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  • Welcome to Episode 29. Luke and Conor start out watching the Live FFXIV online fan festival trailer… well it was live when we were recording this! We also talk about the Apple Arcade Game Fantasian which was made by the creators of Final Fantasy, so kinda cool!

    ----- Show Notes -----

    FFxiv fan fest going on rn

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXrP6tT9wbY

    Fantasian - Pretty good - the music is rad - the battle is rad - maps rad - overall rad - Also pretty good

    You try newegg shuffle?

    Apex new season - bugged  launch / new legend / new weapon (op of course)

    Rambo and die hard characters on warzone, lulz

    Resident Evil Village is out, woop

    Dragon quest 35th ani - announcement later this month also sega is going to make future yakuza game turn based and going to do global released of atlus games woop

    Redittor kills every npc and living thing in skyrim,

  • This week on Dear Downloads, Luke and Conor talk about goofy hardware that we've bought for consoles and what the f is blockchain gaming?

    Q: have you ever read the fountainhead?

    Recent News:

    In The Rays of Light Launch Trailer, new game… looks pretty cool!

    https://youtu.be/r688icDZLsg

    PlayStation and Discord!

    https://twitter.com/playstation/status/1389267179095293955?s=21

    Oof Bill Gates Divorce, any insider knowledge from your neck of the woods? What’s the mood like? Is the PNW heartbroken?

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/03/tech/bill-and-melinda-gates-divorce/index.html

    Games?

    Topic? Have you ever bought any goofy accessories?

    What is blockchain? Recording info

    https://www.euromoney.com/learning/blockchain-explained/what-is-blockchain

    Ubisoft And Tezos?

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gamesindustry.biz/amp/2021-04-20-ubisoft-joins-tezos-blockchain-ecosystem

    Bitkraft and gaming. $400m partnership develop the games on block chain

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/cointelegraph.com/news/400m-gaming-vc-fund-bitkraft-teams-up-with-delphi-on-blockchain-gaming/amp

    Enjin Coin? Idea of ownership? Atari Blockchain bringing Atari IP to NFT space.

    https://cointelegraph.com/news/atari-creates-new-blockchain-division-amid-leadership-shuffle/amp

    I’m interested in using block chain to create a community server… iLAN no idea might exist but that’s dope.

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  • Welcome to Episode 21. Conor and Luke Discuss Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu and Eevee. We have been playing it all month and are excited to tell you our thoughts on it. We also share some news about PS5 system update, Nier getting updated on steam, The Last of Us Remastereded / Remakeded, Netflix and Sony partnership, Nintendo Indies and GPU supply shortages. Plus we choose our next game to play of the month… Fantasian!

    News:

    First ps5 system update - https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/13/ps5-april-update-brings-new-storage-options-and-social-features/

    Nier steam update finally - https://twitter.com/NieRGame/status/1381925380622192642?s=20

    The Last of Us Remastereded 7/ Visual Arts Service Group/ Bend Studios (working on new ip not LoU) - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/sony-s-obsession-with-blockbusters-is-stirring-unrest-within-playstation-empire

    Netflix bought all Sony IPs?

    https://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2021/0408

    Gundum on netflix

    Nintendo indies  https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-indie-world-showcase-all-the-games-and-trailers/1100-6490128/

    Need a GPU? Wait til 2022 maybe they'll have one…

    https://www.tweaktown.com/news/78011/yeah-you-might-be-waiting-until-2022-to-get-new-nvidia-or-amd-gpu/index.html

    NEXT game is Fantasian

    Magikarp? Haha

    How can a water type Pokémon get burned

  • ----- Recent News -----

    Ps plus games https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/31/playstation-plus-games-for-april-days-gone-oddworld-soulstorm-and-zombie-army-4-dead-war/

    Nintendo killed Mario https://twitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/1377304695153246211?s=21

    Out now! https://www.gematsu.com/2021/04/fantasian-part-one-now-available

    A fucking brass PS5

    https://youtu.be/VRo-lnBKhLo

    RE village free stadia https://community.stadia.com/t5/Stadia-Community-Blog/Resident-Evil-7-comes-to-Stadia-Pro-Resident-Evil-Village-comes/ba-p/56478

