Another week, another session with the CHAT BOYZ. Also, the channel just hit 50k subs, so thanks!

• Nico prays that Prey is good! Get it?!
• PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is one of the most intense games ever
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater represents skating most accurately at its most video game-y
• Vanquish is coming to PC, but there may be some issues
• Deadly Premonition has a goddamn board game now and that's dope
• Mafia III DLC reminds us how fucking awful Mafia III was
• Kid finds meth in GTA case, turns into a fucking narc
• Your questions!

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Hamish is drowning his sorrows and Nico is warm. Let's TALK. 

• E3 plans are a-formin'
• Nico's return to Breath of the Wild and The Sharks You Don't Wanna Fuck
• Hamish's return to... Vice City?
• Dog operas, time manipulation and Serious Metal Detecting
• Mario Kart 8, Puyo Puyo Tetris and the state of the Switch
• Shooting the sweet kangaroos in Tekken 7
• HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED?! No

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Those boys are at it again, with three hours of pure unadulterated CHAT. Come hear our nonsense.

• We both beat Persona 5, which we talk about without spoiling anything
• Hamish tried to beat Night in the Woods
• Nico played more Breath of the Wild but we can only talk about Persona
• TrackMania 2 is still a beautiful mess of a multiplayer experience
• Call of Duty WWII looks like Saving Private Ryan directed by Michael Bay
• Forza Horizon is getting Hot Wheels DLC I guess
• VANQUISH MIGHT BE COMING TO PC HOLY MOLY
• Vivendi is going to take a big dump on Ubisoft
• Atlus Japan loosens Persona streaming restrictions, apparently had no idea pissing people off was Bad, Actually

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READ THIS DESCRIPTION FOR POTENTIAL SPOILER TIMESTAMPS. We don't go too deep into plot spoilers but we do talk about Persona 5 for a long time, so be a little cautious from 44:34 - 2:28:48 if you want to be safe. 

We've formed our own Phantom Thieves with very special guest and Persona ultra-fan Devin Hall (writer for Paste, VGCC and others), for the specific purpose of talking a LOT about the latest game in the series. We go off on a lot of tangents, and get into some fairly deep stuff about the nature of creating content for the internet. This was one of the most fun podcasts we've ever done.

• Almost two hours of Persona 5 discussion
• The turbulent nature of trying to "make it" as a freelance writer
• Managing brands, baybee!
• The NieR: Automata DLC is going to be a thing
• The SNES Classic is going to be a thing
• The weird vampire Souls game is going to be a thing
• The Irate Gamer is now a paranormal investigator
• Hamish is going to fight the fighting game community
• The winner of that Mass Effect lamp I guess

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Nico is The Birthday Boy, we announce the winner of our BotW giveaway and in the vein of other gaming outlets, we get REAL HORNY. Let's talk gideo vames.

• Yooka Laylee is unpolished, but in all the ways you expect
• Persona 5 is still consuming our very being
• Drawn to Death is maybe the most aggressively bad game Hamish has played in years
• TOMATO WAY HAS BEEN PLAYED. THE MEME IS COMPLETE.
• Hamish's bicep now has a fan page
• Are you excited to get an NES Classic when they restock? Well, they're being discontinued after that
• Some cool stuff came out of that Nintendo Direct I guess
• A re-print of NieR on PS3 is getting... crowdfunded?
• There's probably a new Souls-esque game coming from Namco... and Hamish can't be arsed
• Peter Moore became far more interesting when he left EA
• Your questions
• SLOW FLAN

If you want to win a dumb Mass Effect lamp, e-mail [email protected] with the answer to the following question: what insult in Drawn to Death did Hamish hear more in his half hour of play than in his entire life previously? Get your answers in by 11:59pm, Tuesday 18th April.

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Another late one, because Hamish's week has been real wild. We're also legitimately giving away an unopened copy of Breath of the Wild for the Switch. We figure out the logistics of this live. Find out how to enter the contest by listening to the podcast, I guess! Answers to [email protected] by 11:59pm on Tuesday April 11th! 

This podcast gets REAL DUMB.

