OK Beast Podcast - Video Games and Culture

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses exploring the world of Ghost of Tsushima, the brand new open-world video game by Sucker Punch as well as shares hands-on impressions of Ooblets, the new creature-collection farming game on Xbox and the Epic Games Store. During the podcast’s gaming news segment, the guys discuss Microsoft bundling their upcoming xCloud streaming service for free with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

Gaming News: 

Microsoft to launch xCloud streaming free with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in September

Video Games We’re Currently Playing:

The crew has been playing the following video games this week:  Ghost of Tsushima, Ooblets

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses the video games we’re playing in quarantine, including Ring Fit Adventure, Townscaper, Trivia Royale, and Dead by Daylight. In gaming news, Alex and Ian discuss Far Cry 6’s leaks pointing to Giancarlo Esposito starring as the series’ new villain, Valorant’s $100 ‘Ultra’ skin set, and more.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

Gaming News: 

Far Cry 6 Seemingly Leaked In Hong Kong PlayStation Store Listing [Update]

Valorant’s First ‘Ultra’ Skin Set Is A $100 Investment

Video Games We’re Currently Playing:

The crew has been playing the following video games this week:  Townscaper, Trivia Royale, Ring Fit Adventure, Dead by Daylight

In this week’s episode of the OK Beast Podcast, Alex is joined by Kahlief Adams (Spawn On Me, Intel) and Riana Manuel (What’s Good Games, Xbox) to share their in-depth impressions of Ubisoft’s new battle royale video game, Hyper Scape. The crew discusses Amazon de-listing their recent MOBA game, Crucible, after the project’s failure to launch; and finally,  the potential of video game prices rising after the news of NBA 2K21 costing $69.99 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

Gaming News: 

Amazon’s latest PC game, Crucible, to be delisted from Steam after less than two months

NBA 2K21’s PS5 and Series X versions will cost $69.99, hinting at a next-gen price jump

Video Games We’re Currently Playing:

The crew has been playing the following video games this week: Hyper Scape (Ubisoft Battle Royale Game)

In this week’s episode of the OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses the Pokémon UNITE reveal, which highlighted a new MOBA game set in the Pokémon universe that’s being developed for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. Alex and Ian also discuss the streaming platform Mixer shutting down and Batman Arkham developer, Rocksteady, reportedly working on a Suicide Squad game.

For Topic of the Show, the guys discuss their original story ideas for a video game if they were to have enough resources to pursue a project. Thank you to Austin Ernst for supporting us at the limited $50 tier on Patreon.com/OKBeast and subsequently suggesting this topic.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

Gaming News: 

Pokemon Unite Is A New MOBA-Style Game With Cross-Play On Switch And Mobile

Yes, Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady is making a Suicide Squad game

Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming

Video Games We’re Currently Playing:

The crew has been playing the following video games this week: Pokemon Isle of Armor DLC, The Last of Us Part II

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Mikey Phillips asks, “what’s the one thing that if you could wave a magic wand would make video editing easier?”

Jacob McCourt asks, “If you could have a Pokemon game in any genre, what would be? As a big fan of Super Mario Strikers, I would love to see a Pokemon “Sports Mix” title where you take Pokemon and their respective powers into sports games.”

Xyger emails us, “Hey guys, I LOVE Halo, it’s one of my favorite game series of all time, and the recent Halo Infinite Teaser Trailer has me super excited. 

However, I’m a little worried about how Halo Infinite will go about it’s storytelling. For context, Halo infinite will take place 3 years after the events of Halo 5. Spoilers for Halo 5, but the game ends on a cliffhanger as the universe is held at gunpoint by Cortana and her Guardians. 

In that time, lots of things happened in the universe. Halo Wars 2 happens for example, which features The Banished, and the game ends with the creation of a New Halo Ring, which gets intercepted by one of Cortana’s Guardians and ends on a cliffhanger. The Banished and the ring were featured in this new teaser trailer.

Not only that, but the events in the books such as Bad Blood revolving around Buck and the ODST squad (minus Rookie for obvious reasons), the events of Shadows of Reach (which the book hasn’t come out yet but supposedly leads into Infinite) also play a HUGE part in the universe.

