Longtime friends and games media colleagues Vinny Caravella, Brad Shoemaker, and Alex Navarro share their combined decades of knowledge, expertise, and passion for games with weekly discussions about what they're playing, what's happening in the industry, and whatever else they're up to.
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episode 116: Needs to Be Played
This here is a podcast about our further adventures in Starfield, Trine the Fifth, Shadow Gambit, the abrupt closure of Volition, the looming SAG-AFTRA video game industry strike, Charles Martinet's uncertain ambassadorship, and a bunch of other stuff.
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CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:10) Intro
(00:03:31) Need To Do VS Want To Do
(00:08:52) Doom 3 and game genres
(00:14:39) Starfield [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] on Sep 06, 2023
(00:30:47) First Break
(00:30:51) Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 17, 2023
(00:33:44) Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Aug 31, 2023
(00:38:13) Baldur's Gate 3 [PlayStation 5] on Sep 06, 2023
(00:43:22) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Apr 28, 2023
(00:50:29) Second Break
(00:50:33) The News
(00:50:34) Volition has been shuttered
(01:10:13) SAG-AFTRA strike for video games next?
(01:23:57) To DLC or Not to DLC
(01:27:31) Cyberpunk 2077 devs lay out what is free and what is paid in the coming update
(01:30:18) Charles Martinet also doesn't know what a Mario Ambassador is
(01:38:29) Emails
(01:46:27) Wrapping up and thanks
(01:48:52) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:50:11) Nextlander Content Updates
(01:51:18) See ya!
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