Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis chat about the fantastic Super Mario Bros Wonder Direct, which raised the excitement for this game even more than beforehand. Adonis also goes into detail on how he’s liking Starfield so far as both guys give their thoughts on the reception of the game. The duo also discuss the release of Armored Core VI and the closing of Volition Studios, followed by what we’ve been playing recently.

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Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the news that Charles Martinet is retiring from his role as Mario. The guys reminisce about his incredibly long tenure along with some of their favorite lines. Up next is the controversy surrounding Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 and its meteoric success. Developers of other studios have pushed back saying that this ‘should not be the new norm’. Adonis has some choice words to say about these comments. Lastly in the news, Bethesda revealed the menu screen of the upcoming Starfield and people are up in arms about its overly simplistic design.

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Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the latest rumblings coming out of Mercury Steam, including confirmation that the development company is working on “two large undisclosed titles.” The duo also talks about the announcement and release of Quake II Remastered and how fantastic it is, before finishing up with talking Red Dead Redemption on modern platforms, another common Blizzard L that has occurred, and what we’ve been playing recently.

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Hosts Ryan and Adonis discuss all the news surrounding the recent Pokémon Presents event and how it missed the mark for a large portion of the audience. Next up this week is Adonis' chance to gush about the new single-player action RPG Baldur's Gate 3, which has set the bar astronomically high with a 97% Metacritic rating with ~800,000 concurrent players on Steam! Lastly this week is Ryan and Adonis' top 3 couch play games of all time, feel free to share your top 3 with us!

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Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the latest rumors surrounding the successor to the Switch, with the most concrete rumors to date of what to expect out of the hardware. The duo also covers recent sales numbers for PS5 and Pikmin 4, followed by some discussion on the reveal of Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 and the release of some classic Zelda games on NSO.

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Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss a recent study detailing the stunning amount of classic video games that are no longer accessible to the consumer due to the progression of the industry and outdated market policy. Settle in with a snack and something to eat, this is a juicy topic! As always, the week comes to a close with the guys catching up and talking about what they've been playing this week.

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Host Ryan Carroll is flying solo today as Adonis is enjoying a nice family vacation! Today, the show goes into the great reviews that have been poppin up for Pikmin 4 and the excitement surrounding the release. Ryan also touches on some decently credible rumors surrounding a potential Metroid Prime 2 Remaster and something Zelda related coming before the end of 2023.

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Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the official reveal of the Mario Kart 8 Wave 5 DLC tracks in detail, as well as the news of Switch sales reaching record heights in Japan and the recent Switch 2 info drop in the Microsoft Acti-Blizz acquisition case. As always, the show ends with the guys talking about what they've been playing this week.

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Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the remaining news bits from Nintendo’s June Direct, including talking Pokémon, Metal Gear Solid, and some more Mario games. The duo wrap up the show discussing what they’ve been playing recently. 

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DISCLAIMER: Ryan had an audio input issue this week so please bare with us and it will be back to normal next week, thank you :)

Hosts Ryan Carroll and Adonis Giovetis discuss the most recent Nintendo Direct and what stood out the most to them, some of those including Super Mario Wonder, the Mario RPG Remake, and Pikman 4. Next week they will be covering the smaller news tidbits as well as some of the more disappointing reveals. Stay tuned and have a wonderful week!

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