We're back yet again with another instalment of Xbox... what the hell are you doing? But before we dive into the latest rumours out of the burning building that is Xbox, Ryan updates us on his Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter adventures and tests the waters for Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 thanks to the new demo now on the eShop. Now... Over in the news, Xbox may be shutting down several studios in the near future, Electronic Arts continues to EA with EA Advertising, Fortnite has everyone obsessed with gummies, and Frostpunk 2 reveals their new story expansion.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:08:51 - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

00:22:54 - Star Fox Demo on Nintendo Switch 2

00:32:09 - News

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The Ghost of E3 returns, and Jocelyn is back too! We’re ready to dive into all the news from Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, a Nintendo Direct, and the reveal of Until Dawn 2. But before all that, Joce has been organizing her arcane book collection in Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library.

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00:00:00 - Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

00:16:22 - News

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Jocelyn is out this week, but Firebyrd returns to the podcast to bring a big does of JRPG goodness. But before we get to the turn based fun, we kick things off with her weekend obsession of Ball x Pit. Over to the JRPG's, Ryan kicks things off with Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (yes, it's happening folks), while Firebyrd chats about Dragon Quest VII Reimagined and the original Final Fantasy VII. Over in the news, we have confirmation of a new Witcher 3 expansion, Steam Deck got a SHOCKING price update, Xbox delays Fable to 2027 for reasons, Dragon Quest XII is re-revealed, and PlayStation kicks off the Ghost of E3 with their latest State of Play.

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00:00:00 - Ball x Pit

00:10:10 - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

00:18:56 - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

00:35:55 - Final Fantasy VII

00:55:32 - News

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After we discuss the possibility that Ryan is hurting the Montreal Canadians chances in the Stanley Cup playoffs, he wraps up his time with Saros. Meanwhile, Jocelyn has started her adventures in Subnautica 2 now that it's out in Early Access. Over in the news, Destiny 2 will end content updates in June, we do our best to discuss Warhammer announcements, Unreal Engine 6 is happening with Rocket League, and CD Projekt has an announcement coming soon (which was leaked after this recording).

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00:00:00 - Hockey Talk

00:11:35 - Saros

00:20:06 - Subnautica 2

00:30:39 - News

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We’ve got more Saros to chat about this week as Ryan continues his adventures on the planet Carcosa. We keep it spoiler free, but discuss the story structure, evolving gameplay, and whether Ryan will eventually understand what’s going on. Over in the news, PlayStation increases PlayStation Plus prices, we have confirmation that single player PlayStation first party games aren’t on the PC menu anymore, Nintendo announces a weird new phone game that is very WarioWare, and the developers behind Kingdom Come Deliverance are working with the Lord of the Rings property.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:09:36 - Saros

00:33:32 - News

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We’re back and we have the latest PlayStation exclusive to chat about… Saros! Jocelyn also has a grab bag of games to update us on, including Vampire Crawlers, Hades, and DLC for Two Point Museum. Over in the news, Discord ALMOST made Jocelyn a Game Pass subscriber again, the new Resident Evil movie has a trailer, Copilot is no more on Xbox, Star Fox returns on the Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo announced an upcoming price increase for Nintendo Switch 2 hardware.

Discussion

00:00:00 - Discord + Xbox Game Pass

00:07:59 - What’s Jocelyn Playing? (Vampire Crawlers, Hades, Two Point Museum DLC)

00:14:01 - Saros

00:41:28 - News

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Two brand new games to discuss this week at the Inn, including the much anticipated Vampire Survivors spin-off, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors. Jocelyn gives Peter Molyneux one more shot with his latest god game Masters of Albion, now out in Early Access. Over in the news, that long rumoured Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake has been announced, Xbox confirmed They Are Xbox and are reevaluating some stuff, and the Steam Controller will officially launch on May 4th.

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00:00:00 - Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

00:13:50 - Masters of Albion

00:39:11 - News

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Year of the Linux Desktop kicks off as Ryan has converted one of his older PC’s over to Linux. And with that, Ryan shares his thoughts on the first game he played on the Linux PC, REPLACED! Jocelyn on the other hand shares more thoughts on House of Hikmah. Over in the news, we have our first official trailer for Street Fighter, Splatoon Raiders will release in July, and Xbox Game Pass gets a price decrease while losing Call of Duty day one.

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00:00:00 - Year of the Linux Desktop

00:18:08 - REPLACED

00:26:18 - House of Hikmah

00:35:07 - News

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Ryan went to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with the family and ended up returning to Super Mario Galaxy from the 3D All-Stars Collection, and bought a few amiibo too! Jocelyn joined in on the amiibo fun, while also returning to Timberborn which recently launched out of Early Access. In the news, Frostpunk 2 will be receiving new DLC in June, PlayStation promises to make one fan work very hard to be scanned into Gran Turismo 7, and Amazon TV Boss has some notes for the potential Mass Effect TV series.

Discussion

00:00:00 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

00:16:45 - Super Mario Galaxy + new amiibo

00:26:51 - Timberborn

00:39:50 - House of Hikmah

00:43:51 - News

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Ryan concludes his back log adventure through Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which leads to some interesting conversations about playing through past games and how to keep it fun. Also, what games should we be playing? Let us know! Over in the news, we keep it an April Fools free zone even if we wish some of these were jokes… Rumours are out there that Nintendo will have a new Star Fox and Ocarina of Time remake in 2026, Nintendo changes their pricing strategy for digital versus physical games, PlayStation hardware will be more expensive starting April 2nd, and our thoughts on the latest Xbox Partner Preview.

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00:00:00 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

00:26:27 - News

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