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What We're PlayingCliff: Doom: The Dark Ages, American ArcadiaColby: Crime Scene Cleaner!!!Dylan: MontanaNewsNintendo Game Chat Will Require a Subscription and a Phone NumberIndie HighlightShroom & Gloom (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3271280/Shroom_and_Gloom/)Relic Abyss (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017760/Relic_Abyss/)QuestionsGoopknight — It's a bit early, but any picks for GOTY yet?Cheap/Free GamesXbox Game PassMonster Train 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 21Creatures of Ava (Xbox Series X|S) – May 22S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (Xbox Series X|S) – May 22Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) EA Play – May 22Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 27To a T (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 28Metaphor ReFantazio (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 29Spray Paint Simulator (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 29Crypt Custodian (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 3Symphonia (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 3The Alters - June 13FBC: Firebreak - June 17Lost in Random: The Eternal Die - June 17Rematch - June 19Against the Storm - June 26Humble Bundlehttps://www.humblebundle.com/games/tid-breakthrough-games-with-links-to-diabetes-community

What We're PlayingCliff: Avowed, South of Midnight, Expedition 33, Dredge, Forever SkiesColby: AC ShadowsIndie HighlightPOGOPPL (demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640220/POGOPPL/)Beyond Sunset (demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1665260/Beyond_Sunset/)NewsWe discuss price increases on Xbox and Switch.QuestionsPrincess_Megan: What are your thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2? Including system capabilities, games, and price when compared to not only the original, but also other consoles?DA VINSTER (Vinny): Crazy to see where we were gaming-wise from the beginning of Byte Me to now. Console gaming has gotten more pricey, games are getting more expensive, etc. What are your overall thoughts on console prices going up, game prices going up, and have your gaming habits changed at all since then? I know a few people who are moving over to PC gaming since.Rich Deacon: Will you buy the new switch, now, later, or never?How much is too much to pay for fancy mac and cheese?Cheap/Free GamesXbox Game PassDredge (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) – May 7Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) – May 7Metal Slug Tactics (Console) – May 7Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 8Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 8Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) – May 13DOOM: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 15Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 16Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20Humble Bundlehttps://www.humblebundle.com/games/xbox-games-studio-bundle

Usually, I talk about video games here, but everyone needs to go to AZ and visit Bedrock City, because apparently it's still open! What We're Playing Cliff: Diablo 4 Colby: Diablo 4, Indivisible, Adventures of Pip Dylan: Helldivers 2 News Lawbreakers is Back! PS5 Pro Games Are Coming Outlaws is Locking Missions Behind Season Pass Don't Forget to Tip Your Game Devs Questions Joe Coleslaw: Podcast Follow Up Question: are you sure there is going to be an episode this week?  Did anyone catch the eclipse? What are some once in an IRL lifetime events you've experienced? QuackMike: I'm late to the leak, but how do people feel about Sony & Insomniac having exclusive rights to X-Men until 2035  in relation to the X-Men 97 show and their introduction to the MCU in a few years? mansock: Do you like sand? Princess_Megan: Will you adopt me and take me to cool places? Primefan13: Thoughts on sea of thieves being on PlayStation? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games The Big Con Town of Salem 2: Xbox Game Pass Harold Halibut – April 16th PlayStations Plus Immortals of Aveum (PS5) Minecraft Legends (PS4, PS5) Skul: The Hero Slayer (PS4) PlayStation Plus Animal Well | PS5 Tales of Kenzera: Zau | PS5 Dave the Diver | PS4 + PS5 Oddballers | PS4 Construction Simulator | PS4 + PS5 The Crew 2 | PS4 Raji: An Ancient Epic | PS4 + PS5 LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame | PS4 Nour: Play With Your Food | PS4 + PS5 Deliver Us Mars | PS4 + PS5 LEGO Marvel's Avengers | PS4 Miasma Chronicles | PS5 Stray Blade | PS5 PlayStation Plus Classics Games Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare | PS4 + PS5 Star Wars: Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire | PS4 + PS5 MediEvil | PS4 + PS5 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/devious-deckbuilders https://www.humblebundle.com/games/virtual-realities-mystery-mayhem Prime Gaming Fallout 76 Chivalry 2 (Available April 4 through Epic Games Store) Faraway 2: Jungle Escape (Available April 4 through Amazon Games App) Black Desert (Available April 4 through Black Desert Online Launcher) Drawn: Trail of Shadows (Available April 11 through Amazon Games App) Faraway 3: Arctic Escape (Available April 11 through Amazon Games App) Fallout 76 (Available April 11 Through Microsoft Store Code on PC and Xbox Code on Xbox) Demon's Tilt (Available April 11 Through Epic Games Store) Rose Riddle: The Fairy Tale Detective Collector's Edition (Available April 18 Through Legacy Games Code) Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space (Available April 18 Through Amazon Games App) Living Legends: Fallen Sky (Available April 25 Through Amazon Games App) Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness (Available April 25 Through Amazon Games App) Tiny Robots Recharged (Available April 25 Through Amazon Games App) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ Nintendo Online Wrecking Crew '98 SUPER R-TYPE Amazing Hebereke --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Ubisoft is calling this the future of gaming, we are less convinced. What We're Playing Cliff: Baldur's Gate Colby: Final Fantasy 6, Tales of Arise Dylan: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor News The FUTURE of Video Games New Parental Controls for Steam Finishing Every Mario Maker Level The PS5 Pro is Coming Game Pass for Minecraft Billionaires Calling Each Other Names Questions Primefan13: Thoughts on the Doom games? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Call of the Wild: The Angler Atom Eve Xbox Game Pass Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)  MLB The Show 24 (Cloud and Console)  The Quarry (Cloud and Console) – March 20  Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 21  Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) – March 26  Diablo IV (Console and PC) – March 28  Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 28  Open Roads (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 28  Ark: Survival Ascended (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S) – April 1  F1 23 (Cloud) EA Play – April 2  Superhot: Mind Control Delete (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 2   PlayStation Plus Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Sifu Hello Neighbor 2 EA Sports F1 23 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-heroines-action-adventure-intrigue https://www.humblebundle.com/games/spring-into-learning-complete-humongous-collection https://www.humblebundle.com/games/plaion-hits-saints-row-red-faction-collection Prime Gaming Pearls of Atlantis: The Cove (Available March 21 through Legacy Games Code) Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop (Available March 28 Through Amazon Games App) Through the Darkest of Times (Available March 28 Through Amazon Games App) Bridge to Another World: Secrets of the Nutcracker (Available March 28 Through Amazon Games App) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

We talk about all of the Xbox news from the last week and how it might impact the Xbox's future. What We're Playing Cliff: Baldur's Gate 3 Colby: Persona 3, Monster Sanctuary News The Future is Xbox! I Mean, the Future Has to Be Something I Guess? There Are a Lot of Game Pass Subs We Are About to See a Bunch of New-ish Systems Finally, a Reason to Buy a PlayStation Portal Fallout is Getting a Very Cool Special Edition Questions Mansocks: What is the best video game movie or TV show adaption (and you can't say TLOU)? Princess_Megan: Why does Microsoft hate cross play? This popped up again during a conversation I was having with the IT Manager. We both play ESO occasionally, but on different platforms so we can't play together. It seems like an easy thing to set up now that Microsoft basically owns all of the game publishing companies Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Super Meat Boy Forever! Xbox Game Pass Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) Tales of Arise (Cloud, Console, and PC) Bluey: The Videogame (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 22 Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 27 Madden NFL 24 (Cloud) EA Play – February 27 Indivisible (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28 Space Engineers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 29 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 5 Diablo IV - March 28 PlayStation Plus Need for Speed Unbound | PS5 The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition | PS5 Tales of Arise | PS4 + PS5 Assassin's Creed Valhalla | PS4 + PS5 LEGO Worlds | PS4 LEGO Jurassic World | PS4 Roguebook | PS4 + PS5 Rogue Lords | PS4 Tales of Zestiria | PS4 PlayStation Plus Classic Resistance: Retribution | PS4 + PS5 Jet Rider 2 (originally released as Jet Moto 2 in the US) | PS4 + PS5 Tales of Symphonia | PS4 + PS5 Tales of Vesperia | PS4 + PS5 Humble Bundle Destiny 2: The Story So Far IGN Fan Fest 24 Prime Gaming Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App) Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Extra Life Donation Link --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

