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Feynriel returns with a new magical problem. This time, he is stuck in a dream and can't get out. The danger is intense–his power is catnip to demons and he would be unstoppable if turned into an abomination. Thanks to some ancient dalish magics, we can step into the fade despite not being mages and confront Feynriel's demons–literally. But, will our companions be able to resist temptation? Will Feynriel succumb to a demon's bargain? How will Varric tell this story if he refuses to enter the fade? Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! You can find Matt's other work here! You can find Frankie's other work here! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

This week we talk about Electronic Arts, 3DO, and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.We also discuss Jared Kushner, leveraged buyouts, and loot boxes.Recommended Book: Bandwidth by Dan CarusoTranscriptElectronic Arts, often shorthanded as EA, was founded in 1982 in California by a former Apple employee named Trip Hawkins, who also went on to found the ill-fated 3DO company, which made video game hardware, and the somewhat more prolific, but also ultimately ill-fated casual game developer Digital Chocolate.EA, though, has been an absolutely astounding success. It's business model was predicated on the premise of selling video games directly to retailers, rather than going through intermediaries. This allowed them to gain more market share than their competitors right off the bat, and it helped them glean higher margins than their competitors from each direct sale, too.EA also established an early reputation for treating its developers really well. They were the first gaming company to feature their developers in advertising and to give them platforms, promoting them as video game artists, basically, and it shared the profits netted from those direct sales with these develops—which in turn meant all the best developers really wanted to work for EA, which led to a beneficial cycle where they created better and better, and more and more financially successful games.In the late-80s, they started deviating from this model somewhat, scooping up a collection of successful independent game development studios and deviating, at times, from the creative lead's vision when releasing their games. They also refocused a fair bit of their resources on franchises, like the immensely successful, as it turned out, Madden NFL series, and they branched out into producing games for the console market, including the still-new Nintendo Entertainment System, in 1990.That same year, EA went public on the NASDAQ, the company got new leadership when Hawkins decided to refocus on his far less successful 3DO hardware startup, and in an interesting twist, the arrival of the Sony Playstation in North America caused EA to drop support for 3DO hardware in the mid-90s so it could refocus on Playstation games, which were a lot more lucrative.By the mid-90s, EA had an astonishingly large and successful software library, including franchises like the aforementioned Madden games and the FIFA soccer games, but also celebrity-tied games like Shaq Fu, and military shooters like Jungle and Urban Strike.By the early-2000s, EA was making exclusive licensing deals with the NFL and ESPN, in order to stave off newfound sports game competitors, and it was the only video game company to consistently make a profit, most others experiencing feast and famine cycles, with periodic wins, but a whole lot of losses they had to cover with the profits from those wins. EA, in contrast, had a reliable stable of profit-sources, and it thus had a whole lot of leverage in terms of attracting and retaining talent, but also getting big names and brands on board, for collaborative projects.What I'd like to talk about today is what happened to EA during and following the 2008 economic crisis, and how and why it recently became an acquisition target for Saudi Arabia.—In 2008, when the global economy was collapsing, EA suffered a bad holiday sales season and fired 1,100 employees and closed 12 of their facilities early the following year. Later in 2009, the company announced the firing of another 1,500 employees, which was about 17% of their total workforce at the time, and in 2010 they acquired a gaming company that focused on mobile games, which were becoming increasingly popular, now that many people had touch-capable smartphones, which brought hot new franchises like Angry Birds under their brand umbrella.On the strength of that acquisition and all those downsizings, in early 2011, EA announced that it hit $3.8 billion in revenue in the financial year for the first time, and in early 2012, it announced it surpassed $1 billion in digital revenue during the previous year, which was a huge figure that early in the digital media landscape. It used some of those profits to scoop up another mobile-first gaming company, adding properties like Plants vs Zombies and Peggle to their library.EA completed another mass-firing in 2013, dismissing 10% of their employees under what they called a reorganization, around the same time they announced an exclusive license with Disney that would allow them to develop Star Wars games.Their stock value boomed in the following years, as a result of those cost-savings measures, and those new relationships, and emboldened by record-high stock valuations, in the mid-20-teens, the company started releasing big-name games, like Star Wars Battlefront 2, with random-content loot boxes and other sorts of microtransactions.This