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In today's Fix of gaming news:Electronic Arts and DICE showed off some new gameplay from their next Battlefield game, this time highlighting the destructible environments. The game is still in its early phases, and there's no release date or even a title, but it looks to bring the series back to its multiplayer-focused roots with a fun solo campaign. In other news, Bethesda all but confirmed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster with a tweet announcing a livestream tomorrow, and an image of the roman numeral '4'. And finally, Fortnite is kicking off its latest Battle Pass with Darth Jar Jar.
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Thank you to Mando & The Perfect Jean for sponsoring this episode! #ad - Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that's over 40% off) with promo code POGCAST at https://www.shopmando.com #mandopod - F*%k your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with the code POGCAST15 at https://www.theperfectjean.nyc/POGCAST15 #theperfectjeanpod CHECK OUT THE PATREON! - https://www.patreon.com/ThePogcastPod On this episode of the Pogcast we talk about the updates to the Labyrinth event, the arena battle pass and some viewbotting accusations in Tarkov. Check it out! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro Banter 00:04:37 - Labyrinth Event Update 00:26:12 - Tarkov Balance & The Economy 00:40:26 - MANDO 00:44:41 - Arena Battle Pass 01:01:30 - Viewbotting in Tarkov 01:34:05 - The Perfect Jean 01:38:04 - Karl Jobst vs Billy Mitchell Check out JesseKazam Twitch: http://Twitch.tv/jessekazam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jessekazam Twitter: http://Twitter.com/jessekazam Discord: https://discord.gg/jessekazam Check out Veritas Twitch: http://Twitch.tv/Veritas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VeritasGames Twitter: http://twitter.com/veriitasgames Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2S6iwClVoSNnpOcCzyMeUj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this fast update, we're breaking down everything you need to know about Marvel Rivals Season 2! From the arrival of Emma Frost to the brand-new Krakoa map and major ranked mode changes, this quick-hit episode covers all the essentials. Whether you're a veteran player or jumping in fresh, here's what's new in the Marvel universe's most exciting shooter.Timestamps:00:00 — Season 2 Launch Day00:15 — New Hero: Emma Frost00:30 — New Map: Hellfire Gala - Krakoa00:45 — Ranked Mode Reset & Updates01:05 — Battle Pass, Skins & Cerebro Event01:20 — Final Thoughts and What's NextKey Takeaways:Emma Frost arrives as a powerful new Vanguard heroHellfire Gala: Krakoa brings fresh map dynamicsFull rank reset and hero bans added at Gold tierFlower of Krakoa Battle Pass launches with 10 new skinsNew Cerebro Database event and mission system overhaulQuote:"NetEase packed this season with major changes — it really feels like the most competitive push yet for Marvel Rivals."Call to Action:Love quick updates like this? Follow the podcast, leave a review, and share the episode with your Marvel and gaming friends! Keep up with all our coverage at GeekFreaksPodcast.com.Links and Resources:Marvel Rivals official siteFull patch notes: NetEase developer updateGeek Freaks for all geek culture news: GeekFreaksPodcast.comFollow Us:Instagram: @geekfreakspodcastTwitter: @geekfreakspodThreads: @geekfreakspodcastPatreon: Geek Freaks PodcastListener Questions:Got thoughts on Marvel Rivals Season 2? Send them our way, and we might feature your take in an upcoming episode!Apple Podcast Tags:Marvel Rivals, gaming news, Marvel games, Emma Frost, multiplayer games, competitive gaming, podcast, geek culture, quick news, NetEase, new season updates
Une émission préparée et enregistrée par Mathieu et Babar.Montage de Mathieu et générique par le magnifique TMDJC. Pour ne rien louper de nos podcasts.Action bourrine encore une fois dans Battle Pass puisque nous revenons sur de la pure série B d'action vidéoludique avec Fighting Force beat them all 3D surtout connu pour sa version PlayStation. Développé par Core Design ce titre nous place dans la peau de 4 personnages qui doivent empêcher la fin du monde... enfin stopper un fou qui est vexé que le passage à l'an 2000 ne provoque pas le chaos attendu.Malheureusement comme on fait les choses biens, on discute aussi un peu du 2ème épisode... nettement moins glorieux !Bonne écoute. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
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Une émission préparée et enregistrée par Babar avec en invité Jazz du podcast High kick dans ton Podcast Montage de Mathieu et générique par le magnifique TMDJC. Pour ne rien louper de nos podcasts.On met nos pieds où on veut... De Los Angeles à New York en passant non officiellement par Hong Kong, la série de jeux d'action Truecrime fait trembler les criminels vidéoludiques depuis 2005 sur consoles et PC en nous plaçant dans la peau de flics infiltrés à chaque fois différents. Surfant sur la mode des mondes ouverts, les jeux au départ développés par le studio Luxoflux on essayé d'apporter leur propre identité en axant les différents styles de jeux sur l'action pur et dur.Très accès séries B d'action dans leurs approches les trois jeux traités aujourd'hui sont d'après nous et malgré leurs évidents défauts, des titres qui méritaient bien une émission afin de revenir sur ce qu'ils ont essayé d'apporter au genre.Bonne écoute.Retrouvez aussi High Kick dans ton Podcast sur Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@HighKickDanstonpodcast Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Join Sam Whalen in the latest episode of No Credits Rolled as he sips his morning coffee and dives into the gaming world's hottest topics. First up, a detailed commentary on Apex Legends' contentious Battle Pass changes which spurred significant community backlash, forcing Respawn to reconsider their approach. Followed by an enthusiastic preview of Marvel Rivals—an upcoming hero shooter from NetEase Games, where Sam shares his first-hand beta experience. Discover how this game might just challenge established titans with its Marvel magic and gameplay innovations. Whether you're an Apex veteran or a Marvel enthusiast, this episode has insights for everyone.
Join Sam Whalen in the latest episode of No Credits Rolled as he sips his morning coffee and dives into the gaming world's hottest topics. First up, a detailed commentary on Apex Legends' contentious Battle Pass changes which spurred significant community backlash, forcing Respawn to reconsider their approach. Followed by an enthusiastic preview of Marvel Rivals—an upcoming hero shooter from NetEase Games, where Sam shares his first-hand beta experience. Discover how this game might just challenge established titans with its Marvel magic and gameplay innovations. Whether you're an Apex veteran or a Marvel enthusiast, this episode has insights for everyone.
Der neue Akt kommt mit großen Changes und wahnsinnig viel Content daher. Es ist nicht nur der neue Duelist Waylay im Spiel, sondern auch neue Maps und viele Agent Nerfs und Buffs. Hier kann man leicht den Überblick verlieren, aber wir sortieren und bewerten alles was neu ist.
Une émission préparée et enregistrée par Mathieu et (surtout) Babar.Montage de Mathieu et générique par le magnifique TMDJC. Pour ne rien louper de nos podcasts.Spectacle, vengeance et trahison au programme de ce nouvel épisode de Battle Pass qui décide de faire le focus sur un titre complètement oublié du catalogue de Capcom célèbre éditeur japonais qui en ce moment cartonne avec son nouveau Monster Hunter. Sortie en 2005 uniquement sur Playstation 2 Shadow of Rome nous envoie en -49 avant Jesus Christ dans une aventure épique remplie d'action où l'on prend le contrôle de différents personnages au travers de 3 gameplays bien distincts.Peu connu des joueurs et plus important qu'il n'y parait dans l'histoire de Capcom, Shadow of Rome nous permet aussi de discuter de quelques jeux qui prennent place dans la Rome antique.Bonne écoute.Recommandation de Babar : Madworld - Platinum Games (2009) Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Dive deep into Battle Pass design with industry experts discussing Overwatch 2's approach, player psychology, and monetization strategies. Learn essential insights about progression systems, player choice, and value perception from game developer Ted Park and former Riot meta-systems expert Chris Cobb, hosted by Joseph Kim of Lila Games.Content Overview0:00 - Introduction and Battle Pass Overview3:35 - Hero-Based Games: The Main Character Problem7:20 - Battle Pass Progression and Grindiness13:15 - Value Perception and Premium Options18:40 - Customization vs Production Realities24:10 - Battle Pass Currency and Mythic Rewards System31:25 - Loot Boxes: Their Surprise Return38:15 - IP Integration and Themed Content43:50 - Ideal Battle Pass Design: Expert Recommendations52:15 - Conclusion and Key TakeawaysSUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS:- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/
Lured Up Podcast 338Livestreamed on - 2/28/2025Publish Date - 3/1/2025What an interesting week it has been! After the shocking news last week about Niantic's rumored 3.5 Billion Dollar Sale of their gaming division to Scopely, the Community has seemed to let it all go in trade for hype about GO Tour! We aren't sure if this is good or bad, but we should all stay alert as if it does happen, it may come out of nowhere.It's been a long drive on the Road To Unova this week as we started working our way through the Tour Pass. We discuss if the Battle Pass format is a slippery slope or if it is a welcomed addition to the game. From issues with the UI to unengaging tasks, it really is all about the rewards, which so far have been pretty awesome, so long as you shelled out $20 for the Tour Pass Deluxe.Black and White Kyurem will have new Adventure Effects with unique benefits. From making GO Plus catches easier to keeping jumpy Pokémon standing still during the catch sequence, these two new effects should see significant usage from Trainers during Unova Tour.With Dual Destiny coming to a close after Unova Tour Global, Might & Mastery will be here before you know it. With Kubfu and Urshifu leading the charge, it appears to be another Season of non-stop events, although the Raid lineups seem to be less than stellar. Combined with the March Content Update, there is no signs of Niantic slowing down as we will have things to do every weekend, making the game-life balance a tough juggling act.Once we get through the March Update, we talk about the first new event of the Season, Powerful Potential, which brings with it an $8 event ticket, in a very transactional feeling encounter with a second Kubfu. Is Niantic training us to be ready for aggressive monetization from Scopely? We may never know, but what is clear, is that PGO has really been asking for more time and money than it has in the past.Road to Unova: bit.ly/LU335RoadToUnova TourPass: bit.ly/LU333TourPass Unova Tour Global: bit.ly/LU330UnovaGlobalKyurem Adventure Effects: https://bit.ly/LU338AdventureEffects Might & Mastery: https://bit.ly/LU338MightMasteryMarch Content Update: https://bit.ly/LU338March Powerful Potential: https://bit.ly/LU338PowerfulPotential LuredUp@PokemonProfessor.com Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639 Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork HostsKen PescatoreAdam TuttleWriter and ProducerKen PescatoreExecutive Producer XanderShow music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾http://instagram.com/GameChopshttp://twitter.com/GameChopshttp://soundcloud.com/GameChopshttp://facebook.com/GameChopshttp://youtube.com/GameChopshttp://www.gamechops.comIntro MusicLake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) TetracaseGameChops - Ultraballhttp://gamechops.com/ultraball/https://soundcloud.com/tetracase https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0Break MusicNational ParkMikel & GameChopsGameChops - Poké & Chillhttp://smarturl.it/pokechillhttps://twitter.com/mikel_beatsOutro MusicVast Poni CanyonCG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)GameChops - Ultraballhttp://gamechops.com/ultraball/ http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beatshttps://soundcloud.com/glitchxcityPokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast
We're back! Never in doubt.Join Rich, Dee and Steaky and find out what's been going on in their virtual worlds this week.On this episode, the gang create arguably the most ingenuous invention since the toaster - The Football Manager battlepass. Wonderkid intakes? Transfer budgets? BORING. We go big and we go SILLY. Shocker.Prepare for nonsense. VIVA LA FMT!Our links:linktr.ee/fmtpod
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FromSoftware, Season Pass, Gamemakers Toolkit, Battle Pass, Nine Sols, Emília Pérez são alguns dos tópicos deste diálogo infinito sobre games via WhatsApp.Com João Varella, Alexandre Sato, Thomas Kehl, Marcos Kiyoto e João R2 analógicos
