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Episode 205 – Summer Game Fest 2023 Announcements and Diablo IV First Impressions

The full crew is back! We’ve touched a surprising amount of games and there have been so many announcements since we last talked!

This week’s segments are as follows:

  • Whatcha’ Been Playin’:
    • (0:02:58) Jon: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderDead Space (2023), Spider-ManDiablo IV
    • (0:15:02) Alex: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomFinal Fantasy XVI Demo
    • (0:20:30) Bryan: Marvel’s Midnight SunsDiablo IV
  • Patch Notes
    • (0:33:03) Announcements from Summer Game Fest and more, including StarfieldPrince of PersiaAvowed, Remnant II, Alan Wake II, and so much more!

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Episode 204 – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Alex is joined by two special guests, Tim from Horror Movie Yearbook and Multimedium, and Gojo to talk about the latest game in The Legend of Zelda series, Tears of the Kingdom! Gojo also sticks around to react and talk about the announcement of Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater at the recent Sony PlayStation Showcase!

This week’s segments are as follows:

  • What We’ve Been Playin’
    • (0:02:00) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  • Patch Notes
    • (1:18:18) Konami announces Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater

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Episode 203.5 – Game News!

In this mini half-episode, Alex and Bryan congratulate Jon on the birth of his second child, and they discuss some of the recent game news in Patch Notes.

This week’s segments are as follows:

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MGNP Sidequests – A Glitch in the Beeptrix

MGNP Sidequests are bonus episodes available to $1/month patrons on our Patreon the day after a normal episode releases! They are also released into our normal feed on off-weeks since we typically only release a full episode once every two weeks.

Alex tells Jon and Bryan about Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty. Jon has started intermittent fasting. Bryan talks about goat poop.

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Episode 203 – Dead Island 2, Redfall, and Horizon: Forbidden West – Burning Shores DLC First Impressions

We’ve got a feedback question from Allan! Dead Island 2Horizon DLC! Redfall! and more!

This week’s segments are as follows:

  • (0:03:40) Listener Feedback
  • Whatcha’ Been Playin’:
    • (0:21:29) Dead Island 2
    • (0:31:20) Horizon: Forbidden West – Burning Shores DLC
    • (0:36:07) Redfall
  • Patch Notes
    • (0:43:54) Waypoint is shutting down on June 2nd.
    • (0:53:58) There’s a trailer out for the Gran Turismo movie.

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MGNP Sidequests – Common Sense and Snapchat Filters

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Jon and all of us are disturbed by the lack of common sense out there and Alex feels like the snapchat aging filter is a little unfair.

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Episode 202 – Tron: Identity and Listener Feedback

Alex checked out Bithell Games’ Tron: Identity after completing Dead Space (2023) and playing more Resident Evil 4 (2023)! The crew also discuss some listener feedback sent in by Tom!

This week’s segments are as follows:

  • Whatcha’ Been Playin’:
    • (0:04:08) Dead Space (2023)
    • (0:07:15) Resident Evil 4 (2023)
    • (0:09:28) Tron: Identity
    • (0:29:32) Marvel SNAP
  • (0:52:00) Listener Feedback

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Bonus Episode: The Last of Us Part II Spoilercast and Season 2 Predictions

Jon has finally finished The Last of Us Part II, so he, Bryan, and Alex sit down to discuss the game and how it may be adapted into the second (and third?) season(s) of the hit HBO television series.
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MGNP Sidequests – Dragging Your Partner Down to Your Comedic Level

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Alex’s hick voice strikes back as the boys discuss dragging your partner down to your comedic level and they also get sidetracked talking about comedians and recent comedy specials/podcasts.

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Episode 201 – Resident Evil 4 (2023)

Jon’s plugging away at The Last of Us Part II, Alex checked out the Resident Evil 4 Remake and continued playing Dead Space (2023), and Bryan has been playing God of War Ragnarok and Marvel’s Midnight Suns! All of that and we talk about E3 getting canceled and the latest news on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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