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As was originally reported, Xbox brought out a Partner Preview in November. It was chockful of everything strange like a co-op alien shop simulator or a thuggish rabbit beating up baddies to more traditional first person horror titles. The catch was that every game we saw throughout was a Play Anywhere title, a program that many of Xbox's players still yearn for the platform to leverage more. All in all, the Dukes enjoyed the show, especially given it dropped ahead of the biggest show of the year in the Game Awards where announcements are typically prioritized. Beyond that, we dive deep into the Valve rumor mill. Half Life 3 is everywhere! Is it finally happening and are the Dukes believers? We get into that plus updated thoughts on the Steam Machine now that we've had some time to digest the triple-whammy Valve hit us with last week. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://www.shopify.com/duke Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:13:32 - Discussing The Game Awards nominees0:31:43 - The myriad of Half Life 3 rumors0:36:54 - Valve's focus for the Steam Machine0:51:16 - Xbox Ally is exceeding expectations0:55:09 - Xbox releases game publishing documentation to the public0:59:26 - Obsidian has yet to use generative AI1:03:17 - Activision caught using AI generated assets in Black Ops 71:12:01 - Bethesda responds to Fallout 4's anniversary issues1:28:04 - Krafton is now the publisher of Hi Fi Rush, but there's a catch1:31:37 - New comments by Sarah Bond on Xbox's future1:37:18 - PlayStation was indifferent to market shrinking in Japan1:46:07 - Where is Yoko Taro?1:48:58 - A new Ratchet & Clank game got revealed1:56:42 - Don't call it a Concord comeback2:00:35 - Silent Hill Townfall's release date leaked2:02:15 - Ubisoft canceled Splinter Cell for xDefiant2:10:02 - Red Dead Redemption 1 gets next gen update2:10:56 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 reaches 4 million sales figure2:13:38 - First look at Zelda movie2:14:27 - Death Stranding is getting an original anime on Disney+2:17:16 - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass2:19:42 - What We've Been Playing3:11:50 - Xbox Partner Preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we talk about The Game Awards nominations, Xbox's partner showcase, Half-Life 3 rumors starting back up, Call of Duty Black Ops 7 might be struggling, a new The Expanse: Osiris Reborn trailer and much more. Click this link for my socials, all of my other content and ways to support: https://linktr.ee/baundiesel 00:00:00 Intro00:00:51 The Game Awards00:09:48 Xbox Partner Showcase00:16:58 Half-Life 3 Rumors00:22:43 Call of Duty BO3 Sales00:27:16 The Expanse: Osiris Reborn00:29:33 Shu Yoshida Promotes AI00:31:37 PUBG Enters Extraction Genre00:34:40 Take Two Sees A Console Future00:36:37 Ubisoft Finally Releases Financials00:37:39 Content Updates00:38:35 Wrap Up

Folks, have you ever wondered what Turkey Dinner Flavored Cup Noodles would taste like? Well, it's the flavor of the holiday of course! This week on YaketyCAST our three hosts try to figure out why AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH needs so many incentives to see it in theaters, how would Sabrina Carpenter do starring in ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and why GameStop hates it's employees. They also discuss the Night Patrol trailer, Welcome to Derry, and the possibility of Half Life 3 finally being released. Movie reviews, you say? Well, we've got those for PREDATOR: BADLANDS, PLAY DATE, and RUNNING MAN.

On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about Predator: Badlands and how Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 isn't on their list right now. The games they've been playing this week include Deadpool VR, ARC Raiders, Megabonk, and The Seance of Blake Manor. They also talk about Double Fine's The Making of Keeper video. In the news, Valve has showcased new hardware (but still no Half-Life 3), Ubisoft abruptly postponed its earnings call amid buyout speculation, The Game Awards nominees have been announced, and Cities: Skylines 2 is shifting to a new development team. You can support Joab and Nate's fundraising campaign for men's mental health which is running at the moment. This episode goes for 2 hours and 15 minutes, it also contains coarse language. Timestamps – 00:00:00 – Start 00:25:10 – The Seance of Blake Manor 00:36:07 – Megabonk 00:42:52 – ARC Raiders 01:15:55 – Deadpool VR 01:25:36 – The Making of Keeper 01:30:35 – News 02:04:31 – Weekly Plugs 02:09:12 – End of Show Subscribe in a reader iTunes / Spotify

Gareth, Justin, and Michael at Skewed and Reviewed discuss Blizzcon Tickets, The Return of Stargate, Twisted Metal, Half-Life 3 Rumors, and More on a new Skewedcast.

Deze talkshow wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door MSI. Alle meningen in deze video zijn onze eigen. MSI heeft inhoudelijk geen inspraak op de content en zien de video net als jullie hier voor het eerst op de site.Klaar om het weekend te betreden? Wij in ieder geval wel. Ter motivatie serveren we jou anderhalf uur aan gamepraat. Dit keer met een drietal wat in deze samenstelling nog weinig te zien is geweest bij Gamekings: Shelly, JJ en Kevin. Zij zitten in de studio klaar om jou in een editie van Einde van de Week Live bij te praten. Over onder andere de games die we te zien kregen bij de Xbox Partner Showcase. Ze bediscussiëren verder de games die genomineerd zijn voor GOTY bij The Game Awards 2025. En spreken over de problemen van Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 en de prijs van de Steam Machine. Dit alles en meer zie en hoor je voorbijkomen in de Einde van de Week Live van vrijdag 21 november 2025.Waren er toffe trailers tijdens de Xbox Partner Showcase?In ander nieuws behandelen de drie presentatoren de uitspraak van een van de bedenkers van de Fallout-franchise die vindt dat games vandaag de dag teveel willen doen en teveel verschillende gamers willen pleasen. Plus, Take Two-baas Strauss Zelnick die denkt dat PC's meer de toekomst hebben dan consoles.Pak 100 euro korting en een gratis rugzak bij de aankoop van de Vector 16HX gaming laptopDeze week zet MSI de Vector 16 HX AI in de spotlights. Een gaming laptop met een Intel Core Ultra 7 HX processor, een NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 1TB SSD en een QHD+ 240Hz 16” display. Thunderbolt 5 aansluitingen en genoeg USB poorten ontbreken natuurlijk niet. Je krijgt hier tijdens Black Friday 100 euro korting plus een gratis rugzak bij de aankoop van deze fijne laptop.Scoor kortingen tot 30% op Philips Hue gear tijdens Black Friday Wist je het al? Het is Black Friday, volgens ons zo'n beetje de hele maand. Maak er dus gebruik van. Bijvoorbeeld als je lampen van Philips Hue in huis wil halen. Philips Hue is top spul, maar niet goedkoop. ELke vorm van korting is dus handig. Check deze pagina als je wilt weten wat voor kortingen Philips zelf geeft.   Check Hyper X voor toffe gaming toetsenborden en muizenOp zoek naar een wrede muis en toetsenbord voor jouw game-sessies? Ga dan eens kijken bij HyperX. Neem bijvoorbeeld het draadloze HyperX Alloy Rise 75 gaming toetsenbord. Dit toetsenbord heeft de langste batterijduur voor een verlicht draadloos gaming toetsenbord. 80 uur bij backlit games en 1500 uur met de achtergrondverlichting uit. Combineer dat met de HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Pro – 4K Wireless Gaming Mouse en je hebt een fijne combo onder de vingers. Deze 4K draadloze gaming muis is flink licht, volledig naar je eigen stijl aan te passen en aanpasbaar tot 4kHz voor supernauwkeurige tracking en snelle reacties.Timestamps:00:00:00 Einde van de Week Live00:02:20 Huishoudelijke mededeling: MSI00:08:35 PS5 goedkoper tijdens Black Friday direct.playstation.com00:09:21 Hoe gaat het met Kevin? Nog vette games gespeeld laatst?00:18:08 The Game Awards 2025 00:25:55 De Xbox Partner Showcase 00:39:01 Wat vinden jullie van de Steam Machine en wat wordt de prijs? 00:54:05 Treyarch kiest nu al eieren voor zijn geld 00:56:01 BULLETTÎME: HYPERX01:00:20 The Witcher in Concert keert terug vanwege succes01:04:00 Strauss Zelnick over console vs PC. Waarom GTA 6 dan geen day one PC release? 01:13:26 Kwestie Ubisoft 01:15:49 We zitten wel in de periode dat games die nooit meer leken uit te komen, toch uitkomen. Half-Life 3, maar ook deze 01:18:45 Fortnite Tarantino 01:21:11 Guild Wars Reforged01:23:34 BULLETTÎME: PHILIPS HUE 01:29:28 Elden Ring boek01:31:18 Gabe Newell: 11 miljard, vijf jachten. 01:35:10 GameStop actie, 6 december alles inruilen voor gamecredits01:38:52 One Piece kaarten

