Episódios
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We sound the Rami alarm this week to check the health of the industry after a massive week of game announcements from Summer Game Fest! We go over the Nintendo Direct, pick out some games we're excited about go into the history of 1666: Amsterdam. With the extreme slate of new games on the horizon comes news of Microsoft looking to downsize and possibly sell off the XBOX brand and what that means for everyone else. Then for a little bonus discussion Rami goes into more detail from the development of his own game "Australia Did It!" Games this week: The 7th Guest remake, Path of Exile 2, 007 First Light, Gambonaza and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Dog owners
3:50 - Beach vacation
4:30 - Rami is here
13:30 - The Nintendo Direct
21:50 - Fable
25:20 - Apples
34:00 - Rami on SGF
36:00 - Guild Wars 3
39:05 - gen Alpha
45:30 - 1666: Amsterdam
50:00 - SGF wrap-up
1:10:00 - Competing
1:21:40 - The AI discussion
1:26:05 - Microsoft ready to chop up XBOX
1:59:00 - Monetary systems
2:11:10 - Final Fantasy VII Remake director on streaming
2:21:00 - Capcom moving away from auteur development
2:28:10 - The 7th Guest remake
2:31:50 - Path of Exile 2
2:33:20 - Gothic 1 remake
2:34:50 - 007 First Light
2:46:40 - Gambonanza
2:48:50 - Joining the end of Destiny 2
2:58:20 - Shoutouts
3:02:00 - BONUS: Australia Did ItSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're joined by Rebecca Ford, creative director of Warframe, this week to chat about having an existential crisis, before heading into group therapy. But then we get into the games! We talk Deadlock, Slay the SPire 2, 007 First Light, Path of Exile 2, and more!
Make sure to check out our Summer of Games Showcase this week starting with the Playstation State of Play happening on June 2!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Rebb Ford is here!
5:00 - What's XBOX showing?
12:10 - Warframe/Soulframe
30:00 - Existential Crisis/viewbotting
36:00 - Warframe in 2026
45:40 - Destiny 2
58:00 - Marketing around GTA6
1:08:00 - The normies
1:14:30 - Deadlock
1:16:50 - Slay the Spire 2
1:23:00 - Boardgame commercials
1:27:00 - FFXIV: Evercold
1:29:30 - TwitchCon EU
1:36:50 - GIFs coming to Twitch Chat
1:44:30 - Viewership caps
1:57:20 - Props
1:58:00 - New expansion for The Witcher 3
2:04:00 - Steam Deck price change
2:16:40 - Grim Dawn/ Dragon Quest XII
2:17:50 - 007: First Light
2:28:50 - LEGO Batman
2:40:20 - Path of Exile 2
2:57:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're joined by Gothalion this week, Twitch streamer and now CEO of a game studio: Magic Find Studio to chat about Forza Horizon 6 and eulogize the end of Destiny 2. Kingdom Come Deliverance devs; Warhorse Studios, is developing a Middle-Earth game. Rocket League upgrades to Unreal Engine 6, Lots of Warhammer, a secret No Man's Sky announcement incoming and we prepare for the Summer of Game Showcases quickly approaching. We've also played Thick as Thieves, The Adventures of Elliot, Luna Abyss and much more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Gothalion is here
2:55 - Goth is making a video game
31:00 - Balancing game dev with streaming
32:30 - Star Citizen reaches $1b
36:00 - Warhorse doing Lord of the Rings
39:00 - No killing in Subnautica 2
42:00 - Rocket League going to UE6
45:10 - Warhammer 40K Skulls
49:00 - A secret No Man's Sky announcement?
51:50 - Destiny 2 reaches end of life
1:43:00 - The summer of game showcases
1:51:30 - Thick as Thieves
2:03:00 - The Adventures of Elliot
2:09:20 - The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot
2:15:50 - Forza Horizon 6
2:28:30 - Luna Abyss
2:41:20 - LEGO Batman
2:42:40 - Conan Exiles Enhanced
2:51:20 - Rune Dice
2:54:00 - Phonopolis
2:54:40 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're joined by Warren Spector & Jeff Hickman to chat about their upcoming game Thick as Thieves and the very deep lore of how they both got into video games. After that we chat about our time under the sea with Subnautica 2, Zeke's time with Mixtape, and Dead as Disco and then JP's thoughts on Forza Horizon 6!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Texas Zeke
3:00 - Warren Spector and Jeff Hickman are here!