    Possible News Tip from iAteAllTheBacon… Microsoft may purchase Discord -OR- it may just go public… here come ads and user data history… LR- saw this story, not really worried MS has been pretty consumer friendly if it was google that would be another story

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/microsoft-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-discord-for-more-than-10b?s=09

    vita , ps3, psp stores are dead - https://www.polygon.com/22356858/playstation-store-shut-down-ps3-ps-vita-psp-date-redownload-purchases?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

    Cyberpunk 1.2 patch, also out - notes holy jeez - tldr https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/37801/patch-1-2-list-of-changes

    New season of rick and morty - https://www.polygon.com/2021/3/30/22358231/rick-and-morty-season-5-trailer-premiere-date

    Kojima talking to MS?

    ----- Show Notes -----

    Upcoming Games for April 2021

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gameinformer.com/2021%3famp

    Have you seen this game? Death loop PS5 + PC… looks sick.

    https://youtu.be/mc2hz3LJhTY

    features that changed video games (gameranx)

    -Halo 2 gun weapon select (Goldeneye) Regen Shield or health

    -Quick Time Events QTEs shenmu 1999, prompt to hit a button in a cut scene.

    -Starcraft basically ushered in esports

    -Resident Evil 4 popularized third person shooter w ADS

    -super combo in super street fighter 2

    -Quake first FPS online? What about Doom?

    -CoD Modern warfare load oats / perks / kill streaks / progression (world at war)

    -Metal Gear Solid - fully dense cinematic cutscenes and storytelling

    -GTA3 3D open world sandbox

    -super Mario 64 3D plat former

    My picks:

    -portal for making a game that made you think different

    -TLOU + MGS for creative story telling

    -Skyrim for creating a huge world I just couldn’t leave and still think about.

  • Welcome to episode 25. Luke and Conor are joined by Kevin AKA LoL_Glitnir to talk about DMCA and Copyright issues and set the stage for why it exists. This could be a very enlightening conversation if you are looking to understand DMCA and copyright.

    If you want to find Kevin on twitch, link is below:

    https://www.twitch.tv/lol_glitnir

    If you want to find Dear Downloads on twitter, link is below:

    https://twitter.com/deardownloads

    ----- Recent News -----

    Yup it’s getting a remake! Mighty Ducks OG cast. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/original-mighty-ducks-actors-coming-202221426.html

    Starcraft Tournament prizes meme Prizes: 1st $500, 2nd $250,  3rd $150, 4th $100, 5th - 8th 25 BitCoins

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    Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to make copies of a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself.

    1976 Copyright Act - extended federal copyright protection to all works, both published and unpublished, once they are fixed in a tangible form.

    **Fair use under US copyright law. Section 107. fair use - identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html

    1998 DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (keyword dissemination) -  It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works.

    **dissemination: the action or fact of spreading something, especially information, widely.

    **Safe harbour: protects sites that allow users to upload and share content with others, but site must comply with DMCA notice and take down procedure

    questions / thoughts

    *apparently stores even need a PPL and PRS to play music? wuhhh

    *what is the process to register copyright in us? Not required in us BUT required to file suit.

    *My opinion on DMCA + concerts / president (elect) biden speech

    *is a “content creators” work considered copyright material… radio and television broadcasts are eligible, why not creators?

    *thoughts on fair use as far as music or even a movie on a stream?

    *what about in-game music or in-game copyright materials?

    *solutions? Yes, tons of copyright free music providers, Harris Heller is huge by streamers, i followed along and have a small lofi beats spotify playlist

    YouTube “checks” feature for upload just rolled into effect on my channel, kinda funny…

  • Welcome to Episode 24 of Dear Downloads. Today Luke and Conor talk about the new Game Pass update and all it has, and SOny’s response for free 10 games! We also kinda touch on what games we are looking forward to in the future and how insane the prices of hardware are right now...

    ----- Show Notes -----

    What games have you been playing - what are you looking forward too? Resident Evil + Kena | Nier and FF7…

    Final fantasy 7 on switch...

