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We're joined by Dan this week to give us the lowdown on The Alters and the tips/tricks for dating everything in the house in the new dating sim: Date Everything! But first Borderlands 4 had their deep dive reveal during their fanfest and for the first time we're actually excited to play it! Nexusmods gets sold, should we be worried (yes!) Splitgate 2 devs face layoffs after poor launch, Marathon gets delayed indefinitely, Mr. Beast's AI thumbnails, Kojima doesn't want you to feel good after playing Death's Stranding 2, 32 race Mario Kart World and more! 0:00 - Intro4:00 - The Blood of Dawnwalker16:00 - Borderlands 432:35 - Borderlands 4 is now a $70 game49:25 - Donkey Kong Bonanza55:45 - Lies of P: Overture1:03:45 - Stellar Blade1:05:00 - Splitgate devs facing layoffs1:08:00 - Nexusmods gets sold1:12:20 - Hades 2 update1:15:20 - AI thumbnails1:20:40 - Marathon delayed indefinitely1:25:00 - Jukeboxes1:31:30 - Fantasy Life I gets a roguelike mode1:34:30 - SEGA leaks their sales info1:36:00 - FBC Firebreak1:45:40 - Kojima changed Death's Stranding 2 to be more polarizing2:01:10 - REMATCH2:26:00 - Mario Kart World2:30:50 - Date Everything2:54:10 - The Alters (no spoilers)3:03:10 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about the Asus ROG Xbox Ally, Sony's PS6 plans, Our Switch 2 impressions, Mindseye's hilariously sad launch and much more! Gaming News - Time code: 3:06 The Launch Date & Price for the Asus ROG Ally X may have been leaked; Sony reveals plans to bet on hardware over the Cloud for PS6; The news of the Donkey Kong Bananza Direct leads us to give our impressions of the Switch 2 (Time code: 38:55); The Mindseye studio in shambles over the game's disastrous launch as PlayStation issues mass refunds; Kojima was dissatisfied with how much testers liked DS2...so he made it even weirder; Gears of War: Reloaded dropping on PS5 for 40$; The gooners ensure that Stellar Blade has one of Sony's biggest Steam launches ever; Borderlands 4 revealed to not join the growing trend of 80$ games. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @MarcoMavy on IG & Twitter Be good to each other, Peace!

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Its that magical time of year, when all the games are announced, and the big 3 come together! I'm talking about, wait, no, E3 is gone, but its spirit lives on, in this disjointed days of virtual press conferences. Xbox had their Games Showcase and didn't show any of the tentpoles, Summer Games Fest knocked it out of the park with Resident Evil 9, and IGN Live tried to fill in some gaps. Plus, The Phoenician Scheme, Predator Killer of Killers, and Ballerina from the World of John Wick all get reviewed.

In this retrospective review, I talk about my history with the Metal Gear Solid franchise, or what I have played of it. Do I come out the other side a worshipper of Kojima-san and his giant galaxy brain? Uh, no. But, you know, I certainly experienced these titles like everyone else did! Drop by and give it a listen, you just may gain some perspective.

This week, Jacob and Joseph celebrate 50 episodes with a deep dive on every game that was showcased during Summer Game Fest weekend! Just kidding, but we did talk about a lot of them! Find timestamps for this episode below: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Icebreaker: "How do we feel about 50 episodes? ft. Luke Lewis" 10:30 - Summer Game Fest Overall 18:25 - Felt That Boxing 19:20 - Out Of Words 20:55 - End of Abyss 22:05 - Ill 24:10 - Mixtape 25:50 - Scott Pilgrim EX 26:45 - Blighted 28:20 - Stranger Than Heaven 29:50 - Resident Evil Requiem 31:20 - Kojima's Drip Was Crazy, Splitgate 2 Dude's Was Not 34:30 - Day of the Devs 34:40 - Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School 35:15 - Sword of the Sea 36:25 - Please Watch the Artwork 37:05 - Neverway 38:05 - Pocket Boss 38:55 - Consume Me 39:50 - Big Walk 41:50 - Toem 2 43:10 - Moonlight 2: The Endless Vault 44:10 - Wholesome Games Direct 45:30 - Squeakross: Home Squeak Home 45:55 - Is This Seat Taken? 46:15 - Everdeep Aurora 47:15 - The Berlin Apartment 47:45 - Xbox Games Showcase 51:40 - The Xbox ROG Ally 54:00 - High on Life 2 54:45 - Clockwork Revolution 58:20 - Keeper 59:25 - Hollow Knight: Silksong 1:01:05 - At Fate's End 1:02:25 - Planet of Lana 2 1:03:20 - Mudang: Two Hearts 1:04:00 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 1:05:05 - Invincible VS 1:06:20 - Beast of Reincarnation 1:07:05 - Blood of the Dawnwalker 1:07:40 - Super Meat Boy 3D 1:08:30 - Final Fantasy XVI and VIIR to Xbox 1:10:20 - Persona 4: Revival 1:10:50 - Lumines Arise & Romeo is a Dead Man] 1:11:15 - 007 First Light 1:13:40 - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls 1:14:35 - Sleep Awake 1:15:10 - Call of the Elder Gods 1:15:35 - Egging On 1:16:00 - Outro Resources: Jacob's YouTube Joseph's YouTube Find us on BlueSky for show updates and more: Podcast: @crossplayconvos.bsky.social Jacob: @jacob.bsky.social Luke: @lukewarmlewis.bsky.social Joseph: @th3hoopman.bsky.social Check out our other shows: Player Player Podcast Left Behind Game Club The LukeWarmGames Podcast Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast Video Game Trivia