Anunciamos nuestros propios premios, los ya míticos Rejugando Games Awards, puedes votar aqui : https://rejugando.com/ Categorías tan gloriosas como: Premio Bobby Kotick al ser más despreciable Premio a la mejor recogida de cable Premio a la mejor banda sonora Premio F por cierre de estudio Premio a la mejor nueva IP Y sí, al votar entras en sorteos tochísimos como siempre: hardware, juegos, libros y más regalos para subs y participantes. Hasta anunciamos fecha de gala: 19 de diciembre, traje incluido. En este Rejugando 280 arrancamos con ese ambiente especial que solo tiene noviembre. Celebramos que Rejugando sigue en lo más alto de iVoox, un ritual que nos llena de orgullo cada semana. Además hablamos de Kingdom Hearts, porque estamos preparando unos especiales espectaculares que van a salir los lunes en iVoox. Aún nos dura la resaca del directo del martes… Y como siempre hacemos antes de viajar al presente, repasamos lo que salió un 20 de noviembre en la historia del videojuego: Nintendo DS cumpliendo 21 años, la llegada del primer Mass Effect en 2007, el cumpleaños de Zelda Twilight Princess, el lanzamiento de Half-Life allá en 1998, Sonic CD rompiéndolo en Mega-CD… Pero volvemos a 2025, porque este año Geoff Keighley ha sacado la maquinaria de marketing a pasear y ya están las nominaciones para The Game Awards. Y claro, nosotros entramos a cuchillo: Los nominados a GOTY este año son: Donkey Kong Bananza, Hollow Knight Silksong, Kingdom Deliverance 2, Death Stranding 2, Crawler's Call Expedition 33… Nos preguntamos: ¿faltan juegos?, ¿sobran?, ¿qué es sorpresa?, ¿cuál se va a llevar el premio? Después repasamos categorías clave como mejor dirección, mejor banda sonora, juego indie, mejor RPG... Luego seguimos con actualidad importante: La retirada voluntaria de la nominación de Megabonk en la categoría Best Debut Indie El Xbox Partner Showcase con anuncios de juegos nuevos, fechas, tráilers y bombitas inesperadas El remaster de Tales of Berseria, que nos pilla un poco por sorpresa La trágica noticia del fallecimiento de Rebecca Heineman, pionera absoluta en la industria Actualización de Yōtei, con New Game+ y nuevos cosméticos Los ganadores de los Golden Joystick Awards, donde Expedition 33 arrasa con 7 premios Y por supuesto, el drama Ubisoft, retrasando informes financieros, congelando la bolsa y dejando al sector con el culo torcido En la sección “En clave de fa”, en la que hoy os cuento una historia preciosa y menos conocida sobre Yoko Shimomura: su carrera, sus dudas, la música que la marcó, y cómo un cartel de Capcom en la pared cambió su destino para siempre. Una parte emocionante del programa que conecta directamente con nuestro amor por Kingdom Hearts. Para rematar, entramos en uno de esos debates que incendian el chat: ¿Cómo es posible que Xbox Game Studios no haya tenido NUNCA un GOTY nominado desde 2013? Cerramos el programa con risas, salseo, hype por las galas que vienen, la emoción de los premios Rejugando y con la sensación de que ha sido uno de esos episodios completos. Un programa de esos que te recuerdan por qué nos encanta juntarnos cada jueves y por qué Rejugando es una familia más que un podcast. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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Samus is going to shoot this guy. 0:00 - Rich shmucks say the dumbest things about gen AI! 15:10 - Valve didn't make Half-Life 3 but it did remake the Gamecube! 20:09 - Nintendo releases a trailer for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Daisy is still nowhere to be seen 31:08 - Metroid Prime 4 tasks Samus with escorting and overly chatty, annoyingly clumsy boob without shooting him in the face 58:10 - I have done everything I want to do in Monster Hunter Wilds. Bring on the next update! If you missed Saturday's live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night! Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen.  Music in the show includes "To the Top" by Silent Partner.  It is in the public domain and free to use.  Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting. Chat Transcript: 7:17 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Supposedly it is between an Xbox Series S and Series X. It will live and die by the price. 7:18 PM@addictedtochaos2​​If it is reasonably priced I will buy one. 7:23 PM@jaredknisely6213​​he is susposed to be cute? 7:24 PM@jaredknisely6213​​ive always thought he was supposed to be a little annoying brat 7:30 PM@artoflynndylee​​hello 7:35 PM@addictedtochaos2​​I wonder how excited SuperMetalDave is, or is he tearing his hair out after seeing a certain character? 7:41 PM@addictedtochaos2​​His dialogue sounds like it was written by Marvel movie writers. 7:43 PM@addictedtochaos2​​It is that very quippy “Joss Whedon” style. 7:45 PM@addictedtochaos2​​The video game industry always learns the wrong lesson. 7:46 PM@addictedtochaos2​​People's heads will explode when Link talks in the Zelda movie. 7:51 PM@artoflynndylee​​it's all about timing and luck 7:56 PM@artoflynndylee​​two more decades till retirement D: 7:56 PM@artoflynndylee​​I can only retire when I can no longer hold a pencil maybe 8:04 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Seems like the industry as a whole has a problem with optimization these days. 8:09 PM@artoflynndylee​​Andrew no!!!!! NOOOO!!!! LOL 8:09 PM@o7NetExile​​I assume the probability of that thought increases based on the number of plush toys a person owns 8:11 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Yeah, more should be like Nintendo in the Wii U era, the executives took pay cuts to not have to lay anyone off. 8:13 PM@o7NetExile​​Oh, oh no. 8:17 PM@o7NetExile​​I have a fox toy that I've owned for almost 30 years - I still keep it for the sentimental value. Functions like a memory totem. 8:19 PM@jaredknisely6213​​set away around 4k and you can buy one 8:19 PM@jaredknisely6213​​XD 8:24 PM@jaredknisely6213​​its also a CA thing, a lot of business dont like CA laws 8:27 PM@o7NetExile​​Take care!

Samus is going to shoot this guy. 0:00 – Rich shmucks say the dumbest things about gen AI! 15:10 – Valve didn’t make Half-Life 3 but it did remake the Gamecube! 20:09 – Nintendo releases a trailer for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Daisy is still nowhere to be seen 31:08 – Metroid Prime ...Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 421 – Solo Bounty Hunting For Two’ »

This week on the podcast we go over our reviews of the Sapphire NITRO+ B850A WIFI 7 Motherboard and MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13 Liquid CPU Cooler.  We also discuss more news on the Steam Machine including price, replaceable front plates, and Half-Life 3 rumors, a handful of new case launches, and much more!

Recruitment for Arknights: Endfield Beta Test II has officially begun! Head to endfield.gryphline.com and complete the recruitment survey for a chance to join Beta Test II when it starts on November 28. Exclusive $45-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code  KINDAFUNNY Go to http://factormeals.com/kindafunny50off and use code kindafunny50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. Grab your tickets for our LIVE In Review episode in SF over at: http://kindafunny.com/sketchfest Why the internet thinks Half-Life 3 is being announced today, Megabonk withdraws from The Game Awards, and Epic and Unity unite for a new partnership. Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping Tomorrow's schedule is a bit different! Today after, KFGD, you'll get: If you're a Kinda Funny Member: The Roper Report   - - Why The Internet Thinks Half-Life 3 Is Being Announced Today - Megabonk withdraws from the Game Awards - Epic announces partnership to bring Unity games into Fortnite - Ad - "Trailblazing" Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman dies aged 62 - New Game Plus comes to Ghost of Yōtei November 24 - Ubisoft will report its missing earnings for the first half of FY 2025-26 before Friday - Wee News! - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we add to our Portal and Portal 2 discussion with an interview with Chet Faliszek. We cover tons of Valve time. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:45 Interview 1:09:15 Break  1:09:45 Outro Issues covered: text-based football, all the early computers, programming for the first time, committing fraud, the first zombie game and losing it all, campaign finance reform, getting an opportunity to practice your shtick, selling gray market games, dissing games you're selling, going back and forth with Valve, petting the dog, thanking yourself for being awesome, the Crab Cracker, walking out, diving in on a team, thinking everyone is smarter than you, iterating on Team Fortress and finding its identity, archetypes/stereotypes, multiplayer silhouettes, game lineages, iterating dialogue systems, pushing against the need for a story and being challenged, not having QA and dealing with cert, avoiding the bureaucracy, picking the vibe, negativity with a replacement, symphonies vs rock and roll, DNFing the bugs, a split code base, supporting the player story, playing with friends vs strangers, replaying the game in different roles, tasks vs moving through a space, having three of everything, moments that stick with you, wanting to play the game, getting roped into Portal 2, splitting responsibilities and not commenting on the other, living a little outside the space, playing couch co-op via over the Internet, game face and social cues, being excited about the song, bodies in the space, shipping all the time, shipping hardware and making an ecosystem, iterating and learning, letting the community support and learn from a game, a great storyteller, the logistics of starting up a company, helping each other out, islands, shifting strategy to console.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Erik Wolpaw, Valve, Bossa Studios, Vertigo Games, Kimberly Voll, Stray Bombay, The Anacrusis, Heath Kit, Stratomatic Football/Baseball, TRS-80, Timex Sinclair, Vic 20, Commodore 64, Amiga, PET, Nintendo, Brandon Lee, Project Zomboid, Zombieworld, Open Secrets, Old Man Murray, Computer Shopper, Myth: The Forgotten Lords, Ultima Online, UGO, Penny Arcade, Pointless Waste of Time, Jason Pargin (aka David Wong), Team Fortress (series), Day of Defeat, Half-Life (series/episodes), Scott Lynch, Gabe Newell, Left 4 Dead, Turtle Rock Studios, Mike Booth, Portal, Overwatch, Elan Ruskin, Crystal Dynamics, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, World War Z, Brad Pitt, Counterstrike, Reed Knight, Jay Pinkerton, Mark Laidlaw, Ellen McLain, The New York Times, The National, Thom Yorke, Kim Swift, The Sock Puppet, Steam Link, A View to a Kill, Far Cry 2, Spelunky, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: TBA! Links: Exile, Vilify... with sock puppet Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

