Dialogue Options-A Video Games Podcast

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On this week's episode of the podcast we focus in entirely on our Quest Log. First Joel goes over some of the new additions to the latest season of Fortnite and Kyran tempts Joel with some new details about the latest Destiny 2 expansion, Renegades, which just so happens to be inspired by Star Wars.

Then we move onto the main topic. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is now available for Nintendo Switch 1 + 2 and Kyran has sunk a lot of time into the game so that he could hit credits and bring his relatively fresh (and...

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On this week's episode Joel succumbed and picked up Dispatch so he spends some time here talking (spoiler-free) with Kyran about how much he loved as an employee of SDN before shifting gears to talk about Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Kyran then spends way more time than he planned to rant about Metroid and his hopes for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

(9 DAYS UNTIL METROID PRIME 4: BEYOND)

Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we talk about Valve's newest hardware, the Steam Machine, and ponder how it could potentially shake up the lounge room arrangement...

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On this week's episode we've got a packed Quest Log with Joel dipping in to the latest Fortnite crossover event featuring The Simpons and Kyran's been practising his dinosaur park abilities in Jurassic World Evolution 3. Last of all, Kyran convinces Joel to bite the bullet and pick up Dispatch, a new episodic adventure game from Adhoc and Critical Role featuring a stacked cast and serves as a reminder just how good this style of game can be.

Meanwhile we squeeze in a small Bonus Round to talk about the massive 3.0 update for Animal...

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On this week's episode of the show we've got something of a mixed grab bag of game updates for our Quest Log.

Both Joel and Kyran give some updates on their time with the likes of Hades 2 and Death Stranding 2: On The Beach.

We then move onto the meatier part of the segment where Joel talks about how he's been finding his latest roguelike addiction, Ball x Pit, and how its been consuming his time. Meanwhile Kyran talks about his experience demoing Pro Jank Footy and the LONG AWAITED Metroid Prime 4...

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On this week's episode of the podcast we've got a juicy Quest Log.

First up Kyran's been spending a bit of time in Ebisugaoka with Silent Hill f and brings Joel some early impressions on the game's radically different approach to the series as well the new approach to combat and juggling the many items and resources that they mange.

Then we move onto Hades 2 as both Kyran and Joel get excited about Supergiant's latest masterpiece (and their first ever direct sequel). All relatively early game discussion pertaining mostly to the...

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This is an episode we've been looking forward to making for a long time because Hollow Knight Silksong has released after years of mystery! Massive props to Team Cherry for making this absolute masterpiece of a game that somehow delivers on all of the lofty expectations carried over from the original Hollow Knight.

Kyran also shares some thoughts about the recently released Destiny Rising, the mobile gacha-filled take on the Destiny universe created by NetEase.

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On this week's episode of the podcast we spend a little time digging into a couple of games on both Kyran and Joel's Quest Log. Joel talks about his with The Rogue Prince of Persia after it dropped on the PlayStation Plus service, plus he's been making time for some Halls of Torment on his phone when he can as well. Both of us have dipped our toes ever so briefly into the Sword of the Sea as well, so we spend a little bit of time talking about Giant Squid's latest release to wrap...

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Apologies for no episode last week, unfortunately Kyran came down ill and thought it best to spare you the sounds he was producing in favour of getting better to sound a bit more normal.

On this week's episode we've got a Quest Log featuring two heavy hitters. First up Kyran dives into the latest expansion for Destiny 2, The Edge of Fate, which is also Bungie's first steps into a brand new story for the long-running shooter and attempts to untangle many of its updated and new systems. Then we move onto Donkey Kong...

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On this week's episode we've got a short and incredibly Death Stranding 2: On The Beach focused episode. Kyran's spent the better part of the last week and a half out wandering the post-Death Stranding version of Australia built by the team at Kojima Productions and brings us his early impressions from the first four episodes of the game.

We've got some big releases in the future so expect some another Quest Log episode coming up for our 290th episode (wow, suddenly episode 300 is right around the corner)

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On this week's episode of the show we tie up some loose ends with our Quest Log that we couldn't squeeze in last episode due to Summer Game Fest and the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2.

Joel fills us in on his time with another mobile roguelike with a fun hook called Dungeon Clawler and goes a bit deeper on how he's been going with Cookie Cutter, an indie Search and Find game (aka Metroidvania). Meanwhile Kyran brings some of his final thoughts on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 now that he's completed and finally...

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On this week's episode of the show we carve out a Quest Log to talk about our very early impressions on Nintendo's new piece of hardware, the Switch 2, and some early thoughts on Mario Kart World and it's place as the console's big launch game.

Then over in the Bonus Round we try to highlight some of the games that jumped out at us from the many, many digital presentations that went live between last Thursday to this Monday.

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On this week's episode it's all about Hazelight's Split Fiction as we've knuckled down and done a complete playthrough of the co-op adventure. We talk about how we enjoyed our time jumping through the combined sci-fi / fantasy levels.

