Hades claims another victim as Jason finds himself dying in Tartarus over and over again. Thankfully Robot Sean is back online and more than willing to fill in. With his amazing analytical skills, we go through the surprising things that lie within the upcoming PS5. We reminisce and look forward to all things Baldur’s Gate. Karch hems and haws on Bug Fables followed by a shameful Pokemon related admission. Topic of the Week has us discussing game difficulty and why you shouldn’t be such a try hard. No listener questions because our only listener is too busy talking and email doesn’t work in the Underworld

We've died and gone to….Hades! Karch is claiming GOTY while Jason isn't far behind him. The news is short and sweet with no billion dollar buyouts this week, though Pokemon does threaten to bribe Karch back to the Galar region. Jason stages an intervention. Then it's a gush sesh over our new favorite game: Hades. After it's a post-mortem on the E3 that never was as we discuss what we liked and what we didn't like about the slow, digital burn of the summer's game reveals. Wrap it up with listener questions as we discuss our expectations for next-gen from a non-graphical perspective.

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Kirby Fighters 2 is out and it’s all we can talk about. Phil Spencer, scared senseless, drops his nest egg on Zenimax in a pointless attempt to combat this new contender. Amazon likewise launches it’s game streaming service prematurely as it quivers in its boots. Karch has an existential crisis as he sizes up his backlog, never to be played now in light of Kirby Fighters 2. Hades retroactively receives a 1/10 and Mario 64 loses its status as most influential 3D game. We close the show out with listener questions, discussing the sheer brilliance of the Kirby Fighters 2 launch trailer.

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Jason’s back, and just in time: Playstation 5 price and date revealed! Perhaps even more enticing are some surprise trailers and teasers to go along with it. Then it’s Nintendo with shadow dropping Hades and dope new Monster Hunter news. Ironically we barely touch on Skyrim. Karch gushes over Hades as it begins to take over his life. Sean misplaces his listener question in one of his six boxes as we bring the show to close in a tight 90+.

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Jason is missing and totally-not-a-murderer-Sean is back again to blow out some candles with Karch. News is filled with awesome reveals and announcements. Karch gushes briefly about Zendikar Rising and then we dive into the awesome but confusing celebration Nintendo is throwing Mario for his 35th. Nexemon threatens to scratch Karch's Pokemon itch, while Sean pines for Avengers and Astroneer. We discuss the pros and cons of Windbound with Sean a little higher (and a lot farther) than Karch. Wrap it up with a talk on gimmicks. Jason, wherever you are, suck it.

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HEY, LISTEN! Long time fan Sean Meibers joins us for our first ever guest episode and, ladies and gentleman, he’s a natural! We start out with some announcements about the Caped Crusade himself - or at least his known associates. Switch hardware rumors surface (again) but we’re all left unconvinced. A light “Wish You Were Playing” as we mourn Sean’s quarantined consoles. Sean talks DOOM on Switch, Jason actually plays some games that require thinking, and Karch rediscovers Divinity Original Sin 2. Then we rank our top 5 Zelda games of all time and wrap it up with some Zelda timeline talk. It’s dangerous to go alone, take this (Sean)!

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Nintendo finally wakes up and throws us a bone and it is meaty! We open the new with our impressions on the titles announced at Nintendo’s Indie World, opening with a bang with Hades coming this fall. Other titles dropped the same day with still more promised for 2021. Apple continues to push back against Epic and 2020 claims a few more titles. Jason finally plays Children of Morta and LOVES it, as Karch wonders if he’ll ever leave Tsushima. Topic of the show asks the question: Are We Never Free to Replay? Wrap it up with listener questions as we dive into Nintendo handheld sales statistics.

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Rumble in the Internet Jungle! Epic “goes to war” with Apple and Google over the same kinds of practices they use to milk money out of publishers. Which side will you choose?! IT DOESN’T MATTER! Microsoft takes another hit with the tough call to delay Halo to 2021. Jason wavers on his resolve to finish Ghost while Karch commits to living on the island of Tsushima forever. Karch weebs it up with World of Final Fantasy Maxima. Audio listeners turn up the volume so you can hear Jason’s eye roll up and out of his sockets. Marvel’s Avengers give Karch crippling indecision and Sean asks about rediscovering beloved genres.

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It’s a roller coaster of emotions this week with beloved Sony making less than consumer-friendly moves. Jason gets his pro-consumer card revoked, joining Arkham Asylum on “The Pile”. Nintendo has a smashing quarter as Animal Crossing secures the #2 spot on best selling Switch sales. Karch waffles back to wanting to play Paper Mario and Jason reminisces on the Destroy All Humans Remaster, a game he’s never even played. Congratulations flow with Jason’s announcement that he’s finished TLOU2, followed by glowing Ghost of Tsushima talk. Listener questions have us looking to the future again, this time without GOTY in mind.

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