00:00:00 - Bevezetés és a forgalom00:03:24 - Chat és a Viber00:04:14 - Lerobbanni autóval00:07:15 - Babonás autóvásárlások00:10:43 - Autó és parkoló méretek régen00:13:32 - BMW Z1 ajtaja00:15:30 - Az újdonság mindig beszédtéma00:18:04 - “Gondoltam, hogy drága”00:19:19 - A népszerű dolgok lesznek státusszimbólumok?00:25:27 - Gabe Newell jachtja a státusz00:28:02 - Felesleges túlzások és a fontos dolgok00:32:21 - Michael Carroll és az elvert lottónyeremény00:35:14 - Lennének jelek?00:39:30 - Lottózás és a tervek00:43:50 - Nyeremény felvétel és halogatás00:45:52 - Eredményközpontú világ és a fogyasztói társadalom00:52:05 - Mikor lesz Half-Life 3?00:52:44 - Befejezés

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James, Grant, and Steven open up the show going over the Game Awards nominations! Grant is really pining for Arc Raiders even though it literally can't be game of the year. They break down specific nominations and their descriptions, such as what does Art Direction even mean? Plus, their picks for specific categories!After that, there are some very reputable leaks and rumors that are pointing to the possibility of an actual Half Life 3 announcement. The guys break down how we've come this far and if the meme will actually become reality.Finally, Black Ops 7 is absolutely bombing according to initial Steam numbers and physical copy sales. With Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 clearly outperforming the FPS Juggernaut, the guys discuss if this will be a turning point for the Call of Duty franchise or if they'll even learn the right lessons from it all.That and more on this week's episode of Active Reload! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

Dra upp kragen mot den kalla vinden och välkomna istället Speljutan in i värmen. I veckans avsnitt skärskådar vi nästa spelkub, blickar mot ett nytt MMO på horisonten och låter eftertexterna gå i hundra år. Efter en liten reklampaus avslöjar Angelica att man kan hitta hoppet för mänskligheten i Arc Raiders medan Elisabeth testar BALLxPIT som terapi och sparkar in dörrar i Dead Static Drive. Susanne har dragit till The Séance of Blake Manor och vi får väl se om hon kommer tillbaka - död eller levande. Om inte blir det bara Anton, Angelica och Elisabeth på toppturen i Peak, som avgår i afton kl 19:30 på Speljuntans Twitch. Missa inte det!  Spel som nämns i avsnittet: Half Life 3 (vi vet, det är inte ett spel men…), Horizon Zero Dawn, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Horizon Steel Frontier, Diablo IV, Twilight Moonflower, Dragon's Chronicles: The Dark Demon King and the Sword of the North Star, Arc Raiders, DayZ, Escape from Tarkov, Dead Static Drive, BALLxPIT, Tetris, The Séance of Blake Manor Tidskoder:(01:00) Personliga frågan (06:30) Spelnyheter (34:00) Reklam (35:00) Spelintryck

Tem entrevista com a Plot Kids, projeto Meninas Digitais e resenha de Half-Life!No Gamer News a gente te atualiza sobre o campeonato de LoL, CS e tudo que tá rolando no Game Awards. Se você ficou curioso pra saber tudo sobre esses temas, o novo episódio do Insira a Ficha tá te esperando! Dá o play e vem com a gente explorar o universo dos games!Apresentação e roteiro por: Niko Medeiros e Gustavo WendlerReportagem por: Guilherme Kuhnen, Ibrahim Khan, Letícia Laura, Julia Wust, Bela Nowalls, Luiza Cardoso, Lillian Carlotto e Gio TavaresProdução e Edição Geral de: Niko Medeiros e Duda FernandesCoordenação técnica: Roque BezerraCoordenação geral: professora Valci Zuculoto.

Gaming hosts Josh, Ryan and Ace are diving into the wild world of Game of the Year nominees, the Steam Machine hype cycle, and the biggest “maybe… maybe?” in all of gaming history — Half-Life 3. Are this year's contenders truly the best video games have to offer, or is the GOTY conversation more chaotic than ever? We break down what's rising, what's falling, and why Valve suddenly has everyone whispering again. From unexpected nominations to hardware surprises to the eternal hope of one legendary franchise, this episode has everything fans of video games love. Get ready for bold predictions, spicy debates, and some of the most entertaining gaming talk of the year on the Video Gamers Podcast!     Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Disratory, Ol' Jake, Gaius, Jigglepuf, Phelps and NorwegianGreaser   Thanks to our Legendary Supporters: HypnoticPyro, PeopleWonder and Bobby S.   Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/videogamerspod⁠ Join our Gaming Community: https://discord.gg/vgp Follow us on Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/⁠  Follow us on X:⁠ https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod⁠  Subscribe to us on YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGamersPod?sub_confirmation=1⁠    Visit us on the web:⁠https://videogamerspod.com/⁠     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ny konsoll? I 2026? For første gang siden Sega ga seg i konsollbransjen har vi en utfordrer på banen, og det er selveste kongene av PC gaming, Valve med sin STEAM MACHINE. Hva er det som skjer? Pluss: Topp 5 Half-Life spinoffs, Atelier Ryza-samlingen, Call of Duty Black Ops 7 og mer!

La semana que prometía anuncios de Valve no defraudó. Por ahora no tenemos Half-Life 3 pero la empresa de Gabe Newell se despachó con tres anuncios de hardware más que interesantes: la Steam Machine, el Steam Frame y el Steam Controller. Qué significan estos anuncios para la industria? Además, Ubisoft está teniendo unos días raros y la especulación sobre su venta se incrementa minuto a minuto.

The 3 gamer dads have had a killer week, kids, sheds, work etc etc but at least they have old video games to help them unwind.What did you play? papa - still playing Outer Worlds 2 & Ball x pitt. RETROTIME:papa - Outlaw Golf - og xbox 2002 & Judge Dredd vs Death 2003 also on the og xbox.Andy - Half Life 1998 Title music by KNUCKLEbumpers by Javen & Kiv Sanchezinsta@3gamerdadsyou have a beautiful day ...ok ? (sorry I forgot the time stamps ... first time in 103 episodes)

Os sinais estavam ali: a Valve anunciou três novos hardware, com o grande destaque para a Steam Machine. O PC compacto promete ocupar o espaço dos consoles na sala de estar. E mais, pode ser que venha já com Half Life 3! Será? Na contramão, temos ainda o anúncio da volta da saga de John Marston, com Red Dead Redemption chegando para os consoles atuais e mobile. Vem conferir essa e muito mais no Flow Games News de hoje!

Vi pratar bl.a. om Valves trestegsraket av ny hårdvara, Arc Raiders dominans, Brie Larson som Rosalina, Half-Life 3, Cronos: The New Dawn, Ball x Pit, The Outer Worlds 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2 & Possessor(s) Stötta oss på Patreon!För 50kr i månaden får du tillgång till podden oklippt & reklamfri direkt när den har spelats in och dessutom tillgång till allt tidigare exklusivt content samt allt material under jul och sommarledigheter. Som Patron stöttar du oss även i vårt nya initiativ "Homo Ludens" där vi intervjuar intressanta personer om deras förhållande till TV-Spel. Du får dessa avsnitt tidigare och reklamfria. För 100kr i månaden får du allt som 50kr-patrons får men du får också första tjing på alla eventuella koder & gratisgrejer som vi ibland erbjuder! Du är dessutom lite bättre än alla andra. www.patreon.com/kontrollbehov Besök vår Youtube-kanal och prenumerera:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQ2sTbiCcR0dqNFHwcTB0g Gå med i gruppen Kontrollbehov - Eftersnack på Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1104625369694949/?ref=bookmarks Vi finns också på Discord! https://discord.gg/848F6TWXDY Hör av er:kontrollbehovpodcast@gmail.com

Prepárate para un episodio donde la actualidad gamer se nos ha ido completamente de las manos: desde la nueva Steam Machine que promete jubilar tu portátil (y por supuesto, ha hecho ya que Xbox Magnus haya perdido), hasta las teorías sobre Half-Life 3. Charlamos sobre anuncios japoneses (spoiler, no hubo nada nuevo) en el State of Play, el regreso de “Horizon” en versión “para to', menos para PS5”, y el culebrón de PlayStation que ahora dice que “igual me voy, igual me quedo” con sus exclusivos en PC. Tampoco nos olvidamos del incombustible Assassin's Creed (el singleplayer más jugado de PS5, aunque nadie lo esperaba), rumores de PS6 cuando la PS5 ni ha llegado a la adolescencia, y cómo Yahoo Japón se ha puesto serio con los especuladores. Además, Rockstar nos hace esperar más por GTA VI, hablamos de opiniones divididas en las previas de Metroid Prime 4, y en el horizonte ya aparecen los Game Awards. Todo esto, salteado con un toque de Kojima, polémicas políticas y una subida de sueldo en SEGA… ¡Casi nada! Dale al play y disfruta de tu ración gamer con humor, un poquito de ironía y mucha actualidad.

