Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games

We return to discuss the latest in gaming news (including Microsoft’s latest Game Pass price hike) and to continue our discussion of our playthroughs of Hollow Knight Silksong. But we also give our initial impressions of Battlefield 6 and a new beat-em-up, rogue-like called Absolum. 

[News of the Week]

• Ananta trailer

• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor coming to Mobile

• Sony State of Play Highlights:

• Microsoft increases price of Game Pass again

• Expedition 33 thanks players with new content

• Battlefield 6 sells more than 7 million units in 5 days

• Megabonk

• Apex Legends gets a new producer

  
  

[Features]

• Silksong discussion part 3

  
  

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Silksong

• Battlefield 6

• Absolum
  

This week, we’re continuing our discussion of our playthroughs of Hollow Knight: Silksong. But we also talk about the highlights of the recent Nintendo Direct.

[News of the Week]

• Mass Effect TV Series Casting Call reveals potential characters

• Nintendo Direct (9/12)

• Team Cherry announces Silksong update 2 - mostly big fixes

  
  

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Silksong

This week we break a bit from our normal format to focus the entire episode on our initial impressions of Hollow Knight: Silksong!

This week we talk about our highlights from Gamescom Opening Night Live and Nintendo’s Kirby Air Riders Direct. Then we talk about the Hollow Knight: Silksong announcement. 

[News of the Week]

• Kirby Air Riders Direct

• Gamescom Opening Night Live

• Silksong Discussion

[Games out this week]

• Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater

• Sword of the Sea

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Spawn

• Death or Treat

• Shadow Labyrinth

This week we return to talk more about Donkey Kong Bananza, first impressions of the Battlefield 6 Beta and Shadow Labyrinth. But before we get into all of that we have to talk about Gamescom and some of the latest gaming news!

[News of the Week]

• Nintendo Indie World Showcase

• Castle Crashers gets a new DLC

• Once Upon a Katamari

• UFO 50 on Switch 2

• Apex Legends Season 26 (Wild Card mode)

• Switch 2 version

• Guilty Gear Strive Character DLC - Lucy

• Gamescom Opening Night Live predictions

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Donkey Kong Bananza 

• Shadow Labyrinth

• Battlefield 6 Beta

• UFO 50

• Alien: Earth / Alien: Romulus

• Peak
  

This week we return to give our initial impressions of Donkey Kong Bananza. But first, we have some big news to talk about. Microsoft announced the cancellation of the Perfect Dark reboot, and Phil Spencer’s retirement plan. Nintendo announced the actors who will play Link and Zelda in the upcoming live action Legend of Zelda movie. And Sony didn’t want to be left out, so they released a gameplay overview of Ghost of Yotei. It’s a real Bananza of an episode this week!

[News of the Week]

• Perfect Dark reboot cancelled

• Phil Spencer to retire after next console launch, Sara Bond to fill his role

• Nintendo announces actors who for live action Zelda movie

• Ghost of Yotei gameplay overview

• Mortal Kombat 2 trailer

• Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.3 released

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• The Andromeda Strain

• Bodyguard

• Criminal UK

This week, we’re back to discuss Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Bananza direct, Mario Kart World, Lost in Random the Eternal Die and Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning!

[News of the Week]

• Donkey Kong Bananza direct

• Hytale has been canceled

• Cyberpunk 2.3 delayed

• All logitech cameras work with Switch 2 (except one)

[Games out this week]

• The Alters 

• Death Stranding 2

• MindsEye

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Mario Kart World

• CABIN: Create Above and Beyond

• Shadow

• Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning 

• Lost in Random the Eternal Die
  

This week we recap our highlights from fake E3 2025, and we give our initial impressions of the Switch 2!

[News of the Week]

• FAKE E3 2025

• 007 First Light

• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

• Big Walk

• Atomic Heart 2 / The Cube

• Resident Evil 9 (Requiem)

• Aniimo

• ROG Xbox Ally - (Silksong)

• Outer Worlds 2

• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

• The Blood of Dawnwalker

• Beast of Reincarnation

• Clockwork Revolution

• First Impressions

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Taskmaster

• Mission Impossible

• Clarkson’s Farm

We return after several weeks off, just in time to talk about what we’re expecting to see at Summer Games Fest. We recorded this episode on Saturday, and referenced our prediction that we’d see the upcoming Bond game at Summer Games Fest. Then, of course, before the episode could go up, they revealed the name of the game. So if you’re wondering why we don’t acknowledge the fact. That’s why!

Then we get into our thoughts on Doom The Dark Ages, and Aaron talks about his recent trip to Wisconsin, in which he stopped at House on the Rock.

[News of the Week]

• GTA 6 delayed to May 26, 2026

• Microsoft raises prices of consoles, accessories and first party games

• Gears of War reloaded coming to PlayStation 5

• Hell is Us previews

[Features]

• Predictions for the Summer Games Fest

• This year includes 60+ partners, including Nintendo

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• House on the Rock

• Taskmaster

We’re back! After a several week hiatus, we return to discuss the chaos that was the Nintendo Switch 2 preorders. We also talk about the Oblivion Remaster, the Marathon alpha, and a new game called Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

[News of the Week]

• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor to go 1.0 in September

• Star Wars XCOM-like game name revealed

• Star Wars Zero Company trailer

• Mario Kart World Direct

• Press release with the details

• Oblivion remastered revealed

• Pre-ordering the Switch 2

• Marathon Alpha

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• First Contact

• Oblivion Remastered

• Clair Obscur Expedition 33

• Marvel Rivals Season 2