🎮 Rejugando 261 – Summer Game Fest 2025, Xbox Showcase y State of Play: todos los anuncios, consolas y momentazos ¡Bienvenidos al episodio más cargado de hype del año! En Rejugando 261 repasamos todo lo que ha dejado la “navidad del videojuego”: el Summer Game Fest 2025, el Xbox Games Showcase y el State of Play de Sony. Tres eventos, cientos de juegos y una sola misión: separar el hype real del humo. Capcom se marca un momentazo con Resident Evil Requiem (RE9), que vuelve a una Raccoon City en ruinas con terror más psicológico y un tráiler que nos dejó tiesos. Por su parte, Kojima se pasa de cineasta con Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, cuya intro parece directamente rodada en Hollywood. Y Microsoft, sin avisar, lanza su propia portátil: la ROG Ally Xbox Edition, compatible con Game Pass, Steam y más. ¡Una bestia sin lector físico y con pinta de romper el mercado! Pero hay más: Persona 4 Revival confirma el esperado remake del clásico de ATLUS (aunque aún sin fecha), Final Fantasy Tactics vuelve con lavado de cara pero sin español, y Marvel Rivals, el juego de lucha 4v4 estilo anime, lo peta con Iron Man, Spider-Man y compañía. Tampoco faltan joyas como el nuevo James Bond (007: First Light), los misteriosos Clockwork Revolution y Pragmata, la acción estilo Souls de Nioh 3 o los anuncios más indie, como Tactics Returners o el juego de faros con traumas (literal). Y ojo, que Atomic Heart 2, Sonic Crossroads y Tales of también pasaron por escena. Además, el equipo comparte sus primeras impresiones con la nueva Nintendo Switch 2: buen rendimiento, mejoras visuales y autonomía decente (aunque algunos modelos se calientan más que Kojima en una entrevista). Y sí, también hubo ausencias sonadas: Fable, Perfect Dark, Kingdom Hearts IV y Dragon Quest XII brillaron… por su ausencia. 📦 Si te lo perdiste, este resumen en clave divertida te pone al día de TODO: juegos, consolas, polémicas, momentazos, teorías locas y mucho, mucho salseo videojueguil. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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Episode 380 – “Gandalf, Game Fest, and Getting to the End”Fred finally put a bow on Octopath Traveler II, clocking in at a hefty 76 hours. He's now stuck in that post-game limbo, unsure what to dive into next—and somewhere along the way, he saw Gandalf, which we'll unpack. Jake, meanwhile, is still going strong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, now 31 hours deep and not letting up.Listener feedback this week was short but sweet. Big Box gave us props for our thumbnail game, and 1blktalon chimed in with a time-stamped shoutout for Jake's "Amen" moment from Episode 378, also weighing in on Jade Raymond. Appreciate the love—and the laughs.As for the news, Summer Game Fest 2025 is right around the corner. Geoff Keighley will host on June 6th, and PlayStation is officially on board as a partner. Expect big reveals, including WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, and a post-show indie showcase from Day of the Devs. Meanwhile, IO Interactive is gearing up to unveil 007 First Light during their own showcase the same day, teasing Bond's origin story with the tagline "Earn the number."CD Projekt Red is offering a first look at the tech behind The Witcher 4 at the State of Unreal on June 3rd, showing off what Unreal Engine 5 will bring to the franchise. Tango Gameworks is back in action too—thanks to KRAFTON—and already hiring for a new action project following their reboot.Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will get the spotlight during a June 8th live event hosted by Keighley, with a gameplay demo and surprise guests promised. In less celebratory news, Borderlands 4 found itself in hot water after Randy Pitchford suggested that “real fans” would pay $80 for the game. After backlash, he walked the statement back with a public apology.Also this week, we learned that The Order 1886 was originally meant to be a trilogy—plans for The Order 1891 and 1899 were scrapped after poor reviews and the eventual closure of Ready at Dawn. A small nod lives on in Astro Bot, where Sir Galahad appears as a collectible.And finally, MindsEye continues to stir controversy. Developer Mark Gerhard blames targeted attacks and bots for the game's rocky reception. Whether that's true or not, the game launches June 10th, so we'll see for ourselves soon enough.Let's get into it.Your support goes a long way in helping us continue to create the content you love. It's a simple and direct way to show your appreciation for our podcast.To become a patron and unlock these exciting benefits, visit www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome today. Your support keeps us going and ensures that we can keep delivering top-notch PlayStation content.Please, if you enjoyed the content or even if you didn't quite enjoy this one, we encourage you to come back. We try to offer something for everybody. Please share with your friends and help us spread the show as we try to build a bigger community here! As always you can support our show at our Patreon Page. Thanks for listening.http://www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start off remembering friend of the network Kurt Boutin, who went by "VOByKurt" in our community and on TikTok. Fortnite introduced Darth Vader and utilized an AI trained on James Earl Jones's voice with permission - however this made Vader say some very naughty things. Hideo Kojima wants a game that forgets what it was doing the longer you step away from it as a player. Then we talk to Rob about forgetting things after putting games down, and how to effectively parry in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Welkom bij aflevering 211 van Nerd Culture. Voor deze aflevering zijn we gedoken in de film The Fountain of Youth en Tom Segura's Bad Thoughts. Uiteraard gaan we het hebben over Tom Cruise en hebben we het over het laatste filmnieuws. Join us!Top Gun 3 in kannen en kruikenChristopher McQuarrie, mede-maker van Top Gun: Maverick, onthulde in de podcast Happy Sad Confused dat het verhaal voor Top Gun 3 al helemaal rond is. Volgens McQuarrie was het bedenken van het plot verrassend eenvoudig; na één gesprek met schrijver Ehren Kruger stond het raamwerk al. Hij benadrukt dat de kracht van Top Gun niet zit in de actie of schaal, maar in de emotie. Ook Tom Cruise liet eerder al weten actief te werken aan Top Gun 3 én een vervolg op zijn film Days of Thunder.Death Stranding krijgt een eigen animeHideo Kojima heeft bevestigd dat Death Stranding niet alleen een live-action film krijgt via A24, maar ook een anime-adaptatie. In een interview met Vogue Japan onthulde Kojima dat hij het Death Stranding-universum wil uitbreiden naar meerdere media, waaronder films, anime en tv-series. Details over de anime zijn nog schaars: er is nog geen studio bekend en het is onduidelijk of het verhaal het origineel volgt of nieuwe elementen verkent. Kojima wil met de filmversie hoge ogen gooien op festivals als Cannes en Venetië. De tweede fase van zijn plannen begint op 26 juni met de release van Death Stranding 2: On The Beach.Bob Iger ontevreden over Marvel line-up voor 2026Disney zou ontevreden zijn over de magere MCU-filmplanning voor 2026. Na uitstel van Avengers: Doomsday naar december 2026 en het schrappen van twee andere films, blijven alleen Doomsday en Spider-Man: Brand New Day over. Marvel Studios overweegt om dit gat op te vullen met speciale bioscoopreleases van klassiekers zoals Captain America: Civil War en Doctor Strange, mogelijk aangevuld met bonusmateriaal of previews. Een andere optie is om geplande Disney+ series, zoals de Punisher-reboot of Wonder Man, om te vormen tot bioscoopfilms.Timestamps:00:00:00 Nerd Culture #21100:11:43 Wat hebben we gekeken/gelezen/geluisterd?00:12:00 Bad Thoughts00:16:47 The Walking Dead: Dead City00:19:42 Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning00:25:37 The Fountain of Youth00:39:12 Duster00:40:44 Rick n Morty S800:43:54 The Home Trailer00:46:38 Tom Cruise overweegt een Les Grossman film00:51:35 McQuarrie: Top Gun 3 is al in kannen en kruiken00:54:06 Geen Tom Cruise in F1 The Movie: “Het is te risicovol”00:59:07 Tom Cruise prijst Keanu Reeves01:03:44 Warner Bros maakt Harry Potter castings bekend01:09:09 Good Fortune Trailer01:11:48 Check de Jurassic World Rebirth popcorn bucket01:27:34 Superman Gemixte Test Screenings01:29:51 Jackie Chan: “Schiet op met Rush Hour 4”01:31:59 Aankomend weekend is Netflix event Tudum01:34:47 Maak je klaar voor een Death Stranding anime01:36:20 Bob Iger ontevreden over Marvel line-up voor 202601:38:48 Krijgen we een Hulk team-up in Spider-Man Brand New Day?01:40:45 Neemt Chris Hemsworth afscheid van Thor?01:42:17 Smoke Trailer

Nick is back from Vacation and we got fully stuffed episode for you! Avengers delays, Harry Potter Casting, gaming records and more. Plus Pokémon gets a release date, Xbox brings the classics and Batman and Deadpool are teaming up. And I finally weigh in on the Battlefront shenanigans, that and more in this weeks episode!

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about the rumored Sony State of Play; ARC Raider's alleged release date; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & much more! Gaming News - Time code: 3:23 A State Of Play may be coming in June and it could be massive; Discounts may be in the way for the base PS5 & PS5 Pro; Internet sleuths might've discovered the release date for ARC Raiders; Former PS boss thinks that the industry got crippled by "stupid money"; PlayStation Stars to be sunseted as SIE looks to the future of their Loyalty Program; Former Black Ops dev's new studio looking for an artist "proficient in Generative AI"; Kojima speculates that his next game post DS2 is 5-6 years away; Shift Up quietly reveals the sequel to Stellar Blade; Hellblade 2 to finally make its' way to PS5 this summer. What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 41:50 Sean & DJ continue to parry & dodge their way through Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 DJ bonds with his wife in Split Fiction If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @maztrshots on SoundCloud Be good to each other, Peace!

