It's the family-friendly, backwards compatible Gen-Z video game podcast with oodles of monetizable intellectual property — and this time it has three hosts. We're discussing last week's biggest news item (no, not that one) and the latest in scummy business practices in journalism. THINGS MENTIONED: IGN with a breakdown on Nintendo's casual info about a live action Zelda movie:...

Hey, did y'all hear that the Dreamcast is back? Call of Duty is back, too, but that's a lot less exciting. Tori and Nate discuss... THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon on the CoD ban in Kuwait: https://www.polygon.com/news/470233/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-kuwait-ban Tim Walz, for reference: https://x.com/BoozeRadly/status/1851238159746482278 Tori's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tori_as_always⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's on...

Tori's holding down the fort this week with the lovely guest hosts Kim and Chase from all kinds of podcasts. You'll recognize them from shows like dotzip, Frog of the Week and Video Game Podtimism. No news this week, just a rootin-tootin good time discussing the games we love :) Find our guests online! Kim hosts Frog of the Week and dotzip Chase hosts dotzip and Video Game Podmitism Tori's on...

Sometimes the biggest game release isn't even a game, it's an alarm clock. THINGS MENTIONED: Vice is trying to resurrect Waypoint: https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-want-waypoints-return-to-be-like-the-silent-hill-2-remake/ Alarmo...: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-121311/ The many spiritual successors of Disco Elysium:...

We start with some news and jump into talking about the new Zelda and also a completely unrelated big magnet. THINGS MENTIONED: Aftermath on the Gamurs layoffs: https://aftermath.site/gamurs-group-has-more-s****y-layoffs Polygon: Palworld is coming to PS5 despite its ongoing lawsuit: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/455993/palworld-playstation-5-ps5-release-date Everything announced at the recent State of Play:...

Resignations, layoffs and the soulless husk of a beloved (?) mobile game in the news this week. Plus: Nathaniel delves deeper into tinkering, a femininomenon in Elden Ring and Tori's crunchy audio quality because she's still on vacation and had a recording hiccup. THINGS MENTIONED: Variety on the realities of the PS5 Pro's power: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24243216/playstation-5-pro-ps5-big-4k-screenshots What's up with the Annapurna resignations?:...

Tori and Nathaniel are out this week, so Noah recruited a crack team of gamers to talk about the week in game news. First is Brendon Bigley of Into the Aether and second is Emily Price, whose writing on games is all over the place including Unwinnable and Paste. Find Brendon's work: https://wavelengths.online/ Find Emily online: https://bsky.app/profile/emilyprice.bsky.social THINGS MENTIONED: The Sonic suit (don't buy it, we're not sponsored):...

Well, you know we have to talk about last week's Nintendo Directs, we can't not. Plus there's some other games coming out soon that we're excited about and one that led to a company getting shuttered regardless of its quality. THINGS MENTIONED: Robin Bea's Visions of Mana review for Inverse: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/visions-of-mana-review Gematsu on the closure of Ouka Studios:...

With Noah out this week, what better opportunity is there for Nathaniel and Tori to talk about Gamescom, Nintendo's museum and House Season 4? THINGS MENTIONED: Nintendo is killing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/442905/animal-crossing-pocket-camp-shut-down Nintendo shows off its new museum: https://youtu.be/JApUMBscKOc The new Indiana Jones won't be stuck on Xbox and PC:...

Tori's out this week and you know what that means: Noah and Nathaniel are playing something silly. It's Star Wars time, baby. Specifically GBA Star Wars time. Tori's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tori_as_always⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nathanbased⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Noah's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noah_hurts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are...

Join us this week for an audio smörgåsbord. We give our belated review of 2024's hottest film, Nathaniel goes deep on Olympic breaking and we share our favorite games from the PS2. THINGS MENTIONED: This video about the new emulation handheld Nathaniel got: https://youtu.be/LIMepWAzUuw This article from The New Yorker about quitting Spotify: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-i-finally-quit-spotify Never Post: https://www.neverpo.st/ Tori's on...

With Noah out this week Tori and Nathaniel go deep on the Olympics, Elden Ring and the latest nonsense in Fortnite. THINGS MENTIONED: Game Informer is dead: https://x.com/gameinformer/status/1819399257071214854 The new Fortnite Lego set: https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/fortnite Also the Cybertruck is in fortnite (lol, also lmao): https://www.fortnite.com/news/unlock-the-cybertruck-in-fortnite-by-goin-on-a-summer-road-trip-with-the-squad Tori's on...