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Meanwhile after the Quest Log we carve out a small part of the episode to say our farewell to the Nintendo Switch.

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We're back with another Quest Log focused episode.

Before we get into the meat of the episode we do talk briefly about some headlines from the week, including the price increase to Xbox consoles and accessories (coming soon to games), the recent layoffs at Polygon, the departures from Giant Bomb, and Rockstar's random GTA VI release date / delay announcement.

Then over in the Quest Log both Joel and Kyran have begun playing Split Fiction and offer their early impressions on Hazelight's latest co-operative adventure. Lastly, Kyran gets hyped about Clair Obscur...

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The episode is a few days late due to us taking some time to relax over the long Easter Weekend, but we're back with a Quest Log focused episode!

First up Joel has checked out The Plucky Squire now that he's upped his PlayStation Plus subscription meanwhile Kyran has been trying to revive a mascot agency in Promise Mascot Agency. After all of that is said and done we both come together to try to wrap our head around Blue Prince, a recently released puzzle / roguelike game developed by Dogubomb (Tonda Ros) and...

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The moment has finally arrived! Join us as we break down not one but TWO Nintendo Directs in a single episode.

First up we move through the final Direct for the Nintendo Switch with relative haste so we can take a much deeper dive into the reveal Direct for the successor, the Nintendo Switch 2.

We talk through the games, get nervous about prices, and Kyran expresses his desire for Nintendo to really break open Metroid Prime 4 Beyond to start generating even more hype for the upcoming game.

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On this week's episode Kyran has played through Wanderstop, the newest game from the mind behind The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide, which is a cosy, narrative game that was developed with the creator's experience dealing with burnout. Kyran has also started to dip his toes in Assassin's Creed Shadows and brings his very early thoughts to this week's episode.

Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we talk about the recent Silent Hill Transmission that went in on Silent Hill f and the reasons behind some of the changes the newest game brings...

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On this week's episode of the show Kyran quadruple checked his recording input to avoid last week's unfortunate bungle as we return for another Quest Log focused episode.

First up Kyran talks a little bit about Nikoderiko: The Magical World, which is a charming platformer that borrows elements from the Donkey Kong Country Returns series and sprinkles some light Crash Bandicoot elements throughout all backed up my a David Wise soundtrack. We then tackle the core topic for this week, Monster Hunter Wilds, and both Kyran and Joel have put in a healthy...

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Firstly, apologies for the weird audio this episode. About 40 minutes into the episode Kyran's PC died randomly (thankfully Audacity was able to save the audio) but unfortunately upon resuming the recording Kyran cockily didn't check which microphone Audacity defaulted to and the result is what he sounds like in the second half of the episode. A one time disaster hopefully.

Rest assured Kyran has learned an important lesson about not trusting Audacity too much.

On this week's episode we get into our first Quest Log of the year as Joel gives...

New year, same us!

We're back for another year to talk about all things video games related but before we can do that we must spend our first episode looking back (and shaking off our holiday rust).

Joel and Kyran talk about some of their favourite games from 2024 including heavy hitters (such as Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Astro Bot, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth) and surprise indie successes (including Balatro, Animal Well, and Mouthwashing) including some shout outs to games games we are determined to play / finish in 2025.

Afterwards it...

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On the last episode of the year Joel and Kyran break down the 2024 Game Awards with a quick run-down of the years award winners before switching it up with a Dope or Nope in an effort to cut through the MASSIVE list of games that Geoff Keighley and the team managed to lock in for the 10th anniversary of the show.

Highlights that we naturally touch on include The Witcher 4, Elden Ring: Nightreign, Onimusha, the Okami sequel, and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

We'll see you all in the new year as...

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On this week's episode Joel spends a bit of time in the Quest Log offering his early impressions of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Kyran warns him of a massive addiction he'll soon be consumed by within the game.

Meanwhile in our Bonus Round we run through the full list of the 2024 nominees for the annual Game Awards (or the Keighleys as we've labelled them in the past).

There's a lot of stacked categories and not everyone can win! (Not here at least, thankfully there are other awards where they...

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On this week's episode of the show we've got a stacked Quest Log!

Kyran dishes out his early impressions for Dragon Age: The Veilguard based on his first 7 or 8 hours, tiptoes around spoilers for Mouthwashing, and gives a more in depth look at Metaphor: ReFantazio after 60 hours with the game.

Joel also joins Kyran in talking about cracking packs in Pokémon TCG Pocket as we both lament our terrible RNG when it comes to collecting these digital cards.

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We're back after an unplanned weekly delay, but it's worth the wait because Kyran can bring his complete thoughts on the recently released Silent Hill 2 Remake now that he has completed it, we also talk briefly (and spoiler-free) about the newest DLC for Alan Wake 2, The Lake House and Joel fills us in on his time with Kill Knight.

Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we talk about our time at PAX Australia 2024 including plenty of praise for Massive Monster and Devolver Digital's Cult of the Lamb and some of the panels we attended...

