The Inconsolables

Thank you again for all the fantastic work from so many passionate individuals making Generozity such a success. The fundraising is still a go, but the main event is complete. The team have raised over $64,000 for Australian Bushfire relief effort.

But with the main marathon in the past, we must look again at the garbage pile that is the AAA industry. This just in: Everything is delayed. Unfortunately, CD Projekt Red is here to dispel any myths you have that delays mean employees *won't* get crunched. Oh dear.

Good/Neutral News
| Sony isn’t attending E3 2020 | The PS5 controller will be compatible with the PS4 | Pokemon Fans complain at pokemon creator on his birthday | Quantic Dream has a 2020 “surprise” | Is Horizon Zero Dawn coming to PC? | Smash Bros new character is Byleth from Fire Emblem and fan are *pissed* | Galantis & Charli XCX release Mario pop song “We are Born to Play” | Billie Eilish is making the next Bond theme | Guns Akimbo trailer looks *wild* |

Naughty Corner
| Fortnite is selling (or selling lootboxes for) a Ninja “Celebrity Skin” |

Why is this a thing?

| Guile’s hair without product | Elon Musk presents “Outer Worlds but real” | There is now official Pokemon ASMR |

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GENEROZITY LINKS

| https://generozity.com.au/ | https://www.twitch.tv/generozity | https://twitter.com/generozity

INCONSOLABLES LINKS

| 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 |

Welcome to 2020, the Year of the Awful Joke.

On the other hand, we're also literally on fire, but raising money to help us... not be on fire any more! To that end, we have Callan Davidson from the GenerOZity team (and also of the Game Train podcast) to chat about this initiative.

Beyond that, we talk about Pokemon, overblown logo updates, Monster Hunter... and... Gwyneth Paltrow?

Good/Neutral News:
| Pokemon Direct | PS5 Logo | Kentucky Route Zero gets a release date | New Doki Doki Literature Club content | College Humour | FF15 MMO | Yoshitaka Amano and Vogue Magazine |

Naughty Corner
| Escape From Tarkov and Sexism |

Why is this a thing?
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| Kevin Spacey | Y2K20 Bug in Games? | Gwyneth Paltrow's Candles |

GENEROZITY LINKS
| https://generozity.com.au/ | https://www.twitch.tv/generozity | https://twitter.com/generozity

INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| 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 is the best stuff of the year. Thank you for a 2019 full of love and support and dumb goofs. Here's to a rad 2020

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OUR RAD GUESTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Jono Pech https://twitter.com/JonoHimself/
Drew Agnew https://soundcloud.com/thehouseofmario
Callan from Game Train https://twitter.com/Gametraintalk
Desmondous https://twitter.com/Desmondoustv
Midnight Victoria www.twitter.com/midnightvict
1Life0Continues https://twitter.com/1Life0Continues
Majickman twitter.com/majickmangaming

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INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

Welcome to the 2019 Inconsolables Awards! Original presented live on Twitch, we spend almost 3 hours covering the decade that was, the year that was, and then a bunch of crazy listener submitted categories!

Thanks for a great year, see you all soon!

INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

Slowish news week + Paul's Broken Internet + Magic the Gathering = Andrew and Sammy holding down the fort. This week we cover a few scattered lawsuits, and then Sammy gets to talk about his favourite new game. No, not that one, the other one.

Good/Neutral News:
| Oz Comic Con bought out | Riot settles lawsuit | Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous announced | New State of Play incoming | Outlast Trials announced | Vanquish and Bayonetta Remasters |

Naughty Corner
| Rune 2 Publisher vs Developer |

Why is this a thing?
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| Barkham Horror | Control falsely announced for Gamepass | Amazon sends random crap instead of Switches | I Am Jesus game |

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Bonus links: Go Fund Me for Australia Axe Throwing team!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/1tu3np1aeo
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INCONSOLABLES LINKS
| 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

OK but hear me out. Cyberpunk is featuring mo-capped sex scenes. Surely the need to put the little mocap ball thingies *everywhere*. So like they gotta mo-cap the dick right? RIGHT?!

Also Paul's back so we're subjecting him to this malarkey too.

