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What is real? How do we determine what in our life is real vs not? We can never know using our senses, which is why we must build a simulation to determine the answer! We've gathered a panel of the brightest minds we could find, the best technical executives, and a gaggle of hedge fund managers to pay for it all. We'll leave the boys in the lab to cook up what will of course be a world changing invention. But hedge fund managers can only bring us so far so if you want to get in on the ground floor of this exciting opportunity. So open your wallets and find out if you're real or not!

Giovanni goes for a drive. Ayla breaks ground. David puts things under glass. Greg does a callback.

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Games discussed: Gran Turismo, The Sims 4, Animal Crossing, Microsoft Flight Simulator

Show Notes:

Oh, hello. Welcome to the gates, thanks for checking in. Looks like.....you've been listening to podcasts, specifically general media podcasts marketing themselves as video game podcasts. Well, you had a good run. Too bad you didn't get to listen to their latest, the last in a long run with Andrew Zucosky. It's ok though, they'll probably have it where you're going. Hmmm? Oh I have no idea where you're headed, I'm just the greeter.

In this episode, David hops on pots, Giovanni talks about [redacted], Greg tells the story of death, Andrew asks "what does it matter?"

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Games discussed: Disney's Aladdin, Final Fantasy 7, Neon White, One Chance

Show Notes: Masks episode

It's our 200th episode! We take some time to look back and look forward and think about things, like the various celebrities with ice cream flavors named after them and if anyone knows who those are anymore. For the record, we know. We know everything. We've always known. YOU CANNOT HIDE THE TRUTH FROM US AS WE'VE ALWA- ahem, sorry about that. Nothing to see...

In this episode, Giovanni looks at the waves, David races time itself, Greg uses his bodies to create a platform.

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Games discussed: Super Mario Sunshine, Wave Race 64, UFO 50

Show Notes: 

Deconstructing the water effect in Super Mario Sunshine

UFO 50

"Comedy series about a tight-knit group of friends living in Manhattan. It also covers their interactions with their families, their lovers, and various colleagues over a period of several years." That's what IMDB says the synopsis is for the hit TV show Friends. Never has a synopsis given me pause and made me ask if I'm in a simulation. Thankfully, none of us live in Manhattan anymore so we definitely don't live in that particular simulation, but what about New Girl...

In this episode, Giovanni is in scheduling hell, David keeps trying, Greg tries to stay positive (results inconclusive).

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Games discussed: Borderlands, The Finals, Pokemon X & Y

In 2024, a video game podcast was recorded about history. This single piece of recorded audio, while seemingly benign, would have untold ramifications across the media landscape for the next century. In this text, we will be exploring those ramifications and comparing what media looked like before and after Left Trigger Right Trigger's History episode (LTRTH). Before we dig in, let's look at the episode itself. Here are the pertinent details:

David looks back. Giovanni sees the present. Greg can't see back far enough.

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Games discussed: Assassin's Creed Origins, Astro Bot, Lenny's Time Machine

Kotaku Astro Bot Review

Giovanni's Digital Trends Astro Bot Review

Lenny's Time Machine

Greg here, hat in hand. I'd like to apologize for misusing the word toyetic. I used it as if it meant "toy-like" or "possessing the properties one might expect in a toy" but it actually means "potentially marketable as a toy." I made a mistake! Sometimes mistakes are made during the heat of the crucible of a podcast recording. I will strive to do better. Anyways!

In this episode, Giovanni delves the electronic ocean, David puts things on his reader device, Greg wants to make little doodads....OF HELL.

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Games discussed: Electroplankton, Splatoon 3, Hades

Yu-Gi-Oh x Hello Kitty Happy Meal Toys

What happens when you mix nu-metal, striking visuals, and a cult following? You get this week's topic: Tool! We go deep on Maynard Keenan, Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, and Paul D'Amour and the influence they've had on games, music, and......you weren't actually buying this, are you? sigh Yeah we talk about the concept tool in video games, you got me.

In this episode, Greg hits stuff, David creates something new all over again, Giovanni tries some new stuff out

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Games discussed: Minecraft, Warcraft III, Dungeons of Hinterberg

People Make Games Investigation into Roblox

404 Media Finds Where Facebook AI Slop Comes From

It's August so once more we delve into the plethora of topics that contain our beloved double-o. Why do we do it? Because it's so Cool, just like this episode! How do we know it's cool? Because we're overly calm about it, almost to the point of indifference! How cool is that? TURBO COOL

In this episode: David doesn't turn his chair around to sit in it, Giovanni jams out too hard, Greg can hardly make out what's happening.

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Games discussed: Cyberpunk 2077, Hi-Fi Rush, NETFLIX Mahjong Solitaire

Hail adventurer! Watch thine step as you venture closer to the mount as a dragon roosts within it. If the smell of gold dares waft to the lair within, the dragon will rise and search out the scent. Better to offload your coin now than risk it, wouldn't you say?

In this episode: Giovanni hits the apex early, David watches the world change around him, Greg feels duped

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Games discussed: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Monster Hunter: World, Dragon Warrior

Show Notes:

Professaurus

Evil Metal Dragon

Clockwyrm

Vegandragora

Dragon Warrior boss

Over here, stranger. Got somethin' that might interest ya, heheheh. Take a look at this new episode of Left Trigger Right Trigger where they talk about how they like to store things, including weaponry, ammo, herbs, and food, something I sense you have knowledge of. I swear this one's got it all, including an eating challenge. But if that's not your speed, then what're you buyin?

In this episode: Giovanni takes a big bite, Greg goes to battle, David goes to the source.

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Games discussed: Wilmot's Warehouse, Backpack Battles, Diablo 2