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Indie Interview: Forbidden Arts & StingBot Games

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ziau3-b716e4 Here we are, another week, another great indie coming to the PS4. This week we speak to Sterling Selover, CEO and Founder of Stingbot Games. He talks indie development, influences, working 70 to 100 hour work weeks, how important his time is to game development, and the transition from Steam to Console development and…

Our Most Unusual Mid Year Game Awards

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rxzzp-b67b98 It’s halfway through the year, and we decided to create some very strange, goofy, and personal awards for games that have come out and touched our life in special ways this year, even if not from this year, including Horizon Shift ’81, Bloodstained, and a few other surprises. We have a hard laugh at…

The Great Tifa Debate (Final Fantasy VII)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6nf78-b5c5ce This is it. After a week of waiting to see what would happen, we decided the internet needed to solve the biggest issue of the week: Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s erhm, new size. We take it on, Matt has some angry thoughts, and Rob tries a more balanced analytical approach. Either way, this is…

Fall of the Single Player Game

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-62txn-b4dd37 Well, well, E3 is in the books, and with it came a lot of fall games. Some expected, some unexpected, and some still up for a definitive date. This week we take a look at everything coming out, Rob picks out his favorites, while Matt is well, less enthusiastic about the games coming. We…

Horizon Shift ’81 Review and Impressions

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-59vg2-b43cbf This week a short, but not so short review of Flump Studio’s Horizon Shift ’81, out on the PSN store June 11th! We’ve spent some time with it, and in short cover everything from menus to game play to what we love about it. We have a discussion around what weapons we enjoy most,…

Kojima not Stranding Around

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yuh8x-b31f4f Just like Hideo Kojima proves he was not just standing around or taking his time, but busy crafting what is shaping up to be the most anticipated game this year. We talk our reactions to the Death Stranding news, what we hope it will be, and spend a little time focused on what we…

Nioh 2 Impressions and PS5 News

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7k9fk-b297dc Nioh 2 Alpha released this week and we could not wait to talk about our impressions after spending a few hours with it. We cover what is new, what is old, what we enjoyed, and our one gripe so far with it all. Plus, there is a ton, ton of PS5 and PS news…

SonySoft: Microsoft and Sony team up

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-z8j99-b1f6ad This week we wanted to talk about the biggest news in gaming; so big not even the employees knew about it! SonySoft, as we call it. Microsoft and Sony announced a strategic partnership, but that does not mean the console era or friendly competition is over. We break it down and try to determine…

State of Play was a Okay

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-35qbt-b14179 This week we look back at Sony’s recent State of Play to determine if it was everything we hoped it would be, if it managed expectations, or if Sony fans walked away disappointed again. We also want to make sure we covered Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and its reveal; will it solve the problems of…

PS PLUS Diminishing Returns

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-39erh-b05f2d Matt is on fire this week as we discuss the PS PLUS situation for May. Loads of folks are not happy, but do they have the right to be? What dictates value for the PS PLUS subscription, and what has the value of games looked like over the past year? We also cover the…

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