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Spooky season is upon us so everyone is getting jump scared by Nintendo this week as they take down another major Switch emulation platform and possibly streamers as well. We discuss upcoming games we're excited about such as the expansion Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred as well as Metaphor Re:Fantazio before losing it over the stacked February that is fast approaching! Then we talk about Starfield: Shattered Space, more Satisfactory, The Plucky Squire and the talk of the streamer world: TCG Card Shop Simulator!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Spooky season
2:20 - TwitchCon wrap up
29:15 - Ironmouse becomes the highest subscribed channel on Twitch ever
43:00 - Is anyone still playing Suicide Squad?
46:00 - Nintendo shuts down Switch emulator Ryujinx
50:50 - Original Horizon Zero Dawn gets delisted on PC
57:20 - 3rd person coming to Halo: Infinite
1:00:50 - Ubisoft blames the game players for poor Star Wars Outlaws sales
1:04:20 - The crazy games coming out in February 2025
1:13:25 - Dragon Age Veilguard goes gold
1:15:00 - New World Aternum 
1:21:30 - Metaphor Re:Fantazio Demo
1:36:30 - Starfield: Shattered Space
1:48:30 - TCG Card Shop Sim
2:13:00 - Diablo 4: Vessels of Hatred
2:16:00 - Satisfactory continues
2:28:30 - The Finals season 4
2:36:40 - The Holy Gosh Darn
2:43:50 - The Plucky Squire
2:48:10 - UFO 50
2:54:00 - Shoutouts

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Everyone is away at TwitchCon so JP brings in Gothalion and Rami Ismail to chat about our fear of flying and other core anxieties like Nintendo's lawyers coming for us! The game director for Concord steps down from role, Square Enix admits the sales for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI didn't meet expectations. We chat about why AI will not make games faster to develop, we get excited about Tokyo Games Show and more!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Fear of flying 3:30 - TwitchCon in 2024 20:10 - GCX 2024 22:05 - Nintendo sues Palworld devs 34:00 - Game rating changes in Australia 45:50 - Concord Game Director steps down 1:03:50 - Krafton CEO thinks Hi-Fi Rush 2 won't make money, but wants to try 1:16:00 - Square Enix admits Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & FFXVI didn't meet sales expectations 1:33:00 - The Oatmeal problem with AI 1:41:25 - Next Battlefield 1:47:30 - Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakzua 1:58:40 - Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 2:09:00 - New Dragon Age Veilguard previews 2:15:40 - Kingdom Hearts 4 will be a soft-reboot 2:19:10 - Football player Ronaldo joins Fatal Fury 2:22:25 - Towerborne 2:31:20 - Wild Bastards 2:34:00 - Star Wars Outlaws 2:37:15 - Observation 2:38:40 - UFO 50 2:41:50 - Satisfactory 2:44:30 - Shoutouts

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The Playstation 5 Pro was announced this week with a cacophony of groans from the audience. Is the new console worth the small percentage of games that will utilize it? Elsewhere, more layoffs hit those at Microsoft, the staff of Annapurna Interactive collectively resign, Ubisoft stocks plummet and Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 soars. Then we get into some of the games we've played: Astrobot and a whoooole lot of Satisfactory!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Work schedules 3:00 - TwitchCon is this week 4:20 - Happy Birthday 25:50 - The PS5 Pro 49:30 - What IS Concord? 53:40 - More layoffs at Microsoft 1:00:25 - Employees at Annapurna Interactive collectively resigns 1:09:30 - Will Palworld switch business models? 1:12:10 - Modders hack into Baldur's Gate 3 level editor 1:17:30 - Ex-Sony President says people should "drive an Uber" about industry layoffs 1:22:00 - Ubisoft stocks plummeting 1:28:35 - Flappybird is back? 1:32:50 - Hasbro using AI for Magic the Gathering? 1:39:10 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 hits 225k on Steam 1:42:00 - Embracer embracing Metro devs 1:46:00 - Elden Ring patch nerfs boss? 1:49:30 - Tony Hawk teasing a new game? 1:53:45 - Is Dave the Diver an indie game now? 1:55:25 - Unity canceling usage fees 2:00:00 - Justin Wong causing players to quit Marvel vs Capcom 2:13:20 - Astrobot 2:37:45 - Satisfactory 1.0 3:08:00 - Shoutouts

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Zeke has returned to celebrate episode 400!* We also bring back Maximilian to celebrate the occasion too and to chat about the return of Marvel vs. Capcom, his huge modding project and his incredible year as a content creator. All before bringing it down with the recent news that Sony's new hero shooter, Concord is shutting down after a very short 2 week launch. Is the AAA gaming space okay? We get the low-down on ad revenue across streaming services, gush over Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, and glaze up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (no spoilers!) and much more!

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - The real episode 400 2:00 - A good year for Maximilian 4:20 - Why Marvel vs Capcom is a big deal 8:20 - Maximilian's modding project 38:40 - 2XKO reception after alpha 55:00 - Concord shuts down after 2 weeks 1:05:00 - Astrobot is a graveyard 1:13:40 - Phil Spencer says he has made mistakes 1:25:00 - Budgets are too high 1:35:00 - Actor for Yakuza told not to play the games 1:42:00 - Balatro coming to Switch and mobile 1:44:00 - Fishing in No Man's Sky 1:50:40 - The ad wars on Twitch 2:05:00 - Youtube vs Twitch streaming 2:23:00 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2:51:00 - Black Myth: Wukong needs a map 2:58:00 - Glazing up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 3:01:00 - Wisdom 3:05:50 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Jericho and DansGaming this week to chat about YouTube contracts expiring, trying to figure out why Twitch and Youtube are alienating their core audience and the weirdness of Ad revenue. We then get the lowdown on the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and how it's not really reinventing the wheel before ending on our in-depth review of Star Wars Outlaws!

0:00 - Intro 1:30 - FOOTBALL 3:00 - Everyone returning to Twitch 12:00 - Short-form content on a long-form platform 18:00 - ADVERTISEMENTS 23:00 - PAX West 24:50 - Remedy & Annapurna team up 30:50 - Should games cost more? 39:25 - Concord reportedly sold 25,000 units 46:50 - Deadlock over 100k players on Steam 1:03:30 - Stalker 2 have passionate devs 1:16:00 - Borderlands 4 1:17:20 - Itsuno leaves Capcom after 30 years 1:22:00 - Visions of Mana 1:32:00 - Nintendo Direct 1:34:20 - Blue Protocol ends services and cancels global release 1:34:40 - Foamstars goes F2P 1:35:10 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 1:55:00 - Core Keeper 2:00:00 - Black Myth: Wukong 2:07:10 - Star Wars Outlaws review 2:53:00 - Shoutouts

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Zeke is out burning it up for a couple of weeks so DansGaming is taking over to help catch us up on all the news coming out of GamesCom this week! Civilization VII, deep dives into Monster Hunter Wilds & Dragon Age Vanguard. Then we have our thoughts on Valve's Deadlock, Black Myth: Wukong, World of Warcraft: The War Within and much more! 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Definitely not episode 400 4:30 - Twitch news: SUBtember 5:45 - Subscription prices rise on mobile 9:00 - Twitch knocks 16:40 - 3rd party Twitch clips 18:30 - Concord launched 27:00 - Deadlock 48:00 - Dragon Age Vanguard combat 58:20 - Avowed 1:09:00 - Civilization VII 1:20:40 - Monster Hunter Wilds 1:38:30 - Black Myth: Wukong 2:15:00 - Thank Goodness You're Here 2:17:00 - World of Warcraft: The War Within 2:38:00 - Starfield DLC 2:43:00 - Feed the Deep 2:44:40 - Gothic 1 Remake 2:46:00 - Path of Exile 2 2:48:00 - Peter Molyneux 2:54:30 - Shoutouts 

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Cohh has returned fresh and well-rested to question, with the rest of the world: Is Australia alright? We then do a fairly in-depth review of the Twitch mobile app's mind boggling new design. The Borderland movie absolutely bombs at the box office, Suicide Squad has lost Warner Bros Games a lot of money, early reports of Bungie's Marathon not looking good. Then we get into the games! We played: Knock on the Coffin Lid, Delta Force: Hawk Ops, Mecha BREAK and is 2XKO too complicated for casual players?

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Timezones 1:40 - Cohh's vacation 3:50 - Disney, Marvel, Fortnite 5:50 - Fall gaming 8:00 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 10:20 - Suicide Squad loses WBD a lot of money 15:10 - Early Marathon impressions not good 18:00 - Borderlands the Movie bombs 24:40 - SEGA registers 'Yakuza Wars' trademark 31:10 - Twitch adds the "DJ" category 39:15 - Twitch mobile app review 53:30 - Australian Breakdancer 1:04:30 - Knock on the Coffin Lid 1:15:40 - Delta Force: Hawk Ops 1:30:55 - Mecha BREAK 1:41:00 - Zeke beat Blaster Master! 1:46:00 - Dragon Warrior 1:48:00 - Atlas Fallen 1:54:10 - Path of Exile 2:00:00 - 2XKO Alpha test 2:25:00 - Eternal Darkness 2:34:35 - Shoutouts

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Cohh is on vacation this week! So joining JP and Zeke, this week are unofficial 4th seat Rami Ismail and returning special guest PirateSoftware! We get into the major news of Bungie firing 17% of their staff as well as relocating another 13%. What does this mean for the AAA industry? GameStop also surprises everyone by shutting down Game Informer including their own employees. Everything seems to be in freefall, but we look to a brighter future with Capcom and From Software working to become much more sustainable in the long term!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Flying airplanes 4:30 - Growing beards 6:00 - Improv 9:15 - Bungie lays off 17% of employees 30:00 - Dev tricks 40:00 - Game feature nitpicks 51:20 - Where From Software is going 1:02:40 - Game Informer ends after 30+ years 1:20:30 - Marketing games is hard 1:43:20 - Avowed gets delayed to 2025 1:58:20 - CapGod 2:14:00 - Animal Well 2:19:40 - EDF 6 2:30:00 - Custom Mech Wars 2:38:00 - Path of Exile 2:42:40 - Warframe 2:46:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:50:00 - Meet Your Maker 2:54:00 - Shoutouts

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We return this week to chat about Celine Dion, watching the Olympics in 2024, the hype of EVO 2024, sweeping unionization across the industry, Ubisoft's series of blunders and much more before we get deep in the weeds with very old video games!

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - My Heart Will Go On 9:00 - The Olympics 19:15 - EVO 2024 31:50 - Fallout London 37:10 - Stardew Valley ConcernedApe will never charge for DLC 40:30 - World of Warcraft devs unionize 43:20 - SAG-AFTRA voice actor go on strike 47:40 - Humble Games lays off entire publishing wing 49:40 - Concord's second beta drops off 56:00 - Versus Marvel Rivals 1:02:20 - Ubisoft's unecessary response to trolls 1:11:40 - Robert Downey Jr. is Victor Von Doom 1:18:35 - Zeke's NES arc 1:45:00 - Video game violence 1:52:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by first time guest PirateSoftware this week to hack into his journey leading into becoming a full-time streamer. We then move into the enterprise security software: Crowdstrike that has crippled many industries last week. How did it happen? Who's at fault? The Bethesda workforce unionizes, kids don't know what keyboards or controllers are, shady games on Steam and much more!

0:00 - Intro 2:30 - God of Thunder 7:00 - Profession vs Hobby 12:00 - Minmaxxing 17:00 - Farrets 22:40 - Hackers 30:00 - Defcon 34:00 - Social engineering 43:10 - An intervention 56:00 - Voice changer 1:15:00 - 2FA 1:27:10 - The Crowdstrike outage 1:54:20 - The workers of Bethesda unionize across the board 2:00:00 - FTC investigating Microsoft after Game Pass price increase 2:12:30 - EA Sports College Football 2025 early access sells a lot. 2:20:00 - Brain waves 2:28:00 - Mobile games 2:40:30 - Banana 2:45:50 - Crypto in games 2:53:00 - Path of Exile Login 2:58:10 - Shoutouts

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We've returned to lots of games and lots of news this week! Twitch breaking streaming records over the week as subscription prices increase as well as resolutions increase with new tools for above 1080p streaming! XBOX Game Pass also changes. Palword expands with help from Sony. Ubisoft receives the ire of Japan and One Piece?! Then we get into a spoiler-filled discussion of Elden Ring, then our impressions of Concord and Once Human!