This week, Jacob Gettins sits down with Mike Kojima to dive into the nerdiest corners of drift physics. They explore the mystery of “the puddle,” the history of car setup, and how Mike has played a key role in pushing the sport forward. https://www.instagram.com/mike_kojima_actual/ https://motoiq.com/ Discount Codes Save $5 on tickets   OZORL OZNJ OZSTL OZSEA OZSLC Save 20% off merch https://shopfd.com/ Code -  PODCAST25 Produced by        Jacob Gettins https://linktr.ee/jako13 Formula DRIFT - https://www.formulad.com/  Edited by Kyle Mayhew - https://www.instagram.com/kaywhy_85/  Audio Engineering by J-One Audio Services -https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090486859184 Intro Song by Legna - https://www.tiktok.com/@originallegna  Track Signs Provided by - https://www.instagram.com/style.driven/ Get Your Hat - https://shopfdgarage.com/products/the-teal-beanie Original Concept - Frank Maguire     Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_outerzone/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.outerzone Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Outerzone/61572435346956/ Shop FD: https://bit.ly/Shop-FD Discord: https://discord.gg/QWJmgqWWUr

Go to https://mood.com and use code KINDAFUNNY to get 20% off your first order. Last of Us Season 2 finale gets less viewers than season 1, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is back in style, and Nintendo might've made a GOOD weird decision. Thank you for the support! Run of Show - 00:00:00 - Start00:06:05 - HousekeepingToday after, KFGD, you'll get:GAMESCAST - The Final Mario Kart 8 Review w/ Tim, Barrett, and GregAfter Gamescast is The Last of Us Season 2 FINALE SpoilercastThen the STREAM is a SPONSORED SUBWAY SURFERS STREAMIf you're a Kinda Funny Member:Today's Gregway is 27 minutes about Superman Fever.Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Karl Jacobs, OmegaBuster, & Delaney TwiningThe Roper Report   -00:10:03 - ‘The Last of Us' Season 2 Finale Viewership Down 55% From Season 1 - Adam Chitwood @ TheWrap00:16:19 - Star Wars Battlefront 2 smashes all-time Steam numbers bolstered by social media campaign - Jordan Middler @ VGC00:23:55 - The Nintendo Switch 2 sure seems to work just fine with a USB mouse - Wes Davis @ The Verge00:27:52 - Ad00:29:10 - Expedition has sold 3.3 Million copies00:42:30 - Netherrealm is onto their next game - Twitter00:52:35 - Kojima is showing up to Summer Game Fest00:53:50 - Battle Aces has been canceled - @playbattleaces on Instagram00:57:10 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City Announced for Meta Quest and Steam VR - Ryan Mcaffrey @ IGN00:59:15 - Wee News!01:04:30 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last couple of weeks for Bungie have been nothing short of catastrophic, calling into question whether their upcoming extraction shooter Marathon has any chance at all in finding market success. We've long discussed whether Sony should have bought Bungie at all (they shouldn't have), but now that they're so deeply invested, how do they get the team out of this mess? And what does all of this hullabaloo -- about stolen art, poorly-reviewed gameplay, and lackluster audience reaction -- say about the team's future, full stop? Meanwhile, things aren't much better north of the border, where Quebec-based Haven recently parted ways with founder and once-famous producer Jade Raymond, who has now left three different teams without any sort of release. Is Fairgame$ DOA? Maybe not, but we have lots of new information on the recent closed test of the game under the moniker Project Hearts, and... well... it's not sounding great. Also: MLB: The Show is seemingly getting a mobile release, PlayStation Stars is going away unceremoniously, Stellar Blade 2 is in active development, Xbox's Hellblade II is coming to PS5, Kojima's Physint is at least five more years away, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Keeping in mind Sony's typical naming conventions, what will PlayStation 6's controller be called? Do we also find delight in Darth Vader's AI voice in Fortnite? Is the PS5 Pro truly worth purchasing before prices likely go up? Has Chris ever seen a ghost?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.Timestamps:  0:00:00 - Intro00:44:13 - Best man bromance00:46:03 - ghoul-ing01:04:41 - Haven/Jade Raymond reflections01:37:51 - Bungie art theft reflections02:33:15 - MLB: The Show mobile02:38:25 - PlayStation Stars is over02:51:24 - Stellar Blade sequel coming02:56:49 - Kojima's next game is far off03:01:41 - Hellblade 2 is coming to PS503:05:56 - Randy Pitchford on Borderlands 4 pricing03:26:21 - Circana data03:35:21 - New Naughty Dog logo03:37:18 - Doom: The Dark Ages surpasses three million players03:40:44 - What Are We Playing (Doom The Dark Ages, Stardew Valley, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Shovel Knight Dig)04:05:34 - Iconic PlayStation Games04:16:19 - ChatGPT game hints04:19:15 - DualSense 2?4:22:38 - AI Vader in Fortnite04:28:19 - "Editions" releases04:35:04 - Current thoughts on PS5 Pro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Discover the way ahead at Indiana Wesleyan University. Learn more here. This week the guys talk about Jade Raymond leaving the studio she founded, Kojima's film-directing timeline, and much, much more! PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Leaves Studio She Foundedhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/playstation-executive-jade-raymond-leaves-studio-she-founded?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NzM0MzgxOSwiZXhwIjoxNzQ3OTQ4NjE5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTV0JOMllUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.qOIF32mVNJUCz17mJYYZM-YWpEEYhCcjFt6lm8BeeFo&leadSource=uverify%20wall Hideo Kojima Reveals He's Ready to 'Take On' Directing a Film — but Not Until PlayStation Game Physint Is Finished, and That'll Take 'Another 5 or 6 Years'https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-reveals-hes-ready-to-take-on-directing-a-film-but-not-until-playstation-game-physint-is-finished-and-thatll-take-another-5-or-6-years?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/ign

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Crimson Desert's beautiful blend of RPG & fighting game, Bungie's Marathon dumpster fire, Naughty Dog's secret game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and much more! Gaming News - Time code: 2:35 Crimson Desert is shaping up to be the perfect RPG for fighting game aficionados; We take an in-depth look at Marathon's spectacular (and sudden) fall from grace; Naughty Dog confirms the existence of another unnamed game in active development; New details about the new PlayStation handheld surface; Kojima gives a 5-6 year timeline on his next game after DS2; Jade Raymond has already left the new studio that she founded; Square Enix finally gives an update on the much anticipated 4th Kingdom Hearts game; Nintendo attempts to reassure the masses that they aren't doing away with physical games. What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 53:11 DJ & Sean embark on their mission to stop The Paintress in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and make it past Act 1. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @MarcoMavy on IG & Twitter Be good to each other, Peace!

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This week we winged it on low time, but we're talking Bungie's Marathon art problem, Oblivion remaster, Kojima's USB stick and more!