It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Ozzy Osbourne's Final Show adds more actsMarvel Rivals controversyNew Halo bookDumbledore cast for new MAX seriesClayface hits the Movie and Rumor sections both pretty hardAnd so much more...Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content. Music Follow-ups/CorrectionsNeil Gaiman- Newest accusations have drawn now Ex-Wife Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) into the fray. https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/neil-gaiman-wisconsin-rape-suit.pdf Primus- New drummer John Hoffman announced. Just some dude from Shreveport LA… sweetThe Sword- 2 new shows added to their “Return” April 10 in Dallas TX. April 11 in San Antonio TX. New Music/VideoRise Against- Nod https://youtu.be/7WkrZi19q4UNew mix sound for the band. Lyrical'ly seems to meander, and at times it feels like is wanders into territory already covered in “Savior.”Underoath- New album announced. “The Place After This One” due out March 28th through MNRK Heavy.Allegaeon- Driftwood https://youtu.be/SrUZdqy7spAas much as I don't WANT to like these guys, they are just really damn good. This might not be as good as their last single, but still better than a lot of newer bands.ALSO ~ new album, The Ossuary Lens, due out April 4th on Metal Blade. Not a concept album per se, but all about different views on death.Peter Murphy- Swoon Feat Trent Reznor https://youtu.be/ZPOgRAQdbtQGoth royalty being great. Not much more to say.Callous Daoboys- Two-Headed Trout/The Demon of Unreality Limping Like a Dog https://youtu.be/wL5UpOrHTBYThe Daoboys getting a little more theatrical with not just their presentation, but also their writing and arrangements.ALSO~ New record, I Don't Want To See You In Heaven, due out May 19.Tetrarch- Never Again (Parasite) https://youtu.be/yLFNdIRwng4Modern Nu-Metal… still just feels rather middle of the road. Tours/FestivalsAttack Attack!- Roadside Rumble Tour. Support from Convictions, Downswing, and Uncured.Starts May 15 in Greensboro, NC through May 22 in Memphis TN.https://www.bandsintown.com/a/186318 Dropkick Murphys X Bad Religion- Summer of Discontent Tour. The Mainliners opening. Will run from July 22 in Spokane, WA through August 17 in Big Flats NY. Tickets go on sale the 20th 10 a.m. local time at www.dropkickmurphys.com and www.badreligion.com.Black Sabbath- Ozzy's final live performance. July 5th in Birmingham UK. Metallica, GnR, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon, Rival Sons. Plus a slew of vocalists and musicians will be lending their talents to the show as well.Summer of ‘99 & Beyond- Creed and Nickelback to headline. Friday July 18 and Saturday July 19 in East Troy WI. Tickets on sale Feb 21.https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0700624A2E3B4183 Russian Circles X Pelican- Touring together starting March 3 at Delmar in St. Louis, MO and wraps up on March 22 at the Fine Line in Minneapolis, MN.ALSO ~ Pelican are releasing their first album in 6 years. Flickering Resonance, due out May 16.https://www.stubhub.com/russian-circles-tickets/performer/493440 Converge- have announced a handful of tour dates around the festivals they have already been announced on.https://jacobbannon.com/blogs/news/converge-announce-u-s-tour-dates-in-may-2025 Reg ‘ol NewsThe Melvins X Napalm Death- Not only are they touring together come April, but they have just announced a collaboration album titled Savage Imperial Death March, out this Sunday on vinyl. Other media at a later date.https://www.shoxop.com/ SuggestsSpiritbox- No Loss, No Love https://youtu.be/YfKlcLKDkz0?si=q9PUxksVuCsyKLZ8 Gaming/Tech Follow-ups/CorrectionsHelldivers 2 - New update that dropped last week added a new Terminid Strain to tussle with on Fenrir III. “The Predator Hunter is a specialized, evolved strain forged by the Terminids' extended exposure to The Gloom, enhancing their hunting abilities and turning them into even deadlier ambush predators. The Predator Hunter is a specialized, evolved strain forged by the Terminids' extended exposure to The Gloom, enhancing their hunting abilities and turning them into even deadlier ambush predators.”Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves- Adding Chun-Li and Ken later this year.https://youtu.be/h2JEb_ItQYY Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising- Season pass 2 announced.https://youtu.be/kamlq7O3t7Q?si=TuSFpYA12gi-vY9i Fortnite- Next season is called Lawless, and will feature Mortal Kombat characters Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Scorpion will be available for purchase in the store, and Sub-Zero is set to be a standard character in the battle pass. Meaning Sub-Zero will have up to 4 skins. Which has the community speculating as to what those skins will be.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/fortnite-sub-zero-scorpion-mortal-kombat-skins/ Reg ‘ol NewsMarvel Rivals- The development team has all been laid off from NetEase Games.https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-director-shares-that-he-and-his-team-were-just-laid-off.1112481/ But that isn't stopping the game from moving forward. Human Torch and Thing gameplay was ALSO just released today. That and a new map will be coming Feb 21. Along with a reworking of how in game currency works. Once you have purchased the seasonal Battle Pass, and then accomplished all the goals, you can then use your Chrono Points for in game gold. The conversion ratio has yet to be revealed.https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-rivals-season-1-part-2-patch-notes-human-torch-thing-characters SuggestsMarvel Rivals Comic Books/Books Reg ‘ol NewsSpider-Man- Marvel Comics has sparked controversy by teasing the possible resurrection of Gwen Stacy, a character whose death in The Night Gwen Stacy Died (1973) remains one of Spider-Man's most defining moments. A newly released teaser image shows a shadowy figure standing over her grave with the tagline "NOTHING IS SACRED," leading to backlash from fans who argue that bringing her back would cheapen the emotional impact of her original demise. While Marvel has yet to confirm details, they have promised more information in the coming week, leaving readers divided over what this could mean for Spider-Man's story.Donny Cates- The creator of Knull is finally returning to the fray after 3 years of turmoil and trouble.“Just wanted to check in with all of you and let you know that your boy is back on the dance floor,” Cates shared on Instagram. “Expect announcements this summer. And then another one after that. What do you think? Anyone want to guess? If you get it right I'll buy your first issue.” Well, “finally” might be a bit strong. Hulk as a spaceship was a little out there. But at least he is an original voice.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/donny-cates-comic-book-writer-return/ TMNT X Naruto- The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto" crossover comic series is set to conclude with its fourth issue later this fall. This collaboration between IDW Publishing and Viz Media brings together the Ninja Turtles and Naruto's Team 7 in a shared universe where New York City and the Hidden Leaf Village coexist. The storyline begins with April O'Neil's clandestine meeting with Tsunade, attracting attention from both Naruto's team and the Foot Clan, who believe April possesses valuable information on Baxter Stockman's mutation research. As the series progresses, tensions escalate, leading to an anticipated showdown between Naruto and the Turtles' arch-nemesis, Shredder. Cover artist Jorge Jiménez has unveiled a preview of the final issue's cover, depicting Naruto launching a Rasengan at Shredder, hinting at the climactic battle to come. Written by Caleb Goellner and illustrated by Hendry Prasetya, this fallhttps://comicbook.com/anime/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-naruto-crossover-shredder/ Halo: Empty Throne- 2559. It has been a year since the rogue artificial intelligence Cortana seized control of the Domain, an otherworldly dimension housing a vast information network. With an array of Forerunner weapons at her disposal, Cortana set out to enforce an authoritarian peace on the civilizations of the galaxy. But as the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity prepares to strike against Cortana at Zeta Halo, another plan has also been set in motion.Out now.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Halo-Empty-Throne/Jeremy-Patenaude/Halo/9781668052129 SuggestsInvisible Monstersis a novel by American writer Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1999. It is his third novel to be published, though it was his second written novel (after Insomnia: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Already). The novel was originally supposed to be Palahniuk's first novel to be published, but it was rejected by the publisher for being too disturbing. After the success of his novel Fight Club, Invisible Monsters was given a second chance, and a revised version of it was published. TV Shows Follow-ups/CorrectionsHalo- dropped by Paramount+ but picked up by Netflix… at least in other markets. Does this mean it's saved? No just means that Paramount is trying to make money on that stinker. March 1 https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/after-being-dropped-the-lesser-received-xbox-game-turned-tv-show-has-been-picked-up-by-netflix-coming-march-1 Harry Potter- John Lithgow cast as New Dumbledore.https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/harry-potter-dumbledore-john-lithgow-tv-show-cast-concern/ Rings of Power- Season 3 confirmed… but why?? TrailersTwisted Metal S02- https://youtu.be/ptLE35Du2Dc?si=olB6RAZa3Ns-0ptJNo exact date beyond “Summer 2025.” Reg ‘ol NewsRobin Hood- MGM+ announced a new 10 episode series for the franchise. With Sean Bean cast already as the Sheriff Of Nottingham, and Jack Patten as Robin Hood. No official release date but it is expected later this year.https://cosmicbook.news/sean-bean-robin-hood-mgm-plus-series DnD- New series headed to Netflix.Titled Forgotten Realmshttps://deadline.com/2025/02/dungeons-dragons-series-the-forgotten-realms-netflix-shawn-levy-1236288182/ SuggestsTwisted Metal S01 - It may not be perfect, but it was fun. Catch up before season 2 hits and things get crazier.Movies Follow-ups/CorrectionsRed Sonja- The Matilda Lutz starring movie is FINALLY set for a release this year. No specific date just yet.https://deadline.com/2025/02/red-sonja-reboot-release-later-this-year-uk-deal-1236292579 Dune 3- Set for principle photography later this year. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dune-3-filming-start-summer-2025-zendaya-schedule-issues-dune-messiah/ TrailersThe Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie- https://youtu.be/BtHUWHXfDyUnew Looney Tunes that ISN'T Coyote VS ACME… still looks pretty fun. March 14. And apparently the success of this movie is directly connected to the likelihood of Coyote being released. Reg ‘ol NewsMagic: the Gathering- Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment have joined to bring Magic:The Gathering into Live Action. Said to be TV AND Film adaptations in the pipeline. The first project is set to be a movie, but there are series lined up beyond that, assuming everything goes well.Clayface- The movie will follow “a B-movie actor who injects himself with a substance to keep himself relevant only to find out that he can reshape his face and form, becoming a walking piece of clay” The synopsis given by THR has been drawing comparisons to The Substance… oh brother.https://view.email.hollywoodreporter.com/?qs=7497a3ea37771efbc71905bcd94459cefaa96f0dd32abb7bb9b912c1ef7003b23f18daee7af93b7341836964f343221fda027da4b45a3eeaac5e3ad5a210edfd7b0e7e94327a8aa5 SuggestsStar Wars: The Ghost's Apprentice- AI Fanmade movie. That isn't all that good, outside of the incredible showcase of where AI is right now.https://youtu.be/KWlxMC0j498 Rumor Mill Confirmations/RefutationsHe-Man- According to leaked set images, the movie WILL be set (at least in part) on Earth. Oh Boy… Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man. New RumorsX-Men Casting- Margaret Qualley as RogueHunter Schafer as MystiqueElliot Page in an undisclosed roleSadie Sink as Jean Grey Clayface- Now rumored to be ditching the Monster-esque version that is most popular in the comics. Perhaps implying the Basil Karlo version originally created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane?~ALSO~ Rumors of Kick Ass 2's Jeff Waldow and Speak No Evil's James Watkins both being eyed to direct.Still on track for release Sept 11 of 2026.Henry Cavill- Now he is being rumored for Nova over at Marvel… I really think that with his Warhammer 40k stuff he will be FAR too busy to do anything with Marvel.Robert Pattinson- Marvel now rumored to be possibly casting the Twilight actor for a future project…Dune 4- Garreth Edwards (Rogue One) is rumored to be heading up the short list to direct. SPECULATIONThe MCU is about to get NUTS. With Captain America: Brave new world doing better than anticipated, the hype train is gearing up already. BUT SOON we will be getting recasts. Hot take – NOT rebooting the MCU for the recasts.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Ozzy Osbourne's Final Show adds more actsMarvel Rivals controversyNew Halo bookDumbledore cast for new MAX seriesClayface hits the Movie and Rumor sections both pretty hardAnd so much more...Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content. Music Follow-ups/CorrectionsNeil Gaiman- Newest accusations have drawn now Ex-Wife Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) into the fray. https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/neil-gaiman-wisconsin-rape-suit.pdf Primus- New drummer John Hoffman announced. Just some dude from Shreveport LA… sweetThe Sword- 2 new shows added to their “Return” April 10 in Dallas TX. April 11 in San Antonio TX. New Music/VideoRise Against- Nod https://youtu.be/7WkrZi19q4UNew mix sound for the band. Lyrical'ly seems to meander, and at times it feels like is wanders into territory already covered in “Savior.”Underoath- New album announced. “The Place After This One” due out March 28th through MNRK Heavy.Allegaeon- Driftwood https://youtu.be/SrUZdqy7spAas much as I don't WANT to like these guys, they are just really damn good. This might not be as good as their last single, but still better than a lot of newer bands.ALSO ~ new album, The Ossuary Lens, due out April 4th on Metal Blade. Not a concept album per se, but all about different views on death.Peter Murphy- Swoon Feat Trent Reznor https://youtu.be/ZPOgRAQdbtQGoth royalty being great. Not much more to say.Callous Daoboys- Two-Headed Trout/The Demon of Unreality Limping Like a Dog https://youtu.be/wL5UpOrHTBYThe Daoboys getting a little more theatrical with not just their presentation, but also their writing and arrangements.ALSO~ New record, I Don't Want To See You In Heaven, due out May 19.Tetrarch- Never Again (Parasite) https://youtu.be/yLFNdIRwng4Modern Nu-Metal… still just feels rather middle of the road. Tours/FestivalsAttack Attack!