A new study from GLAAD confirms that we need more games with LGBTQ characters and storylines and anyone who says otherwise doesn't really game that much anyway. What We're Playing Cliff: Baldurs Gate 3 Colby: Elden Ring, Persona 3 News LGBTQ Inclusion in Video Games Everything Isn't Great with the Dead Cells Team Some Xbox Games Might Not Be Just Xbox Games for Long Physical Games Aren't as Expensive As I Thought Subnautica 2 is Getting 4 Player Coop Questions *monotone screaming*: I don't have anything video game related, but what is your ideal bagel sandwich combination Rich Deacon: VR gaming feels like its flat and has lost momentum (Correct me if I am wrong). Do you feel it's going to claim a large stake of gaming in the future? Would you rather be unable to eat chocolate for the rest of your life or be unable to eat cheese for the rest of your life? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs. Xbox Game Pass Resident Evil 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 13 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14 A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 15 PlateUp! – Feb 15th Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 20 Humble Bundle Mindbending Masterpieces Mega Man Franchise Pack Controllerd Chaos Exceptional Indie Allies Prime Gaming Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders - Collector's Edition (Available February 15th through Legacy Games Code) Tempest 4000 (Available February 15th through Amazon Games App) Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App) Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Extra Life Donation Page --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

What We're Playing Cliff: Baldur's Gate Colby: Elden Ring, Persona 3 Dylan: Fortnite, Marvel Snap, Monster Train News Go Pirate Spec Ops: The Line Disney Buys $1.5 Billion Worth of Epic Taylor Swifts Boyfriend Wants Bring Back Backyard Sport You Know I Can't Resist a New Controller New Rock Band Guitars, Let's Go! Jedi Survivor Wins a Grammy Questions Joe Coleslaw: Accessibility minded keybinds and settings.... some games, (Palworld) make you long press a button, or mash a button, when not everyone can use that repeated motion without pain or complications. The most noteworthy news stories from YEARS ago, was the uncharted collection adding the "reduced hold/press to mash" setting and becoming heroes overnight. Why isn't this a standard yet? Better question: what settings in games SHOULD BE standard. Rich: So since Phil Spencer Says We'll Hear From Him And The Xbox Team Next Week On Their “Vision For The Future Of Xbox” - what would you deem as your future vision for the xbox? Since humanity seems hell bent on killing itself, what do you think will get us in the end. Global warming, lack of fresh water, AI, or people wearing Apple Vision as they drive? primefan13: Thoughts on Underdog VR? QuackMike: Have you played Gravity Circuit and did you like it? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Lost Castle Xbox Game Pass Persona 3 Reload (Friday, February 2) Anuchard (Tuesday, February 6) Train Sim World 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 7 Madden NFL 24 (Console and PC) – February 8 Resident Evil 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 13 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14 A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 15 PlateUp! – Feb 15th Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 20 PlayStation Plus Foamstars Steelrising Rollerdrome Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/controllerd-chaos https://www.humblebundle.com/games/exceptional-indie-allies https://www.humblebundle.com/games/with-soulslike-these-you-need-enemies Prime Gaming Fallout (Available February 1st through GOG) Breakout: Recharged (Available February 1st through Epic Games Store) Missile Command: Recharged (Available February 8th through Epic Games Store) Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders - Collector's Edition (Available February 15th through Legacy Games Code) Tempest 4000 (Available February 15th through Amazon Games App) Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App) Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Byte Me Podcast's Extra Life --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

The folks that are making Dragons Dogma 2 think they know better than I do how I want to use fast travel. They are wrong. What We're Playing Cliff: Baldur's Gate Colby: Elden Ring, Palworld News Are You a Fan of Fast Travel? PalWord is Selling Like Hotcakes But Has Some Issues The Digital Only Future Has Begun Time to Get The Last Rock Band 4 DLC RTX Remix Will Update Your Old Games Questions Joe Coleslaw: Wakes up from 8 week Coma Oh, hey guys! Great show last week! Did you know Sea of Thieves introduced a Safer Seas option, which would inevitably turn a PVP(ve) world into a Private, PVE world for only you, and up to 3 of your friends? [ begins to discuss the possibilities of bringing in old players who are sick of "sinking" hours and hours into a session only to come across 1 group of A**holes and ruin your experience] [Goes on to discuss the potential for gamer parents to introduce their families to this world without fear of toxic coms, or a sense of accomplishment in succeeding in a world event, or that voyage that sends you all around the world in 4 hours tops.] [CONTINUES to ramble on about how the Safer Seas mode brings more FIGHT from the folks WILLING/ABLE to Risk everything for the sake of rewards, GOLD, & GLORY in the 'regular' HIGH SEAS, adventure mode.] By the way, since writing that question in the first week of December... we have a new season that just started on Tuesday. Including some changes to the quest system, and direct diving to start your adventure, lastly, the level of reputation is increased from a 75 cap, to level 500. 100 prestige 5 times. So my question is, what other game could you see this option implemented? What game could benefit from taking out the opposition, and just letting you live in the world? Rich: Name one gaming accessory that everyone should have Name one office accessory that everyone should have Princess_Megan: In your opinion, what is the greatest gaming system of all time? It can be computer, arcade, or console as long as you can make a reasonable argument for it Alan S (zeroskill): The Steam Deck is almost 2! Do you still use yours just as frequently as you did the first year? What have you found to be your favorite game to play handheld? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Infinifactory Xbox Game Pass Go Mecha Ball (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 25 Brotato (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 30 Persona 3 Reload (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 2 Anuchard (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 6 PlateUp! - February 15 Open Roads - February 22 PlayStation Plus PlayStation Plus Games Catalog Additions for January 2024 Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: Next-Level Edition | PS4 + PS5 Resident Evil 2 | PS4 + PS5 Hardspace: Shipbreaker | PS5 LEGO City Undercover | PS4 Just Cause 3 | PS4 Session: Skate Sim | PS4 + PS5 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | PS4 Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong | PS4 + PS5 Surviving the Aftermath | PS4 PlayStation Plus Classics Games Catalog Additions for January 2024 Rally Cross | PS4 + PS5 Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace | PS4 + PS5 Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection | PS4 Legend of Mana | PS4 Secret of Mana | PS4 Prime Gaming Yars: Recharged – Epic Games Store – January 25 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Extra Life Donation Link --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

It's been a while, but we are back! Get the lowdown on our GOTY picks! What We're Playing Cliff: Baldur's Gate, While the Irons Hot Colby: Elden Ring, Vampire Survivor News GOTY Best Selling Steam Games of 2023 Questions Primefan13: Thoughts on the big snow across the country? monotone screaming: What's the next long-awaited game you're hoping for in 2024? (i.e Titanfall 3, hollow knight silksong, etc.) Tr1pletrouble88: What would your favorite game character's new year's resolution be? and no it cannot be a screen resolution >:c Rich: So what was a game you were stoked to play, played forever then one day was like meh.... What is your favorite or 2nd favorite cereal if your 1st cereal is recalled for being toxic or just really boring? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Love Game Pass Those Who Remain (Cloud, Console, and PC) Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 18 F1 23 (Console and PC) EA Play – January 18 Palworld (Cloud, Console, PC) – January 19 Go Mecha Ball (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 25 Brotato (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 30 Persona 3 Reload (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 2 Anuchard (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 6 Plague Tale: Requiem Evil West Nobody Saves the World Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/awesome-games-done-quick-2024 https://www.humblebundle.com/games/play-pink-with-twin-sails https://www.humblebundle.com/games/outright-heroes-film-television Prime Gaming Endling: Extinction is Forever – Amazon Games App – January 4 Apico – Amazon Games App – January 11 Atari Mania – Epic Games Store – January 18 Yars: Recharged – Epic Games Store – January 25 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

We've seen the GTA VI trailer and it looks great, but do we really have to wait until 2025 to play it? What We're Playing Cliff: Starfield, Cocoon, Meniko's Night Market, Steamworld Build, From Space Colby: Biomutant, Soma Dylan: Planet Zoo, Steamworld Build, Tropico 6 News GTA6 Has Its First Trailer But It's Probably Not Coming to PC at Launch Bethesda Is Giving Paid Content Another Shot I'd Love to See This Venn Diagram Apparently People Think Achievements Need Work? These Controllers Are Weird and Too Expensive Hey, Don't Forget, Netflix Has Games! Questions Rdeacon: Cliff gets a call... we want to sponsor the podcast!!! What is your dream sponsor... and which one is your nightmare? Primefan13: Thoughts on the two new upcoming Godzilla movies? *monotone screaming* With the game awards in 2 days, what do you think will be game of the year? Also, general thoughts on the other categories? Tr1pletrouble88: What do you think your Spotify Wrapped would look like for your games this year? Top games, genres, developers even? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games: Predecessor GigaBash Xbox Game Pass: Remnant: From the Ashes (Cloud, Console, and PC) Remnant II (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S) Spirit of the North (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 1 SteamWorld Build (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 1 Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – December 5 Rise of the Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 5 While the Iron's Hot (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 5 World War Z: Aftermath (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 5 Goat Simulator 3 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – December 7 Against the Storm (PC) – December 8 Tin Hearts (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 12 Far Cry 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 14 Coming to Game Pass Core on December 6 Chivalry 2 – December 6 Totally Reliable Delivery Service – December DLC / Game Updates Teamfight Tactics: Remix Rumble – Available Now Fallout 76: Atlantic City – Boardwalk Paradise – December 5 PlayStation Plus Lego 2K Drive (PS5, PS4) Powerwash Simulator (PS5, PS4) Sable (PS5) Humble Bundle Uplifting Adventures Wholesome Games Bundle Fight T1D with JRPGs Prime Gaming December 7th- Deathloop (via Epic Games Store) December 14th- Aground (via Amazon Games app) December 14th- SeaOrama: World of Shipping (via Amazon Games app) December 21st- Kombinera (via Epic Games Store) December 28th- A Tiny Sticker Tale (via Amazon Games app) December 28th- Asteroids: Recharged (via Epic Games Store) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Donate to Extra Life --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