0:00 - intro 1:05 - Throat goat 11:00 - Terraria sells a lot 12:55 - Siphoning internet 23:00 - Twitch breaking streaming records 26:30 - Twitch subscription prices increase 36:00 - Enhanced Broadcasting 39:00 - What's Pog? 44:50 - Game Pass changes and price increase 56:00 - Gothic/Elex devs Pirahna Bytes closes 1:00:00 - Palworld expands 1:07:00 - The First Descendent's Destiny icons 1:13:40 - Ubisoft gets clapped by Japan and One Piece? 1:21:00 - The Lands Betwixt (spoilers) 2:01:30 - Concord the beta 2:21:30 - Once Human 2:48:00 - Privacy Policy 2:52:05 - Shoutouts

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Our boys are out sick this week so JP brings in regulars: DansGaming and Jesse Cox to chat about all the new stuff announced at TwitchCon EU over the weekend as well as the consequences of a dude who got Twitch banned 4 years ago. Then we get into Elden Ring and our first impressions of the new FFXIV expansion - Dawntrail!

0:00 - And More 6:10 - The month of June 9:00 - Video Game News 13:00 - Behind the scene tricks 15:30 - The power of British voices 18:20 - Doctor Disrespect terminated from Midnight Society 23:50 - Shadow of the Erdtree sells 5 mil copies 28:40 - Kadakawa held ransom 33:40 - Steam users spend billions on games they never play 40:00 - Nintendo HD pricing 45:00 - Is Beyond Good & Evil 2 real? 51:50 - Stellar Blade sells over 1 mil copies 55:20 - Star Wars Bounty Hunter 59:00 - Nikke x Dave the Diver 1:02:30 - Mihoyo funding Fusion reactor research 1:10:40 - The Tiktokification of Twitch - TwitchCon 2:02:10 - Elden Ring DLC 2:32:30 - Chained Together 2:38:40 - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail 3:09:20 - Shoutouts

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Cohh is trapped in the Lands Between this week so we enlist the help of Bruce Greene formerly of Funhaus to chat about the upcoming subscription changes to Twitch, current events and managing parasocial relationships. We then go over the surprisingly robust Nintendo Direct that featured the first time Zelda has been a main character and the unlikely return of Marvel vs Capcom. Then we get into our time with the new Elden Ring DLC, Still Wakes The Deep & Falling Aces!

0:00 - Intro 4:20 - Funhaus 6:20 - The Lands Between 8:30 - Subscriptions 19:00 - Parasocial relationships 21:15 - Twitch power ups 27:10 - Nintendo Direct 28:30 - MAHVEL BABY 38:40 - Metroid Prime 4 43:00 - Friday Night Lights 46:40 - Legend of Zelda staring Zelda 52:10 - Mario & Luigi Brothership 1:04:00 - League of Legends not gaining players? 1:20:00 - Line goes up 1:30:25 - Next Fallout not being rushed 1:36:00 - Space Marine 2 1:40:10 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 2:36:20 - Still Wakes The Deep 2:48:00 - Falling Aces 2:51:00 - Shoutouts

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Happy Father's Day! We learn all about the trials and tribulations of dad's on the toilet, the wait for the Elden Ring DLC is rough! Twitch gets a new app. FROM Software CEO Hidetaka Miyazaki wants to go back to Bloodborne, Elden Ring hits 25 million sold. Cohh has some STRONG opinions about the new Dragon Age game and we go over our favorite games from this month's Steam NEXT Fest!

0:00 - Happy Father's Day 3:10 - New Elden Ring patch! 5:00 - Elden Ring troubleshooting 9:50 - Twitch raining bits 14:00 - Twitch CEO's follow list/New Twitch app 23:00 - Poopmaxxing 28:00 - Cohh on Dragon Age: Veilguard 40:00 - Bloodborne part 10 45:40 - Elden Ring makes it to 25 million sold 58:20 - Bluey 1:01:30 - Diablo 4 Vessel of Darkness trailer 1:04:50 - Avowed gameplay 1:08:20 - Starfield Creation 1:16:00 - BREAKING NEWS: Starfield 1:18:00 - Best reviewed games of 2024 (so far) 1:20:10 - Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance 1:29:20 - Steam NEXT Fest - 1:31:20 - Zeke's list of 50 demos - 1:54:35 - Steam family account 1:57:00 - Shoutouts

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War was declared between Hero Shooters as the recent Playstation State of Play gave a more detailed preview of their upcoming game Concord. But with Marvel Rivals also shown, are there now too many hero shooters? We go through all the recent announcements including Silent Hill 2, Infinity Nikki and Monster Hunter Wilds as well as plan our SGF content before ending on the games we've played!

0:00 - intro/scuff
2:15 - Is Bloodborne overrated?
9:30 - Sony State of Play 
10:30 - Concord
24:30 - Login to God of War Ragnarok
29:50 - Dynasty Warriors Origins
31:20 - Infinity Nikki
36:40 - Battles of Antara
48:00 - Behemoth
51:10 - Alien VR
55:35 - Where Winds Meet
58:00 - Until Dawn Remake
1:00:00 - Path of Exile 2 coming to PS5
1:04:20 - Silent Hill 2 Remake
1:08:05 - Monster Hunter Wilds
1:11:40 - Astrobot
1:18:30 - Next Indie Direct 2024
1:38:00 - The plan for streaming SGF
2:30:00 - The Rogue Prince of Persia
2:36:10 - Parasite EVE 2
2:44:50 - Star Trek Resurgence
2:46:36 - Cohh finished Stellar Blade
2:52:50 - Soulmask
2:56:40 - Skald
2:59:40 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by DansGaming this week to chat about all the amazing films we've been watching and how the newest Elden Ring trailer is peak cinema. Then we have a long discussion over Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 not blowing the socks off everyone and how it's difficult not to see the game in a vacuum after all the recent XBOX studio closures. Should we start worrying for Ninja Theory (some broad spoilers!) Valve is making a new game, The Last of Us 2 director: Neil Druckmann on AI, Diablo 4 season 4 and more!

0:00 - Intro/The schedule
2:20 - Jupiter Ascending happened
10:10 - Dune part 2
14:00 - The Equalizer
16:50 - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
20:30 - Larian Studios opens a 7th studio
23:30 - IGN buys larger share in games media
37:30 - Leaks~
39:50 - Warhammer 40K
45:20 - Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
1:08:00 - Hellblade 2 spoilers 
1:15:00 - Spoilers end
1:24:40 - Shakeups at Helldivers 2 studio
1:31:00 - The King
1:42:20 - Valve's new game
1:51:30 - Neil Druckmann's AI
2:04:20 - Diablo 4 season 4
2:15:40 - 33 Immortals
3:36:25 - V Rising
2:54:30 - Stellar Blade
2:57:40 - Shoutouts

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Cohh's away so JP and Zeke call upon Jesse Cox and Rami Ismail to educate the masses on the happenings in the games industry. Is the industry actually trending downward? Valve is making a hero shooter, Summer Games Fest is fast approaching, The AI take-over and a shotgun of games we've played!

0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Jesse watches every episode
6:50 - Cohh is on vacation
10:00 - Square Enix restructure & layoffs
16:30 - Update on the industry by Rami
39:00 - Next Call of Duty will be a sub service?
44:00 - Total War: Star Wars
47:25 - Valve getting into Hero Shooters?
52:00 - Alpha vs Beta
1:03:20 - Tesla drops Steam support
1:06:20 - Twitter bots
1:08:05 - Assassin's Creed Shadows
1:30:20 - The Division: Heartland canceled
1:31:20 - Stellaris AI drama & Self-actualization
2:11:00 - The sales
2:21:40 - Summer Game Fest is soon
2:30:00 - Jupiter Ascending
2:51:20 - The games:
        - Exit 8
        - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
        - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
        - Cryptmaster
        - Skald
        - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
        - Destiny 2 The Final Shape
        - Diablo 4
2:57:45 - Shoutouts

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We're back to catch up on the state of the AAA games indus... OH GOD. Everything is on fire! Okay how about the surprise hit Helldi~Oh no! Marvel Rivals also went into Closed Alpha Test this week and we'll tell you all the ways that it's not like Overwatch. Hades 2 amazes, we gush over V Rising, fall into the ANIMAL WELL and more! 

0:00 - The echo
2:00 - The news by Zeke
2:50 - The Helldivers 2 drama
17:55 - Now on to Microsoft
45:00 - More layoffs incoming
59:00 - Switch 2 announcement soon?
1:02:30 - Marvel Rivals controversy
1:17:00 - Playing Marvel Rivals
1:40:15 - EA wants Advertisements inside games
1:50:55 - Hades 2
2:02:00 - ANIMAL WELL
2:15:30 - V Rising 1.0
2:35:00 - HOMM 3
2:46:00 - Stellar Blade
2:49:00 - Dead Island 2
2:52:40 - Another Crab's Treasure
2:53:30 - Little Kitty Big City
2:56:20 - Finishing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:58:40 - Shoutouts

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This week we unpack the crazy announcements that Escape From Tarkov developed Battlestate Games made and the proceeding community backlash, what were they thinking?! Nintendo goes after Garry's Mod, Fallout 4 degen, no Blizzcon this year and Switch 2 will be backwards compatible? Then we get into the newest games of the week - Stellar Blade, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU. Sandland and more! 

0:00 - intro
2:10 - TV Show updates
5:30 - X-Men '97
7:30 - Escape From Scamtov
28:00 - Nintendo going after Garry's Mod/Skibidi Toilet
37:10 - Switch 2 hardware rumors
43:00 - Microsoft wants a new Fallout sooner
49:30 - Fallout 4 next-gen update
55:50 - No Blizzcon in 2024
1:02:40 - Elite Dangerous turning into Star Citizen
1:09:00 - Twitch Subs issue resolved?
1:11:50 - Tiktok banned?
1:13:30 - Stellar Blade
1:37:40 - Zeke plays Boshy again for some reason
1:43:00 - Snowrunner
1:48:10 - Dark Souls 3 Randomizer
1:58:30 - Lords of the Fallen update
2:02:20 - Icarus
2:04:20 - Sandland
2:09:20 - Fallout 76
2:15:40 - Total Warhammer 3
2:17:15 - Bellwright
2:25:30 - Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
2:29:40 - Dead Island 2 comes to Steam
2:36:40 - The Police Mystery
2:40:20 - Shoutouts

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Cohh has had a lot more time to catch up on other visual mediums and we have a lot to say about the newest video game adaptation: Fallout! Keanu Reeves joining the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, Ubisoft locks up Jabba the Hutt & 7 Days to Die enters 1.0 after 12 years of development! We also praise the BAFTA game awards for being exactly what we want for industry award shows. In games we've been playing No Rest for the Wicked, Rise of the Ronin, Planet Crafter and more!

0:00 - Just Dance lore
8:30 - Watching TV
10:00 - Fallout TV series discussion
40:00 - Upcoming video game adaptations
45:00 - Keanu Reeves is playing Shadow the Hedgehog
51:10 - Jabba the Hutt locked up
56:00 - Kingdomcome Deliverance 2
1:05:30 - The BAFTAs
1:13:00 - Hades 2 Technical Test
1:14:00 - 7 Days to Die entering 1.0
1:21:00 - Cities Skylines 2 still busted
1:30:30 - Triple I Showcase
1:40:00 - World of Warcraft FOMO
1:48:00 - Tipping devs?
1:54:10 - No Rest for the Wicked
2:08:00 - Steam Reviews
2:34:00 - Rise of Ronin
2:40:00 - Planet Crafter
2:49:00 - Manor Lords
2:52:30 - Shoutouts

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On the eve of the eclipse we reconvene to chat about the destruction of the games industry (not really!) with new data suggesting new games are being played by an increasing minority of players, Bandai Namco's Harada talks about modern multiplayer games, new info on The Witcher 4 & BAFTA's most iconic video game character! We review Dragon's Dogma 2, play Stellar Blade and more!

