Halcyon Frequency Podcast

It's time for episode 80 of the Halcyon Frequency Podcast! This week Blind, FG and Suwey talk knitting, rediscovering old hobbies and the return of Telltale games! The Expanse: A Telltale Series: https://telltale.com/the-expanse/ Techtonica: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1457320/Techtonica/ Verses of Enchantment: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2086910/Verses_of_Enchantment/ Let’s School: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1937500/Lets_School/ Xenonauts 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/ Delta V: Rings of Saturn: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/ Little Friends: Puppy Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172900/Little_Friends_Puppy_Island/ A Long Journey to an Uncertain End: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164830/A_Long_Journey_to_an_Uncertain_End/ News Halcyon Game Jam https://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023 Ubisoft clarifies Account Deletion https://twitter.com/ubisoftsupport/status/1684275940400979986?s=46 Life by You delayed to March 2024 https://www.pcgamer.com/life-by-you-paradoxs-open-world-sims-like-game-is-delayed-to-2024/ Tencent to buy majority stake in Techland https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/07/24/tencent-to-purchase-majority-stake-in-dying-light-developer-techland The Suwey Segment: https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1684977127706525696?t=IuG6sGlR_P3Y5-Z3eZYJ0A&s=19 Caves of Qud: https://twitter.com/KitfoxGames/status/1684926687929057280

Arch, Blind and Drongo sit down to talk about the latest in F1, pets with special needs, and the lingering effects of Frostpunk Xenonauts 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/ Space Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/979110/Space_Haven/ Runescape https://store.steampowered.com/app/1343400/RuneScape/ Melvor Idle https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267910/Melvor_Idle/ Homeseek https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093000/Homeseek/ Against the Storm https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/ The Halcyon Game Jam is soon!  https://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023 Ubisoft Deletes inactive accounts: https://twitter.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/1682653876418224129/photo/1 https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport/status/1682046437834784768

FG, Kiri and Suwey catch up with the post-con hype of TwitchCon EU, getting the itch to travel (upcoming Japan trip!), and Kiri appearing in another game! PowerWash Sim https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/ A Little to the Left https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/A_Little_to_the_Left/ Forever Skies https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/ Tiny Rogues https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088570/Tiny_Rogues/ Kingdom Eighties https://store.steampowered.com/app/1956040/Kingdom_Eighties/ Endless Dungeon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/ News Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23779039/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-win Microsoft and UK regulators agree to pause their Activision battle to negotiate https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23791149/microsoft-activision-blizzard-uk-regulators-cma-appeal Diablo IV season 1 starts 20th July https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/season Gord Twitch Drops announcement https://twitter.com/GordTheGame/status/1679516395644637185

Drongo and Jess sit down for a one-on-one podcast to talk about investing in other platforms as content creators, the struggles of personal health, and the Halcyon Frequency Game Jam!  Deep Rock Galactic https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/ Skyrim with AI https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/ Dave the Diver https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/  D4 https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/ News OMG GAME JAMhttps://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023 Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads:  https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypubThreads launch delayed in EU:https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/05/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use

Another week and another Halcyon Podcast! Drongo, FG and Kiri talk tech woes, FG road trips with random strangers, and Kiri's addiction to Diablo grows Total War: Warhammer III https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III/ Station to Station https://store.steampowered.com/app/2272400/Station_to_Station/ Luna Abyss https://store.steampowered.com/app/1933000/Luna_Abyss/ Diablo IV https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/ Aliens: Dark Descent https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/Aliens_Dark_Descent/ Kingdom Eighties https://store.steampowered.com/app/1956040/Kingdom_Eighties/ Star Wars Jedi: Survivor https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774580/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Survivor/ News Among Us is getting an Animated Series https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs-studios-owen-dennis-1235655516/ The Cycle: Frontier shutting down in September https://twitter.com/TheCycleGame/status/1673951156119171072?s=20 Starfield partners with AMD https://kotaku.com/starfield-pc-amd-nvidia-dlss-xess-fsr-framerate-specs-1850583521 Minecraft devs exit the game’s Subreddit https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-devs-exit-its-7-million-strong-subreddit-after-reddits-ham-fisted-crackdown-on-protest/

