Ep 36 A Year in Review, Gaming in 2025
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2025 had some crazy bangers for games. We review what was great, not so great, and everything in between that we played. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:32 Our weeks 00:22:40 Vince Zampella dead in car crash 00:28:20 Sony and Tencent reached settlement for Not Horizon 00:31:00 Marathon and the visual update 00:36:30 Nvidia Geforce now streaming limit 00:43:20 R6 seige hack 00:49:20 2025 a year in review 01:57:40 Outro #podcast #gaming #steam #arcraiders #blueprince #expedition 33
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Ep 35 The Sw33p that Shook the Game Awards
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The Game Awards Sw33p that is Claire Obscure: Expedition 33, the blurred line between art, AI, and removing crunch. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links AI is absorbing all computing Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:04 Our weeks 00:31:35 Harada Leaving Bandai Namco 00:35:55 COD updating their game strats 00:45:40 Deus Ex Remastered delayed indefinetly 00:49:00 Data centers and PC components 01:02:40 Game Awards winners 01:29:35 Game awards announcements 01:47:00 AI in game development conversation 02:27:10 Outro ...
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Ep 34 ‘Twas the night before the Game Awards (kinda)
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WHAT IS THE STATUE JEFF? Bungie paid the BAG to the artist they stole from, Rolling Stones 2025 games list, and WB to netflix, a terrible reality. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links: Time stamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:51 Our weeks 00:23:35 Roblox CEO grossness 00:31:40 Statue for the Game Awards 00:41:00 PSN Shutting down for PS4 users 00:45:00 Rockstar Co-founder AI stance 00:51:00 Helldivers optimization 00:54:45 Marathon art theft update (they lost lol) 01:03:40 Rolling Stones games of 2025...
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Ep 33 Expedition 33 Steam machine for you and me
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EXPEDITION 33 SWEEP FOR GAME AWARDS... maybe? Arc Raiders talk, Steam on the come up, and Half Life 3 might be a thing? You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links: Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 Our weeks 00:47:10 GTA 6 launch delayed 00:55:00 Halo Infinite final content update 01:02:30 Gamestop trade anything day 01:06:10 Funko almost dead 01:08:45 Steam announcements 01:22:40 Game awards 01:55:20 Outro #podcast #gaming #steam #arcraiders #gameawards #steammachine
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Ep 32 Gamepass goes NUCLEAR
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EA Sports, its in the Middle East. Skate seems less Skate, and then the big news of Gamepass imploding, whats going on at Xbox?? You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links: Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:28 Our weeks 00:25:20 EA Sports, its in the middle east 00:43:30 Teemo in 2xko 00:49:20 Capcom paywall 00:57:40 GAMEPASS GOES NUCLEAR 01:39:50 Outro #podcast #gaming #xbox #Hades2 #nintendo #skate #gamepass
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Ep 31 Hades 2 is out and Tokyo Games Show is in
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HADES 2 IS HERE AND ITS GREAT. Also Tokyo Games Show announcements, Death Stranding and Kojima stuff, and some major Xbox L's. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links: #Gaming #Xbox #deathstranding #hades2 #Tokyogamesshow
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Ep 30 POV Nintendo pushes for death row
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Nintendo says I dare you to represent yourself in court, Randy Pitchford and the Borderlands 4 saga, and Hollow Knight and Deadlock talk. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming news links Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Our weeks 00:15:00 Don't self rep in court vs Nintendo 00:18:30 Nintendo Patent shenanigans 00:24:20 Nintendo direct news 00:34:30 Gamepass dynamics 00:38:00 New Intel GPUs maybe? 00:44:00 No Balatro update this year 🙁 00:46:00 Update on star citizen lol 00:49:00 OK randy pitchford 00:53:00 Bro randy...
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Ep 29 No RTX for Silksong
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SILKSONG IS HERE, Call of Duty does not beat the allegations, and the intersection of AI and art and how it could affect gaming. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming News Links: Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:08 Our weeks 00:11:22 Forza in Japan 00:16:10 CoD Skins and backtracking 00:24:30 Star Citizen Delusion 00:28:10 Forced AI in Microsoft 00:34:18 BF6 no raytracing 00:39:45 Bliztcrank in 2XKO 00:46:05 Perfect Dark defeated 00:52:10 007 gameplay 00:56:20 Silksong pushes other indie games 00:59:10 Why the long Silksong...
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Ep 28 Silksong is real, and so are these Roblox lawsuits
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Battlefield 6 is awesome, Gamescom news, Silksong is ALMOST HERE, and Roblox is getting got. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms.] Music by: Gaming news links Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Our weeks 00:16:30 Battlefield 6 changes 00:22:35 50 series price cuts 00:30:00 Gamescom news 00:51:18 SILKSONG IS REAAAL 00:55:42 Riot banning alts and smurfs 01:02:10 Nintendo say sno to charity 01:04:25 Sonly life service and Bungie updates 01:09:30 PS5 price increases 01:13:20 Roblox in big trouble 01:23:08 Closing remarks #sony #gaming...
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Ep 27 Battlefield 6 bans Nicki Minaj
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Battlefield 6 is looking good, Lies of P Overture is peak, and Splitgate COULD take game of the year to be honest. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms. Music by: Gaming news links Time stamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:16 Our weeks 00:19:40 Battlefield 6 trailer and discussion 00:24:00 No last gen for Battlefield 6 00:27:00 No $80 price (for now) for Battlefield 6 00:32:35 Star Wars Outlaws sequel canceled 00:40:10 Nintendo confirms Mario is a good friend 00:43:12 Nintendo Switch 2 banning game copies 00:48:50 Switch 1 price increase...
info_outlineWHAT IS THE STATUE JEFF? Bungie paid the BAG to the artist they stole from, Rolling Stones 2025 games list, and WB to netflix, a terrible reality.
You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms.
Gaming News Links:
- Roblox CEO says predators aren't a problem???
- Jeff teases something for game awards
- PSN services going offline for PS4 users
- Rockstar Co-founder and AI
- Helldivers 2 crazy optimization update
- Marathon artwork theft update
- Rolling Stone 2025 games list
- Netflix to aquire WB
Time stamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:51 Our weeks
00:23:35 Roblox CEO grossness
00:31:40 Statue for the Game Awards
00:41:00 PSN Shutting down for PS4 users
00:45:00 Rockstar Co-founder AI stance
00:51:00 Helldivers optimization
00:54:45 Marathon art theft update (they lost lol)
01:03:40 Rolling Stones games of 2025 list
01:21:00 WB and Netflix
01:26:00 Outro
#gaming #games #netflix #Gameawards #roblox