Halcyon Frequency Podcast

It's time for episode 80 of the Halcyon Frequency Podcast! This week Blind, FG and Suwey talk knitting, rediscovering old hobbies and the return of Telltale games! The Expanse: A Telltale Series: https://telltale.com/the-expanse/Techtonica: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1457320/Techtonica/Verses of Enchantment: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2086910/Verses_of_Enchantment/Let's School: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1937500/Lets_School/Xenonauts 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/Delta V: Rings of Saturn: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/Little Friends: Puppy Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172900/Little_Friends_Puppy_Island/A Long Journey to an Uncertain End: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164830/A_Long_Journey_to_an_Uncertain_End/NewsHalcyon Game Jamhttps://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023Ubisoft clarifies Account Deletionhttps://twitter.com/ubisoftsupport/status/1684275940400979986?s=46Life by You delayed to March 2024https://www.pcgamer.com/life-by-you-paradoxs-open-world-sims-like-game-is-delayed-to-2024/Tencent to buy majority stake in Techlandhttps://www.gameinformer.com/2023/07/24/tencent-to-purchase-majority-stake-in-dying-light-developer-techlandThe Suwey Segment: https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1684977127706525696?t=IuG6sGlR_P3Y5-Z3eZYJ0A&s=19Caves of Qud: https://twitter.com/KitfoxGames/status/1684926687929057280

Arch, Blind and Drongo sit down to talk about the latest in F1, pets with special needs, and the lingering effects of FrostpunkXenonauts 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/Space Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/979110/Space_Haven/Runescape https://store.steampowered.com/app/1343400/RuneScape/Melvor Idle https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267910/Melvor_Idle/Homeseek https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093000/Homeseek/Against the Storm https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/The Halcyon Game Jam is soon! https://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023Ubisoft Deletes inactive accounts:https://twitter.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/1682653876418224129/photo/1https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport/status/1682046437834784768

FG, Kiri and Suwey catch up with the post-con hype of TwitchCon EU, getting the itch to travel (upcoming Japan trip!), and Kiri appearing in another game! PowerWash Simhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/A Little to the Lefthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/A_Little_to_the_Left/Forever Skies https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/Tiny Rogues https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088570/Tiny_Rogues/Kingdom Eighties https://store.steampowered.com/app/1956040/Kingdom_Eighties/Endless Dungeonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/NewsMicrosoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzardhttps://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23779039/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-win Microsoft and UK regulators agree to pause their Activision battle to negotiatehttps://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23791149/microsoft-activision-blizzard-uk-regulators-cma-appeal Diablo IV season 1 starts 20th Julyhttps://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/season Gord Twitch Drops announcementhttps://twitter.com/GordTheGame/status/1679516395644637185

Drongo and Jess sit down for a one-on-one podcast to talk about investing in other platforms as content creators, the struggles of personal health, and the Halcyon Frequency Game Jam! Deep Rock Galactichttps://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/Skyrim with AIhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/Dave the Diverhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/ D4https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/NewsOMG GAME JAMhttps://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023Meta's Twitter competitor Threads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypubThreads launch delayed in EU:https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/05/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use

Another week and another Halcyon Podcast! Drongo, FG and Kiri talk tech woes, FG road trips with random strangers, and Kiri's addiction to Diablo grows Total War: Warhammer III https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III/ Station to Station https://store.steampowered.com/app/2272400/Station_to_Station/ Luna Abyss https://store.steampowered.com/app/1933000/Luna_Abyss/ Diablo IV https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/ Aliens: Dark Descent https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/Aliens_Dark_Descent/ Kingdom Eighties https://store.steampowered.com/app/1956040/Kingdom_Eighties/ Star Wars Jedi: Survivor https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774580/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Survivor/ News Among Us is getting an Animated Series https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs-studios-owen-dennis-1235655516/ The Cycle: Frontier shutting down in September https://twitter.com/TheCycleGame/status/1673951156119171072?s=20 Starfield partners with AMD https://kotaku.com/starfield-pc-amd-nvidia-dlss-xess-fsr-framerate-specs-1850583521 Minecraft devs exit the game's Subreddit https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-devs-exit-its-7-million-strong-subreddit-after-reddits-ham-fisted-crackdown-on-protest/

In this week of FGRants, Blind and FG sit down to discuss the outdated concept of never asking a woman her age, the best of Steam's next fest games, and booing billionaires on ZambonisGamesTrepang2https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/Stunt Durbyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2026450/Stunt_Derby/Driftwoodhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2223700/Driftwood/Mars First Logisticshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/Steam Next Festhttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfestLil' Guardsmanhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/Lil_Guardsman/Broken Roadshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/Cataclismohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/NewsTwitch reintroduces hype chathttps://blog.twitch.tv/en/2023/06/22/introducing-hype-chat-a-new-way-to-stand-out/Kick blocked in Greece “update”https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/kick-reportedly-blocked-in-greece-for-providing-unauthorized-gambling-services-2184269/

Totally Not a Warhammer EpisodeArch, Drongo and Suwey join together to discuss turbonerding MMO's, Twitches new Partner Plus launch and narrowly avoid a Warhammer lore dumpGames:Wargoovehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/607050/Wargroove/The Elder Scrolls Online Necromhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2172860/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online_Necrom/Albion Onlinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/Everdream Valleyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1403650/Everdream_Valley/Solastahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/News:Twitch announces partner plus:https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1669383315558891525?s=20Steam launches new version with overhauled UI:https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=3687931965598906184

