State of the Save

Wake up! Its time to talk about the last part of Sleeping Dogs! This is a big episode as not only do we finish our play through of Sleeping Dogs but, also we announce a WHOLE NEW SHOW! And the hits keep coming as we announce our next TWO GAMES! So I guess the only thing left to do is listen to the episode and send your emails to [email protected]. SO GET ON IT!.......Sorry I'll take the caps lock off.  

Timecodes:

:34 - Intro

3:45 - New Bonus Show! File Corrupted!

7:00 - Sleeping Dogs: Missions 21-30

1:13:15 - Star Wars: Republic Commando Prep (Entire game discussion next episode)

1:31:30 - Resident Evil VII Part 1 coming soon!

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Everyone was kung fu fighting......Well the crew are! We are back with part 2 of our Sleeping Dogs discussion talking through chapters 11-20. We also talk through a ton of other cool gaming stuff so throw on your sunglasses and come explore Hong Kong with us. We will be back next show with the end of the game and to tell you about our next game. Remember to hit us up at [email protected] and @stateofthesave. And as always thanks for joining us on this ride!

Timecodes:

:34 - Intro

3:30 - Outriders Demo/Beta Thing

15:05 - Project Triangle Strategy

24:10 - Sleeping Dogs: Missions 11-20

1:08:00 - Anthem Next Cancelled

1:19:00 - AEW Game Announcement

1:24:55 - Final Fantasy VII News (Intergrade/Ever Crisis/First SOLDIER)

1:31:45 - Wrap Up

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Hot local Kung Fu singles near you! We are so pumped to bring you guys another awesome show. Not only are we here to talk up through mission 10 of the main story of Sleeping Dogs but, we are also talking the most recent Nintendo Direct with some of our normal gaming talk. Remember to hit us up at [email protected] (or [email protected] if you're an old school listener) and @stateofthesave on Twitter. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button on any of your favorite podcast apps so you're ready for part 2 of our Sleeping Dogs talk going up in two short weeks.

Timecodes:

:34 Intro

1:40 - New Email! [email protected]

5:25 - Nick jumps back into Overwatch

13:25 - Avatar: The Last Aribender holds up

15:50 - Reminiscing about GamerScore

16:40 - Katana Zero

23:55 - Persona 5 Royal 

28:55 - Eric has questions about Persona 5

33:35 - Sleeping Dogs: Missions 1-10 (Gameclub)

1:25:00 - February 2021 Nintendo Direct

1:27:45 - Mario Golf: Super Rush

1:33:40 - New Smash Characters

1:34:15 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

1:41:50 - Project Triangle Strategy

1:44:40 - Star Wars: Hunters

1:45:30 - Ninja Gaiden Collection

1:46:45 - Rapid Fire Games

1:47:50 - Neon White

1:50:00 - Wrap Up

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The Boys have done it! We have become the number one assassin, faced down the daily grind of so many jobs, and become first rate men! Even if the game didn't say it. So after all these challenges the only thing left to do is......well talk about it on the show! Not only do we have a ball talking about No More Heroes we also announce our new game, Sleeping Dogs, which I can tell you is going to be a barn burner of a game! So remember to tell your friends and send in those emails to [email protected] and follow us at @stateofthesave on Twitter. I may be little biased but, I think this is our best episode yet so join us as this one is going to be fun!

Timecodes:

:34 - Intro

2:15 - Cyber Shadow

4:20 (Nice) - UMD Movies on PSP

5:30 - Rogue Book ( Basically Slay the Spire except by Mike Rosewater)

9:00 - MICHAEL GOT A PS5, FINALLY

11:40 - PS5 System UI and the DualSense Controller

12:55 - Astro's Playroom/ Michael's ever-expanding backlog of PS4 games

20:15 - Zombie Games

22:30 - Zoo Tycoon

23:10 - Katana Zero

25:00 - No More Heroes Part 2

1:30:40 - Sleeping Dogs Prep (Missions 1-10 for Part 1)

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We are back and ready to talk No More Heroes! Just a heads up on this episode we were not able to be in the studio for this show and had to do an online show. So the audio is different than normal. It's great to be back with you all though as we talk the adventures of Travis Touchdown and his quest to be the top assassin and his many.....exploits. As always you can send us emails at [email protected] and hit us up on twitter @stateofthesave. 

