Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games Zach Owens and Aaron Capo
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- Leisure
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We mainly talk about video games, but we also get sidetracked discussing movies, TV shows, and tech!
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Fallout show trailer, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
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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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth early impressions, No Rest for the Wicked previews
Zach has seen Dune Part 2 and finished Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and started FF7 Rebirth. We keep the chatter about these things vague so as to not spoil anything, but we’ll circle back to them again soon. We also talk about layoffs impacting Sony and EA and the previews that came out about Moon Studio’s upcoming RPG No Rest for the Wicked.
[News of the Week]
Sony rumored to release PS5 Pro this fall ahead of GTA6 launch
Sony to layoff 900 people across multiple studios
EA laying off670 employees and canceling Respawn’s Star Wars FPS
No Rest for the Wicked previews
Pokemon Presents Legends Z-A
Stardew 1.6 has a release date!
Next Fest: Mullet MadJack
Next Fest: Nimrods
[What We’re Playing/Watching]
Heroic Trio - Criterion Release
Supernatural
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Dune 2
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Nintendo Direct, new game trailers and new releases, Balatro
On this week’s episode, we talk about a bunch of new game trailers (and the trailer for the Borderlands movie), but we also talk about what stood out to us in the latest Nintendo Direct. We also briefly cover a bunch of new game releases (including the review roundup for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth). We also talk about what we’ve been playing lately, which includes the hit new rogue-like deck builder Balatro and more Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth.
[News of the Week]
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead adds AFK timer to prevent people staying logged in overnight so they can avoid queue times
Harold Halibut gameplay overview (demo is available)
No Rest For the Wicked looks great
Kingmakers looks insane
Xbox multiplatform reveals
Nintendo Direct
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
Borderlands movie trailer
Review roundup - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Stardew Valley update
[New Game Releases]
Balatro
Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior
Last Epoch
Penny’s Breakaway
Nightingale
Pacific Drive
[What We’re Playing/Watching]
Balatro
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Déjà vu
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Xbox update, Rusty’s Retirement, Helldivers 2, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
This week we talk about the future of Xbox podcast and a few other news items, but then it’s all about the games. There are a ton of games out now and we briefly talk about some of the more recent releases and then get back into the games we’re actually playing.
[News of the Week]
Future of Xbox event
Game developers explain layoffs hitting riot, epic and more
Sony won't have any major existing franchise titles to release before March 31, 2025
Switch 2 Delayed to 2025
Respawn rumored to be working on a first person Mandalorian game
[Games out this week]
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Foamstars
Ultros
Skull and Bones
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong
Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
[What We’re Playing/Watching]
Rusty’s Retirement demo
Helldivers 2
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Godzilla
Apex
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Xbox exclusives, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
On this week’s episode, we talk about the leaks and rumors suggesting Xbox may make more of their games cross-platform and what that may mean for the Xbox brand. We also talk about the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play and Sony’s new exclusive co-operative shooter Helldivers 2! Plus, we talk even more about Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth.
[News of the Week]
Microsoft reportedly planning to bring Starfield and other Xbox exclusives to PlayStation
FF7 Rebirth State of Play
Disney + Epic Games
Overwatch + Cowboy Bebop
GTA VI coming after post-April 2025?
[Games out this week]
Helldivers 2
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Demo
[What We’re Playing/Watching]
Apex
Helldivers 2
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Taskmaster
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, PlayStation State of Play
This week we give more thoughts on Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and go through PlayStation’s latest State of Play in which they showed off Death Stranding 2, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin and Dragon’s Dogma 2. But before that, we pitch Nintendo on a Pokemon plus Animal Crossing crossover game to compete with Palworld.
[News of the Week]
Crypt Custodian gets a free demo on Steam
Pepper Grinder Demo on Steam
Super Nintendo World coming to Universal in Orlando, Florida
Palworld has more than 19 million players since launch
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth surprised 1 million copies sold in the first week, fastest selling game in the franchise
[Features]
PlayStation State of Play
[What We’re Playing/Watching]
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Apex News
Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Amazon
Red Dwarf audiobooks
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Customer Reviews
Excellent
Started to Listen for the Anthem review and ended up going back through the library of content to listen to more. Very well spoken and informative. Highly recommend