0:00 - 109.5 The DF
11:50 - The Eclipse
17:45 - 60% of games played are 6 years old or more.
44:10 - Roku Ads
55:00 - Harada on multiplayer games
1:01:00 - Baldur's Gate 3 popularity explosion
1:05:00 - The Witcher 4
1:12:10 - BAFTA announces their most iconic video game characters
1:19:30 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Review
1:32:10 - DD2 spoilers
1:46:40 - Bioshock Infinite replay
1:57:30 - Stellar Blade demo
2:08:10 - Once Human CBT3
2:24:00 - Content Warning
2:34:00 - Helldivers 2 
2:39:30 - Stardew Valley 1.6
2:51:55 - Shoutouts

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We get demonetized fast this episode as we wish everyone a Happy Easter and debate what Triple I means. We chat about our time with South Park: Snow Day, our reaction to Marvel Rivals, Waffle Houses in Tekken, our continuing travels in Dragon's Dogma 2, Alone in the Dark, Horizon: Forbidden West on PC and more!

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Cohh has returned with tales from his week at GDC! News has also returned from GDC as we learn Larian Studios is done with Baldur's Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons, Ubisoft shows off generative AI & more! We chat about the Apex Legends hack, Riot's MMO resurfaces, Dawntrail gets a release date and then we talk a whole bunch about Dragon's Dogma 2!

0:00 - Frosted tips 5:30 - Bidets 9:30 - TV 12:20 - Cohh went to GDC 31:40 - Larian done with Baldur's Gate 44:50 - Ubisoft AI 54:30 - Will Smith was making a zombie game? 58:50 - APEX Legends hack 1:03:30 - Riot's MMO not set in League of Legends 1:07:40 - FFXIV Dawntrail gets a release date 1:12:00 - Overwatch 2 PVE completely scaled back 1:14:40 - Steam families 1:17:40 - Watch Parties dead on Twitch 1:34:20 - VR 1:36:20 - Dragon's Dogma $2.99 2:02:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 is amazing also 2:42:40 - Alone in the Dark 2:45:00 - Shoutouts

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Cohh is out this week as he makes his way to GDC so joining us this week is Jesse Cox to chat about Tik Tok, a whole bunch of studios being unembraced, PS5 Pro, Summer Games Fest and a whoooooole lot of Final Fantasy!

0:00 - Sweetened iced tea
9:30 - Hotel Zeke
14:30 - Dragon's Dogma nightmare fuel
16:30 - TIK TOK TOE
20:00 - Pig butchering scams
47:00 - Battlefront Classic Collection woes
53:30 - PS5 Pro specs!
57:00 - Summer Game Fest
1:08:00 - Saber Interactive Embraces
1:20:00 - Runescape
1:30:00 - FF7 Rebirth only sell 23k physical copies in Japan
1:33:00 - Palworld 
1:41:00 - Helldivers 2 secrets
1:48:00 - Final Fantasy XVI coming to PC soon
1:50:00 - final Fantasy XIV is too easy?
1:56:00 - theatrythm 
2:19:00 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:25:40 - Dragon's Dogma 2
2:31:00 - Project Zomboid
2:39:30 - Astroneer
2:49:00 - TELEVISION
2:59:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Dan this week to chat about a whole lot of bad and depressing news as the games industry and the streaming industry continue its downward trend. Luckily there are great games to play now and in the near future such as: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2 where we share our nightmare fuel creations from the free character maker Capcom released!

0:00 - The age of Eminem
3:40 - Zeke purrs
11:00 - WB removing all Adult Swim published games
15:30 - WB also doubling down on GaaS despite failures
25:50 - Rooster Teeth shuts down
30:50 - Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away
38:25 - Ghost of Tsushima coming to PC
41:40 - Yuzu and Nintendo settle - Yuzu forced to shutdown
46:45 - Twitch in 2024
1:27:00 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2:07:45 - Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator
2:22:10 - Sons of the Forest
2:52:40 - Supermarket Simulator
2:56:10 - DF Bit: No Rest For The Wicked/Unicorn Overlord
2:58:50 - Shoutouts

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We were not prepared for the amount of good games in the month of February, but here we are! Elden Ring returns with the trailer for its upcoming expansion - Shadow of the Erdtree and surprising no one, it's a banger! Helldivers 2 still continuing to break its peak concurrent player records on Stream, we go down the list of survival games that have released in the last month and so much more!

0:00 - February
5:00 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
13:20 - Suicide Squad under performs
14:20 - Nintendo has no debt
19:50 - PSVR2 getting PC support
23:20 - Helldivers still peaking 
26:00 - Big and small updates
30:40 - Bungie gets a scolding by Sony
33:00 - Names that are fun to say
37:00 - Project L is now 2XKO
42:50 - Gigantic is back?
48:30 - Palworld hits 25 million players
50:20 - Harada on Tekken
54:00 - Lots of games in February
57:20 - Skull & Bones underperformed
58:40 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth reviews
1:01:40 - Balatro
1:11:25 - Pacific Drive
1:38:30 - Nightingale
1:47:15 - Sons of the Forest 1.0
2:05:20 - Last Epoch 1.0
2:38:50 - FF7 Remake replay
2:52:00 - Shoutouts

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Award season is upon us, but for the game industry and content creator industry - We chat about all the big winners at The Streamer Awards and The Dice Awards that took place over the weekend. Helldivers 2 is suffering from success as another megaton weekend stops players from entering the game. Skull & Bones also launched!

0:00 - Democracy 9:10 - The Streamer Awards 37:35 - The DICE Awards 47:50 - Horse Armor in Diablo 4 58:45 - Skull & Bones - The first AAAA game 1:13:40 - The XBOX podcast 1:19:00 - Embraced 1:23:40 - Golden Sun 1:32:24 - Deep Rock Galactic Survivor 1:42:25 - Banishers: Ghosts of Eden 1:52:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:00:00 - The end of February is intense for games 2:09:55 - Halo Season 2 2:11:35 - Shoutouts

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This week we dive into Helldivers 2, a game that has a surprising amount of depth. Then we drop into the news where rumors of XBOX going multiplatform gains traction, Disney puts stake into Epic Games, and take a look at the best selling games of 2023 and much more!

0:00 - Beards
8:30 - Super Bowl
18:15 - Helldivers 2
47:25 - XBOX going multiplatform?
1:01:50 - Disney puts stake into Epic Games
1:08:50 - The first AAAA game by Ubisoft
1:14:20 - Behind the scenes with Deus Ex
1:15:50 - Best selling games in 2023
1:24:20 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo
1:25:10 - Dead Cells ending after 7 years
1:27:10 - Dropped Frames in the news
1:33:40 - Mobile Elden Ring?
1:36:10 - Death Stranding 2 & Kojima
1:50:18 - Steam Next Fest

2:45:35 - Shoutouts

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Twitch updates subscription prices, Cronuts, our thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Is $70 too much to ask for a GaaS? More layoffs & much more! Then the Game Director for Obsidian's Avowed - Carrie Patel, joins us to answer our burning questions for their upcoming RPG!

0:00 - Tangents 5:00 - New Twitch subs 22:00 - Donuts 25:50 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League 42:55 - Too many GaaS 51:00 - Embracer lays off more 55:50 - Palworld sells 12 million copies 1:27:25 - Enshrouded 1:42:50 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 1:52:20 - Granblue Fantasy Relink 2:00:40 - Lightyear Frontier 2:02:05 - Nightingale 2:08:35 - Tekken 8 2:14:30 - CD-ROM-A-THON ends 2:18:00 - Shoutouts for Zeke 2:19:15 - Interview with Carrie Patel, Director of Avowed 2:47:35 - Shoutouts

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Palworld exploded this week topping the Steam charts and selling over 4 million in just under 2 days, but is it uncomfortably close to another creature collecting game? Lethal Company rumored to have sold over 10 million. AGDQ 2024 also happened over the week bringing in over $2.5 million to charity. Zeke's CD-ROM drama, finishing Rogue Trader, and JP finally overcomes Fatalis rounds out this episode!

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It's time to take a look at the 2024 list of games and we realize that this year might be another banger year for game releases. However, despite the games being better than ever, the industry continues to layoff massive percentages of their workforce.

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We've had 3 weeks to deliberate over the games we've enjoyed the most in 2023 and we have reconvened with our TOP choices! This is the most factual and truest list of games you will ever see! 

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The Game Awards has happened and the industry is not very happy. We go over all the critiques and also some positive things we enjoyed at this year's show including all the new game announcements! Grand Theft Auto 6 released their megaton trailer this week, The Day Before (refunds) Twitch shutting down service in South Korea, Lethal Company, LEGO Fortnite. It's all here!

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We go over every TGA nominations which helps us to remember how such an amazing year of video games is almost over. Then we finalize our personal categories for our upcoming GOTY show before ending on brief thoughts for Persona 5 Tactica, Like a Dragon Gaiden & The Talos Principle 2!

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We invite Lore Master Jesse Cox this week to spoil Alan Wake 2 and the wider Remedyverse! After that ( you can skip to 1:36:00 ) we chat about Grand Theft Auto 6 and the culture impact that will have when it's revealed soon. The Golden Joysticks also happened bringing in huge wins for Baldur's Gate 3, A Legend of Zelda film in the works, EGS not profitable and World of Warcraft Hardcore!

0:00 - Steroids 5:00 - Alan Wake 2 spoilercast starts 5:30 - Jesse Cox's thoughts on Alan Wake 2 & Remedy 11:00 - Spoilers properly start 11:30 - Deer 16:20 - Quantum Break 21:00 - Remedyverse 52:00 - Best moments 1:29:50 - Mr. Door 1:36:00 - Spoilers over! 1:38:30 - GTA6 announced soon 1:50:50 - The Golden Joystick awards 2:01:50 - Jesse and the bear story 2:19:00 - The Dark Urge 2:23:10 - A Zelda film 2:29:00 - XBOX partners with AI company 2:36:20 - Epic Game Store still not profitable 2:38:50 - Steam Deck OLED & Steam Deck 2 2:40:00 - World of Warcraft - Post BlizzCon 2:44:20 - Cohh in WoW Hardcore 2:52:10 - Shoutouts

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Another month another game dev laying off a large percentage of their workforce; this time Bungie steps up to the plate. After that we go over the rocky keynotes of BlizzCon 2023 where things seem to be a transitional phase to whatever comes next. The boys have been dabbling in simulcasting on YouTube (Not Cohh) and discuss the pros and cons. Then we get into the games!

0:00 - Horror Month 10:00 - Being sick 16:20 - Massive Bungie layoffs 27:00 - Blizzcon 2023 31:50 - World of Warcraft: The War Within 44:00 - Modern Warfare 3 horrible 54:00 - Simulcasting 1:22:20 - Alan Wake 2 1:52:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:01:50 - RoboCop 2:11:00 - Stray Souls 2:20:50 - Skull Island: Rise of Kong 2:40:55 - For The King 2 2:47:00 - The Police Mystery 2:54:00 - FFXIV x Fall Guys 2:56:30 - Shoutouts

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Zeke is out this week as the ConVID as taken him and many others this week after a brief jaunt through Vegas for TwitchCon! Taking up the mantle for the week is GassyMexican to chat about all the new info coming out of TwitchCon! Then we get into possibly another Game of the Year contender: Alan Wake 2!

