Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News

By Brendon Bigley x Overworld.vgLeisure

Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News episodes

March 27 Square Enix's Very Good Year
Square Enix had a very good year, eBay reigns supreme, LEGO Batman has all the makings of a sleeper hit, and so much more on this Q&A episode of Wavelengths!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - What’s up with Square Enix?
4:54 - Switch 1 Lifecycle Extension
8:34 - Epic Games layoffs
11:04 - Games I’m Excited About
15:29 - Where to buy retro handhelds
17:30 - Food Moment!!
19:10 - Favorite recent video game soundtracks?
19:53 - OpenAI and Disney Split
23:10 - Video game reviews on Wavelengths
27:10 - How to get into writing about games?
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33 min
March 20 I'm In Awe of Marathon
Marathon is a new game by Bungie, the creators of Halo and my beloved Destiny, which follows in the studio tradition of taking a big swing at an established genre and reinventing it for new audiences. It's also one of the best looking games ever made. I am in awe of it.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths
0:33 - A Titanfall Second
4:59 - Let’s Talk About Marathon
9:23 - Meet the Factions
15:28 - The Solo Experience
19:17 - “Marathon is a Dead Game”
22:15 - Subscribe if you haven’t!
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23 min
March 06 Pokémon Pokopia Came Out Too Soon (Complimentary)
I'm absolutely in love with Pokemon Pokopia, enough so that it has me wondering if it could have been a cultural moment — Animal Crossing-adjacent, even — had it released later in the Switch 2's lifecycle.
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11 min
February 27 Even More Great Steam Next Fest Demos (February 2026)
Steam Next Fest is the equivalent of perusing a library until you find something that seems interesting to you, which is an experience that’s extremely rare in video games these days. Hell, it’s rare in ANY media these days.This week’s episode of the show is mostly about some demos I loved, and a little bit about Playstation and Xbox.Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths
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CHAPTERS:0:00 - Awaysis3:55 - Wax Heads7:22 - Deep Snow Delivery9:32 - Arms of God12:10 - Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional13:40 - The Wide Open Sky is Running Out of Catfish16:13 - Ratcheteer DX19:26 - Lootbound22:11 - Forbidden Solitaire24:53 - Xbox Leadership Shakeup36:20 - PlayStation Abandoning PC?---⏆
43 min
February 20 Every Gaming Device is Getting More Expensive
The PS6 might get delayed. The Switch 2 might get even more expensive. The Steam Deck is currently completely sold out. The AI industry is to blame — so let's talk about it.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!
0:13 - RAMmageddon
12:59 - Do we even need a PS6 right now?
20:55 - Will the Steam Machine even come out at this point
26:07 - Discord followup
28:59 - State of Play highlights
37:25 - Listener Question: Pokemon Day Predictions
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43 min
February 13 Discord Ruins Itself, Five Months of MCON, and More
Welcome back to the show! This week I work through my feelings about Discord's new verification plans and how it will impact everything — even platforms outside of Discord. After that we run through some news about Riot layoffs, Mewgenics sales figures, and Yakuza Kiwami 3's confusing direction before going through my five months of using the MCON mobile controller.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!
0:29 - Discord Age Verification
24:15 - Riot Lays off 2XKO Team
27:17 - Mewgenics makes its money back
33:36 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 and the “bad” remake
46:05 - Five Months of MCON
1 hr 16 min
February 06 A Good Nintendo Direct, Sony's Worst Idea, and Steam Machine Delays
Hello and welcome back to the podcast! And the first one with video posted publicly for all to see! This week I'm talking about the four games that extremely worked for me from the Nintendo Partner Direct (and a bunch of other notable announcements), Switch 2 sales struggling outside of Japan, Valve kind-of-delaying the Steam Machine, and Sony's extremely stupid patent for AI podcasts.
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---Chapters:0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths!0:22 - Changes to the Patreon4:16 - The Nintendo Partner Direct27:20 - Switch 2 Sales “Below Expectations” Internationally34:36 - The Steam Machine Is Kind of Maybe Delayed39:11 - PlayStation Patents AI Generated Podcasts42:35 - Thanks for watching!---⏆
44 min
January 30 The Tomodachi Life to Highguard Curve
Welcome back to the first normal episode of this show in a while! There was video game news! Can you believe it? This week I'm talking about the Nintendo Direct focused entirely on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — otherwise known in this house as "The Big Game" — before talking about another "big" game that's not landing as well: Highguard.

Also in this episode: Ball x Pit updates, Dispatch on Switch, and thoughts about the future of Wavelengths.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Welcome Back to Wavelengths
5:15 - Tomodachi Life Living the Dream Direct
14:45 - Highguard is Fine
33:19 - Dispatch Censorship
34:38 - The Ball x Pit Free Update Rules
39:28 - Wavelengths Updates
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58 min
January 16 The January Question Dump
This week I'm answering your many questions from how to make potatoes, to thoughts on Heated Rivalry, to Nintendo of America's relationship with Nintendo of Japan and so much more. Come along, will you?

Also: Huge solidarity to those in the streets of Minneapolis this month. Your bravery means everything, for real.
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1 hr 12 min
January 09 The Other OTYs (with Will LaPorte)
I was very glad to be joined by my good friend Will LaPorte for a lengthy episode about our favorite albums and films of 2025! I hope you enjoy it, and I'll be back next week with (gasp) more stuff about video games!!

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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths!
0:02:50 - Intro Will
0:04:22 - Will Album 10
0:09:54 - Brendon Album 10
0:16:41 - Will Movie 10
0:19:26 - Brendon Movie 10
0:23:48 - Will Album 9
0:27:50 - Brendon Album 9
0:31:22 - Will Movie 9
0:34:36 - Brendon Movie 9
0:39:04 - Will Album 8
0:41:29 - Brendon Album 8
0:43:09 - Will Movie 8
0:46:17 - Brendon Movie 8
0:52:02 - Will Album 7
0:54:11 - Brendon Album 7
0:57:42 - Will Movie 7
1:01:45 - Brendon Movie 7
1:04:48 - Will Album 6
1:07:22 - Brendon Album 6
1:08:52 - Will Movie 6
1:10:35 - Brendon Movie 6
1:17:20 - Will Album 5
1:23:36 - Brendon Album 5
1:27:17 - Will Movie 5
1:34:47 - Brendon Movie 5
1:42:39 - Will Album 4
1:46:52 - Brendon Album 4
1:49:25 - Will Movie 4
1:54:21 - Brendon Movie 4
2:03:14 - Will Album 3
2:09:18 - Brendon Album 3
2:13:32 - Will Movie 3
2:16:41 - Brendon Movie 3
2:29:00 - Will Album 2
2:33:12 - Brendon Album 2
2:40:10 - Will Movie 2
2:46:45 - Brendon Movie 2
2:56:07 - Will Album 1
3:04:06 - Brendon Album 1
3:14:40 - Will Movie 1
3:20:07 - Brendon Movie 1
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3 hr 32 min