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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 Children's Relief Fund: https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle
The Computer Lab Hijinks YouTube video Noah mentioned: https://youtu.be/NPyex66yBXk?si=yJll73ZaZokEXJdD
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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I've got indie game fever, baby, and only a prescription for triple I (none of that weak shit) will cure it. We're talking about indie games, Star Wars nonsense, Fortnite and lots more. Also yes we talk a little bit about the new Taylor Swift album.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Kyle Bosman's Delayed Input re: sticker game and Star Wars: https://youtu.be/rAdsptcj8iQ?list=PLXjlB8AgMh8QuT0_ao9vaZlI1jf2U4SGS
Forbes on Star Wars: Outlaws weird DLC: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2024/04/15/you-need-the-season-pass-to-play-star-wars-outlaws-jabba-the-hutt-mission/?sh=baea10057d30
Swim Free from Fortnite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6bD8k5ji7A
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Tori and Noah embarked on really similar journeys recently. She visited Japan and he watched some Wrestlemania. We discuss that and some news this week plus the games we're playing.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Kotaku on Possibility Space's shutdown: https://kotaku.com/possibility-space-shut-down-jeff-strain-email-employees-1851407683
This stupid tweet: https://x.com/Grummz/status/1777979507619881074
An arguably even stupider tweet: https://x.com/GameCharacterAI/status/1778300445821219189
Girl Mode: https://twitter.com/girlmode_pod?lang=en
Rebekah Valentine's report on the Life is Strange devs: https://www.ign.com/articles/how-hidden-nazi-symbols-were-the-tip-of-a-toxic-iceberg-at-life-is-strange-developer-deck-nine
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Sometimes you don't want to talk about the news so you field listener questions instead. We hope you enjoy :)
Happy eclipse day, too!!
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Big news this week about nonsense at gaming news outlet Kotaku, Tencent and more. Noah and Nathaniel break it down.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Aftermath on the latest nonsense at Kotaku: https://aftermath.site/kotaku-eic-resigns-over-new-editorial-edict
Overwatch PVE is canned: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-22/blizzard-entertainment-makes-big-changes-as-overwatch-2-struggles
IGN on the Will Smith game no one has heard of: https://www.ign.com/articles/even-will-smith-couldnt-save-zombie-survival-game-undawn-which-flopped-spectacularly
Kotaku's take: https://kotaku.com/undawn-will-smith-tencent-mobile-pc-flop-1851358692
Ruby Retro on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59nXsqCA9I2uXfidX6WQkQ
YouTuber MorbidZoo on Sound of Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/@themorbidzoo
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about the Will Smith zombie game at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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It's a new week, and that means we're looking at the latest in gaming news and sharing what games we're playing, but it also means we're testing out a new segment: rating a silly Nintendo Direct "leak" on our very own Nintendo DS scale of foolishness (shout out to the No Dunks podcast for the idea).