Join Drongo, Blind and Suwey as they discuss the summer games fest, the mess that is Twitch news right now, and Drongo and Blind finally get to talk F1 while Suwey gets interested in the aesthetics.Games:System Shockhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/Trepang2https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/Halls of Tormenthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2218750/Halls_of_Torment/Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Traderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/Hadeshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/Final Fantasy XIVhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/39210/FINAL_FANTASY_XIV_Online/NewsTwitch announces controversial policy changes: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/branded-content-policyhttps://twitter.com/twitch/status/1666183145526538240Summer games fest: https://www.ign.com/articles/summer-game-fest-2023-everything-announcedFull schedule: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/summer-game-fest-schedule-2023/https://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690

Drongo, FG and Kiri sit down to talk about 3 am television, Diablo IV, and what went wrong with GollumGames:The Lord of the Rings: Gollumhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1265780/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Gollum/Solasta: Crown of the Magister - Palace of Ice DLChttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100431/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister__Palace_of_Ice/Darkest Dungeon IIhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/Above Snakeshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1589120/Above_Snakes/Timberbornhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1062090/Timberborn/NewsDiablo IV aims to commemorate first 1000 players to reach lvl 100 with hardcore character put on statueshttps://twitter.com/Diablo/status/1662205024326516737?s=20 1st GeoGuessr world cup announcedhttps://twitter.com/geoguessr/status/1663456229769859073 Mountaincore Dev updatehttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2370310/view/3721707694912203087?l=english Glimesh shutting down on July 1sthttps://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690 Bobby Kotick continues to be an asshttps://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-audaciously-claims-that-sexism-and-harassment-problems-were-made-up-by-an-aggressive-labor-movement-trying-to-destabilize-the-company/

Arch, Blind and FG sit down to talk about guerilla gardening, games that just scream Blind, and Arch's yearning for the minesGames:Astra Protocol 2:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026750/Astra_Protocol_2/Path of Achra:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128270/Path_of_Achra/Star Trek: Resurgence:https://www.startrek-resurgence.com/Above Snakes:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1589120/Above_Snakes/Castle of Alchemists:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724770/Castle_Of_Alchemists/Albion Online:https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/Warlander:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675900/Warlander/Len's Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1335830/Lens_Island/NewsSony announces their Handheld Qhttps://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736595/sony-project-q-playstation-handheld-official-showcase

Bel, Blind and Kiri talk about taking time off to relax, adventures outdoors, and Nicholas CageGamesPath of Achrahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2128270/Path_of_Achra/Mountaincorehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2370310/Mountaincore/Shadows of Doubthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/986130/Shadows_of_Doubt/Laysara: Summit Kingdomhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1823950/Laysara_Summit_Kingdom/V Risinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1604030/V_Rising/News:Embracer + Amazon announces Lord of the Rings MMO:https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-groups-middle-earth-enterprises-and-amazon-games-announce-new-the-lord-of-the-rings-game/ Roots of Pacha removed from Steam Store:https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stardew-like-roots-of-pacha-removed-from-steam-after-the-developer-and-publisher-disagree-over-the-rights Blizzard scrapping Overwatch 2 PVE mode:https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-is-scrapping-overwatch-2-co-op-missions-and-hero-progression-its-clear-that-we-cant-deliver-on-the-original-vision-for-pve Nicholas Cage x Dead by Daylight:https://twitter.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1658850169218015234 Epic Games Store launches Epic Rewards:https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/the-epic-games-store-launches-epic-rewards Steam offering 90-min game trials starting with Dead Space:https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-now-offers-90-minute-game-trials-starting-with-dead-space/1100-6514177/

FG, Kiri and Suwey sit down for a nice chat about the games and news of the week, decluttering their lives, and Suwey shares her blossoming love of all things pinkDarkest Dungeon IIhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/Park Beyond https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368130/Park_Beyond/Hi-Fi Rushhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1817230/HiFi_RUSH/Cataclysm: Dark Days Aheadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2330750/Cataclysm_Dark_Days_Ahead/Coffee Talkhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/Coffee_Talk/Divinity Original Sin 2https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/News:Silksong delayed:https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656106351184199680 Diablo IV server slam with new reward:https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/server-slam There's an open beta for Street Fighter too! https://www.streetfighter.com/6/en-us/demo/

Drongo, FG, and Kiri sit down to discuss the upcoming games they are excited about, which fandoms they belong to, and Kiri shares her falling out with Star WarsRoots of Pachahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1245560/Roots_of_Pacha/Cassette Beastshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1321440/Cassette_Beasts/Dead Island 2https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dead-island-2Darkest Dungeonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/Darkest_Dungeon/Showgunnershttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1155330/Showgunners/Age of Wonders 4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1669000/Age_of_Wonders_4/News:The Dwarf Fortress Hot Potato Raises $32,841.11Pokemon Go falls to its lowest monthly profits ever:https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pokemon-go-hit-347m-in-april-its-lowest-monthly-sum-in-five-yearsTwitch introduces the ability to label branded content like YouTube https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/branded-content-policy?language=en_US Discord announces username changes by removing discriminator https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/12620128861463

