Its about that time to start a new season of the DarkspiderCast!! A little known even known as San Diego Comic-Con happened during my in-between break so allow me to recap what caught my attention from Marvel Studios, including impressions of She-Hulk and Wakanda Forever, and what failed to even show up, to the ire of many hopeful Superman fans. We also got a beefy "What I've Been Playing" this week, with my argument for why Sifu is my current GOTY, reviews on Raji and Nobody Saves the world, as well as a quick anecdote on the Batgirl controversy.

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To close the fourth season of the podcast, I finally check in on what is in the current running for my Game of the Year contenders, which may not spark so much debate seeing that I'm the only one who has not played Elden Ring, yet. Its downloaded on the Xbox; its just a matter of scheduling to get to it. I also look ahead to what games I plan on playing for the remainder of the year and give a preliminary review on what could be in many's GOTY discussions: Sifu. But before the main event, we tackle Sony's new rewards system, Bayonetta 3 getting a release date, a Robocop game coming next year and more!

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WARNING, mild trigger warning for the intro this week. To quote a DC movie, "The night is darkest just before the dawn..." and the penultimate episode to Season 4 of the DarkspiderCast somewhat reflects that. Not only do I get a little personal during the intro in a potentially dark way, but we also get into the a fatiguing aspect of the MCU after the releases of Thor: Love and Thunder and the Ms. Marvel season finale. We also get into an interesting What I've Been Playing segment this week with my first, boujee reaction to a 720p game and Ubisoft's descent into tyranny.

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I'm sooo glad I waited an extra day to record this week's episode otherwise I couldn't go BOOOOOYYYY, and rejoice in the God of War: Ragnarok having an official release date. However, it may have come at the cost of having another game being essentially bullied out of being released this year and delayed into 2023. Also, to make up for once again no new Ms. Marvel reviews this week due to some scheduling conflicts, I got reviews for Tell Me Why, partial impressions on Fable II, and a lightning round of other gaming news stories.

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What I was fearing would be a slow and uneventful week ended up building enough material to talk about on a movie and gaming centric episode. First, we finally tackle that Obi-Wan finale and what I see as Ms. Marvel's first, mildly weaker episode; me and the girlfriend saw some movies so I got some reviews (or rants, depending on how you see it) of Jurassic World: Dominion and Lightyear. Though we have yet to get any concrete updates and release date of God of War Ragnarok, Nintendo was able to bring one for the Mario + Rabbids sequel via this weeks Nintendo Direct Mini and Focus and Asobo finally revealed the launch date and some gameplay for one of my Day 1 releases later this year, A Plague Tale: Requiem.

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As what was dubbed as Not-E3 starts to wind down to a close, Square Enix decided to cap it off with one last thing, at the same time that Capcom tries to scrape for attention on the the future of the Dragon's Dogma series. Also, reviews for Episode 2 of Ms. Marvel and Part V of Obi-Wan Kenobi. I understand new episodes for both of the series, namely the finale for the latter, are already out but due to scheduling issues, I'll have to give me reviews on those next week. As far as the gaming backlog, I've faced what I can only call an existential gaming crisis this week as I tried to play Weird West and resorted to play Battlefield Hardline instead.

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Apologies for the slight delay in this week's episode but I've been busy with content, interviews and trying to organize how I'm going to tackle all the gaming showcases and events, specifically Summer Games Fest, the Xbox + Bethesda showcase and Capcom Showcase, which are essentially making up what many are referring to as "Not-E3". But before getting to that, let's talk about what's going on with Youtube, both regarding my channel and the BTS drama surrounding a certain Elden Ring take, my reviews of Ms. Marvel's premiere and Obi-Wan's worst episode and my takes on The Quarry and Tunic. I know that by now, the second episode of Ms. Marvel and penultimate episode of Obi-Wan are already up, so look for those reviews, as well as coverage on the FFVII news, next week!

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Despite the misgivings of last week's changes happening here in the home, I'm back and I'll try to make a better cycle to get these podcasts up and running, especially when Non-E3 week in underway and delivering the good. Sony took the helm this year in ushering in the good news with their unexpectedly dope State of Play last week and I'm here to tell you how it resembles a gourmet 5-course meal of gaming greatness. Also, I got a review of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, my take on Sony making shows and movies out of their properties and a dedicated Star Wars segment to how I'm feeling about the Obi-Wan show and trailers for Andor and Jedi: Survivor.

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Sadly, there will be no new episode of the DarkspiderCast this week and this quick 5-minute update will explain why. I hope to be back early next week with my breakdown of that ssssssspicy State of Play, my take on Obi-Wan's first half, what I've been playing and other gaming news as we enter Not E3 week.

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It looks like this week's episode consists more or reviews rather than news, as we got two hot new trailers to talk about, which dropped on the same day: Thor: Love and Thunder, featuring Christian Bale's Gorr and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1. Wow, those are a lot of colons. The former of which generated a discourse online of whether Marvel Studios should slow down on these projects to give their artists more time to work on the effects, especially after the debate made by the She-Hulk trailer. I also got reviews and impressions for Ghostwire: Tokyo, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and the closed beta of Multiverse. In the news, we have an alternate timeline in which XBOX would've made the definitive Spider-Man game and Marvel's Midnight Suns may be seeing the light of day very soon.

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