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This audio is my critique of Fallout: New Vegas, mainly focusing on the narrative aspects of the game, how it reworks present ideologies into factions of the post-apocalypse, what their endings can tell you about the game, how it improves upon Fallout 3 in almost every way, and some talk about its mechanical accomplishments at the end.

This month Steven and Trevor once again convene to talk a little on what we've been keeping ourselves busy with before diving into two questions: Should bad labor conditions affect reviews and how much do we need to know about a game pre-release to write it off?

Steven and Trevor are back to talk about whatever it is they want which this week includes: Apex Legends Season 5, The Elder Scrolls Online, how good Fallout: New Vegas is, James Ellroy's LA Quartet novels, and video game criticism.

In this critical video essay Steven Santana looks at the various things Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare tells the player about conflict, soldiers, the US' policy of interventionism, fear and usage of nuclear weapons, the importance of guns, and the theatrical performance brought upon by replaying campaigns such as this one.

This is Steven Santana with the Video Games Daily report for November 12, 2018.

Catelyn and Steven discuss a movie they just watched that was awful, as well as two movies from the past month that were very good!

For this year's E3 Steven, Trevor, and Brendan reunite to discuss their live thoughts while watching Giant Bomb's livestream of them discussing their live thoughts while watching Microsoft's E3 2018 Press Conference. It was really good!

Trevor and Steven record their thoughts immediately after seeing The Snowman (2017). Yes we were buzzed and yes it was a bad movie, but you just don't understand how bad until you've seen it for yourself.

We return! This week Steven, Trevor, and Brendan are joined by friend Logan Moore to discuss Star Wars spinoff ideas, things you can't imagine living without, and our political platforms! Post-credit special: how do you wipe and pooping in public.

This week Steven, Brendan, Danny, and Trevor discuss Nioh, Resident Evil VII DLC, Kingdom Hearts, Yakuza 5, Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass, and the Video Game History Foundation.

Finally, four separate human beings' schedules aligned and we were able to gather to yell at each other about Doom, Overwatch, Final Fantasy XV, farming, teenagers, and puzzles.

We rejoin each other after our extended break to talk about the Nintendo Switch, some other things that have happened while we were gone, and what we have been up to.

Before our extended break we gather to break bread, and talk about video games.

It's time for PSX! Or was at least. Recorded during our road trip to PSX 2016 in lovely Anaheim, California, we discuss The Game Awards, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Bore Them, and more!

This week Steven, Brendan, Trevor, and Danny discuss Brendan's switch to the Xbox One, Trevor's enthusiasm for the Nintendo Switch, Skyrim HD, Bad Company 2, Halo single-player, whether or not Doom is a modern shooter, why or why not Mario 3D World is not an actual 3D Mario, and what animals we would ride into battle (fictional or not).

This past week I attended a preview event in LA and was unable to record with the others so instead I took my recorder with me on the drive to talk about Giant Bomb email topics, my favorite PS4 games, current events, and Billy Joel.

This week Steven, Brendan, and Danny talk about Titanfall 2, Gears 4, October game sales, Owlboy, Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse 2, and how internet sites are unsustainable.

It is time to celebrate for Episode 100 of this dumb podcast!

This week its all about cowboys and switches.

This week Trevor regales us with stories about Mafia III as we wait to see Godzilla Resurgence.

Come for the ghost stories, stay for the discussion of PlayStation VR and XCOM 2 on consoles.

Spoken word for the chapter "Soundly", from Adverbs, a novel by Daniel Handler. I love this chapter and wanted to do audio for it.

This week Steven, Danny, and Brendan are joined by Damien and Griffin to talk about the GameStop Expo, PlayStation VR, and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

This week Steven, Danny, Brendan, and Trevor talk about PAX West, Final Fantasy XV, Suda51, and then complain about the PlayStation Pro, selling HDR/4K images, and figure out how many five year olds we could fight.

This week there is barely any video game news to talk about so instead we spend approximately 90 minutes hashing out a list of the top three action films. Do superhero movies count as their own genre? How far does Commando make it before being cut mercilessly? Which movie is the final cut from the list? Listen in and find out!

This week Steven, Danny, and Brendan discuss the Titanfall 2 Tech Test, No Man's Sky's ending, trophy war, Evangelion, anime, Chuck Palahniuk, and argue over whether $1 million would be enough to start an anime studio (yes it would).

This week we discuss the Star Wars Rogue One trailer, Final Fantasy XV delayed to November, Gawker purchased, Metal Gear Survive announced, Mass Effect Collection still possible, PlayStation 4 system updated, Mary Jane could be black, and more!

This week Steven, Brendan, Trevor, and Danny discuss why Suicide Squad sucks, what the hell No Man's Sky is, make a PlayStation Trophy bet to the death, and also talk Soma, Stardew Valley on Mac, Furi's ending, and more!

For this week Steven and Brendan have another diner-cast as we talk all about Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, get into some of his other films, mention David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, before talking a bit about games and closing it out.

