After all of the negative news last week, it's time to celebrate the best that the industry has had to offer this year so far
News
5:40 A Quick Mention of the Krafton and Unknown Worlds Controversy
10:29 Lobbying Group Says Stop Killing Games' Petition Would Make Games "Prohibitively Expensive To Create" - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lobbying-group-says-stop-killing-games-petition-would-make-games-prohibitively-expensive-to-create/1100-6532989/
20:03 Circana Report for May 2025 - https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3ltjuopr2jc2j
29:44 Ghost Of Yōtei Has New Director Modes Inspired By Miike And Watanabe And Lots, Lots More - https://www.gameinformer.com/2025/07/10/ghost-of-yotei-has-new-director-modes-inspired-by-miike-and-watanabe-and-lots-lots-more
Games
40:42 Games I haven’t gotten to/ played enough of
46:00 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
53:30 Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
1:00:58 Formless Star (PC)
1:05:19 The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (PC, Nintendo Switch)
1:17:37 Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
1:23:00 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
1:33:26 Promise Mascot Agency (PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
1:40:07 South of Midnight (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
1:44:39 Split Fiction (PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
Star Picks:
Summer Games Done Quick (forgot this one last week) - https://gamesdonequick.com/
PlayStation Needs Ghost of Yōtei - Delayed Input - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZyzsUwfPqM
FORMLESS STAR is a Weird & Tender Creature Collector - Quick Look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYbUeCKk5RU
My Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/daraaraa.bsky.social
Star Post Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/starpost.bsky.social
Learn More About the BDS Boycott of Xbox: https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft
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