0:00 - Ghost Cohh 2:20 - What happens in Vegas 5:40 - TwitchCon 41:30 - Twitch CEO 53:00 - Stories 57:00 - Stream Together 1:10:00 - Twitch Alerts 1:11:30 - Chat warnings 1:15:00 - Twitch embeds 1:21:25 - Simulcasting 1:30:20 - Pete Hinds retiring 1:32:40 - Star Citizen: Squadron 42... Looks good? 1:37:00 - Capcom thriving 1:39:30 - Skull & Bones... Delayed again? 1:41:00 - XBOX Partner Showcase 1:44:00 - Alan Wake 2 1:59:40 - City Skylines 2 2:03:50 - Paradox parts ways with Hairbrained Schemes 2:04:20 - Lords of the Fallen 2:08:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:12:10 - Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2:29:20 - Endless Dungeon 2:33:30 - Cohh producing a game 2:43:30 - Shoutouts

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We return after a week off to chat about the deluge of good and bad news and try to stay positive about the industry we all love. More mass layoffs, is the PS5 slim a scam and in some good news John Riccitiello leaves Unity & Bobby Kotick leaves Activision after the merger goes through with Microsoft, yay? We swoon over Lies of P, lament over Lords of the Fallen & chat about all the Steam Next Fest games we've played! 

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Rami Ismail returns! And you know what that means - More news of devs getting decimated by an increasingly unsustainable games industry! Also Jim Ryan retiring from Playstation, Kamiya leaving Platinum Games, SAG-AFTRA targets AAA game publishers. Games talked about: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cocoon & many more!

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Tokyo Games Show happened this weekend and with it came a ton of new info on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2, Like a Dragon 8 & surprisingly tons more! But first updates on Unity v Games Industry as well as a massive ton of XBOX leaks this week!

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We're joined by Rami Ismail this week to get to the bottom of the Unity changes that were announced last week and what that ultimately means for educators, hobbyists and developers big and small. We also check our hype levels for the upcoming changes and expansion to Cyberpunk 2077. We've also played the bonkers Mortal Kombat 1 & the soulslike Lies of P!

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The crew is back together after braving the elements in the desert and space to have an in-depth conversation about the pros and cons of Starfield after a substantial amount of timing playing it! Also is the Switch 2 right around the corner? More Skull & Bones woes, E3 not happening again maybe, and a whole lot more!

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Cohh is traveling through space and Zeke is (hopefully!) doing alright out in Burning Man this week so JP brought in some ringers: DansGaming & Strippin to chat about our time with Starfield. Then we get into some news with Final Fantasy XVI announcing 2 new DLCs, DOTA 2 punishing smurf accounts, PS+ going up in price, Volition shutting down, SAG-AFTRA expanding their strike to the games industry and more!

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Zeke is out this week and filling in for him are DansGaming and Strippin! Who all coincidentally have finished Baldur's Gate 3 and we give our final thoughts on the game that making waves for the last month! Then we get into all the exciting info from GamesCom and the next Destiny 2 expansion. TennoCon also happened over the weekend and with it brought new info on Warframe and their new game: Soulframe. Then we give impressions on Skull & Bones, Armored Core 6 & Immortals of Aveum!

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Most of us are still deep into trying to finish Baldur's Gate 3 before the next wave of big games graces our PC screens such as: Armored Core VI and Starfield. The latter of which has gone gold 3 weeks ahead of launch! Of course that comes with some hilarious drama as well. In news: Dark and Darker is back maybe? notoriously delayed Skull and Bones gets a closed beta test, Alan Wake 2 gets delayed a week and Geoff Keighley is back with Gamescom's Opening Night Live this Tuesday!

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The boys are joined by fellow adventurer DansGaming this week to finally have a chat about Baldur's Gate 3! Is it too good? Should it be the base line for AAA games going forward? Is that fair to other developers? Is Starfield okay? We answer all these quests and more on this week's episode!

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It's a busy weekend with two fan conventions happening at the same time: Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest & Path of Exile's ExileCon! Announcing a new expansion for the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail as well as a ton of new info for the long-awaited Path of Exile 2. In other news Project L gives an update ahead of EVO 2023, Ubisoft cancels projects, there's weird drama with Armored Core VI! Games this week: The Expanse: A Telltale Game, Punc Club 2, Unholy & more!

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Swen Vincke the Founder/CEO of Larian Studios returns this week on the eve of their huge game: Baldur's Gate 3 launching! We have tons of questions and so does the community and we get to most of them! After the interview we get to some small tidbits of news: The Overwatch League on the precipes of ending, everyone raging at Diablo 4 & more. Games this week: Remnant 2, Viewfinder, Coreborn and... Everquest?

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We're joined by Twitch's Mike Minton and Tom Verilli to chat about where Twitch is going, upcoming features and whether Twitch is still a creator first platform. Then with the FTC court case against Microsoft buying ABK in the past; Sony strikes a deal to keep Call of Duty on the plaform. Bungie sets legal precedent after winning court case against a serial harrasser of one of their employees. We also get into some games with Exoprimal, Jagged Alliance 3 & Decarnation! 

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This is a heavy news week with TwitchCon Paris 2023 bringing in a surprising amount of new features to the platform. Ubisoft Swatter gets off lightly in France. Co-Creator of Sonic the Hedgehog - Yuji Naka - Sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for insider trading. Overwatch 2 dropping PvE again? Or not? Diablo 4 unveils its season content. Street Fighter 6 sells over 2 million units and much more!

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We reminisce about 8 years of Dropped Frames this week and we're prepared for another 8 years! Twitter is a mess (again) Will there be a TwitchCon Paris in the middle of protests and riots? Spanish streamer Ibai breaks all records with 3.44 concurrent viewers, Baldur's Gate 3 releasing a month early (whew!) Final Fantasy XVI sells 3 million in its first week! Plus our thoughts on Dave the Diver, the new Conan Exiles expansion: Art of War, Mars First Logistics and much more!

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It's Cohh's birthday today and it's time to get HYPE with Twitch's new Supercha - Hype Chat features! Twitch also rolled out a new dashboard homepage that seems good but needs some more time to cook. Phil Spencer admits they bought Bethesda to keep Starfield off of Playstation. Meanwhile Starfield might not have a physical edition at all? The Nintendo Direct gives us Elephant Mario, Zeke has a ton of demos to tell us about and JP and Cohh have been loving Final Fantasy XVI! 

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A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks in the streaming world and we couldn't wait until Sunday to talk about it! xQc's $100 million contract with Gambling/Crypto streaming site Kick, Amouranth's $30 million contract, what's actually going on? We break it down and wonder if Kick is a true competitor to Twitch or a drop in the bucket. Then we take a moment to gush over the Final Fantasy XVI demo, Lies of P and more! 

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Summer Games Fest is right around the corner so we go over our expectations, wants & our schedule for all the upcoming events throughout the month of June. Of course this is also the month of non-stop gaming and we're busy just trying to keep up with all the bangers like Street Fighter 6, Stasis: Bone Totem, and of course Diablo IV. There's no time for sleep! 

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The Playstation Showcase happened this last week and... We were whelmed. Are the rumors of Sony holding back true? Is Bungie reviving Marathon a good idea? Diablo IV is fast approaching but not before putting out many drama fires before the game launches this weekend! Then we get into the games: The Outlast Trials, Texas Chainsaw Massacre & many more!

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We're joined by Gothalion this week to nerd out about the latest Zelda game: Tears of the Kingdom and it might be the greatest game he's played in a decade. But first we discuss Overwatch removing their planned PvE mode in favor of more live service features... What's happening at Blizzard? There's a reportedly HUGE Playstation Showcase this coming week and we check our hype levels. Then, a little dab of Darkest Dungeon 2 salt to round off this week!

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Redfall came out last week to much of the disdain of pretty much everyone. Is the game as bad as people say it is? We take stock of the next couple of months in games, including summer game events. Kotaku fights back at Nintendo's blacklisting them. CS:GO hits an all time high in concurrent players. Are we hyped for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Is Bramble scary? All that and much more on this week's episode!

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A percentage of this show is dedicated to how fast Star Wars Jedi Survivor came in hot with not insignificant number of players experience horrible performance for an otherwise good game. The other part is dedicated to extreme game sales for Little Nightmares and Honkai Star Rail, our hype levels for Armored Core VI, Earthbound, Xenoblade & more!

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We use this week to catch-up the games we've been playing and the games we will be playing soon. First we talk about the blue checks, the origin of Blender porn, Zeke has a secret admirer, Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6, Dead Island 2 and more!

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We're joined by special guest Rami Ismail this week to chat about the need for an games industry gathering that is developer focused, AI in video games and... The universe is a simulation? Honkai: Star Rail tops 10 million in pre-downloads alone, the validity of gacha games. Then in new Nexon sues Dark and Darker devs IronMace, Redfall locked at 30 fps on consoles, our stunned reactions to Zelda and Final Fantasy XVI & much more.

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E3 2023 is cancelled possibly forever! Should we be surprised? The rest of the week didn't have much more positive news as Dark and Darker gets delisted on Steam, The Last of Us Part 1 PC Port is a pile of poo, gamers harass Ada Wong VA off social media and Multiversus shuts down their open beta. In the back half we talk about Contraband Police, our thoughts on the Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dredge & more!

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New Dad & BFF of Vanilla Ice: DatModz joins us to really get into the weeds with the latest Diablo IV beta! How does it stack up to other modern ARPG games? Is it too easy? Will the game have longevity? Then we take a long deep-dive in the current state of Twitch with the recent announcement of Emmett Shear resigning from CEO and the news of the company laying off 400 employees.

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We're joined by SkillUp this week to chat about creating content on YouTube in 2023, the dichotomy of being a gamer and a critical reviewer and the infamous Cyberpunk review! Cohh has been playing Last Epoch and enjoying it, but can it last in a post Diablo 4 world? JP and SkillUp finished the newest Destiny 2 raid and the community is going wild. Jim Ryan just wants to see the Microsoft & Activision merger to fail. Suicide Squad gets delayed again. More info on the RPG/JRPG discourse and so much more!

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Ezekiel_III is out this week so we're joined by special guests DansGaming & first-timer Sequisha to chat about moustaches and poutine. We also check our hype levels for the upcoming Diablo 4 beta and our time with Wo Long, the new Destiny 2 expansion, Octopath Traveler 2 & more!

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Gothalion joins us this week to chat about Power Stone 2 and the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion: Lightfall! Playstation also had a pretty big State of Play this past week and with it brought new characters in Street Fighter 6, another look at Resident Evil 4 as well as a bunch of VR games. However, it also brought an in-depth look at Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and plethora of Gear Score, Battle Passes and more GAAS staples and the internet is FURIOUS! Are consumers revolting against live service games? Sons of the Forest, Octopath Traveler 2, Atomic Heart & more are also on the docket!

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Twitch rolls out some good changes and tests some bad changes this week with some much needed changes to info visibility and stream title links and then decided to try out Twitch ad skins, yikes! We have some TwitchCon 2023 dates and wonder if we're too old for conventions? Big shake-ups at XCOM, Civilization dev Firaxis, Multiversus loses 99% of the userbase on Steam. Like a Dragon: Isshin, Return is on PC, Theatrhythm, and a long discussion on Wild Hearts vs. Monster Hunter are all on the docket as well!

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It's demo week over here on Dropped Frames as another Steam Next Fest drops another 1000 demos of upcoming games; big and small! But first there was a pretty major Nintendo Direct to comb through including building in the new Zelda? Is that enough to warrant a $70 price tag? Cohh got a chance to play the new action combat game Wanted: Dead. JP played demos for Sea of Stars and Octopath Traveller 2 and much more!

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It's a games heavy episode this week as we go through some of the games we've played over the last month including: Chained Echoes, Against the Storm, Steamworld Build, Deliver Us Mars and many more! But first we have a long discussion on AI, the growing list of game delays and GAAS games ending. Also is The Day Before a real game? All that and more! 

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We're joined by DansGaming this week to talk about Twitch dropping a massive blog post on the future of the platform and what to expect in the coming months, are they changes for the better? Then we chat about the changes to Dead Space Remake, the controversal Forspoken, some old school CDROM games, and possible GOTY contender in the surprise hit: Hi-Fi Rush!

