Wardcast

We return home from E3, carrying with us tales of new games and new friends. Come join us for the coda of this year’s Electronic Third.

We’re excited about:

Games include GRIS.

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On this episode of the Collab Couch, we’re joined by Finji co-founders Adam and Bekah Saltsman! We catch up with them about what they’re doing at the show, from showing games to maintaining industry and platform relationships. We also discuss the current indie landscape, the Informational Show for Trainers, and more!

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On this episode of the Collab Couch, we’re joined by writer and designer Dante Douglas and Finji’s Harris Foster to talk about second tries on post-apocalypses, what they’re doing at the show, and more!

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On this episode of the Collab Couch, we’re joined by Indie Megabooth’s Kelly Wallick, Funomena’s Robin Hunicke, and Kitfox’s Victoria Tran to talk about indie games, their presence at E3, and more!

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On this episode of the Collab Couch, we’re joined by USGamer’s Mike Williams, here to talk with us about all our impressions of the first slate of press conferences so far — EA, Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft — and what we’re looking forward to next.

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We stand on the precipice of E to the Three. The portcullis has opened; the City of Angels beckons. Who will join our scouting party to see what the land of electronic entertainment holds?

One eager adventurer stands up: Dylan Ilvento; another: Nelson Johnson; a third: Joe Wetmore.

Lastly, a wanderer, long traveled, ready to leave this heady life of Virginian video games and head to the City That Never Sleeps — we welcome Ruthie Edwards into the fold for one final quest.

Games include Old School Runescape and Mario Kart Tour.

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We record an emergency Wardcast over at Attract Mode HQ with the Brothers IRL, here to talk about Nick getting caught in an infinite Monopoly loop, the horrors of Gransysian prisons, and the official pumpkins of Guild Wars.

The Sonic movie just announced that it’s gotta go slower, and we pump ourselves up for the ramp into E3, with a recent Mario Maker direct, speculation on Death Stranding, and more!

Games include Mordhau, Monopoly for Nintendo Switch, Food Chain Magnate, Dragon’s Dogma, City of Heroes, and Ape Out.

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In a week of fact checks, we find out what we know and what we don’t know about ourselves, each other, and — most importantly — Sergeant Slaughter’s acting credits.

We go on a quest for the latest Oculus hardware, run through some void bastards, get spoilery on Undertale, and repeat the words “Shinobi Prosthetic.”

Games include Overwatch, Undertale, Deltarune Chapter 1, Brawl Stars, Void Bastards, Sunset Overdrive, Hades, AFK Heroes, Marvel Strike Force, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Layers of Fear, Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode 1, Blade and Sorcery, Baldur’s Gate, Mordhau, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

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We reconvene to discuss fighting games of all shapes and sizes as well as the looming spectre of loot boxes’ nefarious ends.

Epic Games marches across the gaming landscape, swallowing as many exclusives and studios as they can. Is this good for devs? Is this bad for consumers? All we can say for certain is it’s a weird time for games, with the console wars seemingly subsiding only to reemerge on PC.

Games include Pop’n Music 14 FEVER!, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat 11, Injustice 2, Hypnospace Outlaw, Undertale, Artifact, Brawl Stars, Sunset Overdrive, and Alice: Madness Returns.

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We keep the Oregonian guest streak going this week with Will Lewis — president of Portland Indie Game Squad and director of Rose City Games, developer on The World Next Door.

Will discusses what goes into running PIGSquad, from working with local partners to putting on events to PIGSquad’s organizational structure.

We also chat about balancing community organizing with dev work, some of Will’s favorite games, and more!

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