    Game pass looks bonkers - https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/03/16/coming-soon-xbox-game-pass-march-2021-wave-2/?ocid=XGP_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_3.16.

    https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/03/17/ea-play-coming-to-pc-for-xbox-game-pass/

    Sony response - https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/17/play-at-home-2021-update-10-free-games-to-download-this-spring/

    More ffvii lol - https://twitter.com/aitaikimochi/status/1372211921034694664?s=20

    Free square enix games - https://twitter.com/SquareEnix/status/1372242764084117508?s=20

    Also square enix presents

    Forspoken looks pretty sweet -

    Do you ever cheat in games?

    Game of the month is pokemon - to be talked about on 4.12 release!

    Can't wait for nier: R

    Emulators: isn’t that what Luna and status are? Cloud emulators running games to play wherever.

    Mining Bitcoin lulz

    Hardware insane costs / buying hardware / availability… I’m looking for an RX 5600 or 5600xt

    Buying a pre built 2060 and my 1660 could sell for over 3x of what I bought it for in July.

    Synth wave musics / nostalgia music / phx trip emissions irl shit

    Yup it’s getting a remake! Mighty Ducks OG cast. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/original-mighty-ducks-actors-coming-202221426.html

  • Welcome to Episode 23. Luke and Conor talk about Black Mesa. in the world of large party remakes, we played and go into (some) depth with us playing the fan remade and revamped Half Life: Black Mesa. We also nerd out on Fantsaian the new RPG by Final Fantasy creator and really geek out on the dioramas and how exciting it looks. We even invent a similar method and game creation for architecture student models!

    Recent News:

    David Hayder Voicing Snake in MGS V youtube video… kinda cool, 8 months old…

    Amazon Luna? Like statia? Kinda like a firestick but gaming? I requested access…

    I joined the bitcoin world

    Fantasian looks sweet - https://apps.apple.com/app/fantasian/id1517339045?ign-itsct=fantasian&ign-itscg=30800

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9guC7V_Cvdk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH1ziPWeXMQ

    All of the areas are like models lol

    Im just impressed with processing now and graphics… insane for mobile… holy shit those dioramas

    Microsoft Mesh? What the Avengers?

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CC13DcdAY_s&feature=youtu.be

    Playstation “essential Picks” on dashboard… you see this on yours? Its the store’s featured section...

    YouTube comment from Risal Risal 

    Sony x900h update is here? You install it? LR - already installed it no issues thus far, haven't had audio go out in a while, still no vrr

    HALF LIFE NOTES:

    Black Mesa is a first-person shooter game developed and published by Crowbar Collective. It is a third-party remake of Half-Life (1998) made in the Source game engine. Originally published as a free mod in September 2012, Black Mesa was approved by Half-Life developers Valve for a commercial release; the first commercial version was published as an early-access version in May 2015, followed by a full release in March 2020 for Windows and Linux.

    22 years later jeese

    Crowbar Collective plans a “Definitive Edition” update with additional gameplay tweaks and improvements to the modding workshop, and it wants to hold community events for people who are interested in working with Valve’s Source engine.

    The computer monitors in game are old tube monitors, lols… some are blue screen and some with like windows 95 outlook open. Haha

    Do calcs on white board mean shit?

    Throw a guy TP LOLS

    Only 3 Npc docs?

    I like how the camera jolts to side when you strafe left / right!

    It doesn’t run that smooth maybe my pc?

  • Welcome to Episode 22. Luke and Conor have a new guest iAteAllTheBacon (Trey). We talk about owning a ps5 and his favorite ps exclusive games and what moved him from xbox 360 to now a Playstation Player… a Playstationer? Anyways, we talk about Apex Legends a Bit. And despite having the MOST technical issues happening throughout the recording, i think we were able to make it sound seamless!

    You can Find iAteAllTheBacon here:

    https://linktr.ee/iAteAllTheBacon

    Check Out his sponsor, game cloth!

    https://www.gamecloth.online/

    ----- Show Notes -----

    Recent News!

    Trying to get ps5 on Walmart story!

    Questions for guest:

    What’s the story behind your gamer tag?

    How do you feel about the current state of Apex Legends?

    Who do you usually run as main on Apex?