- Roadside Rumble Tour. Support from Convictions, Downswing, and Uncured.Starts May 15 in Greensboro, NC through May 22 in Memphis TN.https://www.bandsintown.com/a/186318 Dropkick Murphys X Bad Religion- Summer of Discontent Tour. The Mainliners opening. Will run from July 22 in Spokane, WA through August 17 in Big Flats NY. Tickets go on sale the 20th 10 a.m. local time at www.dropkickmurphys.com and www.badreligion.com.Black Sabbath- Ozzy's final live performance. July 5th in Birmingham UK. Metallica, GnR, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon, Rival Sons. Plus a slew of vocalists and musicians will be lending their talents to the show as well.Summer of ‘99 & Beyond- Creed and Nickelback to headline. Friday July 18 and Saturday July 19 in East Troy WI. Tickets on sale Feb 21.https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0700624A2E3B4183 Russian Circles X Pelican- Touring together starting March 3 at Delmar in St. Louis, MO and wraps up on March 22 at the Fine Line in Minneapolis, MN.ALSO ~ Pelican are releasing their first album in 6 years. Flickering Resonance, due out May 16.https://www.stubhub.com/russian-circles-tickets/performer/493440 Converge- have announced a handful of tour dates around the festivals they have already been announced on.https://jacobbannon.com/blogs/news/converge-announce-u-s-tour-dates-in-may-2025 Reg ‘ol NewsThe Melvins X Napalm Death- Not only are they touring together come April, but they have just announced a collaboration album titled Savage Imperial Death March, out this Sunday on vinyl. Other media at a later date.https://www.shoxop.com/ SuggestsSpiritbox- No Loss, No Love https://youtu.be/YfKlcLKDkz0?si=q9PUxksVuCsyKLZ8 Gaming/Tech Follow-ups/CorrectionsHelldivers 2 - New update that dropped last week added a new Terminid Strain to tussle with on Fenrir III. “The Predator Hunter is a specialized, evolved strain forged by the Terminids' extended exposure to The Gloom, enhancing their hunting abilities and turning them into even deadlier ambush predators. The Predator Hunter is a specialized, evolved strain forged by the Terminids' extended exposure to The Gloom, enhancing their hunting abilities and turning them into even deadlier ambush predators.”Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves- Adding Chun-Li and Ken later this year.https://youtu.be/h2JEb_ItQYY Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising- Season pass 2 announced.https://youtu.be/kamlq7O3t7Q?si=TuSFpYA12gi-vY9i Fortnite- Next season is called Lawless, and will feature Mortal Kombat characters Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Scorpion will be available for purchase in the store, and Sub-Zero is set to be a standard character in the battle pass. Meaning Sub-Zero will have up to 4 skins. Which has the community speculating as to what those skins will be.https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/fortnite-sub-zero-scorpion-mortal-kombat-skins/ Reg ‘ol NewsMarvel Rivals- The development team has all been laid off from NetEase Games.https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-director-shares-that-he-and-his-team-were-just-laid-off.1112481/ But that isn't stopping the game from moving forward. Human Torch and Thing gameplay was ALSO just released today. That and a new map will be coming Feb 21. Along with a reworking of how in game currency works. Once you have purchased the seasonal Battle Pass, and then accomplished all the goals, you can then use your Chrono Points for in game gold. The conversion ratio has yet to be revealed.https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-rivals-season-1-part-2-patch-notes-human-torch-thing-characters SuggestsMarvel Rivals Comic Books/Books Reg ‘ol NewsSpider-Man- Marvel Comics has sparked controversy by teasing the possible resurrection of Gwen Stacy, a character whose death in The Night Gwen Stacy Died (1973) remains one of Spider-Man's most defining moments. A newly released teaser image shows a shadowy figure standing over her grave with the tagline "NOTHING IS SACRED," leading to backlash from fans who argue that bringing her back would cheapen the emotional impact of her original demise. While Marvel has yet to confirm details, they have promised more information in the coming week, leaving readers divided over what this could mean for Spider-Man's story.Donny Cates- The creator of Knull is finally returning to the fray after 3 years of turmoil and trouble.“Just wanted to check in with all of you and let you know that your boy is back on the dance floor,” Cates shared on Instagram. “Expect announcements this summer. And then another one after that. What do you think? Anyone want to guess? If you get it right I'll buy your first issue.” Well, “finally” might be a bit strong. Hulk as a spaceship was a little out there. But at least he is an original voice.https://comicbook.com/comics/news/donny-cates-comic-book-writer-return/ TMNT X Naruto- The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto" crossover comic series is set to conclude with its fourth issue later this fall. This collaboration between IDW Publishing and Viz Media brings together the Ninja Turtles and Naruto's Team 7 in a shared universe where New York City and the Hidden Leaf Village coexist. The storyline begins with April O'Neil's clandestine meeting with Tsunade, attracting attention from both Naruto's team and the Foot Clan, who believe April possesses valuable information on Baxter Stockman's mutation research. As the series progresses, tensions escalate, leading to an anticipated showdown between Naruto and the Turtles' arch-nemesis, Shredder. Cover artist Jorge Jiménez has unveiled a preview of the final issue's cover, depicting Naruto launching a Rasengan at Shredder, hinting at the climactic battle to come. Written by Caleb Goellner and illustrated by Hendry Prasetya, this fallhttps://comicbook.com/anime/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-naruto-crossover-shredder/ Halo: Empty Throne- 2559. It has been a year since the rogue artificial intelligence Cortana seized control of the Domain, an otherworldly dimension housing a vast information network. With an array of Forerunner weapons at her disposal, Cortana set out to enforce an authoritarian peace on the civilizations of the galaxy. But as the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity prepares to strike against Cortana at Zeta Halo, another plan has also been set in motion.Out now.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Halo-Empty-Throne/Jeremy-Patenaude/Halo/9781668052129 SuggestsInvisible Monstersis a novel by American writer Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1999. It is his third novel to be published, though it was his second written novel (after Insomnia: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Already). The novel was originally supposed to be Palahniuk's first novel to be published, but it was rejected by the publisher for being too disturbing. After the success of his novel Fight Club, Invisible Monsters was given a second chance, and a revised version of it was published. TV Shows Follow-ups/CorrectionsHalo- dropped by Paramount+ but picked up by Netflix… at least in other markets. Does this mean it's saved? No just means that Paramount is trying to make money on that stinker. March 1 https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/after-being-dropped-the-lesser-received-xbox-game-turned-tv-show-has-been-picked-up-by-netflix-coming-march-1 Harry Potter- John Lithgow cast as New Dumbledore.https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/harry-potter-dumbledore-john-lithgow-tv-show-cast-concern/ Rings of Power- Season 3 confirmed… but why?? TrailersTwisted Metal S02- https://youtu.be/ptLE35Du2Dc?si=olB6RAZa3Ns-0ptJNo exact date beyond “Summer 2025.” Reg ‘ol NewsRobin Hood- MGM+ announced a new 10 episode series for the franchise. With Sean Bean cast already as the Sheriff Of Nottingham, and Jack Patten as Robin Hood. No official release date but it is expected later this year.https://cosmicbook.news/sean-bean-robin-hood-mgm-plus-series DnD- New series headed to Netflix.Titled Forgotten Realmshttps://deadline.com/2025/02/dungeons-dragons-series-the-forgotten-realms-netflix-shawn-levy-1236288182/ SuggestsTwisted Metal S01 - It may not be perfect, but it was fun. Catch up before season 2 hits and things get crazier.Movies Follow-ups/CorrectionsRed Sonja- The Matilda Lutz starring movie is FINALLY set for a release this year. No specific date just yet.https://deadline.com/2025/02/red-sonja-reboot-release-later-this-year-uk-deal-1236292579 Dune 3- Set for principle photography later this year. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/dune-3-filming-start-summer-2025-zendaya-schedule-issues-dune-messiah/ TrailersThe Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie- https://youtu.be/BtHUWHXfDyUnew Looney Tunes that ISN'T Coyote VS ACME… still looks pretty fun. March 14. And apparently the success of this movie is directly connected to the likelihood of Coyote being released. Reg ‘ol NewsMagic: the Gathering- Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment have joined to bring Magic:The Gathering into Live Action. Said to be TV AND Film adaptations in the pipeline. The first project is set to be a movie, but there are series lined up beyond that, assuming everything goes well.Clayface- The movie will follow “a B-movie actor who injects himself with a substance to keep himself relevant only to find out that he can reshape his face and form, becoming a walking piece of clay” The synopsis given by THR has been drawing comparisons to The Substance… oh brother.https://view.email.hollywoodreporter.com/?qs=7497a3ea37771efbc71905bcd94459cefaa96f0dd32abb7bb9b912c1ef7003b23f18daee7af93b7341836964f343221fda027da4b45a3eeaac5e3ad5a210edfd7b0e7e94327a8aa5 SuggestsStar Wars: The Ghost's Apprentice- AI Fanmade movie. That isn't all that good, outside of the incredible showcase of where AI is right now.https://youtu.be/KWlxMC0j498 Rumor Mill Confirmations/RefutationsHe-Man- According to leaked set images, the movie WILL be set (at least in part) on Earth. Oh Boy… Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man. New RumorsX-Men Casting- Margaret Qualley as RogueHunter Schafer as MystiqueElliot Page in an undisclosed roleSadie Sink as Jean Grey Clayface- Now rumored to be ditching the Monster-esque version that is most popular in the comics. Perhaps implying the Basil Karlo version originally created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane?~ALSO~ Rumors of Kick Ass 2's Jeff Waldow and Speak No Evil's James Watkins both being eyed to direct.Still on track for release Sept 11 of 2026.Henry Cavill- Now he is being rumored for Nova over at Marvel… I really think that with his Warhammer 40k stuff he will be FAR too busy to do anything with Marvel.Robert Pattinson- Marvel now rumored to be possibly casting the Twilight actor for a future project…Dune 4- Garreth Edwards (Rogue One) is rumored to be heading up the short list to direct. SPECULATIONThe MCU is about to get NUTS. With Captain America: Brave new world doing better than anticipated, the hype train is gearing up already. BUT SOON we will be getting recasts. Hot take – NOT rebooting the MCU for the recasts.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
Une émission préparée et enregistrée par Mathieu et (surtout) Babar. Montage de Mathieu et générique par le magnifique TMDJC. Pour ne rien louper de nos podcasts.Revenu du fond des âges après une période de disette bien trop longue, le first person shooter est plus en forme que jamais et cela pour le plus grand plaisir de Yann Moix. Bien sur les choses ont changé depuis l'explosion du genre en 1993 et c'est à une nouvelle race de soldats que nous avons affaire sur nos machines de jeux.À là fois old school dans sa réalisation mais moderne dans son approche du genre, le boomer shooter bouscule les codes et nos habitudes pour mieux nous surprendre tout en gardant la rage et le fun des fast FPS de l'époque.Particulièrement friand de la chose, Babar et Mathieu se sont donc enfin lancés pour rendre hommage aux boomer shooters dans un dossier balèze comme un shotgun de space marine.Comme d'habitude, on vous souhaite une bonne écoute et on vous invite à venir en discuter avec nous sur Discord ou dans les commentaires de vos plate-formes d'écoute favorites.À plus les fragueurs Recommandations de Mathieu :- Hardcore Henry (2015) film réalisé par Llia Naîlchouller - Ultimate Game (2009) film réalisé par Neveldine et TaylorRecommandations de Babar :- Shoot them up (2007) film de Michael Davis- La chaine Youtube de Ahoi : https://www.youtube.com/@XboxAhoy Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Une émission préparée et enregistrée par Mathieu et Babar. Montage de Mathieu et générique par le magnifique TMDJC. Pour ne rien louper de nos podcasts. Wild Wild Evil West : Aujourd'hui Babar avait envie de mettre en avant un jeu qu'il décrit comme la rencontre entre Wild Wild West et Van Helsing... et c'est surement la meilleur description pour vous expliquer ce qu'est Evil West jeu développé par le studio polonnais Flying Wild Hog . Bien entendu, nous en profitons aussi pour discuter de quelques infos tombées récemment et on revient sur la place du western dans le jeu vidéo. Bonne écoute. Recommandation de babar : Clash, artifacts of chaos - ACE Team (2023) Recommandation de Mathieu : Vampires - John Carpenter (1998)
Corviknight makes it to GBL, GO's newest "Battle Pass", Steve needs a miracle, 2 new Champions are crowned, and is it really the Year of the Snake...? Where to find us! YouTube - https://youtube.com/@thebattlecatzpodcast X - https://twitter.com/BattleCatzPod Caleb Peng YouTube - https://youtube.com/calebpeng X - https://twitter.com/CalebPeng Twitch - https://twitch.tv/calebpeng HurricaneKaz X - https://x.com/thehurricanekaz Steve YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/PvPSteve X - https://x.com/PvPSteve1 Twitch - https://twitch.tv/PvPSteve7 Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@GdayBattlers Twastell X - https://x.com/pogoTwastell
Une émission préparée et enregistrée par Mathieu, Winston et Babar. Montage de Mathieu et générique par le magnifique TMDJC. Pour ne rien louper de nos podcasts. Hail to the King ? Attendu comme le messie dés son annonce en 1997 Duke Nukem Forever va rapidement devenir la plus grosse arlésienne de notre média préféré car c'est seulement en 2011 que le titre de 3D Realms débarquera sur nos machines. Particulièrement attendu par les fans Duke Nukem Forever va rapidement se retrouver dans les bacs à soldes tant il va décevoir la presse comme le public qui vont le mitrailler sans pitié... à tord ou à raison c'est ce que nous allons vous raconter dans ce nouvel épisode de Battle Pass. En plus de donner notre avis plus de 10 ans après sa sortie, nous reviendrons aussi sur l'origine du Duke et sur les soucis de son développement sans fin. Accrochez-vous à vos Balls of Steel et surtout protégez les oreilles sensibles... ça va remuer ! Bonne écoute.
