Nick joins Jon and Alex to talk about Cocoon, the new puzzle game from the lead gameplay designer of PlayDead’s Limbo and Inside! Alex has also played a little bit of both Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder! We also come back around to discuss the current state of Ubisoft, somehow.

This week’s segments are as follows:

• What We’ve Been Playin’
  • (0:08:26) Marvel Snap (PC, Mobile)
  • (0:22:09) Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5)
  • (0:26:50) Super Mario Bros. Wonder (NS)
  • (0:30:18) Cocoon (PS4/5, XO/SX, PC, NS)
  • (0:53:57) Nick’s Wishlist of games and the current state of Ubisoft

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Alex has finished Mortal Kombat 1 and played a bit of the invasions mode! He also checked out Lies of P on Xbox Game Pass. Jon has restarted Cyberpunk 2077 after picking up Phantom Liberty.

This week’s segments are as follows:

• What We’ve Been Playin’
  • (0:10:13) Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5, XSX, PC, NS)
  • (0:19:15) Cyberpunk 2077 (PS4/5, XO/SX, PC)
  • (0:37:02) Lies of P (PS4/5, XO/SX, PC)
    • SILLY SPOILERS (0:44:20) – (0:45:20)
• Patch Notes:
  • (0:49:58) Jim Ryan steps down as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • (0:53:11) Epic lays off 16% of their workforce
  • (0:57:04) Unity has walked back much of their previously announced runtime fee policy
  • (1:04:54) Noclip has produced a Burger King Game documentary

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Bethesda’s latest is finally out — we talk about the wonders of Starfield! Also, Alex has started Mortal Kombat 1.

This week’s segments are as follows:

• What We’ve Been Playin’
  • (0:02:54) Starfield (XSX, PC)
  • (0:48:38) Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5, XSX, PC, NS)

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There are a lot of games to play! We’re still playing Baldur’s Gate 3 but we’ve also started Armored Core VI and a little bit of WrestleQuest!

This week’s segments are as follows:

• What We’ve Been Playin’
  • (0:05:29) Gran Turismo 7 (PS5)
  • (0:28:12) Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (PS5, XSX, PC)
  • (0:50:52) Remnant: From the Ashes (PS4, XBO, NS, PC)
  • (0:52:53) WrestleQuest (PS4/5, XBO/X, NS, PC)
  • (0:59:45) Baldur’s Gate 3 (PC)

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Neill Blomkamp made a Gran Turismo movie and we attended an early screening for PlayStation fans! Nick joins Jon, Bryan, and Alex to discuss it. We’ve also played a bit of Baldur’s Gate 3 although we will definitely be playing much more.

This week’s segments are as follows:

• (0:02:16) Film Review: Gran Turismo
  • (0:32:36) SPOILERS START
• What We’ve Been Playin’
  • (0:47:50) Remnant: From the Ashes
  • (1:07:38) Baldur’s Gate 3

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Bryan’s back! While none of us have been playing anything particularly new, we’ve all been dabbling in several games here and there. Plus, the NoClip Archive is awesome, and the successor to the Nintendo Switch is likely to be out in 2024.

This week’s segments are as follows:

• The Backlog:
  • (0:05:34) Alex: Remnant: From the Ashes
  • (0:14:30) Bryan: Horizon: Burning Shores, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Diablo IV, Battlebit Remastered
  • (0:26:20) Jon: Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Marvel Snap
• Patch Notes
  • (0:41:56) NoClip will archive rare footage of games and game media.
  • (0:48:54) VGC’s sources are reporting a late 2024 debut for the successor to the Nintendo Switch.

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Jon and Alex discuss the entirety of Hulu/FX’s The Bear with out a whole lot of spoilers as well as some recent music releases, some not so recent music releases, and trying to remember the double features of movies that they would’ve seen with their friends who were siblings that were born on adjacent days.

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