4:30 - Russian Interrogator to game dev
12:00 - Thick as Thieves
47:00 - The MMO guy
51:00 - Dark Age of Camelot
55:00 - Warren Spector's road to game dev
1:06:10 - Common misconceptions of game dev
1:31:30 - xbox is now named XBOX!!!!!
1:32:10 - Subnautica 2 sold over 2 million
1:50:40 - Amazon cancels Lord of the Ring MMO
1:52:30 - 93% of Capcom's game sales are digital
1:53:30 - Marathon getting a PvE mode
1:54:20 - Falcom gains 1200% profit growth
1:55:00 - Cohh finished Crimson Desert I guess
2:02:50 - Stop Killing Games moves forward in California
2:04:00 - Zeke plays Mixtape
2:22:50 - Forza Horizon 6
2:32:30 - Death's Stranding 2
2:36:00 - Dead as Disco
2:39:30 - Everything is Crab
2:45:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ross Scott & Pavel Zálešák from the Digital Rights Advocacy group 'Stop Killing Games' joins us this week to tell us how the campaign is going and to answer some Q&As about some common misconceptions some throw their way. Then JP and Cohh talk about JP's trip to Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest this year where they announced their new expansion Evercold. Cohh loves the new Stranger than Heaven news, everyone is in awe of Path of Exile 2, Mixtape is a vibe and much more!
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Disc golf
4:00 - Stop Killing Games
1:23:10 - FFXIV FanFest
1:29:00 - Sony adjusts financial forecast for 2026
1:30:30 - Grand Theft Auto 6 needs to sell at least 25 million on Day 1
1:34:00 - Stranger than Heaven
1:41:00 - The new Steam Controller
1:45:30 - Path of Exile 2 0.5
2:01:00 - Death's Stranding 2
2:08:40 - SAROS
2:14:00 - Conan Exiles
2:18:30 - PRAGMATA
2:19:00 - Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred
2:32:00 - Dead as Disco
2:37:40 - Mixtape
2:39:40 - Everything is Crab
2:47:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The start of the Spring release fever has begun! This week the new CEO of XBOX starts promising the changes, the BAFTA Game Awards makes us wish the TGAs were more about the awards. Crimson Desert continues to sell and a new Metro game announced! We played a ton of new games this week as well such as Windrose, Replaced, Mouse: PI for Hire and another Capcom classic: PRAGMATA!
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Corrupted saves
4:10 - Windrose selling a lot
7:00 - New Metro game
12:30 - New Gamepass
16:10 - Lana Del Ray
19:50 - The BAFTA Game Awards
31:00 - Crimson Desert Crosses 5 million
36:30 - Battlefield 6 gets a new mode
41:20 - Replaced
54:50 - Windrose
1:40:00 - PRAGMATA
1:59:30 - Mouse: PI for Hire
2:14:00 - JP killed SkyrimRP
2:24:20 - Jacksepticeye making a Bloodborne movie?
2:29:00 - Northernlion's Supercruise
2:35:50 - The Street Fighter movie
2:42:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cohh becomes Florida Man on this episode after he regales us with stories from his Disney vacation before moving into the despairing news of Khazan's dev team dissolving, Rockstar suffers a data breach, and where your Kickstarter pledge to Ashes of Creation went. The Triple I Initiative gave us a very good indie game showcase, former Bethesday exec, Pete Hines hates Microsoft, Skyrim gets a multiplayer RP server and much more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Florida Man
9:00 - Moving to Texas
12:00 - Eating healthy
17:50 - Khazan & Wuchang devs dissolved
21:00 - Data breach at Rockstar
22:40 - Ashes of Creation Kickstart money spent on chefs and TCG
26:40 - Triple I Initiative Wishlist
39:50 - Prove You're Human
43:50 - Pokémon in No Man's Sky
47:00 - Pete Hines does not like Microsoft
54:00 - More Crimson Desert
1:07:00 - Starfield launches on PS5
1:10:00 - Samson
1:20:40 - RACCOIN
1:29:00 - Soulmask
1:45:10 - Disney Extraction Shooter
1:47:40 - Skyrim RP
2:35:10 - Retro Rewind
2:45:00 - Sol Cesto
2:49:00 - Mice tech
3:01:05 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cohh is on vacation so this week JP and Zeke are joined by Pro-gamers DatModz and Shroud! Before getting into the games we realize how young Shroud is to everyone's despair. Then we get down and dirty with Marathon, a very good game that may be too hard for the average player. Will that hinder the game long term? Then we go deep with our time with Crimson Desert, a weirdo game for the true freaks out there!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Disneyland
