Retro ’Rents The Retro Rents

Hosts on Deck: Al and Nick
Hey everyone! Today's episode touches on all the gaming news of the past couple weeks (we chat Summer Games Fest, XBox Showcase, and more!) We also go over Bethesda's newest Horse Armor DLC (i.e. the Tracker mod in the creator store!) 
NewsSummer Game Fest - bit of a snooze fest.  Some interesting looking titles but nothing super big.  Indie games making more of a mark.
Most big games we knew about so just got more gameplay to entice
Xbox ShowcaseDragon Age: Veilguard
Gears of War prequel (E Day)
New Fable game in 2025
Doom: The Dark Ages
Indiana Jones

Other ShowcasesEmpire of Ants - 3rd person/RTS sim ant - very cool looking unless you don’t like bugs
Screenbound - clever 2d/3d game where  you have a gameboy like device to play the 2d portion but your avatar moves about in a 3d world looking forward to clever puzzles
Civ 7 - Enjoy the civ series but I have to ask: What is it bringing to the table?
Unknown 9: Awakening cool looking action-adventure game
Cleared Hot - Go back to the super nintendo days but updated graphics with this isometric helicopter game
Path into the Abyss - Looks like STALKER but it’s set in Buenos Aires.
Beacon of Neyda - side scroller strategy like the retro look.
Generation Exile - city builder but instead of unlimited resources you are on a generation spaceship where you have to work with what you have

Nintendo Direct is tomorrow 6/18 will it have some goodies this year?

Watching/PlayingGames Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Remake
Diablo 4
The Bloodline
Baldur’s Gate 3 (again)
SMT V: Vengeance
Skald: Against the Black Priory
Shadows of Doubt
Soul Mask - Released into EA on May 31.  Survival game Conan like with tribes-people vs Thralls.  Set against Aztec-like lore and mythos.  You don a mask with powers which serves as how you level and your abilities.  You can swap to a new mask you can put your mask on others of your tribe who might specialize in other skills.  Very versatile.  Drawback is a dedicated server is always going so  your tribe can burn through your food supplies if you don’t check in on them :( Hoping there is a setting like in 7 days where we can pause it when no one is logged in.


 
Series/Movies Godzilla Minus One 

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QotBW -Conclusions/Final thoughts/Shout outsFans
Geeks Gone Raw (Chase and Blue and crew) 
On Second Thought with Mike and Matt
The Talking Place with Los

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Topics and News
Sony continues blasting their remaining foot off
Microsoft lays off several prominent dev teams
Phil Spencer - Time for a reckoning on his performance?
 
Upcoming Releases
V Rising 1.0
Wildermyth: Omenroad
Songs of Syx
Ghost of Tsushima PC
Dread Delusion (last week)
Homeworld 3 (last week)
Hades 2 Early access
Songs of Conquest exits Early Access TOMORROW (or today when you listen to this)
Hellblade 2 - May 21
System Shock comes to consoles this week
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Remake
Newfound Gems
Fabledom 1.0 - Probably the most chill builder I’ve ever played and I really like it - your village/city is part of a larger continent. Go against other rulers, win them over with charm or sword.!
Shout outs
Geeks Gone Raw (Chase and Blue and crew) 
On Second Thought with Mike and Matt
The Talking Place with Los
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Topics and News
We give our thoughts on the Sony/Helldivers 2 debacle (note: At the time of recording, Sony had not yet reversed the decision, which happened the next day).
Indie games killing it, while AAA's FLOP hard.
RIP Bernard Hill, King Theoden, Lord of the Riddermark
25th Anniversary of Star Wars - Episode 1, and the Mummy (dear god we're getting old. When did this happen!?)
Upcoming Releases
TW: WH3 - Throne of Decay - Excellent! Grabbit!
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Shin Megami Tensai V 
Hades 2 (tech test) 
Hellblade 2 - May 21
Frostpunk 2 - July 25
Newfound Gems
Brew Barons - chill "golden age of flight" game where you... run a brewery and a bar?! Make drinks, get ingredients by buzzing (literally) farmer's fields with your propellers, and rain watery death upon thine enemies! (ok, not death, but it sure sends them running!)
Shout outs
Geeks Gone Raw (Chase and Blue and crew) 
On Second Thought with Mike and Matt
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We're back! For good this time! It's been a whopper of a few months with some incredible games being released. 
Nick and Al are back!... and they're not alone ;) 
Show Highlights:

Release Highlights 
Upcoming ReleasesKCD 2
SMT V
Eiyuden Chronicles - 100 Heroes (today!) - got the deluxe so early access. Fantastic JRPG so far. 
Hades 2 (tech test) 
Hellblade 2 - May 21
Frostpunk 2 - July 25

News
Watching/Playing
Prince of Persia - Lost Crown
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (incredible)
Persona 3 Reload
Tomb Raider 1-3 remake (awesome)
Balatro (YISS)
Skull and Bones (Finally, turd) This terd had dun clogged the toilet!
Pacific Drive  - Fun mix of chill and thrill, driving survival roguelite.
Helldivers2 - FOR DEMOCRACY!
Fallout Series (Watch it now!) Faithfully done and can’t wait for season 2 (greenlit)
Shogun - Intrigue, samurai, Hiroyuki Sanada producer and actor; absolute boss in it
Games - 2024 has been an awesome start for games
Series/Movies 


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QotBW -Conclusions/Final thoughts/Shout outs
Fans
The Talking Place 
On Second Thought with Mike and Matt (Two of the main crew from BadFodderFigures are BACK behind the mics. Show Mike and Matt some love! Their show is awesome!)

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Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick
News:
We're back after a hiatus. Life was a bit TOO life for a while, but we're excited to be back and hanging out with all of you!
We catch up on the releases over the past few months that really caught our eye! (or their own shoelace as they fell on their faces)
Show Highlights:
What game had the worst release of 2023 so far? 
What release this year really stuck the landing? 
What were some of our highlights from the Summer Game Fest and other shows this summer? 
How about some of y'all? What are you looking forward to most this year!
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QotBW -Conclusions/Final thoughts/Shout outsFans
Married to the Games
Tap the Craft

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Hosts on Deck: Al, Nick, Temtem
What's up everyone! On this episode Nick and Al gush about the absolute deluge of games coming out, Steam Next Fest, and Al just can't shut up about Temtem (seriously, it's awesome, go get it). 
Nick gives us a solid look into Moonbreaker, a solid Xcom style scifi game that simulates a tabletop miniatures style, set in a Brandon Sanderson story world. It's currently Early Access but absolutely worth the price of admission.
We talk about the many games that have released since Steam's summer Next Fest (hi Dome Keeper!), and Al talks more about what makes Temtem more addicting and fun than Pokemon has ever been for him. https://crema.gg/games/temtem/ 
More game chat within, plus fun life stories :p enjoy!
Release Highlights 
Upcoming ReleasesNo More Heroes 3 - October 11, PC
Scorn - 10/14 - Will it deliver after numerous delays? 
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves for PC - 10/19, must grab
Steam Next FestSo many great demos!
Undecember - Awesome Diabloesqe game
Soulstone Survivors - fun ARPG where positioning and timing with skills are important, with roguelike death penalties
Dredge - odd fishing/exploration archaeology in a mysterious archipelago

Skull and Bones…Delayed 3 months.  Is 3 months going to solve what they clearly could not get together in 3+ years?   

 
News
Overwatch 2, launch is a mess of server errors. People seem to be enjoying it when they’re able to play. 
Medieval Dynasty comes to Consoles - 10/6 TODAY
Nier Automata comes to switch 10/6, TODAY
Tomorrow: No Man’s Sky coming to Switch
Chip Wars heat up literally. Overall wait for upgrades or stick with last gen. AMD 7000 series  gets to 95 degrees Celsius (This is normal) Power reqs getting higher. 
Nvidia shows of 40x series MOAR POWER.
Intel shows of their vid cards more reasonable mid-range cards and a stop gap 13k chip set.

Steam Deck no longer needs pre-order now selling at volume.  Dock now available.
 
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