Tiros, demônios e feijão com arroz: jogamos Doom: The Dark Ages, Labyrinth of the Demon King, Virtua Fighter V R.E.V.O e Mandragora. Nas notícias, Procon vs. Nintendo, acusação de plágio na Bungie, saída de Jade Raymond da Haven e reflexões de Kojima sobre a morte e mais! 00:10:07: Filme de Skibidi Toilet está em produção 00:12:23: Procon notifica a Nintendo sobre o seu novo contrato de usuário 00:16:40: Liderança tóxica na AbleGamers 00:24:06: Plágio em Marathon 00:47:33: Jade Raymond sai da Haven e abandona o projeto de Fairgame$ 00:56:29: Inteligência artificial do Darth Vader causa problemas em Fortnite 01:05:48: O pen drive misterioso do Kojima 01:17:29: Doom: The Dark Ages 01:51:49: Labyrinth Of The Demon King 02:17:29: Perguntas dos ouvintes 02:29:09: Finalmentes: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. 02:46:04: Finalmentes: Mandragora Whispers of the Witch Tree 02:56:34: Finalmentes: Team Liquid perde patrocínio 02:58:00: Análise do sexto episódio da segunda temporada de The Last of Us Contribua | Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Contato

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Download for Mobile | Podcast Preview | Full Timestamps Twitch VODs are now being uploaded to the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CastleSuperBeastArchive We Play Expedition 33 Like Sickos, Don't Listen To Us New Channel: Castle Super Beast Archive An Elevator Pitch For Kill Knight Marathon: Cut The Cheque Or Get Cooked AI Darth Vader & The Race For Fortnite Slur Content Watch live: twitch.tv/castlesuperbeast Go to http://shopmando.com/ and use code BEAST at checkout - new customers get $5 off a Starter Pack (over 40% off). - Go to http://rocketmoney.com/superbeast to cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. - Go to http://hellofresh.com/superbeast10fm to get 10 free meals with a free item for life. - Go to https://www.turtlebeach.com/CASTLE and use code CASTLE to get 10% off your entire order. Clair Obscur's director Guillaume Brioche has an old YouTube channel full of masterful no-hit Devil May Cry videos because of course he does | PC Gamer Where To Find Fortnite's AI Darth Vader, Already Swearing And Using Slurs Labor dispute erupts over AI-voiced Darth Vader in Fortnite: SAG-AFTRA claims Epic didn't negotiate video game AI voice replacement terms. New ‘Marathon' Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans Bungie Stealing ‘Marathon' Art Is Probably The Last Straw https://antireal.info/ Artist accuses PlayStation game maker Bungie of lifting her work - The Washington Post There's an Offical Marathon stream going on right now with the Art Director and its going as well as you expect it to Kojima is leaving behind a USB stick with game ideas for after he dies. He says it's "kind of like a will." Lego shuts down Bionicle fan game Masks of Power after 8 years of work Project Rustbound on Steam Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford comments on $80 price tag: “True fans will pay for games”

EPISODE 378: Bungie in Crisis, Kojima's Legacy, and a Ton of Games!Fred is 68 hours into Octopath Traveler II with just two storylines left to go, while Jake is still exploring Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. No listener feedback this week, but the news is pretty loaded.Bungie is facing some serious trouble with their upcoming game Marathon. They discovered plagiarized art assets in the alpha build, which led to scrapping the planned gameplay reveal. The team morale is tanking, and now there's a big question mark over whether they'll make their September release. On the Sony side, Jade Raymond recently left Haven Studios, the team behind Fairgames. This came after some internal concerns and delays pushed Fairgames into a 2026 release. It definitely adds to the uncertainty around Sony's live-service plans, which have had a rough ride lately.Over at SNK, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves didn't hit the mark, and their CEO has stepped down. Meanwhile, Hideo Kojima is thinking long term—he's given his assistant a USB stick full of creative ideas, almost like a will, to keep Kojima Productions going strong when he's no longer around. Kojima's also pleased that Death Stranding 2 is scoring higher in internal reviews than the first game, though he admits he prefers more divisive feedback. He's all about bold storytelling and isn't interested in playing it safe.And get ready for a huge wave of new games dropping this week. There's RoadCraft, a disaster recovery sim from the makers of MudRunner; the classic S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy finally coming to PS5; and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, a rogue-like ninja adventure. If you're into quirky stuff, Duck Detective has two new cases where you play as a down-on-his-luck duck detective solving mysteries. There's also a mix of retro platformers, deckbuilders, action RPGs, VR zombie shooters, samurai remasters, and even a dark fantasy open-world RPG called Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. It's quite a lineup!By joining our Patreon community for ONLY $1.00 per month, you'll also enjoy these exclusive benefits:Early Access: Be the first to listen to our episodes as soon as they're ready. Get ahead of the game and dive into the latest news, reviews, and discussions.Personalized Shoutout: As a token of our gratitude for your support, we'll give you a special shout out during one of our podcast episodes, acknowledging your contribution and dedication to our show.Custom Die-Cut Vinyl Sticker: Receive an exclusive custom die-cut vinyl sticker featuring our podcast's unique design. Showcase your support with this limited-edition collectible.Your support goes a long way in helping us continue to create the content you love. It's a simple and direct way to show your appreciation for our podcast.To become a patron and unlock these exciting benefits, visit www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome today. Your support keeps us going and ensures that we can keep delivering top-notch PlayStation content.Please, if you enjoyed the content or even if you didn't quite enjoy this one, we encourage you to come back. We try to offer something for everybody. Please share with your friends and help us spread the show as we try to build a bigger community here! As always you can support our show at our Patreon Page. Thanks for listening.http://www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome  Support PS This is Awesome! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Simon is still in pain and Ste learns that football can still hurt you, though he's learned to love Vampire Survivors. For now. We also have Doom pizza, Fortnite's sweary Vader, Kojima's USB stick, some Gears of War movie stuff and GTA Paisley needs YOU... Meanwhile The Art of Video Game Design covers seasonal content and FOMO and a reminder that the next Maraoke 'out in the wild' will be on Friday 13th June at Loading Bar - tickets available HERE There's a section in this week's episode that I could've cut but I've kept in for humour value, see if you can spot it. Well, I thought it was funny and I'll stick to that decision but if you can tell which bit it was and disagree with me then write to us at team@onelifeleft.com or join our Discord and disagree with me on there. Link below! TTFN,Team OLL x Links:The OLL Everything Link!http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link!https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link!https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link!https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Into the Restless Ruins Moon Pong The Precinct Vampire Survivors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week! KI Gold on NSO, Kojima's USB stick, “fully realizing” live service games, what we've been watching TV-wise, South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Expedition 33, Balatro, and much, much more. Join us, won't you? https://youtube.com/live/DbTHQnrNIlA  Links of interest: KI Gold now on NSO Kojima's USB stick TCM is “fully realized” Fallout Season 2 in December, already renewed for 3 Taskmaster South of Midnight Doom: The Dark Ages Walkabout Minigolf Silent Hill 2 Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Balatro Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page Player One Podcast Discord Greg Streams on Twitch Growing Up Gaming - The Sony PlayStation Add us in Apple Podcasts Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com. Running time: 01:45:59

Logan Moore and Max are back again to predict “Summer Video Game Reveals That Typically Happen in June, But Now Sometimes Happen in May or July maybe even August”™. Lord Help Us. Show Notes Chapter Select Chapter Select Season 7: Metroid Prime Season 8: Castlevania Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer 2 Tech Breakdown – Digital Foundry A Broken Clock is Right Once Every Five Years? Max predicted 3D DK in 2021 Logan predicted new DK in 2022 Max got desperate for DK again in 2023 And Detective Pikachu Returns was a right guess Logan said id's next game would not be DOOM related

Fortnite Battle Royale this week introduced a Darth Vader character powered by Gemini AI, allowing lines to be generated in real time that would be said in the likeness of James Earl Jones. Naturally, the internet managed to put this to some horrible use within minutes, which has us questioning why a game like this needed something like this in the first place? Has Epic Games just handed SAG-AFTRA what they need in their STILL ongoing negotiations for AI protections? Is this really what gamers want in the future of games, or what people in boardrooms think we want? We debate this, and discuss much more in gaming news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!   Also in the News:   * Bungie Accused of Plagiarizing ... Again * Kojima and the Game Where You Forget * Switch 2 Free Upgrades * Kingdom Hearts Spinoff Canceled   All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start off your week with a big bowl of gaming news! We cover Kojima's next game being 5-6 years away, the vibes being off at Bungie, an Injustice 3 game maybe being in the works, and even more!

