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While celebrating the extended crypto ice age, David Radd dealt with zombie head textures disappearing in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare and tries to in a chainsaw duel in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.  Meanwhile, Tuesday refreshed themselves on the story of Alan Wake and made the brilliant decision to go to a haunted hospital on a cursed island in Fatal Frame 4: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse.  In news, paid early-access helped elevate Starfield to the top of of Circana's U.S. sales chart for September 2023, Nintendo heavily restricts online tournaments for their games and threatens any online content not to their liking, Pete Hines is retiring as head of Zenimax publishing while Matt Booty at Xbox will now be the top person for Xbox and Zenimax and Capcom eyes eleventh straight year of growth, driven by Street Fighter 6 and the remake of Resident Evil 4.  In the topic, David and Tuesday break down Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, how it will affect the competitors, major third-party publishers, the FTC, Game Pass and more.

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This week, David Radd and Tuesday discuss Silent Hill 3, from its slow start, interesting reveal half-way through to the messaging around anxiety surrounding personal image and pregnancy.

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While being amazed that Peter Molyneux is reaching a new low with his blockchain game, David Radd appreciated the metalness of the Quake remastered and its four (!) expansions and wishes Mr. X would just leave him alone in Resident Evil 2.  Meanwhile, Tuesday played some of Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai, the game based on the anime, based on the manga, based on the game series and was very bad at stealth in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.  In news, Avalanche and CD Projekt form a union while SAG-AFTRA and the major game publishers fail to reach a deal.   Nintendo is shutting down online play for 3DS and Wii U in April 2024, CD Projekt spent tens of millions on the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion and post launch support, while Sony announced redesigned PS5s with cloud streaming coming soon to PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers.  For the topic, David and Tuesday delve into Little Nightmares and the DLC Secrets of the Maw, where a small child is in a scary world, but it's not LIMBO because it's in full 3D this time.

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In this special episode of SNGP, David and Tuesday talk about Paratsite Eve, it's unique setting, it's bonkers plot and the unique RPG system it has.

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While wondering just how hard it would be to win a race in F-Zero 99, David Radd summoned a universe of blades with Sole Solution in Vampire Survivors and shook his head at Jessica's wet-suit design in Resident Evil: Revelations.  Meanwhile, Tuesday did the tango in Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways and discovered that Dragon Quest spin offs aren't all their cracked up to be in the Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince demo.  In news, lots came out in unredacted Microsoft court documents, including a Xbox Series  refresh, the quixotic desire to acquire Nintendo, and how much day one Game Pass games might potentially cost to add.  It was also a week of announced departures, with Jim Ryan retiring as CEO of PlayStation, Glen Schofield leaving Striking Distance and Hideki Kamiya departing Platinum Games.  Unity also announced changes to their controversial install fee plan and August's U.S. sales were led by Madden 24 and Armored Core VI, according to Circana.  In the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday attempt to define the survival horror genre, detailing the factors they think have high impact (resource management) while have low impact (difficultly) and those that have no impact (camera angle).

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While wondering why they're bothering to continue working on Redfall, David Radd played Crackdown 2, an open world game with all of the filler and none of the story, and fought a  cyborg Super Saiyan named for a Shakespeare character as the final boss in The Peace Keepers.  Meanwhile, Tuesday plays EDF crossed with  BattleBit Remastered in Earth Defense Force: World Brothers  and moves on from from war crimes and child abuse to medical malpractice in Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2.   In news, ESA confirms that E3 2024 will not take place in Los Angeles as they part ways with Reedpop and SAG-AFTRA members vote on potential strike action against the largest game publishers.   Simultaneously, union action seems likely at Ubisoft Singapore, where the Skull n' Bones also recently lost its third creative director and Unity proposed charging fees for the number of game installs, leading to a revolt from angry game developers.  For the topic, David and Tuesday review the Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play for September 2023, which had exciting titles on the docket like Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Unicorn Overlord, Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

