Tori and Nathaniel are out this week, so Noah recruited a crack team of gamers to talk about the week in game news. First is Brendon Bigley of Into the Aether and second is Emily Price, whose writing on games is all over the place including Unwinnable and Paste.
Find Brendon's work: https://wavelengths.online/
Find Emily online: https://bsky.app/profile/emilyprice.bsky.social
THINGS MENTIONED:
The Sonic suit (don't buy it, we're not sponsored): https://www.opposuits.com/products/sonic-the-hedgehog?srsltid=AfmBOopba7TsIh-VO5IZjZqiYLir3KJ_6L99nAdpwnFXBeQCpDrgSflK
Rolling Stone breaking down the Concord shutdown situation: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/playstation-concord-dead-offline-1235094165/
Lex Luddy's Astro Bot review for StartMenu: https://www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-astro-bot-melancholy-hill
GameRant: Sony CFO says the company doesn't have enough IP: https://www.thegamer.com/playstation-not-enough-original-ip-says-sony/
Emily's recommended Vagrant Story YouTube video: https://youtu.be/oJbq959x-xU
The Verge on Baldur's Gate 3's new official mod support: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24236649/baldurs-gate-3-patch-7-now-live-evil-endings-mod-support
People Make Games' new video on war games: https://youtu.be/lYaDXZ2MI-k
Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always
Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased
Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts
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