We all can't wait to play a remaster of Ski Resort Tycoon, right? What We're Playing Cliff: Starfield Colby: Starfield Dylan: Dead Space, One Piece: Odyssey Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ News Everything That Microsoft Owns Now Why There Aren't Activision Games on Game Pass This Year Starfield is Doing Just Fine Minecraft Passes Another Sales Milestone Cow! Cows! Cows! The King Kong Game is Bad for a Reason Apparently, Nintendo is Just Too Nice of a Place for Unions Question Extra Life Icon: Question for the pod! I've been seeing a lot of conflict on the hour to dollar ratio for games like $70, what are your guy's takes on the conversation? Does a $70 game need to be 50 hr plus like Starfield, or can it be a tight but quality game like Spiderman 2 at 15 hrs? Rdeacon: Are you excited about the new Mario 2D scroller? Are hot tuna dishes an abomination? The only answer is yes. Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Tandem : A Tale of Shadows Evil Within 2 Xbox Game Pass F1 Manager 2023 | Cloud, Console, and PC - October 19 Cities: Skylines 2 | PC - October 24 Dead Space | Cloud, Console, PC, EA Play - October 26 Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery | Cloud and Console - October 26 Mineko's Night Market | Cloud, Console, and PC - October 26 Headbangers: Rhythm Royale | Cloud, Console, and PC - October 31 Jusant | Cloud, Console, and PC - October 31 Humble Bundle Sid Meier's Ultimate Collection - One More Turn Bandai Namco Fights, Frights, and Fantasy Living in Simulation Fright of your Life (pay what you want and help charity) Prime Gaming October 19 - The Textorcist October 26 - Super Adventure Hand Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

There is a new PS 5 Slim coming out this year with a removable $80 hard drive. What We're Playing Cliff: Are there other games that aren't Starfield? Dylan: Fortnite, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Demo, Vampire Survivors News Has Anybody Ever Said “I Want an External Bluray Player for my PS5”? We Can Finally Stop Talking About Activision/Blizzard This Week. Maybe? Maybe Cloud Streaming Isn't That Hard After All? Could Disney Buy EA? Add A Screen to Your Xbox Series S Both Epic and Telltale Are Laying Folks Off Finally a Use for One Drive I Refuse to Call It the Meta Quest 3 Would You Pay $60 for a Mobile Game? I Can Finally Sail the Seven Seas By Myself Questions Squid: Hey! Apropos of nothing…. What's the most progress you've ever lost in a video game? For me I would say it's about 84 hours. Primefan13: Thoughts on the current state of Call of Duty? Princess_Megan: Who is the best video game villain? Mansocks: What was your earliest arcade memory? Rich: What is your go-to game when you need game therapy after a hard day? Do you like to spend money on yourself or others? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Blazing Sails Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary Xbox Game Pass Gotham Knights (October 3) NHL 24 10-hour free trial (October 3) The Lamplighters League (October 3) Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (October 4) Forza Motorsport (October 10) Cities: Skylines 2 (October 24) Mineko's Night Market (October 26) Headbangers Rhythm Royale (October 31) Jusant (October 31) Leaving Game Pass Erville (October 15) Overwhelm (October 15) Shenzhen I/O (October 15) The Legend Of Tianding (October 15) Trek To Yomi (October 15) Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (October 15) PlayStation Plus The Callisto Protocol Farming Simulator 22 Weird West Gotham Knights | PS5 Disco Elysium: The Final Cut | PS4 + PS5 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | PS4 + PS5 Alien: Isolation | PS4 + PS5 Dead Island: Definitive Edition | PS4 + PS5 Outlast 2 | PS4 Elite Dangerous | PS4 Far: Changing Tides | PS4 + PS5 Gungrave G.O.R.E. | Unspecified Eldest Souls | PS4 + PS5 Röki | PS4 + PS5 Tekken 6 | PS4 + PS5 Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny | PS4 + PS5 Ape Escape Academy | PS4 + PS5 IQ Final | PS4 + PS5 Humble Bundle Bandai Namco Fights, Frights, and Fantasy Awesome Indies from Humble Games Laugh 'til You Die - Multiplayer Mayhem Prime Gaming October 12 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters Deluxe Edition Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp October 19 The Textorcist October 26 Super Adventure Hand Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Unity Is In the "Finding Out" Stage I BelieveUnity made some absolutely terrible changes to their pricing structure and the indie games dev community is pissed. What We're Playing Cliff: Graveyard Keeper, StarfieldIt's Hans, Bitch: Tarkov, Starfield, Rolling ThunderColby: no Colby only, Zuul (Hans)Dylan: Fortnite News Unity is Doing the Bad Just All of the Starfield News Get Your PC Warmed Up for Cyberpunk Lets All Pool Our Money and Buy Gearbox PS Plus ++ Game Noods Hans' Stuff Questions *monotone screaming*: Many pieces of media have done the idea of a VR “deep dive” game, which is fully immersive to all senses. What are your thoughts on this, if it could actually be achieved in real life? Mansocks: Starfield is one of the few games I have left the music on in a game. I usually have my own music playing or nothing.... how about you all? Primefan13: Thoughts on the upcoming Assassin's Creed? Aslan the Incompetent: Who is your favorite video game creator? Cheap & Free Games Epic Games 911 Operator Xbox Game Pass Gris (Cloud, Console, and PC) Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (Cloud and Console) – Available now Call of the Wild: The Angler – Available now Humankind (Cloud and Console) – Available now Starfield (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 6 Solar Ash (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 14 Lies of P (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 19 Party Animals - September 20 Payday 3 - September 21 Cocoon - September 29 PlayStation Plus Saints Row (PS4 and PS5) Black Desert - Traveler Edition (PS4) Generation Zero (PS4). PlayStation Plus Extra 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4) Call of the Sea (PS4, PS5) Cloudpunk (PS4, PS5) Contra: Rogue Corps (PS4) NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (PS4) Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (PS4) PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls (PS4, PS5) Planet Coaster: Console Edition (PS4, PS5) Sid Meier's Civilization VI (PS4) Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (PS4, PS5) Star Ocean The Divine Force (PS4, PS5) Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (PS4) Tails Noir (PS4, PS5) This War of Mine: Final Cut (PS5) Unpacking (PS4, PS5) West of Dead (PS4) Dragon's Crown Pro (PS4) Star Ocean First Departure R (PS4) Star Ocean: The Last Hope – 4K & FHD Remaster (PS4) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS4) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/pc-building-sim-rebooted https://www.humblebundle.com/games/strike-from-shadows-topdown-stealth https://www.humblebundle.com/games/dino-fever https://www.humblebundle.com/games/tales-from-wales-interactive https://www.humblebundle.com/games/cities-skylines-build-today-plan-for-tomorrow Prime Gaming Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy – September 14 Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space – September 21 Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate – September 21 Unsolved Case: Murderous Script Collector's Edition – September 28 Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator – September 28 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Now that Josh is officially Dr. Josh, we had him back on the podcast to have him give us an update on his video game research. What We're Playing Cliff: Graveyard Keeper, Everspace 2Josh: BG3Dylan: Stray, BG3, Fortnite Dr. Josh! Man, This Isn't What I Wanna Hear About Starfield Starfield Leaker Arrested Nintendo Has Sold A Lot of Switches The PlayStation Portal Pricing Has Been Announced So Much Balder's Gate News Game Pass is Coming to Geforce Now MS Gives It Another Try in the UK Epics Got a Deal For You (If You Make Video Games) Questions Primefan13: Thoughts on the DC Movieverse? Tr1pletrouble88: What do you think a mechanic would be in your ideal sports game? Personally? Individual players for each person on the team, but to play 22 players lobby Fifa. Princess_Megan: You have to pick a game to speed run. Which game are you playing, and how long do you think it'll take to complete? Epic Games Cave Story+ Xbox Game Pass Starfield Early Access (via the Starfield Premium Edition Upgrade) – September 1 (Console, PC,Cloud) Gris – September 5 (Console, PC, Cloud) Starfield – September 6 (Console, PC, Cloud) Lies of P – September 19 (Console, PC) Party Animals – September 20 (Console, PC) Payday 3 – September 21 (Console, PC, Cloud) Cocoon – September 29 (Console, PC) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/if-you-build-it-cities-more https://www.humblebundle.com/games/masters-modern-3d-platformers Nintendo Online Excitebike 64 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