Hi gamers, no new episode from us this week. Instead, here's a treat! It's Video Game Podtimism! This is a recent episode of their fantastic show where Noah guested to talk about all kinds of stuff including a stupidly difficult Star Wars game for the PS1. We'll be back next week! In the meantime, the original description for the this episode is below. Go subscribe to Podtimism! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Podtimists, This week David is somewhere...

This week Tori and Noah are joined by YouTuber and fellow Gen Z gamer Gabi Belle to talk about the weird games we played as lonely kids, why she loves games and lots more. Thank you Gabi for the use of your song PLASTIC LOVE. Stream it on wherever you stream music! Find Gabi all over the place online: YouTube: @gabibelle Spotify: gabi belle Twitter: @itsgabibelle As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are...

Instead of news this week, we dive into our mailbag which is filled with Xbox 360 recommendations. There's some fun stuff in there!! By the way, Noah was on Video Game Podtimism this week! Listen wherever you listen to podcasts! More info on their website: podtimism.com Noah's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noah_hurts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tori's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tori_as_always⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's on...

We do not want to talk about news this week so we are just spending an hour to talk about what we're playing. We hope you understand and enjoy :) Noah's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noah_hurts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tori's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tori_as_always⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nathanbased⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are...

I hope this podcast finds you well, gamers. Tori and Noah are back off of a week off to gush about that banger of a Nintendo Direct from last week and to talk about how WE'RE definitely not pretending to be Asian women, but the same can't be said for some internet weirdos. Give it a listen, if you dare... THINGS MENTIONED Bloomberg on the strange state of video game leakers:...

It's officially "E3" season. We share our Summer Games Fest thoughts as well as some news about emulation and more. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon's Summer Games Fest trailer list: https://www.polygon.com/24173215/summer-game-fest-announcements-trailers-2024 Esquire on the ups and downs of Summer Games Fest: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a61006534/summer-game-fest-explained/ GameRant on the Halo PS5 rumor: https://gamerant.com/halo-1-remaster-ps5-rumor/ More on the battle against...

Nathaniel watched the recent State of Play, Noah got that hot new Xbox everyone's talking about and we're mentally preparing for E3 Season. THINGS MENTIONED: Yes, The NYT is suing a Wordle clone: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/wordle-owner-files-lawsuit-against-geography-based-worldle The House M.D. wiki page for House's GBA: https://house.fandom.com/wiki/House%27s_Game_Boy Noah's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noah_hurts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tori's on...

Games media consolidation, rumors and lots more in this week's episode. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon on Nintendo's acquisition of Shiver: https://www.polygon.com/24161472/nintendo-shiver-acquisition-explained Nintendo Forecast on said acquisition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5gOA_h0nc The latest in nonsense games media acquisitions: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161718/ign-gamer-network-acquisition Is Sony working on a new handheld console?:...

Get in apeheads, we're gaming. We talk about gaming news this episode, yeah, but there's also quite a bit about apes and House MD. Get on in here. THINGS MENTIONED: Square Enix is going to be putting their games on more platforms: https://www.polygon.com/24155266/square-enix-multiplatform-final-fantasy-7-rebirth Kotaku: Lots of people still haven't upgraded to the PS5: https://kotaku.com/playstation-4-5-sales-network-psn-users-ps5-ps4-sony-1851481409 Marvel Rivals' testers' weird...

It was a huge week for gaming news but it was also a big week for Star Wars freaks like Nathaniel and Noah. We've got Switch 2 updates, indie game thoughts and a review of 1999's hottest movie. THINGS MENTIONED: CentroLeaks tweet following the paper trail of Switch 2 leaks: https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks/status/1788361157981487572 Good Vibes Gaming's video breaking down the Switch 2 hardware leaks and rumors: https://youtu.be/Ru6mIqdrvJ4 IGN on Microsoft's latest upsetting round of...

With Nathaniel out this week we needed some backup, and who better to support than the fine girls from Girl Mode? We talk news, horny movies and lots more. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth spoilers: 31:30 - 41:30 OTHER THINGS MENTIONED: Squeenix is losing money again: https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-maker-square-enix-takes-140-million-hit-in-content-abandonment-losses-as-it-revises-game-pipeline Is a Kingdom Hearts movie in the works?:...

We cover a lot of ground this week. We talk about new Switch 2 rumors/leaks, Noah spreads misinformation for fun and Nathaniel gushes about the DS. THINGS MENTIONED: Here's the old Variety article about a supposed Pokemon show: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/pokemon-netflix-series-live-action-joe-henderson-1235026390/ Kotaku on the sketchy new Fallout 4 update: https://kotaku.com/fallout-4-ps5-ps-plus-steam-mods-game-pass-bugs-1851438302 Itch.io bundle benefiting the Palestinian...