Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games Zach Owens and Aaron Capo

On this week’s episode, we talk about the new indie puzzle-platformer Animal Well. But before that we have to talk about the latest update for Starfield, the latest on the successor to the Nintendo Switch, and the closure of four Microsoft studios.

[News of the Week]


Starfield May update


Switch successor to be announced this fiscal year (by March 2025) Nintendo to hold June direct to announce what's coming later this year but won't feature the switch successor


Rumored Switch 2 spec


Microsoft closes four studios, including Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda


The Gaming Historian shuts down patreon and returns to “part-time” status


Amazon Prime subscribers can claim a free PC copy of Fallout 3


Sunset Devils



[Games out this week]


Animal Well


Little Kitty Big City


Hades 2 early access


Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns (DLC)



[What We’re Playing/Watching]


Wes Anderson’s Montblanc commercial


Animal Well


Clarkson’s Farm


Ponyo




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This week we focus mainly on games, with discussion of two games we’ve been playing, including the recently released Rusty's Retirement. We also both brought five games each to recommend as great games to play while listening to podcasts - like this one!



[News of the Week]


More Fallout TV show discussion?

No BlizzCon this year




[Games out this week]


Rusty’s Retirement (full release)

Another Crab’s Treasure

Sand Land




[Features]


Rusty's Retirement (FULL RELEASE)
Five podcast game recommendations




[What We’re Playing/Watching]


Dune 2

Monkey Man

Toem

Rusty’s Retirement

Shogun



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On this week’s episode, we do our spoiler talk about Amazon’s Fallout TV show. But before that, we go through everything shown during Nintendo’s latest Indie World Showcase!

[News of the Week]


Nintendo Indie World Showcase (4/17/24)


Digested


Hades 2 Technical Test


Keanu Reeves is Shadow the Hedgehog



[Games out this week]


Harold Halibut


No Rest for the Wicked



[What We’re Playing/Watching]


Fallout TV Show


Shogun


Solo Leveling


Shangri-La Frontier




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Fallout TV Show early impressions, indies games showcase

On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we talk about the first two episodes of Amazon’s Fallout TV show. But before that, we go through what games stood out to us in the Triple-i Initiative games showcase.

[News of the Week]


Live action film adaptation of Dredge announced


Star Wars Outlaws release date revealed


Destiny: The Final Shape Dev Walkthrough


Triple-i initiative Showcase


Fallout 4 getting next gen upgrade



[What We’re Playing/Watching]


Fallout


Shogun




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We’re back after a several weeks long break! And this week we’re getting caught up on what we’ve been playing, watching and reading. We also talk about a little bit of gaming news from the past week.

[News of the Week]


Windblown gameplay trailer


Silksong rated by ESRB


Thoughts on Marvel Rivals reveal


Jump Ship


Mod shoutout - Minecraft Distant Horizons



[Games out this week]


Pepper Grinder


Princess Peach Showtime


Rise of the Ronin


Dragon’s Dogma 2



[What We’re Playing/Watching]


FF7 Rebirth


Shogun


3 Body Problem


Road House


Beekeeper




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This week we talk about Aaron’s early impressions with Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and Zach’s early impressions of Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. We also talk briefly about the Jack Ryan movies and the 90’s Hercules TV show.



[News of the Week]


Akira Toriyama has passed away


Bioware reportedly confident Dragon Age Dreadwolf will release this year


Mass Effect board game expected to come out later this year


Mechs coming soon to Helldivers 2


PlayStation secures FF7 Remake trilogy as a console exclusive


New Fallout TV show trailer drop


Apex Legends News


Mario Day announcement from Nintendo


A Watchdogs movie is maybe happening



[What We’re Playing/Watching]


Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth


Deep Rock Galactic Survivor


Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan movies


The 90’s Hercules TV show




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