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While mourning the passing of Tony Todd, David Radd discovered that the bowguns are functionally just machine guns in Monster Hunter Wilds beta and picks up a potato chip and eats it in DEATH NOTE Killer Within.  Meanwhile, Tuesday experiences the ultimate love note to Castlevania in Vampire Survivors:  Ode to Castlevania and plays Peglin, a game which is Slay the Spire run through Peggle gameplay.  In news, Nintendo confirmed that the next Switch is going to be backwards compatible with the current Switch console as they launch a new music app and lower their profit forecasts based on reduced sales.  Meanwhile, Sony shuts down Firewalk and Neon Koi adding that Concord is gone for good, while Ubisoft launches a Web3 turn-based RPG which is immediately plagued by players auto-winning.  In the topic, David  and Tuesday discuss Earth Defense Force 5, the ways it improves on EDF 4.1, why Spritefall waifu is best girl and if it's possible to arrest and alien as tall as a skyscraper.

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While remarking at the chaos embroiling Ubisoft, David Radd watched Jill Valentine get beat up quite a lot in the Resident Evil 3 remake and experienced the game where Rockstar went too far in Manhunt 2.  Meanwhile, Tuesday tries to explain the plot of Phantasmagoria and gets punished by falling into pits in RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead.  In news, Circana reports that Madden and EA Sports College Football were wildly successful in August in the U.S. while EA Sports FC enjoys a record launch and Astro Bot performs quite well.  In other news, mutliple spin-off studios of Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM were announced in Longdue, Dark Math Games, and Summer Eternal.  In labor news SAG-AFTRA resumes negotiations with the major game publishers, says it's signed with 49 other companies,  FIA declares support for SAG-AFTRA strike and the 2K motion capture studio votes to unionize.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discuss the Silent Hill 2 remake by Blooper Team, how the new combat systems are, how it handles environmental design and the differences in the way the story unfolds.

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Microsoft dropped a Partner Showcase and the SNGP crew of David and Tuesday talk about the news and announcements from it, along with the previously announced topic on Little Nightmares II.

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While wondering how Alien: Isolation 2 will come together so many years after the original, David Radd played some draft with Magic: The Gathering's Duskmorne: House of Horror and tired to count all the references and played the biggest Michael Mann tribute game of all time in Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.  Meanwhile, Tuesday played enough Gal Guardians Demon's Purge to know they wanted to play Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon instead and might have found a good non-Sandlot EDF game in Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2.  In the news, Microsoft discontinues Hololens, seeks feedback from studios not on Xbox, and rebrands 343 as Halo Studios.  Krafton reveals more details of the Tango Gameworks acquisition, Ubisoft deals with a strike action as its leadership considers taking the company private, and Google is ordered to open the Google Play Store to competitors.  For the topic, David and Tuesday delve into Parasite Eve II, what makes it different from the original, why it's closer to the original Resident Evil and if it retains some of the charm of the cult hit.

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While wondering what future Sony's various live service games have, David Radd played Golden Idol Mysteries: Spider of Lanka and Lemurian Vampire and got the origin story of the titular Golden Idol while Tuesday played the Disney Epic Mickey Rebrushed demo is automatically better than the original because the player doesn't have to use motion controls, along with Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir staring Mr. Nintendo Smith.  In news, Annapurna Interactive sees its entire staff resign as the in-development projects confirm they are unaffected, Nintendo sues Palworld-maker Pocketpair over patent concerns, Touch Arcade shuts down after 16 years of operation and Square Enix states that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI did not meet their profit expectations.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discuss what got revealed in the Sony State of Play September 2024 while also taking a deep dive into the final game made by Team Silent - Silent Hill 4: The Room.