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Andy and Chris try and figure out the whole Giant Bomb gets sold to Giant Bomb thing while regular host Jordan swans around Los Angeles on a secret mission! Podcast@VideoGamesChronicle.com for all your messages of hope and hellfire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giant Bomb is the Bomb, Kojima's idea for a game is that the game forgets how to...work, and FBC: Firebreak looks to be the next multi player game for you and the homies. https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/co-op-shooter-fbc-firebreak-is-so-deadly-that-even-the-objectives-are-trying-to-kill-you/ https://kotaku.com/hideo-kojima-death-stranding-2-mg3-norman-reedus-1851780621 https://www.giantbomb.com/join?slug=giant-bomb-is-now-100-independent&typeId=1100&id=6514

¿Remedy haciendo su propio Helldivers? ¿DOOM es GOTY? Discutimos eso y más en este nuevo episodio de Playground, en compañía de Juanem, Rodo el Vikingo, Ajax y Memo.

Jeff Grubb is joined by AJ Minotti to chat about a Death Stranding 2 tour and how early reviews looking positive, PS5 prices going up, Nintendo Switch 2 specs getting finalized, and even more this Thursday morning!

¿Remedy haciendo su propio Helldivers? ¿DOOM es GOTY? Discutimos eso y más en este nuevo episodio de Playground, en compañía de Juanem, Rodo el Vikingo, Ajax y Memo.

Tonight's topics: - GTA 6 trailer 2 is incredible - Gears of War comes to PS5 - Death Stranding 2 media blitz - Kojima confirms GTA 6 affected release dates - Expedition 33 sells 2 million copies - Shuhei Yoshida says $80 games were inevitable - Mafia: The Old World will cost $50 - EA claims it won't raise game prices - Palworld makes changes due to Nintendo lawsuit - Apple seeks pause on Epic Games contempt ruling Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Where to find Throwdown Show: Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

We're back and we've got something special. Ed just returned from Japan, where he spent 30 hours playing Death Stranding 2. We've got exclusive details and fresh impressions you won't hear anywhere else. He also got time with the Switch 2, but let's be honest - you're here for Kojima. 00:00:00 - Intro & catch up 00:10:44 - Death Stranding 2 hands-on impressions 00:44:36 - Switch 2 hands-on impressions 01:27:07 - Outro   ▼ Swapping Joysticks ▼ ● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com   ▼ Ben's links ▼ ● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/biggusbennus ● Follow on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/biggusbennus.bsky.social ● Follow on Instagram - http://instagram.com/biggusbennus ● Join the Discord - http://discord.gg/biggusbennus  ▼ Ed's links ▼ ● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/ed_nights ● Follow on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/ednights.bsky.social 

