We record this just a few hours after they announced a general election for July, and obviously we do our best to make it about video games! Ben and Ed give updates on their Elden Ring, Dark Souls Remastered and FFXIV journeys, and Ed gets wound up about Paper Mario.

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:56 - General Election video game politics special!

00:27:58 - FFXIV update

00:34:42 - Elden Ring & Dark Souls Remastered

00:43:20 - Ghost of Tsushima

00:49:40 - What you've been playing

01:01:30 - Elden Ring story trailer

01:04:47 - Twitch content filters

01:07:20 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door & Vivian's trans translation

01:14:00 - A miserable outro

We chat about the latest production of Romeo & Juliet featuring Tom Holland, Animal Well, Ed's playthrough of Dark Souls Remastered, that vile, misogynistic clip from Valorant, and some breaking news about GTA6.

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:33 - Romeo & Juliet with Tom Holland

00:36:44 - The EDGE Game

00:44:57 - Animal Well

00:51:11 - Elden Ring & Dark Souls Remastered

01:07:37 - What you've been playing

01:11:35 - GTA6 release date - BREAKING NEWS

01:18:57 - Assassin's Creed Shadows reveal

01:28:02 - Square Enix financials

01:30:56 - Helldivers 2 sales

01:32:30 - Zelda and Animal Crossing Lego

01:34:35 - Dead by Daylight new stuff and Twitch shirts

01:38:55 - VALORANT streamer gets vile abuse & AI moderation

01:50:38 - Outro

Hades was shadow dropped and Ed has played it, Ben gives an update on his Elden Ring playthrough, and we have a long discussion about Microsoft, Phil Spencer, and the future of Xbox. 

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:37 - Microsoft/Bethesda Layoffs

00:46:10 - Frontier's new games!

00:49:44 - Elden Ring

00:46:18 - Stellar Blade & FFXIV

00:58:55 - Hades 2

01:11:11 - What you've been playing

01:18:08 - Outro

Right, we're back to regular weekly episodes now that Ben's had his root canal. There's a lot to catch up on including the Elden Ring Symphony Concert at the Royal Albert Hall and Stellar Blade controversy. Also, Ben's been playing Manor Lords and a pretty fun tennis game!

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and all things gaming and streaming in the news!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:52 - Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure

00:22:12 - Ben's root canal

00:26:44 - Top Spin 2K25

00:36:21 - Stellar Blade

00:57:30 - Manor Lords

01:12:08 - FFXIV update

01:15:14 - What you've been playing

01:19:03 - What's in the news (Xbox Direct, Fallout, Dungeons of Hinterberg)

01:30:18 - Outro

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Ep 132: We're joined by acclaimed actor Abubakar Salim, voice of Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins and man behind the brand new game Tales of Kenzera: Zau. Listen as we discuss his journey making this game, what inspired him, and what the future holds. Plus, a whole lot of everything else!

▼ Abubakar's links ▼

● Follow on Twitter - https://twitter.com/abzybabzy

● Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abzysalim

▼ Surgent Studios' links ▼

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It's been a busy two weeks with a special trip to a Fallout on Prime screening, Ed's been pacing the red carpet at the BAFTA Games Awards, and we've both played a bit of Final Fantasy XIV!

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and all things gaming and streaming in the news!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:48 - BAFTA Games Awards

00:43:02 - Fallout TV show on Amazon Prime

00:59:51 - Persona 3 (and a bit of Persona 5)

01:05:40 - Final Fantasy XIV

01:13:30 - What you've been playing

01:23:49 - FFXVI crossover event in FFXIV

01:26:25 - Outro

We may have chatted about Dragon's Dogma 2 a fair bit last week, but now Ben's played it constantly for the past couple of days, we've got a lot more to talk about. Ed's been playing Final Fantasy V and we explain what we got up to over the last week!

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and all things gaming and streaming in the news!

00:00:00 - Intro & our past week

00:17:52 - Dragon's Dogma 2

00:41:40 - Final Fantasy V

00:51:14 - What you've been playing

01:00:16 - Gaming news (inc. Monster Hunter Wilds, Twitch ToS, Digital-only Xbox Series X)

01:06:02 - Outro

It's been a whole 4 weeks since our last regular show, so we've got a lot to chat about. Ed's started Dragon's Dogma II and the more he talks about it, the more hyped we both get. Also, Ben's completely hooked by Stardew Valley, especially with the 1.6 update!

Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and everything else we might have missed!

00:00:00 - Intro & catch-up

00:17:45 - Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5

00:46:29 - Stardew Valley 1.6

00:53:56 - What you've been playing

01:05:25 - Gaming news (inc. The Sims 4 movie, Stardew Valley's concurrent peak on Steam, Amy Hennig's new game)

01:14:08 - Outro

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● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com

After last week's technical disaster, we're back with Swapping Joysticks LIVE, a special episode roughly once a month where we chat with a couple of good friends. This time we're joined by Joesephyr and Marignetic and talk about everything from Final Fantasy to Balatro and from Persona 3 Reload to Tomb Raider Remastered.

Let us know what you think of SJ LIVE and if you want to see more of them!

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● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com

▼ Marignetic's links ▼

● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/Marignetic

● Follow on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Marignetic

▼ Joesephyr's links ▼

● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/joesephyr

● Follow on Twitter - http://twitter.com/joesephyr 

Ahead of the launch of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, we sat down with Cait Sith's voice actor, Paul Tinto, for a chat about everything Final Fantasy and more.

Join as we discuss voicing the iconic Cait Sith, meeting other Final Fantasy voice actors, going to Japan, and even the future of gaming!

Ed's Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth review: https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-review 

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● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com