This week Steven, Brendan, Trevor, and Danny are joined by Andre to talk Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, Homeward Bound, Paragon, Overwatch, and the newest Trophy War!

This week we, of course, continue talking about Pokemon Go and becoming the best that ever were, Overwatch, Nintendo's Mini-NES, YouTubers getting paid for positive videos, spoil Uncharted 4 because we can't go a week without it, and get off the rails.

This week Steven, Brendan, Trevor, and Danny talk about the worst part of the Star Wars prequels, what we've been playing, and then proceed to figure out why some of us are playing Pokemon GO despite its problems, and then wrap up by stating our mid-year GOTY picks and predict what will be nominated at the end of the year.

This week Steven, Danny, Brendan, and Trevor talk about people being offended over nothing, Batman Arkham Collection being delayed indefinitely, 60 Second Technomancer rant followed by explanation, Doom! Overwatch! How often we cry, and the greatness that is Hostess Mini-Donuts.

This week Steven, Trevor, Brendan, and Danny discuss GIF, talk about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, E3 a week later, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (now that Brendan has finished), Overwatch, Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition, and more!

There was way too much news and even more news happened the day after we recorded. We discuss E3 leaks and pre-show announcements, as well as talk more Doom, Taco Master, Oxenfree, Overwatch, Witcher, and ramble on a bit about underage games, Mario Sunshine, and E3.

Steven, Brendan, Trevor, and Danny meet up, after getting some drinks, to talk E3 predictions! The first five are real and worth points, while the rest is somewhat drunken revelry about video games and dumb arguments.

This week Brendan is FIRED UP about Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Trevor has started up Oxenfree, Danny still loves Overwatch(entai) and Steven hasn't played anything. We get a little off the rails in this episode.

This week Steven is joined by returning favorite Trevor, the newcomer Danny, and young virgin Tyler to talk about No Man's Sky reported delay to mid-summer, Nintendo MH, Xbox Scorpio, Uncharted 4, the Uncharted trilogy, and then each of our top ten games of all time lists, including Brendan who was not able to make it. Next week is E3 predictions! Tweet us yours so long as they contain four different sections that you could get 0.25 of a point for.

After what feels like years of waiting (because it was) Nathan Drake's last adventure with Naughty Dog is here and Steven and Danny discuss just about everything in the game. SPOILERS.

This week we discuss Pokemon Sun and Moon, the Assassin's Creed movie trailer, Battlefield 1, Disney canceling Disney Infinity, Battlefront 2, Civil War, and some other stuff too. No Uncharted due to Spoilercast recorded directly after this episode.

Sometimes we talk about games, other times we just rant about movies.

Also discussed: Gears of War 4 Season Pass (sucks), Horizon: Zero Dawn potentially delayed (surprise!), and what we've been playing.

This week Brendan and Steven talk about Knack 2 possibilites, Call of Duty Black Ops III having a separate multiplayer-only product on Steam, Kanye West, Smite's PEGI rating meaning it will be on PlayStation 4 soon, Fallout 4's new add-ons, a PlayStation 4 firmware beta, and finally a lengthy discussion about the potential quality of Quantum Break compared to Uncharted 4: Among Thieves.

We talk about XCOM 2 and its potential longevity, not understanding The Legend of Zelda's appeal, Coen Brothers movies, LEGO Star Wars Episode VII, March's PlayStation Plus vote to play feature, DOOM, Titanfall 2's single-player campaign and spin off TV show, Quantum Break and Alan Wake, Homefront: The Revolution's closed beta stress test, Warner Bros terrible response to the cancellation of Batman: Arkham Knight on Mac and Linux, and The Witness' great sales.

Matt returns from beyond the state line to join Steven and Brendan to talk all about gaming news and then what we have been playing recently (mostly The Witness and The Division Beta). We cover: Final Fantasy XV, Xbox One sales, Elder Scrolls on PSP, VR commercial sales, The Division's season pass, Nintendo NX predictions, Space Shuttle Challenger and the engineers who tried to warn NASA it would end in tragedy, Bungie screwing up Destiny, PlayStation Plus, Games with Gold, EA always having terrible press conferences, silent protagonists, Star Wars Battlefront canonicity, and then The Witness' brilliance and The Division being better than low expectations.

We all saw The Hateful Eight together and attempt to spoil it while also getting very off topic about other movies and random tangents.

This week Brendan and Steven are joined by Catelyn, who has played Pocket Mortys, Cibele, and we also talk about Oxenfree, SOMA, Star Wars Battlefront, and debate betas and pre-orders.

We run through the news of George Miller no longer directing Mad Max, Nathan Drake's fate in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Oculus Rift, a new PS4 game, Homefront: The Revolution, Hitman canceling pre-orders, Hideo Kojima's next game, Metal Gear Solid V spoilers, and more!

After seeing SPECTRE for the first time with my friend, we got In-N-Out and discussed for about an hour about why that film was just not good.