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Intro

• Intro. Frankie, eh?
• New Trek direction is INNNNNTERESTING
• Coping Mechanism! Retro Collective

25:33

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: Commissions! A Neef and a replacement Greeblee bound for Austria
• Build streams continue (for another week)!
• Oracle Season Finale coming soon(ish)!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

34:35

Pixeltown

• Old news now but we gotta talk about Steam hardware!
• No Man's Sky check-in
• Guild Wars Reforged!
• Unnamed Platform Partner Showcase!
• Vampire Crawlers! And Survivors 2!
• Upcoming: Xbox Series X hdd to ssd upgrade
• Waframe check-in: Alliance continues to be good, expect actual produced videos in December! Join the OP Warframe clan!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Intro. Andrew has a potty mouth.
• Coping Mechanism! Fuck yeah NYC! Secret Base is cool

26:37

The Puppet Pit

• It's time to have The Talk. Things are changing. Don't panic.
• Pssst. Buddy. Wanna buy a frog? Also shop sale.
• Recent builds: Eyegor! And commissions
• Build streams (almost) continue!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

54:00

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook! Deck gets screen off low power download mode ; PS Portal can stream Ps5 now
• GTAVI lol
• Last time it was Fallout Day, today it's N7!
• No Man's Sky starts yearly Expedition re-run
• PSVR2 working on... Linux? Gasp
• Halo Infinite is done
• Waframe check-in: tripled QTCC goal, dev stream happened, from one charity drive to another: Movember, and yes the Clan situation changed again. Related: Join the OP Warframe clan!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Intro. Are we a sports podcast now?
• Tron Ares!
• Coping Mechanism! Andrew's: Garth! Kevin's: QTCC

42:46

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: Two Hoomans and Antifa Frogs!
• Antifa frog huh?
• Build streams (almost) continue!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

53:13

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook. Bad news: ROG Ally X is good hardware and bad OS. Good news: It runs Bazzite just fine.
• AWS is down? No sleep for you!
• Let the internet grade your poop
• Fallout day! Hooray!
• You Definitely want an AI OS right? Yeah, you do.
• The Next Xbox (which is everything, remember) will be expensive and "curated" (whatever that means) Also, New Old Halo! (and they moved the game pass logo)
• No Man's Sky update AGAIN?
• Waframe check-in: The Vallis Undermind update is live, Nokko is adorable, The Pixels and Puppets Clan isn't. However shoutout GreatBardini and the College of Bard

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Intro, old men complain about weather and brains
• movie round up including One Battle After Another and a note about Fronkensteen
• Coping Mechanism: How We Beat the Fascists Last Time by J Draper
• Steve Marsh
• https://youtube.com/@steve-marsh?si=nTXWmyU6H69F6ezN

48:38

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: my first sloth! And more commissions. And a delayed foam shipment.
• Build streams continue! Ever see a man shave a sloth?
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

1:11:36

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook: yay more tariffs
• Bluesky CEO Posts Through It. Result: the Fediverse gets another round of escapees. A sumary and why Bluesky is "decentralized" in name only.
• Game Pass. Lol. Lmao.
• Reflections on 1 year of Warframe. Also The O:P Clan is open!
• Assassin's Creed: Post Civil War? Yeah, nah
• VR is back baby! New Samsung XR, and Valve is rolling too
• Related: we may have reached a decision in the "keep the PS5?" choice

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Remote recording? On a Sunday? MADNESS!
• Coping Mechanism: Words Unraveled by Rob Watts and Jess Zaffaris ; Nick Lutsko

13:30

The Puppet Pit

• After a week off it’s time for Spooky Season!
• Build streams continue! Sorta!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

23:04

Pixeltown

• Lenovo Legion Go 2 preorders exceed supply ROG Xbox Ally is officially priced, many are re-evaluating the MSI Claw (Intel based)
• Steam Deck goes on sale until Oct 6!
• It wasn't Kevin's cup of horny tea but props to Larian for making a Linux native port of Baldur's Gate 3
• Xbox gets yet another price increase while Costco dumps it completely
• Gamer's Nexus adding Linux benchmarking
• Is EA going private for $50B? Sure why not
• Kevin has been spending a lot of time in virtual spaceships, and a review of the amazing history of the first Elite game.
• The new Balatro is out, and it's a hit
• Warframe check in! Update imminent!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Folow-up thoughts on negativity bias
• The brilliant Some More News episode on toxic nostalgia
• Coping Mechanism: Kevin has ben enjoying a delightful No Man's Sky streamer/creator, Captain Steve