My question is,

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew is joined by The Xbox Drive’s Sean Capri to discuss The Last of Us Part 2 non-spoiler impressions, Cyberpunk 2077 being delayed again, a New Pokemon Snap sequel being unveiled, and all of the announcements from EA Play 2020 – including the fact that SKATE is coming back.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

Gaming News Discussed: 

Cyberpunk 2077 gets delayed again, will now be released on November 19th

Pokemon Snap Sequel Revealed for Nintendo Switch

Everything Announced At EA Play Live 2020

Video Games We’re Currently Playing:

The crew has been playing the following games this week: The Last of Us Part 2, Moving Out, Grounded Tech Demo

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew is joined by Player Player Podcast’s Joseph Hooper to share PlayStation 5 reveal reactions and discuss Sony’s game line-up for the upcoming wave of next-gen console launches. The guys also discuss Oculus Quest hands-on impressions and wholesome online interactions while in VR, as well as the latest announcements for video games like Destiny 2 and No Man’s Sky.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Bungie teases the next three years of Destiny 2, return of the Vault of Glass raid

Destiny 2 Won’t Be Getting Rid of the ‘2’ Anytime Soon

No Man’s Sky is adding crossplay for Xbox One, PC, and PS4

What’s Up:

The crew has been playing the following games this week:  Oculus Quest, Dead By Daylight, Elder Scrolls: Blades, Celeste: Farewell, and Getting into the Unity game engine

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Alec Bobko asks, “Just checking in this week. How’s everyone doing this week?”

Cly asks, “If you could have one companion animal from any game(minus Pokemon because that’s the obvious answer) in real life, which one would you pick?”

Eduardo Santana asks, “How did you guys like the announcement of “ANIME BABES: REMAKE – MORE BABES, MORE ANIME”?”

Austin J. Ernst asks, “Hand on impressions of the oculus got me thinking… Will VR ever grow into a must play platform?”

Joshua Gallegos asks, “I only have one question: KISS MARRY KILL —> Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon: Forbidden West, and Resident Evil VIII”

Jacob McCourt asks, “E3 isn’t happening this year, but I’d love to know what your fave moments are from past E3s!”

 

Hey everyone. We’ve got a bit of a different OK Beast Podcast episode for you this week. Instead of our usual video game-focused show, Ian and Alex sat down to have a conversation on everything happening the past couple of weeks regarding George Floyd, protests surrounding #BlackLivesMatter, and as two white men, how we’re personally trying to become better allies to the Black community through empathy, listening, and ultimately, accountability.

We say it during the episode, but this isn’t a “Holier than Thou” situation, but rather an open conversation about how we’re trying to make change happen. Towards the end of our conversation, we highlighted more Black creators who produce awesome gaming-focused content, and we implore you to check them out below.

We’ll see you next week for a more gaming-focused episode. Thanks for listening!

Support These Creators:

Riana Manuel from What’s Good Games

Black Girl Gamers

Satchell Drakes

Rusty Rupees

Player Player Podcast

Knight Light – a Horror Movie Podcast

FanatixFour & AJ McRae

DigitalDev

Ify Nwadiwe

Brian Jackson a.k.a. Nabeshin & Jarrett Jawn from Irrational Passions

Emmett Watkins Jr. from VideoGameUtopia

Places to Donate: 

Black Lives Matter – Fund the Movement

ACLU – Fund Every Fight Ahead

 

On this week’s episode of the OK Beast Podcast, the crew returns to discuss What the Golf? impressions on the Nintendo Switch, Valorant’s launch week, predictions for what we’ll see from the PlayStation 5 reveal, and Shirley “Skyrim Grandma” Curry dealing with vitriol in the YouTube comment section. The guys also discuss Valorant’s current meta and how a new rumored character could shake up the game, and finally, Riot Games bringing League of Legends to mobile devices.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Valorant Will Be Available To Everyone On June 2

YouTube’s ‘Skyrim’ Grandma Is Taking a Break After Reading the Comments

Here’s your first good look at League of Legends: Wild Rift on mobile

What’s Up:

The crew has been playing the following games this week: What the Golf?, Risk of Rain 2, Final Fantasy 7, Minecraft Dungeons

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Alec Bobko asks, “Pretty simple question, do you think we will get a glimpse of what the PS5 looks like at the event next week?”

