Geeking with the Moms

The Switch is facing some problems. Turns out if yours breaks, you're likely to lose any save data for games. Lesson: try not to break your Switch. Final Fantasy XV's DLC is getting interesting by taking some of the key characters in a different direction. In other news that is not really news. Destiny 2 has been announced. Blizzard is also launching a high-end collectible store. Tetris can help with PTSD and finally there's going to be a My Little Pony tabletop role-playing game. No, seriously.

Nintendo has finally come forward to say the issues with desyncing Joycons for the Switch is actually a manufacturing flaw and not something ridiculous like having an aquarium in your house. Even still, the fix itself is pretty ridiculous. No big game can be released without some sort of controversy and Mass Effect Andromeda is no different. The facial animations don't look so great, so the Internet has exploded in one of the worst ways possible. There's a new Pokemon GO event that will give you a chance to catch water type pokemon even if you don't live anywhere near a body of water. Some new Xbox One controllers are on the way. Overwatch has added a new hero to the game, and you can get involved in the Hearthstone Winter Championship.

Stephen went to PAX East and he talks about the coolest games he saw at the show. Mass Effect Andromeda doesn't come out until March 21, but if you have EA Access you can play it right now. And speaking of Mass Effect some cool Mass Effect gear is coming to Rock Band 4. The Legend of Zelda Symphony has announced dates and locations. Drawn to Death, the brand new game created by David Jaffe will be free to PlayStation Plus members right out of the gate. A bunch of old Disney games are being ported to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Lots of Zelda fans have thrown a fit over one review by a games journalist. We talk about why that is pretty stupid. Then Stephen goes on about how good Zelda is and Nicole goes on about how good Horizon Zero Dawn is.

We've all been waiting for it, but the time has finally arrived. The Nintendo Switch has been released. But there's more news besides the console itself. Amazon dropped the ball on delivering the consoles big time. Nintendo is touting sales of the Switch being larger than sales of Wii. And then there are the games. We talk about Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and 1,2 Switch. In other non-Switch related news. Sony has thrown their sponsorship to Girls Make Games. Finally we take detour around video games to talk about another Game... Game of Thrones that is. The hype machine for the next season has just launched into gear and we'll give you thoughts and predictions.

It's the week of the launch of the Nintendo Switch. Need we say more? Turns out we do have a lot to say. Besides all of the new relating to the Switch, we also give another first party a little love. The Game Developers' Confrerence happened this week and Microsoft made a couple announcements . One is that pretty much anybody is going to be able to make a game for the Xbox One, the other is about a new service that will give you access to a ton of games for monthly fee. Finally, the latest expansion for Hearthstone has been announced. Journy to Un'Goro will not only feature new cards, but a few new gameplay elements as well. The best thing, though? Reno Jackson will be leaving Standard.

Things are quiet right now, but we're preparing for the coming explosion of gaming-related everything. Next week, we'll be hit with the release of Horizon Zero Dawn and the Nintendo Switch. But this week wasn't without some news. We talk about the DICE Summit and Awards. Nicole watched an interesting talk about the development of Overwatch, and we list out the games that were nominated for the awards. Stephen took some time to look at Roblox since some scary news has been spreading all over the Internet. He'll let you in on his first-hand experience. Blizzard has announced even more changes coming to Hearthstone. Nicole is sad that she needs to say goodbye to Ragnaros. Square Enix has announced a new RPG and BioWare shows how nice they are.