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We're back after an unintentional and unexpected month off, Joel's been busy with shows and Kyran's body has been trying to get sick before PAX again but both of us are back and ready to go on a new episode.

In the Quest Log Kyran tells Joel about just how much the Persona DNA is noticeable in the early stages of Metaphor: ReFantazio thanks to a recently released demo and offers some impressions of the charming indie hit, Plucky Squire. Meanwhile Joel's been living his best outlaw life in Star Wars: Outlaws and...

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On this week's episode Kyran spends a bit of time in the Quest Log reminiscing about Destiny on its 10 year anniversary and spends some time unpacking the recent update Bungie provided on the future of the series. We then switch gears and Joel joins Kyran in offering their early (and incredibly positive) impressions for Team Asobi's critically acclaimed new release, Astro Bot.

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We're back with another episode after an unexpected delay.

In the Quest Log this week Kyran gets a little nostalgic about the recently re-released Timesplitters trilogy as it arrives on PlayStation and Joel has fulfilled his promise from the last episode and completed Thank Goodness You're Here and attempts to tell Kyran what he loved about it without giving away too much of the good stuff.

Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we work through some of the biggest headlines from Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live and talk about some of...

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We're back after an unexpected break due to stuff not going as planned for both of our hosts!

In order to ease ourselves back in we have a short little Quest Log episode for you all. Kyran leads us through his early impressions for a number of releases including Zenless Zone Zero, the recently released Visions of Mana demo, and tortures Joel with glowing impressions for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

We're closing in on Gamescom now, so look forward to hearing us break down everything that unfolds at Opening Night...

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On this week's episode of the show we have recruited Jesse (from The Falcon: A Footy Podcast) to help us take a bit of a dive into our love of Alan Wake 2 plus really going in on the recently released Night Springs DLC. Tread lightly if you haven't played yet, we do touch on some spoilers related to the content of those episodes. If you want to be cautious we move beyond spoilers and get read to move on at around 1:07:05

Later in the show we shift gears and congratulate Jesse on completing...

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We're back with our second episode from Joel's new set up (so that might explain if we sound a bit different, he's still getting everything set up) and boy is it one that we've been waiting a long time to do.

First up we've got a Quest Log where Joel touches on a couple of games he checked out from Steam Next Fest, including I Am Your Best and Dungeon Clawler, before Kyran breaks down how his enjoyment of Destiny 2 has been revitalised with the release of The Final Shape.

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On this week's episode we desperately try to sift through the many video game showcases that took place over the weekend (which is also why the episode is a day late) and we've put together a list of several games across the many presentations that caught our attention.

We picked from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest presentation, the Xbox showcase, PC Gaming Show, Devolver Digital's Showcase, Wholesome Games Direct, Future of Games, Future Games Show, and the Day of the Devs.

Our lists are only scratching the surface of how many...

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Joel is back!

We are reunited at last now that Joel's life has begun to settle, he is back on the show to talk Animal Well and the many mysteries contained within, meanwhile Kyran also brings some early impressions for 1000xRESIST.

Over in our Bonus Round we look ahead at a packed month of June that's absolutely stacked with gaming showcases (RIP E3)

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Some technical issues occurred while recording this episode, hopefully I've managed to iron most of them out, but if you notice anything odd that might be the cause.

On this week's episode of the show (sorry for the delay!) Kyran is joined by his good friend, Jesse (part of footy podcast, The Falcon) to have a big discussion about Fallout.

First up Jesse and Kyran talk about a gig they both attended before Jesse begins to tempt Kyran into picking up Hades 2 (spoiler: he succeeds)

We then talk about...

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Joel's occupied with important life events at the moment so Kyran is roping in some old friends to talk about the games they're playing.

First up is Brendan Hill, who has been checking out Dragon's Dogma 2 with Kyran's jerk of a pawn, Bradford. He's also been terraforming planet's in Planet Crafter and dealing with dealing with arrival of hostile aliens in Terra Invicta, plus a few other games. Kyran also takes advantage of this opportunity to talk about the recently released Into The Light content pack for Destiny 2 (since Brendan is a member...

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On this week's episode of the show we've got another Quest Log focused episode for you!

First up Joel dipped his toes in the recently (properly) released demo for the upcoming PS5 action game, Stellar Blade, and gives us the low down on how he found it. Meanwhile Kyran has been checking out Dragon's Dogma 2 and wrestles with the good and the bad of playing it.

We also have a small spoiler corner for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth where Joel talks about his recent progress before he steps away from the...

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On this week's episode we've got a hefty Quest Log where we break down our early impressions on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth now that we've had more time with the game. Kyran has managed to hit credits but we don't discuss anything really beyond Chapter 4 (or the Lower/Upper Junon segment of the game) so feel free to give it a listen! We do plan on doing a massive episode with full spoilers on this game at some point, but it is a huge game so it might take a while to get everyone on...

