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Nintendo had its first Direct in a long while and announced some cool stuff...and some other stuff.

Other Video Game News

Microsoft is Doing Even Cooler Stuff with Accessibility
Xbox BC is Making Games Run Even Faster
Update Your Game While You Sleep
xCloud is Coming (to iOS)
Stadia is Writing Its Own Punchlines Now

What We're Playing

Colby: Crashlands, Bartlow’s Dread Machine, Wilmot’s Warehouse, Mekorama

Cliff: The Medium, Sundered

Dylan: Immortals Fenyx Rising

Questions
DA VINSTER (Vinny): Classic question, what game do you want to see get a full from the ground up remake of?

Princess_Megan: What is one weird thing about the area you live in? For example, in NE Ohio we generally talk about the distance to locations in terms of minutes/hours, not miles.

Rdeacon: I have an oddball one. So HS friend posted he broke his favorite spatula.. I was like really.. then I realized I had a favorite spatula as well.  So if you cook what is your favorite spatula?

Princess_Megan: Who is your favorite Mario Kart character and why?

Tr1pletrouble88: What new release that you know of, do you think would win GotY

Cheap/Free Games
Epic Games:


Absolute Drift: Zen Edition
Rage 2

Game Pass:


Code Vein (PC) – February 18
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition (Cloud and Console) ID@Xbox – February 18
Wreckfest (Cloud, Console and PC) – February 18
Killer Queen Black (Cloud and Console) ID@Xbox – February 23
Dirt 5 (Cloud, Console and PC) – February 25
Elite Dangerous (Console) – February 25
Superhot: Mind Control Delete (PC) ID@Xbox – February 25

Small Bites
Troll Corner

Six Days in Fallujah
Stadia Has No Idea What is Going On

Patreon

John Tippins
Sean Palmer
Austin Palmer
Alan Schulte
Joe Cole Jr.

Extra Life

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Is there any way that we could ban console scalping and not screw it up somehow? Probably not.

Other Video Game News

The UK is On It’s Way to Banning Console Scalping
Literally Who Doesn’t Own GTA 5 at This Point?
Anthem Might Be Dead at This Point
GoldenEye Almost Came Out on the Xbox 360
Some Company Called Embracer Bought Gearbox
PS5 Controllers are Drifting and Getting Them Fixed Can Be a Pain
Your New Series X/S Controller Has a Hidden Feature

What We're Playing

Colby: Crashlands
Cliff: The Medium
Dylan: Finished Cyberpunk, Immortals: Fenyx Rising

Questions
Megan: This Sunday is Valentine's day, I thought I'd ask something fitting for the holiday. All three of you have been with your wives for a while, what is your favorite thing about them?

F3ar13: For next week as well, who's your gaming waifu?

Tr1pletrouble88: Favorite sea animal?

Rdeacon: What do you feel makes a good boss level?  What makes a bad one?

Elfsawrath52: What's the best mario game v the worst one. Based on story, graphics, and how many times yoshi shows up?

BIG CHAPPIE: Best home base/hub world? Peaches Castle in Mario 64, the Normandy from ME, and Sanctuary from Borderlands to name a few. Bases/hubs can be fairly different in some games so this should maybe be two questions.

JoeColeslaw: Getting back into battle royal. What is your strat back in the day when you played... would you ever think about getting back in it?

Cheap/Free Games
Epic Games


Halcyon 6

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Game Pass


Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age (Console and PC) – February 11
Jurassic World Evolution (Android and Console) – February 11
Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (Android and Console) ID@Xbox – February 11
Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Android) – February 11

Nintendo Online


Super NES – Nintendo Switch Online:
Doomsday Warrior
Psycho Dream
Prehistorik Man

NES – Nintendo Switch Online:
Fire ‘n Ice


Troll Corner

WB Managed to Get the Nemesis System Patented
CDPR Got Hacked and Gamers Are Dumb

Patreon


John Tippins
Sean Palmer
Austin Palmer
Alan Schulte
Joe Cole Jr.

Extra Life

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Google has announced the shutdown of both of their internal studios that were making games for Stadia in what will probably be known eventually as foreshadowing.

Other Video Game News

A New Lawsuit Claims That Valve is Price Fixing
The Mass Effect Legendary Edition Isn’t Coming to Next Gen Consoles
Marvel's Avengers Is Finally Getting a Next Gen Update...Probably
Scalpers Sold a LOT of PS5s
Wanna a TV and a Console In Your Car?