From biology, finance and singing videos on youtube, Jess, Drongo and Suwey talk about how they found Twitch, what inspired them to begin streaming, and what keeps them going today. Games: Death Roads: tournamenthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1619570/Death_Roads_Tournament/Crab Championshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/774801/Crab_Champions/Blocky Dungeonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1683370/Blocky_Dungeon/The Magical Mixture Millhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill/Wartaleshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/Path Of Exilehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/238960/Path_of_Exile/News:King Under the Mountain renamed to Mountaincore and re-released.https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/930230/view/3684547928703321044?l=englishArk 2 pushed to 2024, Unreal Engine 5 for Ark prices at $60https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ark-survival-ascended-will-be-sold-without-ark-2-after-backlash-but-will-still-cost-60DFHack is out on Steam!https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack__Dwarf_Fortress_Modding_Engine/

Bel and FG Talk about their time in university and archaeology while Blind sits there looking prettyGames: Death Roads: tournamenthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1619570/Death_Roads_Tournament/Crab Championshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/774801/Crab_Champions/Blocky Dungeonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1683370/Blocky_Dungeon/The Magical Mixture Millhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill/Wartaleshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/Path Of Exilehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/238960/Path_of_Exile/News:King Under the Mountain renamed to Mountaincore and re-released.https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/930230/view/3684547928703321044?l=englishArk 2 pushed to 2024, Unreal Engine 5 for Ark prices at $60https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ark-survival-ascended-will-be-sold-without-ark-2-after-backlash-but-will-still-cost-60DFHack is out on Steam!https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack__Dwarf_Fortress_Modding_Engine/

The wonderful Marignetic joins Arch and BloodyDrongo this week where Arch celebrates International Beaver Day, Maria shares her adventures at recent events, and Drongo gets angry at the UNCheck out Marignetic here:https://beacons.ai/marigneticGames: Sun Havenhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/American Truck Simulatorhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/Project Zomboidhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Albion Onlinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/Resident Evil 4 Remakehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2050650/Resident_Evil_4/The Dark Pictures: Switchback VRhttps://www.playstation.com/en-nz/games/the-dark-pictures-switchback-vr/Horizon Call of the Mountainhttps://www.playstation.com/en-nz/games/horizon-call-of-the-mountain/News: Walmart demo computer streams on Twitch to hundreds of viewershttps://twitter.com/SamNChiet/status/1642801345626509312Monster Energy goes after indie Dev for using the word “Monster”https://www.thegamer.com/monster-energy-goes-after-glowstick-entertainment-for-using-the-word-monster/Twitter Algorithm revealed in a series of tweets.https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976892885540865

Blind, FG, and Kiri are joined by special guest RualStorge! They sit down to talk about breaks in streaming, Zelda's upcoming scrap mechanics, and blind exposes himself Catch RualStorge here:Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/rualstorgeTwitter: https://twitter.com/RualStorgeGames: Death Road: Tournamenthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1619570/Death_Roads_Tournament/Full Gearhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2212500/Full_Gear/Sun Havenhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/Dave the Diverhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/Project Zomboidhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Terra Nilhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/Touch Type Talehttps://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/touch-type-taleDredgehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/The Last of Us Part I https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888930/The_Last_of_Us_Part_I/Microsoft stops $1 Game Pass Trialhttps://www.theverge.com/2023/3/26/23657627/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-trial-offer-stopped Ubisoft backs out of E3https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-has-pulled-out-of-e3-2023/E3 canceledhttps://www.eurogamer.net/e3-2023-cancelled

Bel, Blind and Kiri sit down to talk about their streaming adventures, and how they got into it all.

Drongo, FG and Kiri finally get together to talk about streamer brain, FG narrating her life, and Drongo develops a friendly rivalryDiablo 4https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/Frostpunkhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/323190/Frostpunk/The Last Spellhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/Sun Havenhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/7DTDhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/7_Days_to_Die/Project Zomboidhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Nitro; Stream Racinghttps://playnitro.com/NEWSTwitch CEO steps downhttps://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/twitch-ceo-emmett-shear-is-stepping-down/https://twitter.com/LowcoTV/status/1579145894179803137Tears of the Kingdom will be 70 USD:https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-thinks-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-will-justify-its-70-price-tag/

Arch, Drongo and Suwey sit down to talk about awkward silences, AI in moderation, and unhinged podcast episodesProject Zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Against the Storm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/Rimworld:https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/State of Decay 2:https://store.steampowered.com/app/495420/State_of_Decay_2_Juggernaut_Edition/Sons of the Forest:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1326470/Sons_Of_The_Forest/7 Days to Diehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/7_Days_to_Die/News:Discord introducing AI for moderationhttps://www.pcgamer.com/discord-is-injecting-ai-into-every-server-starting-with-chatgpt/Starfield delayed, launch in septemberhttps://www.ign.com/articles/starfield-delayed-again-launches-in-september

It's Women's History Month! FG, Kiri and Suwey join to chat about their desire for an MMO, and surviving the zombie apocalypseProject Zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Halo 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/Against the Storm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/One Military Camp: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1743830/One_Military_Camp/Bear & Breakfast: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1136370/Bear_and_Breakfast/Company of Heroes 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677280/Company_of_Heroes_3/Phantom Brigade: https://store.steampowered.com/app/553540/Phantom_Brigade/Diablo III: https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/News:Pax Dei Announcement:https://playpaxdei.com/en-usNew Colossal Order gamehttps://www.paradoxinteractive.com/paradox-announcement-show-2023 DOTA production Studio BTS closes its doors:https://twitter.com/LDeeep/status/1630276843185254401South Korea's last big Starcraft 2 tournament significantly downsizes:https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/607610-gsl-2023-significant-contraction-announcedTHQ Nordic opens flagship storehttps://store.steampowered.com/news/group/7564110/view/3642886460575008828