3:20 - Games while podcasting
5:30 - Epic Games laying off 1000 people
14:30 - Sony raises price of PS5 and Pro
20:00 - Star Wars XCOM
23:50 - Borderlands 4
33:20 - DLSS5 slop
36:00 - Warhorse Studios switching to AI translation
47:10 - Viewbotting
1:00:30 - Marathon deep dive
1:34:40 - Steam chart andy
1:35:55 - Last Epoch
1:48:50 - Crimson Desert
2:34:00 - WoW
2:43:00 - Quarantine Zone
2:50:00 - Hellmart
3:00:10 - The next big FPS game by Shroud
3:09:25 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The AI Slop filter is coming for our video games as Nvidia unveils what their new frame gen tech DLSS 5 will be and how it will YASSIFY everything! Fun! Jeff Kaplan has a tell all about his new game The Legend of California as well as his decades long career at Blizzard. Krafton loses big in their court case with Subnautica 2 devs: Unknown Worlds. We go long on our time with Crimson Desert, a flawed janky mess of an awesome game. Marathon releases a raid, and much more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Existence
7:00 - DLSS5 Slop
13:20 - "The Gamers are wrong"
28:50 - Jeff Kaplan interview
34:00 - The Legend of California
37:00 - Slay the Spire 2
50:25 - Krafton loses in court
55:00 - Storage chests
58:40 - Crimson Desert
2:15:00 - AI assets in Crimson Desert
2:28:40 - Marathon raid
2:34:10 - Monster Hunter Stories 3
2:40:30 - Pokémon Pokopia
2:49:00 - Anime tourists
2:52:10 - Movie minute
2:52:40 - Zeke's gaming minute
2:55:45 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Angela Sant'Albano & Nick Apostolides, the voices & mocap actors of Grace Ashcroft & Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem, join us this week to talk shop, acting and mocap in video games, and horror voice acting.Then we get into the news with Highguard shutting down, Sony halting PC ports of their single-player games, and the next XBOX is announced? Games this week: Legacy of Kain Defiance, Where Winds Meet, more Mewgenics, Docked, Path of Exile and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Lizz & Faetality are here
8:40 - Thoughts on RE9
13:00 - Nick and Angela are here
16:00 - Angela's journey to Resident Evil
30:10 - Scream queen
41:00 - LEON S. KENNEDY
1:00:00 - Getting into video game VA
1:05:20 - Favorite RE games
1:08:50 - You have to enjoy voice acting
1:13:20 - Continuing to VA for games?
1:24:00 - Slay the Spire 2
1:28:10 - Highguard shutting down
1:37:20 - Marathon
1:46:00 - Sony pulling away from PC
1:51:30 - Project Helix
1:54:00 - GDC starts this week
2:02:30 - Legacy of Kain Defiance
2:11:00 - Lollipop Chainsaw
2:14:00 - Fatal Frame
2:16:40 - Even more Mewgenics
2:18:50 - Docked
2:23:20 - Vampire Crawlers
2:24:40 - The Dungeon Experience
2:27:00 - Path of Exile Mirage
2:35:10 - Fears to Fathom
2:39:50 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Zeke is out enjoying life so we brought in a couple of ringers: Sodapoppin and Annie Fuchsia! We all collectively find out we've been streaming a really long time. We chat about loot boxes, AI invading game reviews, game length, our time with the new Resident Evil Requiem, a break down of the new World of Warcraft expansion; Midnight. We get some time to play Marathon and much more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Zeke is having fun
1:50 - Soda and Annie are here
10:20 - Cohh roots
13:50 - New York sues Valve
20:30 - AI reviews
26:30 - Resident Evil Requiem
45:00 - Streaming and game length
52:00 - Constantly restarting Baldur's Gate 3
58:20 - New Pokémon
1:04:00 - Wolverine
1:08:00 - Catching Soda up on current events
1:24:00 - World of Warcraft Midnight
1:44:40 - Addons
1:56:00 - WoW Lore
2:02:00 - Annie's WoW Housing tour
2:14:00 - REANIMAL
2:15:40 - Mewgenics
2:18:50 - MARATHON
2:39:30 - God of War TV Show
2:46:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Another week, another day of industry changing news as Heads of XBOX Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond resign from Microsoft, were they ousted, what's the future of XBOX? In the bad news competition, Sony shutters Bluepoint Studios, makers of the Demon's Souls remake and Shadow of the Colossus remake. In the games portion we get spooky with REANIMAL and Creature Kitchen, return to Helldivers 2, roll some dice in Rune Dice and wonder if Twitch is a lunch room bully?