Let us know what you think about the segment! Like it? Hate it? Want us to rate a different silly leak? Tweet at us or email us :)
THINGS MENTIONED:
Kotaku's ongoing list of games industry layoffs: https://kotaku.com/game-industry-layoffs-how-many-2024-unity-twitch-1851155818
IGN on the latest EA layoffs and how they'll impact Respawn: https://www.ign.com/articles/apex-legends-hit-by-layoffs-amid-eas-ongoing-reductions
Forbes' Paul Tassi on the launch of the Battlefront Classic Collection: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/03/14/the-star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-launch-is-going-poorly
The silly Nintendo Direct "leak" as hosted on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fsilv5bgr97oc1.png
The Nintendo fanwiki page for Super Mario Party 2: https://fantendo.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Mario_Party_2_(2023)
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Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about the Nintendo 4DS at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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As if GamerGate 1 wasn't enough, it looks like we're in the midst of dumber, stupider GamerGate. Tori and Noah break it down and mourn Akira Toriyama (plus talk about what we're playing) in this week's episode.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Alyssa Mercante breaks down the Sweet Baby drama for Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/sweet-baby-inc-consulting-games-alan-wake-2-dei-1851312428
Aftermath's article about the drama: https://aftermath.site/sweet-baby-detected-conspiracy-theory-steam
A good tweet thread re: Sweet Baby: https://twitter.com/veedztweets/status/1765898902702567726
Salmon's theme: https://youtu.be/gHp7-mW3yBI
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us with plane game recommendations at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Sequels, new releases and corporate nonsense. That's gaming, baby.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Polygon's reminder of the Nintendo Partner Direct stuff: https://www.polygon.com/24078620/nintendo-games-direct-february-2024-announcements-release-dates
Polygon on Sony's latest layoffs: https://www.polygon.com/24086441/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-sony-layoffs-death-of-aaa
And IGN on EA layoffs :/ : https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-to-lay-off-around-670-to-advance-the-way-we-work
Nintendo Switch 2 delays??: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-reportedly-delayed-to-march-2025-in-part-to-combat-scalping
IGN: Rockstar calling employees back to office: https://www.ign.com/articles/rockstar-games-is-asking-employees-to-return-to-office-amid-gta-security-concerns
And IGN on the ensuing backlash: https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-developers-criticise-rockstars-reckless-decision-to-force-staff-back-to-the-office
YouTuber Lockstin & Gnoggin on the new Pokemon game announcement: https://youtu.be/Ts2ficIZf84
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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It's time for the Next Generation of gaming, at least that is what Sony reportedly might be thinking despite how many of us haven't even gotten on the "next" gen yet. We're talking gaming generations, more depressing layoffs and other gaming news. Hope you enjoy :)
THINGS MENTIONED:
From the Verge: Disney wants to creative a "creative universe" in Fortnite: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/7/24065281/disney-epic-games-investment-fortnite-metaverse
Throw back: A 2016 article from Polygon about the closure of Avalanche: https://www.polygon.com/2016/5/10/11652866/disney-infinity-ending
An update on Embracer Group's big year of purchases and their subsequent layoffs: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/embracer-says-it-s-looking-out-for-shareholders-after-cutting-almost-1-400-jobs
The latest on what's happening at ZA/UM from VideoGames.si: https://videogames.si.com/news/disco-elysium-dev-zaum-layoffs
IGN: The PS5 is entering the latter half of its lifecycle (???): https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-entering-the-latter-stage-of-its-life-cycle-sony-says
An update on Microsoft's plans to bring their games to non-Xbox consoles: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24073691/microsoft-xbox-games-ps5-nintendo-switch-exclusivity
A good video from YouTuber ThorHighHeels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CowfDhKUNas
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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This week Tori and Noah are joined by internet renaissance man Mike Rugnetta. He's been a YouTuber, a podcaster, a game master and now he's leading the new independently-owned internet podcast Never Post. We goad him into roasting popular games, talk about the state of media and, as usual, talk about video games we love.
Find Mike on social media @mikerugnetta and find Never Post at neverpo.st and wherever you listen to podcasts.
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Sometimes a gaming podcast is a gaming podcast, and sometimes a gaming podcast is also a sports podcast, a culture podcast, an anime podcast and a Curb Your Enthusiasm podcast. That's Press START this week. Tori and Nathaniel catch up on the week's gaming (and non-gaming) news as well as what they've been up to.
SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 3 (42:10 - 44:57)
THINGS MENTIONED
Variety on Carl Weathers' passing: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/carl-weathers-dead-rocky-predator-star-wars-1235895634/
Eurogamer: SEGA lays off staff: https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-of-america-to-lay-off-61-staff-next-month
Game Developer with an update on the SEGA layoffs: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sega-of-america-set-to-lay-off-most-of-its-unionized-workers
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us VR game recommendations at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Hard to believe that all the bad stuff happening in 2023 didn't just stop once it became 2024. We dive into layoff updates, the demise of the 3DS and Wii U's last vestiges of official support and other news items.
