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Oh shit - NakeyJakey is co-hosting while OG Jake is on vacation, plus we roll the secret CDPR we recorded while in Boston, chatting with Pawel and Gabe about what it's like to build an all new studio in Boston while also trying to build Cyberpunk 2.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:08 A Conversation with NakeyJakey!
53:13 User Questions 1
01:07:13 Squarespace (ad)
01:08:37 Manscaped (ad)
01:11:55 Interview with Gabe Amatangelo and Paweł Sasko of CD Project Red!
01:51:13 The NakeyJakey Takeover Continues with User Questions 2
02:00:14 What We've Been Playing
02:46:41 Show and Tell
02:52:10 Wrap Up
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Friends Per Second podcast. Last week we were in Boston visting Ghost Story Games where we got to play 5 hours of Judas, followed by a deep-dive interview with legendary creator Ken Levine, whose previous works include Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite.
This is not a 'preview' - this is a 'pre-preview', in that the game is still very much in development. Our conversation is focused on what Judas is, why it is the way that it is and what Levine and his team are aiming for as they continue development.
While we were invited by Ghost Story Games and publisher Take Two Interactive, we paid our own accommodation and airfare costs so as to ensure our editorial independence.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and Impressions
32:19 Raycon (ad)
34:28 AG1 (ad)
36:37 Interview with Ken Levine of Ghost Story Games
02:22:40 Wrap Up
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Big show this week! First up we're joined by Tamoor Hussain of Gamespot and Gene Park of The Washington Post for a deep dive discussion into Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (spoiler free). We all love it to different degrees, but some pacing and story issues threw a few of us. We also spent some time comparing the many (many) things that FFVII Rebirth delivers that FFVXI didn't.
Following that we were joined by Seth Rosen, game director for Pacific Drive, a game that both Ralph and Jake reviewed and loved. It was a great chat delving into how the game came about, the biggest challenges developing it and how the studio is responding to feedback since launch.
#FinalFantasy #PacificDrive #Dune2
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
7:17 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Chat w/ Gene Park and Tamoor Hussain
01:03:07 Squarespace (ad)
01:04:45 User Question 1
01:14:17 Interview With Pacific Drive Game Director Seth Rosen
01:54:10 User Question 2
02:02:38 What We've Been Playing
02:16:45 Show And Tell
02:35:51 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts!
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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This week we take a good, long look at the state of the console business and the AAA releases that underpin it. For that conversation, we're lucky to be joined by Andy Robinson of Vidoegame Chronicle, regular news breaker and a former game developer. He brought an incredibly insightful perspective as someone who not only has worked as a game maker, but also soemone with a rich stable of sources to tap for inside info.
Timestamps:
00:00 Check In
06:24 Console Crisis with Andy Robinson of VGC
01:07:10 AG1 (ad)
01:10:15 Incogni (ad)
01:13:07 Nintendo Direct Discussion
01:23:51 User Question 1
01:34:13 What We've Been Playing
02:13:15 User Question 2
02:18:00 Show and Tell
02:36:13 Wrap-Up
Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Oh boy - what a week. We thought Suicide Squad discourse would be top billing (and we did cover that off with special guest Greg Miller) but it turns out something bigger came along: rumours that Xbox are getting out of the exclusives business. We did a deep dive into that with special guest Parris Lilly. To top it all off, we checked in with Keen Games co-founder Antony Christoulakis to talk through the success of Enshrouded as it tears it up over on Steam.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Catch Up
07:42 Xbox with Parris Lilly from Gamertag Radio + Kinda Funny Xcast
49:02 Raycon (ad)
52:06 Suicide Squad chat with Greg Miller from Kinda Funny
1:25:48 User Question 1
1:35:02 Enshrouded Interview with Keen Games Co-Founder Antony Christoulakis
2:11:29 User Question 2
2:15:21 What We've Been Playing
2:30:13 Show And Tell
2:41:07 Wrap Up
Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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And we're back - 2024 is here and while we don't expect it'll be quite as jam-packed as 2023, there's still plenty of stuff to look forward to. Here's a look at some of our top picks, plus a few things we're... less excited for.