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Following the death of Takara Hime, and the war on the Korean peninsula, Naka no Ōe was taking hold--or perhaps keeping hold--of the reins of government.  He wasn't finished with his changes to the government.  He also had a new threat--the Tang Empire.  They had destroyed Yamato's ally, Baekje, and defeated the Yamato forces on the peninsula.  While the Tang then turned their attention to Goguryeo, Yamato could easily be next.  The Tang had a foothold on the Korean peninsula, so they had a place to gather and launch a fleet, should they wish to bring Yamato into their empire. For more, especially to follow along with some of the names in this episode, check out our blogpost at https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-125     Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 125: The Sovereign of Heavenly Wisdom The people of Baekje looked around at the strange and unfamiliar land.  They had fled a wartorn country, and they were happy to be alive, but refugee status was hardly a walk in the park.  Fortunately, they still knew how to farm the land, even if their homeland was hundreds of miles away, across the sea, and occupied by hostile forces.  Here, at least, was a land where they could make a home for themselves. Some of them had to wonder whether this was really permanent.  Was their situation just temporary until their kingdom was restored?  Or were they truly the last people of Baekje, and what would that mean? Either way, it would mean nothing if they didn't work the land and provide for their families.  And so, as with displaced people everywhere, they made the best of the situation.  They had been given land to work, and that was more than they could have asked for.  They might never return to Baekje, but perhaps they could keep a little of it alive for themselves and their descendants. Greetings, everyone, and welcome back.  Last episode we talked about the downfall of Baekje and the defeat of the Yamato forces at the battle of Hakusukinoe, also known as the Battle of Baekgang, in 663.  And yet, something else happened as well: the sovereign, Takara Hime, aka Saimei Tennou, died as the Yamato forces were setting out.  Immediately Prince Naka no Oe took the reins of government.  He would be known to later generations as Tenji Tennou, with Tenji meaning something like “Heavenly Wisdom”. Now Prince Naka no Oe has been in the forefront of many of our episodes so far, so I'd like to start this episode out with a recap of what we've heard about him so far, as all of this is important to remind ourselves of the complex political situation.  I'm going to be dropping – and recapping – a lot of names, but I'll have many of the key individuals listed on the podcast website for folks who want to follow along.  I would note that this episode is going to be a summary, with some extrapolation by me regarding what was actually happening.  Just remember that history, as we've seen time and again, is often more messy and chaotic than we like, and people are more complex than just being purely good or evil.  People rarely make their way to the top of any social hierarchy purely through their good deeds.  To start with, let's go back to before the year 645, when Naka no Oe instigated a coup against Soga no Iruka and Soga no Emishi.  In the Isshi Incident, covered in Episode 106, Naka no Oe had Soga no Iruka murdered in court, in front of his mother, Takara Hime, when she sat on the throne the first time.  And yet, though he could have taken the throne when she abdicated in apparent shock, he didn't.  Instead, he took the role of “Crown Prince”, but this wasn't him just sitting back.  In fact, evidence suggests that he used that position to keep a strong hand on the tiller of the ship of state. Prior to the Isshi Incident of 645, the rule of the Yamato sovereign had been eroded by noble court families.  These families, originally set up to serve the court and its administration, had come to dominate the political structures of the court.  The main branch of the Soga family, in particular, had found its way to power through a series of astute political marriages and the support of a new, foreign religion:  Buddhism.  Soga no Iname, Emishi's grandfather, had married his daughters to the sovereigns, and thus created closer ties between the Soga and the royal line.  He also helped ensure that the offspring of those marriages would be the ones to take over as future sovereigns.  Soga no Iname, himself took the position of Oho-omi, the Great Omi, or the Great Minister, the head of the other ministerial families.  As Prime Minister, he held great sway over the day-to-day running of the court, and execution of much of the administration.  Much of this was covered in previous episodes, but especially episodes 88, 90, 91, 92, 95, 98, 99, and 103. Soga no Umako, who succeeded his father as Oho-omi, was joined in his effort to administer the government by his grand-nephew, Prince Umayado, also known as Shotoku Taishi, son of Tachibana no Toyohi, aka Youmei Tennou, and thus grandson of Umako's sister, Kitashi-hime, and the sovereign known as Kimmei Tennou.  Umayado's aunt, sister to Tachibana no Toyohi, was Kashikiya Hime, or Suiko Tennou.  The three of them:  Soga no Umako, Prince Umayado, and Kashikiya Hime, together oversaw the development of Yamato and the spread of Buddhism.  Buddhism was also controversial at first, but they turned it into another source of ritual power for the state—ritual power that Soga no Umako, Prince Umayado, and even Kashikiya Hime were able to harvest for their own use. Unfortunately, the Crown Prince, Umayado, died before Kashikiya hime, suddenly leaving open the question of who would take the throne.  Soga no Umako himself, passed away two years before Kashikiya Hime.  When she in turn passed away, there was another struggle for the throne, this time between the descendants of Crown Prince Umayado and Soga no Umako.  Eventually, Soga no Umako's son and heir, Soga no Emishi, made sure that a more pliant sovereign, Prince Tamura, would take the throne, and Prince Umayado's own son, Prince Yamashiro no Oe, was cut out of the succession.  Soga no Emishi, serving as prime minister, effectively ran things much as his father had.  When Tamura diedhis queen, Takara Hime, took the throne, rather than passing it back to Umayado's line—no doubt with Emishi's blessing.  He was careful, however, not to provoke direct action against Yamashiro no Oe, possibly due to the reverence in which Yamashiro's father, Prince Umayado, aka the Buddhist Saint Shotoku Taishi, was held.  Meanwhile, Emishi appears to have been cultivating his grandson by way of Prince Tamura, Furubito no Oe, to eventually succeed to the throne, trying to duplicate what his own father Umako and even grandfather had been able to accomplish. Soga no Emishi's son, Soga no Iruka, was not quite so temperate, however.   Who would have thought that growing up at the top of the social hierarchy might make one feel a bit arrogant and entitled?   When Soga no Emishi was ill, Soga no Iruka took over as Prime Minister, and he didn't just stand back.  He decided that he needed to take out Furubito no Oe's competition, and so he went after Yamashiro no Oe and had him killed. Unfortunately for him, he apparently went too far.  There were already those who were not happy with the Soga family's close hold on power—or perhaps more appropriately, this particular line of the Soga family.  This kind of behavior allowed a group of discontented royals and nobility to gain support. According to the popular story recounted in the Nihon Shoki, the primary seed of resistance started with a game of kickball, or kemari.  Nakatomi no Kamako, aka Nakatomi no Kamatari, was the scion of his house, which was dedicated to the worship of the traditional kami of Yamato.  The Nakatomi were ritualists: in charge of chanting ritual prayers, or norito, during court ceremony.  This meant that their powerbase was directly challenged by the increasing role of Buddhism, one of the Soga patriarchs' key influences on the political system. Kamatari was feeling out the politics of the court, and seemed to be seeking the support of royal family members who could help challenge the powerful Soga ministers.  He found that support in two places.  First, in Prince Karu, brother to Takara Hime, the current sovereign, who had been on the throne ever since her husband, Tamura, had passed away.  And then there was the Prince Katsuraki, better known to us, today, as Prince Naka no Oe.  A game of kemari, where a group of players tried to keep a ball in the air as long as they could, using only their feet, was a chance to get close to the Prince.  When Naka no Oe's shoe flew off in the middle of the match, Kamatari ran over to retrieve it.  As he offered the shoe back to its owner, they got to talking, and one of the most impactful bromances in Yamato history was born. The two ended up studying together.  The unification of the Yellow River and Yangzi basin regions under the Sui and Tang, and the expansion of the Silk Road, had repercussions felt all the way across the straits in Yamato.  Naka no Oe and Kamatari were both avid students and were absorbing all that the continent had to throw at them about philosophy and good governance.  As is so often the case, it seems like idealistic students were the fertile ground for revolutionary new thoughts. There were problems implementing their vision, however.  Although the Nihon Shoki claims that Naka no Oe was the Crown Prince, that honor was probably given to Prince Furubito no Oe, who would have no doubt perpetuated the existing power structures at court.  This is something that the Chroniclers, or perhaps those before them, glossed over and may have even tried to retconned, to help bolster the case that Naka no Oe was actually working for the common good and not just involved in a naked power grab for himself.  There is also the question as to where Yamashiro no Oe had stood in the succession, as he likely had a fair number of supporters. With the destruction of Yamashiro no Oe's family, however, the balance of power shifted.  Although Soga no Emishi had long been an influential member of the court, and not solely because of his role as Prime Minister, Soga no Iruka was relatively new to power.  Yamashiro no Oe's family, in turn, likely had a fair number of supporters, and even neutral parties may have been turned off by Iruka's violent methods to suppress an opponent who had already been defeated politically.  