did not go over well with players, who decried these in-game purchasing options as ‘pay to win' mechanics, as players could pay more money to get better characters and equipment, and a lot of the content, even after paying for the expensive games, was still locked behind paywalls, requiring more payments to unlock that content. A bunch of gaming journalists cried foul on this shift as the game careened toward its full release, as did a whole lot of early players, and Disney complained, too, so by the time it hit shelves, the game's loot system was substantially changed, but that whole controversy spooked investors, and led to an 8.5% stock value drop in just a single month, knocking $3.1 billion from the company's valuation. As a result of that controversy, EA also became the face for a larger legal and legislative debate about in-game purchases and how it's kinda sorta like gambling, from that point forward.Soon after, EA experienced a series of bad quarters, including a huge drop of 13.3% to its valuation when a major entry in one of their larger franchises, Battlefield V, was released late, and received very mixed reviews when it was released, which led to a million fewer sold copies than anticipated. The game was also lagging in terms of gameplay behind smaller, nimbler competitors, including then-burgeoning Fortnite.The company saw an overall boost with the surprise success of Apex Legends, and the COVID-19 pandemic boosted sales dramatically for a while, since everyone was staying home, which allowed EA to gobble up a few more competing companies with successful franchises, and they knocked out a few more successful Star Wars games, as well.In early 2021, Saudi Arabia's public investment funds bought 7.4 million shares of EA for about $1.1 billion, which flew under the radar for most gamers, but that'll be important in a moment.Later that year, the company experienced a massive hack, a lot of its data, including the source code for games, stolen and sold on the dark web. EA bought some more competitors, but word on the street in 2022 was the the higher ups at EA were quietly shopping the company around, themselves looking to be acquired by a larger entity, on the scale of Apple or Disney.In early 2023, the company announced more mass-layoffs and launched another internal reorganization. It gutted several of its most popular gaming sub-brands, including BioWare, it cancelled an upcoming Star Wars game, and it announced that it would be shifting away from licensing agreements and refocusing on EA-owned IP.The pattern of layoffs leading to better financial fortunes didn't pay off this time, though. In early 2025, EA divulged that it expected to underperform in the coming year, several of its big-name titles not doing as well as expected; the company cast blame on the market, but players and journalists pointed at the company's gutting of its big-name studios, and the firing of many of its veteran developers to explain the reduced sales.EA had another mass-firing in April of this year, and followed by another in May, which paralleled an announcement that they would no longer be moving forward with a big, planned Black Panther game.In late September of 2025, EA announced that it had reached a deal, worth $55 billion, to go private, no longer selling shares on the stock market, with the financial assistance of a group of investors, which included Affinity Partners, which is led by Jared Kushner, US President Trump's son-in-law, Silver Lake, which is a US-based private equity firm that helps make these sorts of big sales happen, and the aforementioned Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.This deal isn't done yet, it still needs to get regulatory approval and a successful vote by stockholders, but it seems likely to go through, since the US regulatory environment is pretty lax at the moment, and because Kushner is involved, it's unlikely President Trump will take a personal disliking to it.But the big story here seems to be that Saudi Arabia is buying up not just a video game company, but one of the biggest and most successful video gaming companies in the world, which, although it's lost a lot of fan-credibility over the years, still owns some massively influential intellectual property and has just a stunning number of relationships and connections throughout the media world, alongside its huge valuation.If the sale does go through, and we should know for sure by sometime around June 2026, it would be the largest-ever leveraged buyout, which means the purchase was completed by using borrowed money that was borrowed against the asset being purchased; so those investors have taken out debt against EA itself, which is an increasingly common means of buying a large asset on the cheap, but it also typically burdens that asset with a simply astounding amount of debt which must then be recouped, often by selling off undervalued assets.When this happens to a newspaper, for instance, the buyer will often sell off the paper's real estate and fire all their employees, to make money and pay off that debt, and in this case, there's a chance that debt will be paid by throwing up a bunch of new paywalls and really leaning into those in-game transactions that nobody really liked, including politicians, back in the day, but which in this current regulatory environment would probably be allowed, and they would probably make some serious bank off of it initially, before players started getting wise and moving on to other games released by less predatory companies.The really interesting facet of this story, though, is the