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Mikael Kasurinen, the director of CONTROL: Resonant joins us this week to chat about his journey into game development, the intricacy of level design, and the willingness to go weird. Then we dive into Silent Hill: townfall a game Cohh and Zeke liked 80% of. XBOX continues to implode as multiple major dev studios seem to be shutting down, including Halo moving to Activision. Bungie recommits to Destiny while moving to unvault all of Destiny 2. Dune Awakening gets a single-player mode and Zeke gushes over the new surprise hit Dressmaker!   00:00:00 - Intro00:01:00 - Disc golf00:05:05 - Director of CONTROL Resonant - Mikael Kasurinen is here!00:09:50 - Does gameplay or story dictate direction first?00:15:20 - Why Dylan?00:25:10 - Combat inspirations00:37:00 - Maintaining ambition and scope with a budget00:45:20 - How weird is too weird?00:52:15 - Is game dev fun?00:55:00 - Level design01:13:00 - Player autonomy 01:41:00 - Shipping in September01:45:20 - The high seas01:48:20 - What's next for Remedy?01:57:00 - Silent Hill: townfall02:19:50 - Blood of the Dawnwalker02:24:30 - XBOX still imploding02:31:00 - The Bungie gambit02:38:00 - Dune Awakening single-player02:41:00 - Fire Emblem02:43:50 - Dressmaker02:58:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we're joined by Washington Post's Gene Park to get an expert opinion on all the Wolverine discourse and learn the deep lore of the fart gas. JP has played the World of Warcraft Forever beta, and uh oh, it's about to consume a lot of time. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a lot of game, Gene has been playing Control Resonant, Zeke absolutely adores Onimusha and so much more this week!   00:00:00 - Intro00:01:00 - Gene Park is here!00:02:00 - The origin of fart gas00:09:00 - Having a blast00:11:00 - Marvel's Wolverine00:51:40 - WoW Forever breaking records01:01:30 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave01:09:20 - Control Resonant01:15:30 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword01:28:00 - Game of the year discussions01:33:40 - Enjoying games as a game reviewer01:40:20 - Valheim01:44:10 - RuneScape: Dragonwilds01:50:00 - WARDOGS continues02:00:40 - Silent Hill: Townfall02:11:00 - Hellraiser: Revival02:20:40 - Active Matter02:26:40 - Steam Frame02:32:10 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter02:36:20 - Marathon redo02:38:45 - Mindeye devs laid off02:40:30 - PC Gamer Show - Japan02:42:50 - BLACKWOOD02:52:40 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zeke returns from the desert just in time for the world of video games to explode again! From Insomniac's Wolverine reviews, Kojima parting ways with Sony partnership to BlizzCon announcements including a new StarCraft and World of Warcraft Forever! We try to balance our excitement and horror with Valheim 1.0, surprise hit: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha, Breathedge 2 and more!   00:00:00 - Intro00:01:00 - Valheim 1.000:07:20 - Wolverine reviews00:11:30 - Kojima and Sony part ways00:23:30 - Crimson Desert DLC00:31:20 - StarCraft returns00:36:50 - Diablo V00:46:50 - World of Warcraft Forever01:03:30 - Zeke's Burning Man01:23:50 - Ocarina of Time Remake01:34:40 - Metroid Ravenous01:36:10 - Kirby & The World Beyond01:38:00 - Steam Achievement Leak01:42:40 - The Blood of Dawnwalker01:59:30 - Breathedge 202:13:00 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword02:19:10 - We have played Emberville02:37:10 - WARDOGS Early Access02:53:30 - Solasta 202:56:50 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by WARDOGS Game Directors: Howard Philpott & Mark "phantasy' Pinney this week to talk about filling a much needed niche in the FPS genre, why early access and plenty of viewer questions! Afterwards we chat about the awkwardness that is DLSS5, the GTA6 reveal that broke the internet, and a Witcher 3 remaster in the middle of a massive ton of game releases. Then our time with the new STALKER 2 update, Star Wars Zero Company and more!   00:00:00 - Intro00:01:00 - Can't handle all of these games00:02:40 - Wardogs devs join us00:04:50 - Why early access?00:09:40 - First convention00:17:00 - Graphical advantages00:20:50 - Vehicle control options00:33:00 - Comparisons to Planetside00:43:40 - Private servers00:57:30 - Progression systems01:33:20 - Global players01:39:50 - What have