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 38: Reach out and Touch Grace
Elden Ring is out this week, and we have gotten drawn into, chewed up by, and spat out of its gaping open-world maw. Plus: some later-game thoughts on Horizon Forbidden West's story twists, thoughts on whether the world needs another Street Fighter, a consideration of the ever-expanding definition of "Microsoft news," and more!
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CHAPTERS
(00:00:10) Intro [My (Vinny) mic is doing some fluttery noise business again that I thought I fixed. Apologies for that, will have to take it apart this weekend]
(00:01:03) Be prepared for some Elden spoiler-ish talk and definitely some Horizon spoiler talk in the game sections
(00:03:27) Escapades in Escape Rooms
(00:08:49) Smashing Cars in the Break Room
(00:13:19) Both shocked and concerned that bad wordplay might be going out of favor
(00:15:42) [POSSIBLE SPOILERS] Elden Ring [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] on Feb 25, 2022
(00:37:33) First Break
(00:37:37) [POSSIBLE SPOILERS] Elden Ring
(01:09:24) Second Break
(01:09:28) [SPOILERS] Horizon Forbidden West [PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4] on Feb 18, 2022
(01:27:50) [END OF SPOILER TALK]
(01:28:15) Destiny 2: The Witch Queen [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] on Feb 22, 2022
(01:32:27) Third Break
(01:32:31) News
(01:32:41) Street Fighter 6 news
(01:42:57) Capcom Fighting Collection
(01:46:31) Images shown of the PlayStation VR2
(01:51:48) Call of Duty skipping a year in 2023
(01:55:59) Besthesda Store will be no more
(01:59:24) Guardians of the Galaxy didn't sell too well, apparently
(02:04:24) Thanks and wrapping up
(02:05:53) Mysterious Benefactor Tier Shoutouts
(02:07:13) Nextlander content updates
(02:08:54) See Ya!
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