This week's episode features Valve announcing a bunch of new hardware--but no new Steam Deck and no Half-Life 3...yet--and games: Dark Quest 4, Simon the Sorcerer Origins, Extremely Powerful Capybaras, Folly of the Wizards, The Cabin Factory, Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke, and Beaked Buccaneer. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

00:00:00 - A kedvesség világnapja00:03:47 - “Önzetlenség” boltokban00:07:23 - Bableves-teória és az érem másik oldala00:14:29 - Ragebait a médiában00:18:41 - Képzelt és tanulható magabiztosság00:24:36 - Cél, vagy eredmény?00:25:37 - Steam bejelentések és Half-Life 3 pletykák00:39:59 - Magyarországon lévő, nagyobb webshopok helyzete és jövője00:47:06 - Mennyiszer szoktunk rendelni?00:47:55 - Befejezés

Zelfs wanneer de files roet in het eten willen gooien: the show must go on! En wat voor een show!: Niet alleen de nieuwe hardware van Steam werd gister onthuld — zoals de Steam Machine en de Frame — ook draait de geruchtenmolen weer op volle toeren met nieuws over Half-Life 3! En natuurlijk kunnen we het grootste nieuws van vorige week niet negeren: het uitstel van GTA 6! Dus klap die oortjes open, leun lekker achterover en geniet van de rit, baklap!00:00 Intro00:25 Wegmisbruikers04:35 Voetballen met de Bever09:55 Verantwoord gamen14:30 De Steam Machine (en Half-Life 3)31:00 Post!32:10 GTA 6 uitgesteld38:50 Arc Raiders-Warstories50:15 Martin aan de VR en roadtrip-games56:45 Rip quiz58:45 Live Tetris op Comic Con / Outro

Auch in dieser Woche zocken Dome und René voller Begeisterung Pokémon Legenden Z-A und haben weiterhin eine gute Zeit mit dem neuesten Spin-off der Taschenmonster.Außerdem, News:Valve ist zurück: 2026 erscheint die neue Steam Machine mit starker Hardware und neuem Steam-Controller!Nintendo zeigt den ersten großen Trailer zum Super Mario Galaxy Film mit Rosalina, Bowser Jr. und einem intergalaktischem Action-Feuerwerk.Und: In der PlayStation State of Play Japan warten Highlights wie Elden Ring: Nightreign The Forsaken Hollows, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined und inKonbini.Viel Spaß beim Hören!Pixelburg Savegame auf Instagram, YouTube und TikTokDominik Ollmann auf InstagramRené Deutschmann auf Instagram (00:00) - In dieser Folge... (02:33) - Pokémon Z-A (24:30) - Xbox und die Relevanz von Exklusivtitel (28:36) - Steam Machine 2 (45:30) - Half-Life 3: Mythos und Realität (50:22) - Steam-Exklusivität und die Rolle von Valve (52:31) - Der neue Super Mario Galaxy-Film (01:04:01) - PlayStation State of Play und neue Spiele (01:16:29) - Abschluss und Ausblick auf zukünftige Themen

This Week in Horror History dives into a loaded week: Creepshow hits wide release, Interview with the Vampire and Bram Stoker's Dracula redefine luxe gothic on the big screen, Half-Life 2's Ravenholm sneaks survival horror into AAA gaming, and Stephen King's Cycle of the Werewolf howls through November. We spotlight Supernatural's early heart-stopper “Home,” roll birthdays for genre icons, compare '90s velvet vampires to today's, and cap it with a cult-classic pick: Slumber Party Massacre. Perfect for spooky season's afterglow—queue these up and feast.Inside this episodeCreepshow (Nov 10, 1982): Romero + King bring EC-comics mayhem to multiplexes. Interview with the Vampire (Nov 11, 1994): Velvet-and-venom epic opens #1 and rewrites vampire melodrama.Bram Stoker's Dracula (Nov 13, 1992): Coppola's operatic, in-camera sorcery storms the box office. Half-Life 2 — Ravenholm (Nov 16, 2004): A masterclass in atmosphere; survival-horror vibes inside a shooter. Cycle of the Werewolf (Nov 1983): King + Wrightson's lean, illustrated lunar calendar of carnage.Duel (Nov 13, 1971): Spielberg's white-knuckle TV thriller turns the highway into a hunting ground.Deep-Cut Spotlight — Supernatural “Home” (Nov 15, 2005): Intimate, grief-haunted return to the Winchesters' house. Birthday roll: Roy Scheider, Radha Mitchell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Burgess Meredith.Then & Now — Velvet Vampires: '90s baroque romance vs. prestige-TV reinventions.Weekly Recommendation — Slumber Party Massacre: A sharp, subversive slasher to cleanse the palate.Get comfy, my spookies! 41% off at CozyEarth.com with code SPOOKY — supports the show!

В этом выпуске очень много (и даже в бусти-секции) размышляем о новом сериале Винса Гиллигана, плачем по переносу GTA VI, дышим копиумом по Half-Life 3, обсуждаем нового «Хищника», «Франкенштейна» и многое другое.СсылкиГде ещё нас можно послушать: https://benzovoz.mave.digitalВопрос в эфир с разовым донатом (для карт РФ): https://donatty.com/benzovozВопрос в эфир с разовым донатом (для зарубежных карт) https://destream.net/live/HotBenzoPodcast/donateПодписка на Boosty с бонусными и расширенными выпусками: http://tinyurl.com/boostybenzovozPatreon (то же, что на Boosty, но для тех, кто находится за пределами РФ): https://www.patreon.com/benzovozТайминги00:00:00 — Приветствие00:05:46 — «Одна из многих» (Pluribus)00:27:10 — Донат недели00:30:47 — Перенос GTA VI на 19 ноября 202600:39:43 — Шум вокруг Half-Life 300:50:23 — Важное обновление Steam Deck00:53:12 — Финансовый отчёт Nintendo00:56:51 — «Хищник: планета смерти»01:03:58 — «Франкенштейн»01:12:51 — «Грязная игра»01:20:34 — «Крушащая машина»01:26:20 — «Удача»01:31:03 — «Черный телефон 2»01:35:10 — «Оно: Добро пожаловать в Дерри»01:42:21 — Сообщения от слушателей02:05:53 — Планы на выходные02:07:56 — Бусти-секция про «Остаться в живых» и ARC Raiders

Switch iguala las ventas de la Nintendo DS y se quedará con el segundo puesto (o no??) Traemos análisis de Black Myth Wukong. El mono que reparte y no precisamente cumplidos. Aprovechamos para traer una breve reseña de HL2 Upgrade, un mod gratuito de la comunidad para jugar Half Life 2 con algunas mejoras gráficas. También comentamos cómo se ha roto el mercado de CS2 y rumorología de HL3 Durante el inicio de la grabación rockstar anunció un nuevo retraso para GTA6 Comentarios: https://t.me/comentariosindiepodcast

In questa puntata di L'Arcade di Ale guardiamo insieme le recensioni e le opinioni riguardanti il gioco del momento: The Arc Raiders. Vi parlo anche di: le vendite record di Switch 2; delle voci che annunciano la lavorazione del trailer di Half-Life 3; dello spy di Rockstar mai completato; dell'incredibile operazione di Lost in Cult per chiunque ami le copie fisiche e i retroscena del gaming; le nomination dei Golden Joystick Awards 2025; e le mie impressioni su Cronos: The New Daws al 50% del gioco. Buon ascoltoLost in Cult: https://www.lostincult.co.uk/Ko-Fi

Nová epizoda SHOWTIME probere opět nejzásadnější události posledních 14 dní. V našem živém podcastu se tak můžete těšit tentokrát na téma kolem soudního sporu Nintenda s Palworldem, následně probereme "drby" kolem Half-Life 3 a taky probereme Counter-Strike 2 propad trhu nebo přípravy Valve na "vylepšení" Steamu.

W najnowszym, 675. odcinku GnM Plus rozmawiamy o Half-Life 3 — czy to naprawdę koniec memów i początek rzeczywistości? Sprawdzamy też doniesienia o możliwym powrocie Saint's Row oraz zapowiedzi Darkwood II.Nie zabrakło również naszych wrażeń z nowych i nadchodzących gier, w tym: REANIMAL, Gothic: Remake, The Outer Worlds, Anno 117: Pax Romana, Pokémon Legends: Z-A oraz ARC Raiders.Kanał nadawczy Gramy na Maxa - https://bit.ly/nadawczygnmCzasówka:00:00 - START [KLASK]02:40 - W co ostatnio graliśmy czyli REANIMAL, Gothic: REMAKE, The Outer Worlds, Anno 117: Pax Romana, Pokémon Legends: Z-A i ARC Raiders28:30 - Half-Life 3 w końcu zapowiedziane?32:30 - Czeka nas powrót Saint's Row?36:10 - Ogłoszono Darkwood II43:40 - SEKCJA KOMENTARZYPYTANIE ODCINKA: Doczekamy się ostatecznie Half-Life 3?

This week the gang talked about Howl-O-Scream, Ark Raiders, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse + Chime, The Chair Company, and more!Follow us on Instagram Leave us a voicemail at (804) 286-0626 and consider supporting us through our Patreon Check out the Discord! News Links:CS Skins market crashes Mario Galaxy trailer coming soon People are buying more remakes Halo 2 and 3 remake might be next Half-Life 3 might be coming 

Nick and Connor discuss Halo coming to PS5, Remedy's struggles post FBC Firebreak, and more! 0:00 Intro6:14 Housekeeping21:15 Halo: Campaign Evolved Announced 40:48 Half Life 3 Trailer Rumored 48:20 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Getting A Switch 2 Update57:10 Remedy's Struggles Post FBC FirebreakLink To The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CoOp64Link to Discord, Merch AND MORE: https://linktr.ee/co_op64Intro Music By Jamie Vere

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Half-Life 3 in hetzelfde jaar als GTA 6, leven we in die realiteit? Verder: Hollow Knight Silksong, Battlefield RedSec en een grote blunder waar Nintendo mee gemoeid is. Klets mee met mede-luisteraars in onze Discord en neem 'ns een kijkje op Patreon voor nog meer podcasts!

