Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News

Welcome back to the show! This week I can't NOT talk about Xbox again — sorry!! But also I gush about Ball x Pit and dig into my (very) early impressions of Pokemon Legends Z-A before talking through the huge Pokemon roadmap leak that hit the internet earlier this week.

Pokemon Leaks: https://twistedvoxel.com/pokemon-leak-reveals-upcoming-games-through-2030-canceled-titles-beta-builds/

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths

4:15 - Ball x Pit Good

12:21 - ROG Xbox Ally Reviews are out

26:06 - Pokemon All the Way Down

48:45 - Listener Questions!

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Nintendo is making movies, theme parks, and aligning their games with other multimedia experiences in a way that screams Corporate Synergy Opportunities™ — the kind that board members go absolutely gaga over.

On today's episode of Wavelengths, I tackle that along with some updates about Xbox and my experience playing the Resident Evil Requiem demo at New York Comic Con!

Welcome back to the show! With some time away, I've been doing a lot of thinking about where Sony and Microsoft are at these days... as usual. I think in particular, Xbox as a brand feels like it's on a slow descent into a confused existence and I wanted to unpack that as best as I could.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths

0:45 - Hades II is good

13:38 - Where’s PlayStation At Right Now

26:20 - Is Xbox over at this point?

39:47 - Listener questions!

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Hello and welcome back to Wavelengths! Switching it up yet again this week as I solo-host an extremely low key episode of the show from the lounge chair in the corner of my home office. This week I'm talking about my experience having wrapped up Silksong, catching up with Borderlands 4's performance issues, having a slight change of heart about Game Keycards on the Switch 2, and answering your questions!Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths---Feel free to follow me elsewhere!Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.onlineMastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigleyBlog: https://wavelengths.online---

Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

10:15 - Even More Thoughts About Silksong

24:46 - Borderlands 4 Performance Woes

34:46 - Stray Nintendo Direct Thoughts

40:29 - Final Fantasy VII Game Keycard

45:20 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 Leaks

48:29 - Audience Questions

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This week I'm talking to Chase Allhart, host of two great video game podcasts in the form of Video Game Podtimism and dotzip! Obviously Silksong is in the air, and the amount of discourse surrounding this one game is off the charts, so we dig into that in a big way before talking about making video game podcasts and, ultimately, Kingdom Hearts IV.

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The News and More:

007 First Light State of Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRpK8eoLLE

Nomura on Kingdom Hearts IV: https://www.ign.com/articles/tetsuya-nomura-offers-promising-update-on-final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-and-kingdom-hearts-4

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths!

1:57 - The Dreaded Silksong Discourse

56:17 - 007 First Light

1:07:48 - MGS 3 Delta

1:27:09 - Video Game Podtimism

1:31:54 - Kingdom Hearts IV

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This week I'm talking to Matt Horton, host of Can't Let it Go, In Sequence, and Flow State about the rumors of four upcoming video game consoles... three of which are the PlayStation 6 somehow. This was a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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The News and More:

Flow State: https://www.youtube.com/@flowstatecrit

PlayStation 6 Rumors: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-reportedly-planning-a-nintendo-switch-style-playstation-6-portable/

Valve Fremont Rumors: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-preps-mysterious-fremont-steamos-device-powered-by-amd-ryzen-processor-potential-steam-box-may-sport-a-hawk-point-cpu-with-zen-4-and-rdna-3-graphics

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths

0:54 - The PlayStation 6

31:45 - Valve Fremont

48:52 - iPhone Season

1:01:29 - Flow State and Creating Online

This week I'm talking to Percia Verlin, fashion creator and podcaster... she's also my wife. Percia asked me for some vertical iPhone game recommendations, so I brought her on the show to walk through them and have a chat about her gaming history.

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The News and More:

Percia on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@percish

Nintendo Refusing Switch 2 Dev Kits: https://wavelengths.online/posts/nintendo-still-refusing-to-ship-switch-2-dev-kits

The List of Vertical Mobile Games: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1prrIzIL14vifqpLAjtaVGGn2N0B2kBMA6eH1lHD5Y2s/edit?usp=sharing

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Chapters:

0:00 - Borat Voice My Wife

17:26 - What's Percia Playing?

40:10 - Switch 2 Dev Kits

55:10 - Vertical Mobile Games

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This week I'm switching things up a little bit, starting with some news about Hollow Knight Silksong and Gamescom before launching into a chat with AJ Fillari!

We chat about podcasting, their show DotZip, our podcast network, and building up the critical muscle. It's a good one!

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The News and More:

AJ on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social

dotzip: https://dotzip.online/

Kirby Air Riders: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-direct-august-2025-kirby-air-riders-switch-2/

Silksong Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGeJwsUP9c

Jason Schrier on Silksong: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-knight-took-so-long-to-make

Last of Us Online Directors' New Game: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/director-of-scrapped-the-last-of-us-online-says-his-new-us-japan-studio-is-making-a-cinematic-multiplayer-title/

AYN Thor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEzXQkmSWuY

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

1:00 - Hollow Knight Silksong and Gamescom

23:20 - The Worst Garbage Online

40:21 - AJ's Podcasting Journey

1:20:14 - On Media Crit

1:48:02 - More News!

1:58:32 - Kirby Air Riders

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This week I had a chat with Tori Dominguez Peek — cohost of the wonderful video game podcast Press Start — about being a theater kid, what makes a good video game adaptation, and how we're feeling abotu the Switch 2 a few months in.

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The News and More:

Zach Cregger on his Resident Evil reboot: ⁠https://variety.com/2025/film/news/weapons-director-zach-cregger-resident-evil-movie-1236485983/⁠

Press Start: ⁠https://pod.link/1589865240⁠

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

3:00 - Weapons and Video Game Adaptations

22:40 - 1000xResist and Masquerade

45:30 - Press Start

51:18 - Switch 2 and Pokémon

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This week on Wavelengths I'm talking to Emily Price, a great writer over at Unwinnable and also a PhD candidate in medieval literature! We chat about a whole bevy of things including the word "mid," Dragon Age, and where games are at as a medium in culture.

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The News and More:

Emily on games being mainstream: https://unwinnable.com/2025/07/30/videogames-are-mainstream-what-will-make-them-feel-like-it/

Emily on “mid”: https://unwinnable.com/2025/01/31/mid/

Let’s Smash Bro: https://johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/lets-smash-bro

Blue Prince at SGDQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cirrfl1yQ2c

Nintendo Indie World (8/7/25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTv0HmKoUqw

Nintendo raised prices on everything except the Switch 2: https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/nintendo-switch-console-accessory-price-increases-august-2025/ 

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

36:10 - Video games and the mainstream

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