The Battlefield 6 beta’s first open beta weekend has come and gone, what did you think? Let’s talk about it! Also: How young is too young to get your ears pierced? Plus: Xbox seems to walk away from Contraband, Nightdive does a Nightdive thing to Heretic and Hexen, Sony CFO talks about the PlayStation live service story so far, don’t expect Dragon Age remasters anytime soon, and the weird info behind access to Switch 2 devkits.

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Jeff plays a claw machine for his kids and NOBODY WINS. Also: Evo news wrap-up, Pokemon Friends, the supposed specs of the PlayStation 6, Battlefield 6’s anti-cheat hoops, gaming coverage on TV, and more!

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Let’s talk about Fumes, it’s in Early Access! Also: Shadow Labyrinth, IGN’s big user study, the Roblox nightmare, the new PS5 firmware beta, Donkey Kong, Sony going after Tencent’s Horizon: Zero Dawn clone, and yes, even more.

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Donkey Kong Bananza is out and it’s outstanding! Let’s talk about fur colors and digging and the best way to shout OH BANANA. Also: Atari is making a bright yellow 2600 to celebrate Pac-Man, Yves blames Star Wars, Warframe on Switch 2 is waiting on devkits, EA plans Battlefield 6 reveal, the final word on No Limit and Cash Money, the Mortal Kombat 2 movie, “retro” games, the original value of the Neo Geo, and more!

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Finally, the world’s leading Bounty Bob podcast is back on the air! Let’s talk about Missile Command Delta, Delta Force, AEW All-In Texas, custom servers for Sea of Thieves, the future of Need for Speed, the very idea of a Donkey Kong movie, the Subnautica 2 mess, and more.

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Tony Hawk returns and he’s brought a big batch of new music with him. Let’s talk about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, replacing DualSense Edge stick modules, The Feet Descendant, the status of Romero Games following its publisher bailing out on them, a follow-up on the Xbox layoffs, EA’s apparent plans for Battlefield, covering the Sega Saturn, fruit in video games, and much more!

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Nintendo warns Canada about a price increase, Xbox is probably bracing for layoffs, Buck Bumble is in the news, reading world chat in horny games, the point of VR, the nightmare we’ve found ourselves in as systems stack on top of systems which stack on top of pity systems, and more.

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Ben Pack joins the show and we discuss Death Stranding 2, Elden Ring: Nightreign, Grok, FBC Firebreak’s launch week changes, upcoming Xbox layoffs, the unavailability of Metroid Prime 2 and Gex Trilogy, and who should play Duke Nukem in whatever Duke Nukem nightmare Adi Shankar ends up creating.

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Let’s Talk Tron! Tron: Catalyst is out, so is FBC: Firebreak. And hey, how about some MindsEye, the Gex Trilogy, and Stellar Blade on PC? In the news, Marathon gets delayed, Sony talks PlayStation 6, Xbox commits to AMD and Windows, PlayStation handheld specs leak, and way more!

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This week I’m joined by professional Mr. Do! fan, Sebmal, to discuss the last week in games, from State of Play to Showcase to Day of the Devs to Summer Game Fest and… oh, right, Nintendo released a new game playing machine of some kind? Let’s talk about Mario Kart World and all the other games available for that thing!

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