Deze talkshow wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door MSI. Alle meningen in deze video zijn onze eigen. MSI heeft inhoudelijk geen inspraak op de content en zien de video net als jullie hier voor het eerst op de site.Ga maar lekker zitten voor het traditionele startschot van het weekend. Anderhalf uur aan luid gekwebbel over videogames zal straks je trommelvliezen gaan kietelen. Jelle, JJ en Koos zitten in de studio klaar. Ready om een nieuwe editie op te nemen van Einde van de Week Live. De talkshow waarin we elke week het belangrijkste game gerelateerde nieuws met jullie, de kijkers, doornemen. En we hebben een fijn lijstje aan topics voor je klaarstaan. Zo discussiëren de drie over de slechte public reviews van Battlefield REDSEC. Ze praten over de Matrix-game die Kojima niet mocht maken van Konami. En ze bespreken het gerucht over de komst van de derde trailer voor GTA 6. Dit alles en veel, veel meer ga je voorbij zien en horen komen in de Einde van de Week Live van vrijdag 31 oktober 2025.Gamers zijn niet bepaald lief voor Battlefield REDSECAndere onderwerpen in deze talkshow zijn onder meer de bekendmaking van de drie genomineerden voor de Dutch Game Awards, Halo dat gebruikt/misbruikt wordt door ICE in de VS en een nieuwe Crash Bandicoot TV serie op Netflix.Scoor 50 euro korting op de Sword 17 HX gaming laptop van MSIOok deze week zet MSI de nieuwe Sword 17 HX gaming laptop in de schijnwerpers. Deze laptop bevat een Intel® Core™ i7-14700HX processor, een NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 4060™ GPU, 1 TB SSD en een 7 inch WUXGA beeldscherm. Al met al een prima tool om de meeste nieuwe games te kunnen spelen. De Sword 17 HX is hier met 50 euro korting te krijgen bij Paradigit.Wat kan Philips Hue verlichting doen voor jouw concentratie en slaapritmeDat de verlichting van Philips Hue de sfeer in en om jouw woning kan verhogen, dat moge bekend zijn. Bij Gamekings gebruiken veel van de hosts de lampen zelf thuis. Maar dat licht zaken als jouw concentratievermogen en slaapritme kan verbeteren is misschien nieuw. Check hier alle mogelijkheden die Hue jou biedt.Timestamps:00:00:00 Einde van de Week Live van 31 oktober00:03:58 Huishoudelijke mededeling: MSI00:08:46 Battlefield REDSEC krijgt vooral negatieve reviews.00:13:32 DICE heeft ook de controversiële skin weggehaald00:16:10 Kojima had een Matrix-game kunnen maken.00:18:19 Hij is er weer: Half-Life 3 nieuws van Tyler McVicker.00:22:22 Steeds meer bedrijven integreren AI in het maken van games00:29:29 GTA op de 25 jarige verjaardag van de PS2 in de VS (26 oktober) 00:35:00 Dutch Game Awards 2025, 3 december Chasse Theater Breda00:42:27 Is de Forza Motorsport franchise nu verdwenen?00:44:29 Amerikaanse ICE gebruikt Halo in hun communicatie.00:53:58 BULLETTÎME: PHILIPS HUE01:06:01 Call of Duty film is bevestigd.01:07:05 Bully Online01:08:20 Er komt een Crash Bandicoot tv serie01:10:04 Over TV series gesproken. Seizoen vier van The Witcher scoort goede reviews. 01:10:44 27 feb komt Resident Evil Requiem uit, ook op de Switch 2.01:11:00 Over controllers gesproken 01:16:22 Sega's advertentie

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we enjoy a bonus conversation capping our series on Portal. We talk Portal 2, the tension between story and gameplay, its length, and yes, even some co-op. And we do it all live on Twitch. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Much of SP, all of Co-op Issues covered: recording on video, our history with Portal 2, being surprised that Portal 2 was a thing, the Valve employee handbook release, wanting a different sequel, a long campaign with many puzzles and mechanics, following up a perfect game, not cashing in, adding mechanics and the puzzles that teach you, character development and delivering more lore perfectly, a miracle, the progression of the Cave Johnson story, worldbuilding conflicting with gameplay, breaking out with Wheatley, cognitive dissonance, seeing all the behind the scenes, being re-tested, potato GladOS, the magic of how narrative connects, the chicken and the egg, a successful length for the format, a whole Portal inside the penultimate chapter, embedding lore successfully, back-propagating story, sympathy for the devil (i.e. GladOS), 2 + 2 = 4, being drawn to the financially productive projects, killer app for VR, the loss of single player, VR problems for consumers, adding portals to their hero-based MOBA shooter, lack of narrative progression in the co-op campaign, co-op for the sake of co-op?, helping the player vs not helping the player, not aligning well for a controller, more portals plus more mechanics become untenable, doing the impossible alongside the possible, potential solutions for portal confusion, playtesting and confidence in your solutions, specific buttons, the doorway effect, shape language, police procedure vs police procedural, inspecting tires, bread and butter TV format, empty JRPG chests and meaningless clues, the salience problem, getting the reward as if you had the skills. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Defeating Games for Charity, PANCAN, Kermit the Frog, Yoda, GoldenEye, Grant Kirkhope, Erik Wolpaw, LucasArts, Reed Knight, TIE Fighter, Orange Box, Half-Life (series), Brad Muir, Campo Santo, Marc Laidlaw, Dario Casali, J. K. Simmons, Stephen Merchant, Control, Uncharted, Spider-Man, Deadlock, Paragon, Tim Roth, Four Rooms, SplitGate, Halo, Chet Falisczek, Aperture Desk Job, Sony/PlayStation Studios, Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, Miss Stir Heed Hip/mysterydip, Spelunky, Calamity Nolan, Nintendo GameCube, Deadly Premonition, Pablo, Police Quest, Duncan Fyfe, L. A. Noire, Twin Peaks, X-Files, Heavy Rain, Rock Band, Return of the Obra Dinn, Golden Idol (series), Nancy Drew (series), Sherlock Holmes (series), Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: Deadly Premonition wrap Links: N0isses Twitch channel Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Apply for Defeating Games Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com

Join us this episode as we travel back in time to 1999 for the release of Half-Life: Opposing Force. We also chat about the games that we've been playing. Jump in to the time machine with us!What We've Been PlayingMashBattlefield 6 - PCOverwatch 2 - PCAbiotic Factor - Steam Deck and PCWord Play - Steam DeckSuika Game - Nintendo Switch 2Mario Kart World - Nintendo Switch 2AndySuper Mario Galaxy - Switch 2SteamWorld - SteamDeck