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Cat tower
6:45 - Xbox conspiracies
11:20 - Phil Spencer retires
36:00 - Sony shuts down Bluepoint
48:00 - Mewgenics
51:10 - Slay the Spire 2 early access
54:30 - League of Legends gets voice chat
1:10:20 - New TES6 news
1:20:30 - Nioh 3
1:28:50 - 9 years of NieR Automata
1:34:50 - Stop Killing Games
1:36:00 - Discord age verification
1:45:00 - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
1:46:10 - REANIMAL
1:54:10 - Rune Dice
2:00:00 - Windrose
2:09:25 - Replaced demo
2:12:40 - Creature Kitchen
2:25:10 - Helldivers 2
2:32:40 - Core Keeper expansion
2:38:00 - The Eternal Life of Goldman
2:42:30 - Yakuza Kiwami 3
2:48:00 - Twitch bans streamer for being a kid
2:55:30 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're joined by Will Powers - Marketing Director for Pearl Abyss this week to chat about the challenges of creating a game as large and varied as Crimson Desert. Then we get into the mass layoffs of the devs behind Highguard as well as 2XKO. Chat about cats and then all the announcements from the recent Sony Playstation State of Play!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Fixing audio
6:30 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here
14:00 - What is Crimson Desert?
1:48:00 - Highguard devs have mass layoffs
2:01:00 - The Ashes of Creation situation is crazy
2:11:20 - Mewgenics
2:18:50 - 2XKO layoffs
2:22:20 - Sony State of Play
2:55:50 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're joined by Rami Ismail today to talk about Olympic speed skating, what's going on with Ashes of Creation and "The Bubble." Guerrilla Games announces a new multiplayer Horizon game, Overwatch returns to its roots and we're excited for Mewgenics! Games this week: Cairn, Nioh 3 and Chilla Art's Umigari!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Sports!
5:00 - Rami is NOT late
9:00 - Winter Olympics
15:00 - What's happening with Ashes of Creation
20:00 - Horizon Hunters Gathering
41:10 - Overwatch 2... 1?
54:40 - Mewgenics reviews
1:00:20 - Cairn
1:33:20 - Nioh 3
1:55:00 - AI game design
2:15:40 - The bubble
2:35:00 - Extreme fishing
2:41:00 - Zeke's indie life
2:50:30 - Umigari
2:55:00 - Rami is also making a game
2:57:10 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Highguard released this week to extreme criticism, is it warranted, is there a good game there? The breaking news this week, however, is the sudden mass layoff and shuttering of Ashes of Creation studio Intrepid. Is this a uniquely bad situation or is it another failure in a long list of MMOs failing? Cohh officially announced the game he's working on: Emberville and we get some more info about his and his team's project. Nioh 3 expands into an open world, Cairn is great and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Nerd detection
11:10 - Highguard
53:20 - Ashes of Creation devs mass layoff
1:14:30 - Cohh's Emberville
1:39:00 - Nioh 3
2:06:10 - CD-Rom-a-Thon
2:24:00 - The numbers
2:28:50 - Cairn
2:44:10 - Tainted Grail
2:46:20 - Fish Hunters
2:56:10 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Back in our day we walked uphill, both ways, through the frozen snow, to bring you a podcast! This week we brace for the big reveal of Highguard happening in just a day, is this the next big thing or will become just another foot note in the long line of multiplayer shooters? XBOX had a developer direct last week and we gush over the new Fable and wonder why Game Freak doesn't make more games that don't look like Pokemon? Games this week: Hytale, MIO: Memories in Orbit, Warframe and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Cold weather
4:10 - The most hyped game Highguard launching
38:00 - Forza Horizon 6
45:00 - Kiln
50:00 - Beast of Reincarnation
1:00:00 - Fable
1:14:50 - Deadlock approaching release?
1:15:10 - Fallout season 2
1:22:00 - The Pitt
1:24:50 - Yoshi
1:26:30 - Ubisoft restructuring
1:30:00 - AI Funny Money
1:36:00 - Arknights PayPal
1:41:40 - Twitch podcast
1:45:10 - 2XKO and Twitch
1:50:45 - Preordering Marathon installed Destiny 2
1:54:50 - Is ARC Raiders fatigue setting in?