Naka no Oe and Kamatari seem to have seized on this discontent againt the Soga, but they needed at least one other conspirator.  They achieved this by offering a marriage alliance with Soga no Kurayamada no Ishikawa no Maro, a lesser member of the Soga household, whose own immediate family had been supporters of Yamashiro no Oe, and so likely had plenty of grievances with his cousins.  Naka no Oe married Ishikawa no Maro's daughter, Wochi no Iratsume, also known as Chinu no Iratsume.  Together, these three—Naka no Oe, Kamatari, and Ishikawa no Maro—brought others into their plot, and finally, in 645, they struck.  Soga no Iruka was killed at court, in front of a shocked Takara Hime and Prince Furubito no Oe.  By the way, this is another thing that suggests to me that Furubito no Oe was the Crown Prince, because why was he front and center at the ceremony, while Naka no Oe was able to skulk around at the edges, tending to things like the guards?  After the assassination at the court – the Isshi Incident -- Naka no Oe gathered forces and went after Soga no Emishi, since they knew they couldn't leave him alive.  With both Soga no Emishi and Soga no Iruka dead, and Takara Hime having abdicated the throne in shock at what had just occurred, Naka no Oe could have taken the throne for himself.  However, in what was probably a rather astute move on his part, he chose not to.  He recognized that Furubito no Oe's claim to the throne was possibly stronger, and those who had supported the Soga would not doubt push for him to take the throne.  And so, instead, he pushed for his uncle, Prince Karu, to ascend as sovereign.  Karu was Takara Hime's brother, and they could use Confucian logic regarding deference to one's elders to support him.  Plus, Karu's hands weren't directly bloodied by the recent conflict. As for Prince Furubito, he saw the way that the winds were blowing.  To avoid being another casualty, he retired from the world, taking the vows of a Buddhist monk.  However, there were still supporters who were trying to put him on the throne and eventually he would be killed, to avoid being used as a rallying point. Prince Karu, known as Jomei Tennou, ruled for around a decade. During that time, Naka no Oe and his reformers helped to cultivate a new image of the state as a bureaucratic monarchy.  Naka no Oe was designated the Crown Prince, and Nakatomi no Kamatari was made the “Inner Prime Minister”, or Naidaijin.  Ishikawa no Maro was made the minister of the  Right, while Abe no Uchimaro was made Minister of the Left, and they ran much of the bureaucracy, but the Naidaijin was a role more directly attached to the royal household, and likely meant that Kamatari was outside of their jurisdiction, falling into a position directly supporting Naka no Oe.  They instituted Tang style rank systems, and set up divisions of the entire archipelago.  They appointed governors of the various countries, now seen as provinces, and made them report up to various ministers, and eventually the sovereign.  After all, if you were going to manage everything, you needed to first and foremost collect the data.  This period is known as the Taika, or Great Change, period, and the reforms are known as the Taika reforms, discussed in episode 108. They even built a large government complex in the form of the Toyosaki Palace, in Naniwa, though this may have been a bit much—for more, check out episodes 112 and 113. Years into the project, though, things seem to have soured, a bit.  Rumors and slander turned Kamatari against his ally, Ishikawa no Maro, resulting in the death of Ishikawa no Maro and much of his family.  Naka no Oe and other members of the royal family eventually abandoned the Naniwa palace complex, leaving now-Emperor Karu and the government officials there to run the day-to-day administration, while much of the court made its way back to the Asuka area.  Karu would later pass away, but the throne still did not pass to Crown Prince Naka no Oe, despite his title.  Instead, the throne went back to Takara Hime.  This was her second reign, and one of only two split reigns like this that we know of.  The Chroniclers, who were creating posthumous titles for the sovereigns, gave her two names—Kogyoku Tennou for her reign up to 645, and then Saimei Tennou for her second reign starting in 655.   During her latter reign, Naka no Oe continued to wield power as the Crown Prince, and the Chroniclers don't really get into why she came back into power.  It may be that Naka no Oe, in his role as Crown Prince, had more freedom: although the sovereign is purportedly the person in power, that position can also be limiting.  There are specific things which the sovereign is supposed to do, rituals in which they are expected to partake.  In addition, there were restrictions on who was allowed into the inner sanctum of the palace, and thus limits on who could interact with the sovereign, and how.  That meant that any sovereign was reliant on intermediaries to know what was going on in their state and to carry out their orders.  As Crown Prince, Naka no Oe may have had more flexibility to do the things he wanted to do, and he could always leverage the sovereign's authority. When Baekje was destroyed, and Yamato decided to go to their aid, Naka no Oe appears to have had a strong hand in raising forces and directing movements, at least within the archipelago.  When Takara Hime passed away rather suddenly, he accompanied her funerary procession much of the way back, and then returned to Tsukushi—Kyushu—to direct the war.   This is the same thing that Toyotomi Hideyoshi would do when he sent troops to Korea in the late 16th century.  Moving headquarters closer to the continent would reduce the time between messages.  Theoretically he could have moved out to the islands of Iki or Tsushima, but I suspect that there were more amenities at Tsukushi, where they even built a palace for Takara Hime—and later Naka no Oe—to reside in.  It was likely not quite as spectacular as the full-blown city that Hideyoshi developed in a matter of months, but the court could also leverage the facilities previously created for the Dazaifu. The war took time.  This wasn't like some “wars” that were more like specific military actions.  This was a war that dragged on for several years, with different waves of ships going over to transport people and supplies.  Things came to a head in the 9th month of 663, roughly October or November on the Western calendar.  The Baekje resistance was under siege, and their only hope was a fleet of Yamato soldiers coming to their aid.  The Yamato fleet met with a much smaller Tang fleet at the mouth of the Baek River—the Hakusukinoe.  They attempted to break through the Tang blockade, but the Tang had positional advantage and were eventually able to counterattack, destroying the Yamato fleet.  Without their relief, the Baekje resistance fell. The remnants of the Yamato army, along with those Baekje nobles that were with them, headed out, fleeing back to the archipelago.  One presumes that there may have been other Baekje nobles, and their families, who had already made the trip. After the entry describing this rout, on the 24th day of the 9th month of 663, we have a gap in the Chronicles of just a little more than 4 months.  We then pick up with Naka no Oe's government starting to look at internal affairs.  For one thing, we are told that he selected his younger brother, the Royal Prince Ohoama, as Crown Prince, and he made updates to the cap-rank system, changing it from 19 ranks to 26 ranks.  The first six ranks remained the same, but the name “kwa”, or “flower”, for the 7th through 10th ranks was changed to “Kin”, meaning “brocade”.  Furthermore, a “middle” rank was added between the Upper and Lower ranks, further distinguishing each group, and adding 6 extra ranks.  Finally, the initial rank, Risshin, was divided into two:  Daiken and Shouken.  We aren't told why, but it likely meant that they could have more granular distinctions in rank. At the same time that was going on, the court also awarded long swords to the senior members of the great families, and short swords to the senior members of lesser families.  Below that, senior members of the Tomo no Miyatsuko and others were given shields and bows and arrows.  Furthermore, the vassals, or kakibe, and the domestic retainers, or yakabe, were settled, to use Aston's translation.  The kanji used in the text appears to refer to settling a decision or standardizing something, rather than settling as in giving a place to live.  It seems to me to mean that the court was settling servants on families: determining what kind and how many servants that various houses could have based on their position in the hierarchy.  I can't help but notice that all of these gifts were very martial in nature.  That does not mean, of course, that they were necessarily because of the war over Baekje, nor that they were in response to the concern about a possible Tang invasion -- we've seen in the past where swords were gifted to people who had served the court --but it is hard not to connect these gifts with recent worries.  We also know that this year, Naka no Oe turned his focus on building defenses, setting up guards and beacon fires on the islands of Tsushima and Iki.   Should any unknown fleet be seen coming to the archipelago, the fires would alert the forces at Kyushu, so they could send word and prepare a defense. In addition, the court built an impressive defense for Tsukushi—for the Dazai itself, the seat of the Yamato government in Kyushu.  It is called the Mizuki, or Water Castle, though at the time “castle” was more about walls and fortifications than the standalone fortress we tend to think of, today.  Along those lines, the Mizuki was an earthen embankment, roughly 1.2 kilometers long, extending from a natural ridgeline to the west across the Mikasa river.  Archeological evidence shows it had a moat, and this line of fortifications would have been a line of defense for the Dazai, should anyone try to invade.  This construction was so large and impressive that you can still see it, even today.  It stands out on the terrain, and it is even visible from overhead photographs. In the third month of 664, we are told that Prince Syeongwang of Baekje and his people, were given a residence at Naniwa.  In fact, even though Baekje was no longer an independent kingdom, there appear to have been thousands of Baekje people now living in Yamato, unable to return home.  Many of these were former nobles of the Baekje court, which Yamato treated as a foreign extension of its own.  