TechRaptor Gaming Podcast

Hey don’t by NFTs and Troy Baker getting into them is dumb, Take-Two spent $13 billion on mobile developer Zynga, people still play PUBG and a lot more are now that it’s free to play, and Australia’s rating board is making weird decisions about using the word “piss.”

We also talk about Tales of Arise, the Dark Souls of battle royales Hunt: Showdown, Ace Attorney, Outer Wilds, and surprisingly The Witness.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:52 - The Internet Creates Hate Against Troy Baker NFTs

00:13:50 - Take Two Spends $13B on Zynga

00:20:52 - PUBG Goes Free to Play

00:26:43 - Australia Reclassifies Deltarune

00:33:10 - Tales of Arise

00:38:48 - Spelunky 2, Hunt: Showdown

00:46:11 - Ace Attorney Movie + Trilogy

00:50:13 - The Outer Wilds, The Witness

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Sony finally unveiled the PSVR 2, the Halo servers for Xbox 360 that we totally knew were still up and running are finally shutting down, and hey, people are being really awful to the Battlefield 2042 developers over the state of the game.

We also talk about games we’ve been playing like Trails in the Sky, Tales of Arise, Witcher 3, The Anacrusis, Wildermyth, and the game taking social media by storm: Wordle.

Also, Our Best Wordle Starting Words:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:50 - PlayStation VR 2

00:09:27 - Xbox 360 Halo Servers Shutting Down

00:15:49 - Battlefield 2042 Toxicity

00:33:48 - Trails in the Sky, Tales of Arise

00:46:08 - The Witcher 3, The Anacrusis

00:53:38 - Wordle

00:59:28 - Wildermyth

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A lot of weird things happened in 2021, and Stretch, with loads of prep time, had the great idea to quiz the rest of us on just how much we paid attention to gaming news. Play along and find out just how well-informed we all are.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:00 - Round 1

00:31:05 - Round 2

00:43:00 - Round 3

00:56:28 - Final Round

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Over the last week we published the winners in the various 2021 TechRaptor Awards. We celebrate the great games of the last year and give our 100% factual takes you can’t argue with.

https://techraptor.net/topic/2021-techraptor-awards

https://techraptor.net/gaming/opinions/guardians-of-galaxy-sad-dad-trope

https://techraptor.net/gaming/opinions/ethan-winters-resident-evil-village

https://techraptor.net/gaming/features/how-life-is-strange-true-colors-gets-asian-american-representation-right

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:20 - Best Multiplayer Game

00:09:39 - Best Writing

00:20:17 - Best Soundtrack

00:27:54 - Best Visual Design

00:35:08 - Best Expansion/DLC

00:43:28 - Best Evolving Game

00:52:03 - Indie Game of the Year

01:05:07 - Game of the Year

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We learn that more of the industry continues to suck with Bungie’s workplace allegations, STALKER 2 announced and quickly unannounced NFTs coming to the game, and Mega Man is coming to Netflix.

We also talk about the recently released The Gunk, The Witcher Season 2 on Netflix, and the latest and greatest on Xbox Game Pass.

https://techraptor.net/blog/2021-techraptor-awards-nominees-and-readers-choice-vote

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/bungie-hr-exec-steps-down-following-allegations

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/stalker-2-is-going-all-in-on-nfts

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/mega-man-movie-reportedly-in-works-at-netflix

00:00 - Intro + Our Game Awards Are Releasing This Week

01:57 - Bungie's Toxic Workplace Allegations

15:23 - STALKER 2 NFTs

27:57 - Mega Man Netflix Movie

37:47 - Netflix's The Witcher Season 2

48:18 - The Gunk

50:43 - Xbox Game Streaming

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We watched the stream entitled “The Game Awards” this week, which featured a bunch of trailers and also some awards here and there. We talk about the latest.

You should also actually check out The Matrix: Awakens, and now we’ve all had a chance to play Halo Infinite’s campaign, where one of us is having trouble understanding just why Master Chief is a cool guy.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/every-announcement-from-game-awards-2021

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/halo-infinite-review

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:17 - The Game Awards Overall

00:15:03 - Game Awards Announcements

00:48:05 - The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience

00:54:51 - Halo Infinite Campaign

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Our review for Halo Infinite is live now and we talk about it with our reviewer Stretch, Rut wastes our time talking about Elex II, Dead Cells is still pretty great, and we get some into mind-bending puzzler Superliminal.