question of why Saudi Arabia wants a video game company.And to understand that, it's important to understand that, first, the country's Public Investment Fund is meant to help its economy shift away from purely extractive resources, like oil, and it has thus invested in all sorts of things, including luxury beach resorts, minority stakes in financial service companies like Citigroup, stakes in companies like Disney and Boeing and Meta, and increasingly, investments in companies run by allies of President Trump, like the aforementioned Affinity Partners, which was formed by Jared Kushner.So this is an economic play, but also a political play, almost certainly, by the Saudis, to get in good with the people who are in good with the US government.It's also been alleged that this might be an attempt by the Saudis to engage in what's being called game-washing, which is similar to greenwashing, but instead of trying to make a company seem green and sustainable by doing kinda sorta green things, but only as a veneer to cover up the opposite, in this case it means using sports and video games and the like to increase a nation's reputation with humanistic seeming things, despite, well, the truth being much more complicated.Just as when the Fund participated in buying a Premier League football, a soccer team, back in 2021, then, alongside their concomitant establishment of LIV Gold, a golf league meant to compete with the PGA, this investment in EA, and other investments it's made in video game companies like Capcom and Nexon, might be part of a larger effort to diversify the nation's brand, not just its economics. It's human rights record is abysmal, and it's possible they're trying to cover that up, make people forget about it, by creating more connections between Saudi Arabia and more positive things, like sports and games and the like.There are additional concerns about this purchase of EA, too, by the way, because Saudi Arabia's cultural values are very anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-liberal, democratic values. So there are fears that we might see less representation and fewer what we might call western values portrayed in the games released by these studios, as a result of this ownership.The folks running EA have said their core values will remain unchanged by the buyout, but it's expected, bare-minimum, that this will lead to another several restructurings and mass-layoffs throughout the company in the coming years, to help recoup all that debt, at the end of which even the people making those promises might be long gone.Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fundhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/dealbook/electronic-arts-buyout-jared-kushner.htmlhttps://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aefechttps://www.ft.com/content/61cef75e-ceba-43ee-80e3-040756c6154f?accessToken=zwAGQAMTiJKIkc9hzvdezrpD7tOA4wQHVsYVTw.MEUCIHND3WOT4rS4frIMIOoeXHQeil_Ma1yGrwOqUD2m306DAiEAtA_QLvpyObai9zoo_9GZSljJuJyTKxJgFHpQDcCcVsE&sharetype=gift&token=03dd6ca5-c34f-4925-8a3d-a89f4058ee80https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-silver-lake-deal-jared-kushner-c145cd55?st=eZghQHhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts This is a public episode. 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This week on Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast⁠⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Finney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down to discuss the rise in community and influencer discussion on Destiny 2's complete downfall and why it matters not only to the game, but Bungie as a studio. They also dive into some recent gaming news like the $55 billion deal to take EA private from some interesting players, including the Saudi Public Fund. Fans have concerns about games like The Sims being censored and studios that focus on choice like BioWare and Motive being closed. This deal is set to finalize in 2027 pending any disruption. Finally, they discuss the 50% price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, now making it $29.99 USD. Though that is still a great deal for the amount of games players have available to them per month, that extra ten dollars may cause canceled subscriptions and prevent new ones. This and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠! Follow our Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Founder of Boss Rush Media, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Finney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cofounder and cohost of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Read our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Review for The Edge of Fate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tower Casuals Communities Online:Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Tower Casuals Community Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Tower Casuals Podcast Clan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank You:Thank you for watching and/or listening to Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast. You can find the show ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠all major podcast platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoyed the discussion, be sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, or rate us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Drop a comment to share your thoughts on this week's news or leave a question for next week's episode. Thank you for your continued support of Tower Casuals, Xbox Casuals, and Boss Rush Media!

Der saudische Staatsfonds übernimmt Electronic Arts, ein Novum in der Spielegeschichte. Wir diskutieren Erwartungen, Hoffnungen und Sorgen. Vor allem um Bioware. Und eine kleine Korrektur: Das Zitat, Battlefield-Spieler fürs Nachladen bezahlen zu lassen, stammte vom vorherigen EA-Geschäftsführer John Riccitiello, nicht von Andrew Wilson.

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Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0KLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Only for NME+ subscribers—the time has finally arrived. Analytic Dreamz brings you an exclusive Notorious Mass Effect experience, diving deep into Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This limited-access playthrough takes listeners through the remastered trilogy with insightful commentary, detailed analysis, and a full appreciation for BioWare's legendary storytelling. Whether you're a long-time fan of Commander Shepard's journey or discovering the universe for the first time, this exclusive series delivers a premium look at one of gaming's most iconic franchises.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is Reignite, Kirkwall's only true crime podcast. Today we bring you the third part of a gruesome string of murders spanning over 3 years. Today we share the conclusion of White Lily Murders, also known as the Leandra Hawke nee Amell's final chapter. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. In lieu of Fandom Corner, please visit nativehope.org and fromthebottomupfoundation.org to learn more about the ongoing crisis of missing black and indigenous women in the USA. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! You can find Matt's other work here! You can find Frankie's other work here! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0KLinktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Only for NME+ subscribers—the time has finally arrived. Analytic Dreamz brings you an exclusive Notorious Mass Effect experience, diving deep into Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This limited-access playthrough takes listeners through the remastered trilogy with insightful commentary, detailed analysis, and a full appreciation for BioWare's legendary storytelling. Whether you're a long-time fan of Commander Shepard's journey or discovering the universe for the first time, this exclusive series delivers a premium look at one of gaming's most iconic franchises.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oh hey, we were supposed to do something for the Viscount. Good thing that guy is still at the hanged man getting drunk and bragging about being an absolute shithead. Hawke gets some information out of the guy, a templar with the grand cleric's seal abducted the qunari and paid our drunkard to turn his head. We don't get the opportunity to speak with Grand Cleric Elthina, though, because Mother Petrice intercepts us to say that the grand cleric would never sanction such a thing but surely it's fine because she trusts her subordinates to do the right thing. If we press Petrice, then she will sacrifice her trusted bodyguard Ser Varnell and label him a fanatic. She gives us his location and arrives on our heels to disavow Varnell's actions and set Hawke up as the coming retribution. One dead templar later, the Viscount has a huge headache to deal with. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! You can find Matt's other work here! You can find Frankie's other work here! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

The Mass Effect series set a new standard for science fiction storytelling. Part of its appeal was a grounding in real science. Mac Walters is the CEO of Worlds Untold, but before founding his own company he was a writer on Mass Effect, a lead writer on Mass Effect 2 and 3, creative director of Mass Effect: Andromeda, and project director for the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. He joined host Sean Mobley and The Museum of Flight's Curator of Spaceflight and Contemporary Aerospace Geoff Nunn for a conversation about the ways science and fiction intersected in Bioware's legendary video game series. Full shownotes: https://blog.museumofflight.org/flightdeck/the-science-of-mass-effect-with-mac-walters Image: Bioware

Send us a textWe finally reach the (fairly abrupt) end of INQUISITION, and the extensive DLC expansions.

The Backlog Attack concludes (mostly) with Randy carrying out his directives in Robocop: Rogue City and D.J. reaping what he sowed in Bioware's beloved Anthem. Also: Return of the bug people. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Silksong (13:49) - Stream announcement: Mario Kart World (18:08) - Backlog Attack update (25:40) - Anthem (47:08) - Robocop: Rogue City (1:15:26) - Outro

Buckle up, meatbags. In this episode we are kicking off our new season all about the beloved 2003 game of the year from Bioware and Lucasarts — Knights of the Old Republic. In this episode we talk about our expectations of the game, a general overview of what it is, how to play it in 2025, and considerations for going in fresh. Hope you'll join us!