How does code, like language, shape the way we see the world? How can we rediscover enchantment in our technology?? How can we determine the half-life of knowledge as we continue to learn and discover new things?Samuel Arbesman is a scientist in residence at Lux Capital, a fellow at Case Western School of Management, and the author of three books, The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World—and Shapes Our Future, Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension, and The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date.Greg and Samuel discuss Samuel's newest book, The Magic of Code, and how programming languages have evolved and continue to evolve over time. Samuel explores society's enchantment and disenchantment with technology, the evolution of programming languages, the intersection of computer science and humanities, and the ongoing shift towards more democratized software creation. They also go over Samuel's  earlier works, highlighting the temporary nature of facts and the continual necessity for adaptive learning in a rapidly evolving world.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Reenchanting technology through humanities 03:24: I think the larger perspective of the book [The Magic of Code] is to also recognize that, in addition to this wonder and delight, also recognizing that when we think about computing competition, it doesn't need to just be this branch of engineering or this thing of computer science. It really is this almost humanistic liberal art that, when you think about it properly, should connect to language and philosophy and biology and art and how we think and the nature of reality and all these different kinds of things. And for me, those are the windows and the lenses that allow us to actually kind of re-enchant, not even just computing, but in turn many aspects of our own lives, and hopefully can repair at least a little bit of that kind of broken relationship.On the magic of code06:31:  We actually have this weird information stuff that can actually work in the real world. That's amazing. And we should pause at least and say, wow, that really is incredible.Why democratizing software is powerful26:56: This idea of being able to democratize software creation is incredibly powerful. And actually, in going back to the analogy with magic, I mean, yes, in many of the tales of magic, it did require a great deal of effort. You had to apprentice, or you had to, I don't know, go to Hogwarts for seven years or whatever it is. But there also were stories of magic for everyone; there were spells that could be used by people if they, like in the Middle Ages, had lost their cattle and needed to recover it. And I think we need that same kind of thing in the software realm as well, which is, we need spells and code that can be used by everyone. And now, with this ability, it's unbelievable to see.Ideas are always in draft form53:41: A professor of mine, when I was in graduate school, told me this story. This was already after I had left grad school. He was telling me this story that he was teaching some course, came in on Tuesday, and gave a lecture on some topic. Then, the next day, he read a paper that invalidated the lecture he had given the day before. So he went in on Thursday and said, “Remember what I taught you on Tuesday? It's wrong. And if that bothers you, you need to get out of science.” And I think that kind of idea—that science, or what we know, is constantly in draft form—is a very powerful idea.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Max WeberDuneiPhone (1st generation)ChatGPTH. P. LovecraftFantasiaGuido van RossumLarry WallSapir–Whorf HypothesisList of Programming LanguagesBrainfuckFortranPerlVibe CodingRobin SloanVIC-20Pierre-Simon LaplaceVannevar BushDon R. SwansonLuis Walter AlvarezMarc BenioffThe Unaccountability MachineIsaac AsimovGuest Profile:Arbesman.netProfessional Profile for  LuxCapitaLinkedIn AccountSocial Profile on XGuest Work:Amazon Author PageThe Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World—and Shapes Our FutureOvercomplicated: Technology at the Limits of ComprehensionThe Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration DateWired ArticlesSubstack - Cabinet of Wonders Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Liza Loves Her New FamilyBased on a post by DangerHunt69. Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.  Buffet For ThreeNow things were a little awkward; two of the five boys had had their penises inside me, and the rest had seen my panty clad ass. Everyone was being super nice to me, and I bet I knew why. The occasional glance at the bulges on my chest or the long look as I walked away, had turned into constant eyes on me. I wore baggy clothes but of course this didn't help in a room full of college boys.Eventually the advances by the boys became more and more blatant until finally one day when I was particularly hungry I blurted out, "Hey, whoever wants to take me out for Hibachi can screw me afterwards."Chester and Hahn jumped at the opportunity, but I wasn't sure how we'd work that out. But never mind the details, I was just happy to get another free meal. “Fine”, I said; “But whoever starts a stupid debate about video games, gets dumped! Got it!” The rest of the room cheered for me, but Chester and Hahn looked whipped by a girl.They took me to a Hibachi place in the suburb of Chester, very fitting. I ordered the most expensive dish they offered, Mako shark, and ate the whole meal in a vicious frenzy. I loved eating and it was like I could shovel mound after mound of food into my mouth without ever getting fat. I'm not sure if it's because I have a high metabolism or just because I'm young, to be honest. Chester and Hahn had a good time too, perhaps in denial at the possibly extremely awkward event that was going to take place afterwards.Hahn's parents were rich and actually had rented him a studio apartment of his own, off-campus. We went there because not only was it the nicest of our places, but he was the only one of us that lived by himself. Once we got there, we all took a few minutes to get ready before I earnestly stripped down and cheekily decided to rub my tits together and wink at the boys. Mama don't like to waste time. I was wearing a new sexy pink lace bra that cost half a fucking fortunate, before I unclasped it in the back and had my titties drop out and then bounce back up like basketballs. Being busty yet perky, had its fun moments to be sure. I, being the ball of originality that I am, told them that now that they've seen mine, that I get to see theirs'. They blushed awkwardly for a second before complying with my request. I sat on the couch and waited for my show to begin.Predictably, both my friends were already erect. And to my surprise Hahn's cock was, regular sized! It was decent, maybe 5 inches compared to Chester's 5 1/2, but he didn't have Chester's wide girth. I then encouraged both of the boys to come take one of my tits in their hands and squeeze."Nice right? There is enough of me to go around." I said as the two guys sat on each side of me."Damn Liza, I knew your tits were big but I had no idea they were this big!" Hahn said, astonished."They're so fucking nice! And look at your adorable nipples! I just wanna" Chester said as he took my left nipple in his mouth and started sucking my tit."Thanks." I said, losing my composure. I was trying to be a top but it was so abundantly clear I was a submissive bottom.My shyness snatching my tongue, I got up then laid an Anime throw blanket across the chaise portion Hahn's leather couch. It was a long L shape sectional, and nice as fuck. My parents were well off but Hahn's family was fucking loaded.I was on my knees & elbows. Now fully undressed, Chester approached me from behind. Then Hahn came around & stood in front of my head, which was propped up in my hands. He was the perfect height. I opened my mouth wide to receive his cock. His bulbous head brushed my lips apart and then he pushed it into my mouth.I was expecting to be penetrated simultaneously by Chester, so it took me a little by surprise when he slapped my ass hard with his hand. I would have yelped, but my mouth was full of dick. I didn't want Hahn's dick bitten by accident, so I had to be careful. Instead, my eyes widened and my body jerked just a little. Hahn took this as encouragement to push further into my mouth, nearing the middle of my throat. Chester slapped me again. I was used to mental punishment, but the physical nature of this had taken me off guard and I have to say, destabilized me a little. Again, I flinched. Hahn pushed deeper, his cock now bottomed out & partly in my throat, but I knew that was all he had left. A third slap, I was getting sore now, and imagined that my ass would be bright red. Hahn stood there, his balls rested against my chin. I was spread eagle, and impaled orally on a cock. I had recently learned that I was a loud moaner, and I definitely vocalized my pleasure the entire time they were tag-teaming me.My ass jiggled each time Chester smacked it. ‘Just fuck me already?' I finally blurted out. It is hard to communicate when your mouth is full of awesome Asian cock. The last clapping sound was like a starting gun to Hahn, who reinserted & started to face-fuck me. He'd withdraw a couple of inches and then thrust his whole length into me again. He started out slowly at first, but then picked up speed. Chester finally figured it out, and  got positioned behind me, then rammed my cunt to his base. His thick shaft pressed me wide.It was shortly after that something strange happened, I started to feel, at peace. I submitted, letting the pleasure run through me and went with the flow. I knew I wanted to please them, and I felt warm, almost cared for, as I was being double teamed. Sensory overload. I could feel tears form in my eyes and trickle down my forehead and into my hair. But these weren't tears of sadness, but of joy.It felt like, it felt like I had found my family. One of them was using my throat as a sex toy and the other was pounding my cunt. I felt wanted, needed, like I finally belonged somewhere.I began to feel overwhelmed. Focus, Liza. I'm a good girl taking my friends' cocks deep inside me to help them get off, that's all that mattered. Don't let this excruciating emotion spoil the mood. What you are doing for Chester and Hahn is peak selflessness. I can do this, I can overcome my anxiety. I took a few deep breaths in between Hahn's thrusts. It didn't lessen, so I embraced it. I'm a mess, and that's hot.My cunt felt raw. But I was so damn turned on. My friends, yes my friends, were using me like a blow up sex doll. I could feel my juices oozing out of my vagina. Feel my clit throbbing as I opened up my throat to Hahn, and my vagina to Chester. My face was blush red, for the first time in my life: I was hyper-aroused.Tears were now pouring down my face. This was all a little too much. But no sooner than I had come to that realization, I felt a rope of warm cum shoot onto my back, followed by another and another."Fuck!" Chester announced. More grunts from behind me, then warm drips on my ass cheeks. A deep sigh, then Chester dropped to the couch, beside me. "Your turn, Hahn." He said, slapping my ass one final time before swapping places with my short Asian friend.I took the opportunity to roll over, still on the plush throw blanket, but now on my back, diagonally across the extension of his sectional sofa. And now Hahn knelt and scooped up both my legs. I rested them over each of his shoulders, then he was inside me. I didn't speak. He slid his average member halfway in, it felt so refreshing, and then sunk all five inches of his cock into my cunt. I was sopping wet and took him easily. He started fucking me. It might have been smaller than Chester's dick, but the length and narrower width of Hahn's cock gave me the rest I needed to recover. Chester sat up and began massaging my massive tits. My nipples stood up and said; ‘squeeze me, suck me'. Chester understood the sign language and accommodated in a much gently disposition than the spankings he'd previously gotten his jollies from.In pain from being fucked hard at both ends of my body, I just laid there submitting to them. Hahn would withdraw his dick completely, push his head just barely into me and then immediately thrust forward, giving me all 5 of his inches at once. I gasped. Hahn repeated this over and over, a little harder each time. He pushed again and again, his balls slapping against my ass. I had never taken two dicks in one day.Lust had consumed me. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, it happened. I came hard. Twisting and turning, I felt the orgasm stirring deep in my cock-filled cunt, then rush outwards. It started inside me, then slowly made its way out, eventually covering my entire body in spasming pleasure until I was shaking from overstimulation. I felt warm liquid pouring from my vagina as I spasmed while still being held down. As my violent orgasm continued, I felt the room start spinning. I had cum, and just from penetration, what the fuck? I spent a minute in a panting daze, half awake and half asleep. I had cum so hard that it took a couple minutes for my brain to work again. Hahn withdrew his cock, dripping with my crème. His belly and thighs were dripping wet. He was panting and his spent cock was still bobbing as it slowly deflated."Hahn, you're soaked. Did I do that to you?" I asked, surprised. Squirting was something I had heard about but never knew that I could actually do."Yeah! I know, right?" Hahn chuckled in a satisfied, half-drunk demeanor.The throw blanket seemed to have taken the lion's share of my squirting. I gazed up at Hahn. His cock was covered in both my cunt juice and his ejaculate. The head of his cock dripped with cum."Hahn, you fucking bastard. You weren't supposed to cum in me!" I'd been on the pill for a couple weeks. But unwritten college ethics dictate that a guy always pulls out."God damn it Hahn, you're not supposed to do that!" Chester reprimanded him."Sorry, please don't be mad." Hahn pleaded."Hahn, please, you know that can get a woman pregnant." I warned him."I know. I got a little carried away. I'll buy you Plan B."I was now sobbing. My throat and cunt had both been used and abused. I wailed, the tears were now a flood. My body shook with emotion. I wasn't handling the overstimulation too well. It felt like my body had just released a ton of pent up stress and now I was all wobbly and unfocused.Hahn felt like shit. He assumed I was devastated by his mistake.No, I had been through a lot, but I'd say it was a pretty positive experience. Chester was a real gentleman and asked me if I was okay, then brought me a glass of water and cuddled up with me. I also reached for Hahn & he got the hint and cuddled up on my other side. It was marvelous, even if my bawling sounded otherwise.After our threesome was over, we all cleaned up the mess and it appeared the leather couch was still fine. Then we watched Community in our undies. Hahn even brought out a bottle of fancy vodka imported from Vladivostok for us to chill out with, as we all sat on his couch half naked, Hahn grabbed us a bigger blanket. After a few episodes I gave them both a final fellatio and we called it a damn good night.Fuck my cunt is sore.Interlude: The Big Bang TheoryHave you ever read the Stephen King novel I T? I don't mean watched the movie but actually read the book? Well there's a scene where umm, how to put it? "The Losers" all have sex with the same person to show their "unity" so that they can escape being lost in the sewers. I want to be this person for my friend group. The glue that holds them all together, the cunt that they can take out all of their frustrations on. I've learned that sex is the best way to blow off steam. I want to form a sense of community with me as its focal point.The Gang BangMy grief is tremendous but my love is bigger. Your real family isn't the one you're born into but rather the one you choose for yourself. I have a family now, and I love them.Soon after my first threesome, I found out that Rob (the tall chubby one) was a virgin. He was too shy to admit it, himself but some of the other guys brought it up once to tease him. After I found out this information, I knew I had to do something. He's such a sweet heart, I knew I needed to make his first time special. So, for Halloween I dressed up as his "waifu" Aloy from Horizon (not the race car game, the one with robotic dinosaurs). I even went as far as to dye my hair red and had a special plan in mind. For my costume, I even made a bow out of PVC pipe. Which was a stupid idea cause it looked like ass, but I wanted to make my own rather than just buying one on Etsy.On the last day of October, everyone got together for a big Halloween party. The theme was: character's dressed up as other characters. Rob took this idea and dressed up as Luigi if he were a member of the Akatsuki, while Hahn dressed up as a "Jewish Samurai" wearing a Hasidic beard over a kabuto. Brad dressed up as a, furry? I'm not sure. It was a bear costume with a top hat and monocle. Mike dressed up as Handsome Jack in a Fallout vault suit and Chester dressed up as Zelda dressed up as Link. I, however, broke this theme because that totally would have fucked up my plan. Perhaps I was a slut dressed up as Aloy?  We all drank and drank, and after a few "brewskis" I was sufficiently drunk. It was time.I walked up to Rob, grabbed his hand and led him to the bathroom. I stripped naked & pulled down his pants, got on my knees and put his massive dick in my mouth to get him hard. I was fucking surprised too, this thing was fucking giant, and he was hiding it from me all this time? Rob might have been stocky but to this day his is still the biggest log I've ever seen, in person. I eventually asked him how big it was, I didn't measure it myself so take this with a grain of salt. We all know men love to lie about their dick sizes. He told me it was fucking nine inches! Insane.After he was hard as a rock, I got off my knees and got my phone out. I had found this website that creates "sex sounds" of celebrities based off their lines in shows and video games while using A I to fill in any gaps to make it sound more natural. I basically started playing an audio file of Aloy moaning and grunting. I then turned around, bent over and stuck my ass out while resting my hands against the wall. "Take me" I told him, laughing out loud. He then got to rail "Aloy" for five whole minutes before cumming all the way up my back and getting a little bit in my hair. My buddy was a virgin no longer.A big dick doesn't necessarily mean a long lasting dick, especially if the guy's a virgin. Although let's be honest, when a guy has a dick that size, you kinda want it to not last too long. I still want to be able to walk tomorrow, laughing my ass off.Eventually, November came and it was around this time I started to grow into my body in a more "womanly" way. I put on my freshman 15, (pounds, that is), and was now curvy rather than thin. Not curvy like fat though, I was more like, Kim Kardashian now. Not fat but sexy with a full figure. I literally know nothing about her except that I've seen her naked, I think everyone has. I even had to google how to spell "Kardashian" while writing this. And I mean it looked really natural with my fucking watermelon tits, so it never really bothered anyone. My tit's were a smidge bigger because I'm on the pill, but when I told that to the gamer guys, all they said was; “Yeah, nice!”The best part of having five guys trying to get into your pants, is that they are constantly offering you things, to try to buy your favor. To be honest, it was rather low-key, kinda an escapist findom situation. I'd send a weekly topless or ass pic or two in the group chat, occasionally let everyone hit, and in return they'd buy me anything I wanted. That's how ya girl got a custom Animal Crossing for my Nintendo Switch. Also, I never pay for my food when we all go out to eat, and anytime I want a new clothes I just would ask one of the boys to take me shopping. They were all stem majors with scholarships, so money wasn't an item, although usually it was Hahn spending his parents' money that would buy me the most luxurious clothing.And then of course you have the obligatory, yet obvious, sexy underwear that they'd buy me. Wanting to see me in it either right before they fucked me or in the group chat, they'd buy me white cotton, black lace, pink satin, cute little undies with yellow cartoon lemons on them and even some with superheroes (or villains) on them. The most notorious of which was a pair of Harley Quinn ones that Chester had pulled to the side and taken a video of me getting fucked doggy style in; and then sent to the group chat. Boys replied with an eye roll emoji.My favorite lay was still Mike. He was clearly the most experienced of the group. One time when we were screwing, I was wearing these pink tube socks and he was fucking me missionary. My legs were high up in the air and my big titties were bouncing up and down as he pounded into me, I decided to reward him for being my favorite! So right as he was about to cum I told him, "Baby, cum on my face. I want you to cum on my face. I'm such a fucking whore but I'm your whore baby." And he gladly accepted my request by shooting his baby juice all over my face and nose. "Eww! Grab me a towel!" I said with cum in my eyelashes. But not before he got a pic of the artwork he created.Thanksgiving is coming, and I'm a little worried about gaining weight from overeating. My weight is something I've started to think about more and more this past month. Sometimes I can't help but obsess over it. My mother gained a ton of weight after she gave birth to me. I even have an emergency panic weight that if I ever cross, I promised myself I would start going on 5 mile runs every day.I fucked pretty much every day now, one of the guys, sometimes more, would invite me over to their place or we'd go to the bathroom near the gaming lounge and they'd just strip me down and screw me right there. Getting fucked so much, it was hard not to just be lazy and become a total bottom, letting the gang have their way with me and just enjoying the ride, or lack thereof (pun intended but I don't think it was a good one lol.)Speaking of the gaming lounge, we had a giant leather sofa in there now. Chester bought it, and it's pretty fucking bitchin. And yes, I've been fingered on that sofa, many times.With Thanksgiving, and by extension the end of the year, fast approaching I felt the desire to do something special. A "big bang" to celebrate the friendships we'd made this year right before things got hectic with Thanksgiving, Finals and Christmas Break. Eventually things would finally be back to normal again in mid-January. And what better way to send the school year off, with a big bang then a big giant gang band? He he.The next day after the idea popped into my head, I went to the gaming lounge and gave each of the guys a cute little flier I had made, with the time and date of the "party" wink wink. I didn't want them knowing it was a gang bang, yet. Why ruin the surprise?On the day of the grand event, Sunday, November 22nd, I picked out my outfit very carefully. I wore a mini-skirt with light pink satin panties underneath. They had a cute little bow on the top, perfect for them "unwrapping" their present. A red and white heavy-duty Pokéball pushup-bra and a light blue graphic Tee shirt with a picture of Squirtle on it, which said "I'm a Squirter", and lastly, a pair of big black stripper boots, because I could.As for my cunt, no more bush for me. I've been keeping it short or bald, for the aesthetic as well as to make it easier to eat me out. I'd shaved bald about twice in the last few months I believe; but haven't grown out much more than two weeks of growth. I think it looks better and more attractive when it's shorter.Yes, I know what you're wondering. Okay ladies and gentleman, here's the tea on me being a squirter:Every time it's happened it's been an accident, and sometimes I can feel it happening but only when there's so much liquid it's obvious. It only happens when I'm riding on top. I think it has something to do with a guy's shape or size, but when I move a certain way they hit something deep inside me. I think it's the g-spot or internal part of the clit. To be honest, I don't know what it is; but it feels great. Sometimes I can just tell it's going to happen but it's always a fun surprise when I'm just doing my thing and one of the boys say something like "I can feel you dripping down me". Most times I ride, it always results in some liquid on the bed but there's been about five or so times that it literally soaks the entire area we were laying in.It was now time for the party to start and the final preparations were underway. I convinced Hahn to lend me his crazy rich Asian parents' credit card to pay for one night at one of those supersized hotel suites that can fit like ten people, at a hotel in downtown Philadelphia. Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne were right, money is the best super power."Thank you all for coming today! I have gotten us together today to celebrate our friendship and the ties that bind us together, me!" I giggled. "In honor of this, you will all be fucking me tonight, together! And then separately afterwards as the whim hits you.""Eww, I don't want to see Chester's dick." Brad protested."Why? I know Hahn already has!" Mike sneered."Seems, kinda scary." Rob whimpered.I took charge. "Now, I guess you don't have to have sex with me, but look at it this way: tomorrow morning everyone leaves campus for Thanksgiving. Then, after that; you have finals week and then everyone goes home for winter break. This very well might be your last chance to get your dick wet in some coochie before next year. I'd take that deal if I were you. Besides, you've all fucked me before. Everyone in this room has had their dick inside of me, what's the difference in doing it all at the same time?""Welp, I'm in!" Cheered Chester."Fuck it, I've already seen Chester's crooked ass dick once before." Hahn sighed. "Might as well get my money's worth out of this hotel room too, while I'm at it.""Jeez, I'm in too." Brad relented. "Like I'm about to be in you in a minute here.""Well, I guess I'm in too. Peer pressure and all." Said Rob.The only one left was Mike. I knew that Mike did not want to share me, but he had to. For the good of the group. And Mike, despite being my favorite, was not above the group. I looked over at him and made a sad puppy dog face.I could see the look of deep contemplation on Mike's face and knew that all it would take is one swift kick and the entire rotten structure of his resistance would collapse in on itself. So I slowly walked over to him, got on my tippy toes, grabbed his face and slithered my tongue down his throat. Once our passionate kiss ended, I withdrew my tongue, looked him in the eyes and in my highest pitch good girl voice said, "Come on daddy. Please,""Fuck it, I'm in." Mike's will to resist had been extinguished.It was like electricity. I could practically feel the cheers around me as everything in my plan came together. (Now if I really heard any cheers or not is a different story). It was now time, I needed a sexy gesture to get things rolling.