    So your a PS5 owner! What is game changing or hugely different from PS4 to ps5?

    What has been your favorite ps game?

    What are you looking forward to?

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  • Welcome to Episode 21 of Dear Downloads. Luke and Conor talk about how we create, release, and distribute our podcast. Plus we go over the gear, tech, and lessons we learned when starting this podcast, and how anyone can get a few things together then start making their own podcast or video podcast. We are excited to share all this info and our gear that we use to make this show possible.

    Show Topic:

    Elgato Wave 3

    https://amzn.to/3kxZwjA

    Shure sm58

    https://amzn.to/3uEwJ1t

    XLR to USB interface if usings XLR mics…

    Presonus Audiobox USB96

    https://amzn.to/37YJCtA

    Other mics I bought:

    Rode PODmic fail

    Shure sm7b

    Rode NTG1

    Other mics that I'm looking to test out (Maono Au A04 + ATR 2100x)

    Camera’s:

    Logitech c920x

    https://amzn.to/2Mx8jph

    Logitech c615

    Canon Rebel T3i w/ EOS webcam utility

    Cheap webcam emeet

    Must have software:

    OBS Project (Open Broadcaster Software)

    https://obsproject.com/

    Davinci Resolve

    https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

    *This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I'll receive a small commission.

  • Welcome to Episode 20 of Dear Downloads. Luke and Conor talk about the Playstation State of Play announcements, All the New Final Fantasy 7 games that are being spit out like; FF7 Remake Intergrade (ps4 + ps5 remake expansion featuring yuffie), FF7 Ever Crisis (mobile retelling of entire FF7 games), FF7 First Soldier (mobile battle royal), FF7 Remake as free ps plus download, and FF7 soundtrack released everywhere. Also tons of New Game announcements, like Pokemon Legends Arceus, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl on switch, PS5 VR? And the new PS Plus Games...

    Playstation state of play thursday

    Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Yuffie episode 6.10.2021 

    Final fantasy 7 ever crisis - retelling of ffvii compilation

    Final fantasy 7 first soldier - battle royal prequel 

    Also remake sound track out on streaming services 2.26

    POKEMEN!  

    Pokémon Legends Arceus spring 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFW2JnwQdrg

    Pokémon Diamond and Pearl  fall 2021

    PS   VR ps5 - coming next year? 

    GT7 delayed 

    Free Play at home - ratchet and clank 

    Halo TV show in production

    Twisted metal TV

    Anthem die twice 

    Phil Spencer background, Ludens, nintendo switch, etc ms to buy? https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1364259070094446595?s=20

    PS+ games for March -

    •Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4)*

    •Remnant: From the Ashes (PS4)

    •Maquette (PS5)

    •Farpoint (PSVR)

    HP buys HyperX 

    I'm playing too many  games at once !!!! P5 S, ghost of T, Control, black mesa, god of war,  demon's souls, hitman, cyberpunk OmG

  • Welcome to Episode 19. This episode is featuring a new guest, Pezell56x, who is a fellow podcast co-host and his podcast is “Three Dads and a Console” Today we talk about what we’ve been playing, and Pez enlightens us on some Persona 5 strikers news and what he feels is wrong with the current state of EA’s NHL 2021 and the franchise as a whole.

    Recent News:

    Mortal Kombat… Does it include terminator and Rambo since they’re kinda canon?

    Zelda 35

    Questions for PEZ:

    What’s the story behind your gamer tag?

    How long have you been streaming on twitch?

    Would you say you're more focused as a gamer or a streamer?

    What games do you play?

    What was the most painful thing to figure out when setting up your stream?

    You tweeted saying “I've played (almost) every NHL game since NHLPA 93 on Sega Genesis. I have a lot of thoughts on the NHL series and why it feels like the franchise, as a whole, is incredible stale. Some of it has to do with HUT, some of it has to do with being EA's bastard sports game” @pezell56xgaming

    Tell us about three dads and a console? What birthed it?

    We are planning to do an episode about the gear we love and use to stream and podcast what is some gear you can’t live without?!

