The Inconsolables

The Blizzard tire fire is still burning, so we continue to harp on that (its pretty awful what's going on over there).

We then actually talk about games for a bit, since there was both ID@Xbox and a Nintendo Indie showcase this week!

Also, Paul played Hunt: Showdown.

Focus Topic:
| Blizzard Update |

News:
| ID@Xbox | Nintendo Indie World | PAX Aus Postponed | Back 4 Blood Zombies Sound Racist |

Naughty Corner:
| Microtransactions |

Why is this a thing?
| Simlish ASMR | Cookie Clicker Remastered | Ubisoft Bomberman Clone | PUBG Rename |

SURVEY

| https://forms.gle/7WgDYDX4NJxm15Hr6 |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

We construct the ultimate breakfast for gamers with all the cheese and sugar that they need for a balanced diet. Of course, we’re still talking about the ActiBlizz controversies, but maybe things are starting to move in the right direction? Can the ABK Workers Alliance bring the change the industry needs?

Otherwise, we have FNAF, we have Ace Attorney, we have even more FF XIV chat. Many things to love, to decry, to discuss. Get a nice bowl of your gamer fuel and chew it all over with us.

News:
| Game Pass has some bangers | Quick stuff: Steam deck positive impressions, Mario Golf update, Steam Next Fest stats, Shorter Games with Worse Graphics |

Naughty Corner:
| Blake Jorgensen, EA’s CFO thinks EA deserves more credit | Tencent stock dips as part of the “Spiritual Opium” controversy | Nintendo patented the touch screen joystick | Niantic is full speed ahead on reversing pokestop and gym interaction distance increases. |

HFLAT
| Asatusgutori: Sexy Brutale, but make it anime | The Ramp: Minimalistic, Isometric Skateboarding | Webbed: platformer with lots of bugs in it | Splitgate: FPS + Portal |

Why is this a thing?
| Microsoft Solitaire Premium | WWE Wines, yep | Doing Second Gear, then winning Gold | BBC is a fan of Gandums | He lost consciousness, but won gold | Seth Rogan has not actually been kidnapped by a “shady ceramicist” |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

This week, we have MrsL's wife, Ellie, to explain to us exactly why we should all play Nier Replicant v1.0974, among many other things!

Also, we follow up on Blizzard's garbage fire, the Annapurna showcase, and... pizza?

Focus Topic:
| Blizzard Update |

News:
|  Annapurna Showcase | That's No Moon |

Naughty Corner:
| Dr Mario Being Shut Down |

Why is this a thing?
| Automated Follow Up Emails | McDonalds PS5 Controller But Also Not | AEW, Pizza Cutters, and Dominos |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

It’s… well it’s been a week everyone. Blizzard has been sued over some really fucking deplorable shit, harassment, blatant sexism, it’s a lot to take in. So we’re going to step you through the swampy mess laid before us. Hope you are all doing well through this crazy lockdown and everything, and idk I’m getting sappy at this point but like thank you for listening <3

News:
| Is FF14 better than WOW? | Tokyo Olympics, Game Music and Cardboad Bed Sex | EA Play was meh, the skate trailer was evil | Dates and deets: Netflix games, the next Next Fest, Playdate's date and Free Avengersssss |

Naughty Corner:
| The PS4's weren't mining bitcoin.... | S*perh*t got r*v**w b*mbed | Elite Squad, the clancy-verse mobile title is dead after a year | Pokemon Unite isss not great re: monetisation |

Why is this a thing?
| Quite a lot of FF 14 Eggs | No, you may not milk the cows in New World |

GUEST LINKS
| [link] | [link] |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

On this week's absolutely massive episode, we have Kochie to join us to talk about the Steam Deck, Netflix, Warframe, Final Fantasy XIV, and much much more (a lot of stupid stuff too)

News:
| Steam Deck | Netflix Getting Into Videogames | Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild | Saturday Morning D&D | SGDQ | Ghostwire Tokyo Delayed | Gamescom | Suicide Squad | Tennocon |

Naughty Corner:
| Amazon's Unreasonable Game Dev Policy | RE8 and Denuvo | Rust Streamers Banned by Twitch | Play Old Stuff For Reboots |

Why is this a thing?
| Lost Judgment Voice Acting and PC | Overly Expensive Watch|

KOCHIE'S LINKS
| https://twitter.com/ItMeKochie | https://www.twitch.tv/itmekochie |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

It's a grab bag of updated updates this week. State of Play has state things to play. Tim is after Tim about being after Tim in another country, and the Capatain America solid solid makes people solid in a most capital of Manner. We talk Loop Hero, Boomerang X with a protagonist who throws a thing that comes back again, and cycle of shounen of Scarlet Nexus. It's a bag of grabbed things.

News:
| State of Play ft. Deathloop, Sifu, Jett, FIST and Moss Book II | Baldur's Gate 3 has some updates |

Naughty Corner:
| Tim After Tim: the Courtcase: The Farce, coming to a courtroom near you | In which Avengers is now just using shirtless Captain America to try and get people to like them |

Why is this a thing?
| Ubisoft bad | Sony pulls an ad bc everyone dunked on the console being upside down | You're playing on your Switch in the hallway, in front of god and everyone? |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

This week, we talk about one of the most heinous future game industry practices in the works, and, not surprisingly, EA's already signed up for it. Look forward to that!

News:
| Konami and Bloober team | Playstation Bought Housemarque, and Maybe Bluepoint? | Bioware Star Wars oh wait its the MMO | Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Announced | Baldurs Gate 3 Stream Incoming |

Naughty Corner:
| TV Style Commercials Coming to Console Games | Magic Legends | Humble Store Restricts Charity Donations |

Why is this a thing?
| Something Something Trump | Notorious P.I.G. |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

This new episode is ILL, U MAY NAT Include it in the best episodes ever list, but you'll probably like it all the same. Today we're talking about a weird set of coincidences, some awful press ideas, and far too many video games to start listing.

News:
| Years later, an extremely rare Minecraft version has been located | Game Localisation required removing a joke about how crap the US Healthcare is | Blue Box Studios, Hideo Kojima and a conspiracy theory that links them |

Naughty Corner
| Overwatch implements crossplatform play, its less good with region issues | Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 did a racist combat roleplay press event, not a good look guys |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

This week, we're going to kill Chaos. And also talk about the parts of E3 / Summer Games Fest / Steam Next that we're interested in.

We're also going to kill Chaos.

News:
| It's Entirely E3 and Summer Games Fest and Steam Next |

Why is this a thing?
| Heroes Don't Do That |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS

| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

This week it begins. There is finally some news and there is far too much now. Yes, it is that horrifying scramble that is the games announcement season in which I had to get up at 4 am to cover. So that’s fun. Speaking of fun, Paul’s had a chance to get on that new Ratchet and Clank shit. Let’s talk about that.

News:
| A lot of stuff got announced and we gab on about it |

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| https://www.patreon.com/inconsolables | https://discord.gg/Ta4ygAw | https://apple.co/2oXMYJY | www.facebook.com/inconsoleablesau/ | www.twitter.com/inconsolablesAU |

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | https://twitch.tv/kalgar |

MRSLLANTE’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/mrsllante | https://twitch.tv/mrsllante | https://mrsllante.carrd.co/ |

PAUL’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Thundermaceaus | https://twitch.tv/thundermaceaus |

SAM’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/sammydeedge | https://twitch.tv/sammydeedge | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |