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2v1 starts the week with some emails concerning the Great Destiny Character Debate before diving into impressions of Forza Horizon 3 - a fun, accessible, and all around feel-good driving game.

Nick finds that Bloodborne is a great Souls game with a fresh setting, but it took steps backwards for a long time fan. Josh is still playing Destiny for some reason and he can highly recommend Axiom Verge. Lastly, the crew runs down some news from the industry.

Opening track: "Inexorable" by Thomas Happ, from the Axiom Verge soundtrack

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Nick finally receives his Playstation 4 and Bloodborne is wonderful. Duelyst continues to be engaging. Josh and Nick check out a new Early Access/Xbox Preview game, Everspace, and find it to be beautiful but lacking.

Alex has a terrible experience creating an account with Star Fleet in Star Trek Online. Josh gets emotional with Dear Esther and he stands trial for Destiny characters.

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The true nature of ReCore presents itself to Josh, Nick completes Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and commits domestic abuse, Alex plays Resident Evil 4 for the 1,327th time, and Duelyst is a surprising new take on the digital collectible card game genre.

Oh, and another one of those Destiny expansions is out, it seems.

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This week, 2v1 revisits classic, but freshly-relevant topics: is it too late to jump into Destiny with the new Rise of Iron expansion? Is Witcher 3 actually just okay? Who really thought Halo 2 was good, or that Halo was a good series in general?

Josh delves into the new (old?) ReCore and finds the collective opinion to be a bit negative. No one understands how games are made, or how loading a game's assets works. Alex gingerly navigates his triggering opinion of Witcher 3. Tokyo Game Show is still a thing and apparently so is Metal Gear Survive. Nick and Josh share thoughts on the For Honor alpha.

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Sony finally unveils the Playstation 4 Pro (formerly known as Neo) to a crowd of silent corpses. 2v1 discusses the Playstation Meeting and how controlling the conversation doesn't always work out in the speaker's favor.

Are auxiliary cables outdated? Should everyone stop buying new hardware just because it's shiny? Does anyone care about Apple versus Android anymore? What is 4k, really?

Despite the arguments, video games continue to be entertaining. Battlefield 1 makes a good impression on Alex and Josh, Super Mario Run is the plumber's first foray into phones, Witcher 3 has an unfortunate bug, Deus Ex is still cool and the Ark: Survival Evolved developer makes a questionable call with Early Access.

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In episode #87, the 2v1 trio discusses the No Mans Sky overall... debacle; Battlefield (One) learning curves; and Josh & Nicks continued Deus Ex Mankind Divided devotion.

Also - The Division is (was?) a game; TitanFall 2 beta; 2016 Playstation Meeting news

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This week, 2v1 discusses the numerous shortcomings of No Man's Sky, the bad audio lip-sync in the otherwise-good Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and news.

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2v1 livens up the doldrums of your work day with talk of traffic patterns, Internet outrage and drinking at the beach.

But actually Nick finally gets to play No Man's Sky and it's neat. Josh got some time with Titanfall 2's pre-alpha closed technical ultra secret behind closed doors alpha alpha. Alex adored AM2R and Sausage Party.

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With No Man's Sky slightly delayed on PC and a dearth of other new titles, 2v1 turns to you, the listeners! This week Alex, Josh and Nick discuss the games they feel are "underrated."

Nick is underwhelmed by Song of the Deep but he and Alex find joy in A Metroid 2 Remake. Josh is pleasantly surprised with The Fall and Mad Max.

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What is the right way to play a video game? Should a player follow the rules set by the game's developer, step outside of those rules in order to have the most fun (glitches, bugs, cheat codes), pursue arbitrary goals set by modern gaming standards (achievements/trophies) - maybe a mix combining each?

This week 2v1 gets derailed by an argument about Spelunky, Nick tries the bold-faced Hearthstone clone, Elder Scrolls Legends, Alex shares thoughts on Suicide Squad and Josh bought an Xbox One S which features a clickable eject button.

Also discussed: Witcher 3 & Gwent, Layers of Fear, Abzu and Song of the Deep.

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