    Check out "Three Dads and a Console" here:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/7kf8JWkPNEKOWMTNWStlzp?si=7Wm-pmwzR26wAa_ZyqsJ_w

    Or Checkout Pexell56x here: https://twitter.com/pezell56xgaming

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    Originally published on 02/21/2021

    available for audio on all major podcast distributors and video on YouTube

  • Welcome to Episode 18! We are talking Hitman 3 and Nintendo Direct this episode! But first our new monthly segment, Second Saturdays, where we play a game for one month then fully discuss it! This month its hitman 2 and 3!

    Quick News:

    Ellie and Joel actors confirmed! Fan reactions by episode? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/games/2021/feb/11/bella-ramsey-pedro-pascal-the-last-of-us-tv-series-video-games

    Kingdom hearts pc

    Nintendo direct!?

    Skyward sward hd, cool… i do want those joycons

    Bravery default 2!

    Mario golf?

    Triangle strategy?

    Ninia gaiden, nice

    outerwilds

    Capcom arcade

    No more heroes 3

    Legend of mana / Saga frontier

    Famicon detective club?

    Items they forgot to talk about

    Metriod prime 4

    Zelda 35

    Botw 2

    Wind waker hd

    Twilight princess hd

    Link between world hd

    Switch pro

    Bayanetta 3

    Second Saturday: HITMAN!

    Notes - banana, compliments, ways to kill, the fact the game doesn't really change over the 3,

    Next month's game? Join us and play along and send us your thoughts - black mesa

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    Originally published on 02/17/2021

    available for audio on all major podcast distributors and video on YouTube

  • Welcome to Episode 17! Holy cow! Tax season is upon us, Luke and Conor have guest AnFe on to go over what things AnFe has been wanting to get for tax refund season, like cameras or tablets, or whatever else. We also discuss what AnFe has been going through in the current changes of CoD Warzone, especially after Activision or whoever booted over 60,000 cheaters. Of course we continue with plenty of ramblings in between… but we touch on the gamestop stock analysis and tell some light hearted stories that came out of it, then get into GoldenEye remaster leak, Mass effect Remasters, MGS voice actor panel and Jeff Bezos stepping Down from DEO.

    Recent News:

    MGS Reunion 2021 Voice Actors Panel

    GameStop stock positive stories.

    -Guy donates profit https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/gamestop-stock-nintendo-switch-donation-childrens-hospitals/amp/

    -kid makes $$$ from years old Christmas gift. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/30/gamestop-kwanzaa-kid-stock/%3foutputType=amp

    -companies get out of debt from GME profits https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/hedge-funds-mudrick-silverlake-point72-gamestop-party-morning-brief-110406546.html

    Jeff Bezos steps down from CEO to exec chair

    GoldenEye Remaster

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jsMrzDgjrnbBvbN4J8wZ2Ym5w48yN22P/view?usp=sharing

    FFXIV update 2.5.2021

    Mass effect infos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8i53TtQ6IQ

    Show Topic:

    Anfe and Tech.

    Tax season is upon us, before getting into the tech items, what is the goal for the things you are looking to do?

    Mirrorless? Canon EOS M50 v EOS RP perhaps the rebel series

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    Originally published on 02/07/2021

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  • Welcome to Episode 16. Conor and Luke Nerd out on Zelda Breathe of the Wild and Metal Gear Solid and talk about wtf happened with gamestop stock! Some Crazy redittors and internets going after BIG FINANCE. We touch on YouTube implementing clips and how Twitch should be scared! Also we fill you in on the actual new PS PLUS Games for February 2021 and kinda trail off at the end, lol.

    Dear Downloads is your new PC and PLAYSTATION gaming and TECH podcast!

    ------ show notes ------

    Recent News:

    Shayne - Shaynestation modded mini genesis + crusader of centy / Video / research: sega genesis classics 50 games on switch!! https://genesisclassics.sega.com

    YouTube clips function… lookout Twitch!