The CEO of Take-Two is the right price for Red Dead Redemption...we think he's wrong. What We're Playing Cliff: The Cave, Figment 2: Creed Valley, Vampire Survivors, Broforce, Graveyard Keeper, Crusader Kings 3 Colby: Scourge Bringer, Broforce Forever, Remnant 2, Sword and Fairy: Together Forever Dylan: Baldur's Gate 3, Stray News The Take Two CEO is Wrong Stop Saving So Much Guys! EA Kills More Servers Maybe This Will Get the UK to Figure Things Out STRONGBAD! Questions Princess_Megan: What is one mass change you would like to see across all video games? (You can't say make them shorter) Primefan13: Favorite text adventure game and why? Alan S (zeroskill): What is your favorite genre of tabletop games? Which tabletop game is your favorite? Hopefully Dylan is around for this one. Cheap/Free Games Epic Games "Black Book" Dodo Peak Xbox Game Pass Quake II (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Available now August 15 - Everspace 2 - Series X, Series S Firewatch (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 17 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 18 Sea of Stars (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 29 Gris (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 5 PlayStation Plus Destiny 2: The Witch Queen | PS4 + PS5 Sea of Stars | PS4 + PS5 Lost Judgement | PS4 + PS5 Moving Out | PS4 + PS5 Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed | PS4 + PS5 Two Point Hospital: Jumbo Edition | PS4 Source of Madness | PS4 + PS5 Cursed to Golf | PS4 + PS5 Dreams | PS4 PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night | PS4 + PS5 Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures | PS4 + PS5 Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition | PS4 + PS5 Spellforce 3 Reforced | PS4 Midnight Fight Express | PS4 PlayStation Premium: Classics MediEvil: Resurrection | PS4 + PS5 Ape Escape: On the Loose | PS4 + PS5 Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice | PS4 + PS5 Humble Bundle Resident Evil: Decades Horror Village Edition Jackbox Jukebox Playing Odds Take Your Turn Tactics RPGs Humble Bundle Membership Spaced Out Prime Gaming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 - August 17 Foretales - August 17 Driftland: The Magic Revival - August 17 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

The rumors tell us that there could be a new Switch this time next year, but does anyone really want one? What We're Playing Cliff: Toem, The Cave, Disney Illusion Island, Tribes of Midguard Colby: Remnant 2, Coffee Talk News It Looks Like We Are Getting a New Switch Awww, No More Immortals Fenyx Rising No. Just No. This Is Great News PS5 Beta is Fueling Slim Rumors This is Just Weird Questions DA VINSTER (Vinny): What is your favorite single player game you've played this year and your favorite multiplayer game you've played this year? Princess_Megan: If you could temporarily retire tomorrow, which game would you play first? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Bloons TD 6 Loop Hero Xbox Game Pass August 1 - Celeste - Console, PC, Cloud A Short Hike (Cloud, Console, PC) – August 3 August 8 - Broforce Forever - Console, TBD Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 9 Airborne Kingdom (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 10 August 15 - Everspace 2 - Series X, Series S August 18 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Console, PC, TBD August 29 - Sea of Stars - Console, TBD Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC) - Available today Xbox Gold Blue Fire (August 1-31) Inertial Drift (August 1-31) Playstation Plus PGA Tour 2K23 Dreams Death's Door Humble Bundle RPG Legends: Baldur's Gate & Beyond Cozy Games Prime Gaming PayDay 2 + “The Gage Mod Courier” DLC - August 3 Farming Simulator 19 - August 10 Blade Assault - August 10 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 - August 17 Foretales - August 17 Driftland: The Magic Revival - August 17 In Sound Mind - In Sound Mind Summertime Madness - August 31 Nintendo Online Oracle of Seasons Oracle of Ages Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Once again, we've influenced the universe and just by mentioning it have willed a Red Dead Redemption Remaster into existence. Probably. Cliff: HiFi Rush, Bramble: The Mountain King Colby: AC Valhalla, Arcade Paradise Are We Getting an RDR Remaster? You Can Now Get (Essentially) GamePass for Your Quest Not Many Folks Are Going to Get These Six Items in Diablo 4 Can We Just Stop Blaming Video Games for Things? Tarkov is Going to Sue Data Miners Apparently, All Xbox Games are Shooters or Multiplayer According to Sony Don't Count on Physical Releases for Much Longer Diablo 4 Treasure Goblins are Killing Hardcore Characters BIG CHAPPIE: How much you blowing up for the 4th? *monotone screaming*: How was your 4th of July? *monotone screaming*: Also, any new games coming out that you are interested in? Primefan13: Any thoughts on summer movies? Tr1pletrouble88: Any of the following: what's the best classic rock? If soft serves egg was a thing, how??? And finally, if you had to choose a mascot for Microsoft, who would it be? Master chief? Cortana? Clippy? Epic Games GRIME Xbox Game Pass Need For Speed Unbound - Avail now The Bookwalker - Avail now Halo Infinite – Season 4: Infection – Avail now Fallout 76: Once in a Blue Moon – Avail now Bramble: The Mountain King (Cloud, Console, and PC) – now! F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – Now Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Console and PC) – Now Arcade Paradise Console, PC - Now Sword and Fairy 7 Console, PC - Now Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud and Console) - Now Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (Cloud, Console, and PC) McPixel 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 6 Common'hood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 11 Insurgency: Sandstorm (PC) – July 11 Exoprimal (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 14 Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 18 The Cave (Cloud and Console) – July 18 July 20  The Wandering Village Console, TBD July 31  Venba Console, TBD Xbox Gold Darkwood ($14.99 ERP): Available July 1 to 31 When the Past was Around ($8.49 ERP): Available July 16 to August 15 PlayStation Plus Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Alan Wake Remastered Endling – Extinction is Forever. Prime Gaming Prey - Available now Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition - June 27 Shovel Knight: Showdown - July 6 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - July 10 Cook, Serve, Delicious 3 - July 6. NAIRI: Tower of Shirin- July 13 Wytchwood - July 20 Lunar Axe - July 27 Nintendo Switch Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Crusader of Centy Landstalker The Revenge of Shinobi Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Microsoft officially delays the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard until October 18, giving them more time to work with the FTC and CMA. What We're Playing Cliff: The Big Con, Beacon Pines Colby: FarCry 6, Lego Star Wars, Arcade Paradise News MS Looking to Extend Their Deal with Activision/Blizzard Games with Gold is Gone GP Friends And Family is Ending Sony Signs Ten Year Deal with Microsoft You'll Probably Be Able to Change Out the Battery on Your Next Switch Watch Your Heated Gamer Moments Folks Get Stabbed in Assassins Creed Bungie Wins Against Gamers Questions Tr1pletrouble88: What do you imagine cartwheeling through jello is like? *monotone screaming*: Alternative question: do you think it would be more fun to destroy a big block of jello by tearing it apart hulk-style or smashing it apart with a baseball bat Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Murder by Numbers! Elder Scrolls Online Xbox Game Pass Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) Toem (Cloud, Console, and PC) The Cave (Cloud and Console) Maquette (Console and PC) – July 19 Figment 2: Creed Valley (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20 The Wandering Village (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 20 Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – July 25 Venba (Console and PC) – July 31 Celeste (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 1 Xbox Game Pass DLC / Game Updates Naraka: Bladepoint Deluxe Edition Upgrade – Available now League of Legends Champion: Naafiri – July 20 Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – July 20 Dead by Daylight: Nicolas Cage DLC – July 25 Leaving Game Pass Dreamscaper -- cloud, console, PC Expeditions: Rome -- PC Marvel's Avengers -- cloud, console, PC The Ascent -- cloud, console, PC Two Point Campus -- cloud, console, PC PlayStation Plus It Takes Two (PS5, PS4) Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4) Snowrunner (PS5, PS4) World War Z (PS5, PS4) The Ascent (PS5, PS4) Undertale (PS4) SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4) Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4) Dysmantle (PS5, PS4) Circus Electrique (PS4) Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4) Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4) My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4) Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PS5, PS4) Monster Jam Steel Titans (PS4) PS Plus Classics Gravity Crash Portable (PS5, PS4) Twisted Metal (PS5, PS4) Twisted Metal 2 (PS5, PS4) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/cyberpunk-playground https://www.humblebundle.com/games/athome-arcade Prime Gaming Wytchwood - July 20 Lunar Axe - July 27 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

