The Starlight Megaphone

Whilst Microsoft shells out billions on acquisitions, and Sony doubles down on censorship, Nintendo releases a Nintendo Direct realising the hopes and wishes of gamers old and young, including Mother, Portal, Xenoblade, Front Mission, and Chrono Cross.

Reeling from Microsoft's buyout of ActiBlizzKing, Sony counter-punches with the buyout of Bungie, gaining exclusive access to the service game, Destiny--soon to be followed by ten (10!) further games-as-a-service properties fresh from the devs at Sony!

As Sony (literally) doubles down on VR and shells out millions for a brief graphic of PlayStation controller buttons morphing into the name of a former pop-star-sensation, Caspius and SiliconNooB focus on things that actually matter, like new Pokemon!

As Playthroughs Revisited comes to an end, the panel responds with in-depth analysis and discussion of what is probably the largest video game news story since the 1980s: Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard for seventy billion U.S. dollars.

As England sinks to final, ruinous defeat in the Ashes, Caspius and SiliconNooB cover Troy Baker's voice NFTs, Sony's self-destructive obsession with critically-panned technology, Phil Spencer's fascist intentions, and Take-Two's purchase of Zynga.

Caspius and SiliconNooB deliver the industry-leading Worst of the Year 2021 awards, conferring infamy upon the worst company, hardware, and game of the previous year, before digging into news-poo of the NFT variety and reviewing the OLED Switch.

Caspius and SiliconNooB review the Australian Ashes victory over the statistically-worst English team ever to play Test Cricket, before embarking on a thrilling (and exhausting) round-up of the very last bits of 2021's sudden, year-end news avalanche.

Caspius and SiliconNooB settle down for a warm mug of Christmas tea/wine and try to find ways to discuss hopeful, optimistic, and even cozy video game wishes for the new year, without veering off into rampant cynicism, disaffection, and dismay.

Caspius and SiliconNooB prepare for Christmas by awarding the first completion star of the latest Playthroughs Revisited, reading through the end-of-the-year video game news, and moaning/rejoicing at England's Cricketing woes in the Ashes down under.

Caspius, SiliconNooB, and Imitanis review progress on Playthroughs Revisited and then dig into a pre-Christmas news avalanche, including the long-awaited PC release of Final Fantasy VII Remake, exclusively on the Epic Store (now with a shopping cart!).