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We're back with another episode! Apologies for the delay, Kyran was feeling a bit under the weather last week and despite the fact that he might not sound much better this week he definitely feels better!

This week's episode is a Quest Log special where we talk about our extended time that we've spent spreading good old fashioned democracy to planets under thread in Helldivers 2, plus Joel offers his early impressions on the recent smash hit poker-based deck building roguelike, Balatro, and Kyran restrains himself from getting too excited with his early hype...

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On this week's episode Kyran talks about his time with a pair of demos from the recent Steam Next Fest, Tales of Kenzera: Zau and Pacific Drive, and gets sucked into another conversation about Persona 3 Reload.

Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we talk about the recent Xbox podcast that aimed to clear up some of the confusion after more than a week of rumours about first party Xbox games going multiplatform. The result was a handful of games that will be making the jump to other platforms but not bigger ones like Starfield...

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On this week's episode we attempt to catch up on some of the game's we've been playing outside of our recording window.

First up we talk about the impossible to ignore and freshly released demo for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth which allows players to get a head start on your first playthrough as you experience the Nibelheim flashback. We also talk about Persona 3 Reload as Kyran experiences joy that Joel can finally play this PS2 classic on a modern platform in a renewed form. Then individually Joel talks about his time with Prince...

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It's time to pick our favourite games from the 2023.

It was a year jam packed with incredible games and we've managed to name our 5 favourite picks, plus we find a bit of time to offer some praise for a few honourable mentions that didn't quite make the cut.

This year is already looking pretty stacked so here's to another year of trying to survive a cataclysmic wave of content.

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We've arrived at the final episode of the show for the year! Luckily it's a massive one as we finally get a chance to tackle the 2023 Game Awards.

We spend the first part of the show running through a lot of the winners that we voted on with some discussion here and there (there weren't many surprises) and then spend the back half breaking down how we felt about the show and the many, many reveals that took place during it's run time.

We also find some time at the end...

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On this week's episode we make good on catching up on some Quest Log as the year draws to a close (and as we get ready for the Game Awards and GOTY season).

Joel's been plugging away at Robo Quest, a stylish FPS rogue-like that ticks a lot of the boxes on Joel's wishlist for a game, meanwhile Kyran has spent a little bit of time with the recently released Super Mario RPG remake (or remaster?) and finally has made time to give Bayonetta 3 a proper look.

We also squeeze in...

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On this week's episode we have a brief Quest Log where Kyran checks in with DREDGE after the release of the Pale Reach, a new DLC that successfully delivers more DREDGE goodness. Meanwhile Joel has spent a bit more time with Dave the Diver and gives Kyran some more detailed impressions. There's also some other assorted impressions spread throughout.

Kyran also spends some time plugging his recent appearance on the newest Love Letters where he sat down with Jesse and talked a whole lot about DREDGE with Joel Mason from Black Salt Games...

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On this week's episode Joel and Kyran are joined by Jesse from Love Letters and The Falcon to talk all things Marvel's Spider-Man 2. They go full spoilers, so if you haven't finished the game yet then feel free to skip forward to the Bonus Round.

Spider-Man 2 spoilers start roughly at 15:38 and end when the Bonus Round starts at 1:14:25

In the Bonus Round we talk about the weirdly relaxed announcement that a live action feature film based on the Legend of Zelda is on it's way, including a few details about who's...

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On this week's episode of the show Joel gives his early impressions for Dave the Diver, meanwhile Kyran tries to figure out what the point of Silent Hill: Ascension is and gushes (a lot) about Alan Wake II.

Meanwhile over in the Bonus Round we run through some updates from a recent Remedy earnings report (some exciting, some concerning) and then spend a bit of time being bummed out by the recently announced lay-offs at Bungie. The story was first reported by Jason Schreier and is just the latest in a long list...

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On this week's episode we have a PACKED Quest Log thanks to last Friday marking the release of both Super Mario Bros. Wonder AND Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

You should be able to safely listen unless you've been media blackout on the trailers for Spider-Man 2 as we try to steer clear of any major spoilers mostly because we haven't finished them but also because we're sure many of you are also still playing a lot of 2023's other incredible games. We are aiming to a more spoiler-filled episode on Spider-Man down the road.

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On this week's episode we've got a grab bag of a Quest Log as Kyran runs through some the demos he has checked out on Steam as a part of Next Fest and one from the recent Indie Horror Showcase including Another Crab's Treasure, The Last Faith, Laika: Aged Through Blood, and 1000xRESIST meanwhile Joel has taken a trip back to Cyberpunk 2077 to check out the recent 2.0 update.

Meanwhile over in our Bonus Round we run through a couple of stories we missed last week due to PAX fever, including the new PS5...

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We're back with a fresh episode focused entirely on PAX Australia 2023.

Joel and Kyran took a trip to MCEC to attend all three days of this year's PAX Australia. On this episode they come together to talk about how they found the show, talk about a few of the games they played, and reflect on the panels they managed to get along to (plus obligatory Boaties mentions)

PAX still remains a highlight of our calendars every year and we'll see you all at the 2024 show next year!