2:00:00 - Marathon
2:04:50 - Dan is in a game!
2:08:40 - Nioh 3
2:17:20 - MIO: Memories in Orbit
2:21:00 - Hytale
2:28:40 - Abiotic Factor
2:29:30 - No Rest For The Wicked
2:35:50 - The whale
2:38:00 - Warframe
2:43:00 - Deus Ex: The Invisible War
2:52:50 - Octopath Traveler 0
2:54:50 - Heavy Metal
2:57:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The first real episode of 2026 is upon us. We chat about all the silly things announced at CES 2026, speedruns at AGDQ 2026, Anthem shutting down. Going over the Reddit AMA with Swen Vincke giving more insight into Divinity and their development process also is StarCraft returning? Games this week are StarRupture, Alchemy Factory, Octopath Traveler 0 and more!
0:00 - Intro
3:40 - Where Cheeks Meet
7:30 - CES 2026
18:00 - AGDQ 2026
30:00 - Anthem shutting down
32:10 - Larian Studios AMA
1:00:30 - XBOX Developer Direct announced
1:02:00 - StarCraft is back?
1:08:00 - New Game+ showcase
1:22:00 - Rumor: Fallout New Vegas Remaster
1:24:00 - Old games have no QOL
1:46:50 - StarRupture
1:59:10 - Alchemy Factory
2:06:50 - League of Legends
2:10:30 - Octopath Traver 0
2:11:40 - Trails in The Sky 1
2:26:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The year is over and Cohh finally realizes what JP stands for. The reveal will have you questioning reality! We take a look back at all the games we've played, didn't play, and wish we played to give you the most definitive list of great games that are not all Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - John Paul
6:00 - Consumer hardware prices soar
10:00 - Favorite New Game IP
19:40 - Favorite Multiplayer Game
26:00 - Favorite Writing
35:10 - Favorite Art Style
44:40 - Favorite Music
57:00 - Favorite Sound Design
1:06:00 - Favorite Performance
1:15:50 - Favorite Moment in Games
1:23:25 - Favorite Feature
1:34:10 - Biggest Surprise
1:43:40 - Biggest Disappointment
1:58:20 - Games We Wished We Played
2:12:10 - Most Anticipated Game of 2026
2:22:30 - Top 3 Games Streamed & Watched
2:41:50 - Cohh's Top 10 Games of 2025 (10-4)
2:55:00 - Zeke's Top 10 Games of 2025 (10-4)
3:11:00 - JP's Top 10 Games of 2025 (10-4)
3:23:00 - 3rd favorite game
3:30:00 - 2nd favorite game
3:38:20 - Favorite game of the year
3:47:25 - The Community's Top 10
3:49:50 - The Dropped Frames GOTY
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Sodapoppin joins us this week to chat about life after 15 years of streaming and how much streaming has changed in recent years. Then we go over the winners at The Streamer Awards, vote on the winners for The Game Awards happening this week. Then we go deep into Chinese World of Warcraft, running streamer guild OnlyFangs, handling streamer drama and much more!
0:00 - Intro
2:20 - Sodapoppin is here
5:30 - Growing up with streaming
12:00 - The Streamer Awards
37:00 - Going over TGA nominees
2:03:40 - World of Warcraft China
2:39:40 - OnlyFangs
2:48:20 - Mana gems
3:01:15 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're joined by Robert 'Roflgator' Overwatch pro and now a titan of VRChat as we learn about the birth and history of TikTok sensation, Marcus, played by VRChat creator Jouffa! We go down memory lane with our favorite Justin.TV moments, learn about all the game updates dropping in December, Tim Sweeney hates disclosing AI, Paradox takes blame over Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2, and a new Diablo 4 expansion tease? Games this week include the horror game Total Chaos, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Vote for your Dropped Frames GOTY!
6:00 - Roflgator is here!
11:00 - The birth of Marcus
19:40 - What's a mute?
45:00 - The life of Rob and Marcus
51:50 - Going mainstream
55:00 - Who owns what?
1:06:00 - The oldest Justin.tv memory
1:23:30 - Update December
1:28:00 - Disclosing AI
1:46:10 - Vampire woes
1:53:00 - Diablo 4 announcement?
1:56:00 - Where Winds Meet
2:04:00 - Megabonk dev removes themselves from TGA
2:12:50 - Total Chaos
2:23:50 - Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
2:46:50 - Kingdom of the Dump
2:49:30 - Random Mice
2:56:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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