    Kotar - new is that it is in production

    I've been hearing rumbling that a mgs remake is in production from bluepoint games based off of a post that they made on HW - this kinda goes with the konami reorganization rumors this week - they are not killing off their games division despite tons of rumors

    Little off on a PS+ games - https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/27/22252451/playstation-plus-february-2021-free-games-list-dates?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

    Control

    Concrete genie

    Destruction allstars

    GAMESTOP

    Told you game stop sucks - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/redditor-revolt-propels-game-reseller-largely-loathed-by-gamers

    Future of Brick n Mortar stores? also how gamestop is starting to stock streaming gear) lulz + GAME WIZARDS + BOOKMANS

    -Buy digital Games Vs Physical games - like this LR

    Im sending my xbox elite 2 control to MS - they have expanded their warranty period to 1 year so i can get my stick drift fixed - woop woop

    Notes - the hitman 3 credits are some of the coolest i've ever seen - there design is great + your able to move back in forth with them - also the game has a surprisingly small staff  - hell half of it is VA work - very interesting

    Oh man movies - https://lifehacker.com/19-postponed-movies-you-forgot-to-be-excited-about-in-2-1846128038/slides/12

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    Originally published on 02/02/2021

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  • Welcome to Episode 15. Conor and Luke discuss the PS 5 2 months later, the PS 5 out of stock at every retailer every time Conor looks to buy it, Games that yank at our heart and recent news in the PC and Playstation communities, like; Hitman 3 is out, the Resident Evil Showcase, Samsung Frame TV, Square Enix Ever Crisis ™ filed, GameStop’s stock last friday, Breathe of The Wild 2, and the difference between Game Pass / PS NOW / PS Plus / Xbox Live Gold.

    Dear Downloads is your new PC and PLAYSTATION gaming and TECH podcast!

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    Recent News:

    Oh man there was this quest in yakuza where you go on a date but actually your date has been dead for like 20 years super sad. Also like super weird because you are the only one that can see her so everyone in the game thinks your nuts... Have you ever had stories in games that just yank at your heart?

    Hitman 3 is OUT!

    Resident Evil Showcase - this was interesting - i wonder if this is how all of the games are going to start being announced like this -

    Samsung Frame TV Comment: From: Pawan KU “... Any idea when would Samsung Frame 2021 TV will be available for purchase?”

    Returned Podmic.

    Mall rats 2

    Show Topic:

    PS5 + XSX restocks

    https://www.nbcnews.com/shopping/tech-gadgets/gamestop-restock-ps5-xbox-n1255174

    Discord Servers bot notifications for PS5 availability

    https://www.techtimes.com/articles/254529/20201126/ps5-stock-availability-discord-bot-heres-notified-playstation-5-restock.htm

    Ps5 review (2 months in)

    How did you secure a ps5?
    Saves / profile transfer issues? Easy?
    Try any ps4 games yet, upscale??
    Ps5 games you’ve played
    3D audio? You get headset?
    Haptic controller?
    Streaming to twitch function? How does it work? Etc?
    PS button (hold vs tap)
    What games you play?

    Game Pass V ps now V ps plus V Xbox Live Gold Price issue (2 free games per month)

    PS Plus February 3 free games

    https://www.psu.com/news/playstation-plus-ps4-ps5-free-games-february-2021-announced/

    Breath of the wild 2 actor capture shots

    Square enix MT ever crisis XO

    Game stop stock on friday

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    Originally published on 01/24/2020

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  • Welcome to Episode 14 of Dear Downloads, Luke and Conor discuss what’s new this week from CES 2021 (Consumer Electronic Show)! Also Conor and Luke update us on all new TV’s and Sony’s response to the issues with the Sony X900h tv.

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    Recent News:

    Platinumed Nier Automata

    CES NOTES:

    TV’s:

    SONY Bravia TV’s - XR processor AND Bravia CORE (yet another streaming service, but just for Sony Content since they don’t like to share their licensing…)

    LG 42” OLED? Also, new option for the 55- and 65-inch sizes in the G1, C1 and A1 series is a modern-looking freestanding stand. https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/what-is-oled

    LG OLED TV 2021 Sizes: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techradar.com/amp/news/lg-tv-2020-lineup

    LG OLED concept transparent screen?!