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Welcome back to a fresh hot & tasty episode of the Dialogue Options Podcast!

This week, Joel is out sick but the show goes on as we are joined by the impeccable Simon Evans!

The lads this week deliver on the long awaited chat about Sabotage's smash hit Indie JRPG Sea Of Stars! And it wouldn't be an episode about RPGs if Baldur's Gate III didn't show up, so the boys update us with their tales of their exploits in Larian Studios blockbuster adventure!

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After some technical issues prevented us from recording this episode a few days ago we are finally here to bring you a fresh game of Dope or Nope covering both the recent Nintendo Direct and Sony's State of Play with our good friend, Simon.

Highlights include Unicorn Overlord, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and a massive new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth!

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On this week's episode Kyran talks about how much he enjoyed his evening at the Indie Symphony performed by Orchestra Victoria at Hamer Hall recently before diving into the Quest Log with some early impressions of Square Enix's latest mobile game, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, meanwhile Joel offers us his mixed feelings after a free weekend with Lego 2K Drive.

Meanwhile over in the Bonus Round the ESA's hopes of getting E3 back on track take another blow as ReedPop step back from their deal (don't worry, the ESA maintains it's business...

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This week we were joined by Jesse to discuss From Software's latest smash hit Armoured Core 6: Fires of Rubicon and talk about our first impressions of the game.

We also went in deep about the first proper look at Super Mario Wonder and what the Playstation Plus price hike means for our continued use of the service.

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Another year, another Gamescom Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley. We run through a majority of the headlines from the main show and pick a handful to focus on and offer our thoughts on the overall feel of the show after Geoff reminded everyone to keep their expectations in check last week.

We also touch on some other news this week including the lay-offs at BioWare, the recent Destiny 2 Showcase for The Final Shape and beyond, before finishing up on the most shocking news of the week with Charles Martinet winding down...

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On this week's episode of the show Kyran immediately lies by stating we have a lean Quest Log before proceeding to talk about Baldur's Gate 3 for nearly 30 minutes (and this is still only from being early on in the game's opening act) and Joel touches on a few of the titles he has been messing around with.

Meanwhile over in our Bonus Round we run through the announcements from the recent THQ digital showcase, Alan Wake 2's small delay, Geoff Keighley giving people and idea of what to expect from next week's Gamescom...

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It's time for a new episode of the Dialogue Options Podcast! This week, Kyran and Joel Talk Stray Gods: A Roleplaying Musical, Early impressions for Baldur's Gate 3 and Joel gives and update on his son's gaming adventures.

We also break down a bunch of news from the week, including all the announcements from fighting game tournament EVO 2023!

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On this week's episode we've got a Quest Log where Joel fills Kyran in on his latest deck-building roguelite addiction whereas Kyran gives some brief thoughts on Street Fighter VI's World Tour mode and goes on an audio adventure with some of the finest music in the world of video games in Theatrhythm Final Bar Line.

Meanwhile we have a small Bonus Round where we talk about the new rumours surrounding an upcoming Pokémon Presents (which has now been confirmed) and Nintendo's mysterious Switch successor, whilst also making time for Hasbro wanting f...

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On this week's episode of the show Kyran gives Joel his spoiler-free thoughts on Persona 3 Portable after finishing the re-released version of the PSP game for the first time and weighs it against his love of what Persona 3, 4, and 5 do best. Joel also checked out Fast and the Furious Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R for some reason.

We also spend the start of the Quest Log talking some Tears of the Kingdom spoilers, so if you're to check for when that ends that segment runs from 0:13:00 through til 0:23:53 so make sure...

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On this week's episode of the show Kyran is back in better health and is here to give Joel his (mostly) spoiler-free thoughts on Final Fantasy XVI now that he has reached credits, all the while Joel is getting ever closer to rolling credits on his Tears of the Kingdom journey.

Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we quickly move past Microsoft's victory after the FTC tried to hold up their acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, talk about the newly announced Black Panther game, and run through a few of the incredibly cool announcements from the...

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This week on the show, Kyran is taking a break so Joel has enlisted his wife Ashleigh to join him!

Since The Sims 4 is getting a new Expansion Pack soon in the way of Horse Ranch, and since Ash is a big fan of the series, Joel sat down to get her thoughts on the new release, the franchise and the community around The Sims. They also broke down the Wholesome Games Direct 2023 from SGF, discussing which cosy games they were excited to check out!

So grab a cup of tea...

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On this week's episode of the podcast we spend a little too much time in the intro talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (since Kyran is re-watching them) before diving into a bit of a catch up Quest Log episode.

Kyran fills Joel in on his time chasing Lilith through Diablo IV and enters into an end game grind that he isn't quite vibing with (but thankfully there's a decent amount of things to do in said end game) and Joel updates us on how he's been getting on with Tears...