Ryan Othman asks, “Would you rather be able to pause time and play video games (or do whatever really) for as long as you want with no repercussions or have the ability to teleport anywhere at anytime?”

Xyger asks, “If, hypothetically, PlayStation doesn’t have a system in place to match Xbox’s Smart Delivery, do you think third party developers will support cross gen purchases? Similar to Activision in the time between 360/PS3 to One/PS4? CoD & Destiny were cross buy for example.Obviously not every third party would, but I feel like companies who want good faith like CDPR & Ubisoft might allow Cross gen purchases for the first year or so, similar to how EA is handling the next Madden game.If this were to happen; I feel like this will look bad on Sony.”

Cly asks, “If you got to name a country, what would you name it?” 

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses the brand new Ghost of Tsushima State of Play which knocked our socks off, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater returning in the form of a remaster, Paper Mario: The Origami King’s announcement, Unreal Engine 5’s reveal, and a lot more.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 are being remastered for PS4, Xbox One, and PC

Paper Mario: The Origami King revealed with July launch date

Epic Games announces Unreal Engine 5 with stunning PlayStation 5 demo

Failed battle royale game returns with pay-per-match model

Ghost of Tsushima State of Play

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Eduardo Santana asks, “Any wishes for the next announcements coming this Summer? 3D Mario Collection? Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered? Tetris Remastered: The Blocks are Back?”

Ryan Othman asks, “Old Paper Mario games have a unique take on turn based combat by adding timing button presses to boost attacks. This is by far my favorite RPG combat system. What is your favorite? SoulsBorne action? Traditional turn based? Active time battle? Strategy?”

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, Alex and Ian sit down to discuss original Xbox Live Memories from childhood, Ring Fit Adventure and the title’s inventive game mechanics, and more Streets of Rage 4 impressions. Finally, the crew answers a myriad of listener questions ranging from next-gen console tactics, the best shell for the Gameboy Color, and Strawberry vs. Grape Jelly.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

EA’s upcoming games will let you “upgrade” them to run on next generation consoles for free

Xbox 20/20: Join Us as We Look into the Future of Xbox

What’s Up:

The crew has been playing the following games this week: Streets of Rage 4, Ring Fit Adventure

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Jurge Cruz-Alvarez asks, “I’m playing Halo 2 for the first time. This OG Xbox copy I bought came with a free trial of Xbox Live. I didn’t have an original Xbox. Do any of y’all have memories of playing OG Xbox games online?”

Ryan Othman asks, “All games and consoles you want to buy are now free to you. The catch is, you have to go to the store to get them, and the second you have the game, you get uncontrollable diarrhea. Do you do it?”

Austin J Ernst asks, “What do the big 3 have to do to win next gen (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft)?”

Paul Warren asks, “right now there’s the big three PS, XB, and N. could there ever be a successful 4th?”

Eduardo Santana asks, “Which one is the best kind of RPGs: JRPGs vs Western RPGs?”

Lenny asks, “What is a game that you hate to love?”

Monti Velez asks, “BEST COLOR FOR THE GAMEBOY COLOR, I AM A FAN OF THAT GRAPE PURPLE”

Kayla Jouette asks, “Strawberry v grape jelly”

Quin Hoffman asks, “Flour or corn tortillas? There is only one true answer here.”

Cly asks, “If you had a theme song, what would it be?”

Andrew Cogswell asks, “If you had to give your child a robot name like Elongated Muskrat did, what would your child’s robot name be?”

Dylan Tierney asks, “what if sasuke got hit by the spirit bomb? would it affect him, is there evil in his heart?”

Clint GIlmore asks, “If you could create a new Mario sports game that’s never been done before, what would it be?”

John Maddock asks, “Answer the only question that really matters. Why do we pog?”