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The industry seems to be on fire this week with massive layoffs, cancellations & horrible PR gaffes. So who better to walk us through all of this horrible news than indie game developer/pilot Rami Ismail! We also go over some light-hearted news such as the massive changes coming to Destiny 2, Rami's 2022 GOTY list & more!

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Captain BurkeBlack is here to chat about Skull & Bones getting delayed (again) Ubisoft imploding, tabletop gaming and a whole lot of Warhammer 40K lore. Awesome Games Done Quick also concluded this week, bringing a massive $2.5 million to charity. Dungeons & Dragon/Magic the Gathering creator: Wizards of the Coast are in the negative PR hole with some bone headed adjustments to their licensing. ECO roleplaying, Company of Heroes 3, and Chained Echoes are also on the docket!

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2023 is here and it's time to get hyped about all the upcoming games (potentially) releasing this year! Fire Emblem Engage, STALKER 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6 and MUCH more! This is looking to be a stacked year.

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Fútbol & Twitter is ending and we have mixed feelings. John Carmack leaves Meta & Oculus. The Game Awards continues to gain viewership, the Diablo IV drama reignites, Metzen surprisingly returns to World of Warcraft & more! Plus our thoughts on High on Life, Dark and Darker, the latest Street Fighter VI beta, SIGNALIS (finally.) and an appearance from the GOAT: Jesus Christ!

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Cohh is sick this week so we get right to it with the news of the week! FTC vs Microsoft, Dwarf Fortress surpassing expectations on Steam and what we thought of The Game Awards 2022. Cohh got a sneak peak at Owlcat's Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Alpha. Zeke has been playing Metal Gear Solid 4 plus our thoughts on Forspoken & Marvel's Midnight Suns. Then we get into our big spoliercast discussion of God of War Ragnarok!

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With Zeke away, we're joined by returning guest GoldenBoy and first time guest Jirard The Completionist this week to chat about trying to run a TV channel and what went right and what went wrong at the now defunct G4TV. In the back half we weigh in on the increasingly wild mess that is Nintendo throwing a cease & desist at the Smash World Tour that was holding their main event just weeks before having to cancel. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is actually fun, The Callisto Protocol is a mess, Marvel SNAP is ruining lives & more!

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It's that time of the year where we look back at all the games release and make them fight amongst each other for the award of which game is the best game of the year! We go through all the nominees, wonder why Sifu is there and why Vampire Survivors isn't there and contemplate the war between juggernauts: Elden Ring & God of War Ragnarok. In the back half we go through some of the games we've been playing and haven't yet discussed!

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We're joined by Twitch-staff-turned-game-dev djWheat this week to chat about the reasons he ultimately left Twitch and a very candid account of the behind-the-scenes friction that occurred during his time. Then we look to the future, where is the platform heading, what lessons can it learn from its past & much more!

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We're joined by JERICHO this week to get an early preview of what the new DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is... And it's sounding pretty rough. Mick Gordon breaks silence on what actually happened between him and id Software over DOOM: Eternal plus some CS:GO Majors drama happened. Then in the back half we talk about all God of War: Ragnarok, (don't worry there are no spoilers!) & continue to speculate Shroud's announcement tease from last week!

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We return with a guest this week! Shroud joins us to catch up with his time away from Twitch and his current outlook on streaming as a career path. Then we get technical with PC hardware and player performance in games, how we tackle burn out and more! In the second half we finally chat about Gotham Knights, check in with the state of Overwatch 2 and FPS games in general then move in to some Kojima as well as Dave the Diver and a cheeky look at mobile shooter GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE!

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Twitch CMOz Mike Minton joins JP, Zeke & GassyMexican to chat about the worries of monetizing, the overabundance of advertisements on the platform, the 50/50 creator split and much more! Then in the second half we chat about the return of Silent Hill, remasters vs. remakes with Resident Evil 4, the Warhammer 40k Darktide beta, Gotham Knights and more!

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TwitchCon was this week and... They didn't announce much of anything and we lament if there's a long-term future for Twitch as a platform. Meanwhile Overwatch 2 had a rocky launch, Overwatch Porn banned?! God of War 2 goes gold, Kojima teasing new game. In the back half Steam Next Fest demos, our Grounded review & a discussion on the Street Fighter 6 closed beta!

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We return after a very eventful September to chat... About September! Twitch wins streamers over with their new revenue split. Chat gets elevated. Twitch announces a bunch of new stuff to cover up the bad press. TwitchCon leaks. In the second half we chat about all the games not coming out! Cyberpunk gets a new lease on life. Overwatch 2's obtuse battle pass. EVGA drops partnership with NVIDIA & much more!

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We're back after an extended break due to poor health and bad injuries, is Zeke to blame? This week the consolidation of video games continues with Embracer Group scooping up more studios and IP. Even more game delays however tons happening this week including Gamescom. Is anyone going to TwitchCon?! And much more!

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Twitch rolled out their Shared Banned List feature over the week, but is it everything we wanted? We have some suggestions. Then the grift continues as Square Enix launches their NFT project. Minecraft bans NFTs using their game. Lebron James joins Multiversus. Then in the back half we talk about the cat game that's all the rage: Stray. RPing in The Forest. Madison & more!

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KingGothalion returns to Twitch after 3 years abroad and he returns to recount his tales from his time away from the platform. We chat about the reason for leaving, the state of the industry, and all of the Twitch metas missed over his time away. After the break, we chat about the new features coming to Twitch from their TwitchCon EU keynote as well as major shake ups in the world of Warframe!

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Streamers leaving Twitch, streamers returning to Twitch; a tale as old as time. We discuss what each platform offers to live streamers before getting into the news! After the break we chat about Rumbleverse, Neon White and more!

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Maximilian_DOOD joins JP and Cohh this week to talk all about the future of Summer Games Fest, E3 & fighting games, including a possible megaton rumor dropping this EVO? After that we head into the spoiler zone for some huge BIG BRAIN Final Fantasy 7 Reunion/Rebirth speculation. After that Twitch is rolling out a bunch of new features including a shared global ban list. After that we get Max's thoughts on DNF Duel and more!

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Cohh is one year older and he has a lot to say about TikTok, Motorcycles & Minecraft! FromSoft is almost finished with their new product, Heroes of Newerth shuts down after 12 years, a long discussion on the merits of therapy and in the back half - Raft, Hollow Knight, Dread Daddy & The Quarry!

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We discuss two big announcements that happened last week: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & the announcement of Dragon's Dogma 2 at their respective anniversary streams. Then we get into the CONTROVERSY with companies screwing over their own employees as well as other streamers. Then in the second half we dive into all of the demos of Steam Next Fest including: Cult of the Lamb, Metal Hellsinger, Signalis, and much more!

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There was a Playstation: State of Play this week that showed off many highly anticipated games such as Resident Evil 4 Remake, Final Fantasy XVI & Street Fighter 6 just to name a few. But the real story of the week is Diablo Immortal being PAY-2-WIN! In the second half we go over all the gaming events happening over the coming week and we're EXCITED!

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Sony's making TV shows about their Playstation games. Morbius testing the lines of DMCA on Twitch. Raven Software QA Unionizes. So much to discuss this week on top of the tons of games we've check out this week!

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Gambling is growing in popularity on Twitch, is that a good thing? We also wonder what the rest of the year is looking like in terms of video game releases. Then in the second half we talk about Twitch ads, Vtubers & V Rising!

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We're back after an extended hiatus on some space rocks. We catch up on some news we've missed including Bethesda delays, Square Enix selling their Western division and ABK developing an ill advised internal diversity tool. In the second half we wonder why Master Chief is down bad, How much is new in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, and fight some Cultists in Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate.

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On a rare bit of Sunday news: Kingdom Hearts 4 was just revealed today! But first we're joined by Rami Ismail to chat about the cancelation of E3 and what that means for the future. We also dive into the absurd amount of NFTs being hawked at GDC this year (while dodging COVID) In the second half we get into more Activision Blizzard woes and then have a Kirby moment.

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Happy April! We go through all the extremely funny goofs from April Fools Day like E3 2020 getting canceled! Then we daydream about future Dropped Frames guests, wonder about the underwhelming Playstation Plus news. Try to figure out what a Fallout TV show would be, Twitch flubs, then travel to the Weird West & more!

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We're back after a week off! In the first half we talk about Texas and taxes before moving into the news of Playstation possibly having huge news this week (three in fact!) then we get into Ghostwire Tokyo, Strangers of Paradise & Tiny Tina's Wonderlands!

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It's award season this weekend as we discuss the first (annual?) Streamer Awards, but also the Video Game Accessibility Awards & the SXSW Game Awards all on the same day. Sony had a short State of Play this week and Capcom is making a not-Dino Crisis co-op game. The Domina dev took too much of something. Then in the back half we have a discussion around FOMO in Lost Ark as well as Zeke's Indies!

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We take an even longer time discussing our further adventures in the world of Elden Ring and still come away gushing about most aspects of the game, though we do have some criticisms. Then in the second half we talk about the troubled launch of Babylon's Fall, how ELEX 2 fairs in 2022 & much more!

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This week JP & Zeke are joined by DansGaming & Kahlief Adams from Spawn On Me to chat all about male pattern baldness and White Castle. Then we get into some news with the DICE Awards, Street Fighter 6, a new Pokemon game already? In the second half it's nothing but our love of Elden Ring with a very LONG discussion.

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This week Cohh moved into his new office which leads into a very technical discussion about streaming. Then we get into the news! Which are a bunch of patch notes for Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3, No Man's Sky and the future of Final Fantasy XIV! After the break we go ALL in on the new Horizon: Forbidden West.

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A large Nintendo Direct happened this week and we discuss mouthful mode as well as a new Xenoblade Chronicles game (!!!) Then Cohh rants for about 40 minutes on the ending to Dying Light 2. After the break we go in-depth on Lost Ark: What is it? Is it pay-to-win?

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We're in the hectic month of February, with multiple games releasing every week! We've all played Dying Light 2, how does it fare against DL1 and other open world games? Then in the Second half we give our early impressions of Sifu, a very technical fighter roguelite getting mixed reviews for its difficulty... We also try to find time to check out the newest Path of Exile league & more!

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BurkeBlack joins us this week to show us his amazing stream setup and their crazy in depth Eco roleplay server they setup this month. But first we check our hype for the games of February including Total Warhammer 3. Atari destroying the brand with NFT lootboxes. Ubisoft says nobody understands Ubisoft Quartz. Zeke chases his white whale. JP tries Pokemon & Cohh refreshes for the upcoming gaming onslaught.

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Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for an astronomical sum of cash. We go through what we're excited for and what we're worried about from the industry shaking news. Is E3 canceled forever? How are Tifa's poll numbers in Italy? Then we get into some games: Expedition: Rome, Project: Zomboid and... GEX?

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Rami joins us this week as we take a trip down memory lane and take a look back at the 299 episodes that came prior to this one. Then we get into some news such as Take-Two buying Zynga, Inscryption doing VERY well, a revealing Phil Spencer interview. AGDQ breaking records. The continued NFT discourse. Cohh's thoughts on God of War PC and more!

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We weigh in on the current TV and Anime meta ongoing on Twitch after Pokimane got banned and Hasan got a DMCA strike. Why it's happening and how it affects everyone on the platform. CES 2022 also happened this week where the Playstation VR 2 was announced! Then we get into Cohh's cozy game streams featuring Noita and Wasteland 3 as well as Zeke's on-going CD-Rom-A-Thon!

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Our first show of 2022 and what better way to celebrate 2022 then to rank our favorite games of 2021! What surprises await in Zeke's list? How highly will Cohh rate Pathfinder? Will Endwalker end JP? Let's find out together!

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We get deep into the NFT hole after S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 announces and then quickly rolled back their NFT announcement meanwhile Ubisoft doubles down. Tencent acquires Back4Blood devs Turtle Rock Studio. Hades wins a Hugo Award & The hunt for an Elden Ring CE. JP and Cohh have a spoiler discussion of Halo: Infinite. Heavenly Bodies is stupid fun. Cohh's continued journey through Endwalker. Zeke sings in One Hand Clapping and much more!