Blind and Kiri sit down to talk about their highlights of the week, and Kiri gets jury duty! Company of Heroes 3:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677280/Company_of_Heroes_3/Frostpunkhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/323190/Frostpunk/Garden Inhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1953860/Garden_In/System Shock remakehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/Warsimhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/NewsHogwarts Legacy banned from GDQ https://www.pcgamer.com/the-worlds-biggest-charity-speedrunning-event-just-banned-hogwarts-legacy/Atomic Heart music charity for Ukraine https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/1625495826247319556Dwarf Fortress wins best strategy at dicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvnWWiuHIKw&t=5178s

Blind and FG are joined by special guest alynotallie_ to stage a Canadian takeover and discuss buying dynamite in Canada, TwitchCon plans, and say sorry Canadian styleCatch Alynotallie_ here:https://twitter.com/alynotallie_https://www.twitch.tv/alynotallie_Games:Ultima Ratio Regumhttps://www.markrjohnsongames.com/games/ultima-ratio-regum/Oxenfreehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/388880/Oxenfree/Pharaoh: A New Erahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1351080/Pharaoh_A_New_Era/HiTMAN: World of Assassinationhttps://store.steampowered.com/bundle/30335/HITMAN_World_of_Assassination_Deluxe_Pack/News:Workers and Resources removed from steam: https://steamcommunity.com/games/784150/announcements/detail/3647388792201529685Roblox reports a $1bn loss: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-reports-a-nearly-1bn-net-loss-during-2022CDPR adds a mod with a patch that included an uncredited Vagina mod: https://kotaku.com/witcher-3-update-vagina-nexus-mods-permission-cdpr-1850109216Microsoft confirms Game pass cannibalizes first-party game sales: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-confirms-game-pass-cannibalizes-sales

FG and blind talk cleaning phones, FG's Next Fest misadventures, and filling a fort with ottersGames:Galaxy Pass Stationhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1571990/Galaxy_Pass_Station/Mars First Logisticshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/The Magical Mixture Millhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_MillPan'oramahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1730250/Panorama/Dwarf Fortresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_FortressCaves of Qudhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_QudNews: AMD Admits to Undershipping Cards to Keep Prices Highhttps://www.thegamer.com/amd-undershipping-graphics-cards-cpus-keep-prices-high/Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection Developer Talks About the Next Major Releasehttps://personacentral.com/etrian-odyssey-origins-colleciton-developer-comments/Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Will be $70https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/confirmed-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-is-the-first-70-switch-game/Advance Wars 1-2 Re-boot Finally Releasing!https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/advance-wars-12-re-boot-camp-will-finally-release-in-april/UK Regulator Suggests Removal of CoD From Activision-Blizzard Aquisitionhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-regulator-suggests-removing-call-of-duty-from-microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition/

Blind and Suwey sit down to define the bare minimum, discuss allergies, and Suwey's discovery of HaloNominate the Rimworld Hot Potato in this year's Streamer Awards! https://thestreamerawards.com/Games:Caves of Qudhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/Dwarf Fortresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Trackmaniahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2225070/Trackmania/Halo Master Chief Collectionhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/Final Fantasy XIVhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/39210/FINAL_FANTASY_XIV_Online/Project Zomboidhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/NewsTurtle rock moving on from back4blood https://turtlerockstudios.com/news/b4b-2223

Arch, Drongo and Jess get together for episode 54 of the Halcyon Podcast and talk about the Steam Base Builder Fest, the cuter side of Australian wildlife, and fall down a techbro rabbit holeGamesAgainst the Stormhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/Stardeushttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1380910/Stardeus/Lumencrafthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1713810/Lumencraft/Homeseekhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2093000/Homeseek/Moonstone Islandhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1658150/Moonstone_Island/WW2 Rebuilderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1573280/WW2_Rebuilder/SteamWorld Buildhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2134770/SteamWorld_Build/RISK: Global Dominationhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1128810/RISK_Global_Domination/The Mutalk! (And other Techbro Fantasy items)https://en.shiftall.net/products/mutalk

FG and Blind take a trip down several memory lanes as they celebrate one year of the Halcyon Podcast, talking about their oldest memories of JustinTV and revisiting games from ages past, as well as the games of 2023 they're looking forward to.GamesDwarf Fortress: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Aquaticohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1812300/Aquatico/Viscera Cleanup Detailhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/246900/Viscera_Cleanup_Detail/High on Life https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583230/High_On_Life/Details:Twitch streamer status breakdown for Q4:https://twitter.com/CommanderRoot/status/1610281678555189251Link to video with Putnam!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79J3X8ulER0News:Lost Ark Steam Bans: https://www.pcgamesn.com/lost-ark-online/steam-ban-inactive-playersTheir Response:https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1599340/view/5251793712052809901Games of 2023:https://www.gamespot.com/articles/2023-upcoming-games-release-schedule/1100-6508202/

n this week's episode, Arch, Jess and Drongo explore the core memories and pivotal moments in games, the DnD OGL debacle, and Jess uses the Dwarf Atomiser on her squadDwarf Fortress: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Escape from Tarkovhttps://www.escapefromtarkov.com/Against the Stormhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/Fallout 3:https://store.steampowered.com/app/22370/Fallout_3_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/WOTC OGL Breakdown:Leaked WotC document w/ plans to restrict DnD's open gaming license: https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-update-clamp-down-unofficial-rpgs/Paizo (roleplaying game publishing company responsible for Pathfinder) announces new Open RPG license in response to leaked document: https://paizo.com/community/blogWotC responds to the community backlash: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl

We start this year with Blind, Jess, Kiri, FG and Belannaer looking back on the year of games that was 2022, picking their top three and talking about what made them stand outDwarf Fortress: (Everyone)https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Atari 50 (Blind)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919470/Atari_50_The_Anniversary_Celebration/Citizen Sleeper (Blind)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1578650/Citizen_Sleeper/NORCO (Blind)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/NORCO/Potionomics (FG)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/Potionomics/Dinkum (FG)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/Expeditions: Rome (FG)https://store.steampowered.com/app/987840/Expeditions_Rome/Dorfromantik (Jess)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/Dome Keeper (Jess)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/Cult of the Lamb (Jess)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/Elden Ring (Belannaer)https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1245620/Warhammer (Belannaer) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III/Card Shark (Kiri)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371720/Card_Shark/Papers, Please (Kiri)https://store.steampowered.com/app/239030/Papers_Please/Lost In Play (Kiri)https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328840/Lost_in_Play/

The team gathers to share well wishes for 2023!

It's the Halcyon Podcast Holiday Special! Blind, Kiri and Suwey talk about holiday adventures and share their Christmas memories. Plus the usual games and news! Dwarf Fortress: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Project zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Kynseed:https://store.steampowered.com/app/758870/Kynseed/Vampire Survivors: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors/Train Valley 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602320/Train_Valley_2/News:Risk of Rain Returns - A Final Farewellhttps://www.pcgamer.com/risk-of-rain-returns-is-a-whole-new-game-and-final-farewell-from-hopoo-games/ Gamers Move To Block Microsoft Activision Dealhttps://www.tomshardware.com/news/gamers-sue-to-block-microsoft-activision-deal/culture-news/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-1234648316/

Blind, Drongo and Jess return to talk about more Dorfs, Dyeing hair, and whether MMORPGs are a metaverseGames:Dwarf Fortresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/CS:GOhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/730/CounterStrike_Global_Offensive/F1 2022https://store.steampowered.com/app/1692250/F1_22/BeamNG https://store.steampowered.com/app/284160/BeamNGdrive/Wurm Onlinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1179680/Wurm_Online/News: Henry Cavill signs onto a Warhammer project with Amazonhttps://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/16/warhammer-starring-henry-cavill/Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core Remake accidentally makes Getty images canonhttps://www.kotaku.com/ff7-remake-crisis-core-painting-watermark-getty-mistake-1849890673Competing social media platform Mastodon is suspended on Twitterhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-1234648316/

Blind, Drongo and Jess strike the earth as they discuss the launch of Dwarf Fortress, their favourite trailers from The Game Awards, and Drongo and Jess admit to being behind in popular culture.Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Traderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/Dwarf Fortresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Recap of the 2022 Game Awardshttps://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/zgmcfc/the_game_awards_2022_recap/

In this episode Arch, Drongo and Suwey are joined by the wonderful Hekimae as they recap the RimWorld Hot Potato Charity event, talk about Heki's death count in Elden Ring, and Arch's accidental boomer wordsCheck out Hekimae at twitch.tv/hekimaeSuweys Interview with Tynan is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaqYff8kEs8You can still donate to the hot potato here: https://tiltify.com/+hot-potato-charity-event-2022/potatoGames DiscussedElden Ring: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/Zero Sievert: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/ZERO_Sievert/Slime Rancher 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630/Slime_Rancher_2/Not Tonight: https://store.steampowered.com/app/733790/Not_Tonight/Pokemon Scarlet/Violet: https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/40k Darktide: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361210/Warhammer_40000_Darktide/Project zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/NewsD&D Celebrates 50 years with LEGO Ideas: https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-dragons-lego-set-50th-anniversary-voting-wizards-of-the-coast/Heroes of Might and Magic III board game raises over €3,000,000: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii-the-board-game-is-6000-over-its-kickstarter-targetUS Esports army plans to pay streamers and break into the Gen-Z markethttps://www.vice.com/en/article/ake884/us-army-pay-streamers-millions-call-of-duty

FG, Kiri and Blind catch up and talk about the hot potato currently underway, Blind visiting Las Vegas and catching up with Woahh_Jess, and the dangers of letting the Australians host the podcast. Donate to the hot potato! https://tiltify.com/+hot-potato-charity-event-2022/potato/donateZero Sieverthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/ZERO_Sievert/Crysis - Remasteredhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2096610/Crysis_3_Remastered/Dwarf Fortresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Against the Stormhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/Soulstone Survivorshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2066020/Soulstone_Survivors/Endless Dungeonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/Flat Eyehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1358840/Flat_Eye/Gearbox now owns risk of rain IPhttps://twitter.com/RiskofRain/status/1593242555214241796 Blizzard announces their withdrawal from Chinahttps://twitter.com/Wowhead/status/1593070477958086661https://www.wowhead.com/news/netease-response-and-impact-of-blizzard-shutdown-in-china-329951