What We're Playing
Colby: Summer in Mara, Haven, Donut County, Crashlands

Cliff: CrossCode, Torchlight 3

Questions
Vinny: What game did you love at one point, stop playing but came back to it later and enjoyed it just as much or even more. I've been getting back into Sea of Thieves with the new season and I'm loving it!

Squid: When rating and playing an indie game do you give it more leeway than say a AAA game? I ask myself.

Cpt Insano6: What celebrity or celebrities would you want to play games with; video games, board games, etc.

Princess_Megan: Who is your favorite Disney character and why?

Elfsawrath52: What is the optimal gamer food?

Cheap/Free Games
Game Pass:


Ghost of a Tale (PC) ID@Xbox – February 4
Project Winter (Android, Console and PC) ID@Xbox – February 4
The Falconeer (Android, Console and PC) – February 4
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age (Console and PC) – February 11
Jurassic World Evolution (Android and Console) – February 11
Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (Android and Console) ID@Xbox – February 11
Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Android) – February 11

PlayStation Now


Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - April 29th
WWE 2K Battlegrounds - August 2nd
Detroit: Become Human
Darksiders Genesis
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Little Nightmares

Amazon Prime


All games available to claim through March 1
Spinch
Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Monster Prom: Hotseat
Swimsanity! Couch Party Edition
Table Manners
Algo Bot
Cyber Hook
Little Big Workshop

Troll Corner

Activision Refuses to Mandate Increased Diversity Hiring Practices

Patreon Patrons


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Austin Palmer
Alan Schulte
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GameStop stock is being manipulated in a ton of really dumb ways, but at least hedge funds are the ones mostly paying for it.

Other Video Game News

Tencent is Going on a Buying Spree and They May Not Be Done
A Diablo 2 Remaster is in the Works

What We're Playing

Colby: Star Wars Squadrons, Jydge, Haven, Summer in Mara
Cliff: CrossCode
Dylan: Cyberpunk, Vermintide 2

Questions
SweatySpookz: Question for the show: In 2020 when covid first began, what would you do to keep a positive mind frame? Not an easy task but this could be something as simple is diving into a backlog of video games. I find it important to discuss methods or ways we can remain positive and look out for one another.

F3ar13: If you're in a restaurant and you're drinking your drink, if the waitress brought you a refill, do you finish your drink before moving on to the next drink, or put the old drink aside and go for the next drink?

Rdeacon: What major game or game series would people be shocked you have never played - My example Final Fantasy... just never got into it

Elfsawrath52: Newest iPhone camera v. Professional grade camera?

Elfsawrath52: What console is most photogenic?

Games Releasing in February

Control Ultimate Edition (PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – February 2
Destruction AllStars (PlayStation 5) – February 2
The Nioh Collection (PS5) – February 5
Little Nightmares II (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – February 11
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch) – February 12
King of Seas (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – February 18
Persona 5 Strikers (PS4, PC, Switch) – February 23
Ghosts 'n Goblins: Resurrection (Switch) – February 25
Bravely Default II (Switch) – February 26

Cheap/Free Games
PS Plus available  February 2, 2021:


Control: Ultimate Edition (until  March 1)
Concrete Genie (until  March 1)
Destruction AllStars (April 5)

Epic Games Store


Dandara
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world. Welcome to a unique 2D metroidvania platformer full of mystical creatures and boundless exploration.

Game Pass


Cyber Shadow (Android, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – January 26
The Medium (Xbox Series X|S and PC) ID@Xbox – January 28
Yakuza 3 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
Yakuza 4 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
Yakuza 5 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28

Games with Gold


Gears 5 ($39.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 28
Resident Evil ($19.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 28
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition ($14.99 ERP): Available February 16 to March 15
Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb ($9.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 15
Lost Planet 2 ($19.99 ERP): Available February 16 to 28

Patreon

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Sean Palmer
Austin Palmer
Alan Schulte
Joe Cole Jr.

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Cyberpunk 2077 problems just keep getting worse between no next-gen update until the second half of 2021, a new expose by Jason Schreier and yet another lawsuit.

Other Video Game News

Having You Been Gaming More This Year? So Has Literally Everyone Else.
Arcade1up Announce New Games at CES

What We're Playing


Colby: What the Golf, Summer in Mara, Star Wars Squadrons, Jydge
Cliff: CrossCode
IT’S HANS BISH!: Tarkov.

Questions
DA VINSTER: What are your top three standout music tracks from games?

Cliff:


Abzu (Austin Wintory) - To Know Water
Skyrim (Jeremy Soule) - Dragonborn
Doom 2016 (Mick Gordan)  - Rip and Tear
Celeste (Lena Raine) - Resurrections
Oxenfree (scntfc) - Beacon Beach

Cliff: If you had to prevent WW2 without killing Hitler, what would you do?