Read the full transcript here. What does it mean to treat facts as drafts rather than monuments? If truth is something we approach, how do we act while it's still provisional? When definitions shift, what really changes? How do better instruments quietly rewrite the world we think we know? Are we mostly refining truths or replacing them? When do scientific metaphors clarify and when do they mislead? What public stories make self-correction legible and trusted? What features make science self-correct rather than self-congratulatory? How should we reward replication, repair, and tool-building? Do we need more generalists - or better bridges between tribes? How does measurement expand the very questions we can ask? Is progress a goal-seeking march or a search for interesting stepping stones? Should we teach computing as a liberal art to widen its aims? Will AI turn software into a home-cooked meal for everyone? How do we design tools that increase wonder, not just efficiency? Samuel Arbesman is Scientist in Residence at Lux Capital. He is also an xLab senior fellow at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management and a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic, and he was previously a contributing writer for Wired. He is the author of the new book The Magic of Code, and his previous books are Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension and The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date. He holds a PhD in computational biology from Cornell University and lives in Cleveland with his family. Links: Sam's Recent Titles: The Half-Life of Facts and The Magic of Code Staff Spencer Greenberg — Host + Director Ryan Kessler — Producer + Technical Lead Uri Bram — Factotum WeAmplify — Transcriptionists Igor Scaldini — Marketing Consultant Music Broke for Free Josh Woodward Lee Rosevere Quiet Music for Tiny Robots wowamusic zapsplat.com Affiliates Clearer Thinking GuidedTrack Mind Ease Positly UpLift [Read more]

