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While noting the sad departure of key development personnel from ZA/UM, David Radd appreciates the visual design of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course while dying constantly and falls under a oldtaku anime nostalgia spell with Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth: Record of Lodoss War.  Meanwhile, Tuesday wonders how Onimusha Tactics protagonists Onimaru and Oboro aren't ninjas and decides 20 Minutes Till Dawn is better than Vampire Survivors because it has a gun.  In news, Google announces the shut down of Stadia in early 2023 and Activision Blizzard is facing more issues including a new sexual harassment lawsuit, while Microsoft touts the deal publicly on a bizzare website while sparing with regulators in the U.K. and EU.  Finally CD Projekt announces its next several game projects while expanding out into new studios.  In the topic, David and Tuesday talk about Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut, how it started life as a Silent Hill 2 demake, how it never quite lands on the right tone and while the "survival" aspects aren't really a boon.

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In this special episode of SNGP, David and Tuesday talk about Dead Space, what the game did well, the mixed reception to the sequels, and what it influenced and was influenced by.

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While wondering if being a YouTuber qualifies you to be a games publisher, David Radd was baffled that a save got overwritten while playing The Ascent and realized that the past can't be changed, even with a time machine, in Quantum Break.  Meanwhile, Tuesday sadly can't make a golfer with a sloppy swing in Easy Come Easy Golf and takes orders from papa Odin in Valkyrie Elysium.  In news, Microsoft will continue looking at acquisitions as they are confident the Activision Blizzard deal will go through and EA considers the business opportunities if Call of Duty becomes exclusive to Xbox.  More E3 details are laid out by Reedpop and Elden Ring is named the best game and the Japan Game Awards.  Finally, the August NPD report shows Madden and Saints Row at the top of the sales chart while Valve releases Steam Charts sales data publicly.  In the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday talk about their experiences with The Evil Within DLC episodes: The Assignment, The Consequence and The Executioner.

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With a heavy heart over a dearly departed pet, David Radd muddles his way through the rail maze in Myst and relates heavily to moving with an old game console in Unpacking.  Meanwhile, Tuesday discovered that World of Horror is very much inspired by Arkham Horror and  wonders if Kirin is a wanderer in Gunvolt 3.  In news,  Sony announces a couple acquisitions, the DualSense Edge controller and that the price of the base PS5 is increasing in regions outside of the U.S.  The NPD reveals U.S. sales during July 2022, showing that MultiVersus sold well in a month that was down year-over-year while Quantic Dream sells itself to NetEase.  For Activision Blizzard,the CWA file a labor practice charge against the company, U.K. regulator CMA says Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard  deal could harm PlayStation and Phil Spencer talks about what the acquisition would mean for Microsoft.  In the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday talk about the magazines, websites, podcasts and video series that had a big impact on them.

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While wondering when or if Square Enix will be acquired by a larger entity, David Radd asks if he's just here to suffer in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and keeps the quick save and quick load triggers at the ready in Dishonored 2.  Meanwhile, Tuesday played Bad North and Serious Sam: Tormental, chasing that next Rogue-lite high.  In news, Microsoft presents their own arguments for why acquiring Activision Blizzard isn't anti-competitive, while  Activision Blizzard executives are pushing all Blizzard Albany employees to vote on the union, not just the Q&A department, in a likely attempt to get the measure to fail.  Meanwhile, Nintendo is dealing with accusations of labor tampering and gender discrimination, while the Embracer Group expands even more, including acquiring the media rights to the Lord of the Rings franchise.  For the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday talk about BioShock and the various story and gameplay elements that have been influencing games for years since, from the tonics to Andrew Ryan and "would you kindly".

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While realizing that mobile gaming has evolved into its own industry compared to console games, David Radd was constantly shouting "ZA WARUDO!" in Kirby and the Forgotten Land while basking in the fun gunplay but cringing at the humor of Sunset Overdrive.  Meanwhile, Tuesday plays the most Suda51 game ever in Killer7 and plays Troy Baker with super powers in Infamous Second Sun.  In news, sales have fallen year-on-year for both Sony and Nintendo and supply issues plague hardware shipments, while Sony outlines the reasons why Call of Duty is so important to their business and Microsoft owning it could shift power in the gaming industry, which seems to be true, even as Activision reports shrinking engagement and lower profits in Q2 2022.  For this week's SNGP topic, Tuesday got a Steam Deck in their hands and they and David talk about their impressions of the system .

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After being floored by the gross monetization in Diablo Immortal, David Radd faces hippies, a whale and the Devil in Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure,  discovers that Charmy Bee is the most powerful Sonic character ever in Knuckles Chaotix, experiences Edmund McMullen's gross neuroticism in Super Meat Boy and pulls of a fourteen-button combo in Skullgirls Encore.  Meanwhile, Tuesday  continues in Fire Emblem: Three Houses where they wonder if they're the baddies on Black Eagles and confirm Edelgard does not have a kind heart, while a new smoke system for Into the Breach reminds them of the Shamshel fight in Neon Genesis Evangelion.  In news, there's multiple new NFT projects, an odd NFT collectible offering from Square Enix, Mojang ruling out NFTs for Minecraft and Epic refusing to do the same for the Epic Store.   Meanwhile, the  NPD  has the June 2022 U.S. sales, the Blizzard Albany Q&A staff organizes and Sony announces PlayStation Stars loyalty program (which isn't NFTs) and buys esports platform Repeat GG.  In this week's topic, David and Tuesday talk about the parts of Resident Evil 4 that haven't aged that well, compare it to The Evil Within and sequels in the  Resident Evil franchise.

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While mourning the passing of Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi, David Radd engages in tedious robot fights in The Great Battle IV, plays the much better (if incredibly safe) Super Bomerman 4, and deals with wiseguys right out of central casting in Mafia II: Definitive Edition.  Meanwhile, Tuesday plays some Aliens Fireteam Elite, where they plumbing the absolute depths of Alien series lore and plays some more Fire Emblem: Three Houses where they want to marry Edelgard and become war crimes: the couple.  In news, there's announcements around NFT games and consoles while sales in the sector plummet, Blizzard picks up developer Proletariat to help finish the latest World of Warcraft expansion, a U.K. regulator examines the proposed buyout by Microsoft of Activision Blizzard and Blizzcon will apparently return in 2023.  Google settlted a class action lawsuit with developers and the EU Digital Markets Act could open the closed platforms on phones.  Finally, ReedPop announced that it will work with the ESRB to produce E3 2023... which leads us to the SNGP topic on the troubled expo.  David and Tuesday go over the pros and cons of E3 and give their concluding opinion on the annual gaming event.

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While he didn't spend a second watching the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 direct, David Radd did play more of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn to find out how broken Ike is once he promotes.  Tuesday had a similar experience playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses, finding out how comfortable Edelgard was with war crimes, and was thankful that weapons didn't immediate break in Fire Emblem: Three Hopes; they sadly weren't able to Morb in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.  In news, a poll shows more game workers are open to unionization, while Microsoft and the CWA enter into a labor agreement while Activision's board is reelected (including Bobby Kotick) though shareholders also voted in favor of an annual abuse report.  Meanwhile, a U.K. watchdog says that 40 percent of Nintendo Joy-cons are affected by drift and the NPD U.S. sales tumbled 19 percent year-on-year in May.  In this week's SNGP topic,  David and Tuesday dive into Anthem and discuss the promising combat, the multiple bugs and the unfortunate story in BioWare's failed attempt at a service game.

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