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While hoping the future of Devil May Cry is secure even with Hideaki Itsuno leaving Capcom, David Radd got the recently added and extremely hidden bots in Astro's Playroom and wondered if he'll ever fully enjoy a Supergiant story after playing Pyre.  Meanwhile, Tuesday says Jimbo's mind tricks won't work on them in Balatro and can't get past the ugly logo in Easy Come, Easy Golf.  In news, Phil Spencer confirms that the Xbox division is eliminating another 650 Jobs, Sony unveils the $700 PS5 Pro, NetEase closes Visions of Mana developer Ouka after it and Tencent scale back Japanese plans and SIE takes Concord offline and immediately issues refunds after two weeks of availability.  For the topic, David and Tuesday review the several ways that Demon's Souls established the baseline for the Souls series... and the one thing that it didn't do that Dark Souls innovated on.

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While baffled that Silent Hill: Ascension won an Emmy, David Radd played the solid if simple Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and made sure all of his syntax was correct in The Case of the Golden Idol.  Meanwhile, Tuesday played The Mummy Demastered while mostly talking about the abortive Dark Universe and also played Hotwheels Unleashed, because otherwise they'd debase themselves by buying Five Laps at Freddy's.  In news, Circana reports that EA Sports College Football 25 leads U.S. July 2024 sales, Annapurna is working with Remedy to make a Control movie and will help fund Control 2, the Raven Software union says Activision is stalling in contract talks and influencers given early copies of Black Myth: Wukong are told not to talk about things like Covid-19, politics and feminism.  For the topic, David and Tuesday talk about the big announcements and games from Gamescom 2024 and the combined Nintendo Indie World and Nintendo Partner Showcase, including Roguelites, a new Capcom fighting collection and that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5.

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While getting serious Battleborn vibes for Concord, David Radd played Contra: Operation Galuga where "The Contra Gene" is said and watched Dante's goofy dancing in Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition.  Meanwhile, Tuesday got bodied by a refrigerator in Darksiders III and put some runs into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, which is much better than the Michael Bay TMNT movies.  In news, Krafton acquired Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP from Microsoft, Circana reports that Elden Ring tops June 2024 U.S. game sales due to the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, Game Stop closes Game Informer and Sony reports a positive Q1 2024 despite hardware sales under-performing.  For the topic, David and Tuesday review Xbox One's first year but especially E3 2014, where multiple games were announced then delayed, never released or didn't live up to the promises of the first trailer.

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While wondering about the future of console hardware with reports that launch model Xbox One consoles were refusing to update, David Radd tried the twin-stick shooter Halo: Spartan Assault and wondered how something with so many proper Halo components could feel so dull and also swung around Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and wondered how Peter Parker would be a geek to Black Cat this time.  Meanwhile, Tuesday finished Shin Megami Tensei V's Canon of Creation storyline and did not use Cleopatra that much and dipped their toes in the Visions of Mana demo where all the party members were really chatty with each other.  In the news, Bungie lays off over 200 employees despite the success of The Final Shape and ex-employees call for the resignation of the CEO.  Meanwhile  World of Warcraft Developers and Bethesda Studios both unionize, Activision Blizzard boosts Xbox earning while hardware declines severely and Warner Bros. acquires Multiversus developer Player First Games.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discus the history of actor unions and the gaming industry and how that has led to the latest strike by SAG-AFTRA.

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While noting how long the Switch has been available without being replaced, David Radd played Golden Axe II, which is basically just an improved Golden Axe, and experienced the work of mecha fetishists in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon.  Meanwhile, Tuesday played some Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and wondered if it was just them that the combat was so bad (it's not just them) and put a pin in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance.  In news, Sony partners with Pocketpair for new Palworld company, Microsoft raises the price on Xbox Game Pass and launches a Standard Tier without day one releases while the Xbox TV App launches, Ghost of Tsushima leads May 2024 U.S. sales according to Circana and Tose reports losses due to cancelled games (probably from Square Enix).  For the topic, David and Tuesday talk about the lessons learned from three years of podcast, talk about the process of making each episode and detail what SNGP means (or doesn't mean).

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