As co-founder of BioWare, Greg helped create some of the most iconic story-driven games of our time, including Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. A trained medical doctor, he balanced family medicine with game development before fully committing to the studio—eventually leading it through its acquisition by Electronic Arts and serving as VP and GM of BioWare Austin.After stepping away in 2012 to pursue a more balanced life, Greg turned his attention to craft beer. He hosted The Beer Diaries, led the Alberta Small Brewers Association, and launched Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company in Edmonton. In 2018, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to gaming and community entrepreneurship.In this episode, Greg shares his journey of reinvention, creative leadership, and what it means to build with passion – whether in pixels or pints.Guest:Greg Zeschuk: LinkedInBlind Enthusiasm Brewing Company: Instagram | WebsiteHost:Mark Kondrat: Instagram | LinkedIn CREATE - The Podcast:  Instagram | TikTok | Website

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠Only for NME+ subscribers—the time has finally arrived. Analytic Dreamz brings you an exclusive Notorious Mass Effect experience, diving deep into Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This limited-access playthrough takes listeners through the remastered trilogy with insightful commentary, detailed analysis, and a full appreciation for BioWare's legendary storytelling. Whether you're a long-time fan of Commander Shepard's journey or discovering the universe for the first time, this exclusive series delivers a premium look at one of gaming's most iconic franchises.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Our dear friend Hubert is back with news on who has been raiding our shipments. He brings us a man from Lothering named Sabin. After some questioning and the appearance of a consultant from the coterie, Sabin reveals that there will be an ambush. We arrive too late to save our guards, but we can at least take out their attackers. Once the dust has settled, Lilley the coterie consultant points out that she knows one of the dead men and that he works for a man in the coterie named Brekker. She tells us to meet her in dark town to get an update, but when we arrive she is dead and the coterie are looking for someone to blame. After that we confront Brekker and everything is fine with the mines for now. Except for the spiders, the revenant, and the broken pickaxes of course. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. Check out Date with Us: A Dating Sim Podcast! You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!  

What is a call of Duty campaign without veteran difficulty? We are going to find out this year, plus Mass Effect has a filming date, Nintendo Switch 2 beats the price allegations, Nic Cage is headed to HBO and Superman breaks the $600 million barrier. Plus a lookback at gamescom, horror icons hit the soda aisle and South Park is moving slow.

On this week's episode of “Da” Podcast, Steve is joined once again by the founder and editor of Boss Fight Books, Gabe Durham as they talk about video game book origins, magazines, Japan, BFB's season 8 releases, Star Wars, BioWare, old gamers, upcoming projects and so much more If you're looking for “Da” Podcast merchandise, and want to support the show directly, please visit http://tee.pub/lic/KrIMP441400 We have tees, hoodies, onesies, phone cases, pillows, mugs and more! If you're into wrestling collectables, autographs, comic books, action figures, sports cards and more, make sure to visit www.firstrow.ca and use promo code: DAPODCAST20 to receive 20% off! Looking for something new to read and also into video games? Please visit www.bossfightbooks.com for great books on classic video games! You can follow Steve on Instagram & Twitter @fingastylz and “Da” Podcast on Twitter @dapodcastdap Send your questions and comments to dapodcastdap@gmail.com Make sure to subscribe, rate, like, follow or review on ApplePodcasts, TuneIn, SoundCloud, Spotify and iHeartRadio! “Da” Podcast, bringing you the best conversations about the world of pro wrestling, comedy & nerd culture!