SPOILERS FOR METAL GEAR SOLID: 24:11 - 27:22 (MGS talk continues for a few minutes after that but the spoilers calm down)
THINGS MENTIONED:
The Verge on Microsoft's big layoffs: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/18/23560315/microsoft-job-cuts-layoffs-2023-tech
CWA's statement on the Microsoft layoffs from gamesindustry.biz: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cwa-says-microsofts-job-cuts-did-not-impact-the-staffers-it-represents
Polygon on the at-least-one canceled game from Blizzard: https://www.polygon.com/24050326/blizzard-survival-game-canceled-allen-adham-mike-ybarra
Polygon: 3DS and Wii U online services to go offline: https://www.polygon.com/23902744/nintendo-3ds-wii-u-online-switchoff
Polygon: What's up with Metroid Prime 4?: https://www.polygon.com/24050473/metroid-prime-4-nintendo-switch-2
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us VR game recommendations at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Happy 2024! All of the bad stuff that was happening in 2023 is still happening now, believe it or not. This week we've got an update on the gaming industry's unceasing layoffs, Fortnite being used as a military recruitment tool and an odyssey that explores the dregs of the YouTube Content Industrial Complex.
SPOILERS FOR THE IRON CLAW FROM 30:18-38:06
THINGS MENTIONED:
Kotaku's ongoing list of gaming layoffs in 2024: https://kotaku.com/game-industry-layoffs-how-many-2024-unity-twitch-1851155818
TheGamer's article on the British Army's Fortnite recruitment program: https://www.thegamer.com/fortnite-british-army-creative-map-recruitment-epic-games-backlash/
And PCGamer's article about the same thing: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-british-army-made-its-own-fortnite-map-as-a-recruitment-tool-but-epic-could-block-it/
The latest episode of Delayed Input on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKuKXK-d804
I'm not including the URL for the Nick Robinson video because we don't actually want you to watch it and give him ad revenue.
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
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Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about what want to see change about the gaming world in 2024 at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Noah had an oopsie with his audio this week, but never fear: the lovely gals from Girl Mode are here to keep your feed well-stocked with podcasts. Here's their latest episode, with their hopes, dreams and anticipations for 2024 in gaming, dropped right into your feed.
Go find Girl Mode wherever podcasts live or on social media @girlmode_pod on Twitter, girlmodepod on bluesky and girlmode-pod on cohost.
See you next week!
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Can you believe we've been doing this for 100 episodes? I mean, we can, but it's still pretty exciting. This week we go through our predictions for 2024, talk about the Guitar Hero games we liked as kids and go through other various detours.
Thanks for listening :)
THING(S) MENTIONED:
This video of a pitbull pulling this lady's pitbull apart: https://youtu.be/PA8NI1ysCac
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Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about what you expect to happen in 2024 at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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This week, instead of listening to the usual crew talk about video games, Tori, Nathaniel and Noah are interviewing their respective partners to figure what they played in 2023. From a capital-G Gamer who played tons of 2023 releases to a burgeoning gaming hobbyist, tune in for some different perspectives than you usually get.
Tori & Jesse: (0:58:00)
Nathaniel & Angie (13:38:00)
Noah & Christine (18:16:00)
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Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori produce the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about your partners' favorite games of 2023 at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Another year is over and we wanna talk about the games we loved. There's a few we didn't love in here, too. Plus, you get to listen to us open the gifts we got each other, complete with bespoke paper ripping sounds.
Thanks for listening :)
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Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori produce the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about your favorite games you played in 2023 at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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It's Noah and Nathaniel this week and here's what we've got: The future is Zelda is almost upon us, E3 is really dead this time and whoa, there's other news, too.
