Wavelengths with Brendon Bigley

Brendon Bigley
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Wavelengths is video game news for the rest of us. Just imagine: Being normal about games for once? It's more likely than you think. ⏆

  1. 5D AGO

    Discord Ruins Itself, Five Months of MCON, and More

    Welcome back to the show! This week I work through my feelings about Discord's new verification plans and how it will impact everything — even platforms outside of Discord. After that we run through some news about Riot layoffs, Mewgenics sales figures, and Yakuza Kiwami 3's confusing direction before going through my five months of using the MCON mobile controller. --- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths --- Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths! 0:29 - Discord Age Verification 24:15 - Riot Lays off 2XKO Team 27:17 - Mewgenics makes its money back 33:36 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 and the “bad” remake 46:05 - Five Months of MCON

    1h 15m

  2. FEB 6

    A Good Nintendo Direct, Sony's Worst Idea, and Steam Machine Delays

    Hello and welcome back to the podcast! And the first one with video posted publicly for all to see! This week I'm talking about the four games that extremely worked for me from the Nintendo Partner Direct (and a bunch of other notable announcements), Switch 2 sales struggling outside of Japan, Valve kind-of-delaying the Steam Machine, and Sony's extremely stupid patent for AI podcasts. Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere!Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.onlineMastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigleyBlog: https://wavelengths.online ---Chapters:0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths!0:22 - Changes to the Patreon4:16 - The Nintendo Partner Direct27:20 - Switch 2 Sales “Below Expectations” Internationally34:36 - The Steam Machine Is Kind of Maybe Delayed39:11 - PlayStation Patents AI Generated Podcasts42:35 - Thanks for watching!---⏆

    44 min

  3. JAN 30

    The Tomodachi Life to Highguard Curve

    Welcome back to the first normal episode of this show in a while! There was video game news! Can you believe it? This week I'm talking about the Nintendo Direct focused entirely on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — otherwise known in this house as "The Big Game" — before talking about another "big" game that's not landing as well: Highguard. Also in this episode: Ball x Pit updates, Dispatch on Switch, and thoughts about the future of Wavelengths. --- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.online Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigley Blog: https://wavelengths.online --- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome Back to Wavelengths 5:15 - Tomodachi Life Living the Dream Direct 14:45 - Highguard is Fine 33:19 - Dispatch Censorship 34:38 - The Ball x Pit Free Update Rules 39:28 - Wavelengths Updates --- ⏆

    58 min

  4. JAN 16

    The January Question Dump

    This week I'm answering your many questions from how to make potatoes, to thoughts on Heated Rivalry, to Nintendo of America's relationship with Nintendo of Japan and so much more. Come along, will you? Also: Huge solidarity to those in the streets of Minneapolis this month. Your bravery means everything, for real. --- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.online Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigley Blog: https://wavelengths.online --- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- ⏆

    1h 12m

  5. JAN 9

    The Other OTYs (with Will LaPorte)

    I was very glad to be joined by my good friend Will LaPorte for a lengthy episode about our favorite albums and films of 2025! I hope you enjoy it, and I'll be back next week with (gasp) more stuff about video games!! Find Will Online: https://ghostdown.online/ --- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.online Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigley Blog: https://wavelengths.online --- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- Chapters: 0:00:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths! 0:02:50 - Intro Will 0:04:22 - Will Album 10 0:09:54 - Brendon Album 10 0:16:41 - Will Movie 10 0:19:26 - Brendon Movie 10 0:23:48 - Will Album 9 0:27:50 - Brendon Album 9 0:31:22 - Will Movie 9 0:34:36 - Brendon Movie 9 0:39:04 - Will Album 8 0:41:29 - Brendon Album 8 0:43:09 - Will Movie 8 0:46:17 - Brendon Movie 8 0:52:02 - Will Album 7 0:54:11 - Brendon Album 7 0:57:42 - Will Movie 7 1:01:45 - Brendon Movie 7 1:04:48 - Will Album 6 1:07:22 - Brendon Album 6 1:08:52 - Will Movie 6 1:10:35 - Brendon Movie 6 1:17:20 - Will Album 5 1:23:36 - Brendon Album 5 1:27:17 - Will Movie 5 1:34:47 - Brendon Movie 5 1:42:39 - Will Album 4 1:46:52 - Brendon Album 4 1:49:25 - Will Movie 4 1:54:21 - Brendon Movie 4 2:03:14 - Will Album 3 2:09:18 - Brendon Album 3 2:13:32 - Will Movie 3 2:16:41 - Brendon Movie 3 2:29:00 - Will Album 2 2:33:12 - Brendon Album 2 2:40:10 - Will Movie 2 2:46:45 - Brendon Movie 2 2:56:07 - Will Album 1 3:04:06 - Brendon Album 1 3:14:40 - Will Movie 1 3:20:07 - Brendon Movie 1 --- ⏆

    3h 31m

  6. JAN 2

    The 50 Best Games of 2025

    Turns out they made a lot of good video games last year. So many, in fact, that I felt the need to continue last year's move of celebrating 50 of them in an extremely chill manner!! Thank you all for a great first (partial) year of Wavelengths, I hope you're as stoked for 2026 as I am! Note: Wish I'd known about the Level5 CEO showing his whole tuchus before I said all those nice things about Fantasy Life i... a game that might have been made by artificial intelligence for all we know!! Also note: Count the number of times I say “pound for pound” or “it’s a fascinating thing” or “check it out!!" --- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.online Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigley Blog: https://wavelengths.online --- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- ⏆

    1h 26m

  7. 12/19/2025

    Disclaimer: This One's a Bummer

    Trans rights are human rights. Additional links: People Make Games on the BDS movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj10537yi4 No Games for Genocide: https://nogamesforgenocide.com/

    35 min

  8. 12/12/2025

    The Game Awards Again With BB

    Today's all about 2025's Game Awards! Who won, what got announced, and why was Divinity so disgusting? As I mention in the episode: I think going into this year's show treating it like "Winter Game Fest" was a much better move for my own enjoyment — and it created a show I felt generally decent about all things considered. There's still a lot to be critical of, but I found myself digging the show for the first time in years! Additional Reading: VGC on the Winners: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-game-awards-2025-complete-list-of-winners-as-clair-obscur-wins-game-of-the-year-and-sets-a-new-record-for-awards-won/ Gio's Interview with Bruce Straley: https://www.polygon.com/coven-of-the-chicken-foot-game-awards-announcement/

    48 min
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