    **NOTE: To help bridge the gap between the expensive OLED TVs and more affordable offerings from competitors like Samsung, Vizio, and TCL, LG has also announced a new LED TV line. QNED TVs (not quite the same as QLED due to the inclusion of LG’s nanocell technology) will feature multizone backlighting and quantum color, for better performance even in brighter spaces.

    LG 4K projectors? Uses frickin laser beams...

    SAMSUNG Neo QN900 8K QLED TV

    SAMSUNG Solar Powered remote… charge it or use the solar cell on the back. It works with basic interior lighting.

    SAMSUNG Game Bar. Samsung's new TVs continue to support the next-generation gaming features of PS5 and Xbox Series X, including 4K/120 fps input and VRR, but new for this year you can long-press on the play/pause button of the remote to call up a special status screen, dubbed Game Bar, that clearly indicates which of those features are currently active.

    SONY X900H VRR + ALLM update..."XH90 will support VRR and ALLM via a future firmware update. Any articles on Sony sites that stated otherwise have been updated with the correct information," Sony said in a statement to FlatpanelsHD … I DONT BELIEVE EM… Sony did not provide a timeline for the firmware update

    PC TECH:

    Nvidia RTX 3000 series to laptops!! And RTX 3600

    Ryzen 5000 to mobile processor! Bye intel!!! With 150 systems powered by @AMDPC coming in 2021, AMD is taking the mobile world by storm

    AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile processors, welcome the @ASUS_ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE to #CES2021

    Intel fired ceo lol

    DELL 40” monitor 5,120 x 2,160 pixel resolution https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/blog/transform-your-work-experience-with-new-dell-monitors/

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    Originally published on 01/10/2020

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  • Welcome to Episode 13 of Dear Downloads, Luke and Conor discuss what’s new this week in our lives and go on all sorts of gaming tangents! Also Luke Rants about his issues with the Sony X900h tv. Playstation just added 3 games for the PS NOW catalog of over 850+ games.

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    Recent News:

    Red Dead Redemption 2 - NPC being followed for a day series! Crazy how detail the world is!!  https://youtu.be/MrUJJgppMn4

    Star Wars Theory YT page - Daisy Ridley confirms in an interview with Josh Gad that they were not sure until done filming if Rey’s parents were no one of importance or Palpatine…

    Sony x900h dropped vrr & allm

    Show Topic:

    New Monthly Segment “Second Saturdays” where every second Saturday we decide what game we will play through the next month, AND discuss the game we chose last month!

    -Do you have any thoughts conor? BOTW? Lol? Or NES / SNES Zelda titles? idk

    -Maybe something a little older or not as in the limelight

    -maybe replay hitman 1 (2016) or 2 (2018) in prep for 3 oh or that yea lets hash it out on episode, CP hitman 2 (its on PS now)!

    Just added to PS NOW January 5th, 2020: Crew 2 + Surviving Mars + Frostpunk!  https://blog.playstation.com/2021/01/05/the-crew-2-headlines-playstation-nows-january-lineup/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    PS Now Games our picks? - LR what do you mean? CP Browse ALL Games list  get like a top 5 or 10 games for a short segment we can edit to a clip (I’m trying to think of short video topics)?

    https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-now/ps-now-games/#all-ps-now-games

    850 + Games in PS NOW Catalog

    Conor Picks:

    Atari Flashback Classics

    Bioshock + Bioshock 4 + Bioshock Infinite

    Days Gone

    God of War (All titles)

    Hitman 2

    Horizon Zero Dawn

    LEGO Series: Batman’s, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, Movie Game

    Metal Gear Saga

    Overcooked 2

    Red Dead Redemption

    Resident Evil Games: 4, 5, 6 (+ 6 other titles)

    The Last of Us + Left Behind DLC

    Uncharted 1 + 2 + 3

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    Originally published on 01/10/2020

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  • Welcome to Episode 12 of Dear Downloads, our first Episode of 2021!! Luke and Conor discuss the 2021 games wish list whether it be actual releasing or just some real information or teasers about an upcoming game! We also go over this months Playstation Plus FREE games for January 2021 as well as what games are releasing in coming weeks.

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    Recent News:

    The Mandalorian Finale? What is next?!? Luke Deep Fake vid?  https://youtu.be/wrHXA2cSpNU

    Star Wars trilogy’s everyone loses an arm but new trilogy?