Al and Kevin discuss their most anticipated games of 2025 Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:02:22: What Have We Been Up To 00:27:27: What We Are Looking Forward To In 2025 00:58:05: Outro Contact Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to the first episode of the harvest season of 2025. My name is Al. (0:00:38) Kev: Wow, I’m Kevin and hmm. Did you smell that new 2025 smell that New Year’s? No (0:00:46) Al: It smells very much like 2024. We are recording this episode quite early. Four weeks early, (0:00:56) Kev: Yeah, something like that yeah, we broke a favor no (0:00:56) Al: three weeks early three weeks early three weeks early so uh (0:01:01) Al: so yeah who knows what the world will be like in three and a half weeks (0:01:06) Kev: Oh, and boy! (0:01:08) Kev: Oh, gosh, that, you know, that was a time that could have been a “haha” joke, you know, that’s a serious threat these days. (0:01:14) Al: So obviously, we will not have any news, any news that we’ve missed over the last two weeks (0:01:15) Kev: Oh, no! (0:01:24) Al: will be in the next episode. We’ll probably do a news catch-up episode. But yeah, we’re (0:01:30) Kev: Yep. So, you know, very. (0:01:31) Al: going to talk about our exciting, what we’re looking forward to for this year, our most (0:01:37) Al: anticipated games of 2025. (0:01:40) Kev: I mean, surely, you know, chocolate, or haunted chocolatier, which undoubtedly will have the release date by this point, because we’re not recording it early. (0:01:51) Kev: But yes, no. 2025, look at-looking. (0:01:53) Al: I mean, considering he just said that he hasn’t worked on it at all in the last year, (0:02:02) Kev: Yeah (0:02:03) Kev: Yeah (0:02:03) Al: basically, I don’t think that’s the case. (0:02:04) Kev: Yeah (0:02:06) Kev: Those screenshots were doctored (0:02:09) Kev: Yeah, no probably not but uh, but hey things to look forward to 2025 because boy do we need to find those especially out here in the (0:02:19) Al: So we’re going to talk about that, but first of all, Kevin, what have you been up to? (0:02:28) Kev: Okay, so all right since we already broke (0:02:32) Kev: All in um, I mean I’ve been playing a lot of the usual Marvel snap is it’s very busy right now (0:02:38) Kev: There’s a lot going on Marvel snap. I’m playing on its new season (0:02:43) Kev: I’m having fun with it (0:02:44) Al: Of course, when this comes out, it will be nearly time for another new season. (0:02:48) Kev: Probably actually the new season will be out but it’s funny though because (0:02:50) Al: No, because this is releasing on the 1st of January, so it will be another couple of days. (0:02:55) Kev: You’re right, you’re right. Okay. Well almost yeah (0:02:57) Kev: well the end of uh almost the end of that season well either way i’m having fun (0:03:02) Kev: at the start of the season I can’t say about future kevin who he’s out of my mind probably (0:03:07) Kev: um but um honestly that goes hand in hand with uh uh what i’ve really been up to uh because the (0:03:17) Kev: marvel snap season for december is a crossover season with marvel rivals which at the time of (0:03:24) Kev: recording just brought the kids to be here the day before yesterday it’s been a little more than 24 (0:03:29) Kev: hours. (0:03:32) Kev: It’s just Overwatch, but with Marvel, it is just Overwatch, and original Overwatch, (0:03:44) Kev: so I played Overwatch when it first came out in 2016, almost 10 years ago, which is wild, (0:03:50) Kev: 8 years at this point I guess, and I loved Overwatch, I adored it, I played so much Overwatch, (0:03:58) Kev: And then they basically ruined it. (0:04:02) Kev: It was two things. I mean, even before Overwatch 2, (0:04:06) Kev: they, the way they updated and patch things and balance things or whatever, (0:04:14) Kev: they started gearing it very much towards like high level competitive tournament stuff or whatever. (0:04:21) Kev: So they reworked a lot of characters and just basically they ruined a lot of it for me. (0:04:25) Kev: It was just nowhere near as fun when I dropped out. (0:04:30) Kev: which I can’t remember. (0:04:32) Kev: Pre-COVID I think when I finally kind of dropped it, but yeah. (0:04:35) Kev: And then Overwatch 2 came out, which was great because they just– (0:04:40) Kev: here’s the secret, Al, it really was just more Overwatch. (0:04:44) Kev: It was not Overwatch 2. (0:04:46) Kev: It was just the same thing, except they made it even worse (0:04:49) Kev: because I don’t think all the characters were free. (0:04:54) Kev: They changed it from 6v6 to 5v5 and just all sorts of nonsense. (0:05:02) Kev: It’s so– embarrassingly so, I would say. (0:05:06) Kev: Actually, just like the week before Rivals dropped, (0:05:08) Kev: Overwatch 2 did a mode called Overwatch Origins or something. (0:05:11) Kev: I don’t remember. (0:05:12) Kev: Basically, they had a mode where everything (0:05:15) Kev: was set back to the original Overwatch cast and abilities (0:05:19) Kev: and balances and stuff like that, which is really funny. (0:05:22) Kev: They were trying to capture that magic again (0:05:24) Kev: because Rivals was right around the corner. (0:05:28) Kev: But it doesn’t matter because Rivals is here (0:05:32) Kev: and die now. (0:05:34) Kev: So yeah, Mar– (0:05:35) Kev: OK. (0:05:37) Kev: First of all, Marvel Rivals, very stylistic. (0:05:41) Kev: It’s made by NetEase, a Chinese company. (0:05:43) Kev: They have that, what I call Chinese anime aesthetic, (0:05:47) Kev: like ancient impact and stuff. (0:05:49) Kev: Here’s this very edgy, pointy, and stylistic. (0:05:52) Kev: I like it myself. (0:05:55) Kev: But they also have– (0:05:56) Kev: I counted them where, I believe, 29 characters (0:05:59) Kev: at launch, which is insane. (0:06:02) Kev: Then when Overwatch 1 shut down, just at launch, which is wild. (0:06:07) Kev: So we have a good, healthy pick. (0:06:10) Kev: I’ve been trying to play different characters, (0:06:12) Kev: but there’s so many of them. (0:06:15) Kev: There’s– I mean, I like Squirrel Girl a lot. (0:06:19) Kev: She’s like the first one I picked. (0:06:20) Kev: And I think she still might be my favorite. (0:06:22) Kev: Penny Parker with her robot is pretty fun. (0:06:25) Kev: Captain America is really fun. (0:06:27) Kev: His shield just reflects everything. (0:06:29) Kev: I just stand there and let things hit the shield. (0:06:32) Kev: I’m contributing, yeah. (0:06:35) Kev: Hulk is fun. (0:06:37) Kev: Some characters are really hard. (0:06:39) Kev: OK, so Spider-Man played just like Spider-Man (0:06:42) Kev: from the PS4 or 5 games. (0:06:44) Kev: He has a swing. (0:06:45) Kev: He punches. (0:06:46) Kev: He does the web shoot. (0:06:47) Kev: His movement feels just like the PS5 version. (0:06:52) Kev: But that also makes him insanely difficult (0:06:54) Kev: because it’s such a chaotic game. (0:06:56) Kev: So you have to be very precise with Spider-Man. (0:07:00) Kev: and you’re trying to hit other, you know, actual… (0:07:02) Kev: players and such um it’s uh yeah it’s it’s uh it’s great great fun so you’ve never played overwatch (0:07:12) Al: I have not. I’m not a big first person game of any sort kind of person. Like, I’m struggling (0:07:18) Kev: - Mm-hmm. (0:07:19) Kev: - Okay. (0:07:20) Al: to think of any first person game that I actively enjoyed, whether it’s a shooter or anything (0:07:22) Kev: - Yeah. (0:07:24) Kev: - Short. (0:07:26) Al: else. I’m not a huge fan of the perspective, because I think the thing is that you’d think, (0:07:27) Kev: - Short. (0:07:33) Al: oh, well, first person should be the most realistic thing, right? But the problem is (0:07:38) Al: that your screen is not as wide as your (0:07:42) Al: peripheral vision is so I just feel like and this happens in a lot of games (0:07:43) Kev: Yeah, oh, that’s a good point (0:07:46) Al: with movable cameras in that I just feel almost claustrophobic is obviously (0:07:47) Kev: Uh-huh (0:07:51) Al: not a phobia but it’s that sort of idea of like I feel hemmed in and I can’t see (0:07:52) Kev: Yeah (0:07:54) Kev: I get it right yet (0:07:57) Kev: It feels busy. Yeah, I totally can get that. I’m generally not a first-person shooter person either (0:08:03) Kev: I did pick it up for overwatch and whatnot, but you know, here’s here’s the secret out. Here’s a surprise (0:08:09) Kev: Marvel Rivals is not first-person (0:08:11) Al: Oh, it’s not! (0:08:13) Kev: It’s it’s you you hold the back third-person camera. You see your full character when playing (0:08:19) Kev: So as you say you do have a much wider (0:08:23) Kev: Like scope you like how much you can see at once it is my yeah (0:08:26) Al: Oh, yeah. (0:08:29) Kev: So the camera is is focused on you like you’re always centered on it and whatnot (0:08:35) Al: Is Overwatch like this as well? (0:08:37) Kev: No, it is not (0:08:38) Al: Is Overwatch first person? (0:08:39) Kev: Overwatch is first-person. Yes, so you’re not you’re not (0:08:40) Al: Okay, so I’m not so I’m not just making I’m not just making because because people are (0:08:43) Kev: No [LAUGH] Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I know, yes, because you’re not crazy, no, right? (0:08:44) Al: just saying this is just and you did this exactly. (0:08:46) Al: It’s Overwatch, but Marvel. (0:08:48) Al: So so I’m not going crazy. (0:08:50) Al: I was thinking if it’s Overwatch like Marvel, that would mean it was first person, but it’s (0:08:54) Al: not. (0:08:55) Al: Okay, fine. (0:08:56) Al: I was like, have I just miss on miss remembered this game for like, what, 10 years? (0:09:02) Al: Is that how long since the first one came out? (0:09:04) Kev: No, yes, no, no, no, you are correct and but yeah, here’s like, that’s a big thing, right? (0:09:10) Al: Not 10 years, eight years. (0:09:11) Kev: And yeah, eight years almost ten years, but. (0:09:13) Al: 2016 that year. (0:09:13) Kev: Well, okay. And that’s a big thing because I mean, first of all, like you said, the whole camera thing, like, yeah, I can understand. And so obviously that improves that, especially like I couldn’t imagine playing that as Spider-Man, like being first person while swinging around and fly. (0:09:31) Al: No, no, I’d feel sick. (0:09:32) Kev: Oh my gosh. That would be insane. That would be unplayable. So it works well. They can do stuff like that, right? (0:09:41) Kev: And furthermore, I think (0:09:43) Kev: Because much like overwatch one of the (0:09:50) Kev: Foundations let’s say of the game the pillars is cosmetics right like different skins and emotes and so on and so forth, right? (0:09:56) Kev: so (0:09:57) Kev: When overwatch you get a cool skin well, you can’t see it most of them (0:10:01) Kev: You don’t see it when you’re actually playing the game, right? You see like the characters hand maybe but and the death camera (0:10:06) Kev: I guess but here you can actually see your costumes the whole time when you’re playing the game, which is you know, very nice (0:10:14) Kev: And so and actually on that note (0:10:17) Kev: monetization like they were very clear and (0:10:21) Kev: Transparent about it. They dropped the link a blog like actually two days before the game came out (0:10:25) Kev: we didn’t actually know what it was gonna look so right then but (0:10:29) Kev: Two things they were very adamant and clear about one the game is free to play which overwatch (0:10:34) Kev: original was not I don’t know about overwatch - but Marvel rivals is completely free to play and download and play and (0:10:40) Kev: and furthermore, every character is free to play. (0:10:43) Kev: Like I said, Overwatch, I believe that is not the case anymore. (0:10:46) Kev: In Overwatch 2, you have to buy characters or whatever. (0:10:49) Kev: But here, nope, you can pick whatever character you like. (0:10:52) Kev: They have a Season Pass, Battle Pass thing. (0:10:55) Kev: They have bundles that they call them, (0:10:58) Kev: where you can buy a skin and an emote and an animation. (0:11:01) Kev: All sorts of different things, it’s all grouped up together, right? (0:11:05) Kev: And that’s how they’re going to focus on the monetization. (0:11:08) Kev: It’s all going to be cosmetics, which is fantastic. (0:11:12) Al: And so this game is free to play, and you can play all the characters, and it’s in third (0:11:13) Kev: It is free to play, yep. (0:11:17) Kev: That’s correct. (0:11:18) Al: person, and it’s characters I like. (0:11:20) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. (0:11:22) Al: Damn it. (0:11:23) Kev: Yes, I did it, score. (0:11:26) Al: And it’s on Steam, presumably, so I can play it on Steam Deck. (0:11:26) Kev: It is on Steam, PS5, and Xbox, whatever the current one is, I’ve lost track. (0:11:32) Al: Is it cross-play? (0:11:34) Kev: Okay, actually, I think they did a very fair way of approaching that. (0:11:38) Kev: It is cross-play, if you’re playing casual matches. (0:11:41) Kev: if you’re just doing quick play. (0:11:43) Kev: It is cross play and I see that all the time if you’re playing ranked. (0:11:48) Al: what about cross save (0:11:50) Kev: I think it is cross save. (0:11:52) Kev: I haven’t looked too hard into that but that probably should be I think so. (0:11:53) Al: so if I want to if I want to start it on my steam deck and then go on to my ps5 (0:11:59) Al: presumably I can keep any settings I have (0:12:01) Kev: I I yeah, I