Special guest Greta Doucette from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières joins Blind and Suwey as they talk about the Rimworld Hot Potato charity challenge, what it's achieved, and what the hopes are for this year! Learn more about Doctors Without Bordershttps://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-doFind the schedulehttps://twitter.com/HalcyonMHz/status/1590557191249223680Talk about the potatohttps://discord.gg/88xcR437beSave the event in your calendarhttps://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=ZTRmMjNmZTg1N2FiYThjNTgwNjg2ODRmYTk0NjM0NGU2ZGU2ODQ3ODIwZDA2NDQzYTBiZWIzMDczMzc1YWZhYkBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t

While Blind's away the Aussies play! Arch and Drongo are joined by guest host ReneeSky as they talk about growing up in rural Australia, Drongo and Renee embarking on a new podcast journey, and recognising dirt in GeoguessrCheck out Tea & Tales by ReneeSky and BloodyDrongo here:https://open.spotify.com/show/76s0TEFGDM2e1WSDkT49Kl?si=c5f2922b60e9443eGames DiscussedYakuza 0https://store.steampowered.com/app/638970/Yakuza_0/Mount & Blade II: Bannerlordhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/261550/Mount__Blade_II_Bannerlord/Wurm Onlinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1179680/Wurm_Online/Magic Axolotlhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2150700/Magic_Axolotl/Tinkertownhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1276660/Tinkertown/Against the Stormhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/Rimworldhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/Farthest Frontierhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/Farthest_Frontier/

Blind, Belannaer and Suwey talk about how RGB lights have taken over PC's, the finer points of zombie slaying, and the Hot Potato announcements start rolling out! The First Menhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/700820/TFM_The_First_Men/Endoparasitichttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2124780/Endoparasitic/Boneraiser Minionshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1944570/Boneraiser_Minions/Rimworldhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/Rogue: Genesiahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2067920/Rogue__Genesia/Gotham Knightshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1496790/Gotham_Knights/Project Zomboidhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/Potionomicshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/Potionomics/News:New Steam recommended regional pricinghttps://steamdb.info/blog/valve-price-matrix-2022-update/Square Enix says that the Japanese market is no longer sufficient enough to recoup their investments, making the global market now the priority.https://mynintendonews.com/2022/10/29/square-enix-japanese-market-no-longer-sufficient-enough-to-recoup-investment-global-market-now-the-priority/Square kills Parasite eve.https://www.polygon.com/23438504/parasite-eve-symbiogenesis-square-enix-trademark-nft-web3Embracer has shut down Onoma, formerly Square Enix Montreal:https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1587513793663434752

In this Episode, Blind and BloodyDrongo are joined by Tekkud as they talk about toasters being built to last, Dwarf Fortress, the wonders of Rimworld and its DLC, and gamer vegetables.Games Discussed:Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commanderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/799600/Cosmoteer_Starship_Architect__Commander/Dwarf Fortress: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/Coming soon on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Rimworld:https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/Rimworld - Biotech DLChttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1826140/RimWorld__Biotech/Stranded: Alien Dawnhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1324130/Stranded_Alien_Dawn/The Mortuary Assistanthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1295920/The_Mortuary_Assistant/Space Station 14https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/Youtube adds Tabs for shorts/live/videoshttps://techcrunch.com/2022/10/27/youtube-redesign-gives-long-form-videos-shorts-and-live-videos-their-own-tabs-on-channel-pages/F1 Manager Support Ends 2 Months After Launch.https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Manager/comments/yerv8w/news_on_next_update_and_the_future_of_f1_manager/Fs for Miniclip: https://www.pcgamer.com/miniclip-home-of-childhood-nostalgia-is-finally-dead/

In time with ADHD Awareness month, Arch, FG and Jess join together for a special themed episode about ADHD!Listen in on a sometimes raw discussion as they talk about their path from childhood through to diagnosis, their experiences and their struggles as neurodivergent content creators and people.

This episode is packed with demos as Kiri and FG talk about their favourites from Next Fest with Blind, rating their best and worst ones of the eventDeadland 4000https://store.steampowered.com/app/1923070/Deadland_4000/Stranded: Alien Dawnhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1324130/Stranded_Alien_Dawn/PC Building Sim 2https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/pc-building-simulator-2Trombone Champhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1059990/Trombone_Champ/Stardeushttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1380910/Stardeus/

Blind and Jess are joined by guest star Fahloin, host of the podcast Active Cast, as they talk about games, news, and camping in the metric system. A huge thanks to Fahloin for joining us! check out ActiveCast here: https://activecast.simplecast.com/Manor Lordshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1363080/Manor_Lords/Masterplan Tycoonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1644500/Masterplan_Tycoon/Storytellerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1624540/Storyteller/DREDGEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/Birthhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1889040/Birth/Dome Keeperhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/Brewmasterhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1569200/Brewmaster_Beer_Brewing_Simulator/News:New Rimworld: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1826140/RimWorld__Biotech/CD Projekt shifts: https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-is-losing-a-ceo-but-gaining-a-new-studio/CD Projekt Red confirms an overly-ambitious number of games:https://www.eurogamer.net/cd-projekt-red-announces-cyberpunk-2077-sequel-future-witcher-projects-outlinedMario Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnQcJz76CkDwarf fortress soon: :™:The exercise pill: https://theconversation.com/the-exercise-pill-how-exercise-keeps-your-brain-healthy-and-protects-it-against-depression-and-anxiety-155848