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We made an executive decision on the spot and decided that Sundays will be our new show day! We then lock down our Game of the Year categories for our GOTY show on January 2, 2022 @1PM ET before moving on to the depressing news of the week such as ABK still on fire after a walk-out and a union busting e-mail, Sony exec fired after a sting operation exposed him and more. Then we spend the rest of the time gushing about Lost Judgement, Halo: Infinite & Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker!

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We have an announcement: We're moving to Sundays 1PM ET starting January 2, 2022 with our GOTY episode! The big news this week in the streamer world is Ludwig leaving Twitch for YouTube! What does that mean for the two competing streaming platforms and for other streamers and even viewers? Meanwhile Twitch is rolling out new tools to combat ban evasions. On the gaming side Zeke has been addicted to Teamfight Tactics, Cohh has caught up to FFXIV: Endwalker, JP finished The Ruined King & much more!

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Cohh returns to catch us up on the life of a chicken owner, and also being a father. Then we weird story of Streamlabs as well as the bombshell investigation into Activision Blizzard & Bobby Kotick by the Wall Street Journal. We predict the winners of The Game Awards 2021 that are 100% correct. Then we talk about League of Legends lore, the surprise drop of Halo Infinite multiplayer and much more!

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The Elden Ring embargos are up so Maximilian joins us this week to chat all about it! What's different about Elden Ring compared to previous FROM Software souls games? What's the same? What's the deep lore on beach crabs? All that and more! Then in the back half we get in to the news of the week, streaming tech, as well as some of the other games we've been playing!

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Reporting in from England, GassyMexican joins JP and Zeke to contrast and compare various regional upscale supermarkets and convenience stores. Then we talk about the unexpectedly great Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy as well as the recently-released-into-early-access: Darkest Dungeon 2 and much more!

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Skinnedteen & Devolver Digital's SeriouslyClara join Zeke and JP to have a show all about indie games like the recently released Inscryption from Pony Island dev: Daniel Mullins. But first Elden Ring is delayed, God of War announced for PC, Persona 5 Royal rumors for Switch & Steam?! We also have lengthy discussions over the word "influencer" and what defines an Indie game in 2021.

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Maximilian_DOOD & JERICHO join us this week to talk about the Twitch leak that was all the rage last week. Then we get into a more in-depth review of New World and if it can last passed the initial release. Maximilian GUSHES over Metroid Dread and might be a GOTY contender for him, then lots of talk of Battlefield 2042 and the FPS competition this winter with CoD: Vanguard & Halo Infinite + more!

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Rami and Dodger join us this week to get right to the bottom of Hello Kitty. We then react to the ridiculous casting for the upcoming animated Mario movie & have a competition over IGN's GOAT tournament. Then we talk about Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Deathloop, and our first impressions of the MMO New World + more!

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Cohh is out on baby watch for a few weeks but we tagged in some ringers as JERICHO and GassyMexican join JP and Zeke for a catch-up on last week's Playstation Showcase. A bunch of rumored upcoming game delays are on the horizon, but which ones? Let the speculation begin! Then we get into our impressions on Deathloop, Life is Strange: True Colors, the Icarus beta, Tales of Arise and much more!

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The big Playstation Showcase happens tomorrow (from the time of this upload) and there are surprisingly very little credible leaks coming out of the event. We try to make some educated guesses on what could possibly be shown (or not shown) before getting into how great Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is!

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We explain why Twitch streamers are in protest and how Twitch is failing them. Meanwhile, large Twitch streamers: Dr. Lupo and TimTheTatMan leave the platform for YouTube Gaming. After that we get into our glowing reviews of Psychonauts 2, our thoughts on the betas for Riders Republic & Icarus and much more!

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DansGaming joins us again for a stacked episode of games! But first Cohh has a lot of thoughts on the new Cyberpunk 2077 patch. Outriders devs don't know how much the game sold, our reactions to Pokemon Legends! We've been playing Voidtrain, Humankind, a bunch of mobile games (???) as well and much more!

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Every few hours there seems to be another damning story about the work environment surrounding Activision Blizzard, we go through the timeline of events and wonder if they could even recover. New World delayed (again) and we go over the EA Play & Annapurna recent announcements. Then the games we've been playing!

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Strippin joins this week to give us some fresh perspectives on new games, because the rest of us haven't done much in a week! But first we talk about the updates to the new Twitch policies regarding DMCA! New Emotes! New World bricking GPUs, and much more!

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Zeke took a 3 day "vacation" this last weekend AKA getting banned from Twitch. So he had a lot of free time to go outside and enjoy life. However, this opened up conversations about the lack of consistency with how Twitch handles bans. JP plays the DLC to Fire Emblem: Three Houses and it's hard! Cohh tried out a few games, but Final Fantasy XIV is all he can think about!

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We're back with a very "normal" episode and teach you how to load a horse properly. Twitch has new follower & animated emotes. The pros/cons of the recent Twitch x Final Fantasy XIV collab event, Magic Legends shutting down before releasing. EFT has a new patch and wipe, Zeke has played a ton of great indie games, Cohh has played SCARLET NEXUS, and JP is back into Fire Emblem.

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In the first half, we chat about the latest news bits and rumors possibly a Dead Space remake? Then our impressions on Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, Ratchet & Clank and a charcuterie of demos from Steam Next Fest such as Death Trash and Terra Nil! Then XBOX's Phil Spencer joins us for a candid interview of all things XBOX, Game Pass & Snowboarding.

BREAKING NEWS: Phils loves to shred.

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We're back with a normal episode of Dropped Frames! We catch-up on some smaller news bits including more CDPR drama, the Steam Next Fest & ID@XBOX began offering first look demos on a ton of upcoming video games and much more. Then we get into the games we've gone through including The Last Spell, FF7R Intergrade (no spoilers!) Ratchet & Clank and many more!

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E3 is imminent and who better to chat with than Rami Ismail? We go through each and every event planned over the next few days, what we expect, what we want, and obviously what we don't want!

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DeeJayKnight joins us this week to give us the lowdown on what Elite Dangerous is and the new expansion that just released: Odyssey. But first Twitch clarified their policy on advertisements and particularly hot tub streams. They also rolled out a new stream tagging system that seems awesome but may be wide open to abuse. Afterwards we get the rundown on Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, our first impressions of Biomutants, and Mass Effect: Legendary Edition!

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Dan S. Gaming joins us on a very contentious week on Twitch. We dive into Twitch rolling out localized subscription prices. Continuing the Twitch news: Twitch demonetized popular streamer: Amouranth's ad revenue with zero communication. After that we get to the games: Subnautica Below Zero, Dan's thoughts on Returnal and Resident Evil Village, Zeke has been playing Demon's Souls for PS5, JP & Cohh are HYPED for Guilty Gear Strive! And much more!

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Maximilian_DOOD joins us this week to bring us to Galaxy Brain Level 5 as we breakdown what actually happened in Returnal! But first: Playstation 5 supplies continue to be low, AAA games moving away from single-player games? Then we get into Resident Evil Village and why it may be the best RE game despite not being as scary as RE7. Also Guilty Gear Strive and how its netcode may reach a wider audience not yet seen in the FGC space.

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GassyMexican joins us this week to deep dive into the Apple vs. Epic Games trial currently happening as well as the behind-the-scenes information that it has given us about Sony. Then we do a non-spoilery review of Returnal; a game that we enjoy considerably. NieR: Replicant, Oddworld, and Cohh and Gassy sell JP and Zeke on Chivalry 2 plus much more!

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This week NorthernLion joins us to discuss the new expansion for Binding of Isaac and how an 8 year old game stays so fresh! Then in the back-half we react to the recent news of Jeff Kaplan's (from the Overwatch team!) sudden departure from Blizzard as well as the recent controversies surrounding Path of Exile over the weekend. Cohh has a revelation about Warhammer, and we dig in to some more indies!

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This week Path of Exile expert: Zizaran joins us to go deep into the Path of Exile 2 reveal as well as all the wild changes coming in the new league: Ultimatum! There may also be some comparisons with Diablo 2: Resurrected, a game everyone has also played recently! Then we get in to some news and even more games we've played in the last week!

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Rami Ismail returns this week to answer the question: "Do we still need an E3 in 2021?" Then we get in to our thoughts on Outriders and its rocky launch weekend. Is Disco Elysium a visual novel? Monster Hunter Rise is the best Monster Hunter game and much more!

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Our 4th chair, JERICHO, returns as we catch-up on all the news we've missed over the last couple of weeks. Including the Square Enix presentation! Then we get in to the massive amounts of games we've been playing such as DOOM Eternal, the new Fall Guys season, Valorant, Tarkov and many more (like a lot more!)

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Danny O'Dwyer joins us for the first half this week as he tells us about the behind-the-scenes goings on at NoClip and where they fit in the current games media landscape. In the second half we try to understand the wild drama surrounding Nacom, Frogware and their game "The Sinking City." as well as the news that Dragon Age will NOT be a GAAS (Yes!) We also dive in with our early thoughts on Outriders and a new indie game called Loop Heroes!

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Lots of news this week as the original Twitch Dad: Sips_ Joins itmeJP, CohhCarnage & Ezekiel_III. Blizzconline happened last week and we discuss our lukewarm reaction to it. Then Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodline got massively delayed then some breaking news: Anthem is dead! Yikes. Then we get in to the games: Persona 5 Strikers, Nuts, Graveyard Keeper + Much more!

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We check out the newest Baldur's Gate 3 update from Larian Studios. There are cows, there are laughs, and a sentient fire ball! Then after that, we briefly chat about Valheim and JP's time with GTA RP - NoPixel 3.0!

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Alex "GoldenBoy" Mendez joins us to give us the low down on why he's not a financial advisor. Then we get in to CDPR getting ransomed, WB Games patenting a gameplay mechanic, and wonder if EA is finally going to pull the plug on Anthem. Zeke has been playing Dungeon Siege to close out his marathon, and Cohh and GoldenBoy go deep in to their love of Valheim!

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Rami Ismail joins us to give us his thoughts on the current events within the gaming world, such as Stadia shuttering their internal game development studios before even making a game. We also talk about The Dig, The Medium, Mass Effect Remaster and much more!

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Lots of news this week! Gamestop soaring in stocks, leaving Hedge Funds malding. After that we get in to the mixed messaging of Twitch bans as well as some good news in how emotes are uploaded. Then we get in to some games such as Path of Exile, Nioh 2 on PC, Hitman 3, as well as American McGee's Alice + more!

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CDPR is on another apology binge amidst more lawsuits over the state of Cyberpunk 2077. Then we move directly in to the new Path of Exile league and why it's the best league for new, returning and veteran players. Then Zeke goes to retro space in Space Quest IV + much more!

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There's a lot of drama surrounding a Twitch Emote this week as we dig deep into the why. After that we get in to the new Path of Exile expansion/League "Echoes Of The Atlas," Stardew Valley 1.5, accidental TK in Tarkov, and trying to run CD-ROM games. All that and more on a shatteringly good episode of Dropped Frames!

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We look to the immediate future in video games and check the 2021 release schedule. Then we move in to Capcom's new content creation guidelines before digging in to Escape From Tarkov and Zeke's 3rd Annual CD-ROM-a-thon!

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This is it! Our definitive list of video games for the year 2020 are here. Just in time for 2021!

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Shorter normal episode today because of the Twitch Town Hall. We go over some of the announcements from The Game Awards last week, then we go over our general thoughts of the controversial Cyberpunk 2077 (expect a spoilercast soon!)

Our Twitch Town Hall commentary: https://youtu.be/sxwzoE0w_PY

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The Annual Dropped Frames Community GOTY Vote is back! VOTE NOW: itme.JP/2020

No guest? No problem! This week we catch-up on all the games we've been playing for the last few weeks. Zeke goes deep in to Bugsnax, Cohh has finished Yakuza Like A Dragon, Demon's Souls, World of Warcraft, Games, games, and more games!