don’t I don’t have that hard information in front of me, but I would wager that’s the case. (0:12:10) Kev: But yeah, so if you play ranked, it’s uh, yeah, I know right. (0:12:13) Kev: They’re answering all the questions correctly. (0:12:16) Kev: If you, uh, play, um, if you play ranked, you, you just play with (0:12:20) Kev: people on the same systems or whatever you’re on, which seems fair. (0:12:23) Kev: Yeah, that’s, that’s fine. (0:12:24) Kev: Um, but you can totally play cross play with other folks on slack or whatever. (0:12:28) Kev: Um, so yeah, all right. (0:12:30) Kev: There you go. (0:12:31) Kev: Al’s on board. (0:12:32) Kev: You people should try it too. (0:12:33) Al: Oh, my word, forty seven gigabytes. (0:12:37) Kev: It’s, it’s a beefy boy. (0:12:38) Al: Oh, I literally don’t have enough space on my steam deck. (0:12:39) Kev: Um, wait, 40. (0:12:43) Al: Forty seven, I’m seeing forty seven is what it’s saying on Steam. (0:12:43) Kev: seven? Really? Oh. Good times. Good times. Um, but yeah, it’s, I can’t recommend it enough. (0:12:47) Al: Forty seven gigabytes. (0:12:48) Al: I need to uninstall something or get a bigger SD card. (0:12:52) Al: Because I have forty three gigabytes free. (0:12:59) Kev: It’s, it’s fun. It’s got lots of different styles of play. Groot builds walls. He’s fun. (0:13:06) Kev: Um, Iron Man is always flying. He’s just shoots from the air. He is always lying. Like a little, (0:13:11) Kev: I don’t think he can actually run. (0:13:14) Kev: Loki creates duplicates, so on and so forth. It’s good fun. (0:13:18) Al: this feels like a game that I’m going to stick on my PS5 and use, because I am one of those suckers (0:13:25) Al: that has a PS Portal. So it feels like I’m going to stick it on my PS5, use my PS Portal, (0:13:26) Kev: There you go. (0:13:32) Al: rather than trying to fit it on my Steam tech, which is full to the brim of different games. (0:13:38) Al: Whereas my PS5 currently, I have been playing Astro Bot on it just the last few games. They’ve (0:13:45) Al: they’ve added some the like speed as. (0:13:48) Al: Speed run levels, so I’ve been doing them and I’ve just about to once I’ve finished (0:13:54) Al: playing Zelda, which I will have done by the time this episode comes out, (0:13:57) Al: but I’m not going to talk about that because I’m talking about that. (0:13:59) Al: In the second episode that I’m recording today, just a little behind the scenes. (0:14:00) Kev: that is releasing that is releasing before this episode so you’ve already (0:14:07) Al: March before, three weeks before, I will, I’m going to once I finish Zelda, I’m going to start. (0:14:09) Kev: so you’ve already talked about it actually (0:14:18) Al: Hopefully finish before the end of the year, Sonic Shadows. Sonic Shadow generations. (0:14:24) Kev: Oh I gotta get into that too. Generations, yeah. Oh man I gotta get to that too. (0:14:27) Al: Yeah, because you finished it, haven’t you? (0:14:29) Kev: Uh, no, I finished Sonic, uh, uh, Frontiers, the, the, the open world one. (0:14:33) Al: Oh, I thought you said you finish it, January. I thought you said something about that. (0:14:36) Kev: Oh, I put, uh, original, Sonic Generations, the original Sonic, mm-mm, no, no, I’ve not (0:14:38) Al: No, no, no, no, no. I’m sure I saw you saying something about Shadow. (0:14:42) Al: Did I just misread what you said? (0:14:43) Kev: gotten, maybe, because I finished Sonic Frontiers, but not, uh, I’ve not touched Shadow Generations (0:14:48) Kev: yet, um, I, I actually do have it, it is ready to open, and as soon as I… (0:14:54) Kev: probably finish up the, well, we’ll see, I don’t know, because Marvel Rivals is eating (0:14:57) Kev: my life right now, so at some point I will get to it. Um, uh, going back to, dude, I just posted, (0:15:05) Kev: uh, in the chat here, uh, a Penny Arcade comic, you gotta see it, it’s about playing Marvel (0:15:09) Kev: Rivals on the Steam Deck, just like you were talking about, good times. Um, but yeah, that’s, (0:15:14) Kev: uh, Marvel Rivals, I’m glad I sold Al on it, sick, um, big thumbs up, I’m sure it’s even better by (0:15:21) Kev: by the time this actually comes out. (0:15:21) Al: Oh, well, what I’m going to talk about. Obviously, I’ve also been playing, (0:15:24) Kev: what do you have been up to, Al? (0:15:26) Kev: other than (0:15:30) Kev: yes, other than the Zelda (0:15:32) Kev: which you’ve already talked about (0:15:33) Al: yeah, I’ve also been playing Snap, but I think I’m kind of wrapping up on that for just now, (0:15:39) Al: because I’m just getting a bit tired. I’ve been playing it every single day (0:15:43) Al: a lot, because, I mean, you know, you’ve seen the leaderboard on there. I don’t stop. (0:15:47) Kev: I you you do you I play daily but yeah you curve saw me on the leaderboard (0:15:52) Al: I would love to see, what do I play? I play it on my Mac. I don’t think it has, like, (0:15:54) Kev: every every week you do play good (0:16:00) Al: time, amount of time you’ve played on that. But, like, yeah, the amount of time I put in is just (0:16:07) Al: stupid. Like, I would be playing it for, like, what, two to three hours every single day, (0:16:16) Kev: That’s not, ha ha ha ha ha ha. (0:16:16) Al: two to three hours minimum every single day for about six months. (0:16:21) Kev: Ahhhhhh. (0:16:21) Al: I think I’m rolling back on that a little bit, just because I want to play some other things, (0:16:25) Kev: I don’t, weren’t you so high? (0:16:29) Kev: Yeah, until they bring you back in. (0:16:30) Al: and I’m just getting a little bit tired. They will, of course, because this happened last (0:16:32) Kev: It’s the ebb and flow. (0:16:35) Al: time as well. I played it from launch for a good nine months or something like that, (0:16:41) Al: and then I got tired again, and stopped for a while, and then got back into it six months ago. (0:16:48) Al: I’m sure it will get me back in again, and I’m sure I’ll be annoyed that I… (0:16:51) Al: I took the break because obviously I will be so far behind with the cards, but… (0:16:55) Kev: Well, hopefully they’ll have fixed it by then. (0:16:59) Al: We’ll see. We’ll see. (0:17:00) Kev: We’ll see. (0:17:01) Kev: Probably not. (0:17:01) Kev: It’ll probably take them a minute to fix it. (0:17:04) Al: And I’ve been playing Pocket as well, just my regular daily Pocket. (0:17:09) Al: I’m managing to actually do that as an actual how people do daily games, right? (0:17:13) Al: Of putting like 15 minutes into it a day. (0:17:18) Al: Crazy, I know. I don’t do that. (0:17:18) Kev: I don’t blame you but um well hey pocket no I would just say like I still haven’t got (0:17:19) Al: I put my entire game. (0:17:21) Al: gaming time into a game normally when I’m playing it. (0:17:23) Al: But the other thing I’ve been up to recent. Oh, sorry, are you gonna say something? (0:17:34) Kev: into it and like I don’t know something about it it just feels almost uh the more I hear (0:17:41) Kev: about it while not playing it the weirder it sounds to me which like is very much a (0:17:46) Kev: a me thing like I don’t have all the pieces (0:17:48) Kev: in the puzzle but it’s just I don’t get it I still but regardless good for you (0:17:54) Kev: enjoy your wonder pics which I just learned what is today what’s that it’s (0:17:57) Al: I enjoy it, I like collecting things, and this allows me to collect things without battling. (0:18:09) Al: The other thing I’ve been up to, because I will have talked about all the other games (0:18:13) Al: in different episodes, I’m going to talk about I have been watching the TV show Legion. (0:18:19) Kev: Okay, I have not, but I am familiar with it. First of all, who thought of that premise? (0:18:26) Kev: Let’s make a show about Legion, the Professor X’s son. (0:18:28) Al: it’s it’s yeah and it’s funny it’s funny because um that it that’s the entire link (0:18:36) Al: to marvel stuff is legion and minor spoilers for legion but if you know anything about the (0:18:44) Al: character this will not be a spoiler for you shadow king right that is that that’s it (0:18:48) Kev: yeah yeah I actually found out about shadow king just yesterday I don’t remember how I ended up (0:18:55) Kev: it was a wiki hole and somehow I ended up well I don’t know too much about legion to be honest (0:19:00) Kev: but shadow king showing up threw me for a loop i’ll say that um I guess it makes sense because (0:19:05) Kev: he’s a telepath that’s probably the entirety of it um uh I will say um shadow king actually looks (0:19:05) Al: Yeah. (0:19:13) Kev: decent like they did a good job with how it looks. And Aubrey Plaza is sha- (0:19:18) Kev: I’m not okay when I read that. I was like, “Well, she’s possessed.” I know. Yeah. (0:19:20) Al: she’s yeah I don’t want to say too much because there’s some spoilers but yeah she is acting (0:19:26) Al: shadow king for some of it yeah it is she’s fantastic I mean she’s fantastic and everything (0:19:32) Al: I think I have never been disappointed by her and she does but it’s like such a different character (0:19:32) Kev: I was about to say that “yes” in everything. (0:19:39) Al: to other characters that she’s done like I know she does weird characters like that’s her thing (0:19:44) Kev: Yeah, I was about to she’s not her weird because she has the you know that very blasé face and a lot of the characters (0:19:44) Al: she does weird characters yeah no this is (0:19:50) Kev: They run into that, right? (0:19:50) Al: this is very much she turns up the evil rather than the weird right which is what you want from (0:19:54) Kev: That is yeah, yeah, that’s that’s interesting. I can’t remember the last time I saw replaza play, you know evil (0:20:02) Al: properly evil rather than just like accidentally evil. (0:20:03) Kev: but (0:20:06) Kev: Yeah, oh, yeah, yes, okay. Yes, that’s correct (0:20:10) Kev: Or let’s it may be malicious maybe not outright evil, but (0:20:13) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, for sure. (0:20:14) Kev: But yeah, but yeah like a straight evil that’s that is fascinating but hey, but look (0:20:19) Al: Straight evil and nobody said straight. (0:20:22) Kev: Yeah (0:20:24) Kev: She’s um, I mean hey good good. She’s good. She’s a great actress though. Like everyone. I’ve seen her so I’m sure she kills it (0:20:31) Al: Yeah, no, she absolutely does. (0:20:32) Al: She kills, the role is fantastic, but other than, yeah, other than Legion and Shadow (0:20:40) Al: King, every other character is like an original character for the show, which is a little (0:20:44) Kev: Okay, what about not even Charles like cuz that’s (0:20:46) Al: bit weird. (0:20:48) Al: He is, he’s hinted at, but he’s never explicitly said. (0:20:52) Kev: Okay as about this like I I don’t (0:20:54) Kev: Okay, cuz I don’t expect them on screen, but you know that’s kind of a fundamental part of Legion’s characters (0:21:01) Al: So I think they can. (0:21:02) Al: They kind of hint at the fact at some point they hint about his dad being a telepath and they have like a cartoon drawing of who is clearly Charles Xavier, obviously, but it’s just like it’s hinted at, he has never explicitly said. (0:21:17) Kev: Okay (0:21:20) Al: said. (0:21:21) Kev: Okay, so okay (0:21:24) Kev: Two questions one do they ever I’m assuming they don’t have the really stupid Legion here that you see in the comics (0:21:31) Kev: But do they ever make a joke about it? (0:21:32) Al: No, I haven’t, I haven’t noticed anything I like that he has. (0:21:33) Kev: Yeah (0:21:36) Kev: Okay, darn it (0:21:36) Al: I mean, his hair is kind of, yeah, I mean, it kind of sticks up in some way, (0:21:41) Kev: It’s vertical (0:21:42) Al: but it’s not, yeah, it’s not as tall. (0:21:44) Al: It’s nowhere near, it’s like, it looks like a normal, like a possible (0:21:47) Kev: Okay, it’s a plausible hairstyle, okay (0:21:48) Al: realistic hairstyle that is an homage to it, I think they do. (0:21:51) Kev: Okay, so they translated it. Okay. I see. All right. Okay, because yeah, his comics hair is ridiculous. It’s like taller than his head (0:21:57) Al: Yeah. (0:21:59) Al: Yeah. (0:22:02) Kev: Okay, the other question (0:22:04) Kev: how is the (0:22:06) Kev: Multiple personality stuff done right because the bar is now set at moonlight, right? How is how do (0:22:11) Al: So, the interesting thing, so I’m finished season two, and I’ve got one season left to (0:22:17) Al: go, the up until the end of season two, they don’t touch on the multiple personalities (0:22:26) Al: very much. (0:22:26) Kev: What? (0:22:26) Al: Obviously, they’d know, let me finish, let me finish, because up until that point, he’s (0:22:33) Al: almost, he’s not quite sure of what his deal is, right? (0:22:41) Al: He starts off the series being diagnosed with schizophrenia in a mental hospital, and then (0:22:48) Al: gets out of the hospital and is like, “Oh, I wasn’t mentally ill, I was just a powerful (0:22:53) Al: mutant and people didn’t understand that.” (0:22:57) Al: And by the end of season two, they’re like, “No, no, you’re not, it’s not that you’re (0:23:02) Al: not mentally ill, it’s that you’re both.” (0:23:06) Al: So that’s how they finish the second season. (0:23:09) Kev: OK. (0:23:11) Al: Up until the last episode of season two, they’ve done a thing where he’s got voices (0:23:19) Al: talking to him, but until the last episode of