Princess_Megan: I don’t remember this one's been asked already or not. What is your favorite non-gaming podcast? Also, it can't be Behind The Bastards. As awesome as that podcast is, we already know you guys enjoy it (Robert Evans is both interesting and amusing as hell)

Elfsawrath52: What is the best way to organize computer cords?

Princess_Megan: The three of you have to appear on a current reality TV show. Which show are you choosing, and who would emerge the victor?

Cpt Insano6: Is or was there a game, that as a kid, you quit playing bc it was too difficult, that you came back to as an adult and blew through said game?

Rdeacon: I want to ask a follow up to the last question: What game do you struggle with now that a kid can beat you at?

Cheap/Free Games
Epic Games


Galactic Civilizations III Ultimate Edition

Game Pass


Control (PC) – January 21
Desperados III (Android, Console, and PC) – January 21
Donut County (Android, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – January 21
Outer Wilds (Android) ID@Xbox – January 21
Cyber Shadow (Android, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – January 26
The Medium (Xbox Series X|S and PC) ID@Xbox – January 28
Yakuza 3 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
Yakuza 4 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
Yakuza 5 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28

Twitch Prime


Bridge Constructor Playground - Offer ends Feb 1
Sword Legacy Omen - Offer ends Jan 29
Alt Frequencies - Offer ends Feb 1
Along the Edge - Offer ends Feb 1
Cyber Hook - Offer ends Feb 12
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong - Offer ends Feb 1
Void Bastards - Offer ends Feb 1

Troll Corner

Composers Haven’t Been Paid Their Royalties in Almost Two Years




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All Star Wars games are going to live under the Lucasfilm Games Label from now on, including a new Star Wars game from Ubisoft and an Indiana Jones game from MachineGames.

Other Video Game News

Ubisoft is Making an Open-World Star Wars Game
Bethesda is Making an Indiana Jones Game with Todd Howard at the Helm
CD Project Red Could be Facing a HEFTY Fine
Microsoft Once Tried to Buy Nintendo. It Did Not Go Well
Duncan Jones Wrote an Entire Script for a Full Throttle Movie
Old Tech Let Hitman Trilogy Get 80 GB Smaller
Get Your Free PSVR Adapter Now!

What We're Playing

Colby: Snow Runner, CrossCode, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, Cat Quest 2, Demon’s Crystals, Star Wars Squadrons
Cliff: Crosscode, Cat Quest 2
Dylan: Cyberpunk

Questions
DA VINSTER: What genre of game have you always wanted to get into but just can't for some reason? Some of mine include RTS's, Souls Games, and Fighting games.

SweatySpookz: I want to hear a first time story. For each of you, when was the first time you felt rewarded for any content you’ve worked on be it a podcast, YouTube, what have you. How did that impact you & is there anything you would have done differently?

Princess_Megan: I wasn’t going to ask the Jumanji question, but with today's riot, 2021 just looked at 2020 and said hold my beer. What else is in store for us over the next month?

Rdeacon: My question.. do you feel there is a line that games cross that makes them too real?  This could be the chores in Zelda/Red Dead,  disturbing realistic graphics or even games that give you morality consequences that diminish feel of the game.

JoeColeslaw: Happy new year! Glad to be back! So question,

- how competitive are you with leaderboards in games? How about gamerscore, trophies, and achievements? -

Since you are answering questions all willy nilly... I had another question as far as the Lucas Film Games / Indiana Jones news...

-Is it almost too late for Indiana Jones? For some reason, "from Russia with Love" comes to mind. I played it as a kid, but I don't know why... not like I had nostalgia for the film... but was a  fan of the 007 series. Maybe this would be along the lines of their previous game, 2003- Emperors Tomb, stand-alone. Or coinciding with a new, movie.

Elfsawrath52: Where’s the best place to put a Buttloadda stickers?

Charisma_Icon: What are your favorite taco toppings? Are you a chicken, beef or beans?

Cheap/Free Games
Epic Games


STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition
Includes the complete collection of customization content acquirable through in-game purchase from launch up to – and including – items inspired by STAR WARS™: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER™ (everything pre-2019).

Game Pass


Neoverse (PC) ID@Xbox – January 14
Torchlight III (Android and Console) ID@Xbox – January 14
What Remains of Edith Finch (PC) ID@Xbox – January 14
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG (PC) ID@Xbox – January 14

Troll Corner
The Pogchamp Removal Has Been a Disaster
Go follow CriticalBard who had to deal with the fallout

Patrons
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