What We're Playing Cliff:The Big Con, Bramble: The Mountain King Colby: AC Valhalla, Arcade Paradise, FarCry 6, Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer Dylan: Diablo IV News Microsoft Fought the FTC…and Won There Are a Lot of Classic Games Missing Game Pass Got More Expensive Terreria is a Lot More Popular Than I Would Have Thought Colby Can Finally Just Live in RDR2 Sega of America Has a Union Now Questions Rdeacon: Do you fold your pizza when you eat it If you get to a point in a game and find out you are only 1/3 through and sigh... does that make it a bad game? Tr1pletrouble88: Thoughts on live service games? Mazelnut: Taylor Swift is amazing, but what are your thoughts on her? *monotone screaming*: What are your thoughts on Stadia and it's shutdown? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Train Valley 2 Xbox Game Pass Common'hood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 11 Insurgency: Sandstorm (PC) – July 11 Exoprimal (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 14 Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 18 The Cave (Cloud and Console) – July 18 July 20 The Wandering Village Console, TBD July 31 Venba Console, TBD Prime Gaming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - July 10 NAIRI: Tower of Shirin- July 13 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Xbox showed us every game we're going to be playing for the next 18 months and I'm hyped! Also, sorry about the audio on this episode, it sounded fine when we were recording, not sure why it sounds like Cliff is in the back of a dark cave. Cliff: Planet of Lana, Ravenlock, High-Fi Rush, Chicory: A Colorful Talke Colby: AC Valhalla, The Big Con Xbox Games Showcase GameStop Just Fired Their CEO PC Game Pass Coming to GeForce Now Diablo Has Microtransactions, Who Else is Shocked? Now You Can Play More Than Photoshop on Your Mac Xbox Storage is Finally Getting Reasonable Xbox Owes the FTC a Cool $20 Million Sony Says Cloud Gaming is “Tricky” Primefan: Any big summer plans? Rdeacon: When does a game get to the point where the bugs/gliches are soo annoying that you stop playing? Do all jobs eventually suck? Tr1pletrouble88: What do you think the next generation of consoles will look like? Going from something like the ps3 to ps4 was about improving graphics, but going to the ps4 to ps5 was mainly about improving performance. Do you think the next gen will figure out how to improve graphics even more? mazelnut: What are your thoughts on the New Apple Vision Pro? Is it cool new tech or black mirror type stuff? Epic Games Guacamelee! 2 Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition Xbox Game Pass Rune Factory 4 Special (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 8 Stacking (Cloud and Console) – June 8 Dordogne (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 13 PlayStation Plus NBA 2K23 (PS5, PS4) Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PS5, PS4) Trek to Yomi (PS5, PS4) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/must-play-metroidvania https://www.humblebundle.com/games/pixel-pride Prime Gaming June 15 The Super Spy Top Hunter SteamWorld Dig 2 Switch Online Mystery Tower Harvest Moon Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Blaster Master: Enemy Below Capcom 40th Anniversary https://captown.capcom.com/en Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

There are some great games coming to the PlayStation (and they'd like you to think they aren't coming to the Xbox or PC, but they are). Cliff: Dragon Age: Inquisition Colby: Shadow Warrior 3, Ravenlok, Eastern Exorcist, Fall Guys, AC Valhalla, Planet of Lana Everything From the PlayStation Showcase Nintendo is Not a Fan of the Dolphin Emulator XBOX Appeals the CMA Decision Sony Is Making Money with Playstation Plus Folks Are Buying PSVR2 Regardless of What You Hear At Least Activision Blizard is Winning One Lawsuit Apparently It's Not That Hard to Get Your Game Banned on the Switch Cade 6 is Back from the Dead…Maybe? Primefan: Favorite barbecue dish? Aslan the Incompetent: What year do you consider to be the greatest for video game releases? Squid: You're stuck on an island, you can have three artists' entire discographies. What three artists do you choose! Tr1pletrouble88: What are your opinions on retro setups? Like having an actual NES and CRT with game cartridges. Brooke: What is your favorite video game music from when you were a kid? Epic Games Mystery Game Xbox Game Pass Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Cloud, Console, and PC) Farworld Pioneers (Console and PC) Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 1 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 1 The Big Con (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 1 Amnesia: The Bunker (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 6 Hypnospace Outlaw (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 6 Rune Factory 4 Special (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 8 Stacking (Cloud and Console) – June 8 Dordogne (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 13 Xbox Gold Adios ($17.99 ERP): Available June 1 to 30 The Vale: Shadow of the Crown ($19.99 ERP): Available June 16 to July 15 Prime Gaming June 1 Sengoku 2 Mutation Nation June 8 Soccer Brawl Over Top June 15 The Super Spy Top Hunter SteamWorld Dig 2 June 22 Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Autonauts Revita June 29 Roguebook Once Upon a Jester Gems of Destiny: Homeless Dwarf Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

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For three quarters in a row, Activision/Blizzard have been raking in cash from folks on PC, leaving the filthy console peasants in the dust. What We're Playing Cliff: Dragon Age: Inquisition Colby: Redfall, Immortals Fenyx Rising, TMNT News Activision is Making More Money Off of PCs Than Consoles Biden Wants to Tax Crypto Xbox SSDs are Coming Down in Price Phil Spenser is Disappointed in the CMA Decision Riot Games is Gonna Have to Spend a Lot of Money Doom 2 RPG is Now on PC Give a Friend GamePass (on PC) Questions QwertyHJKL1234: Are there any large brands that you will avoid because of a bad experience (even if their new products are amazing)? If so, what brand(s), and what happened to make you avoid it? Primefan: What are y'all's thoughts on the new Transformers movie coming out in June? (it is not part of the Michel bay movies it's a continuation of the bumblebee timeline) Cheap/Free Games Epic Games The Sims™ 4 The Daring Lifestyle Bundle Xbox Game Pass Ravenlok (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 4 Weird West: Definitive Edition (Xbox Series X|S) – May 8 Shadowrun Trilogy (PC) – May 9 Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 11 Amnesia: The Bunker: May 23 Railway Empire 2: May 25 Farworld Pioneers: May 30 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/whitethorn-games-showcase https://www.humblebundle.com/games/feel-rhythm Game Pass Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

The CMA (not the Country Music Awards) has decided that Microsoft can't buy Activision/Blizzard for the weirdest reason. What We're Playing Cliff: Dragon Age: Inquistion Rich: Garden Story, Grindstone, BoTW (begrudgingly) News The UK Has Blocked The Microsoft/Activision/Blizzard Merger This is Just the Beginning for AI Sony is Bringing More Games to PC, Because Money Sega of America is Unionizing RIP Waypoint Video Games Cost to Damn Much Money to Make Steam Has a Fancy New Notepad Questions Mister Polite: I am currently playing if you could read my mindas a quick game before Zelda comes out. It's a nice whimsical game but then a 1/4 of a way through the game the villain of the game takes a baby and just eats it.  I was stunned and speechless as I didn't expect to see an actually cartoon baby get eaten in a game.  It doesn't have to video game related, but when was the last time you were out completely shocked by something Rdeacon: Since Cliff isn't a huge fan of Mario games. What changes would Nintendo need to make so Cliff would approve of them? What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Against All Odds Horizon Chase Turbo Kao the Kangaroo Xbox Game Pass Redfall (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 2 Ravenlok: May 4 Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2: May 11 Amnesia: The Bunker: May 23 Railway Empire 2: May 25 Farworld Pioneers: May 30 Xbox Gold Star Wars Episode I Racer Hoa Playstation Plus Chivalry 2 (PS4 and PS5) GRID Legends (PS4 and PS5) Descenders (PS4) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/striking-soulslikes Prime Gaming Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D (Amazon Games App) – May 4 Super Sidekicks (Amazon Games App) – May 4 Samurai Shodown IV (Amazon Games App) – May 4 Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition (Amazon Games App) – May 11 Lake (Amazon Games App) – May 11 Robo Army (Amazon Games App) – May 11 Last Resort (Amazon Games App) – May 11 Kardboard Kings (Amazon Games App) – May 18 The Almost Gone (Amazon Games App) – May 18 3 Count Bout (Amazon Games App) – May 18 Alpha Mission 2 (Amazon Games App) – May 18 Lila's Sky Ark (Legacy Games Code) – May 25 Agatha Knife (Amazon Games App) – May 25 King of the Monsters 2 (Amazon Games App) – May 25 Kizuna Encounter (Amazon Games App) – May 25 Patreon John Tippins Sean Palmer Austin Palmer Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