16:37

The Puppet Pit

• Tariffs follow-up and the road ahead
• A call for collaborators!
• We regret to announce that the O:P TikTok is back
• Recent builds: A rod arm monster and protoyping new designs.
• New Oracle Episode is out!
• Build streams continue! Sorta!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

38:05

Pixeltown

• Yes, we will in fact Talk About The Thing
• No Man's Sky check-in and an update on the PS5/PSVR2 decision
• Star Citizen Squadron 42 in 2026? Maybe, maybe not
• Apple! Nah. Well, maybe live translation on AirPods Also, Meta's Hypernova! Cooool
• Our plummet into New Puritanism hits large(r) YouTubers with "Restricted Mode"
• AI bullshit: Classic Indian movie gets ending changed. A feature length AI film! French Lara Croft performance was murdered
• In Fucktendo news: Nintendo granted a ridiculously broad patent for “summoned companions who battle for you” in video games
• Also Nintendo Direct featured 30 games, 26 were sequels or ports. Also a Virtual Boy shell to put your switch 2 in to play those. DQ7 Reimagined looks great tho (it's on all platforms lol)
• Last: A week(ish) of Pixels and Puppets streams! Including tabletop!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Carnies: the pioneers of enshittification
• New segment? Coping Mechanism: stuff that has inspired, interested or distracted us. This time: Kevin learned the most wholesome and uplifting story in... heavy metal? Raj Against The Machine: Bloodywood. And the follow up: Expect a Riot. And do watch the video for Jee Yeeray.
• For comfort watching Andrew reccomends Baumgartner restorations

34:57

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: A goblin, two Sonks and almost a rod arm monster.
• Tariffs, eh?
• Build streams (sorta) continue, plus new tutorial video! Boning! Expect jokes.
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

59:56

Pixeltown

• 7 Years of Proton, a literal game changer
• Commodore is back!
• Is the tide finally turning for the "AI" bullshit bubble? Never mind, the scammers are already shifting to "quantum"
• Toxic Avenger remake buys medical debt! Now THAT'S marketing
• How about that 3 hour documentary from Gamer's Nexus on the AI GPU black market? Nevermind, it got Bloomberg'd. (side note about youtube essays in general)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong turns into the indie GTA6
• Vivaldi (Kevin's browser of choice) takes a stand against adding AI chatbots.
• Kevin's PS5 saved by No Man's Sky update. Or has it?
• Did we pay any attention to Gamescom? Kevin: No. Andrew: kinda

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Media check!
• The problem with "canon" and how that relates to... Arthurian literature and the Bardic traditions? What?

27:49

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: Two Greeblees, Two Smols, A Hooman, Two Sonks and a rainbow fur live hands monster! Whew!
• Build streams continue!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

41:05

Pixeltown

• Ghost 6.0 released with full Fediverse support, meaning every publication based on Ghost (eg 404 Media) can be followed from any Fediverse-connected account (like Mastodon). https://ghost.org/changelog/6/
• Surgical takedown of a "neutral" AI vision of the future
• We can back up your brain! It will kill you!
• A really nice article about a font
• OK one more bad AI story, Meta AI flirts a guy to death
• Is it time for Kevin to divest of his last console? Discuss
• Playing games that aren’t (a) Warframe or even (b) video games: it can be done! Coming Soon on the Pixels and Puppets video channels: Tabletop For One
• But Warframe is still good. Check-in. (shout-out Savaal Enclave in general and Great Bardini in particular)

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• So, about the podcast ending...
• Andrew traveled
• Kevin did not

26:36

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: a lot!
• Etsy continues to suck
• Kevin's episode of Fireside Fedi: https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/kXyX7zXzkzwuLNJyaA56G3
• Build streams continue
• New video series: Tips, Trick and Tutorials
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

52:01

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook-ish
• Tech check-in: what have we been tinkering with?
• The Great Linux Experiment is no longer an experiment
• ALL THE TECH NEWS DURING OUR BREAK
• LOL nah but is Intel going to die? Plus VR headsets are dead but AR is back baby, AI is going to kill us,
• Game check-in: what have we been playing? Spoiler alert: Kevin's playing Warframe
• Hey some movies are actually good!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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