Is Twitch trying to become YouTube? Is the Pacific Ocean too big? Is a fish a standardized unit of measurement? Blind, Arch, and Suwey tackle these questions and more in this week's Halcyon Frequency Podcast.Games Discussed:Incisionhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1734680/INCISION/FLERPhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2083900/FLERP/Wylde Flowershttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1896700/Wylde_Flowers/Potion Permithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1337760/Potion_Permit/I Am Fishhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1472560/I_Am_Fish/E3 announced the return to being an in-person event and details a plan to appeal to industry members and consumershttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/e3-2023-whats-the-latestFs for stadia as they announce closurehttps://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023Twitch testing paying to pin a chat messagehttps://twitter.com/LowcoTV/status/1575606053315964928In South Korea, Twitch will be limited to 720p starting on September 30th, 2022https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1575326770735226880New stats displays for twitchhttps://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1575548432143372288Slime Rancher 2 sells 300k copieshttps://twitter.com/NickPopovich/status/1574485734840360962Beyond good and evil 2 is now the most delayed gamehttps://twitter.com/BrendanSinclair/status/1575170951854977029https://www.gamespot.com/articles/beyond-good-and-evil-returns/1100-6191556/

This week Blindirl, 2DKiri, and Belannaer talk about the latest Twitch changes, Rockstar's unfortunate leak, and Bel shares a little too much information about the disposal of bodies in Finland. Return to Monkey Island:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060130/Return_to_Monkey_Island/Potion Permit:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1337760/Potion_Permit/Guild Wars 2:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284210/Guild_Wars_2/GeoGuessr:https://www.Geoguessr.com/Zorbus:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2125420/Zorbus/Songs of Syx:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162750/Songs_of_Syx/News:Gambling on Twitch is limited, but not bannedhttps://twitter.com/twitch/status/1572347129192132611 Fancy Twitch contracts downgraded next year to 50/50 T1 sub splithttps://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/09/21/a-letter-from-twitch-president-dan-clancy-on-subscription-revenue-shares/ YouTube announces new programs to support new creatorshttps://blog.YouTube/news-and-events/supporting-the-next-wave-of-creative-entrepreneurs/ Videogamedunkey now has a publishing companyhttps://www.Ign.com/articles/gaming-youtuber-dunkey-sets-up-an-indie-game-publishing-company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEt27Jgp8gs

In this week's special convention-themed episode, Blind and Kiri talk about their experiences at PAX West, exploring Seattle, and share thoughts on cons in general with Drongo and JessGames Discussed:System Shockhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/Total War: Warhammer IIIhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/total_war_warhammer_III/HUMANKINDhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/HUMANKIND/Heroes of Hammerwatchhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/677120/Heroes_of_Hammerwatch/Crusader Kings IIIhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1158310/Crusader_Kings_III/

This week, Blind, FG and Arch are joined by a special guest Meowstations, head of Social Media for the upcoming game Stuntfest! The group talks role models in Stardew valley, the inherent issues within Roblox, and how much coffee Blind drinks in a day. Big thanks to Meow for joining us today, catch her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/meowstationsStuntfest: World Tourhttps://Store.steampowered.com/app/1366850/Stuntfest__World_Tour/American Truck Simulatorhttps://Store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/Gloomwoodhttps://Store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/Gloomwood/Songs of Syxhttps://Store.steampowered.com/app/1162750/Songs_of_Syx/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collectionhttps://Store.steampowered.com/app/1659600/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_The_Cowabunga_Collection/Stardew Valleyhttps://Store.steampowered.com/app/413150/Stardew_Valley/NFT Expert wants you to be a NPC: https://www.PCgamer.com/nft-expert-imagines-a-hopeful-future-where-poor-people-serve-as-real-life-npcs-in-games/Tencent acquires a large portion of Ubisoft: https://www.Globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/06/2510708/0/en/Ubisoft-strengthens-its-core-shareholding-via-the-expansion-of-the-concert-around-the-group-s-founders-to-the-benefit-of-its-long-term-stability-and-development.htmlNinja is back already:https://www.jacobwolf.report/p/guess-whos-back-already-ninjaPlaying Minecraft IN Minecraft:https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraftception-redstone-pc-chungus/

Extra Extra! Red All About It!This week Blind, FG, and Jess talk about accessibility in games and where developer vision can go wrong, the flaws within the Steam curator system and Kiri reports on her adventures at Gamescom!Special shoutout to the Simulation Sickness curator page on Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41505448/My time At Sandrock: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084600/My_Time_at_Sandrock/ORX: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071140/ORX/Backfirewall_: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1920100/Backfirewall/Path of Achra: https://ulfsire.itch.io/path-of-achraCult of the Lamb: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/Farthest Frontier: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/Farthest_Frontier/Indie dev Cowcat (Brok the InvestiGator) suspects negative review bombing after giving dubious Steam curators demo keys: https://www.pcgamer.com/developer-suspects-negative-steam-reviews-were-written-by-vengeful-scammers/Twitter thread: twitter.com/COWCATGames/status/1563957983884845056Dubious Curators get banned: https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-bans-steam-curators-suspected-of-scamming-developers-for-free-games/Domina gets removed from Steam: https://www.pcgamer.com/domina-has-been-delisted-from-steam-after-yet-another-transphobic-diatribe/Acquisitions all Around!: Tencent & Sony buy 30% in From Software: https://nichegamer.com/tencent-sony-30-percent-stake-fromsoftware/NetEase buys Quantic Dream: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/netease-acquires-quantic-dream-as-first-european-studioDenuvo (Digital Rights Management software) coming to Switch soon™ : https://thegamer.com/denuvo-drm-nintendo-switch/