Other News:
| Path of Exile Mobile | MTG News | 

Naughty Corner
| Bose Firm update cancels noise cancelling functionality from headphones | Battle Born servers shutting down in 2021 (why so long tho?) | Valve stops making Steam Controllers |

Rumours

| Tony Hawk Remasters + New Game | Elden Ring is getting an April Release + More details at the game awards |

Why is this a thing?
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| Guy "accidentally" sells friend's multi-million dollar MMO character for $813 | League of Legends Designer wants to copyright the moon | Monopoly: The Longest Game Ever aka the Prolonged Suicide Edition |

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

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | www.instagram.com/ozkalgar/ | 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

No major focus for the news this week - its been all a bit bitty and... tangenty. Andrew and Sam can't stop themselves from tangenting into complaining about Death Stranding repeatedly... meanwhile MrsL is loving Disney+ and Paul is still MIA

Other News:
| Dual Shock 5 Patented | Stadia Launch | Half-Life: Alyx | FF14 on PS5 | FF14 TV Series | Disney+ | 

Naughty Corner
| Game Awards, Death Stranding, and Impropriety | Tifa's JP VA Gets Death Threats | Gameloft Brisbane Lays Off 15 Employees |

Rumours

| Resident Evil 3 Remake |

Why is this a thing?
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| Fart Gender Reveal |

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

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | www.instagram.com/ozkalgar/ | 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

Ah we got another of those Xbox events this week and with it SO MANY NEW GAMES. Oh my god! Tell Me Why (Life is Strange but trans), Age of Empires 4 (Another wolololo), Bleeding Edge (again) and so much more!

Other News:
| Sonic doesn't look like an abomination now | Desert Bus raised a casual $864,763 for charity | Anthem is getting an "overhaul"

Naughty Corner
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| Is Death Stranding acephobic? | Stadia launches without a bunch of features, and a meh launch library :/ |

Why is this a thing?
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| Galarian Corsola is a big mood, and other horrifying new pokemon | Find out your Kojima Character name | Man gets drunk, makes a 8K rock mod for Skyrim bc why not really |

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

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | www.instagram.com/ozkalgar/ | 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

Ahh Kojima, what are we going to do with you? Walk around for hours on end in a literal balancing act, it seems. We spend quite a while discussing Death Stranding, and thoroughly confuse MrsLlante.

Aside from this, we also realise how kid-unfriendly Luigi's Mansion really is, and of course, cover the important news for the week!

Other News:
| Chorus was Successful on Fig! | Sing Star Shuts Down | Humble Choice has a Release Date | Desert Bus for Hope | Jeff Kaplan wants Blitzchung's Suspension Reduced or Removed | Jeff Kaplan had to Fight for Overwatch 2's Backwards Compatibility | Dark Souls Modderss Figure Out Custom Maps |

Naughty Corner
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| Critical Role and Amazon | China's Gaming Curfew | Where Have All My Pokemon Gone? | Jarvis Banned From Fortnite, Boomers Gonna Boom | RDR2 PC Launch |

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

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | www.instagram.com/ozkalgar/ | 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |

Welcome to BlizzCon where the sequels are plenty but apologies are few. Yes, the con has opened with a platitude-filled non-apology, which we are super ready to tear into. Also a beautiful few trailers, shame about the human rights violations tho.

Other News:
| Team Trees planting 20m trees | Death Stranding: PC release, spoilers, and mixed reviews | EA Games coming to steam | Ninja Theory's Mental Health Initiative: The Insight Project | Fallout 76 forced to give refunds for Australian consumers | MTG News |

Naughty Corner
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Griefing Fallout First Subscribers | Kotaku (and others) in ad debacle | Call of Duty's Highway of Death War Crime controversy

Why is this a thing?
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Sony trademark PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 & PS10 | Paranormal Experts say that 85% of gay people are possessed by ghosts (2016) | Mod lets Waluigi compete in Mario Kart on foot | WWE2K20 got rated 0 on OpenCritic; exposed errors in OpenCritic 

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

ANDREW’S LINKS
| www.twitter.com/Kalgar | www.instagram.com/ozkalgar/ | 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 | www.twitter.com/pyryte_music |