the Wardogs devs been playing?01:50:30 - Announcements at FPS Game Show01:52:30 - The DLSS5 issue01:57:40 - GTA602:11:15 - The Witcher 3 Remaster02:16:40 - STALKER 202:20:00 - Star Wars Zero Company02:44:15 - Wolcen 202:49:10 - Path of Exile 2 - Swords/release date02:51:10 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We witnessed a gaggle of Ls this week as Amazon/Twitch launch opt-out AI training on their streamers to everyone's dismay. Even more abysmal AI news: An ex-writer within Saber Interactive allegedly replaced by AI and the CEO has a very healthy reaction. Luckily we finally get our first real look at Kingdom Hearts 4 and it's launching sooner than we thought! Games this week: Continuing Big Walk, KOTOR 2, Sandustry, DIVE or DIE, ReStory and more! 00:00:00 - Intro00:01:00 - To the MOON00:04:00 - War Dogs00:09:20 - Mortal Shell 200:14:00 - Twitch/Amazon training AI off streamers00:29:00 - Writer gets replaced by AI00:41:00 - Weird things in WoW00:49:00 - Terraria Calamity mod shutting down00:54:30 - Kingdom Hearts 4 news00:57:00 - Marvel Rivals doing extremely well01:00:42 - People upset with Wolverine?01:07:00 - Elder Scrolls 6 looks great according to CEO of game01:09:50 - Alan Wake 2 sells 3 million copies01:13:20 - BEEG Walk01:19:50 - Falcom reports 110% profit growth from Trails in the Sky 101:21:00 - Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave01:26:50 - Marvel Tokon gets PC patch01:35:30 - Zeke played KOTOR201:44:50 - Sandustry01:49:40 - Lootbound01:59:00 - Chop Chop Inc.02:04:30 - DIVE or DIE02:11:20 - Pax Autocratica02:23:00 - Servant of the Lake02:30:00 - Below, Rusted Gods02:36:40 - Cat Mail Co.02:42:20 - ReStory02:49:00 - Dragonsword Awakening02:59:00 - Shoutouts   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get cursed by time zones this week but we prevail through RAM shortages, the fall of Electronic Arts, and possibly our digital dystopia future! We give our thoughts on Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation, JP goes all in on his time with the Wardogs closed alpha and then Maximilian joins us to talk about the rocky release of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls and finally our time with the co-op puzzle game: Big Walk!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Time zones3:50 - RAM is gone for 20279:50 - Netflix secures GTA6 reveal18:30 - Final Fantasy XIV on Switch 219:50 - EA completes Saudi investment merger24:50 - Blizzard on top at Microsoft26:20 - LilyPichu voices new Overwatch character29:00 - Take-Two CEO excited for cloud gaming future36:40 - Beast of Reincarnation56:00 - Wardogs closed alpha1:46:40 - Maximillian joins us!1:47:00 - Duskbloods beta1:49:40 - Marvel Tokon launches2:40:50 - Big Walk3:01:05 - Shoutouts   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gothalion returns this week to learn WAY too much about Zeke. He has also been playing Everquest Legends along with Cohh, a new remixed version of the classic 90s MMO, Splatoon Raiders and to chat about the convention he helps run - GCX! JP has been off surviving a zombie apocalypse in the newly updated Project Zomboid, Zeke finally opens up to us about Disc Golf and much more (too much more.) 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Florida3:50 - Everquest Legends20:30 - EA sale going through23:40 - GPU prices skyrocketing25:10 - Capcom sales27:10 - Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40K28:10 - Path of Exile 2 fixes a major bug33:40 - Shift Up releases AI promo video39:30 - Twitch and Amazon training AI off streamers50:00 - Old Men toesies 1:01:30 - Dysmantle 1:09:45 - Project Zomboid1:39:00 - Game goals1:57:40 - Splatoon Raiders2:07:00 - Disc Gold Masters2:16:50 - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls2:29:30 - Corsair Cove2:39:30 - Below Rusted Gods2:44:00 - The Incident at Galley House2:49:40 - Emberville/GCX3:04:00 - Dragonsword: Awakening3:06:50 - Shoutouts   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a hot one today! Figuratively and literally as temperatures rises and ACs break. Cohh is out this week spreading the good word of Emberville, but Zeke returns to brave the heat of Texas with JP! Valve doomposts over memory shortages, Nintendo at war with everyone, Blizzard GM carries raid group, all the news from the FFXIV Fanfest in Berlin! Games this week: Pathogenic, Dinoblade, Desktop Explorer and many more! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - The Real CohhCarnage7:00 - Air Conditioning11:00 - Zeke vacation15:40 - Memory shortage not ending21:30 - Nintendo at war with Japanese patent23:30 - Nintendo vs tariffs27:30 - WoW GM helping players prog43:40 - Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest Berlin51:50 - Project Zomboid build 421:03:50 - Marathon releases PVE mode1:06:20 - Wardogs devs get banned on Twitch1:12:30 - DCKO1:16:50 - High on Life 21:22:40 - Pathogenic1:29:00 - Dinoblade1:38:00 - Doomsday Diner1:40:40 - Path of Exile: Curse of the Allflame1:42:00 - Marvel Tokon beta1:53:40 - Photomalay1:58:00 - Desktop Explorer2:02:50 - The Incident at Galley House2:06:00 - Moldrise2:10:30 - Ritter & Rotwein2:16:00 - Avatar Legends2:24:50 - Shoutouts   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zeke is out with the in-laws this week so the rare emergency TWO man stream has been called as JP and Cohh have quite a lot to talk about! Bethesda releases an awkward letter to the community about the future of their game franchises. The director for Marathon leaves Bungie, Sony can't escape the negative reaction to dropping physical media, and a discussion on moving to a more sponsorship focused stream. On the games side we further discuss Palworld and its surprisingly deep systems, Everquest Legends being wild and weird and many more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Cohh banned from games9:00 - Bethesda on the future30:00 - Marathon director leaves Bungie35:50 - The community not letting Sony forget about physical media43:00 - Jennifer English leaving Tides of Annhilation45:40 - Ryan Hurst leaves God of War the TV show52:30 - The Blood of Dawnwalker goes gold58:20 - FFXIV mobile EOS1:00:50 - POE1 Curse of the All-Flame1:08:20 - Naval update for BF61:14:50 - Navigating sponsorships1:24:40 - Palworld1:50:00 - Everquest Legends1:56:00 - Funnel Runners2:01:40 - Fix Force2:06:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everything is a mess in the House of X this week as studios under XBOX scramble to restructure after prolific studios Obsidian and Id Software get cut in half. Not all news is devastating this week as TennoCon announces what's next for Warframe, Palworld launches into 1.0 to mass praise. Cohh and Zeke try not to kill each other in Fears to Fathom, Assassin's Creed Blackflag makes us wonder why Ubisoft has never made another pirate game and more! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Right in to Microsoft layoffs13:00 - Ubisoft :(20:00 - TennoCon 202632:00 - Fears to Fathom: Scratch Creek48:20 - DOOM: The Dark Ages Expansion53:00 - Palworld 1.01:39:30 - 007 First Light1:53:30 - Hunger1:57:00 - RuneScape Dragonwilds2:01:00 - MOLE2:04:40 - Assassin's Creed Blackflag2:10:00 - OUTBRK2:18:00 - Anime games2:23:00 - They Left Us Here2:31:20 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even more horrible news this week as Sony announces their discontinuing disc production in 2028, ushering in the digital future where nothing is owned and prices continue to skyrocket, fun! Marvel Rivals nerfs some girth, Tokon blocked in 132 countries, the ESA doesn't understand private servers in Minecraft and much more! Including MOLE, Dimhaven, a ton of Fears to Fathom games, Scroll of Taiwu!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Fireworks5:10 - The Great Coffee Spill of 20267:20 - Sony and Microsoft's race to the bottom8:30 - Nerfed girth32:50 - Marvel Tokon blocked in 132 countries38:00 - Meccha Chameleon sells 15 million copies47:10 - ESA calls Minecraft servers are illegal1:00:20 - Thick as Thieves devs hit with layoffs1:05:10 - X4 Foundations1:08:00 - Unhinged1:13:50 - Dimhaven1:27:00 - RuneScape: Dragonwilds1:45:00 - MOLE1:45:30 - Fears to Fathom1:47:40 - Scroll of Taiwu1:52:20 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We go through the deluge of horrible news this week with the price of the Steam Machine being north of $1000, Sony cutting Bungie in half (and more), XBOX going on a rampage against its dev studios, RAM prices expected to double and never come down, and the price of Grand Theft Auto 6 has been revealed! Then we brave the deeps in The Last Caretaker, SAND, and Runescape: Dragonwilds. Show our creativity in Meccha Chameleon and dive head first into the Steam Next Fest!   0:00 - Intro2:20 - Depression2:50 - Steam Machine5:00 - GTA6 pre-orders12:20 - Sony cuts 50% of Bungie14:00 - XBOX destruction21:20 - RAM prices never going down31:00 - Sony still wants to invest in live service33:50 - League of Legends Classic36:10 - Wildgate ending development54:30 - PlayStation removing bought movies from PSN libraries55:10 - The Last Caretaker58:00 - Stellar Blade1:07:40 - SAND1:20:20 - RuneScape: Dragonwilds1:29:00 - Meccha Chameleon1:39:00 - X4 Foundation1:57:20 - Steam Next Fest Demos (A lot of them)2:34:00 - MOLE2:38:00 - Fears to Fathom: Scratch Creek2:42:40 - Gothic 1 Remake2:43:10 - Dave the Diver - Into the Jungle2:44:10 - Dimhaven2:51:35 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We sound the Rami alarm this week to check the health of the industry after a massive week of game announcements from Summer Game Fest! We go over the Nintendo Direct, pick out some games we're excited about go into the history of 1666: Amsterdam. With the extreme slate of new games on the horizon comes news of Microsoft looking to downsize and possibly sell off the XBOX brand and what that means for everyone else. Then for a little bonus discussion Rami goes into more detail from the development of his own game "Australia Did It!" Games this week: The 7th Guest remake, Path of Exile 2, 007 First Light, Gambonaza and more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Dog owners3:50 - Beach vacation4:30 - Rami is here13:30 - The Nintendo Direct21:50 - Fable25:20 - Apples34:00 - Rami on SGF36:00 - Guild Wars 339:05 - gen Alpha45:30 - 1666: Amsterdam50:00 - SGF wrap-up1:10:00 - Competing 1:21:40 - The AI discussion1:26:05 - Microsoft ready to chop up XBOX1:59:00 - Monetary systems2:11:10 - Final Fantasy VII Remake director on streaming2:21:00 - Capcom moving away from auteur development2:28:10 - The 7th Guest remake2:31:50 - Path of Exile 22:33:20 - Gothic 1 remake2:34:50 - 007 First Light2:46:40 - Gambonanza2:48:50 - Joining the end of Destiny 22:58:20 - Shoutouts3:02:00 - BONUS: Australia Did It See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Rebecca Ford, creative director of Warframe, this week to chat about having an existential crisis, before heading into group therapy. But then we get into the games! We talk Deadlock, Slay the SPire 2, 007 First Light, Path of Exile 2, and more!  Make sure to check out our Summer of Games Showcase this week starting with the Playstation State of Play happening on June 2! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Rebb Ford is here!5:00 - What's XBOX showing?12:10 - Warframe/Soulframe30:00 - Existential Crisis/viewbotting36:00 - Warframe in 202645:40 - Destiny 258:00 - Marketing around GTA61:08:00 - The normies1:14:30 - Deadlock1:16:50 - Slay the Spire 21:23:00 - Boardgame commercials1:27:00 - FFXIV: Evercold1:29:30 - TwitchCon EU1:36:50 - GIFs coming to Twitch Chat1:44:30 - Viewership caps1:57:20 - Props1:58:00 - New expansion for The Witcher 32:04:00 - Steam Deck price change2:16:40 - Grim Dawn/ Dragon Quest XII2:17:50 - 007: First Light2:28:50 - LEGO Batman2:40:20 - Path of Exile 22:57:00 - Shoutouts   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Gothalion this week, Twitch streamer and now CEO of a game studio: Magic Find Studio to chat about Forza Horizon 6 and eulogize the end of Destiny 2. Kingdom Come Deliverance devs; Warhorse Studios, is developing a Middle-Earth game. Rocket League upgrades to Unreal Engine 6, Lots of Warhammer, a secret No Man's Sky announcement incoming and we prepare for the Summer of Game Showcases quickly approaching. We've also played Thick as Thieves, The Adventures of Elliot, Luna Abyss and much more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Gothalion is here2:55 - Goth is making a video game31:00 - Balancing game dev with streaming32:30 - Star Citizen reaches $1b36:00 - Warhorse doing Lord of the Rings39:00 - No killing in Subnautica 242:00 - Rocket League going to UE645:10 - Warhammer 40K Skulls49:00 - A secret No Man's Sky announcement?51:50 - Destiny 2 reaches end of life1:43:00 - The summer of game showcases1:51:30 - Thick as Thieves2:03:00 - The Adventures of Elliot2:09:20 - The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot2:15:50 - Forza Horizon 62:28:30 - Luna Abyss2:41:20 - LEGO Batman2:42:40 - Conan Exiles Enhanced2:51:20 - Rune Dice2:54:00 - Phonopolis2:54:40 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.