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Will Gaming Feel Hopeful Again?
This week we talk about Thronefall as our game of the week. Epos built the ultimate locked down laptop for a dialed family experience. We look at an amazing custom motherboard PS2 handheld. We discuss Sony moving away from PC releases for their first party singleplayer games. Then in the back half we discuss numerous gaming news items, along with our main topic, will gaming ever feel hopeful again. Thanks for watching!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DualComm
Pod-zine: https://glitch.mov/products/dual-comm-podzine-1-the-feelings-test
00:00:00 Game & Video Of The Week
00:18:30 Intentional Laptop For The Kiddo
00:29:15 Handheld PlayStation 2
00:40:49 Looking At YouTube Studio
00:45:10 PS5 No More On PC
01:00:00 PS Plus Price Increase
01:01:23 Plex Lifetime Pass $750...
01:11:12 Steam Download Tab Update
01:13:04 Helldivers 2 Tech Update
01:17:25 Discord Gets End to end encryption
01:19:19 Marathon Getting More PvE Support?
01:24:33 Will Gaming Feel Hopeful Again?
Show links:
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Hank Green “I just want to fix things”
https://youtu.be/WnG6l7voITY
GAME OF THE WEEK: Thronefall
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/
Google Search Going Away
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
INSANE portable PS2 made with original chips but custom motherboard
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/enthusiast-crams-reversed-engineered-ps2-into-a-handheld-designs-custom-motherboard-bespoke-playstation-2-portable-pairs-modern-features-with-original-silicon
PlayStation Exec says PC releases are DONE
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mm5jzsls5s2a
PS+ Price Increases
https://x.com/playstation/status/2056404450793938989
Plex makes its lifetime license unaffordable, move to Jellyfin
https://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/
Helldivers 2 is finally getting FSR/DLSS/Reflex
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/666114279352566049
Discord updates Linux client, adds E2EE for video calls
https://discord.com/blog/every-voice-and-video-call-on-discord-is-now-end-to-end-encrypted
Marathon getting PVE/story content
https://kotaku.com/marathon-reveals-an-ambitious-blueprint-for-making-it-a-game-more-people-want-to-play-2000696161
Subscribe on:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dual-comm-podcast/id1781108219
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ls95EviV2hcBBnufcZ5ZE
iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/240902321
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5752977a-04fd-4198-b7e3-2a25665b98fc
Follow us on YouTube:
@bbkdragoon | @EposVox | @lostsaves | @NeuroSpicy.Cooking
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This week we talk about Thronefall as our game of the week. Epos built the ultimate locked down laptop for a dialed family experience. We look at an amazing custom motherboard PS2 handheld. We discuss Sony moving away from PC releases for their first party singleplayer games. Then in the back half we discuss numerous gaming news items, along with our main topic, will gaming ever feel hopeful again. Thanks for watching!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DualComm
Pod-zine: https://glitch.mov/products/dual-comm-podzine-1-the-feelings-test
00:00:00 Game & Video Of The Week
00:18:30 Intentional Laptop For The Kiddo
00:29:15 Handheld PlayStation 2
00:40:49 Looking At YouTube Studio
00:45:10 PS5 No More On PC
01:00:00 PS Plus Price Increase
01:01:23 Plex Lifetime Pass $750...
01:11:12 Steam Download Tab Update
01:13:04 Helldivers 2 Tech Update
01:17:25 Discord Gets End to end encryption
01:19:19 Marathon Getting More PvE Support?
01:24:33 Will Gaming Feel Hopeful Again?
Show links:
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Hank Green “I just want to fix things”
https://youtu.be/WnG6l7voITY
GAME OF THE WEEK: Thronefall
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/
Google Search Going Away
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
INSANE portable PS2 made with original chips but custom motherboard
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/enthusiast-crams-reversed-engineered-ps2-into-a-handheld-designs-custom-motherboard-bespoke-playstation-2-portable-pairs-modern-features-with-original-silicon
PlayStation Exec says PC releases are DONE
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mm5jzsls5s2a
PS+ Price Increases
https://x.com/playstation/status/2056404450793938989
Plex makes its lifetime license unaffordable, move to Jellyfin
https://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/
Helldivers 2 is finally getting FSR/DLSS/Reflex
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/666114279352566049
Discord updates Linux client, adds E2EE for video calls
https://discord.com/blog/every-voice-and-video-call-on-discord-is-now-end-to-end-encrypted
Marathon getting PVE/story content
https://kotaku.com/marathon-reveals-an-ambitious-blueprint-for-making-it-a-game-more-people-want-to-play-2000696161
Subscribe on:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dual-comm-podcast/id1781108219
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ls95EviV2hcBBnufcZ5ZE
iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/240902321
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5752977a-04fd-4198-b7e3-2a25665b98fc
Follow us on YouTube:
@bbkdragoon | @EposVox | @lostsaves | @NeuroSpicy.Cooking
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