Contraband was announced back in 2021. Since then, we've seen just about nothing from the game. No messaging beats, no trailers, and even the Xbox executives didn't yap about this one! After four years of development, this collaboration between Xbox and Avalanche has come to a close. Adding it to the list of canceled Xbox titles, this one feels different to Dependable Cog and Choco Matty. Part of it is apathy, but it's also a new angle from the previous shutdowns where we really don't know much about what was lost. It's a valuable lesson in why Xbox shouldn't announce things early. Beyond our headline, we get into Xbox's president offering her talents to Tyson Foods (?!), Halo coming to PlayStation, a legend leaving Xbox, and diving deep into Matty's recent interview with ex-BioWare vet, Mark Darrah. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:10:29 - Cog wears diapers & Matty goes viral for cleaning0:40:34 - Health Is Wealth0:48:38 - Mafia: The Old Country "Controversy"0:58:16 - Are games giving what the fans want?1:04:19 - Ex BioWare dev on Dragon Age remasters1:25:35 - PlayStation is moving away from hardware?1:43:25 - Rod Ferguson is leaving Blizzard1:51:15 - Sarah Bond joins… Tyson Foods2:00:50 - An update on the future of Forza2:05:48 - The release date for the Xbox Ally has leaked2:07:58 - Heretic + Hexen re-release shadowdropped2:12:09 - A Halo game is coming to PlayStation2:17:13 - Halo ODST is coming to Helldivers 22:21:52 - Bungie's leash tightens with Marathon2:28:48 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is getting a massive roadmap2:34:14 - LEGO Batman is getting the Skywalker Saga treatment?2:44:11 - Crimson Desert has been delayed to Q1 20262:45:40 - What We're Playing3:25:42 - Contraband has been canceled3:33:39 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we talk about The Division 2 teasing snow in DC, a former BioWare developer suggests scapegoating Dragon Age The Veilguard, my Battlefield 6 open beta week 2 thoughts and much more. Click this link for my socials, all of my other content and ways to support: https://linktr.ee/baundiesel00:00:00 | Intro00:00:22 | Opening00:07:27 | News00:46:43 | Updates00:48:02 | Wrap Up

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠ Only for NME+ subscribers—the time has finally arrived. Analytic Dreamz brings you an exclusive Notorious Mass Effect experience, diving deep into Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This limited-access playthrough takes listeners through the remastered trilogy with insightful commentary, detailed analysis, and a full appreciation for BioWare's legendary storytelling. Whether you're a long-time fan of Commander Shepard's journey or discovering the universe for the first time, this exclusive series delivers a premium look at one of gaming's most iconic franchises.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is Reignite, Kirkwall's only true crime podcast. Today we bring you the second part of a gruesome string of murders spanning over 3 years. From tracking a missing noble woman who possibly ran away from her dreadful husband, to uncovering a conspiracy of missing women, our investigator scours Kirkwall from High Town to Low following the trail of a killer. Not even blood magic can stop our investigator in their hunt. This is part one of The White Lily Murders. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. In lieu of Fandom Corner, please visit nativehope.org and fromthebottomupfoundation.org to learn more about the ongoing crisis of missing black and indigenous women in the USA. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

THIS IS JOC SI VORBE!!!! Timestamps: 0:00 – ALL INTRO 6:40 – Paul s-a jucat Animal Well 26:37 – Edgar s-a jucat Heretic + Hexen 35:52 – Pergamente de la Precolumbieni 44:40 – Nintendo NU VREA CARITATE; Sony absoarbe Bungie; BIOSHOCK 4 (?); Battlefield 6 rupe; 52:37 – De ce nu avem Sims 5?; Mike Darrah dă din casă de la Bioware; Adam Jansen never asked for AI; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/jocsivorbe1416 https://www.youtube.com/c/JocȘiVorbeBits Twitch: www.twitch.tv/jocsivorbe iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-vorbe/id1331438601 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3RFgOJDgyEnpvkUQoSh0Tc Facebook: www.facebook.com/JocSiVorbe/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jocsivorbe/e Discord: https://discord.gg/m5a6DDfBFc Tip Jar: https://ko-fi.com/jocsivorbe Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jocsivorbe RSS și linkuri de download: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:281506836/sounds.rss

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠Only for NME+ subscribers—the time has finally arrived. Analytic Dreamz brings you an exclusive Notorious Mass Effect experience, diving deep into Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This limited-access playthrough takes listeners through the remastered trilogy with insightful commentary, detailed analysis, and a full appreciation for BioWare's legendary storytelling. Whether you're a long-time fan of Commander Shepard's journey or discovering the universe for the first time, this exclusive series delivers a premium look at one of gaming's most iconic franchises.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Everyone gets in on the action as we review the most improbably perfect comedy episode Trek has ever produced as we review "Civil Defense". After Deep Sheetz Nine turns into a pro level Cardassian escape room, can our crew outwit Dukat's incredible Bioware-style dialogue trees? Also, who was that guy who just got zapped to ashes during our wacky nonsense?