I mean, there are a host of other reasons too, but mostly that joke. What We're Playing Cliff: Dragon Age: Inquisition Colby: Loop Hero, Ghostwire Tokyo, Immortals Fenyx Rising News Please Atari, Just Stop Do you have life insurance? Cuz if you do, you could always use a little more. Am I right or am I right or am I right, right, right, right? SquareSoft Is Going to Be the Last Company on Earth Talking About the Blockchain Aloy Kissed a Lady and Gamers are Fine with It I'm Sure Questions Rdeacon: Which games are you looking forward to playing that haven't been released in 2023: Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4, etc Which food as a kid was so much better then it is now? Princess_Megan: What is your favorite type of pie? Do you like to add any toppings, ex caramel or chocolate sauce? A la mode? Brooke: What is a video game you started and never finished that you wish you had? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Breathedge Poker Club Xbox Game Pass Cassette Beasts (PC) – April 26 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 27 The Last Case of Benedict Fox (Console and PC) – April 27 Redfall (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 2 Ravenlok: May 4 Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2: May 11 Amnesia: The Bunker: May 23 Railway Empire 2: May 25 Farworld Pioneers: May 30 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/in-your-face-vr https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fight-4-your-friends-coop-shooters Switch Online Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition Flicky Kid Chameleon Pulseman Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Diablo 4 has gone gold, but they've made some really strange decisions regarding the in-game maps. What We're Playing Cliff: Dragon Age: Inquisition Colby: Mass Effect 2, Immortality, Scorn, Mothered, The Long Reach, Loop Hero News Diablo Goes Gold and Is Missing One Key Feature I Guess I'm Going to Have to Start Playing Stardew Again Sega Has $750 Million Dollars? Apparently, Folks Love the Mario Movie Cheating Via Peripherals? I Don't Need a New Controller, I Don't Need a New Controller, I Don't… Ubisoft+ Comes to Xbox and It's Really Expensive Questions Mister Polite: Playing Ghostwire Tokyo since it arrived on the Playstation Plus service, and it was a game that I was going to buy at full price when it came out, but I never had the time to play, so I didn't buy it. I am glad because the game is fine and fun, but I might not have enjoyed it if I had paid the full price. Since it's included in something I already paid for, I am enjoying it more. Question: What is the most recent game in which you had a similar experience? Rdeacon: Why do you think the PS5 has outsold the Xbox Series X? Which one do you pick....  Churro or Soft Pretzel? Clyde: 1. What is the most overrated video game of all-time? 2. What is the most underrated video game of all-time? 3. What is the best video game movie adaptation? 4. What video game has the most memorable characters? 5. What is the best video game ending of all-time? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Beyond Blue Never Alone Xbox Game Pass Loop Hero (Console and PC) Iron Brigade (Cloud and Console) – April 6 Ghostwire: Tokyo (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – April 12 NHL 23 (Console) EA Play – April 13 Minecraft Legends (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 18 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly – April 20 (Console, PC, Cloud) Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One) – April 20 Homestead Arcana (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – April 21 Cassette Beasts (PC) – April 26 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 27 The Last Case of Benedict Fox (Console and PC) – April 27 Redfall (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 2 Leaving Game Pass April 30th Bugsnax Destroy All Humans! Dragon Quest Builders 2 Tetris Effect: Connected Unsouled Xbox Gold Out of Space: Couch Edition (April 1-30) Peaky Blinders: Mastermind (April 16 to May 15) Playstation Plus Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5, PS4) Meet Your Maker (PS5, PS4) Tails of Iron (PS5, PS4) PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS4, PS5) Doom Eternal (PS4, PS5) Riders Republic (PS4, PS5) Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4) Slay the Spire (PS4) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS4, PS5) The Evil Within (PS4) Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PS4) Bassmaster Fishing (PS4, PS5) Paradise Killer (PS4, PS5) Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS4, PS5) PlayStation Premium Classics Doom Doom II Doom 64 Doom 3 Dishonored: Definitive Edition Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/shared-screen-time-family-game-night Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

I promise that we didn't forget we had a podcast, life just kinda got in the way for a bit. Here's an episode we recorded like 3 weeks ago and never posted. Hopefully, that will get you through to next week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

What We're Playing Cliff: Warhammer: Chaosbane Colby: Mass Effect Andromeda, Red Dead Redemption 2, Warhammer: Chaosbane, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood The Diablo 4 Beta is Going Awesome! Wanna Play Video Games in the Olympics? FIFA Has No Idea What They Are Doing Gamers Aren't Opposed, But They Should Be Are You Ready for Five More Years of Sea of Thieves? Your Yearly Reminder That Netflix Has Video Games Questions Rdeacon: If you had to delete one gaming system (atari, playstation 1, 2, Game Cube, XBox 360, etc) from ever existing what would it be? What state besides your current one would you want to live in? Misshappychildhood: Did I once hear you say that you liked the Postal games? Tr1pletrouble88: What would your favorite video game character's Final Smash be? Epic Games Chess Ultra World of Warships Xbox Game Pass Valheim – March 14 (Console) Civilization 6 – March 16 (Cloud, Console, and PC) Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition – March 21 (Console, PC) MLB The Show 23 – March 28 (Console, Cloud) Infinite Guitars – March 30 (Console, PC) Way To The Woods – March TBC (Console, PC) Ghostwire: Tokyo - April 12 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-heroines-warriors-dreamers-and-god-slayers https://www.humblebundle.com/games/kart-racers-games-bundle PlayStation Plus Ghostwire: Tokyo Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Immortals Fenyx Rising Tchia Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction Life is Strange: True Colors Life is Strange 2 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Street Fighter V Champion Edition Untitled Goose Game Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Rage 2 Neo: The World Ends with You Haven Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS Plus Premium Required) Ape Academy 2 (PS Plus Premium Required) Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PS Plus Premium Required) Nintendo Kirby's Dream Land 2 - Game Boy BurgerTime Deluxe - Game Boy Side Pocket - SNES collection Xevious - NES Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ NewsQuestionsCheap/Free GamesPatreonExtra Life --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

What We're Playing Cliff: Dreamscaper, Plague Tale: Requim Dylan: Blood Bowl 3 News I Believe This is Called F&$@ing Around and Finding Out If You Have Verizon This is a Great Deal Capitalism is So Dumb Quest 3 Gets An Upgrade CWA Files Charges Against Activision Wow This is an Ugly PS5 Questions Extra Life Icon: With the announcement of DragonBall Z Budokai Tenkaichi 4, what shows (anime or otherwise) would you like to see get an arena-style fighter? Mazelnut: what's your favorite show or movie based on a video game? (like literally anything, I remember that one pac-man show for little kids) Rdeacon: If you had to pick a game type that you actually like to never play again what would it be? Rdeacon: What type of pet would you never get? Primefan: What's the worst game you've ever played? Princess_Megan: How can we get gamers to rally together and stop enabling scalpers to purchase all the collector's editions of games, concert tickets, etc, then reselling them at double the price? I've tried to purchase both concert tickets and collector's editions of games recently, and always lose out to the bots Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Call of the Sea Xbox Game Pass March 2 F1 22 (EA Play) Console, PC March 3 Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Console, PC, Cloud March 7 Guilty Gear Strive Console, PC, TBD March 14 Valheim Console, TBD March 28 MLB The Show 23 Console, TBD March 30 Infinite Guitars Console, PC, TBD March TBD Way To The Woods Console, TBD April 6 Everspace 2 - Full Release PC April 18 Minecraft Legends Console, PC, Cloud April 27 The Last Case of Benedict Fox Console, PC, Cloud April TBD Homestead Arcana PC, Console Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

I mean really, Atomic Heart and Hogwarts Legacy in the same week? What We're Playing Cliff: CyberPunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart Colby: RDR2, Outer Wilds, Vampire Survivors, Door Kickers Action Squad News Atomic Heart is a Bit Problematic Bungie Just Won a Ton of Money All Xbox Games Are Coming to GeForce Now Tarkov Is Either Addressing Cheaters or It's Not The Mario Brothers are Coming Questions tr1pletrouble88: Out of your favorite animals, which one is the biggest and which one is the smallest? *monotone screaming*: Follow up question, when did you know what animal was your favorite? Extra Life Icon: What is your favorite creature in video game history? rdeacon: So you would want a Lego Zelda but would you want a Lego Super Mario or a Smash Bros? rdeacon: What is your pet peeve? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Rise of Industry Xbox Game Pass F1 22 (Console and PC) EA Play – March 2 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 3 Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XII: New Zealand – February 23 MLB The Show 23 Way to the Woods Valheim Xbox Gold Trüberbrook ($29.99 ERP): Available March 1 to 31 Sudden Strike 4 – Complete Collection ($39.99 ERP): Available March 1 to March 31 Lamentum ($15.99 ERP): Available March 16 to April 15 Playstation Plus Battlefield 2042 Minecraft Dungeons Code Vein Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Tchia Ghostwire: Tokyo Immortals Fenyx Rising Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/unparalleled-puzzlers Prime Gaming March 2 - Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition March 9 - Adios March 9 - I Am Fish March 16 - Faraway 3: Arctic Escape March 23 - Book of Demons March 23 - Peaky Blinders: Mastermind March 30 - City Legends: Trapping in Mirror - Collector's Edition Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

