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Episode 164: SHAEKU SHAEKU SHAEKU

Amber joins Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo as the team catches up on some older games they’ve still yet to finish. Ricardo has been losing all his souls to a board game, Ethan brought breakfast, Amber is has been chasing the dragons, and Matt really wants everyone to know that Luigi dabs. Meanwhile, Valve springs a story leak, Blizzard doubles down on making their trailers longer and more like other films you’ve seen, and who the hell knows what KFC is doing.

Games we played:

Matt: Pyre, PUBG First Person

Ethan: Pyre, Horizon: Zero Dawn

Ricardo: Dark Souls: The Board Game, Pyre, Smite

Amber: Breath of the Wild

THE BEER REVIEW: Mikkeller Brewing – Beer Geek Breakfast

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Oh boy. Former writer at Valve basically spoils what Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would have been… if ya know… it was still being made.

Speaking of which, the Steam community is taking out Half-Life 3 frustrations on DOTA 2’s Steam review, now.

And speaking of DOTA 2, can you guess which game has overtaken it in concurrent users numbers?

Indie dev would rather you pirate the game (from their torrent) than go to a key reseller

Microsoft store officially no longer selling the original Xbox One design.

Trailer trash:

Overwatch – “Rise and Shine” Animated Short

Rocket League: Car Battles Trailer

Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Trailer

Rock of Ages II Bigger & Boulder – Launch Trailer

Absolver – Launch Trailer

TEKKEN 7 DLC 1 – Tekken bowl trailer

FINAL FANTASY XV: Assassin’s Festival

The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor – Console Launch Trailer

Fist of the North Star – Japanese PS4 Trailer

Hearthstone – “Hearth and Home” animated short

The Hard Way: A Virtual Reality Training Experience

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Episode 162: The Ghost of Ambers Past

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Sorry for the long break but we’re back on schedule! Due to family stuff and trips we’ve been out, but now Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo reconvene to talk more games! Matt can’t remember any Pyre character’s names, Ethan compares Splatoon 2 to For Honor, and Ricardo’s would like to clarify that the Trailer Trash voice in no way reflects the accents of those in the Southern United States.

Games we played:

Matt: Pyre, Slime Rancher, Overwatch Summer Games, PUBG

Ethan: Pyre, For Honor, Splatoon 2, Little Big Planet 3, Zelda BOTW

Ricardo: PPKP, Card Thief

THE BEER REVIEW: Gunwhale Brewery – Majordomo

The SLOW NEWS HOUR News Topics:

For Honor tournament won by player using infamous exploit

Blizzard kinda gives up on renaming its online multiplayer service

Valve announces Dota card game… to mixed reactions

Swery’s next game is about a town whose residents become cats at night because yeah

Trailer trash:

Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Official “Born from Ashes” Trailer

Spellforce 3 – Cinematic Trailer

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Story Trailer 3

Iron Harvest – Official Teaser Trailer

We Happy Few – Announce Trailer

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time – Gameplay Trailer

Nidhogg 2 – Launch Trailer

Fishing Planet

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Episode 153: Show me your Tamagatchi

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The whole gang is back to talk about all the video games we’ve been playing, and it’s a lot! Matt’s been on a journey, Ethan has found multiple games that will kill him repeatedly, and Ricardo’s been playing a ~~children’s~~ adult’s card game! That plus Monster Hunter double crosses Nintendo, Blizzard is making phone games, and we talk about that there new Far Cry that done got announced. Plus we all time travel to 2014.

Games we played:

Matt: Overwatch, Old Man’s Journey, Dead Cells, PLAYER UNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds

Ethan: Dead Cells, Injustice 2, PLAYER UNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds

Ricardo: Injustice 2, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Overwatch Skins issues

MONSTER HUNTER ON SWITCH: the announcement driving largest rise in Nintendo stock in 8 years

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo gearing up for a big manufacturing push for Switch

Blizzard hiring for potential mobile project? What could it be?

Update: Hitman is NOT DEAD. Searching for “new steward” to lead the franchise

Trailer trash:

Angry Birds Evolution

Deliriant – Official Launch Trailer

Quarantine – Official Launch Trailer

Neighborhorde – Official Release Trailer

Million Onion Hotel – Trailer

Monster Hunter XX Switch Trailer

Far Cry 5 – Announcement Trailer

Far Cry 5 is about living under fear in America

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Episode 151: IO, You…

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Matt, Ethan and Ricardo are joined by Laurentius once again as he tells us what he’s been up to in Mass Effect Andromeda! Matt is on his third run through Nier Automata, Ethan talks about heartburn, Ricardo advertises heartburn remedies, and Laurent forms a SQUAD. That, plus the news that no Remedy will save Alan Wake, ZeniMax is on a lawsuit roll, and the sad news of IO Interactive’s sale from SquareEnix.

Games we played:

Matt: Nier: Automata

Ethan: Breath of the Wild

Ricardo: Overwatch, Marvel Puzzle Quest

Laurentius: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Squad v. Alpha 1.9

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

The ZeniMax vs. John Carmack scandal thickens as ZeniMax goes after Samsung’s Gear VR

FEEL BAD; Square Enix drops Hitman developer, IO Interactive…

FEEL GOOD; PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds raises nearly a quarter million dollars for Gamers Outreach

There might be a Legend of Zelda title coming to phones

I Am A Sleep; the day Alan Wake died

Phantom Dust remastered is free?

