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Billy and Matt break down what games they played in 2025, what stood out, and how gaming as changed for them. Join our community discord: https://discord.gg/4EnQwA585 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/upupdownload.bsky.social

Billy and Matt sit down to talk about Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, and the Summer Game Fest showcases and the overall state of the industry! If you'd like to join the conversation, check out our discord community! Technical difficulties about an hour in - apologies for those! https://discord.gg/4EnQwA585

Billy and Matt return to Games Parley with a much more casual feel. Join us as we talk about where we've been, what's new, what we've been playing, and what's coming up beyond the horizon.

Billy and Matt are joined by special guest Tucker Hazell of Backlog Banter (YouTube Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@BackLogBanter0). He's here to clear misconceptions about the dev cycle, talk about the wonderful aspects of the game, and where we think they go from here. Please enjoy the episode and don't forget to check out Tucker's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BackLogBanter0

Billy and Matt get together to talk about Persona 3... again. But this time we take a joint deep-dive into each character and decide how much we love them. Let us know your thoughts on each character placement! Warning: Spoilers for Persona 3 Reload and other versions.

Matt finished Persona 3 and wants to talk about it. So here we are to discuss EVERYTHING in detail about the game. Spoilers for Persona 3 inbound. Join us at Twitch.tv/UpUpDownload for future streams and events.

Billy got some new audio equipment and so we finally have a new episode to share! 2023 was a rocky but amazing year for games and we want to celebrate all we played this year, talk The Game Awards, and what we are excited for in 2024!

Matt has been playing Persona 5 Royal and so it is time for Billy to get his thoughts on the game! Spoilers up to the 4th palace!

Billy and Matt finally get around to talking about everything Tears of the Kingdom has to offer. If you've finished TOTK, be sure to tune in and hear our thoughts!

Billy and Matt talk about the most recent study from the Video Game History Foundation and the use of emulation. Be sure to check out their website: https://gamehistory.org/

Billy and Matt discuss video game consoles and debate which rank they go in. Be sure to let us know how wrong we are in the polls!

Billy and Matt rank the First Party Nintendo Franchises and discuss each one! Be sure to comment on how wrong we are!

Billy and Matt talk about the goods and bads of live service gaming, and how they can stick around for longer. Let us know, what dead live service games YOU used to play?

Billy and Matt take the time to break down Kick's community guidelines and their monetization promises to see if Kick seems to be the next big thing for streaming. As always, this is not financial or personal advice, just two guys chatting about something new.

Billy and Matt finally sit down to talk about Tears of the Kingdom. Spoilers have been avoided so excuse the rambly mess. In the future, there will be a spoiler-filled episode.