I can't imagine how Call of Duty on the Switch would even sort of work, but I guess we are guaranteed to see it now, for some reason. What We're Playing Cliff: Cyberpunk 2077, Diablo II, Roboquest Colby: RDR2, Outer Wilds, Diablo 2, Roboquest, Vampire Survivors News Xbox Signs Contract to Bring Games to Nintendo Activision/Blizzard Just Doesn't Learn Please Don't Go To This Public Park I Really Don't Understand the Multiverse Damnit, I Really Thought This Was Lego Zelda Tetris: The Movie Questions Tr1pletrouble88: Regular, chocolate, or strawberry milk? Primefan: Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Rdeacon: Given your general feelings about BoTW - how do you feel about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Duskers Xbox Game Pass Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Feb. 21 Merge & Blade (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28 Soul Hackers 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28 F1 22 (Console and PC) EA Play – March 2 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 3 Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XII: New Zealand – February 23 MLB The Show 23 Way to the Woods Valheim PlayStation Plus Horizon Forbidden West Quarry Resident Evil 7 Outriders Scarlet Nexus Borderlands 3 Tekken 7 Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Earth Defense Force 5 Oninaki Lost Sphear I am Setsuna The Forgotten City Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fishing-season-bassmaster-more Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

What We're Playing Cliff: Cyberpunk 2077 Colby: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, Outer Wilds Dylan: Across the Obelisk News Game Pass Might Not Be Great for Actual Sales Metroid Prime Devs Aren't Getting Credit That's a Very, Very Long Documentary FIFA is Getting the EPL…Probably Some Nintendo Games Are Going Up in Price Too Atari is At it Again Sony is Leaving Activision Blizzard on Read Man, I Hope You Don't Have One of These SSDs Questions Primefan: What are your thoughts on Hogwarts Legacy? Rdeacon: What is your favorite game to play with your significant other? And what is the worst Valentine's Day gift you have given or received? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Warpips Xbox Game Pass Madden NFL 23 (Consoles/PC - Game Pass Ultimate only) - February 9 SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Cloud/Consoles/PC) - February 9 Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord (Cloud/Consoles/PC) - February 14 Cities: Skylines - Remastered (Cloud/Xbox Series X) - February 15 Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (Cloud/Consoles/PC) - February 16 Atomic Heart (Cloud/Consoles/PC) - February 21 Nintendo Online Game Boy games: Tetris, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, Gargoyle's Quest, Game & Watch Gallery 3, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Wario Land 3, and Kirby's Dream Land. You can use the Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Color filters. Game Boy Advance games: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, WarioWare Inc.: Mega MicroGames, Kuru Kuru Kuruin, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Trans Witches are Witches https://itch.io/b/1712/trans-witches-are-witches Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

Hey, video games can win Grammys now, and Ubisoft nabbed the first one! What We're Playing Cliff: Cyberpunk 2077 Dylan: Northgard, Deep Rock Galactic, Across the Obelisk News Ubisoft Has a Grammy Now! Activision Blizzard is Getting a Big Old Fine They Also Have a Formal Antitrust Warning John Carmack Thinks Devs Need to Think About the Future of Games Crimesight is Going Away Forever Link to the Past Has Been Reverse Engineered Questions Rdeacon: What is your favorite gaming art style? What is your favorite potato chip? Tr1pletrouble88: Do you think one billion lions or one of every single pokemon would win in a fight between the two? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Recipe for Disaster Xbox Game Pass Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 7 Atomic Heart - Feb 21 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/simple-life https://www.humblebundle.com/games/fighting-farmers Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

A little bit of Redfall, a little bit of Minecraft Legends, and a brand new Game Pass game! What We're Playing Cliff: High on Life Colby: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Dylan: Deep Rock Galactic News All The Announcements from the Xbox Showcase PS Plus Collection Being Removed A Bunch of Games are Being Removed from the 360 Store E3 is Having Some Issues Phil Spenser is Still Feeling Positive on the Activision Blizzard Acquisition You Can't Game on That PC Questions DA VINSTER (Vinny): What game are you most looking forward to this year? Extra Life Icon: WWE Royal Rumble is coming up this Saturday, so let's make our own video game themed rumble! Who is the first and second entrant, who gets the most eliminations, who lasts the longest and who wins and goes on to main event the video game Wrestlemania? Dylan can explain the rules of the rumble! Primefan: Thoughts on the dead space remake? *monotone screaming*: Thoughts on the new game Atomic Heart? Tr1pletrouble88: What do you think of the extraction genre of game? (Eg. Tarkov, Marauders) Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider City of Gangsters Xbox Game Pass Hi-Fi Rush GoldenEye 007 – January 27 (Console) Roboquest (Game Preview) – January 30 (Console) Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition – January 31 (Console, Cloud) Inkulinati – January 31 (Console, PC) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 31 Darkest Dungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 2 Grid Legends (Cloud) EA Play – February 2 Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 7 Atomic Heart - Feb 21 Xbox Gold For The King – February 1 – 28 Guts N Goals – February 16 – March 15 PlayStation Plus Evil Dead: The Game Mafia: Definitive Edition OlliOlli World Destiny 2: Beyond Light Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/celebrating-black-creators-and-characters https://www.humblebundle.com/games/survival-instinct Prime Gaming The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition Onsen Master Aerial_Knight's Never Yield Divine Knockout One Hand Clapping BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad Space Crew: Legendary Edition Tunche Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

The studio behind High on Life founded by Justin Roiland has had a very bad week. What We're Playing Cliff: Rocket League Colby: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Beasts of Maravilla Island Dylan: Last of Us on Netflix News Things Aren't Sounding Great For Justin Roiland or His Studio Awesome Games Done Quick Raises $26 Million Other Monopolies are Worried About MS Google Stadia Releases One Last Game Bots in AI are Ruining Competitive Mode Xbox and Bethesda Have an Event Next Week Xbox Wants to Lower Your Carbon Emissions Questions Rdeacon: At what point in a game do you know the game is not good? And at that point do you continue or just bail on it? Are you a regular or ergonomic keyboard person? Primefan: All time favorite games? Tr1pletrouble88: What's your favorite blood type? BIG CHAPPIE: Favorite book? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Epistory - Typing Chronicles Xbox Game Pass Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Available now Valheim: Mistlands Biome Update (PC) – Available now Persona 3 Portable (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 19 Persona 4 Golden (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 19 Monster Hunter Rise (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 20 Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition – January 31 (Console, Cloud) Inkulinati – January 31 (Console, PC) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/wadjeteye-sixteen-years-of-adventure PlayStation Extra Back 4 Blood Dragon Ball FighterZ for PS4 Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition Life is Strange: Before the Storm Life is Strange Just Cause 4: Reloaded Jett: The Far Shore Omno Erica PlayStation Premium Syphon Filter 3 Hot Shots Golf 2 Star Wars Demolition Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

Based on the historic prices of video games, you could be paying a lot more than $70. What We're Playing Cliff: Stranded Deep, Soccer Story Colby: Stranded Deep, Bladed Fury, Assassin's Creed Odyssey Dylan: Movies Galore! News Video Game Prices are Going Up…Or Are They? CD Projekt Red Settle Their Cyberpunk Lawsuit Sony Says the PlayStation Shortage is Over The Handy Steam Feature Most People Don't Know About Zenimax Employes Form the Largest Game Union PS2 Emulator Dev Calls it Quits After Death Threats Questions Brian Heninger: Here is a question for the podcast. My Otolaryngologist has suggested that I hum throughout the day to work out my vocal cords to prevent my chronic cough from acting up. I am looking for good song recommendations that aren't too hard, nor ones that will stick in my head all day—any suggestions? Rdeacon: 1. If you are playing or want to play multiple games, how do you decide which one you want to play? 2. Dipping choice for soft pretzels cheese or mustard? Alan S (zeroskill): Which Donkey or Diddy Kong featured game is your favorite? *monotone screaming*: Favorite smash bros character? Might have been asked before tho Cheap/Free Games Epic Games First Class Trouble Xbox Game Pass Persona 3 Portable – January 19 (Console, PC, Cloud) Persona 4 Golden – January 19 (Console, PC, Cloud) Monster Hunter Rise – January 20 (Console, PC) Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition – January 31 (Console, Cloud) Inkulinati – January 31 (Console, PC) Roboquest – January TBA (Console) Prime Gaming The Evil Within 2 Chicken Police: Paint it RED! Faraway 2 Breathedge Beat Cop Lawn Mowing Simulator Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