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On this week's episode we break down the latest fashionably late Nintendo Direct that snuck in at the very end of a winter full of video game presentations.

We run through all the games announced and talk about the ones that got us hyped, which means we definitely spend some time on Super Mario RPG and Super Mario Wonder (plus Kyran gets a bit annoyed at how brief Nintendo's tease for the new Peach game was) as well as a few other specific stand-outs.

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This week we checked out the demo for Final Fantasy XVI, and we couldn't do this one without getting our good friend and Number One Yoshi P fan Simon on to discuss what we played!

We also broke down the Ubisoft Forward presentation in a fun round of Dope or Nope (And yes, we did talk about that Avatar game, much to Joel's distain).

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On this week's episode Joel and Kyran are joined by Jesse to try and wrestle with the latest announcements and updates from 2023's Summer Game Fest kick off hosted by Geoff Keighley.

The only way to do it was to force all of the games into the Dope or Nope arena, so come with us on a journey to try and get through this episode in one piece. We also make some time at the end of the episode to talk about the return of everyone's favourite video game mascot, Volvy.

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On this week's episode of the show Joel's been consumed by his need to catch up on Succession so witness one of the greatest shows to have graced our screens, so Kyran is bringing his Quest Log along for the show. Kyran tells Joel about the two demos he checked out, Alone in the Dark's prologue and Amnesia: The Bunker, and gives Joel the low down on whether or not they sold him on the full game, plus a new season of Destiny has dropped and Kyran has some early takes on how it is...

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On this week's episode of the show we've got a big ol' PlayStation Showcase to break down. To make the process a bit easier we turn it into a Dope or Nope and run down the list, apologies if we skip over a game that interested you but there was so much stuff we had to be a bit brutal for the sake of having an episode that wasn't over two hours!

There were so many games, ranging from surprises like Sword of the Sea and Phantom Blade 0 to games we've been expecting...

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On this week's episode we dive into our early thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (which Kyran talked about pretty extensively on Story Mode this week) from our very own Joel McDonald and very good friend of the show Broderick Gordes. Join us as we gush about what might very well be the new best game of all time, talk about how we find the opening hours and Nintendo's new open world playground (check out this video to see how they solved the open world problem with the original). Kyran also...

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This week's episode is all about one thing, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Joel and Kyran are joined by Simon to geek out over what little we know about the highly anticipated sequel to 2017's smash hit that redefined open world games. We touch on things we hope to see carried over from the original game into the sequel, talk about the new abilities that Nintendo revealed to us awhile back, and (try to?) talk about our vague hopes for whatever the story of this game ends up being.

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On this week's episode Joel and Kyran come together to give their (pretty immediate) impressions on the freshly dropped demo for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, it's a pretty short experience that we absolutely recommend checking out if the idea of a musical RPG sounds like something you'd be into. Kyran has also been spending a little time with HoYoverse's newest title, Honkai: Star Rail and gives Joel the lowdown on the newest gacha craze sweeping the web. Plus we update each other on our time with Resident Evil 4 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

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On this week's episode Jesse joins Joel and Kyran to work through a stacked Quest Log. Jesse offers up early hype for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and goes in depth on his love for DREDGE, Joel has been checking out Resident Evil 4 Remake and the Street Fighter 6 demo, and Kyran has been consumed by Xenoblade 3 once again with the Future Redeemed DLC.

Additionally we have a small Bonus Round where we talk about the news that broke this week that the UK's CMA has said "NO" to Microsoft's attempts to acquire Activision Blizzard...

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On this week's episode of the show it's Joel's dream come true! We've got a new Indie World from the folk over at Nintendo to break down.

Through the Bonus Round we'll cover a long list of cool and weird looking indies including titles like Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, Mineko's Night Market, and Rift of the Necrodancer plus new content coming to Cult of the Lamb and A Little to the Left.

It's always fun to get a look at some of the newest indies we'll inevitably be obsessed with, we'd...

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This week on the show we've got a lean Bonus Round where we say our fond farewells to Media Molecule's Dreams as it wraps up after three years of support (the game will still function mostly, but Media Molecule is officially moving on to something new so there'll be some changes to how it functions you can read about here), we wonder just what the hell Rocksteady's plan is as they officially delay Suicide Squad: Kills The Justice League to February 2024, and get more than a little bit excited about Summerfall Studios' upcoming musical RPG...

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On this week's episode of the show Kyran and Joel kick things off with some spoiler-free thoughts on the recently released Super Mario Bros. Movie, you'll no doubt hear us talk about in more depth in the near future.

Over in the Quest Log we've been spending some time with Black Salt Games' DREDGE, a fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Kyran keeps things relatively light on spoilers for Joel's sake, but it goes without saying that they are both enamoured with this release. It's definitely a game to keep an eye out...

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On this week's episode Joel and Kyran are back to fill out another Quest Log, this time documenting their collecting loot and killing monsters in the incredible addictive Diablo 4 open beta, plus some early impressions of the incredibly charming Tchia.