Note: this episode was recorded before the news broke of 1900 Microsoft gaming staff losing their jobs. We'll likely cover that next episode.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:03 Games We’re Looking Forward To In 2024
01:07:01 User Question 1
01:14:01 Manscaped (ad)
01:16:50 Icogni (ad)
01:20:17 User Question 2
01:24:37 What We've Been Playing
02:03:58 Show And Tell
02:13:59 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at GameSpot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Welcome to the FPS Podcast!
It's the last episode of the year, and rather than talk about videogames (again) we thought we'd just kick back and chill. It's been...a year, and it was nice to just shoot the shit for a bit as we farewell 2023. It's easily the least essential episode we've done to date, but we really enjoyed it and we hope you do, too.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:09 Jirard Update
02:29 General Catch-up/Updates
11:41 Questions For Each Other
31:47 Squarespace (ad)
33:18 More Questions For Each Other
01:03:50 Incogni (ad)
01:07:11 AG1 (ad)
01:10:10 Questions For Each Other Round 3
01:15:05 User Questions
01:35:37 Wrap-Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Welcome to the FPS Podcast!
It's the day after The Game Awards (well, it was when we recorded this)! This week we're in LA, joined by resident podcast goblin Tamoor Hussain who is a regular fixture for any in-person recording. We're also honored to be joined by Megan Everett, Community Lead for Warframe, and Rebb Ford, Creative Director for Warframe. They talk us through their journey as leaders in the community management space, as well as what we should expect next from both Warframe and Soulframe.
(Plus, we got ourselves a fancy new studio to record in - not bad, huh?)
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro / General Catch-Up
03:02 The Game Awards Discussion
38:57 Squarespace (ad)
40:27 Warframe Update With Rebecca Ford and Megan Everett
1:21:00 AG1 (ad)
1:23:17 The Game Awards Announcements
2:03:11 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Welcome to the FPS Podcast. This week we're joined by Nick Calandra and Yahtzee Croshaw, formerly of The Escapist but now going independent. Their new venture is called Second Wind, and we really encourage everyone to check it out and support it if you can:
Second Wind Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup/posts
Second Wind YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SecondWindGroup
Timestamps:
00:00 Jirard Update
02:16 General Catch-Up / Updates
10:49 Game Awards Nominees
42:48 Interview With Nick Calandra and Yahtzee Croshaw
1:22:59 What We've Been Playing
2:21:45 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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Welcome to a special episode of the FPS Podcast. This week it's a pretty huge guest line-up. First up is a who's who of Destiny content creation: Datto, MyNameIsByf and Aztecross join the show to discuss the recent layoffs at Bungie, the delay of the Final Shape expansion and Marathon, as well as the current state of Destiny and the way its talked about both by players and the gaming community at large.
Following that, we're honored to be joined by none other than Sam Lake and Kyle Rowley, the co-directors of Alan Wake II. The FPS crew went absolutely nuts for Alan Wake II, and to be able to speak to the people who led its creation was a rare treat.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
18:19 Destiny 2 Discussion With Datto, MyNameIsByf, and Aztecross!
01:19:38 AG1 (Ad)
01:22:01 Alan Wake 2 Discussion
01:34:02 Alan Wake 2 Discussion with Sam Lake and Kyle Rowley!