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After wondering why Capcom doesn't just remake Dino Crisis, David Radd beat back the bugs (and other space marines) in Hellfront: Honeymoon and got really into the NJPW content in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.  Meanwhile, Tuesday engaged in some  cruel fashion in Style Savvy: Styling Star and played some Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth because their Dark Passenger required them to get a monster collector.  In news, Microsoft announced they would sell the streaming rights to Activision Blizzard's catalog to Ubisoft if they acquired the company, in an attempt to placate the U.K.'s CMA and Sony announced that Project Q would be called PlayStation Portal and will come out November 15 for $199.  Also in news, Remnant 2 lead U.S. sales of all games in July and Embracer shuts down Volition  after talking about its fiscals and its collapsed $2 billion deal.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discuss the marketing and messaging around Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and how things like the lack of X-Men, Chun Li's face and "characters are just functions" practically sank the game before it released.

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While still glowing in the aftermath of an excellent EVO (which Smash Bros. was sadly not a part of), David Radd played Dead Cells where they decimated enemies using the Ice Bow as well as Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion, which was less different than the main game than he would have liked.  Meanwhile, Tuesday finally finished up Dragon Quest XI and is considering what to do with the post-game content and played Princess Maker 3 where they actively destroyed their daughter's life.  In the news, Sony reported PlayStation sales were up 27 percent as the company looks to get 25 million PS5s sold by the end of the year while Square Enix is reportedly disappointed in the initial sales of Final Fantasy XVI.  The Evolution Fighting Championship (or EVO) reported a record number of competitors with over 9,000 (what, 9,000!?) and most of them competing in Street Fighter 6 and Microsoft rolled out a strike-based system for online behavior on Xbox and announced that the Xbox 360 digital store will close July 2024.  In the topic, David and Tuesday discuss what heroes have abilities that work for action games (like Spider-Man and Batman) and what heroes don't (Superman), breaking down individual abilities and giving examples from existing games.

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While wondering when Namco Bandai will allow people in American to enjoy the music they own, David Radd played Splatoon 2 and realized he was the oldest person currently doing so and confirms how much Katana ZERO is like Hotline Miami.  Meanwhile, Tuesday played Yeah, You Want Those Games, Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! which is the actual full title of the viral parody game of those mobile/browser games advertised everywhere along with realizing that Sylvando is the best character in Dragon Quest XI.  In news, Circana reports that sales jumped 9 percent in June due to the release of Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI and Diablo IV, and that Street Fighter game (along with Resident Evil 4) drove Capcom to $313 million in sales for the first quarter of the year.  Meanwhile, the U.S. FTC suspends its administrative hearing with regards to Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard while hte U.K.'s CMA asks for more opinions on its own decision.  Finally, Nintendo has a record quarter with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom selling over 18 million copies, and solid reports point to a Switch successor console in the second half of 2024.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discuss the man decisions that led to putting Microsoft on the back foot with the Xbox One, something they are still paying for today.

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While wondering how Crypto Mining Simulator could actually be a game on PS4, David Radd stomped opponents on the ground in River City Girls Zero, sat starting at the screen as spells resolved in Trials of Mana and wonders who decided to put in the Xenogears reference into Hi-Fi Rush.  Meanwhile, Tuesday likes it in Dragon Quest XI when Jade kicks high and talks about curvy babes in Soul Hackers 2 with characters named Figue and Milady.   In the news, the U.S. FTC lost it's court challenge to the Activision Blizzard acquisition and the U.K.'s CMA announces its considering a settlement with Microsoft over the massive acquisition.  Meanwhile, a Sega executive calls blockchain games "boring" right before the company announces a new partnership for a Web3 game and Sega of America staff unionizes.   David and Tuesday tangentially talk about the bafflingly low-effort images on the social media accounts of SYMBIOGENESIS and then remark on Xbox Live Gold becoming Xbox Game Pass Core.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discuss their favorite game composers since 2010, including the biggest AAA and small indie titles and genres spanning hard rock, electronic, and classical.

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