THINGS MENTIONED:
This NPR story about E3's death: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218999254/e3-once-the-superbowl-of-video-games-has-been-canceled-for-good
GamesIndustry.biz: E3 is dead, now what?: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/e3-is-dead-now-what
YouTuber Arlo on "the AAA bubble": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTzmELv7N4
Polygon: Zelda devs on future of Zelda: https://www.polygon.com/legend-zelda-tears-kingdom/24001489/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-developer-interview
The Switch is still selling like hotcake: https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-sales-pass-xbox-360-us/
Aftermath.site's breakdown of the Video Game History Foundation's cool new digital archive announcement: https://aftermath.site/the-video-game-history-foundations-new-online-library-looks-like-a-wonder-of-the-world
Polygon on that canned zombie game: https://www.polygon.com/23997116/the-day-before-fntastic-twitter-steam-reviews-canceled
Skill Up on YouTube on The Day Before's failure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdQXfXm8rjg
PCGamer: Hasbro layoffs despite Baldur's Gate 3's success: https://www.pcgamer.com/theres-almost-nobody-left-ceo-of-baldurs-gate-3-dev-swen-vincke-says-the-dandd-team-he-initially-worked-with-is-gone-due-to-hasbro-layoffs/
Aftermath: "Valve said not to huff the Steam Deck, so I huffed two": https://aftermath.site/valve-said-not-to-huff-a-steam-deck-so-i-huffed-two
This weird YouTube video that shows Luigi playable in Mario 64: https://youtu.be/3cHzwNRLddI
Variety on Hideo Kojima's movie he's working on with A24: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/death-stranding-movie-a24-hideo-kojima-1235837362/
Nintendo Life showing off the now-removed fanmade Link's Awakening PC port: https://youtu.be/CXgXwDAwRaU
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori produce the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about whether you bought the shitty zombie MMO at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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Well, turns out only one third of our hosts watched Gaming's Biggest Night, so get ready for Tori to break down a three-and-a-half hour long program to Nathaniel and Noah who learned everything they know about it from like one article and social media. Color us surprised that Geoff Keighley didn't say "Free Palestine." There's also other stuff, too, like, updates on Twitch's future and more.
THINGS MENTIONED:
Polygon's handy breakdown of The Game Awards:
https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23992648/the-game-awards-2023-biggest-game-announcements-trailers
IGN's report about sexism from the devs of the Sun Wukong game:
https://www.ign.com/articles/how-black-myth-wukong-developers-history-of-sexism-is-complicating-its-journey-to-the-west
IGN: Wes Ball on his forthcoming Zelda movie:
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-movie-director-wants-it-to-be-live-action-miyazaki
The AP News breakdown of Twitch closing up shop in Korea:
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-twitch-network-fees-fcbd14738fcdc911069f82f76cb62afa
Followed by the Garbage Day take:
https://www.garbageday.email/p/why-isnt-twitch-a-better-website
The Verge on Epic's whacky moves with Fortnite:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23993686/fortnite-og-new-players-lego-fortnite
Axios' more detailed breakdown on what exactly these new Fortnite updates add:
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/fortnite-lego-rocket-racing
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori produce the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us about how you use Snapchat at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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This week we're joined by the incomparable (especially so considering there aren't that many people posting oboe VGM covers online) Abbytheoboist. You've probably seen her on social media, just scrolling and then, BANG, some of the nicest sounding oboe you've ever heard. We talk about her history with video games, the video game soundtracks that speak to her and the Final Fantasy workout playlist she pumps iron to.
You can find Abby on social media just about everywhere, including Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and Twitch as @abbytheoboist.
OTHER THINGS MENTIONED:
Abby's rendition of the Final Fantasy 6 opera (complete with outfit changes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Sx_UHVmAw
The band Mega Mango: https://www.megamangoband.com/
The band Pool Kids (we love you Pool Kids): https://www.poolkidsband.com/
The band sports.: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4pyn62fo9bN7qCT9nBM6c6?si=1y1diZAHST2yRd67YglgUA&nd=1&dlsi=b58f733c59674a02
The band Stars Hollow: https://starshollowia.bandcamp.com/album/i-want-to-live-my-life
Streamer atwentysomethingloser on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/atwentysomethingloser
Streamer Hasanabi on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hasanabi
The This American Life bit about Final Fantasy 7: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/679/transcript
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori produce the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. You can email us your Final Fantasy hot takes at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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