There’s of course the news, with some BioShock 4 rumors, It Takes Two getting hit by copyright by Take Two, and PlayStation supposedly getting its Game Pass competitor.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/halo-infinite-review

https://techraptor.net/gaming/previews/elex-2-preview

https://techraptor.net/gaming/guides/2018-techraptor-awards-indie-game-of-year

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/superliminal-review

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/bioshock-4-rumored-to-be-set-in-1960s-antarctica

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/it-takes-two-creator-hit-by-take-two-trademark-claim

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-game-pass-competitor-reportedly-planned-by-sony

00:00 - Intro

00:46 - BioShock 4 Rumors

08:12 - Take Two Copyright Claims It Takes Two

14:12 - PlayStation Game Pass??

31:34 - Halo Infinite Campaign + Multiplayer

47:05 - Dead Cells

51:23 - Superliminal

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Some day, it will be nice to not have the biggest stories of the week or month dominated by the awful industry practices in gaming, but it is not this day. We get into the PlayStation gender discrimination lawsuit, and we talk about CDPR’s claims that people will one day see Cyberpunk 2077 as "a very good game." Some cool game preservation news this week as well, with fans recreating the Spaceworld 1997 demo of Ocarina of Time.

We also get into Halo Infinite continuing to dominate our time, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon (which just announced its release date for Dec. 13), and Lost Judgment.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-filed-by-former-employee

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/cyberpunk-2077-will-be-seen-as-very-good-game-cdpr-says

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/fans-recreate-spaceworld-1997-demo-of-ocarina-of-time

https://techraptor.net/gaming/features/development-timeline-ocarina-of-time-1

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:09 - PlayStation Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

00:11:03 - Cyberpunk 2077 Will Eventually Be "A Very Good Game"

00:24:25 - Ocarina of Time Source Code Recreated

00:31:05 - Kirby Deep Lore

00:34:28 - Halo Infinite

00:45:01 - Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon

00:51:52 - Lost Judgment

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Rockstar has apologized for their awful GTA trilogy release, and the explosive news about Bobby Kotick and Activision Blizzard never seems to end. We get into the news on both and talk about our site coverage of Activision Blizzard, Riot, and Ubisoft.

Of course, we all played some of the newly released Halo Infinite multiplayer, and Stretch beat Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and is for some reason also now halfway through Shining  Pearl?

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/rockstar-games-apologizes-for-gta-trilogy-launch

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-owner-discusses-remasters-strategy-says-its-not-interested-in-simple-ports/

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/xbox-playstation-heads-criticize-activision-blizzard

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/activision-blizzard-shareholder-calls-for-bobby-koticks-resignation

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Rockstar Apologies for the GTA Trilogy Remaster

10:25 - Bobby Kotick Won't Step Down

26:42 - Halo Infinite Multiplayer

44:48 - Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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We talk about what may be the worst game launch of all time with Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy and some about Skyrim Anniversary mods.

We also get into the turn-based tactical survival game The Last Spell, some more about Forza Horizon 5, The Outer Worlds briefly, SMT V, and we talk about Devolver Digital’s latest hit Inscryption without spoiling it too much.

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/gta-trilogy-unplayable-for-some-as-rockstar-games-launcher-goes-down

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/gta-trilogy-pc-pulled-dev-notes-missing-music-found

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/take-2-dmcas-gta-mods-save-file

https://techraptor.net/originals/game-changers-grand-theft-auto-iii

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/skyrim-anniversary-edition-skse-available

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/forza-horizon-5-review

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/outer-worlds-review

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/shin-megami-tensei-v-review

https://techraptor.net/gaming/reviews/inscryption-review

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:42 - Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remaster Disaster

00:25:29 - Skyrim Anniversary Mods Are Safe

00:32:54 - The Last Spell

00:37:18 - Forza Horizon 5, Outer Worlds Achievements

00:47:24 - Shin Megami Tensei V

00:54:52 - Inscryption

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