Meanwhile in our Bonus Round we lament the loss of E3, talk about some of its highs and reminding ourselves that the ESA definitely didn't do anything to help the image of E3. If you've got any E3 highlights we'd love to hear them because it feels incredibly unlikely we'll ever soar as...

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We're back with another episode, this time Joel and Kyran are joined by Simon to play some Dope or Nope and then dig into some Nintendo speculation.

In Dope or Nope we talk about the crumbs given to us by IO Interactive about their upcoming James Bond game, Joel gets excited about Lego 2K Drive (a freshly announced Lego racing game), Insomniac's Spider-Man 2 potentially sizing up a September release, and we celebrate Jirard "The Completionist" Khalil purchasing every game on the Wii U and 3DS eShop for preservation ahead of the imminent closure...

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A bit of a weird episode this week with both Joel and Kyran recording in the same room, so if things sound a bit off it's because we're trying to feel out this temporary set up.

We've both played the new demo for Resident Evil 4 Remake and even though the full game is just around the corner we couldn't help but find some time to talk about. Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we get excited about Dead Static Drive getting a release window of Q3 2024 and find some time to talk about the...

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On this week's episode of the show Joel and Kyran join forces to talk about the newest expansion for Bungie's totally-not-an-MMO Destiny 2 in the form of Lightfall.

Join us as we untangle Strand and talk about how we found the campaign, if it holds its own against 2022's The Witch Queen, and our experience with the story. It's early days still with the first raid about to go live and three more seasons to follow throughout the year, so look forward to more Lightfall content from us in the future!

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On this week's episode of the show we DEFINITELY do not have a short Quest Log where we talk about our very early impressions for Destiny 2 Lightfall, because Kyran definitely didn't let that small chat become bigger than he expected it to because we're having a blast.

For Dope or Nope we go over the most recent Pokémon Presents and try to discern what is worth talking about. Will it be the classic Pokemon Card set, Pokémon Sleep or the inevitable DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet? I think you kno...

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On this week's episode of the podcast Kyran and Joel are once again joined by Jesse for another completely normal episode. Nothing to worry about.

In the Quest Log Joel talks to us about his time with The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX on the Game Boy app for the Nintendo Switch, Kyran attempts to explain how much he has enjoyed the last season for the year of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen whilst frequently getting sidetracked on how excited he is for Lightfall, and Jesse walks us through his early impressions for...

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On this week's episode of the podcast we've got no Joel, but never fear because Jesse and Simon have jumped on the show so Kyran could have an episode out the week after the shadow drop of Metroid Prime Remastered. In the Quest Log Kyran goes into detail (and successfully gets sent on tangents) about his time with Retro's return to the original 2002 GameCube classic and whether it holds up (spoiler: it does) and Simon fills us in on how he found the demo for Sea of Stars, the new RPG from the developers of...

This week on the Dialogue Options Podcast, Nintendo blessed us with a fresh, hot Nintendo Direct the morning before we recorded, so of course we got together and broke down what was an incredibly fantastic presentation!

Joining us this week is Simon and Felix from Story Mode Gaming, and all together we talk all the highs and lows of of the first Direct of the year!

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On this week's episode we've got a healthy serving of Quest Log, including Joel talking a little more about his time with Hi-Fi Rush and fills us in about how he's finding Need For Speed: Unbound and Rogue Legacy 2. Meanwhile Kyran has been having a blast playing Fire Emblem Engage to the point where he can look past some of the shortcomings he is finding with story and characters.

We round out the show with a short Bonus Round where we speculate (again) about what the future might hold for E3 2023 after a...

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We are following up last week's episode where we took a list at some of the 'AAA' games releasing between now and June with an episode dedicated entirely to a somewhat curated list of indies that we are excited to see more of (or ideally play more of) in 2023.

From our astronomical hype for games such as Sea of Stars, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Hades 2 to more fresh picks such as Season: A Letter to the Future, Dredge, and Broken Roads. This is only a small list of quality indie games that look...

Welcome back! In the first episode of the Dialogue Options Podcast for 2023, we are joined by fellow network cohorts Simon and Jesse to talk about all the big budget releases we are excited for this year.

As expected, it gets unhinged very quickly, but we chat about the stacked line-up for the year and Dope or Nope our way through some of 2023's most anticipated releases.

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On this week's episode of the show we've got a Quest Log featuring Joel talking Vampire Survivors, Kyran chatting Chained Echoes (and Destiny 2's new season) and Jesse had a crack at the Forspoken demo that was released last week.

We also run through the winners and losers of the Game Awards plus talk about our overall impressions of the show and reveal whether Kyran or Joel won this year's wager.

We also get a little unhinged with Avatar: Way of Water's recent release, so enjoy!

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On this week's episode we've got a bit more of a classic episode with news and a discussion at the end,

A Sifu movie is on the way, Frictional announces a new Amnesia game, Monster Hunter Rise is coming to more platforms, Microsoft wants you to know they'll keep sharing Call of Duty by committing to a 10-year deal to see the franchise come to Nintendo platforms if the acquisition goes through (plus more)

We also make time for some baseless (and overly optimistic) speculation about what this Friday's Game Awards...

