We start off with Paul's non-spoiler thoughts of Spider-Man Brand New Day. Sean has been playing Big Walk. Paul is playing Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls and Mistfall Hunter.

During news we discuss Devolver Digital attempting to go private, Half Mermaid announces their next game, and Netflix closes down two studios.

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CNET's David Lumb joins us this week to talk Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Marathon. Paul is playing Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations and Beast of Reincarnation. Sean plays through Halo Campaign Evolved.

During news we discuss the possible recastings for the God of War TV series, EA is now a private company, and you can watch an extended look at GTA6 on Netflix soon.

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Claire is back to talk about her last couple of conventions and the various games she bought. Paul is playing Dino Blade and torturing himself with Mega Man and Bass. Sean plays through Life is Strange Reunion and tries out Splatoon Raiders and Dosa Divas.

During news we discuss Xbox starting an ad-supported way to stream games, God of War Laufey gets a release date, and Fallout 5 is coming one day.

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The main game the boys have been playing this week is Denshattack. Paul is also enjoying a bunch of multiplayer stuff while Sean goes through Deer & Boy.

During news we discuss some of the fallout from the Xbox cuts, including what's up with Obsidian and Compulsion. There's also a rumor of a Switch 2 OLED model.

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Paul and Sean are both enjoying Rhythm Heaven Groove this week. Paul also checks out Unhinged while Sean can talk about his last Summer Game Fest embargo: Orbitals.

News is once again real bleak. PlayStation announces it will stop putting games on discs in 2028 and Xbox lays off 1600+ people and removes a few studios from under them.

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Sean gets to talk about his favorite game from SGF: Star Wars Galactic Racer as well as starting up Star Fox. Paul is going through some Dave the Diver DLC.

We begin news by figuring out if the Steam Machine price is a Video Game Crime. Then we get really happy about the recent Xbox price increase, the major layoffs at Bungie, and the Epic Games Store is getting updated.

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More embargos have past from SGF so Sean can talk about Erosion. Paul is playing a ton of Marvel Rivals again.

News is a huge bummer (again) this week as we discuss Xbox's decision to (probably) cut ties with a number of the studios they acquired and Don't Nod is running out of money, but Nintendo made the Switch 1's eShop a lot faster.

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Once again we're here to celebrate Gamer Christmas. Sean spent the weekend at Summer Game Fest's Play Days event playing upcoming games. Claire is playing Mina the Hollower.

News is jam packed as we run through the SGF, Xbox, and Nintendo livestreams. We also discuss some rocky Xbox and Ubisoft waters.

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We're in the midst of Keigh3 and the boys are playing games. Paul and Sean finally check out Mina the Hollower. Sean also continues with 007 First Light and starts Coffee Talk Tokyo.

A lot of news is the massive PlayStation State of Play stream but we also discuss a new Xbox Ally X model and Valve reaffirming that the Steam Machine/Frame will launch this summer.

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Sean dives into 007 First Light while Paul checks out Luna Abyss and Subnautica 2. Claire joins us later on to talk Paw Patrol.

During news we discuss the announcement of Unreal Engine 6, the next Call of Duty is announced, and the Steam Deck gets a massive price increase.

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