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The boys are joined by fellow adventurer DansGaming this week to finally have a chat about Baldur's Gate 3! Is it too good? Should it be the base line for AAA games going forward? Is that fair to other developers? Is Starfield okay? We answer all these quests and more on this week's episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a busy weekend with two fan conventions happening at the same time: Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest & Path of Exile's ExileCon! Announcing a new expansion for the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail as well as a ton of new info for the long-awaited Path of Exile 2. In other news Project L gives an update ahead of EVO 2023, Ubisoft cancels projects, there's weird drama with Armored Core VI! Games this week: The Expanse: A Telltale Game, Punc Club 2, Unholy & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swen Vincke the Founder/CEO of Larian Studios returns this week on the eve of their huge game: Baldur's Gate 3 launching! We have tons of questions and so does the community and we get to most of them! After the interview we get to some small tidbits of news: The Overwatch League on the precipes of ending, everyone raging at Diablo 4 & more. Games this week: Remnant 2, Viewfinder, Coreborn and... Everquest?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Twitch's Mike Minton and Tom Verilli to chat about where Twitch is going, upcoming features and whether Twitch is still a creator first platform. Then with the FTC court case against Microsoft buying ABK in the past; Sony strikes a deal to keep Call of Duty on the plaform. Bungie sets legal precedent after winning court case against a serial harrasser of one of their employees. We also get into some games with Exoprimal, Jagged Alliance 3 & Decarnation! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a heavy news week with TwitchCon Paris 2023 bringing in a surprising amount of new features to the platform. Ubisoft Swatter gets off lightly in France. Co-Creator of Sonic the Hedgehog - Yuji Naka - Sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for insider trading. Overwatch 2 dropping PvE again? Or not? Diablo 4 unveils its season content. Street Fighter 6 sells over 2 million units and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We reminisce about 8 years of Dropped Frames this week and we're prepared for another 8 years! Twitter is a mess (again) Will there be a TwitchCon Paris in the middle of protests and riots? Spanish streamer Ibai breaks all records with 3.44 concurrent viewers, Baldur's Gate 3 releasing a month early (whew!) Final Fantasy XVI sells 3 million in its first week! Plus our thoughts on Dave the Diver, the new Conan Exiles expansion: Art of War, Mars First Logistics and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Cohh's birthday today and it's time to get HYPE with Twitch's new Supercha - Hype Chat features! Twitch also rolled out a new dashboard homepage that seems good but needs some more time to cook. Phil Spencer admits they bought Bethesda to keep Starfield off of Playstation. Meanwhile Starfield might not have a physical edition at all? The Nintendo Direct gives us Elephant Mario, Zeke has a ton of demos to tell us about and JP and Cohh have been loving Final Fantasy XVI! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks in the streaming world and we couldn't wait until Sunday to talk about it! xQc's $100 million contract with Gambling/Crypto streaming site Kick, Amouranth's $30 million contract, what's actually going on? We break it down and wonder if Kick is a true competitor to Twitch or a drop in the bucket. Then we take a moment to gush over the Final Fantasy XVI demo, Lies of P and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer Games Fest is right around the corner so we go over our expectations, wants & our schedule for all the upcoming events throughout the month of June. Of course this is also the month of non-stop gaming and we're busy just trying to keep up with all the bangers like Street Fighter 6, Stasis: Bone Totem, and of course Diablo IV. There's no time for sleep! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Playstation Showcase happened this last week and... We were whelmed. Are the rumors of Sony holding back true? Is Bungie reviving Marathon a good idea? Diablo IV is fast approaching but not before putting out many drama fires before the game launches this weekend! Then we get into the games: The Outlast Trials, Texas Chainsaw Massacre & many more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Gothalion this week to nerd out about the latest Zelda game: Tears of the Kingdom and it might be the greatest game he's played in a decade. But first we discuss Overwatch removing their planned PvE mode in favor of more live service features... What's happening at Blizzard? There's a reportedly HUGE Playstation Showcase this coming week and we check our hype levels. Then, a little dab of Darkest Dungeon 2 salt to round off this week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Redfall came out last week to much of the disdain of pretty much everyone. Is the game as bad as people say it is? We take stock of the next couple of months in games, including summer game events. Kotaku fights back at Nintendo's blacklisting them. CS:GO hits an all time high in concurrent players. Are we hyped for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Is Bramble scary? All that and much more on this week's episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A percentage of this show is dedicated to how fast Star Wars Jedi Survivor came in hot with not insignificant number of players experience horrible performance for an otherwise good game. The other part is dedicated to extreme game sales for Little Nightmares and Honkai Star Rail, our hype levels for Armored Core VI, Earthbound, Xenoblade & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We use this week to catch-up the games we've been playing and the games we will be playing soon. First we talk about the blue checks, the origin of Blender porn, Zeke has a secret admirer, Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6, Dead Island 2 and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by special guest Rami Ismail this week to chat about the need for an games industry gathering that is developer focused, AI in video games and... The universe is a simulation? Honkai: Star Rail tops 10 million in pre-downloads alone, the validity of gacha games. Then in new Nexon sues Dark and Darker devs IronMace, Redfall locked at 30 fps on consoles, our stunned reactions to Zelda and Final Fantasy XVI & much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E3 2023 is cancelled possibly forever! Should we be surprised? The rest of the week didn't have much more positive news as Dark and Darker gets delisted on Steam, The Last of Us Part 1 PC Port is a pile of poo, gamers harass Ada Wong VA off social media and Multiversus shuts down their open beta. In the back half we talk about Contraband Police, our thoughts on the Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dredge & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Dad & BFF of Vanilla Ice: DatModz joins us to really get into the weeds with the latest Diablo IV beta! How does it stack up to other modern ARPG games? Is it too easy? Will the game have longevity? Then we take a long deep-dive in the current state of Twitch with the recent announcement of Emmett Shear resigning from CEO and the news of the company laying off 400 employees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by SkillUp this week to chat about creating content on YouTube in 2023, the dichotomy of being a gamer and a critical reviewer and the infamous Cyberpunk review! Cohh has been playing Last Epoch and enjoying it, but can it last in a post Diablo 4 world? JP and SkillUp finished the newest Destiny 2 raid and the community is going wild. Jim Ryan just wants to see the Microsoft & Activision merger to fail. Suicide Squad gets delayed again. More info on the RPG/JRPG discourse and so much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ezekiel_III is out this week so we're joined by special guests DansGaming & first-timer Sequisha to chat about moustaches and poutine. We also check our hype levels for the upcoming Diablo 4 beta and our time with Wo Long, the new Destiny 2 expansion, Octopath Traveler 2 & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gothalion joins us this week to chat about Power Stone 2 and the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion: Lightfall! Playstation also had a pretty big State of Play this past week and with it brought new characters in Street Fighter 6, another look at Resident Evil 4 as well as a bunch of VR games. However, it also brought an in-depth look at Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and plethora of Gear Score, Battle Passes and more GAAS staples and the internet is FURIOUS! Are consumers revolting against live service games? Sons of the Forest, Octopath Traveler 2, Atomic Heart & more are also on the docket!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.