In this week of FGRants, Blind and FG sit down to discuss the outdated concept of never asking a woman her age, the best of Steam’s next fest games, and booing billionaires on Zambonis Games Trepang2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/ Stunt Durby https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026450/Stunt_Derby/ Driftwood https://store.steampowered.com/app/2223700/Driftwood/ Mars First Logistics https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/ Steam Next Fest https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest Lil’ Guardsman https://store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/Lil_Guardsman/ Broken Roads https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ Cataclismo https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/ News Twitch reintroduces hype chat https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2023/06/22/introducing-hype-chat-a-new-way-to-stand-out/ Kick blocked in Greece “update” https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/kick-reportedly-blocked-in-greece-for-providing-unauthorized-gambling-services-2184269/

Totally Not a Warhammer Episode Arch, Drongo and Suwey join together to discuss turbonerding MMO’s, Twitches new Partner Plus launch and narrowly avoid a Warhammer lore dump Games: Wargoove https://store.steampowered.com/app/607050/Wargroove/ The Elder Scrolls Online Necrom https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172860/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online_Necrom/ Albion Online https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/ Everdream Valley https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403650/Everdream_Valley/ Solasta https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/ News: Twitch announces partner plus: https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1669383315558891525?s=20 Steam launches new version with overhauled UI: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=3687931965598906184

Join Drongo, Blind and Suwey as they discuss the summer games fest, the mess that is Twitch news right now, and Drongo and Blind finally get to talk F1 while Suwey gets interested in the aesthetics. Games: System Shock https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/ Trepang2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/ Halls of Torment https://store.steampowered.com/app/2218750/Halls_of_Torment/ Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/ Hades https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/ Final Fantasy XIV https://store.steampowered.com/app/39210/FINAL_FANTASY_XIV_Online/ News Twitch announces controversial policy changes: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/branded-content-policy https://twitter.com/twitch/status/1666183145526538240 Summer games fest: https://www.ign.com/articles/summer-game-fest-2023-everything-announced Full schedule: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/summer-game-fest-schedule-2023/ https://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690

Drongo, FG and Kiri sit down to talk about 3 am television, Diablo IV, and what went wrong with Gollum Games: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum https://store.steampowered.com/app/1265780/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Gollum/ Solasta: Crown of the Magister - Palace of Ice DLC https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100431/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister__Palace_of_Ice/ Darkest Dungeon II https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/ Above Snakes https://store.steampowered.com/app/1589120/Above_Snakes/ Timberborn https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062090/Timberborn/ News Diablo IV aims to commemorate first 1000 players to reach lvl 100 with hardcore character put on statues https://twitter.com/Diablo/status/1662205024326516737?s=20 1st GeoGuessr world cup announced https://twitter.com/geoguessr/status/1663456229769859073 Mountaincore Dev update https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2370310/view/3721707694912203087?l=english Glimesh shutting down on July 1st https://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690 Bobby Kotick continues to be an ass https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-audaciously-claims-that-sexism-and-harassment-problems-were-made-up-by-an-aggressive-labor-movement-trying-to-destabilize-the-company/

Arch, Blind and FG sit down to talk about guerilla gardening, games that just scream Blind, and Arch’s yearning for the mines Games: Astra Protocol 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026750/Astra_Protocol_2/ Path of Achra: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128270/Path_of_Achra/ Star Trek: Resurgence: https://www.startrek-resurgence.com/ Above Snakes: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1589120/Above_Snakes/ Castle of Alchemists: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724770/Castle_Of_Alchemists/ Albion Online: https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/ Warlander: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675900/Warlander/ Len’s Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1335830/Lens_Island/ News Sony announces their Handheld Q https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736595/sony-project-q-playstation-handheld-official-showcase