announcement, and has early thoughts on the Switch 2
• Euan has been playing with plant machinery in Roadcraft, and having an existential crisis as to why he likes it so much.

• 00:00:49 - Summer Games Fest
• 00:12:59 - Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls
• 00:25:48 - Roadcraft
• 00:36:37 - The Alters
• 00:37:21 - Switch 2
• 00:52:17 - News - Marathon has been delayed indefinitely, seemingly due to a mixed reception from the Alpha and the stolen art direction controversy.
• 00:58:09 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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As the dawn of the Switch 2 approaches, our heroes find themselves playing non-Nintendo products both old and new!

• Euan discusses further VR adventures with Defector & Wanderer, and reflects back on some old Blendo Games hits with Quadrilateral Cowboy
• Calum briefly talks Warhammer 40k CRPG Rogue Trader and the new release of the season Doom: The Dark Ages

• 00:01:24 - The Switch 2 Is Almost Here
• 00:12:26 - Defector & Wanderer
• 00:20:00 - Quadrilateral Cowboy
• 00:24:19 - Rogue Trader
• 00:26:33 - Helldivers 2
• 00:28:46 - Doom: The Dark Ages
• 00:41:13 - News - Fortnite added a Darth Vader AI that can talk to you, which went as well as you would expect
• 00:56:26 - News - Theoretically we talk about the GTA 6 trailer, but actually we just talk about expectations for the game.
• 01:08:15 - News - Randy Pitchford keeps saying dumb shit.
• 01:12:23 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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Its just turned May and we are already on our third GOTY candidate. Also, it's one we might actually agree on!

• It's been a rough week for games media, so we start the podcast with some reminiscing on the good old days of Giant Bomb and mourn the passing of the institution that was Polygon.
• We found Room 46 in Blue Prince, and Euan spend some in the deep south in South of Midnight
• We spend a long time talking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a game there is as much to talk about as there is attempts at trying to spell it.

• 00:00:57 - Giant Bomb & Polygon
• 00:27:40 - Blue Prince
• 00:33:41 - South of Midnight
• 00:37:33 -Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• 01:28:04 - News - We have a final GTA 6 release date, and it's next year
• 01:31:03 - News - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is making such a splash that even Emmanuel Macron was posting about it
• 01:33:52 - News - Insiders are claiming that Valve has a version of Half Life 3 is playable from end to end.
• 01:36:52 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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Blue Prince has caused some differing opinions on the show this week. It's an interesting discussion but I worry about the outcomes...

• Euan talks about the new game from Paradise Killer developers Promise Mascot Agency and wonders if the series can be saved in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2
• We both talk all things Blue Prince and it gets in depth and interesting.
• Calum gives a brief glimpse once again into Final Fantasy 14 Savage Raiding

• 00:05:47 - Promise Mascot Agency
• 00:08:48 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2
• 00:24:40 - Blue Prince
• 00:54:19 - FFXVI Savage Raiding
• 01:04:15 - News - Bungie finally revealed Marathon, an extraction shooter with stunning art direction and some pretty big unanswered questions.
• 01:06:53 - News - Nintendo finally showed us the Switch 2, in an unfortunate maelstrom of world news.
• 01:13:07 - News - Respawn and ex-XCOM devs are making a Star Wars turn based strategy game.
• 01:19:22 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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If you're listening to this podcast, I hope you're maximising your sleep and you're on your eighth bottle of sparkling water by now...

• Calum does a check in with Monster Hunter Wilds and is in full preparation mode for the next raid tier in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail
• Euan also wraps up Citizen Sleeper 2 and Split Fiction, and talking ins and outs of Contractors: Exfil

• 00:12:30 - Monster Hunter: Wilds
• 00:14:19 - FF14
• 00:20:25 - Citizen Sleeper 2
• 00:21:56 - Contractors: Exfil
• 00:30:00 - Split Fiction
• 00:37:06 - News: AI ARK trailer
• 00:41:07 - PSA: Great Humble Bundle
• 00:42:04 - News: Nintendo Stream
• 00:50:30 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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After a two week break for two big games the two host return to (read as two) talk about them. Two.

• Calum has played both rather large games of the past month in Obsidian's latest Avowed and continuing culling of ancient enemies in Monster Hunter Wilds
• Euan returns to teen type in Lost Records and gives a brief overview of Split Fiction. More to follow.

• 00:01:28 - Avowed
• 00:17:23 - Minor Pillars of Eternity Spoilers
• 00:27:16 - Minor Avowed Side Quest Spoilers
• 00:37:03 - Lost Records
• 01:00:00 - Monster Hunter: Wilds
• 01:17:30 - Split Fiction
• 01:26:38 - News - Unity announced a number of layoffs, and are focusing on "Live Services and AI" as one of their tenants moving forward
• 01:27:46 - News - Phil Spencer said some really dumb shit about AI
• 01:32:51 - News - Asynchronous multiplayer Resident Evil spin off Re:Verse is shutting down as it has "served its original, celebratory purpose"
• 01:36:01 - Upcoming & Housekeeping

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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It's 2025 and we emerge from our winter hibernations. Turns out all we did was play video games. Funny how that works.

• Euan has been stuck in the virtual world with Contractors: Exfil. He also tries to go to the stars in the highly anticipated Citizen Sleeper 2
• Calum played newest Atlus offering Metaphor: ReFantazio, the same game 90% of people were playing over winter Marvel Rivals, and is very ill in the head and this returned to Warframe

• 00:09:32 - IXION
• 00:11:02 - Contractors: Exfil
• 00:38:11 - Metaphor: ReFantazio
• 00:44:30 - Dishonoured 2
• 00:54:34 - Marvel: Rivals
• 01:05:58 - Warframe
• 01:22:14 - Citizen Sleeper 2
• 01:30:23 - We have a half announcement for the Switch 2, and it sure looks like a Switch.
• 01:33:43 - The next Destiny 2 episode is shipping with so much missing voice acting due to the SAG AFTRA actors strike that it has subtitles on by default to cover it.

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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It is the time of year to put another log on the fire, grab your drink of choice, and listen to us talk about our favourite games of the year.

Or in one case spend 20 minutes just quoting it.

• 00:06:13 - Euan - #5
• 00:10:44 - Calum - #5
• 00:17:42 - Euan - #4
• 00:24:13 - Calum - #4
• 00:34:06 - Euan - #3
• 00:43:54 - Calum - #3 & #2
• 00:56:21 - Euan - #2
• 01:10:09 - Calum - #1
• 01:24:48 - Euan - #1
• 01:46:20 - Runners Up
• 01:56:52 - Looking to 2025

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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