season two, they don’t do explicitly his (0:23:25) Al: different personalities talking to each other. (0:23:28) Kev: Okay. Well, yeah, towards. Yeah. Okay. (0:23:28) Al: So they’ve not done that very much. (0:23:32) Al: With Moon Knight, his personalities don’t talk to each other, right? (0:23:36) Al: that is dissociative. And I know that I know that legions meant to be dissociative. (0:23:41) Al: But they do seem to be talking to each other, which is interesting. (0:23:46) Al: So it’s very different from how “Moonlight” works. (0:23:51) Al: And this is probably one of these things where this is not at all what it’s like in real life, (0:23:54) Al: and I understand that, I’m not trying to say. (0:23:55) Kev: oh yeah oh yeah for sure like I have even less expectations of legion in that end because legion (0:24:03) Kev: is so over the top with everything he’s got going on so yeah okay so uh-huh okay (0:24:06) Al: It’s, yeah, it’s very much more towards schizophrenia rather than DID, because it’s like, it’s framed (0:24:16) Al: as voices talking to him in his head, and he talks back to them. And then, yeah, so (0:24:21) Al: are we interested to see what they do in season three with it? Because he’s now kind of like (0:24:26) Al: realized this and like, everybody else realizes it. And he’s kind of like moving towards a (0:24:30) Al: kind of almost villain arc, but it will be interesting to see where they take that because (0:24:34) Kev: Ah. (0:24:35) Al: ‘cause obviously he’s a complicated– (0:24:37) Al: –character who, you know, yeah. (0:24:37) Kev: Whoops. (0:24:38) Kev: Oh, just a little. (0:24:41) Al: So it’ll be interesting to see where they end up, but I’ve enjoyed it so far. (0:24:41) Kev: Just a little. (0:24:43) Kev: OK. (0:24:45) Kev: Well, that’s great. (0:24:45) Al: But yeah, it’s been very weird. (0:24:46) Al: It’s like there’s a character that’s clearly meant to be kind of like rogue, (0:24:52) Al: but not really, in that if she touches someone, she swaps bodies with them. (0:24:54) Kev: Mmm (0:24:58) Kev: Her name is bros not rogue (0:25:01) Al: No, it’s not. (0:25:02) Al: It’s Sydney. (0:25:02) Al: But no, instead of like stealing someone’s power, she literally swaps bodies. (0:25:03) Kev: Okay (0:25:05) Kev: Yeah, that’s that’s pretty cool (0:25:06) Al: With them is interesting, and they’ve very much gone in a dark way with this, rather like, you know, there’s a like, we go into her, her childhood and there’s some like really not great moments where she realizes she can do this and. (0:25:21) Kev: No, I’m sure. Oh, oh gosh. There’s a lot of bad places you can go with that. Oh, that’s not great. Oh (0:25:28) Al: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m not going to talk about them on the podcast, but I mean, I might, if you’re if you’re not going to watch it, I might tell you one of them after the podcast because it. (0:25:32) Kev: Sure, but (0:25:36) Kev: Dude I can already take a guess but do tell like mmm (0:25:37) Al: I don’t think that particularly got me. (0:25:40) Al: After the podcast. (0:25:40) Kev: Y’all you could you can yeah there is room to work with there. Absolutely (0:25:46) Al: But yeah, so everyone else, including her are like, as far as I can tell, unique characters, because I was like, I don’t recognize these characters and I went on to Wikipedia and they’re not like. (0:25:58) Al: Legion is linked as the Marvel Legion, and then obviously Shadow King is linked as Shadow King, the Marvel Shadow King and all the other ones, they’re just. (0:26:02) Kev: Yeah, no. (0:26:06) Al: So and so, as this character name, and there’s no like link to a Marvel equivalent for them, so I’m assuming they’re all original characters. (0:26:12) Kev: Uh-huh (0:26:15) Kev: Sure, sure. Okay. Okay. Well (0:26:17) Al: They also have Jermaine Clement. I don’t know if you know who I who I’m talking about. (0:26:21) Kev: That name sounds familiar, let me see. Ah, okay, okay (0:26:22) Al: He was a flight, one of the flight of the concords. No flight of the concords? Yeah, he’s excellent in it as well. So yeah, no, it’s very good. I’m enjoying it and I’m looking forward to season three. (0:26:36) Al: But I’m still finished by the time you hear this episode because I’m going to watch it this week. I’ve only got eight episodes left to go. (0:26:42) Kev: it is it’s such a fascinating thing right because he’s I mean Legion is he is a (0:26:50) Kev: character of some note but not like you know he’s not an A-lister to name in the (0:26:57) Kev: Marvel verse let’s say that right but here they are making a spin a show (0:27:04) Kev: entirely centered or out to him without any of the other Marvel connections so (0:27:09) Kev: So when you hear that, it’s such an interesting practice. (0:27:12) Kev: It’s very cool that they managed to do good with it. (0:27:14) Kev: I have heard good things about it. (0:27:18) Al: Maybe. Yeah, so that’s mostly what I’ve been up to that I haven’t talked about on other episodes. (0:27:26) Kev: All right, cool (0:27:27) Al: Shall we talk about what games we are most looking forward to in 2025? (0:27:34) Kev: “Wildflowers 2” which might be announced by the time this comes out. (0:27:38) Kev: I don’t know. (0:27:39) Al: Oh yeah, they’ve hinted at something coming, haven’t they? (0:27:42) Kev: Yeah, I think it’s coming out. (0:27:44) Kev: So I don’t remember any dates or anything, but that may actually be announced by the (0:27:49) Kev: time this comes out. (0:27:50) Al: Yeah, so I know. (0:27:51) Kev: That may not be a joke. (0:27:53) Al: I know that so I I sent you a link, didn’t I? (0:27:56) Al: Yes, here it was. (0:27:57) Al: So they’re announcing something in the wholesome snack, (0:28:00) Al: which as we’re recording, it’s happening in three days. (0:28:04) Kev: Oh, great. Wildflowers 2 is going to be announced in three days, and I’m not for– (0:28:05) Al: So. (0:28:09) Kev: I can’t confirm it, because I don’t actually know at the time of the recording. (0:28:14) Al: Like, have they hinted towards there being a Wildflowers, too, and it’s not just (0:28:17) Kev: No, okay. That’s me just being hyperbolic. I don’t know, but it’s Drydock Studios. (0:28:22) Kev: It’s from their account, isn’t it? The Wildflowers account, so… (0:28:26) Kev: I don’t know. Who knows? It could be. That would be my hope, of course. Maybe with a different art (0:28:31) Kev: style but you never know um who knows what it’ll be (0:28:35) Kev: um i’ve got my eye on it though for sure though so we’ll see (0:28:37) Al: You’ll play whatever they make, basically, is what you’re saying. (0:28:41) Kev: yeah basically (0:28:44) Al: OK, cool. So we’re going to go through. We’ve each got a list, presumably. (0:28:48) Al: I can’t see Kevin’s list, but presumably we both have a list. (0:28:52) Al: I think what we’ve previously done is talk through one each. (0:28:59) Al: I just kind of go alternately and we’ll talk through our opinions on why we’re looking (0:29:05) Al: looking forward to it, et cetera. (0:29:10) Kev: I am where I cannot find my list I do right if you have a big you had a big list on you (0:29:15) Kev: Where is it? Uh, hold on. Let me see. I’m trying to remember here. You need to go on in slack (0:29:22) Al: I don’t think I’ve posted a big long list of what’s coming out, but it should be on if you look on the notion, there’s a big long list. (0:29:23) Kev: You did yeah (0:29:34) Kev: Um, oh, here it is. Yes. Okay. Okay. Yes. Sorry. Okay. Yeah, I could not find it. Um, but alright, let’s uh, let’s um, yeah. Alright, you start it. (0:29:46) Al: All right, so my first one, and I feel like this has been on my list so many times, but (0:29:52) Al: that’s because I still haven’t properly played it. And that is Snacko because obviously Snacko (0:29:58) Al: is in early access. I haven’t played it yet because it’s been so busy. I think when it (0:30:04) Al: came out last year was a really bad time because it’s December and I’m not going to play a (0:30:08) Al: brand new farming game in December because I’m already like out of it. But. (0:30:16) Al: At some point this year, Snacko will release 1.0 unless something goes seriously wrong. (0:30:23) Al: Like they’ve posted their updated roadmap and it has four updates on it. And it sounds (0:30:29) Al: like they’re expecting that to be done kind of reasonably early next year. So I would (0:30:33) Al: be very surprised if Snacko 1.0 doesn’t come out. So I think that’s probably the thing (0:30:37) Al: I’m most looking forward to. (0:30:38) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:30:42) Kev: All right, yeah, no, that’s fair like I (0:30:45) Kev: snako isn’t on my radar, but like I (0:30:49) Kev: this is one of those I’ve talked, you know ad nauseam like (0:30:53) Kev: Games that are in early access forever and then they get the 1.0 release like it’s uh (0:30:59) Kev: It’s I don’t know something almost perplexing unless they have a send some games do do it. We’re like a massive (0:31:06) Kev: Addition or patch change, right? (0:31:09) Kev: To list the features to 1.0 (0:31:12) Kev: But you know, we’ll see if it can’t drop. Hopefully it will drop (0:31:15) Kev: Um, I will say the art style still looks great. I will say that right like the pixel cap, but everything else is 3d (0:31:22) Al: Yeah (0:31:22) Kev: um (0:31:23) Al: They’ve they’ve done a lot of work as well (0:31:26) Al: So I’ve seen some recent screenshots and some screenshots from like when they first announced it and they’ve they’ve improved the graphics (0:31:34) Al: A huge amount while still feeling like it’s the same style, which is really impressive (0:31:40) Al: And it’s just I think the thing about snako is I have been talking about this game since we started the podcast. I’m pretty sure (0:31:46) Kev: Oh, that sounds about right. (0:31:48) Al: So, you know to to go that long (0:31:52) Al: I can’t even remember how long is it is this is this the end of year six or is this the end of you? (0:31:57) Al: I think it’s the end of year six in January. It will be six years of the podcast. So (0:32:02) Al: Yeah, just the idea of you know, I’ve been talking about this game for that long (0:32:07) Al: And I’m super excited to to finally properly played it. Obviously I played a (0:32:12) Al: demo (0:32:13) Al: Years ago now, but it’s obviously changed a huge amount since then (0:32:16) Kev: Yeah, that will be cool. Once it hits 1.0. I will say heck maybe even I’ll get on board at that point. I don’t know (0:32:26) Kev: But yeah, it’s uh (0:32:28) Kev: That’s good. Can you imagine that the finally that since it’s you finally get into it (0:32:35) Kev: I mean everything talking about it for this many years and finally we get 1.0 and you play the game proper (0:32:42) Kev: But yeah, all right, I’ll (0:32:45) Kev: I’ll, I’ll take the baton. (0:32:46) Kev: Um, my first pick, um, kind of like, I just talked about Snacko, but this is a similar boat where the game is already out, but I haven’t gotten to it. (0:32:58) Kev: And more importantly, it’s going to be the console release of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. (0:33:02) Kev: Um, ah, well, there you go. (0:33:02) Al: Ah that’s on my list as well. This I’m so excited for because yeah I really liked the game in (0:33:12) Al: general but I hated playing it on my iPad so I was like I played it as much as I needed to (0:33:18) Al: for the episode and went I will play this when it’s on something else because it is such a good (0:33:25) Al: game it is such it looks great it feels great everything about it is great I just did not want (0:33:31) Al: to do it on a touch screen! (0:33:32) Kev: It looks like it looks I know I say this knowing Hello Kitty is like one of the biggest franchises in the world just (0:33:43) Kev: monetary wise right but it looks so much better than what I expect it to be right because I’m not saying Hello Kitty is isn’t like it (0:33:52) Kev: doesn’t do quality stuff but it just does so much stuff right like it’s so everywhere that I’m just I don’t know and I don’t (0:34:00) Kev: expect, you know, super high (0:34:02) Kev: highs, let’s say that, right? But this looks incredible. Just everything going on. Like the (0:34:08) Kev: writing, you write minecarts in this game, it’s wild! And finding the Gudetama’s hidden around, (0:34:15) Kev: oh my, it just sounds incredible. And like, just the massive list of Sanrio characters. (0:34:24) Kev: Yeah, no, this, this, like ever since the, you guys talked about it on that one episode, I’ve been so (0:34:28) Kev: hype for it. You and Maddy talk about it. (0:34:32) Kev: This is probably number one, just because I mean, of course, like we know what it is more or less, right? It’s come out. (0:34:39) Kev: We know I know what to expect. So that’s probably why out of all the names here, it is the one I’m most looking forward to, I would say. (0:34:46) Al: Yeah, I wonder, here’s a question for you. (0:34:47) Kev: Yeah, good stuff. Yeah. (0:34:49) Al: Do you think this will be a Switch 2 launch title? (0:34:57) Al: So as of just now, we just know 2025 for Hello Kitty Island Adventure. (0:35:02) Al: We don’t know when in 2025 and also we’re expecting the Switch 2 to be released in (0:35:10) Al: 2025 and it was announced that it was coming to Switch. (0:35:17) Al: Or it was announced that it was coming to anything else (0:35:20) Kev: Yeah. Yeah. (0:35:21) Al: in a Nintendo Direct, you know, in 2024 this year, June 2024. (0:35:29) Al: You know for a fact that if the Switch 2 is coming out next year, (0:35:33) Al: there are developers that have a version to build against an SDK, right? (0:35:40) Al: You know for a fact that there are games (0:35:41) Al: companies that have that because there’s no way they would release the game (0:35:46) Al: Switch exclusives and this feels like it could be something, right? (0:35:51) Al: Like, do you know? (0:35:52) Kev: fact that it’s already have you know it’s already out right it’s it’s just a port as opposed to ground-up game doesn’t make it a (0:35:58) Al: Exactly, yeah. (0:35:59) Kev: Lot more likely um I I don’t know how strong lead field I’ll say it’s greater than 50% chance. It’ll be a launch title (0:36:06) Al: It’s the fact that we still don’t–it’s been six months, and we still don’t know when it’s (0:36:08) Kev: You know I don’t know (0:36:12) Al: coming out next year, you know? And there were many–like, the general assumption is (0:36:13) Kev: Yeah, you know what that’s that’s fair um (0:36:16) Kev: Umm… (0:36:22) Al: that the Switch 2 release announcement was delayed from September. So June to September (0:36:30) Kev: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah (0:36:31) Al: could be a sort of expected timeline between announcement and date. Don’t know. (0:36:54) Al: Yeah, it will be backwards compatible, but I will say, and this is the thing that people (0:36:58) Al: keep getting wrong, backwards compatible does not mean it will run better on the Switch (0:37:02) Al: 2, necessarily. That’s not how these things work, right? (0:37:04) Kev: No, you’re right, I’m not saying, you know what, that’s a good point. (0:37:10) Kev: Yeah, no, you’re right. (0:37:10) Al: So if they make, because it’s the same thing with PS4 versions on a PS5, do not run better (0:37:16) Al: than on a PS4. Well, not better than a PS4 Pro. They do run better than a PS4, but they (0:37:21) Al: don’t run better than a PS4 Pro (0:37:24) Al: They’re not compiled for the PS5, they’re compiled for the PS4 and PS4 Pro (0:37:29) Al: and then they also work on the PS5 and so like when we got, I remember when I first got a PS5 (0:37:36) Al: Fall Guys was just the PS4 version and then like a year later they released the PS5 version and it (0:37:39) Kev: yeah (0:37:43) Kev: um really oh wow I didn’t try on the ps5 i’ll have to try that (0:37:48) Kev: um (0:37:48) Al: With your ps5 that’s just sitting in the corner (0:37:51) Kev: that’s cool look ps5 was my zen the zone zero machine (0:37:56) Al: Would you have a ps5? Oh, I didn’t know that fair enough (0:37:57) Kev: it was stupid oh yeah I do (0:38:01) Kev: yeah yeah yeah I like I use it it’s not just even the ps5 like in general my playstation or (0:38:08) Kev: or non-Nintendo consoles are– (0:38:09) Kev: get used just from a handful of games, right? (0:38:11) Al: » Yeah. (0:38:11) Kev: Like, they’re games, I want them, right? (0:38:12) Al: Same. (0:38:14) Kev: Like, it’s my Street Fighter machine, (0:38:16) Kev: it’s my Send the Zone Zero machine. (0:38:18) Kev: Now my Mar– well, actually, no, (0:38:19) Kev: I’m not even playing Marvel, (0:38:20) Kev: I’m playing Marvel, I was on Steam, (0:38:21) Kev: Calvin got the– (0:38:23) Kev: ‘cause Calvin was a big Overwatch fan, too, (0:38:25) Kev: so we’re both hyped about it, (0:38:26) Kev: so I was like, okay, you know what? (0:38:27) Kev: I have a computer that can run it, (0:38:29) Kev: I’ll run Marvel, I was on Steam, (0:38:31) Kev: you play on the PlayStation, (0:38:32) Kev: and that’s how we split it up. (0:38:33) Kev: But anyways, but there’s another– (0:38:36) Kev: yeah, Fall Guys, right? (0:38:40) Kev: I probably won’t try it, actually, (0:38:41) Kev: ‘cause I don’t have too much other stuff. (0:38:44) Al: I still love fall guys. It’s great. I don’t play as much as I used to, but I still, it’s (0:38:46) Kev: Oh, yeah, Fall Guys is excellent, (0:38:48) Al: a good fun, good. They they’ve been adding, they’ve been adding loads of great, uh, what’s (0:38:49) Kev: like, there is no denying that, (0:38:51) Kev: they knocked that out of the park. (0:38:52) Kev: I wonder how far it’s come. (0:38:53) Kev: Oh, now I’m curious, maybe I will. (0:38:58) Al: the word I’m looking for? Um, skins. And I really like how they’ve been doing the skins (0:39:04) Al: in that you can quite often get a lot of skins for free. Um, so there’s, there’s a, they (0:39:09) Al: They have a, okay, okay, here’s what I really love about what they’ve been doing. (0:39:14) Al: They have a premium pass, or what do you call it, a ladder, or whatever it is you (0:39:20) Al: call it. (0:39:21) Al: I can’t never remember the terminology these games use. (0:39:24) Al: The battle pass, yeah, sure. (0:39:24) Kev: Battle pass, season pass, I don’t know. (0:39:26) Kev: Yeah. (0:39:26) Al: Season pass. (0:39:27) Al: There we go. (0:39:28) Al: Season pass. (0:39:29) Al: They’ve got a season pass. (0:39:30) Al: But the season pass gives you back the currency that you use to buy the season pass. (0:39:38) Kev: Okay (0:39:38) Al: So if you reach level 40 in the season pass, you have a sentry. (0:39:42) Kev: Yeah (0:39:44) Al: Eventually, refunded your season pass. (0:39:47) Kev: You have the next one free which is always great, yeah (0:39:48) Al: Exactly, so if you’re playing it regularly, you can get so much stuff without actually (0:39:55) Al: having to pay except that first payment, which is really good. (0:39:58) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:40:00) Al: And they have like a whole bunch of bundles where it’s like, here’s a bunch of skins and (0:40:03) Al: the currency that you use to buy the battle pass. (0:40:04) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:40:06) Al: So I think, obviously, it still is shoving these things in your face a lot and there’s (0:40:11) Al: a lot of stuff you can’t get without paying. (0:40:14) Kev: Yeah. (0:40:14) Al: You’re exclusive to pay money, pay 20 quid, and you’ll get these skins, but that’s fine. (0:40:20) Al: It’s skins. (0:40:21) Al: Who cares? (0:40:22) Al: You know. (0:40:24) Kev: yeah yeah yeah exactly right at the end of the day even if you don’t care like the game’s (0:40:27) Kev: free and you can still play and it’s entertaining on its own right absolutely um yeah no um so so (0:40:29) Al: Exactly, but my other point about Hello Kitty is they are releasing on PS4 and PS5, they’ve (0:40:35) Kev: there you go fall guys one of my most anticipated 2020 (0:40:44) Al: exclusively said that, so it’s not like they aren’t known to release on two generations (0:40:48) Kev: Yeah, yeah, that’s great. Oh, so there you go. Maybe we’ll get (0:40:49) Al: of the same console at the same time. (0:40:56) Kev: That’s switch to version after all then the ounces (0:41:00) Al: we’re getting close to the point where we’re going to know when the switch is coming out and we’re (0:41:04) Al: going to get the first indications of what the launch titles are. Obviously there will be some (0:41:10) Al: Nintendo stuff but there’s going to be some third-party stuff as well and I would not be surprised if (0:41:15) Al: this is one of them. All right my second one, I guess, I mean my third one was Hello Kitty (0:41:16) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I, you know, yeah, I could see it. Um, okay. Okay, go ahead. Yeah. (0:41:27) Al: island adventure as well. So how many more do you have? (0:41:28) Kev: All right. Oh, god. I, wait, how many do you have? I’ll just try to match you, because I’m, I’m… (0:41:30) Al: For organizing this. I have four in total, but that included Hello Kitty. But if you have four. (0:41:38) Kev: Oh, oh, well, I could probably go, I could probably do… (0:41:42) Kev: We’ll see. I’ll see. I’m going down the list. Just double check again. (0:41:44) Al: You do another one, do another one now, then because I’ve just (0:41:47) Kev: Okay. All right. Well, first of all, stop the presses. Sorry, as I’ve been double checking all these things, I’ve been in double checking trailers. (0:41:47) Al: done alligator as well. So what’s your, what’s your next one? (0:41:56) Kev: There’s Professor Layton got an out. This is neither here nor there. This might be for the greenhouse. This is Professor Layton. Oh, my gosh. Anyways, okay. (0:42:05) Kev: Okay, here’s one. I’m going to say this not because I (0:42:13) Kev: I might not play it, but I’m just so… (0:42:16) Kev: …curious about it? (0:42:19) Kev: Uh, WANDERSTOP? (0:42:21) Kev: Because that’s the one by the Stanley Parable guy, right? (0:42:25) Kev: And it’s, like, such a wild departure from that. (0:42:30) Kev: I’m… I just wonder what it’s gonna look like, right? (0:42:33) Kev: And, like, we have a trailer, and the game looks fine and whatnot. (0:42:36) Kev: Um, it just looks like a straight, you know, straight-shooting, cozy-type game. (0:42:41) Kev: But, um, so, you know, I don’t know if it’s gonna bring anything super new, but… (0:42:46) Kev: Just the history of that developer really has me wondering what that’s gonna look like. (0:42:50) Kev: Because I’m not expecting there to be some weird Stanley Parable-esque twist, (0:42:57) Kev: but at the same time, I don’t know, maybe? (0:43:00) Al: I don’t expect it to be like a meta-commentary on games the way that Stanley Parable was, (0:43:01) Kev: Like… (0:43:05) Kev: Yeah, yeah. (0:43:06) Al: but I will say that it’s describing itself as a narrative-centric cosy game about change and T. (0:43:12) Kev: Uh-huh. (0:43:13) Al: I feel like it’s going to do something interesting, and that’s not going to be a really boring story. (0:43:16) Kev: » Yeah, it might. (0:43:21) Al: It’s going to be hard-hitting in some kind of way, like I don’t think they would make it (0:43:26) Al: just to make a cosy game. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was… (0:43:30) Al: Maybe a meta-commentary on coziness or something like that, you know, like I could see them (0:43:36) Al: like completely appending what you would expect from a cosy game. (0:43:40) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I I could see that absolutely (0:43:45) Kev: Yeah, so you know like I don’t know if I will get to it (0:43:49) Kev: Maybe it drops out and it’s amazing, but it certainly has grabbed my attention. I’ll say that (0:43:53) Kev: that. (0:43:54) Al: it will, even if you don’t play it, you’ll find out a lot about it because this is going (0:43:58) Al: to be talked about. You know, like the same way that the Stanley Parable was talked about (0:44:00) Kev: Oh, oh, absolutely, right? Like, oh, I’m sure, right. I mean, just having that pedigree alone, like, it’s gonna get talked about, absolutely. (0:44:14) Al: I just noticed the music is done by C418, the guy who did Minecraft music. (0:44:18) Kev: Oh, what? (0:44:20) Kev: Minecraft guy, yeah. Oh, I’m like, ooh. Ooh, that’s, that’s strong. That’s good music. Oh. (0:44:20) Al: » Yeah. (0:44:26) Kev: Um, alright, well, that was an honorable mention, but here, let me, uh, let me- (0:44:30) Kev: I can actually throw one. I probably will play, um, “Tales of Sekyu”? I think that’s how you pronounce it. (0:44:36) Al: say yeah I can I who knows yeah (0:44:38) Kev: I think so. Um, okay. (0:44:44) Kev: Uh, so there is, um, so it is a, you know, it’s- (0:44:50) Kev: What’s the premise? It’s- it’s farming, but it’s yokai. (0:44:51) Al: Jokai. Farming, but Jokai, yep. That’s a perfect explanation of it, really. (0:44:54) Kev: Farming but yokai, right
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Als de maandag aangebroken is, dan weet je twee dingen: Je moet naar je werk en je kunt live om 12 uur of later op de dag gaan genieten van een nieuwe editie van Brievenmaandag. De rubriek waarin we al meer dan 16 jaar de meeste prangende brieven, mails en comments van de kijkers voordragen en beantwoorden. Vandaag zijn Boris, JJ en Skate de heren van dienst. Ruim 150 jaar aan game-ervaring die even hun wijsheden gaat spitten. Wat wil je meer? In deze editie kun je onder andere vragen verwachten over de Battle Pass van Black Ops 6, de lastige keuze tussen een Steam Deck en een Switch en de angst om de juiste aanbiedingen te missen bij Black Friday. De antwoorden op deze en andere vragen ga je zien en horen in de aflevering van Brievenmaandag van maandag 18 november 2024. Irritatie over de Battle Pass van Black Ops 6 We hebben ook een heuse 'videobrief'. Uniek en wat ons betreft mag het vaker voorkomen. Want het zit goed in elkaar en scheelt ons een hoop tekst opdreunen. In deze videobrief draait het om de aankoop van de tweedehands games. Weten we daar goede winkels voor? Of hebben we andere tips? En wat vinden de drie heren van de Battle Pass van Black Ops 6, een game die überhaupt al 80 euro kost om aan te schaffen. Wanneer is gamen niet meer goed voor je gezondheid? We gaan het verder in deze Brievenmaandag hebben over wanneer gamen niet meer goed is voor je gezondheid, het dragen van een colbert bij een huwelijk en welke game iemand echt nog moet spelen voor eind april omdat zijn vrouw dan is uitgerekend voor de geboorte van een tweeling. Zoals altijd hebben de heren een antwoord op alles. Dat is wat levenservaring met je doet. En met 150 jaar aan tafel is er heel veel ervaring in het leven opgedaan.