It's the Halcyon Frequency Boozecast! BlindIRL, BloodyDrongo and ArchPlaysStuff drink and know things in today's episode, talking about the games they've played, and the games they want to play showcased at the Gamescom Opening Night!Midnight Fight Express https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390410/Midnight_Fight_Express/Cursed To Golf: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726120/Cursed_to_Golf/Slime Rancher: https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/Hero Siege: https://store.steampowered.com/app/269210/Hero_Siege/Rimworld: https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/F1 Manager: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708520/F1_Manager_2022/Total War Warhammer III: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III/Fortnite: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/homeNews:GamesCom Opening Night Announcements:https://www.polygon.com/23318308/gamescom-opening-night-live-onl-2022-announcements-trailersMasahiro Sakurai on Creating Gameshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1DvRY5PyHHt3KN9ghunuw

This week Blind, Belannaer and FG talk about the weather for far too long, and the best episode title ever is found.Two Point Campus:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1649080/Two_Point_Campus/ZERO Sievert:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/ZERO_Sievert/Backpack hero:store.steampowered.com/app/1970580/Backpack_Hero/Farthest Frontier:store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/Farthest_Frontier/forums.crateentertainment.com/t/the-state-of-early-access-update-01/117311Applovin not loved by unity. www.pcgamer.com/unity-rejects-proposed-takeover-by-applovin/Welcome to the Embracer Group Overlords!twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560118260443492354twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560117930632695808twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560117210181275648twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560118460486520832 twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560119008568885248twitter.com/Wario64/status/1560120289874194432No Church in Farthest Frontier: www.pcgamer.com/farthest-frontier-devs-didnt-include-churches-to-avoid-drama-around-real-world-religions/PDX makes publishing label:twitter.com/PDXArc/status/1559553064310169600Music Credit: Peter Pohl & Paul Mile

Level up! Bloody Drongo has joined the Halcyon Frequency team! This week on the podcast, Suwey uses exquisite words, the team celebrates the little wins, and Bloody Drongo learns about Hungarian cuisine Games Discussed: Two Point Campus: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1649080/Two_Point_Campus/ Cult of the Lamb: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/ Farthest Frontier: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/Farthest_Frontier/ Dinkum: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/ Rimworld: https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/ Citizens: Far Lands: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1646120/Citizens_Far_Lands/ Geoguessr: https://www.geoguessr.com/ News Discussed Twitch Adds Custom Tags: We discuss custom twitch tags, how they can be used for discoverability, and the potential reasoning for Twitch to add them in the first place. https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/08/11/custom-tags-discovery-on-your-terms/ AppLovin Attempts Unity Merge AppLovin, another ad platform attempts to merge with Unity in a bid to halt the IronSource merge, but will it succeed? https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/applovin-offers-buy-unity-software-2022-08-09/ Unity now officially making milsims for US Government Unity working with defence contracts has been an open secret for a long time, but now it's official with Unity signing a multi-million dollar contract with enterprise technology firm CACI to become the "preferred real-time 3D platform" https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-signs-multi-million-dollar-contract-to-help-u-s-government-with-defense Episode appearances BlindiRL: https://twitter.com/BlindiRL/ BloodyDrongo: https://twitter.com/TheBloodyDrongo Woahh_Jess: https://twitter.com/woahh_jess Suwey: https://twitter.com/SuweyStreams ArchPlaysStuff: https://twitter.com/ArchPlaysStuff Podcast music by Peter Pohl & Paul Mile

This week 2DKiri, FGSquared, and BlindIRL talk about the results of the Halcyon Frequency game jam, Kiri continues to learn about American capitalism, and blind gets to talk about his playdate! Space Bandit https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435470/Space_Bandit/ Playdate https://play.date/ FG: Soda Story: Brewing Tycoon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088750/Soda_Story__Brewing_Tycoon/ Ruadh Warbands https://store.steampowered.com/app/2080100/Ruadh_Warbands/ Stellaris https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/ Cozy Grove https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458100/Cozy_Grove/ Papers, Please https://store.steampowered.com/app/239030/Papers_Please/ Bear and Breakfast https://store.steampowered.com/app/1136370/Bear_and_Breakfast/ Two Point Hospital https://store.steampowered.com/app/535930/Two_Point_Hospital/ Activision Hires Reed Smith (Again) union buster to block Blizzard Albany from forming a union: https://kotaku.com/diablo-call-duty-activision-blizzard-union-busting-1849368397 Tencent Seeks bigger stake in Ubisoft: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/exclusive-tencent-plans-raise-stake-assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-sources-2022-08-04/ Twitch Con NA thinks the pandemic is over: https://kotaku.com/twitchcon-2022-san-diego-covid-masks-testing-vaccine-1849357845 Indonesia blocks access to steam, Epic and Nintendo. https://sea.ign.com/steam/188531/news/indonesia-blocks-access-to-steam-epic-games