We sound the Rami alarm this week to check the health of the industry after a massive week of game announcements from Summer Game Fest! We go over the Nintendo Direct, pick out some games we're excited about go into the history of 1666: Amsterdam. With the extreme slate of new games on the horizon comes news of Microsoft looking to downsize and possibly sell off the XBOX brand and what that means for everyone else. Then for a little bonus discussion Rami goes into more detail from the development of his own game "Australia Did It!" Games this week: The 7th Guest remake, Path of Exile 2, 007 First Light, Gambonaza and more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Dog owners3:50 - Beach vacation4:30 - Rami is here13:30 - The Nintendo Direct21:50 - Fable25:20 - Apples34:00 - Rami on SGF36:00 - Guild Wars 339:05 - gen Alpha45:30 - 1666: Amsterdam50:00 - SGF wrap-up1:10:00 - Competing 1:21:40 - The AI discussion1:26:05 - Microsoft ready to chop up XBOX1:59:00 - Monetary systems2:11:10 - Final Fantasy VII Remake director on streaming2:21:00 - Capcom moving away from auteur development2:28:10 - The 7th Guest remake2:31:50 - Path of Exile 22:33:20 - Gothic 1 remake2:34:50 - 007 First Light2:46:40 - Gambonanza2:48:50 - Joining the end of Destiny 22:58:20 - Shoutouts3:02:00 - BONUS: Australia Did ItSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Rebecca Ford, creative director of Warframe, this week to chat about having an existential crisis, before heading into group therapy. But then we get into the games! We talk Deadlock, Slay the SPire 2, 007 First Light, Path of Exile 2, and more!  Make sure to check out our Summer of Games Showcase this week starting with the Playstation State of Play happening on June 2! 0:00 - Intro1:00 - Rebb Ford is here!5:00 - What's XBOX showing?12:10 - Warframe/Soulframe30:00 - Existential Crisis/viewbotting36:00 - Warframe in 202645:40 - Destiny 258:00 - Marketing around GTA61:08:00 - The normies1:14:30 - Deadlock1:16:50 - Slay the Spire 21:23:00 - Boardgame commercials1:27:00 - FFXIV: Evercold1:29:30 - TwitchCon EU1:36:50 - GIFs coming to Twitch Chat1:44:30 - Viewership caps1:57:20 - Props1:58:00 - New expansion for The Witcher 32:04:00 - Steam Deck price change2:16:40 - Grim Dawn/ Dragon Quest XII2:17:50 - 007: First Light2:28:50 - LEGO Batman2:40:20 - Path of Exile 22:57:00 - Shoutouts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Gothalion this week, Twitch streamer and now CEO of a game studio: Magic Find Studio to chat about Forza Horizon 6 and eulogize the end of Destiny 2. Kingdom Come Deliverance devs; Warhorse Studios, is developing a Middle-Earth game. Rocket League upgrades to Unreal Engine 6, Lots of Warhammer, a secret No Man's Sky announcement incoming and we prepare for the Summer of Game Showcases quickly approaching. We've also played Thick as Thieves, The Adventures of Elliot, Luna Abyss and much more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Gothalion is here2:55 - Goth is making a video game31:00 - Balancing game dev with streaming32:30 - Star Citizen reaches $1b36:00 - Warhorse doing Lord of the Rings39:00 - No killing in Subnautica 242:00 - Rocket League going to UE645:10 - Warhammer 40K Skulls49:00 - A secret No Man's Sky announcement?51:50 - Destiny 2 reaches end of life1:43:00 - The summer of game showcases1:51:30 - Thick as Thieves2:03:00 - The Adventures of Elliot2:09:20 - The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot2:15:50 - Forza Horizon 62:28:30 - Luna Abyss2:41:20 - LEGO Batman2:42:40 - Conan Exiles Enhanced2:51:20 - Rune Dice2:54:00 - Phonopolis2:54:40 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Warren Spector & Jeff Hickman to chat about their upcoming game Thick as Thieves and the very deep lore of how they both got into video games. After that we chat about our time under the sea with Subnautica 2, Zeke's time with Mixtape, and Dead as Disco and then JP's thoughts on Forza Horizon 6!