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We're joined by the creator and host of The Game Awards, The Architect himself - Geoff Keighley this week! We talk about how games media and award shows have evolved over the last 30 years, filling the void of E3, and the work that goes in to The Game Awards. Then, in the second half JP has completed the new Destin 2 raid - Deep Stone Crypt as well started the new World of Warcraft expansion - Shadowlands. Cohh has finished Yakuza Like A Dragon and Demon's Souls on PS5. Then Zeke started to play the haunting Kentucky Route Zero + more!

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The Game Awards 2020 just announced their nominations for their various award categories including Game of the Year and we go down the list of games being nominated in this wild year. Also Twitch held GlitchCon over the weekend... and there was obviously drama! Then we take a deep dive in to Yakuza: Like A Dragon since Zeke and Cohh have played quite a lot of it over the week.

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This week, things get political as we announce our voting categories for this year's Game of the Year. We also talk about political Twitch streams and the "glitch" in ad viewing that became controversial over the week. In the second half we go deep in to Watch_Dogs Legion, Vanillaware's 13 Sentinels, and Zeke has been playing Baldur's Gate 3!

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We talk about the aftermath of the RIAA hitting Twitch and the content creators with the DMCA takedowns. Then we get in to some games such as early impressions of Watch_Dogs Legion, Solasta, Leisure Suit Larry and more! Then in the second half we're honored to have Microsoft's Phil Spencer to talk about the future of Xbox, Games Pass, and Bethesda.

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The DMCA warnings are hitting Twitch streamers hard this week and we discuss it right away. Then we get in to the new DOOM Eternal DLC: The Ancient One Part 1 and it is extremely difficult. We also talk about the new game in horror series Amnesia - Amnesia: Rebirth. Then musician Mike Shinoda returns to talk about the history of Linkin Park as well as going very deep in to what the DMCA does and whom it protects.

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We switch it up this week and start with the games we've been playing: Such as Genshin Impact and the merits of gacha games, Baldur's Gate III and Remothered: Broken Porcelain. Then in the second half rumors of Ken Levine's new game coming soon, streamers & talent agencies, and a live-viewing of the new Monster Hunter movie trailer + much more!

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A breakdown of the PS5 was released and we still don't know what the UI will look like, meanwhile JP has an XBOX Series X but don't ask him any questions about it. Then we get in to the games: Baldur's Gate 3 early access, Hades, Phasmophobia, Oddworld and more!

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Huge news this week as Microsoft dropped a bomb and went and bought Zenimax/Bethesda! Of course, there's other news as well. Then we go all in on discussions about Hades after that!

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New hardware has been announced recently so we bring on PowerGPU to guide us through the headache that is upgrading your PC, and much more! Then in the second half we dig in to the advertisement controversy spreading across Twitch then pivot to games and discuss everyone's recent playing of Among Us, the new craze that took over the streaming world!

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Microsoft shot the first volley in the chicken race that is a price announcement of the next generation of consoles and JP, Cohh, and Zeke have some thoughts on that. Then in the second half, we're honored to have industry vet Brian Fargo of InXile Entertainment on to talk about Wasteland 3, Microsoft, crowdfunding, game pass and much more!

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This week JP, Cohh, and Zeke are joined by Founder and game director at Larian Studios: Swen Vincke! We ask him all manner of questions about him, Larian, the games he has worked on, and of course their upcoming game: Baldur's Gate 3! Then we talk about GAMES! Like Wasteland 3, Spiritfarer, Marvel's Avengers, and more!

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This week JP, Cohh, and Zeke dive head first in to the current events of the streaming world! Why did Twitch Prime get rebranded to Prime Games? Dr. Disrespect doesn't even know what's going on, also Shroud is back on Twitch! Then we get in to the games: Horizon: Zero Dawn on PC, Risk of Rain 2, Undermine, This is Not a Game, and much more!

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It's all about games, games, games this week! Joining JP, Cohh, and Zeke is industry vet and DF regular Rami Ismail to deep-dive in to Ghost of Tsushima (no spoilers!) as well as a check-in with No Man's Sky, a first-look at Obsidian's Grounded, and Zeke co-hosted an Indie Showcase that featured lots of good stuff!

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This week JP, Cohh and Zeke are joined by eSport commentator and co-host of NBC's "The Titan Games" Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez to chat about the early days of commentating for video games and how that translates to commentating a sports broadcast. Then, in the second half we go over the recent edition of "Sports" to Twitch, and the multi-million deal Twitch made to hip-hop artist Logic. Also non-spoilery impressions of Ghost of Tsushima, and what we think they'll show at the XBOX Games Showcase!

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n the first half itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III dive in to every single frame of Deadly Premonition 2 as Zeke has been playing it. JP has finished Persona 5 Royal, and Cohh has finished Yakuza 5. Then they get in to the new emote updates that Twitch has released.

In the second half, our hosts are joined by special guest Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park fame to talk about his new album "Dropped Frames, Vol. 1" that he composed on his stream!

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This week itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III reunite and catch up about all sorts of goings on in the streamer world, then we get right in to talking about games such as Desperados 3, Yakuza 5, Persona 5 Royal, Song of Horror, Hylic 2, and much more!

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****SPOILERS FOR THE LAST OF US PART 2 - till 1:42:00****

This week itmeJP and CohhCarnage are joined by DansGaming and Anne Munition to go all in on The Last of Us Part 2 spoilers. Did they love it or hate it, or somewhere in-between? Then in the second half they dive right in to the Dr. Disrespect drama as well as Mixer shutting down and even more Twitter drama!

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This week itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III discuss the obscene amount of games shown off over the weekend and pick out a few that caught their eye. Then Zeke took a look at the itch.io bundle, Cohh has played Raft, and JP dreads playing The Last of Us 2 & more!

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This week itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III are joined by special guest: DeejayKnight to have a discussion on being a POC on the Twitch platform, as well as how Twitch can be a force for education especially in the STEM categories. In the second half: We dive head first in to the DMCA scare happening on Twitch. Then we have a round of hype check on our expectations going in to the Playstation 5 event!

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This week itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III discuss The Last of Us 1 and 2, is it a horror game? Then a deep dive in to the new craze Monster Train. Then talk of the new expansion for Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, and loads of indies!

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This week itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III discuss the current drama around Twitch. After that, it's nothing but games, both upcoming and current with Ghost of Tsushima, JP's current thoughts on Persona 5 Royal, Zeke started Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Then in the second half Cohh and JP deep dive in to Terraria which recently dropped a new expansion over the weekend.

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This week we discuss the big UI changes happening on Twitch, are they useful? After that we head right in to the recently announced Unreal Engine 5 reveal, is this the future? Then in the second half: Cohh continues his Yakuza journey, itmeJP has some thoughts about Futaba, and Zeke finishes the sequel to MYST; Riven as well as celebrate Mother's Day with some good ol indies!

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This week we slip in to a very extended trailer time for the first half of the show, with such gems as the new Mortal Kombat 11 expansion, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, and The Last of Us 2. In the second half, Cohh has finished Gears Tactics and we go in-depth on the pros and cons of the game. Then Zeke dove all the way in to a blind-run of MYST, and lots of indie games!

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The week of turn-based tactics is upon us with two high profile tactics games in XCOM: Chimera Squad and Gears Tactics both releasing! Then Zeke has been playing the cyberpunk noir delivery game Cloudpunk and Cohh has tried out the new Remnant DLC - Swamps of Corsus.

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The reunion is finally here! Joining regular hosts itmeJP and Cohh Carnage are level 4 (and beyond) FF7 theorists Maximilian_DOOD and Strippin! We go extremely deep on the remake, the OG FF7, Crisis Core, Advent Children, and a plethora of other related media as we try to figure out what just happened in the remake as well as what might happen in the sequel games.

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In this episode we dig deep in to the Twitch Drop controversy and even deeper on other Twitch news. Then Cohh has been playing Fallout 76 for the Wastelanders expansion... And it's still Fallout 76! JP is deep in to Persona 5 Royal and Zeke has been praising Jesus and playing 7th Guest spiritual sequel 13th Doll!

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This week we discuss the Twitch Drop fiasco and then dig right in to general thoughts on Final Fantasy 7: Remake. Zeke has finished Persona 4: Golden, and has been playing DOOM: Eternal and indies. Cohh has some very scandalous stories to tell from his time in RimWorld. Then Dev Op Barry Carlyon joins us to chat about how developers utilize Twitch to help streamers.

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This week we talk about the new PS5 controller, and then talk about a variety of games such as Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, Resident Evil 3, Boneworks, The Complex, and much more!

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Another week, more games! Resident Brit Strippin joins us this week to talk about the recent release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, chat about the demos to Resident Evil 3 and Minecraft Dungeon. Then we move right in to recent releases such as Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, the troubles of Last Oasis, Phantasy Star Online 2, and World of Horror!

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We get right in to the games we've been playing this week. JP and Cohh have been playing the new VR game Half-Life: Alyx, as well as DOOM: Eternal. Then Cohh explains the intricate systems of Nioh 2 to Zeke.

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Joining JP and Zeke this week is one-half of Vlambeer Rami Ismail to give some dev perspective on the very technical PS5 GDC conference. Then we discuss how the current world events will affect the gaming industry for years to come. We also talk about games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Nioh 2, and Zeke played Dreams (a lot!)

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JP, Cohh and Zeke discuss the ramifications of E3 being cancelled. Also... Games. Are. Coming. Out! Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Call of Duty: Warzone, RimWorld shenanigans, why Yosuke sucks, and loads of indies to go through!

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This week Troy Baker joins our hosts, in the second half, to talk about his career and telling stories! Also thoughts on Baldur's Gate 3, Nioh 2, Half-Life: Alyx and Final Fantasy 7 Remake!

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This week we talk about Baldur's Gate 3, PAX news, a deep dive in to Persona and Shin Megami Tensei, more indie week games, and JP started playing Final Fantasy 7!

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We are joined by Luke Crane, the head of Outreach & International at Kickstarter and the designer of the new cult classic TTRPG: Burning Wheel to talk about how games are kickstarted, as well as modern RPG mechanics. Then we chat about Wolcen, and Zeke has a whole bunch of Indie games!

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This week we chat about the games we've been playing over the past week: The Witcher 3, Wasteland 2, the new Metro: Exodus expansion, GTFO, and Tomb Raider (1996). Then an extended discussion on such topics as the new The Division 2 expansion pack, as well as Geoff Keighley skipping this year's E3!

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Not much is happening this week as our hosts continue playing the games they played last week plus some old school gaming goodness to round it all off!

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The gang is in a gaming slump with the rest of Twitch as new releases are sparse at the start of the year, so they watch trailers, talk news, and discuss the old games they're playing.

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Trailer time! Monster Hunter World Iceborne! Indies! CDROM-O-THON! Twitch Hype Train!

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The gang is finally back with a normal show in 2020! Then, Sacriel joins to chat about the rise of Escape from Tarkov! 

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It's the first episode of 2020 and also our Game of the Year episode for 2019! Also we have a new intro! And Music! 

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Join itmeJP, Zizaran, Mathil1, and Path of Exile's very own Chris Wilson to discuss the upcoming 3.9 PoE update and the much anticipated Path of Exile 2.

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The year is coming to a close and the gang is finding different news bits to talk about! Plus Phoenix Point, Outer Wilds, indies, and the big Death Stranding Spoiler talk! 

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Trailer time! VR discussion! Old games! All in this weeks Dropped Frames.

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This week the gang discusses The Game Awards 2019 nominees, talk about The Fallen Order, and a bit more Death Stranding! 

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Death Stranding? Death Stranding. Death... Stranding! STRANDING! DEATH! 

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More Streamer Wars 2019 news, Death Stranding, BlizzCon, News, Indies, and gaaaaaaames! With JP, Cohh, and Zeke! 

