Mike and Matt discuss the big stories of the year, from GTA delays, to Bungie, to harsh commercial realities. They also look at the year's games, and their piles of shame ...

0:00 Mizuguchi!

11:00 Ubisoft’s financials 

16:28 Japanese hardware sales

19:15 What we’ve been playing/Recommendations

Mike and Matt look at the GabeCube announcement, a welcome console price war (if only in Japan) and wonder what's going on at Ubisoft

Mike and Matt talk about Keeper, Double Fine's latest release; Nintendo's and Sony's financials; and what they've been playing, watching, and reading. Enjoy!

FIRST the Saudis buy EA

THEN Ghost of Yotei is here!

AND Xbox price increases

PLUS what we've been playing

FINALLY our recommendations

Mike and Matt talk about Donkey Kong Bananza; payment processors and why they care about video games; and what they have been playing and watching. Enjoy!

RBR Episode 6 In which Matt and Mike talk Microsoft's strategy, the video game industry's business culture, whether games are too long and we learn about Matt's visit to the Nintendo museum

Mike and Matt look at the after and before of the Switch 2 launch, while also considering Death Stranding, and where next for video game auteurs (and MGS)

You know what they say, if you're not writing a story someone doesn't want written, you're doing PR. 

Matt and Mike return with more thoughts on the topics that matter: AA games, Nintendo Switch 2 and how tariffs might affect videogame prices.