Send us a textIn which oh my god this game never ends

This week we talk about the incredible Battlefield 6 multiplayer showcase, BioWare hiring a key job for Mass Effect 5, Xbox dominating Playstation's sales chart, Playstation becoming multiplatform and much more. Click this link for my socials, all of my other content and ways to support: https://linktr.ee/baundiesel00:00:00 | Intro00:00:21 | Opening00:10:33 | News00:40:58 | Updates00:41:58 | Wrap Up

While out for a walk with our friends, we are attacked by slavers on a mission to capture Fenris. Once we finish them off, we find out that Hadriana, Danarius's apprentice, is the one who launched the offensive and she is set up in holding caves nearby. In order for Fenris to continue living a life of freedom, Hadriana must be dealt with. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

News- Microsoft Makes Significant Layoffs Across Gaming Division- EA has announced it will shut down BioWare's Anthem- Neil Druckmann Leaving Last of Us HBO Series- Helldivers 2 Officially Coming to Xbox- Stop Killing Games Reaches 1 Million SignaturesWatching/PlayingDoom: The Dark Ages/Death Stranding 2

Death Stranding 2, F1 and more – Geekoholics Anonymous Video Game Podcast 494 On this weeks episode we blab about the following Games and topics: Whatcha Been Playing?  Death Stranding 2 7:38 Doom the Dark Ages 21:00 News:  Cross Platform / PC / Misc. BioWare's beleaguered multiplayer shooter Anthem shutting down next year 26:42 Yet another live-service game announces shut down, just three months after early access launch  Call of Duty: WW2 on PC Game Pass yanked offline amid reports security exploits are leaving players with screens full of smut 37:27 Doom creator John Romero's next shooter project loses funding following Microsoft cuts 40:50 PlayStation Ghost of Yōtei State of Play confirmed for Thursday by PlayStation 1:01:00 Introducing The Last of Us Part II Remastered Chronological Experience, out today 1:02:06 Xbox Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox Series X/S in August, as first Sony-published game on the platform 1:05:30 Forza Motorsport "is no more", claims former Turn 10 employee, following Microsoft cuts  PSA's: Epic Games Store Freebies: Figment 2 & Sky Racket 1:19:40 Free 4 All F1 1:20:30 Help support the show: - Subscribe to our Twitch channel http://twitch.tv/geekoholics - Use our Epic Creator Code: GEEKOHOLICS when purchasing items in Fortnite or buying games on the Epic Games Store - Please review the show (bit.ly/geekoholics) on Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and to share with your friends. Reviews help us reach more listeners, and the feedback helps us to produce a better show. Join our Discord server: CLICK HERE Don't forget to follow our Social Media Feeds to keep up to date on our adventures: Youtube Twitter Instagram Facebook Thanks for listening and have a great weekend! You can reach me on Twitter @RicF

This week Matt shuffles the deck, Eric goes for broke, Microsoft confirms the rumors, Outriders 2 was reportedly near-complete, Bioware sets a date to shut down Anthem, and Bandai Namco has a Summer Showcase to keep the show from being completely sad! Releases: Shuffle Tactics & Mecha BREAK

Aveline, Captain of the Guard, has an important favor to ask of us– deliver a gift to one guardsman Donnic. Weird, but okay. Donnic is just as baffled as we are. On top of that, Aveline has him working an easy patrol, which isn't what someone who takes his job seriously would want. Before Aveline can give Donnic's mother some goats and call it a day, we convince her there are easier and less confusing ways. Will Aveline win the guy? Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