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Texas Zeke3:00 - Warren Spector and Jeff Hickman are here!4:30 - Russian Interrogator to game dev12:00 - Thick as Thieves 47:00 - The MMO guy51:00 - Dark Age of Camelot55:00 - Warren Spector's road to game dev1:06:10 - Common misconceptions of game dev1:31:30 - xbox is now named XBOX!!!!!1:32:10 - Subnautica 2 sold over 2 million1:50:40 - Amazon cancels Lord of the Ring MMO1:52:30 - 93% of Capcom's game sales are digital1:53:30 - Marathon getting a PvE mode1:54:20 - Falcom gains 1200% profit growth1:55:00 - Cohh finished Crimson Desert I guess2:02:50 - Stop Killing Games moves forward in California2:04:00 - Zeke plays Mixtape2:22:50 - Forza Horizon 62:32:30 - Death's Stranding 22:36:00 - Dead as Disco2:39:30 - Everything is Crab2:45:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For more info & ways you can help: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/en Ross Scott & Pavel Zálešák from the Digital Rights Advocacy group 'Stop Killing Games' joins us this week to tell us how the campaign is going and to answer some Q&As about some common misconceptions some throw their way. Then JP and Cohh talk about JP's trip to Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest this year where they announced their new expansion Evercold. Cohh loves the new Stranger than Heaven news, everyone is in awe of Path of Exile 2, Mixtape is a vibe and much more!   0:00 - Intro2:00 - Disc golf4:00 - Stop Killing Games1:23:10 - FFXIV FanFest1:29:00 - Sony adjusts financial forecast for 20261:30:30 - Grand Theft Auto 6 needs to sell at least 25 million on Day 11:34:00 - Stranger than Heaven1:41:00 - The new Steam Controller1:45:30 - Path of Exile 2 0.52:01:00 - Death's Stranding 22:08:40 - SAROS2:14:00 - Conan Exiles2:18:30 - PRAGMATA2:19:00 - Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred2:32:00 - Dead as Disco2:37:40 - Mixtape2:39:40 - Everything is Crab2:47:00 - Shoutouts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The start of the Spring release fever has begun! This week the new CEO of XBOX starts promising the changes, the BAFTA Game Awards makes us wish the TGAs were more about the awards. Crimson Desert continues to sell and a new Metro game announced! We played a ton of new games this week as well such as Windrose, Replaced, Mouse: PI for Hire and another Capcom classic: PRAGMATA!   0:00 - Intro2:00 - Corrupted saves4:10 - Windrose selling a lot7:00 - New Metro game12:30 - New Gamepass16:10 - Lana Del Ray19:50 - The BAFTA Game Awards31:00 - Crimson Desert Crosses 5 million36:30 - Battlefield 6 gets a new mode41:20 - Replaced54:50 - Windrose1:40:00 - PRAGMATA1:59:30 - Mouse: PI for Hire2:14:00 - JP killed SkyrimRP2:24:20 - Jacksepticeye making a Bloodborne movie?2:29:00 - Northernlion's Supercruise2:35:50 - The Street Fighter movie2:42:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh becomes Florida Man on this episode after he regales us with stories from his Disney vacation before moving into the despairing news of Khazan's dev team dissolving, Rockstar suffers a data breach, and where your Kickstarter pledge to Ashes of Creation went. The Triple I Initiative gave us a very good indie game showcase, former Bethesday exec, Pete Hines hates Microsoft, Skyrim gets a multiplayer RP server and much more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Florida Man9:00 - Moving to Texas12:00 - Eating healthy17:50 - Khazan & Wuchang devs dissolved21:00 - Data breach