02:23:50 Raycon (Ad)
02:26:10 What We've Been Playing
03:12:38 This Week In The Way Back
03:23:35 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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This week we're joined by Ben Hanson of the MinnMax Show (https://www.youtube.com/@minnmax) as well as Bryan Intihar, game director for the recently released hidden indie gem: Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Timestamps:
00:00 Ben Hanson of MinnMax Joins Us! General Catch-Up and Updates
07:19 Interview Block - Bryan Intihar, Director on Spider-Man 2 (Spoiler Free)
44:47 Nord VPN (ad)
46:37 Spider-Man Discussion Deep Dive
01:22:18 User Question
01:33:23 Super Mario Wonder Discussion
02:01:31 What We've Been Playing
02:45:40 This Week In The Way Back
02:55:26 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:54 Assassin's Creed
37:22 Xbox Leaks
47:31 Interview: Ben Brode
01:30:29 Raycon (ad)
01:33:05 User Question
01:38:50 Alan Wake II Impressions
02:01:39 New Releases Discussion
02:26:24 This Week In The Wayback
02:35:36 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond
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We're altogether in LA for the first time since Summer Games Fest in June! We talk through our impressions of Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and we're joined by Gabe Amantangelo, Game Director for both Cyberpunk 2077 and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, currently in development at CDPR's new studio in Boston.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:15 Interview with CyberPunk Phantom Liberty Game Director Gabe Amatangelo
48:13 Nord VPN (ad)
50:42 Lies of P
01:05:52 Unity Discussion
01:15:35 Ascendant Studios Layoffs
01:25:26 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
01:43:03 Spiderman 2
02:01:59 User Question
02:10:08 This Week In the Wayback
02:17:30 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Thumbnail credit: thanks to @sergioodoardi on Twitter for the image of Todd.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
12:03 Gamescom and PAX Wrap up w/ Lucy & Jirard
40:06 Starfield with Michael Higham
01:42:48 Liquid I.V. (Ad)
1:44:52 User Question
1:52:08 Sea of Stars Discussion with Game Director Thierry Boulanger
2:42:16 Raycon (Ad)
2:44:26 User Question
2:55:05 What We've Been Playing
2:57:03 This Week In The Wayback
3:00:34 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
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#FriendsPerSecond #Podcast #Cyberpunk2077
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:06:29 Gamescom
00:31:45 Re-releases (Red Ded & MGS)
00:50:03 User question - Coop games
00:57:18 Charles Martinet
01:14:29 User question - backlogs
01:23:46 Wayfinder
01:29:43 Immortals of Aveum
01:42:22 Lords of the Fallen
01:45:23 Space Marine 2
01:49:30 Cygni
01:52:20 Way Back
Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
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Baldur's Gate III is now one of the highest rated games of all time on Metacritic, and we think it deserves every damn point (and then some).
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Timestamps:
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
10:16 Baldur's Gate 3
43:42 GOTY Half Year Discussion
01:07:30 Interview Block with Airship Games
01:53:00 Liquid I.V. (Ad)
01:56:24 User Question
02:05:00 What We've Been Playing
02:35:28 This Week In The WayBack
02:46:02 Wrap Up
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#FriendsPerSecond #Podcast #baldursgate3
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
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Swen Vincke, boss of Larian studios, joins us to talk about the release of what may well be the biggest RPG of 2023.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
08:36 Lucy and Jirard’s experience at SDCC
25:05 Swen Vincke from Larian for Baldur’s Gate 3!
01:03:25 News and Updates
O1:29:09 New Releases
01:56:12 User Question
02:06:46 This Week in The Way Back
02:13:44 Wrap Up
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#FriendsPerSecond #Podcast #Gollum
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond
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Thanks to Liquid I.V. for sponsoring this episode! Head to liquidiv.com and use code ‘Friends’ to get 20% off anything when you order.
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A big thanks to Blessing for joining us. You can find him on Threads @BlessingJr
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
09:53 Lord of the Rings Gollum Studio Shutdown
32:17 Xbox Series S controversy around next-gen performance
41:39 Tears of the Kingdom spoiler conversation + Final Fantasy XVI conversation
52:57 User Question
1:01:00 Liquid I.V. (Ad)
1:05:00 What We've Been Playing
1:44:36 User Question 2
2:03:56 Game Preservation and This Week In the WayBack
2:10:38 Outro
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#FriendsPerSecond #Podcast #Gollum
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:14 FTC Drama
30:39 Squarespace (Ad)
32:04 Nintendo Direct Discussion
47:38 Final Fantasy XVI
01:38:12 User Question
01:44:00 New Releases
02:14:15 This Week In The Wayback
02:22:56 Outro
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#FriendsPerSecond #Podcast #FFXVI
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:50 Summer Game Fest Presentation
26:22 Play Days
01:08:17 Interview With Ben Starr (Clive Rosfield In Final Fantasy XVI)
01:52:00 XBOX Showcase
02:18:37 Ubisoft Showcase
02:34:54 Outro
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#FriendsPerSecond #SummerGamesFest #FFXVI
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Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since.
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Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...
Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond
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