• Hamish's damn visa issues
• Spoiler-free Persona 5 impressions and why Atlus Japan is being dumb
• The Valve thing with Jim Sterling and TotalBiscuit
• HOT PROJECT SCORPIO NEWS that we don't really care about
• Nico thinks Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City broke Dark Souls
• Nico's PlayStation 4 minute: Uncharted 4 and Until Dawn
• Lightning McQueen shooting guns and getting pegged in Cars 3
• Why you should embrace how bad Mass Effect: Andromeda is
• Peter Molyneux being... Peter Molyneux
• CD Projekt Red trademarking "Cyberpunk" and why that's probably fine
• The podcasts we listen to

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READ THIS DESCRIPTION FOR SPOILER TIMESTAMPS. We're a little late this week because Nico was nearly murdered by his plumber or something. But hey, it's Friday, so crack open a beer and listen to us chat EXTRA SHITE.

• We go DEEP on NieR:Automata. That means BIG SPOILERS from 5:30 to 1:02:05 (including for... Breaking Bad for some reason?). After that you're GOOD.
• The problems with the new Dark Souls 3 Ringed City DLC
• LIVE HITTING THE NEW PATREON GOAL REACTION YASSSSS
• Nico got a PS4, so we're talking Bloodborne again!
• Disc Jam is a good game that unfortunately no one is playing
• Checking in on Breath of the Wild
• That new season of Samurai Jack is INCREDIBLE
• A dark day - Tekken Card Tournament is closing down
• Hamish's visa adventures
• Final Fantasy XIV is getting the dumbest TV show about Daddys ever
• With the news of Mad Catz shutting down, we reminisce about the (mostly) shitty peripherals from our childhood
• Destiny 2 is a thing, I guess?
• Dynasty Warriors is now a phone game and it's... shady?
• Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook. Not so Luckey after all! ...goddamnit
• Arika hammers home that April Fools is the WORST

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We open with the news that we're legit going to E3 to cover it, before heading into a bumper episode that ended up being one of the most fun we've ever done. 

• More Breath of the Wild gushing
• Hamish tries to talk about how mindblowing Nier: Automata is without spoiling it
• A return to Deadly Premonition
• Assassins Creed TV series announced... that hasn't been announced?
• That new 3D Sonic trailer is aurally displeasing
• The decline of Telltale
• The decline of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater via Robomodo
• Prog rock
• How to be good at YouTube, I guess?

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This episode of the GamesCast was filmed in front of a live studio audience!

• Hamish beat/Nico started playing Breath of the Wild and we spend an hour gushing about it
• HOT NINTENDO SWITCH IMPRESSIONS ANGRY GAMER RANT
• Nico played that Nier sequel everyone's been talking about oh wait no it was just the first Nier
• PlayStation gets games Now!
• Ubisoft does some genuinely cool shit in the realm of medicine
• John Carmack's new lawsuit against ZeniMax and the high school pettiness of big companies
• The final outing of the News Theme?!

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Remember that joke Hamish kept making during the early episodes of the podcast that Nico was a special guest? Well WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THIS TIME. We're joined by Mark B., senior editor at diehardvideogamefan.com, podcaster at GVN Live and Neo Kobe Pizza, enthusiast press veteran and all-round good dude. What follows is perhaps the most interesting episode we've done yet.

• Hamish gushes about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Nico forgot he finished LA Noire last week, so we're talking about it this week
• Mark tells us about his experiences with Final Fantasy XIV and informs Nico about the nuance of God Eater
• Mass Effect dicks
• Stray animals gravitate to us
• The wonders of fighting games based around construction vehicles
• Our longtime friend, Tomato Way
• No Man's Sky gets an update. It doesn't add much.
• Suda51 is... advertising the new sequel to Fire Pro Wrestling?
• The guy who delivered Mark's Chinese food kangaroo-hopped down his steps

Big thanks to Mark for coming on the podcast and sharing his wonderful perspectives on games and the industry. You can find him at the following places:

Twitter: @markbwriting

Writing: diehardgamefan.com

Podcasts: GVN Live (https://www.twitch.tv/thegvn) and Neo Kobe Pizza (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neo-kobe-pizza/id1137680839)

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