We're back after a stressful couple weeks to bring you the best weekly show starring one American man in Germany talking about video games at 6 in the morning in the universe. This week, we're (finally) talking about Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree, Wild Guns, and cringe gimmick marketing controllers.

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Our break music this week was Fishing Hole from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, composed by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Koji Kondo, and Mahito Yokota