Numbers Go Up

The next big Warframe expansion, Heart of Deimos, has finally arrived. Steven and merritt discuss how gross everything on the new planet is, how dope the new mechs are, and how sometimes a rat is going to catch fire and there's just not a lot that anybody can do about it. This is the last episode of Numbers Go Up for awhile as we realign our podcasting priorities, so be sure to catch 99 Potions and Fanwidth for more ongoing discussion of live games! Thanks for listening!

Fireteam leader merritt k is joined by Fanbyte Podcast Producer Jordo and Very Special Guest™ Paul Tassi of Forbes to discuss the implications of this week's Destiny Content Vault announcements, as well as our conspiracy theories about the world of Light and Darkness. Apologies ahead of time to everyone who's here for a game that isn't Destiny 2!

Our beloved fireteam leader merritt k is out this week, so Steven and Collin welcome Destiny YouTube personality xHOUNDISHx for a robust discussion of this year's Solstice of Heroes event, the last few seasons of content, and the future of Destiny 2. We also discuss the buck-wild news of the day, wherein Epic sues Apple for delisting Fortnite.

Steven and merritt are joined by Polygon's Cass Marshall to talk about everything Warframe, the anachronistic pleasure of owning a Master Chief boat in Sea of Thieves, and a pitch for The Heroes of Bebe Neuwirth.

Collin's lost in the Infinite Forest again, so instead Podcast Producer Jordan joins Steven and merritt to talk about Jesus, the Sega Master System, Capcom's refusal to make Street Fighter 3, what you can and cannot say in Destiny 2, and the rest of this week's live game ha**enings.

Collin, merritt and Steven are back with a fresh batch of engrams to decode, full of Destiny 2: Beyond Light details and the news of the week, including thoughts on several live game announcements from Microsoft's Xbox Series X Showcase. Also, Collin gets a message spray-painted on his garage door regarding my wife, which he'll discover later.

merritt, Collin and Steven are back and everyone is drowning in beaver (errors). After a quick lightning round of news covering DOTA 2, Borderlands 3, Apex Legends, FFXIV, Sea of Thieves, and No Man's Sky, our hosts discuss Destiny 2: Beyond Light's delay until November, as well as the (surprisingly positive!) state of the game as is. Well, positive except for all the beavers.

Steven and Collin are back sans our usual host merritt k, whose internet was unfortunately sick this week. Instead they are accompanied by a fact checker that lives inside a computer, which isn't entirely dissimilar to the classic PBS program Ghostwriter, though the computer ghost on that show never had to rate the horniness level of anything, as far as I'm aware. Monster Hunter World's fourth title update has finally arrived and Steven's got all the details, while Collin has the lowdown on Destiny 2's ongoing war against the Goth Doritos from Outer Space. Plus, everything else!

Collin's mad about a sword, Steven unearths an ancient Artifact (2.0), and merritt laments her Destiny 2 fashion competition KDA. We also learn everything there is to know about Fallout 76's unfortunate new battle pass, as well as some truly upsetting information about Mario's bones. Yes, that Mario.

This week is light on big news, so we dig a little deeper outside our usual wheelhouse. Farming in Path of Exile, the Old West in Borderlands, and colors in Diablo 4 all get some love (and hate). What is it that makes a good, fun loot game? That's the question we ask ourselves on Numbers Go Up Episode 6. Tune in and find out what we think!