Dropped Frames

There are just too many games that it's creating choice paralysis! Before that however: Zeke has been enjoying the Austin music scene, NVIDIA is shutting down 5090 production? and the furloughed Star Wars Zero Company devs finally return to the studio and paid! We've been playing loads of games this week including Hellraiser Revival, the indie MMO - Monsters & Memories, a deluge of Capcom games: Onimusha and Dragons Dogma 2, Silver Pines and much more!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Boomer music
00:23:20 - Choice paralysis
00:26:00 - 5090s not being produced anymore
00:30:50 - Star Wars Zero Company devs get paid
00:38:50 - Richard Garriott reclaims Ultima
00:40:20 - CapGods
00:59:00 - Triple I initiative
01:09:40 - Hellraiser
01:29:40 - Monsters and Memories
01:45:50 - Onimusha
02:01:45 - Silver Pine
02:16:40 - Endocopia
02:26:20 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen
02:35:00 - Star Wars Galactic Racer
02:52:45 - Shoutouts
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JP has become a Vtuber (for a month.) We break down what it takes to become one from concept to reality and it's a lot. After that shock we get into reacting to us in the news, GTA6 gets content rated, Valve's Deadlock gets 6 news character a new map and RuneScape 4 gets announced. Cohh is having a time in Valheim, Zeke is still sailing the high fashion seas in Dressmaker and JP is scared of World of Warcraft Forever launching.

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:30 - Vtubing
00:03:00 - The cost of vtubers
00:23:20 - Dropping Frames
00:25:40 - GTA6 content ratings
00:30:00 - New Deadlock update
00:34:50 - RuneScape 4 announced
00:43:40 - Valheim rage
01:04:50 - Witcher 3 Remaster
01:08:30 - EU Kids
01:12:30 - Gears of War: E-Day is out
01:23:00 - Aion 2
01:25:40 - Silent Hill: townfall
01:54:10 - Even more Dressmaker
02:02:50 - American Truck Simulator
02:10:20 - CONTROL Resonant
02:18:05 - WoW Forever
02:44:05 - End of Abyss
02:49:00 - Rivage
02:55:50 - Shoutouts
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Mikael Kasurinen, the director of CONTROL: Resonant joins us this week to chat about his journey into game development, the intricacy of level design, and the willingness to go weird. Then we dive into Silent Hill: townfall a game Cohh and Zeke liked 80% of. XBOX continues to implode as multiple major dev studios seem to be shutting down, including Halo moving to Activision. Bungie recommits to Destiny while moving to unvault all of Destiny 2. Dune Awakening gets a single-player mode and Zeke gushes over the new surprise hit Dressmaker!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Disc golf
00:05:05 - Director of CONTROL Resonant - Mikael Kasurinen is here!
00:09:50 - Does gameplay or story dictate direction first?
00:15:20 - Why Dylan?
00:25:10 - Combat inspirations
00:37:00 - Maintaining ambition and scope with a budget
00:45:20 - How weird is too weird?
00:52:15 - Is game dev fun?
00:55:00 - Level design
01:13:00 - Player autonomy
01:41:00 - Shipping in September
01:45:20 - The high seas
01:48:20 - What's next for Remedy?
01:57:00 - Silent Hill: townfall
02:19:50 - Blood of the Dawnwalker
02:24:30 - XBOX still imploding
02:31:00 - The Bungie gambit
02:38:00 - Dune Awakening single-player
02:41:00 - Fire Emblem
02:43:50 - Dressmaker
02:58:30 - Shoutouts
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This week we're joined by Washington Post's Gene Park to get an expert opinion on all the Wolverine discourse and learn the deep lore of the fart gas. JP has played the World of Warcraft Forever beta, and uh oh, it's about to consume a lot of time. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a lot of game, Gene has been playing Control Resonant, Zeke absolutely adores Onimusha and so much more this week!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Gene Park is here!
00:02:00 - The origin of fart gas
00:09:00 - Having a blast
00:11:00 - Marvel's Wolverine
00:51:40 - WoW Forever breaking records
01:01:30 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
01:09:20 - Control Resonant
01:15:30 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
01:28:00 - Game of the year discussions
01:33:40 - Enjoying games as a game reviewer
01:40:20 - Valheim
01:44:10 - RuneScape: Dragonwilds
01:50:00 - WARDOGS continues
02:00:40 - Silent Hill: Townfall
02:11:00 - Hellraiser: Revival
02:20:40 - Active Matter
02:26:40 - Steam Frame
02:32:10 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
02:36:20 - Marathon redo
02:38:45 - Mindeye devs laid off
02:40:30 - PC Gamer Show - Japan
02:42:50 - BLACKWOOD
02:52:40 - Shoutouts
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Zeke returns from the desert just in time for the world of video games to explode again! From Insomniac's Wolverine reviews, Kojima parting ways with Sony partnership to BlizzCon announcements including a new StarCraft and World of Warcraft Forever! We try to balance our excitement and horror with Valheim 1.0, surprise hit: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha, Breathedge 2 and more!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Valheim 1.0
00:07:20 - Wolverine reviews
00:11:30 - Kojima and Sony part ways
00:23:30 - Crimson Desert DLC
00:31:20 - StarCraft returns
00:36:50 - Diablo V
00:46:50 - World of Warcraft Forever
01:03:30 - Zeke's Burning Man
01:23:50 - Ocarina of Time Remake
01:34:40 - Metroid Ravenous
01:36:10 - Kirby & The World Beyond
01:38:00 - Steam Achievement Leak
01:42:40 - The Blood of Dawnwalker
01:59:30 - Breathedge 2
02:13:00 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
02:19:10 - We have played Emberville
02:37:10 - WARDOGS Early Access
02:53:30 - Solasta 2
02:56:50 - Shoutouts
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