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Episode 166: Snirkles, From the Makers of STARK

We’re back with a brand new schedule! Expect us every Friday from now on! Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo join forces once again to tackle difficult Destiny drudges, personal Pyre preferential plus Persona, and luscious long locks litigation. That, plus some follow up news from last week, and also some of the best trailers we’ve seen in a while. Also a special guest to weigh in on the important question of what constitutes long hair.

Games we played:

Matt: Finished Pyre, Persona 5

Ethan: Destiny 2

Ricardo: Destiny 2

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Fortnite “error” temporarily allowed PS4 and Xbox One players to play together.

Battleborn support ending just 1 ¼ years after release.

Update: YouTube accepts Campo Santo DMCA claim, Steam review bombings occur, and Valve releases a new review-monitoring tool.

Goodnight, flappy prince; Flappy Bird no longer playable after iOS 11 update.

Nintendo Arcade games are coming to the Switch

WEIRD NEWS: Game Boy Advance SP inside an ECG machine

Trailer trash:

Heat Signature – Launch Trailer

Lake Ridden – Story Trailer

Mario Party: The Top 100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case – Official Announcement Trailer

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – TGS 2017 Trailer

Left Alive – TGS 2017 Announcement Trailer

Battle Princess Madelyn – Teaser Trailer

Monster Hunter World – TGS 2017 Trailer

TOMB RAIDER – Official Trailer [very long hair]

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Episode 120: Politics for the lolz

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We recorded this podcast in the middle of a heated debate between two presidential nominees. Surprisingly not a lot of debating on this podcast, but there was at least 400% more political discussion this week than normal so watch out!

Games we played:

Ethan: Egg Inc, Sunset Overdrive, Diablo III co-op

Ricardo: Dark Souls III, Diablo III co-op

Matt: Nothing!

Beer we drank: Angel City Brewery Lager

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Daily Beast reveals Palmer Luckey secretly funded anti Hilary, Pro Trump Reddit “shitposting” organization

Blizzard retiring the Battle.net name

Street Fighter V update pulled due to malware concerns

Valve tweaks review system, again

Firewatch movie announced

Trailer trash:

Runner3

Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors – Mizuki

Yooka-Laylee Official Character Trailer

Sundered*

Watch Dogs 2

Infinite Minigolf

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Firewatch

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Matt, Ethan, Amber and Ricardo discuss the hit new first person narrative game, Firewatch. How do the choices affect the game? Which dog did everyone choose? Did you play with the gps on? The Pixel Legends crew ask the hard questions in the latest episode of the Spoiling Point. As always, there are spoilers abound.

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Episode 89: Firewatch With Me

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The gang is all here and we’ve all played Firewatch! Stay tuned for an upcoming episode of The Spoiling Point about it, but in the meantime, hear Matt, Ethan, Ricardo and Amber talk about of few of their thoughts on the game, plus Yarn Yoshis, the nature of crypts vs. tombs (Nicolas Cage has a role to play in both,) ramshackle wrestling games, and Matt’s HOT TAKES on which hip hop artist wrote *recent popular song*. Learn how Remedy and Microsoft are Quantum Breaking people’s hearts, what people think of Kanye West’s video game, why it’s a good thing we won’t have another Assassin’s Creed and Destiny this year, and what our DUMB NEWS story is this week (or cheat and look below, I’m not your dad.)

Ethan: XCOM 2, Firewatch, Yoshi’s Woolly World

Ricardo: Firewatch, 5-Star Wrestling ReGenesis

Matt: Firewatch

Amber: Rise of the Tomb Raider, Firewatch

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Quantum Break! It’s coming out on PC and Xbox One. You get both if your pre-order! Cross save and comes with Alan Wake.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/15/11000348/quantum-break-wont-be-available-on-steam

PC gaming show is coming back to E3. Takes the spot of EA, Rico’s fav, Day9 is back hosting. Says it will be much shorter and more focused than last year.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/12/10981634/pc-gaming-show-e3-2016

KANYE VIDEO GAME (this could be dumb news too):

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/11/10972950/kanye-west-video-game-only-one-yeezy

No destiny this year:

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/you-will-not-play-destiny-2-this-year/1100-5396/

No Assassin’s creed this year:

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ubisoft-will-not-release-an-assassins-creed-game-i/1100-5395/

Mad Catz laying off 37 percent of work force:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/9/10954964/mad-catz-layoffs-restructuring-rock-band-4-sales

Amazon released a game engine!

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/9/10949002/amazon-lumberyard-free-games-engine

Dumb NEWS!