This week we talk about Xbox's layoffs, Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox, Switch 2 screen problems, BioWare potentially becoming the Mass Effect studio and much more. Click this link for my socials, all of my other content and ways to support: https://linktr.ee/baundiesel00:00:00 | Intro00:00:19 | Opening00:05:25 | News00:42:47 | Updates00:43:26 | Wrap Up

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Hey Geeks, this is a bit late ... only nearly a month. HAHAHAaaahh. Anyway, this episode we talk about EA closed another studio. We give our opinion on Elden Ring Nightreign. Randy Pitchford apologized? If you want to call it that. We give our thoughts on the possibility of $80 games that simply won't ever be worth that kind of money. Meanwhile the industry turned on Studio 33 and instead of giving them a pat on the back they decided to point the finger of blame. And a former BioWare dev decided to share a little bit about how the industry apparently sees their gamers as well as his own thoughts on those of us who are critical about the industry as it is now. Finally we also talk about some anime we've been watching and give our recommendations.

Hey, remember how at the end of Act 1 Hawke & Co. were betrayed by Bartrand for the sake of a weird artifact? Well, Bartrand is back in Hightown and Varric would like to have a word with him. The squad heads over to his derelict estate and nothing is adding up. There are fresh corpses and crazed guards ready to carve us up and at the end of it all is Bartrand, hearing voices and seeing things all because of the idol that drove a wedge between him and Varric. Bartrand has done some awful things while under the influence of this idol, can Varric ever forgive him? Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

This week we talk about a new article talking about BioWare's Dragon Age The Veilguard development, Herman Hulst thinks Marathon will do well, studio founder is mad about Game Pass, Xbox's handheld may be cancelled, Playstation is doubling down on hardware and much more. Click this link for my socials, all of my other content and ways to support: https://linktr.ee/baundiesel00:00:00 | Intro00:00:25 | Opening00:07:19 | News00:59:07 | Updates00:59:51 | Wrap Up

Another day, another friend needs our help. Merril reveals to us why she left her clan, a dark mirror that her people associate with evil due to the perceived role it played in the death of one of their people. Merril, convinced that the mirror holds the key to restoring a piece of elven history, is determined to repair it using blood magic. The mirror is incomplete and she needs a relic from her people to finish it–a relic that she must ask the keeper for. Afraid of her mother figure, Merril asks us to accompany her on this quest. Along the way, Merril receives the cold shoulder from everyone in her clan due to her work with demons and blood magic. This fear leads to the death of an innocent hunter and we must decide whether or not to support Merril's mission. Special thanks to Redd Spinks for our amazing logo as well as to Miracle of Sound for the song Age Of The Dragon, which we use as our theme music. You can find the show on Instagram and Bluesky!! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Rate us on Spotify! Wanna join the Certain POV Discord? Click here!

As we announced last week, today we're diving headfirst into Knights of the Old Republic II, Obsidian's follow-up to the BioWare game that dug into the ancient history of our favorite galaxy far, far away. (Though before we dig into that, we talk more about that announcement from last week to try to share some of our thoughts and process about getting where we got.) Because KOTOR II is a pretty big meal, we took our time today to set the table. We dig into our characters, the state of the galaxy after KOTOR II, the mods we used, and the various technical fixes we had to adjust for. If you're playing along with us on a device that can run mods, well here's that mod list (along with additional instructions) for you. (That last sentence had a link in it. If your podcatcher doesn't see one, try going to our site directly.) Finally, another little announcement. We know that many folks don't have time to play through all of KOTOR II along with us. To help those of y'all who nevertheless want to get a sense of the game, Austin will be uploading an episode-by-episode Let's Play to the official AMCA YouTube Channel. Here's the first episode!  (That was also a link.) Next Time: Peragus Support the show by going to Patreon.com/civilized! Show Notes Our KOTOR II Mod List The First Episode of the KOTOR II LP Episode 01 of ReBoot Hosted by Rob Zacny (@RobZacny) Featuring Alicia Acampora (@ali_west), Austin Walker (@austin_walker), and Natalie Watson (@nataliewatson) Produced by Chia Contreras (@a_cado_appears) Music by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal) Cover art by Xeecee (@xeeceevevo)