Maximum Hearts

This week's very special guest is Jasmine of VRWithJasmine - an influencer, content creator, and VR advocate focused on educating people on some of the best VR experiences out there and helping folks get started in an exciting new interactive space. CJ also returns from Los Angeles with a lightsaber in hand to talk about the Jedi Survivor preview event.

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Finn and John tell us about the best and worst (but mostly the best) on display at PAX East 2023, including all the games and teams that received Socky awards. But first, of course, we have to gush about the Resident Evil 4 remake some.

John and Finn are busy at PAX East, but the rest of the crew is here to talk about some of those electronic games. We experiment with a mini-headlines segment. Nightdive Studios brings in a promising new employee right before being bought by... ATARI? And the Unreal Editor for Fortnite promises to change the game for aspiring developers.

After 90 (NINETY) hours of game, John is finally able to weigh in on Octopath Traveler 2. Listen in as he and Derek weigh in on what this sequel needed to do in order to improve over the original, and whether or not it met those expectations.

Review code provided by Square Enix, as usual. Thanks to Square for the opportunity to review this game.

**NOTE: Contains spoilers for episodes 9 and prior of the 'The Last of Us'

It's the final episode as Jeff, John, Justin and Britt react to the season finale of The Last of Us, as well as giving their thoughts on the series as a whole and its significance as a landmark video game adaptation.

It's an all-good-vibes show this week as we're joined by friends of the show Cam Hawkins and SarahOfMars to talk about what we've been playing, Sarah's trip to the abandoned basketball court they built Super Nintendo World in, and the upcoming wave of game-to-screen adaptations.

**NOTE: Contains spoilers for episodes 8 and prior of the 'The Last of Us'

Jeff, Dio, John and Justin react to the intense and horrifying events of episode 8 'When We Are In Need', which features the conclusion of the winter arc from the game.

With multiple rumors and possible leaks about new Nintendo Switch hardware flying around, we finally break our vow of silence and talk about what may be next for Nintendo. The Nintendo rumor scene has a pretty mixed track record, but ignoring all the leaks and rumors we think it's still pretty obvious that a successor is coming sooner rather than later. We talk about realistic scenarios for when we might see announcements and releases, and reasonable expectations for what it might be.

**NOTE: Contains spoilers for episodes 7 and prior of the 'The Last of Us'

It's once again Jeff, Justin and Sam discussing the big character developments in the latest 2 episodes of The Last of Us - Episode 6 'Kin' and Episode 7 'Left Behind', in which we get to see the vulnerable side of Joel and explore some Ellie's tragic past.

Brittney and John are here with the latest installment of Final Fantasy's beloved rhythm game spinoff series, and spoiler alert: it's nothing short of a masterpiece. It's a love letter to Final Fantasy, and to Square Enix in general, bursting at the seams with some of the best music in gaming history.