This show is full of math and charts and spreadsheets as we dive from one nerdy subject to the next, first examining the battlepass rewards payouts this month as compared to last, AND then looking at the worth of Starfleet Q in his one and only weekend of auction/sms IF you spend to unlock the other rares. All this and more!
Send us a textHave you ever found yourself accidentally revealing your position in Warzone due to a rogue microphone buzz? Join us for a rollercoaster episode filled with hilarious mishaps, unexpected strategies, and the sheer chaos of Warzone 2.0. Mitch shares the highs and lows of his gaming journey, reflecting on the thrilling improvements and intricate map design that Warzone 2.0 offers. We reminisce about the original Warzone, acknowledging the nostalgia while embracing the potential of its successor. Each map encounter is a fresh challenge, and we're beyond excited to share our experiences and insights with you.Prepare for a laugh-out-loud segment as we dive into the quirky world of Warzone's proximity chat. From technical glitches that freeze us in place to bilingual exploits in the gulag, our stories showcase the unpredictable hilarity of gaming interactions. We reveal how language barriers can sometimes be a gamer's secret weapon and recount tales of surprising teamwork, betrayals, and the comical outcomes that often ensue. The proximity chat feature not only adds a layer of unpredictability but also sets the stage for some of the funniest moments we've experienced in the game.As we wrap up, we dive into the game's newest features and strategic nuances that have changed the way we play. The thrill of exfiltration, the allure of strongholds, and the strategic adjustments in the new gulag format are just a few highlights we explore. We also share our take on the Battle Pass system and how it enriches our gaming experience. To add a cherry on top, we engage in a spontaneous trivia game centered on movie production logos, sparking friendly banter and competition. Don't miss this episode filled with laughter, insights, and a touch of friendly rivalry.Support the show
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Summary In this episode of the Slightly Above Average Gaming Podcast, hosts J007tv and SuboneKD discuss various topics including their experiences with building a gaming space, the challenges of weather and air conditioning, and their recent fair experiences. They delve into gaming mechanics, particularly in Apex Legends and Call of Duty, discussing the impact of seasonal events, zombies mode, and the purgatory mode. The conversation also touches on matchmaking issues, ranked modes, and the ongoing problems with cheating and unlock tools in gaming. The episode concludes with reflections on the future of gaming and the importance of maintaining account safety. In this episode, the hosts delve into the economics of camo grinding in gaming, discussing the implications for streamers and the perceived value of mastery in gameplay. They explore the culture of cheating and shortcuts in the gaming community, emphasizing the importance of integrity. The conversation shifts to the culture of trash talk in gaming, the evolution of streaming and content creation, and the challenges faced by gaming companies like Ubisoft. The episode concludes with a preview of the next episode featuring a special guest from the competitive gaming scene. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Episode Milestones 02:26 Building the Gaming Office 05:29 Weather and Air Conditioning Challenges 08:24 Fair Experiences and Gaming Comparisons 11:16 Apex Legends and Cosmetic Purchases 14:02 Battle Pass and Seasonal Events 17:01 Zombies Mode and Gameplay Mechanics 19:38 Purgatory Mode and Casual Gaming 22:54 Skill-Based Matchmaking and Player Experience 25:49 Cheating and Band Waves in Gaming 28:23 Anti-Cheat Measures and Community Impact 01:04:24 The Economics of Camo Grinding 01:09:17 Trust and Risks in the Gaming Community 01:14:19 The Importance of Mastery in Gameplay 01:20:30 Generational Gaming Perspectives 01:27:51 The Role of Toxicity in Gaming Culture 01:32:13 The Evolution of Streaming Platforms 01:42:34 Ubisoft's Struggles and Industry Trends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
According to Esports Illustrated, Apex Legends has made some crucial changes to its battle pass updates. In this episode, host Paul John Spaulding is joined by Kyle Haglund, Senior Audio Engineer at Cybercrime Magazine, and Sam White, Video Producer at Cybercrime Magazine, to discuss these updates, how players are reacting, and more. • For more on cybersecurity, visit us at https://cybersecurityventures.com
Check out the video version of this episode!In this episode, the guys give their review of the creepy Alien: Romulus film! Spoiler-free at first, then spoilerrific. they also give their reaction to the news of the new Dr. Doom themed Fornite season. Wanna support the show?Grab your first Audible book for free by visiting AudibleTrial.com/G101.Wanna get in touch?Hit us up at G101Podcast@gmail.com or visit Geekology101.com and shoot us a message!
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In this episode, the boys talk about last week's Battle Pass-exclusive Jam Track that got erroneously added to, and quickly removed from the item shop, the cancellation of The Off-Season 3, and 2 major bugs in the Fortnite Festival Pro engine.
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Follow The Trophy Room Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PSTrophyRoom Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/2PglU1a Discord: https://discord.gg/wPNp3kC Twitter: https://twitter.com/PSTrophyRoom ****** This week on The Trophy Room a PlayStation Podcast hosts Joseph and Kyle talk about Assassin's Creed Shadows devs over at Ubisoft make a weird non apology statement about them taking liberties over historical FICTON and Yasuke's Samurai origins. Hello Games latest free Update to No Man Sky has leaked through data miners that PS5 Pro upgrades codename Trinity are in the works. A dev that doesn't even work at Rockstar says that Grand Theft Auto 6 might be a bit of a disappointment to fans. Helldivers 2 BIGGEST update is on the horizon, Concord has NO Battle Pass but even without a battlepass is the live service title already in trouble, and so much more!
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This week the guys talk about Apex Legends's new Battle Pass changes, the rumors around Netflix scrapping the Horizon Zero Dawn series, and much, much more! Apex Legends Players Threaten To Quit After New Battle Pass Changes Revealedhttps://flip.it/lsqnNMhttps://flip.it/CpSwN2 Netflix's Horizon Zero Dawn series reportedly scrapped after allegations against Umbrella Academy showrunnerrhttps://flip.it/PANi9E
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Carrie takes a trip to the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion and explains why some of the criticism of the new content is off the mark, and the best way for new players to enter the game. Summer Games Done Quick raises over $2.5 million, taking its lifetime total beyond $50 million (also a dog hit a homer in Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball). Apex Legends is evolving its battle pass by splitting it in two and charging players twice in a naked greed play by EA. Brad raves about Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and explains why it's a great introduction to the 40K universe.
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This week, Nate jumps on to talk about Battlepasses and Microtransactions: the good, the bad, and the predatory. Check out Upper Echelon's video on How Video Games Play You (language warning) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJG2dli2LTg Jump in our Discord and let him know how much you enjoyed the episode! Click Here to visit our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/thebacklogbreakdown The Backlog Breakdown is a proud member of the Play Well Network, a network of podcasts that seek to approach recreation in a more thoughtful manner. Until there is a rabbit trail to follow. Check out all of the other amazing Play Well podcasts Here. Get PWNed, scrubs.
fter a flurry of activity, we find ourselves in a bit of a lull. And frankly, that's good. We could all use a little bit of a rest. Doing so allows us to catch up, refresh, and anticipate what lies behind the next undoubtedly-busy corner. With E3's multi-pronged replacement readying a barrage of announcements and other newsworthy bits, let's clear what's on our plate at present. Firewalk's divisive Concord has been given a (compelling?) price, PSVR2 is receiving its long-rumored PC adapter, WB loses $200 million on Rocksteady's Suicide Squad game, the original Halo is rumored for release on PS5, and much more. Listener inquiries wrap things up, per usual. Does Astro Bot have the potential to be PlayStation's next big IP? Do Chinese games deserve more respect? Why doesn't PlayStation Network allow you to buy digital titles for your friends? Is Colin a psychopath for embracing the 'sock-shoe, sock-shoe' lifestyle? Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:57 - Dustin's baby's name 0:30:56 - Dusty 0:34:35 - Colin's Body Pillow 0:40:04 - Ranch 0:42:59 - sock, shoe, sock, shoe 0:49:24 - Slitter's Return 0:52:50 - Dagan's IMDB page 0:54:46 - Puff puff 0:58:48 - Tomba: Special Edition dated 1:10:26 - PSVR PC Adapter 1:23:56 - Multiple projects confirmed at Naughty Dog 1:32:55 - Concord price and beta details 1:55:34 - PS5 8K box change 2:10:11 - Is The Last of Us Part 2 PC port done? 2:14:04 - Octopath Traveler is out on PlayStation 2:19:20 - Suicide Squad bombs 2:25:41 - Silent Hill 2 gameplay 2:32:16 - Dragon Age has a new name 2:33:31 - YouTube Leaks 2:34:29 - Amazon's Yakuza show 2:43:24 - What We've Been Playing 3:00:39 - Astro Bot's potential 3:08:10 - Do we miss E3? 3:15:25 - Game selling regret 3:22:16 - Battle Pass objectives 3:25:02 - Chinese Games 3:29:21 - PSN buying for a friend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wisconsin is nearing the end of spring. Zach and Jesse discuss the latest on the quarterback battle between Tyler Van Dyke and Braedyn Locke, the new faces at outside linebacker causing issues on the edge, how big of a role is the lack of depth on the OL playing in the success of the pass rush and do the Badgers have a first-round pick on their roster right now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Embracer sells Gearbox to Take-Two and says it's done with its restructuring… does that mean they're going to start buying stuff all over again? Also: Eddy Gordo hits Tekken 8, Guild Wars 3 officially confirmed, Jim Ryan retires, and a lot of talk about where all of this stuff is heading over the next few years. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann
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