On this show that turned 21 years old, we...just did a normal show and then it took a few weeks for it to hit the podcast feed. Sorry bout that!

The Steam Frame could wind up being even more expensive, as well as other mobile devices like other VR headsets, because Qualcomm is raising the price of it's Snapdragon line of chips.

Arcade1up was at San Diego Comic-Con with new versions of arcade cabinets it has already released, but maybe this is more to show game publishers that they are worthy of licensing their retro games.

Nintendo has stated in court that they are under no legal obligation to refund consumers after receiving a refund from the US government over the tariffs on the Switch 2.

Then we talk about the Video Game History Foundation's new E3 collection (and how they actually want some of my tapes) along with an interesting revelation about why E3's creation was so important for the industry after the scrutiny of the senate hearings on video game violence.

Then we talk to Jamie about what we have on old tapes.

I will be moderating two panels at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo from July 31-August 2nd in Atlanta!

Microsoft restores an unrestorable 25 year old account that was hacked after learning the user was a prominent content creator.

Valve has says that the RAM crisis is going to get worse, as they are seeing leading indicators that prices will rise even more for consumers in 3-6 months time.

A new update to SteamVR and a new Great On Frame page means that the Steam Frame release is imminent. (But not Tomorrow.)

Then we talk about the Donkey Kong LEGO set as well as talking to Jamie from OLR about how messy our office spaces are and home videos we have on analog media.

EA Sports has reversed course and taken out unpopular singleplayer microtransactions from College Football 27 thanks to backlash from their own content creator network.

Xbox lays off most of iD Software, including many long time employees with deep institutional knowledge, and then says that the team is the same size as it was 10 years ago and this is good, actually.

Bethesda's employee union is protesting the layoffs, especially considering some employees who had been with the company for decades were laid off.

Then we talk to OLR about game collecting in this new era of digital-only distribution.

A Steam Machine case based on the Companion Cube from Portal is no longer being made - because the company never had permission to make it in the first place.

Sony is going to stop producing physical discs starting in January 2028.

Sony is shutting down their PS3 and PS Vita digital stores over the next year.

Some game preservation groups have said what the only real option is to preserve the artform, and the publishers don't like it.

We talk more about the FIFA World Cup and the matches I attended in Atlanta.

Jersey Jack Pinball has announced a new pinball machine based on Sonic The Hedgehog, and the headlines once again focus on the high price of owning pinball. Find a pinball arcade near you and request it so you can play it for just a dollar or two!

The Steam Machine has launched with a price much higher than Valve initially intended due to the RAM and storage shortages.

Valve has released a new version of SteamOS that can now run on any AMD desktop - for free.

Grand Theft Auto VI will not release with a physical edition on consoles, and it came out later that it will NEVER launch with a physical edition.

Then we talk to Jamie from OLR IIDX about Transformers Pinball and the 24th anniversary of Orange Lounge Radio.

I went to two World Cup matches this week, so we start the show talking about sports and the cultural exchange that is happening.

We remember Bobby Prince, the composer who worked on many 90's era DOS games like Doom and Commander Keen. He passed away at the age of 81.

Xbox is possibly closing Double Fine, Compulsion Games, and Ninja Theory, in order to "reset" the business.

Unreal Engine 6 will be removing blueprints and C++ and replacing them with new technologies that are more friendly for LLM's. They are also wanting to bring every UE6 game into the Fortnite ecosystem.

Then we talk to Jamie about Pokemon and Transformers pinball.

Valve will no longer sell physical gift cards in retail locations because of scammers using the cards to steal innocent people's money.

Xbox has said that more layoffs and studio closures are coming to "reset" the business.

The ESA says that the No Fakes act that is currently going through congress to regulate "digital replicas" will "destroy the game industry". This leads into a discussion of how much actors get paid - even in TV and film.

Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about Dead by Daylight announcements.

Summer Game Fest was this week, so we talk about the games that Sony, Microsoft, and third parties showed at this Not-E3 week. Included in this is the whiplash of 1666: Amsterdam between the trailer and the playable prologue, the difference between Tupac's estate and his family, and my hopeful take on Persona 6's direction.

Crazy Taxi: World Tour was also announced, but has a disclaimer that generative AI was used in the assets, which makes it a non-starter for many fans.

The Switch 2 will get a redesign in Europe that allows for an easily replaceable battery due to new EU regulations. Don't expect this design to come to the US, but any new Switch (such as a lite or OLED model) will most likely have the same feature.

Then we talk to OLR about Summer Game Fest.

The Doom soundtrack has been inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry!

Stern Pinball has announced their new pinball machine based on the Transformers cartoon series, and why you don't need to spend thousands of dollars to play it.

Sony has announced that they will no longer be porting their single-player games to PC, keeping them PS5 exclusive.

Then we talk about more thoughts on Forza Horizon 6 as the seasonal objectives start coming in.

Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about Momocon's vtuber meet and greet setup and the Transformers Pinball.

I played through Mixtape via Xbox Game Pass and I enjoyed it - but it's not going to be my GOTY and it didn't really reflect on my personal experience growing up in that time period.

But you can wait for a sale - Mixtape's music licenses were agreed to in perpetuity, so the game will not be delisted.

I then talk a lot about Forza Horizon 6, and how we've started to enter the roster update phase of one of my favorite game series. (But I'm still loving it)

A bill in California has passed committee that will make it illegal for games to be sold that will be unplayable when the publisher shuts down online servers.

Then we talk to Brad from OLR IIDX about Forza Horizon 6 and how it scales its difficulty levels.