    Stardew Valley Update!

    January 2021 PS Plus FREE Games! https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.playstation.com/2020/12/30/januarys-playstation-plus-games-maneater-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-and-greedfall/amp/

    Show Topic:

    2021! What are we excited for!? 2021 tentative titles

    Ps4 https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/new-ps4-game-release-dates-in-2021

    Ps5 https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/new-ps5-game-release-dates-in-2021

    Predictions for 2021? Stuff I’m looking forward to - who knows when these will actually come?

    Nintendo Switch Pro

    Nintendo Game Pass

    Nier Replicant Remake

    BFTW2? Breath of the Wild 2

    Elder Scrolls 6

    Starfield?

    Project Ahtia

    Unreal 5

    Final Fantasy VII R or Final Fantasy XVI first?

    Final Fantasy 14 Online Free

    HFW?

    Hitman 3

    Shin Megami Tensei V

    Ghostwire tokyo

    GT7 - march maybe?

    Elden Ring

    Halo Infinite

    Metroid Prime 4 or Remake

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    Originally published on 01/03/2020

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  • Welcome to Episode 11, Brit-to-the-ney joins Luke and Conor to talk about PC builds and streaming on twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/brit_to_the_NEY

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    Recent News:

    What's new, or what have you been playing recently?

    Show Topic:

    QAAG: How Did you get or create your gamertag? Is this your first gamertag you have just kept over the years or have you changed it? What was first if so?

    QAAG: What’s the first game you can remember that totally changed how you thought about or interacted with gaming / or made you fall in love with games? Dead by Daylight, Among Us… Watchdogs.

    How long have you been streaming on twitch? Started April 2019. Took a break, and got trolled. Oct 2019 to june 2020... Keep to a schedule. Tue, Fridays, and Sundays, Now Thursdays. 3 to 3.5 hours max per stream.

    What are some of your favorite games you have played this year? INMOST, platformer… Similar to journey… no dialogue. *side note DEATH STRANDING,

    So what was going on with your PC originally? What was the issue?

    Build Brit-to-the-ney sent, PC early 2019: MoBo A320 Micro-ATX, AMD Ryzen 5 1400, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 4Gb, 16GB DDR4, 1TB HDD 7200 rpm

    And what processor did you get? AMD Ryzen 7 3800x 8-core

    Did it help fix your issues? Insanely fixed it.

    What’s next? New GPU, recommends: GeForce RTX 3060 $399.99 . GTX 1660 $199.99

    Utilize turbo M.2 slot for a SSD? See mobo: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A320M-GAMING-PRO.html

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    Originally published on 12/28/2020

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  • Welcome to Episode 10, LostThenFound (Mike / Lost) joins Luke and Conor to talk about indie games and a mutual love for Final Fantasy 14. You can catch LostThenFound on https://www.twitch.tv/lostthenfound

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    Recent News:

    Kojima announcement  - poster and merch

    Lol the cyberpunk news this week what a hot mess… pulled from playstation store

    What’s news, or what have you been playing recently?

    LTFEmpire of Sin and Final Fantasy 14. Luke Cyber punk

    We’ve hit 10 episodes!! Exciting!

    Anfe sent a link… The Callisto Protocol !! Holy shit. https://youtu.be/nAbTpXiHVI8

    SHOW TOPIC:

    How Did you get or create your gamertag? Is this your first gamertag you have just kept over the years or have you changed it? What was first if so?

    What’s the first game you can remember that totally changed how you thought about or interacted with gaming / or made you fall in love with games? Monkey Island

    You stream on twitch, and do indie showcases weekly, how did that start?

    How long have you been streaming on twitch?

    What are some of your favorite Indie games you have played this year? Are they currently available? Sprout, Haiku, Domino House, Gonner 2,

    Do you have any info you wish to tease about your game? If not, it's ok!

    I have seen you tweet about working on your own Indie Game, how has that been going? Is it an exciting transition to go from showcasing games and to also creating your own?

    Is it a difficult journey to create a game?

    The Game Awards? Indie category?

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    Originally published on 12/20/2020

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