Send us a textWe trace a wild line from hip‑hop sampling and 70s rock hooks to a brand‑new supergroup, a fiery takedown of residency culture, a riff‑detective dive into Paranoid, and the unsung glue of Michael Anthony. We end on boomer one‑hit wonders and why some intros outlive the songs.• sampling's craft and the 70s sources it elevates• Howl Owl Howl's lineup, chemistry, and tour dates• the Vegas residency economy and thin setlists• Motley Crüe's nostalgia, Dolly feature, and fan expectations• Paranoid vs Half‑Life: riff similarity and influence• Eddie Van Halen's remarks vs Michael Anthony's real impact• why harmonies shape the Van Halen sound• boomer one‑hit wonders and the power of introsThanks for watching. Thanks for listening. If you liked it, share it. If you didn't like it, well, thanks for watching and listening for an hour and 12 minutes. You are the engine that runs this machine. Doing a show for you—the pleasure, the privilege is mine, and I'll be back next week.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we add to our series on Portal by interviewing Erik Wolpaw. We talk about his pre-Portal career, burnout, and success on small teams and large. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 1:05 Interview 1:12:10 Break 1:12:41 Outro Issues covered: Valve credits, early Magic: The Gathering, growing up in the shadow of James Garfield's mausoleum, publishing in magazines, piracy early in the industry, getting in, getting sick, constantly shipping and crunch, breaking down, changing culture, having ownership vs not, the exhilaration and camaraderie at the end, drowning in game dev, starting with little films, getting in with the Portal kids, self-motivation at Valve, being on multiple projects, enhancing/amplifying the design, a cohesive experience, puzzle fatigue, gag bumpers, giving the environment a voice, not having to manage a big art team, a very small team, having the pressure off, not even knowing what you have, entertaining yourselves, the benefits of low expectations, having more pressure on the sequel, loving to leave a job, endings coming late, not getting it, thinking things will be bad before they turn out to be good, a notorious imbecile, the biggest "I told you so" moment, a good day has cake, not returning to the well, a Portal game without portals?, just jumping in and making the thing, writing for yourself and your interests, sensing creative investment, good vs crappy games, wanting to make Portal 3, wanting to join the industry, skipping right past the AI conversation, being open about the hard stuff, art: the optional stuff.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Atari 400, Old Man Murray, Chet Faliszek, Tim Schafer, Double Fine, Psychonauts (series), Valve, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, Artifact, Half-Life (series), Aperture Desk Job, Richard Garfield, Magic: The Gathering, James Garfield, Scramble, Defender, Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus, Microsoft, Gabe Newell, Platinum Games, Source FilmMaker, The Orange Box, Mark Laidlaw, Jay Pinkerton, Narbacular Drop, Kim Swift, Fallout, Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, Republic Commando, Daron Stinnett, Jonathan Coulton, Ellen McLain, The Crab Cracker, Severance, Office Space, Garrett Rickey, Realm Lovejoy, Josh Weier, Dave Grossman, Another Crab's Treasure, Peak, Cursor, Spelunky, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: TBA! Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp  YouTube Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com

This was recorded in a world before Silksong, so please excuse Chris' dunks on the Silksong community. He has since played 8 hours of it and thinks it's good. However, for years before it's release every gaming show would have the same meme. Where's Silksong? We've seen this with other games over time as well. Where's Half-Life 3? Where's Shenmue 3? What's Randy Pitchford doing on that bathroom floor? Sometimes we have to wonder, are we excited about the actual games, or are we just excited about being excited about games? Also in this episode, Moriarty tells us what PAX was like this year. MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.orgCome join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclubPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgSHOW NOTESHere's the Pax Autocratica game that Moriarty mentions around 25:45 in:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067360/Pax_Autocratica/TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSChris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFanMoriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycoolTrav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuyCHAPTERS00:00 We've kept you waiting...04:17 We may actually be close to Half-Life 3?16:31 Do we value hype cycles more than the games themselves?27:39 Moriarty wreaks havoc at Gearbox PAX booth (not clickbait)30:42 Gamers, we've gotta do better...hygiene it up!37:41 Overinvesting to play a game before it comes out soon after..39:58 You don't miss E3. By the way, colonoscopies.50:33 Shouting out our favorite obscure YouTubers/content trends from ages ago (real) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on Portal. We talk about the ending part of the game, the increasing difficulty, the cake, and the boss and declare ourselves Still Alive. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished the game! Issues covered: puzzle hockey stick, having puzzles cross through multiple rooms, mechanical additions to the sequel, limiting the additional portal mechanics, having to think about getting across rooms, timing puzzles, how the portals line up, not supporting the twitch elements well, is Chell an android? (she is not -B), the feeling of escape, test subjects getting behind the walls, tactical freedom vs strategic freedom, the importance of context, the meta aspect of these narratives, the subtlety of the cake (until it isn't), "now I'm in Half-Life," competing with Black Mesa, the boss fight, thinking in portals, the final exam and having all the tools, timers as a crutch, the perfectly balanced end point, seeing the outside and being in the Half-Life world, the cake room, the character of GLaDOS as an amalgam of personality modules, triumphant GLaDOS, "the cake is a lie," the game hitting in a different way, the Weighted Companion Cube, having to be interactive, using games as a substrate for "non-interactive" entertainment, the grungy environment vs what's going on, a better show than a game (except maybe a couple of scenes), freeing your mind, the limits of new mechanics, being just one idea with some small sub-ideas, lean/no fat, really great onboarding, a light touch with narrative, everything coming together and artistic cohesion, a meta moment about the SteamDeck, portals!, safety in the portals, portal-based renderers, the one game that brought you in, another very kind review that we sometimes live up to. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: The Stanley Parable, BioShock, Half-Life, President Obama, Claire Danes, Chris and Susan McKinley Ross, Jonathan Coulton, Ellen McLain, The Office, Office Space, Fallout, Saw, Ex Machina, Alex Garland, The Last of Us, Giovanni Giorgio Morodor, Diana Ross, Daft Punk, Fez, Fumito Uedo, Keita Takahashi, J. K. Simmons, Stephen Merchant, Jacques Rivette, Valve, Aperture Desk Job, Erik Wolpaw, Calamity Nolan, BioStats, Endofunctor, Morrowind, Halo CE, Paolo, Outer Wilds, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: TBA! Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we kick off a short series on 2007's Portal. We talk about the year it came out, a bit about Valve and the Orange Box, before talking about the game's development history and then some topics about the game itself. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to/through Test 12 (because Tim can't follow directions) Issues covered: 2007 in games, motion-controlled archaeology, the box of goodies that was The Orange Box, Team Fortress 2 and hats, connecting console accounts to Steam, Steam history and digital copies, "introducing Portal," long development time on TF2, character silhouettes, The Most Perfect Video Game, not knowing what you have, a killer first game, deep dives, giving permission to not shoot things, building up knowledge in puzzle games, Match 3 puzzle games, not seeing the game coming, the sequel, gating progress on mechanical knowledge, stepping through understanding portals, "this is impossible," subverting the player, learning without realizing it, increasing complexity, the magical opening portal moment, the infinite regress, whether you'd still take that deal, simple UX methods to help players get over the first-person thinking, embedding information in the world and fiction, narrative design vs writing, the voice of GladOS, where lore works for Brett, expanding the world of Half-Life.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: BioShock, Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, God of War II, Mass Effect, Metroid Prime III, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Tomb Raider: Legend, Crystal Dynamics, Wii, Jason Botta, Eidos/Square, CoD4: Modern Warfare, Crysis, Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, The Witcher, Rock Band, Nintendo DS, Phantom Hourglass, Hotel Dusk, Cooking Mama, STALKER (series), Metro (series), Trespasser, Half-Life (series), Mark Laidlaw, Dario Casals, Gabe Newell, The Orange Box, Team Fortress 2, PlayStation, The "Black Box," Quake, Pixar, Steve Meretzky, Norm MacDonald, Skyrim, Claire Danes, Narbacular Drop, My So-Called Life, Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom, Nuclear Monkey Software, Kim Swift, Jeep Barnett, Tacoma, Little Women, Greta Gerwig, DigiPen Institute of Technology, 343 Industries, Firewatch, Campo Santo, Outer Wilds, The Stanley Parable, The Talos Principle, Antichamber, Gone Home, The Witness, Zelda, MYST, PopCap, Puzzle Quest, Bejewelled, Fez, Homeland, Chet Faliszek, Eric Wolpaw, Old Man Murray, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: Finish Portal and Takeaways! Links: The Most Perfect Video Game  (Note: I remembered this as longer, especially after the switch, but it's great) Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com