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The crew is joined by Better Co, Jericho, to talk about all the latest MIX ups in the industry and then chat Outer Worlds, Call of Duty, and a sprinkling of news! ALSO THEY ARE CHARGING $17 A MONTH FOR FALLOUT 76 WHAT IN THE H

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The trio sit down and answer questions from Crazydan, jump into some Twitch talk, news, and then a bit of games! 

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh talk more Destiny 2, Blizzard, the news, games, and then sit down with a nice old lady to talk about scammers.

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Zeke is back from TwitchCon so the boys break into all the news, announcements, weird statements, and give their thoughts! Then a light sprinkling of Destiny 2 and AI: The Somnium Files

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Sony State of Play trailers, The Surge 2, KFC game all are discuss this week before TwitchCon 2019! 

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TGS Trailers, Borderlands 3, Blair Witch, Indies, and Nier: Automata on today's show! 

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We watch this week's newest video game trailers, talk CONTROL spoilers, the new PoE league, Gears 5, Dicey Dungeon and news!

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Zeke is welcomed back from the burn by JP and Cohh and the gang talks about channel points, how good Control is, and dive into more games and news after the break! 

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While Zeke is feeling the burn, Jericho shows up to settle an old feud. And then the gang talks Remnant, Minecraft, Twitch, and other games with Cohh, JP, and Jericho! 

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Zeke shows up late while JP and Cohh talk about Ninja, the UK, and more games! 

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This week JP revisits Overwatch, Zeke plays Dar-- Iratus, and then the group gabs about Fire Emblem: Three Houses. For a long time. 

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Dragon Quest Builders 2, The Surge 2, Super Mario Maker 2, and some other games are discussed. Also, JP revisits his teen-wolf year. 

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Two. Hundred. Episodes! What an episode to celebrate the show. Nothing of significance happens. And its shorter too because the gang went to play Apex! 

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Rebbeca and Megan from the Warframe community team join itmeJP, Cohh, and Zeke to chat all things Warframe after the TennoCon event this past weekend! Then, the gang talks video games, answers some questions, and discusses catfish. 

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The gang convenes to answer six questions, talk about those Yakoooooooza, Fantasy Fantasy XIV, and then jumps into the news in an otherwise slower week for video games and Twitch! 

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FF14 Shadowbringers is right around the corner! To help us figure out whats going on, we brought on MrHappy1227 to give us the skinny! Then, the gang jumps into an hour long discussion on Subscriber Streams, a new Twitch feature. Then, Yakuza. 

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E3 2019 is over so we break it all down, discuss things that were announced (or not announced), and jump into Bloodstained, Cadence of Hyrule, and more! 

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This week on Dropped Frames the trio preview everything to come from E3 2019. Also, theres a conversation about The Witcher. It's a thing. 

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Death Stranding, Void Bastards, E3 news and rumors, Twitch issues, Indies, and more in this weeks episode of Dropped Frames w/ Cohh, Zeke, and JP. 

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The gang is back to talk about Observation, WoW Classic, Rage 2, News, E3 updates, and more on this weeks episode of Dropped Frames. 

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke sit around to chat about E3 2019 plans, news, trailers, Rage 2, Days Gone, and more! 

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Zeke is out for the week so JP is joined by djWHEAT as The Battle of the Ko's rages on. We also discuss BRs, the industry, bounties, Randy, and more! 

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The cast restreams the Borderlands 3 event and then goes on to discuss Days Gone, Indies, and CrazyDan's questions of the week! 

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The gang is back! Cohh, Zeke, and JP discuss all the things including: Sekiro, Anno 1800, Mortal Kombat 11, Indie Sunday, and more! 

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Zeke is back from Berlin and is joined by JesseCox and Rami Ismail. The topics are varied, and the show has no break. So all aboard, it's about to start. 

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JP stitches together a show with Zeke while Cohh is still on baby duty and a BikeMan appears to assist! Risk of Rain 2, Sekiro, SkyrimVR, Onward, and user questions! 

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Cohh's got a new baby, Zeke's in Tokyo, so JP has recruited an old friend and a new friend: djWHEAT and BurkeBlack to chat about Stadia, E3, Sekiro, Skyrim VR, and a ton more! 

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Strippin joins the boys to chat about The Division 2, Path of Exile, Devil May Cry 5, Indies, and news! 

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Mathil joins the Dropped Frames cast as the second guest of 2019 and they chat about his path as a content creator to now both on YouTube and Twitch. After the break, the trio of terror comes back and chats Devil May Cry, AutoChess, and indies! 

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JP decides to make Episode 183 the hot takes episodes and we discover the true essence of JP and Cohh while Zeke sits idly by, dodging the poo flung from the crowd. Also, Anthem, Metro, RE2, and more games! 

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The cast sits around a campfire, takes some air filters, and chats about Metro Exodus, DDR, TwitchCon 2018, and then JP takes a dump on Anthem, saying mostly true statements. It's a thing. 

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We're back after a two week break with TONS to gab about! RE2make, Anno 1800, Apex Legends, CDRom-a-thon, Metro News, and more! Also, Kingdom Hearts 3... briefly. 

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The trio of Twitch tackle the latest news, discuss KH difficulty, Desolate, and more in the final week leading into the most important video game of all time: Kingdom Hearts 3. 

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The trio decide to tackle the age old question: What is indie? Also, Cohh and JP try to convince Zeke to play KH2, and then Zeke plays the worst Christmas games of all times. Also, old virtual machines. 

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Zeke breaks the show and the cast spend the first hour and a half gabbing about Twitch, ads, future platform updates, and upcoming game releases. In the second half, JP finds a friend to chat to about Kingdom Hearts, and we learn about Hades, Kenshi, and the moonlogic of Discworld! 

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The boys recap the past year in gaming with the annual Dropped Frames GotY Show! Top 10 lists and favorites galore! Thank you all for listening the past year and can't wait to see whats in store in 2019! 

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It's time for Dropped Frame's year end blow out! All games must go! We talk about EVERYTHING we didn't talk about in the past year before our big Game of the Year episode on January 2nd. 

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The cast is back to chat about Mutant Year Zero, The Game Awards, PoE Betrayal, Epic Games Store, and Indie catchup! 

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Special show! Chris Wilson, co-founder and lead developer on from Path of Exile, joins JP, Zeke, and budget Ninja (Zizaran!) on the show. After they barrage Chris with questions, the boys talk Article 13, VR, and Spider-Man!

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke are back after almost a month long hiatus! They're also joined by Fortnite phenom DrLupo to talk about how he got started, and the current state of the game. Also Fallout 76 rants, RDR2 conversation, and more! 

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We're back from TwitchCon! And we're going to spend awhile talking about it! Then, video games! RDR2 and Call of Cthulu: The Game!

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke bring you Dropped Frames live from San Jose, California, at TwitchCon 2018 and special guest Kevin Lin drops by to talk all things Twitch!

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Rami Ismail drops by to talk about the state of the gaming world with itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III. 

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Matthew Mercer joins Cohh, Zeke, and JP to talk about voice acting and then the gang gets into a heated discussion about ACO and micro transactions once Mercer ducks out! 

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Gothalion jumps onto the cast to chat all about the new Destiny 2 raid and then departs after about an hour, so Cohh, Zeke, and JP discuss Bard's Tale IV, DQ11, Blackout, Indie Sunday, and more!

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GassyMexican and BikeMan fill the void of CohhCarnage's absence with JP and Zeke to talk Spider-Man, CoD Blackout, indie games, and more! 

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Zeke returns from The Burn to make one of our oddest shows yet with CohhCarnage and itmeJP!

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itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Jericho (better Cohh) discuss the latest Twitch Prime changes as well as Cyberpunk, WoW BFA, and then ZiggyD joins in to chat about Path of Exile: Delve!

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Join JP, Cohh, and Zeke talking about Twithc Sub Gifting, Death's Gambit, We Happy Few, WoW: BFA, Doom Ternal, News, and more! 

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The usual suspects join for some discussion on Dead Cells, Monster Hunter World (PC), This Is the Police 2, and more! Also, My Friend Zeke. 

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ProfessorBroman joins the cast to talk about Warframe story spoilers (skip to 1h5m0s to skip!) and then the gang talks about No Man's Sky, Indie Sunday, Sea of Thieves, WoW drama, and more! 

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh talk about the finer things in life such as Barbie's hottest new game, Getting Over It, Life is Strange, Kingdom Hearts Bosses, and Indie Sunday. We also discover where the term mohawk comes from. All this and more in an exciting episode of Dropped Frames!

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke are back for another fun filled episode which apparently went back in time from the previous one? Don't ask us, time travel is weird. Topics include Octopath Traveler, Zeke's adorable and bizarre indie games, more Warframe, and... No Man's Sky? We really did go back in time didn't we...

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It's probably good you're listening to this and not watching because Zeke looks like an abomination, but he, Cohh, and JP talk Warframe, Twitch Prime Games, Kingdom Come DLC as well as a slew of other topics!

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke who is doing his best Hulk Hogan getup talk Battlefield V, Zeke's indie games, Warframe, and some Twitch news!

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Newly minted father Strippin is back as the guest, joining JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk about how streaming life is while also trying to raise a family. Of course there's some game talk too, including Mario Tennis Aces, Elder Scrolls Online, whatever weird indie stuff Zeke is up to, and plenty of Kingdom Hearts from JP.

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Zeke is back. joining JP and Cohh, bringing his E3 stories with him. Other topics include Path of Exile, Darkest Dungeon DLC, and then like a ton of Warframe stuff!

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Rami Ismail and GassyMexican join JP and Cohh to wrap up E3 2018.

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JP and Cohh are joined by Annemunition, ShannonZKiller, and Admiral Bahroo to watch the Bethesda Conference at E3 2018

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JP and Cohh are joined by Dodger, Rami Ismael, and Admiral Bahroo to watch the Microsoft Conference at E3 2018

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JP and Cohh are joined by Dodger and Admiral Bahroo to watch the Nintendo Conference at E3 2018

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JP and Cohh are joined by Dodger and Rami Ismael to watch the Ubisoft Conference at E3 2018

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JP and Cohh are joined by Rami Ismael, Admiral Bahroo, and Annemunition for the Sony Conference at E3 2018

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JP and Cohh are joined by Annemunition and Admiral Bahroo to watch the PC Gaming Conference at E3 2018

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JP and Cohh are joined by Dodger and Bahroo to watch the Square Enix Conference at E3 2018.

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The conferences from E3 2018 are upon us once more. Join JP, Cohh, Sacriel, Admiral Bahroo, and Dodger as they watch and comment on the EA Conference.

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Buckle up folks, this is a long one! Rami Ismail is back as a guest, and alongside JP, Cohh, and Zeke talk through all things coming up at E3 2018, everything that's already been revealed, and everything that may come up at various conferences.

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Pokemon and Fallout news are the hot topic for the week. JP, Zeke, and Cohh also talk Dark Souls Remaster, Graveyard Keeper, Detroit: Becoming Human, and Zeke's indie game list!

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Zizaran is the guest for this week, joining JP, Cohh, and Zeke to talk about Tencent's recent acquisition of GGG, makers of Path of Exile. Later they talk Conan Exiles, Wizard of Legend, more indie games from Zeke, and some recent news. 

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Join JP, Cohh, and Zeke as they talk Twitch news, Pillars of Eternity 2, State of Decay 2, and... 1998 X-Files game? Also included is Zeke's Indie day runthrough as usual.

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AVERT YOUR EARS CHILDREN IT'S GOD OF WAR SPOILER TIME! But if you're cool with that, JP, Cohh, and Zeke are joined by Admiral Bahroo to talk about the game at length, then move into other topics such as Stardew Valley, the new Twitch Bounty program, Pillars of Eternity 2, and as usual, Zeke's Indie games!

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I hope you're ready for some God of War because JP, Cohh, and Zeke go rather deep into it. Later the discussion turns to some charity event stuff, Stardew Valley Multiplayer, Tomb Raider news, Battletech, and more!

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