Resettling these people would be a major theme for the Chronicles, but we will also see, as we read further on, how their talents were leveraged for the state. Also in the third month, a star fell in the north—it says “in the north of the capital”, but I suspect that anywhere north, south, east, or west of the capital would have seen the same thing “in the north”.  There was also an earthquake, which isn't given any particular significance, beyond its mention as a natural phenomenon. On the 17th day of the 5th month of 664, so roughly 2 months later, we are told that Liu Jen'yuan, the Tang dynasty's general in Baekje, sent Guo Wucong  to Yamato with a letter and gifts.  We aren't told the contents of the letter, but one imagines that this may have been a rather tense exchange.  Yamato had just been involved in open warfare against Tang forces on the peninsula, and they still weren't sure if the Tang empire would come after them next.  Their only real hope on that front was Goguryeo, since the Tang and Silla were still trying to destroy the Goguryeo kingdom, and that may have kept the Tang forces tied up for a while.  No doubt Guo Wucong would have seen some of the defenses that Yamato was constructing during his visit. Guo Wucong would hang around for about seven and a half months.  He was given permission to take his leave on the 4th day of the 10th month.  Naka no Oe had his friend and Inner Prime Minister, Nakatomi no Kamatari send the Buddhist Priest, Chisho, with presents for Guo Wucong, and he and his officers were granted entertainments  before they left as well. Finally, Guo Wucong and his people returned to the Tang on the 12th day of the 12th month. While the delegation from the Tang was in Yamato, we are told of several tragedies.  First was that Soga no Murajiko no Oho-omi had passed away.  Soga no Murajiko appears to have been another son of Soga no Kuramaro, and thus brother to Soga no Ishikawa no Maro.  Unfortunately, we don't have much more on him in the record. Just a month later, we are told that the “Dowager Queen” Shima passed away.  Aston translates this as the Queen Grandmother, suggesting that she was Naka no Oe's grandmother. We are also told, that in the 10th month of 664, around the time that Guo Wucong was given leave to depart, that Yeon Gaesomun, the Prime Minister—though perhaps more correctly the despotic ruler—of Goguryeo, died.  It is said that he asked his children to remain united, but, well, even if we didn't know how it all turned out, I think we would look somewhat skeptically on any idea that they all did exactly as they were told.  Sure enough, in 667 we are told that Gaesomun's eldest son, Namseng, left the capital city of Pyongyang to tour the provinces, and while he was gone his younger brothers conspired with the nobility, and when he came back they refused to let him back in.  So Namseng ran off to the Tang court and apparently helped them destroy his own country. This is largely corroborated by other stories about Goguryeo, though the dates do seem to be off.  Tang records put Gaesomun's death around 666 CE, which the Samguk Sagi appears to follow, but on his tomb the date would appear to be 665.  Confusion like this was easy enough given the different dates and trying to cross-check across different regnal eras.  Sure, there were some commonalities, but it was very easy to miscount something. One last note from the twelfth month of 664—it seems that there were omens of apparent prosperity that came to the court from the island of Awaji.    First, there was rice that grew up in a farmer's pig trough.  The farmer's name is given as Shinuta no Fumibito no Mu, and Mu gathered this rice and stored it up, and thus, every day his wealth increased.  Then there was the bridal bed of Iwaki no Sukuri no Oho, of Kurimoto district.  They claimed that rice grew up at the head of his brides' mattress during her first night's stay with him.  And this wasn't just some brand new shoot, but overnight it formed an ear, and by the morning it bent down and ripened.  Then, the following night, another ear was formed.  When the bride went out into the courtyard, two keys fell down from heaven, and after she gave them to her husband, Oho, he went on to become a wealthy man. The exact purpose of these stories is unclear, but it seems to be that the Chroniclers are choosing to focus on stories of wealth and growth, which speak to how they wanted this reign as a whole, including the sovereign, to be remembered. However, more tragedy struck the following year, in 665,  when Hashibito, another Dowager Queen – this time the wife of Karu, aka Koutoku Tennou - passed away on the 25th day of the 2nd month.  On the first day of the 3rd month, 330 people took Buddhist vows for her sake. We are also told that in the second month the ranks of Baekje were cross-referenced with the ranks of Yamato, and then ranks were given out to some of the Baekje nobles that had come over to Yamato.  Kwisil Chipsa, who was originally ranked “Dalsol” in Baekje, was accorded “Lower Shoukin”.  That was rank 12 of the 26.  In comparison, “Dalsol” seems to have been the 2nd rank of 16 in Baekje.  Along with handing out rank, over 400 Baekje commoners, both men and women, were given residence in the Kanzaki district in Afumi.  This appears to be an area along the Aichi river, running from the Suzuka Mountains, west towards Lake Biwa. The court granted them rice-lands in the following month.  At the same time, several high ranking Baekje nobles were put in charge of building castles at strategic points around the archipelago.  These included one castle in Nagato, as well as the castles of Ohono and Woyogi, in Tsukushi.  Two years later, in 667, we also see the building of Takayasu castle, in Yamato and Yashima castle in Yamada, in Sanuki—modern Kagawa, on Shikoku, facing the Seto Inland Sea passageway.  Kaneda castle in Tsushima was also a Baekje-built one. We mentioned something about these castles last episode.  They were in the Baekje style, and as I said, the term “castle” here is more about the walls, which were largely made of rammed earth ramparts.  This means that you pile up earth and dirt in a layer and then the laborers use tools specifically to tamp it down until it is thick and hard.  Then another layer is piled on top and the process is repeated.  These walls were often placed on mountain tops, and they would follow the terrain, making them places that were easy to defend.  Beyond that, they didn't necessarily have a donjon keep or anything like that—maybe a tower so that one could see a little further, but being at the top of a mountain usually provided all the visual cues that one needed. We know there were other castles made as well.  For example, I mentioned last week about Kinojo, in Okayama, the ancient Kibi area.  Kinojo is not mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, but it clearly existed back then, and matches the general description of a 7th century mountain castle as built in Baekje.  The name means Demon Castle, and there is a story about it that is connected to the local Kibitsu Jinja—the Shrine to Prince Kibi.  According to legend, Kibitsu Hiko, aka Prince Kibitsu or, perhaps more appropriately, the Prince of Kibi, came to the area around the time of the Mimaki Iribiko, so probably about the 3rd century, at the head of a large force.  Kibitsu Hiko had come to defeat the demon, Ura, who lived in the nearby castle, hence Kinojo, and legend says that he freed the people from the demon's rule. As I also mentioned, last week, this particular castle may have ended up in the Momotaro story.  There are those who believe that the story of Momotarou is based on the story of Prince Kibitsu Hiko, and his defeat of the so-called demon, “Ura”.   Certainly the story has grown more fantastical, and less connected to the ancient history of the Kibi region, but it still may have its origin in a much more standard legend of a founding prince of the ancient Kibi kingdom that was later changed into a fairy tale.   More likely, the castle was built by a Baekje nobleman, often thought to be a prince, who settled in the area.  There is the possibility that the demon's name “Ura” came from a mistranslation of his name, or it is also possible that he was unrelated to the story at all.  The Kibitsu Hiko legend may have incorporated the castle, Kinojo, at a later date, once people had forgotten when and why the castle was actually built. It would make sense if Kinojo had been built as part of the defenses for Yamato, as that area overlooks a large part of the fertile plains of Okayama and out beyond Kojima to the Seto Inland Sea -- it is perched over a key overland route from the western edge of Honshu to Yamato, and there would have been several ways to signal boats to put to sea to intercept forces on the water.  . This all suggests to me that Kinojo was probably part of Naka no Oe's castle-building effort, even if it isn't specifically remembered in the Chronicle.  But building castles wasn't enough to bring peace of mind that Yamato would survive a Tang invasion, and it is possibly as a defensive measure that Naka no Oe would go on to do something truly incredible—he would eventually move the capital from Asuka and Naniwa all the way to the shores of Lake Biwa itself, establishing the Ohotsu palace.  This was a truly extreme step that didn't endear Naka no Oe to the court, but it had several advantages.  For one thing, this move pulled the capital further away from the sea routes, meaning that if they were attacked, they had a more defensible position.  Even more so than Yamato, the Afumi region around Lake Biwa is surrounded by mountains, with a few narrow passes that restricted movement in and out. One of these is the famous Sekigahara, which remained a choke point even up to modern times.  The name even means the Field of the Barrier, indicating the barrier and checkpoint that had been set up there in ancient times.  Moving the capital also pulled the court away from some of the previous political centers, which may have been another feature that made it attractive to Naka no Oe.  Many capital moves have been made, at least in part, to get farther away from strong Buddhist temples, and this certainly would have moved things out of the Asuka region, which by now was a hotbed of Buddhist temple activity. But we'll talk about that all more, next episode.  Until then, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. 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