at Rockstar22:40 - Ashes of Creation Kickstart money spent on chefs and TCG26:40 - Triple I Initiative Wishlist39:50 - Prove You're Human43:50 - Pokémon in No Man's Sky47:00 - Pete Hines does not like Microsoft54:00 - More Crimson Desert1:07:00 - Starfield launches on PS51:10:00 - Samson1:20:40 - RACCOIN1:29:00 - Soulmask1:45:10 - Disney Extraction Shooter1:47:40 - Skyrim RP2:35:10 - Retro Rewind2:45:00 - Sol Cesto2:49:00 - Mice tech3:01:05 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is on vacation so this week JP and Zeke are joined by Pro-gamers DatModz and Shroud! Before getting into the games we realize how young Shroud is to everyone's despair. Then we get down and dirty with Marathon, a very good game that may be too hard for the average player. Will that hinder the game long term? Then we go deep with our time with Crimson Desert, a weirdo game for the true freaks out there!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Disneyland3:20 - Games while podcasting5:30 - Epic Games laying off 1000 people14:30 - Sony raises price of PS5 and Pro20:00 - Star Wars XCOM23:50 - Borderlands 433:20 - DLSS5 slop36:00 - Warhorse Studios switching to AI translation47:10 - Viewbotting1:00:30 - Marathon deep dive1:34:40 - Steam chart andy1:35:55 - Last Epoch1:48:50 - Crimson Desert2:34:00 - WoW2:43:00 - Quarantine Zone2:50:00 - Hellmart3:00:10 - The next big FPS game by Shroud3:09:25 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The AI Slop filter is coming for our video games as Nvidia unveils what their new frame gen tech DLSS 5 will be and how it will YASSIFY everything! Fun! Jeff Kaplan has a tell all about his new game The Legend of California as well as his decades long career at Blizzard. Krafton loses big in their court case with Subnautica 2 devs: Unknown Worlds. We go long on our time with Crimson Desert, a flawed janky mess of an awesome game. Marathon releases a raid, and much more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Existence7:00 - DLSS5 Slop13:20 - "The Gamers are wrong"28:50 - Jeff Kaplan interview34:00 - The Legend of California37:00 - Slay the Spire 250:25 - Krafton loses in court55:00 - Storage chests58:40 - Crimson Desert2:15:00 - AI assets in Crimson Desert2:28:40 - Marathon raid2:34:10 - Monster Hunter Stories 32:40:30 - Pokémon Pokopia2:49:00 - Anime tourists2:52:10 - Movie minute2:52:40 - Zeke's gaming minute2:55:45 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angela Sant'Albano & Nick Apostolides, the voices & mocap actors of Grace Ashcroft & Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem, join us this week to talk shop, acting and mocap in video games, and horror voice acting.Then we get into the news with Highguard shutting down, Sony halting PC ports of their single-player games, and the next XBOX is announced? Games this week: Legacy of Kain Defiance, Where Winds Meet, more Mewgenics, Docked, Path of Exile and more!   0:00 - Intro1:00 - Lizz & Faetality are here8:40 - Thoughts on RE913:00 - Nick and Angela are here16:00 - Angela's journey to Resident Evil30:10 - Scream queen41:00 - LEON S. KENNEDY1:00:00 - Getting into video game VA1:05:20 - Favorite RE games1:08:50 - You have to enjoy voice acting1:13:20 - Continuing to VA for games?1:24:00 - Slay the Spire 21:28:10 - Highguard shutting down1:37:20 - Marathon1:46:00 - Sony pulling away from PC1:51:30 - Project Helix1:54:00 - GDC starts this week2:02:30 - Legacy of Kain Defiance2:11:00 - Lollipop Chainsaw2:14:00 - Fatal Frame2:16:40 - Even more Mewgenics2:18:50 - Docked2:23:20 - Vampire Crawlers2:24:40 - The Dungeon Experience2:27:00 - Path of Exile Mirage2:35:10 - Fears to Fathom2:39:50 - Shoutouts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.