Trailer trash:

Official Injustice 2 Gameplay Launch Trailer

Tokyo 42 Multiplayer Trailer

Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Zombies Timeline Trailer

A Walk in the Dark Official Announcement Trailer

Ad Infinitum Official Reveal Trailer

Rakuen Release Date Trailer

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Episode 146: A Podcast for Workgroups

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Matt has returned from Japan and as is back joined by Ethan and Ricardo as we catch up on his many adventures, plus some of the experiences of Japanese arcades! We look into some recent Overwatch leaks, some streaming controversies, some Scorpio specs, and of course some Trailer Trash. Plus: Matt starts a space roman batmen empire, Ethan buys a Switch on a whim, and Ricardo sings us an Easter song.

Games we played:

Matt: Taiko Drum Master, Japanese Arcades, Typeshift, Stellaris, Persona 5

Ethan: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, SFV

Ricardo: Diablo 3 (Seasons)

Beer we drank: Suntory Whiskey – Hibiki, Boatswain H.L.V., Stone Brewing – Pataskala Red IPA

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Persona 5 is OUT! But you might get in TWOUBLE if you STWEAM IT!

We have some more deets on Project Scorpio; trying to win back consumers AND devs

Update: Mass Effect Andromeda has patched out some of the scary facial features in the game

Update number 2: Pewdiepie to go “family friendly” on YouTube and start doing weekly Twitch streams

Overwatch trailer leaked revealing new map mode and lore stuff

Trailer trash:

Starblood Arena Official Launch Trailer

Talent Not Included Official Launch Trailer

NBA Playgrounds Official Trailer

Sacred Fire Official “Storm Within” Trailer

Injustice 2 – Introducing the Flash

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles – Official Announcement Date Trailer

Overwatch Insurrection

Golf for Workgroups

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Episode 141: Breath of the Sueño

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The Nintendo Switch is officially out and Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo are here to talk about midnight launches as well as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch, Snipperclips, and even several non-Switch games! Matt can’t stop talking about Zelda, Ethan kills a spider, and Ricardo lights himself on fire. That plus a whole bunch of Switch news, some light editorializing headlines from Ricardo, and some only slightly obnoxious pop culture references in this week’s Trailer Trash!

Games we played:

Nintendo Switch Launch with Matt and Ethan

Matt: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch, Snipperclips – Cut it Out: Together!

Ethan: Bloodborne, Layers of Fear, 1-2-Switch, Snipperclips

Ricardo: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls 3

Beer: Sapporo Premium Beer, Simple Times Pilsner – Trader Joe’s, El Sully

The NINTENDO SWITCH NEWS HOUR News Topics (brought to you by Sony PSVita):

You cannot currently transfer save games from one Switch to another

Some issues with Wi-Fi and controller sync as well

Warren Spector fucking hates VR

Oculus drops the Oculus headset by $100 and touch controllers by $100

Netflix style gaming announced for Xbox One

No Man’s Sky wins innovation award at GDC, the team is not there to receive it

Trailer trash:

Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Launch Trailer

Persona 5 – Sizzle Trailer

Tokyo Twilight Hunters Daybreak Special Gigs – Steam Trailer

Styx: Shards of Darkness – Official Co-op Trailer

Fire Pro Wrestling World – Announcement Trailer

Overwatch – Orisa Origin Story Trailer

Shakedown: Hawaii

Wargroove Announcement Trailer

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Episode 137: Satisfying Simulations

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Matt is out of the great state of Southern California, but that doesn’t stop him from hosting the Pixel Podcast. The gang gathers around to talk about satisfying simulations, great customer service, awful free to play games and the Killers!

Games we played:

Matt: A Fire Emblem

Ethan: Project Highrise, Dark Souls, Fire Emblem Heroes

Ricardo: Oops forgot to play new games

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

WOW Tokens can now be used in other Blizzard games such as Overwatch and Hearthstone…

Separation of church (consoles) and state (PC’s) in Overwatch!

Death Stranding will NOT be a horror game, and Kojima doesn’t wanna make those kinds of games anymore…

Psychonauts 2 still has no release date, but it DOES have a publisher,

Carmack attack; following Oculus verdict, John Carmack makes a statement

It’s the circle of life, or actually the circle of used games Gamestop is pressuring employees into selling

Trailer trash:

Rock Band VR Release Date Trailer

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Closed Beta Teaser

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind TV Spot

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Beta Trailer

FlatOut 4 Total Insanity Reveal Trailer

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Episode 136: Mod Squad Goals

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Laurentius joins Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo again to catch us up on what he’s been up to recently. Sounds like he’s been simulating the military, which might prove useful in the near future. Matt’s been stopping Ethan from playing The Witcher 3 solely out of spite. Ethan has been playing phone games instead! And Ricardo is breaking up illegal panty smuggling rings all over Japan.

Games we played:

Matt: The Witcher 3, Overwatch Lunar New Year event

Ethan: Yu-gi-oh Duel Link, Ninja Spinki, The Witcher 3

Ricardo: Yakuza 0, WWE Champions

Laurent: Squad, Fallout 4, ARMA 3

Beer we drank: Saison du Buff – Dogfish Head, Victory, Stone

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

*Insert didn’t ask for this joke here*: Eidos puts Deus Ex series on hold as studio moves to work on Marvel project.

Jill sandwich? More like dollar bill sandwich… Resident Evil movies make $1 billion.

Mad Catz still in big trouble as they may possibly be dropped from NYSE.

(DON’T READ THIS LINK) Can you guess the unfortunate name of this new Japanese tv series inspired by the true story of a father and son bonding over playing FFXIV?

Evo 2017 games announced