The Starlight Megaphone

The latest Nintendo Direct brings both expected news (Triangle Strategy's 2022 release date) and unexpected surprises (the immediate availability of the Castlevania Advance Collection), much to the delight of SiliconNooB and Caspius alike.

Caspius and SiliconNooB dig into the GeForce NOW hack and leak of potential in-development titles, including remasters and releases of Final Fantasy Tactics and Chrono Cross, but also the deeply worrying possibility of a Final Fantasy IX Remake.

Caspius, Imitanis, and SiliconNooB report that Brock has become the second participant to earn a GOLD STAR in Skyward Sword, with Winter, LC11, and SiliconNooB bringing up the rear, whilst Imitanis dreams of a process-simulating, Link-focused, idle game.

Caspius and SiliconNooB chart Brock's Skyward Sword progress, preview the Tokyo Game Show, and examine what qualities make a game 'the best': technical skill, singularity of vision, quantity of content, or freedom from a theoretical Anxiety of Influence.

Caspius and SiliconNooB catch up on the Skyward Sword playthrough, announce the release date of the next Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, chart the downfall of Blizzard, and prepare for next week's discussion by asking what makes for a truly legendary game.

Lusipurr and SiliconNooB discuss the latest and most shocking Nintendo revelation: the decision to gate all game patches and DLC content (including for third-party and single-player games) behind the miserable pay-to-use Nintendo Switch Online service.

Lusipurr and SiliconNooB bid farewell to Alastair Cook and Michael Cunningham, even as Dragon Quest XI and Valkyria Chronicles 4 make their arrival in the west, and they discuss how the release of consoles and video games causes time to seem compressed.

Lusipurr, SiliconNooB, and Adeki commiserate (or rejoice) at England's (or Australia's) terrible (or wonderful) performance in the Cricket, but are then buried under an avalanche of news. Only Ron's Ron magic can save them from asphyxiation and pumpkins.

Lusipurr, Adeki, and SiliconNooB review the latest autumn anime offerings, comment on the recent surprise release of Ben Stokes' Punch-Out!!, report pertinent news about Nintendo and Square Enix, and seek to discover the Colour of Magic.

In a Labour Day holiday podcast, Lusipurr and Adeki sit down to reflect upon the first experiences with Final Fantasy VII following its launch on the Sony Playstation, two decades ago, on 7 September, 1997, before Lusipurr recites the Banjo-Kazooie poem.