There is shockingly little news that comes out between Christmas and New Year. Well, maybe it's not that shocking. What We're Playing Cliff: Soccer Story, TMNT Shredder's Revenge Colby: Gas Station Simulator, The Pedestrian, TMNT Shredder's Revenge, Bladed Fury News Square Enix is All In on Blockchain The 4070 TI Goes on Sale This Week Questions Princess_Megan: Which foods did you enjoy for New Year's dinner? Phibo: If there is a game that you are going to replay in 2023. Which one would it be ? Rdeacon: What's your gaming New Year's resolution? When eating dinner out...do you prefer soup or salad? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Kerbal Space Program Shadow Tactics - Aiko's Choice Xbox Game Pass Stranded Deep - Today (Console, PC, Cloud) Persona 3 Portable – January 19 (Console, PC, Cloud) Persona 4 Golden – January 19 (Console, PC, Cloud) Monster Hunter Rise – January 20 (Console, PC) Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition – January 31 (Console, Cloud) Inkulinati – January 31 (Console, PC) Roboquest – January TBA (Console) Leaving Game Pass Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition Nobody Saves the World Pupperazi The Anacrusis Windjammers 2 Xbox Gold Iris Fall ($19.99 ERP): Available January 1 to 31 Autonauts ($19.99 ERP): Available January 16 to February 15 Playstation Plus Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Fallout 76 Axiom Verge 2 Prime Gaming Dishonored 2 Metal Slug Metal Slug X Metal Slug 3 Real Bout Fatal Fury The King of Fighters 2003 The Last Blade The Last Blade 2 Twinkle Star Sprites SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

The Microsoft Blizzard/Activision merger is getting weird, with lawsuits galore! What We're Playing Cliff: Diablo 3, Pentiment Colby: Diablo 3, High on Life, Dying Light Dylan:Pokemon: Scarlet Rich: High On Life, Pentiment, Escape from Tarkov News Microsoft Accuses The FTC of Violating the Constitution Gamers Accuse Microsoft of Violating The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 High On Life Smashes Game Pass Records More Blizzard Devs are Trying to Unionize Activision Blizzard Leaves for Bored Ape Those New $200 PS Controllers Have Great Battery Life The CEO of Atari Wants to Buy Atari Valve Would Like to Know If You Want to See a Dead Body? Questions Primefan: What are y'all's thoughts on Elden Ring winning game of the year? Misshappychildhood: What cool games did you get for Christmas? Video games, card games, board games etc. Princess_Megan: How was Christmas for your pets? rdeacon: What did you want but didn't get for Christmas? What's your favorite Christmas food? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Mystery Game! Xbox Game Pass Persona 3 Portable – January 19 (Console, PC, Cloud) Persona 4 Golden – January 19 (Console, PC, Cloud) Monster Hunter Rise – January 20 (Console, PC) Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition – January 31 (Console, Cloud) Inkulinati – January 31 (Console, PC) Roboquest – January TBA (Console) Playstation Plus (Leak) Star Wars: Fallen Order Fallout 76 Axiom Verge 2 Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

Epic is going to have to pay a VERY large fine for doing a bunch of things they shouldn't be doing. What We're Playing Cliff: Diablo 3 Colby: High on Life, Diablo 3 Rich: High on Life, Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, BOTW ( for 10 min), Escape from Tarkov News Epic Fined Big Over Use of "Dark Patterns" Microsoft Offers COD to PlayStation for 10 Years Steam Has a Nazi Problem Amazon Gives Publishing a Shot The Diablo 4 Collectors Box is Really Dumb High on Life Has an AI Problem You Are All Gross and Weird Questions rdeacon: Based on the High as Life using AI do you see this as a standard business practice like self-checkout kiosks to replace workers or part of something larger? Rdeacon: What is your flavor, topping, etc makes up your ultimate pancake? *monotone screaming*: Do you have a game that you play simply because you want to turn your brain off for a couple of hours? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Free Game Every Day Humble Bundle Bundles every day PlayStation Plus Extra (Dec 20) Mortal Shell (PS4, PS5) Judgment (PS4, PS5) The Pedestrian (PS4, PS5) Evil Genius 2 (PS4, PS5) Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (PS4) Ben 10: Power Trip (PS4, PS5) Gigantosaurus The Game (PS4) Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire — Ultimate Edition (PS4) Worms WMD (PS4) The Escapists 2 (PS4) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

Find out what Cliff, Colby and Dylan's favorite games were this year (shockingly, nobody picked Elden Ring). What We're Playing Cliff: Diablo 3 Colby: Diablo 3, Farcry 4, Chained Echoes Dylan: Pokemon: Scarlet, Fall Guys, Satisfye Grip News GOTY Everything Announced at the Game Awards Fortnite is Apparently “Like Cocaine” The Video Game Category for the Grammy's is Weird Epic Wants to Put Your Kids in a Cabin FTC Sues to Block the Activision/Blizzard Microsoft Deal Game Awards Stage Crasher Arrested Questions Princess_Megan: What are the games you actually have opinions on? *monotone screaming*: Do you tend to avoid or embrace a game's community when you play it? Turndwn4wut (Travis): What sucks in real life but is fun in video games? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Mystery Game! Xbox Game Pass Riot games High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 13 Potion Craft (Console and PC) – December 13 Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15 Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15 Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/tacticians-bundle Jingle Jam https://jinglejam.tiltify.com/games Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

First-party Xbox games are going to cost you $70 in 2023, which is really the best reason to subscribe to Game Pass right now. What We're Playing Cliff: Pentiment, Rocket League Colby: Stitch, Eastward Dylan: Pokemon: Scarlet News MS is Raising First Party Game Prices to $70 Callisto Protocol Performance Issues Are Due to a “Clerical Error” MS Compares Sony to Blockbuster…and I Guess They Are Netflix? 300 QA Workers Unionize at Zenimax You Won't Guess What Engine This LOTR Game Uses Questions *monotone screaming*: Do you think automatic map generation was a good thing to introduce into games? Primefan: What are your thoughts on metal hellsinger? Brooke: What is your favorite non-weapon based attack? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Saints Row IV Re-Elected Wildcat Gun Machine Xbox Game Pass Eastward (Cloud, Console, and PC) The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Cloud, Console, and PC) Totally Reliable Delivery Service (PC) LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6 Hello Neighbor 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6 Chained Echoes (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 8 Metal: Hellsinger (Xbox One) – December 8 High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 13 Potion Craft (Console and PC) – December 13 Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15 Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15 Playstation Plus Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS4) Biomutant (PS4 and PS5) Divine Knockout: Founder's Edition (PS4 and PS5). Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/premier-vr Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message

If you aren't playing games with your family over the holidays, it's starting to look like you might be in the minority! What We Are Playing Cliff: Somerville, Pentiment Colby: Prodeus, Hunter Call of the Wild Dylan: Fall Guys, Warhammer 40k Darktide, Pokemon Scarlet News Do You Connect With Your Family Through Games? The FTC is Likely to Get in the Way of the MS Activision Deal The Callisto Protocol Season Pass will Include New Death Animations Did You Love the Xbox 360 Controller? 12 Player Coop? Questions Extra Life Icon: Christmas time is on the way! What is your favorite Christmas food? *monotone screaming*: Are there any game genres you get bored by? QwertyHJKL1234: Have you ever taken apart a console to see how it works? If not, would you ever think about doing so? Princess_Megan: Did you take advantage of any good black Friday deals? Rdeacon: If you could Frankenstein a controller, what parts would you take from each to build your personal favorite? How do you prefer your soda... Can, Bottle or Fountain? mansocks: What is your go to game when you walk into an arcade? Like not favorite...but one you just walk in and say DAMN I need to play that. Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Fort Triumph RPG in a Box Xbox Game Pass Insurgency: Sandstorm (Console, Cloud) – Nov 29th Soccer Story (Console, PC, Cloud) – Nov 29th Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (PC) – Nov 30th Hello Neighbor 2 (PC, Console) – Dec 6th Chained Echoes (Console, PC, Cloud) – Dec 8th Infinite Guitars – Dec 13th High On Life (Console, TBD) – Dec 13th Xbox Gold Colt Canyon ($14.99 ERP): Available December 1 to 31 Bladed Fury ($19.99 ERP): Available December 16 to January 15 Playstation Plus (Rumored) Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PS4) Biomutant (PS4, PS5) Divine Knockout (PS4, PS5) Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/black-friday-vr-voyagers-pack Prime Gaming (Rumored) Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons Quake Spinch Doors: Paradox Banners of Ruin Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byte-me-podcast/message