:34 - Intro

2:00 - Hades

3:45 - The Messenger

9:00 - Rainbow 6: Siege

10:15 - Donut County

13:45 - Fortnite

16:10 - Injustice 2

17:00 - No More Heroes

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We are back with our first episode of season 2! To celebrate we are going back to the first game we played for the show Alan Wake. We play both of the specials The Signal and The Writer. The boys also remember how good Alan Wake is! We also announce our next game No More Heroes which if you're playing along with us you will need to play up to after the Holly Summers boss fight. It's good to back with you all as we jump start another year of State of the Save. 

Timecodes:

:34 - Intro

3:00 - The games we got for Christmas

3:15 - Hades

11:25 - Nick's VR shenanigans - Population One

14:10 - Michael got PS5 games for Christmas, but still can't get a PS5 

15:15 - Windjammers!

19:05 - Monster Hunter: Rise Demo

24:28 - Resident Evil 3 Remake

27:35 - Alan Wake: The Signal

47:02 - Alan Wake: The Writer

1:10:40 - The Boys/Video Game Ratings

1:18:30 - No More Heroes Prep (Stopping Point: Holly Summers)

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What is that...it can't be! Season 2 of State of the Save is dropping on January 13th! With new games, new arguments, and new jokes. It's going to be a ball. But first, we have to put a bow on season 1 with us ranking the games we played this year. So sit back and enjoy this bonus episode. Make sure to send in those emails to [email protected] and thank you all for the great support this year. See you on January 13th.

:34 - Intro

2:25 - Ranking the games of Season 1

11:50 - The list is complete!

13:20 - Alan Wake DLC Prep for Season 2's Premiere

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Oh, it's cold outside but the boys are on fire today! What was meant to be a quiet Holiday Special boils over as Michael fights a war with Gamestop, Eric and Nick talk Cyberpunk 2077, and we talk our games on the Generation! We read a few letters (which you can have your letter read on the show by emailing [email protected]) and have a great time. Look out for our next special in two weeks when we announce our next game and a ton of cool stuff coming in the new year! Thanks for a great year and we look forward to showing everyone all the cool stuff coming up.

:34 - Intro (Getting kicked in the teeth by video games)

3:00 - Michael gets screwed out of a PS5 by GameStop (He gets one in next year, so it's okay now)

18:08 - Cyberpunk 2077 launched, and Nick and Eric and sad about it

41:50 - Venting session over, time for our Game of the Generation discussions

48:00 - Nick's Games of the Generation

1:07:45 - Michael's Games of the Generation

1:26:50 - Eric's Games of the Generation

1:44:15 - Emails and Fan Questions! 

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Here it is! We have reached the 9th level of the afterlife and finished our journey.......so I guess it's time for us to talk about it? Grim Fandango is in the books and the boys each share their feelings on the game. We also talk some other games like Madden 2018 for some reason so get hyped for that. We also talk our big next show which will be the holiday special. We will have best of lists and tales of Christmas past to regale you with. Hit us up at [email protected] so we can read your best of this generation list. See you on the flip side.

Timecodes:

:34 - Intro

3:00 - Mirror's Edge: Catalyst

9:50 - Madden '18 Story Mode is Good, Actually (Longshot)/Random Sports Game Talk

15:00 - Tetris Effect: Connected is on Gamepass

18:00 - Mass Effect: Andromeda is on Eric's Hard Drive

22:10 - Grim Fandango - Years 3 & 4

59:20 - Holiday Special is next episode! 

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OH, MY GOD STATE OF THE SAVE IS BACK! The whole gang is back to pick fights and talk about our new game Grim Fandango! Join us as we talk the 1998 LucasArts adventure game! We also recorded this pretty late at night so be ready for us to be little more........aggressive. For next episode we will be finishing the game so if you're playing along make sure to keep up. Also below is the Eurogamer guide that Eric may have forgotten about adding to last eps. You're going need it for this one. 

Timecodes:

:34 - Intro

2:30 - Nick's thoughts on Dead Space

4:20 (nice) - Yakuza 0

8:10 - Genshin Impact

12:30 - Grim Fandango - Years 1 & 2

1:17:00 - Off the rails conversations involving Ninja, Wrestling, and Hot Takes

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-27-grim-fandango-remastered-walkthrough-3685

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