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It's that time of the year again as Kyran and Joel run through the list of nominees for the 2022 Game Awards (or the Keighley's as we know them) and try to pick who will win! Will Joel score his first win or will Kyran get Joel to do a full play through of Perfect Dark Zero? We'll find out in just under a week.

We also find some time to talk about the newest trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie that offers a better look at the rest of the cast of...

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We're back with another episode of the podcast and once again we are joined by Jesse to work through our stacked Quest Log.

Jesse, Joel, and Kyran all talk about their time with Marvel Snap, an incredibly addictive mobile/PC card game that captured us all with how accessible it is and talk about some our favourite cards and battlefields before touching on what we'd like to see added to the game going forward. Kyran offers his early impressions on a new survival-horror game, Signalis, and talks about its ability to tap into...

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We're finally back having survived PAX and gotten ourselves back on schedule, this episode took a bit to get going because we are actually a part of the Story Mode family now so we took some time to make sure our episodes wouldn't double up on content.

The result is a glorious jam packed Quest Log episode where Joel and Kyran are joined by Jesse to talk about the list of games they've been playing. Joel has spent some time with Destiny 2's Festival of the Lost and Overwatch 2, whilst Kyran has played...

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On this week's Quest Log Joel's talks about the new rhythm shooter now available on Game Pass, Metal Hellsinger, and Kyran talks about a cute monochrome photography game, Toem, and Capcom's action horror blockbuster, Resident Evil 5. 

Meanwhile in our Bonus Round we try to touch on some of the big stories that have surfaced over the last couple of weeks (and boy has there been a lot). We talk a little about the State of the Play and Nintendo Direct presentations before digging into the Ryu Ga Gotoku Summit where a handful of n...

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We're back with another episode (slightly delayed by a couple of days so we could be joined by our guest!)

This week Jesse from Story Mode Gaming joins us to break down Massive Monster's 2022 smash hit, Cult of the Lamb. We talk about the game generally before leaping headfirst into a slightly more spoiler-filled territory, turns out a game about running a cult filled with some cute animal folk, building up a home for them, and slaying ancient Gods ends up being a pretty good time.

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We're back with another episode that we tastefully pushed back a week to cover two massive events!

First up we've got a Dope or Nope where Kyran pulls up a list of pretty much every game that showed up in some form in Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, there's some dopes, there's some nopes, then there's some stuff that Kyran just left out intentionally.

We then wrap up the show with a Bonus Round where we talk about the Destiny showcase where Bungie threw back the curtain on Lightfall...

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We're back with a slightly delayed episode of the show after Joel faced off against the spicy cough for a second time and Kyran claws his way back out from under the weight on his work days.

This week we've got a Quest packed with Joel's impressions of Returnal, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and early impressions of the free-to-play brawler, Multiversus meanwhile Kyran has conquered Stray and began his journey into the wilderness of Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

We also quickly dip into the Bonus Round to talk about the latest information...

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We're back with a Dope or Nope filled episode of the Dialogue Options Podcast. This week we talk about the recently announced release dates for both God of War: Ragnarok and Bayonetta 3, Elden Ring's incredible sales, EA's Skate game releasing as a free-to-play service game, and much more.

We also make time for a quick Bonus Round where we talk about the upcoming return of E3 in 2023 and whether we think ReedPop joining forces with the ESA will benefit the show or will it continue to be plagued with issues. 

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We're back with another episode and finally touching upon our Quest Log as the dust of the Summer Game Fest settles around us.

Plenty of games come up in this episode, but mostly we talk about TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Jurassic World Evolution 2's BioSyn expansion, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Xenoblade Chronicles (1 + 2) and a few other smaller games that come up naturally. We also do a quick lightning round thumbs up or thumbs down for the latest Nintendo Direct Mini that finally confirmed that the Persona series (or at least 3, 4 and 5) are finally coming to...

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We're back with another special Summer (Winter?) Games Fest episode of the show, this time covering the Xbox + Bethesda showcase. 

In what looked and felt the most like an E3 presentation of old we were given a long list of games to digest, with Xbox promising that the majority of them should be out within the next 12 months. They had first party stuff to show like Redfall, Forza Motorsport, and Starfield plus a bunch of interesting third party announcements to spice things up like Hollow Knight: Silksong and the first official Xbox release f...

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We're back with a strange mid-week episode of the show to celebrate the newest Keigh-3 (E3 replacement) with 2022's Summer Game Fest kick off.

It was a show that some surprises (some ruined by leaks) and plenty of quality Geoff Keighly time. We saw new trailers for Street Fighter 6, Neon White, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, and The Last of Us Part 1, so join us as we attempt to Dope or Nope our way through the show to uncover what we enjoyed about it.

We'll have another episode this week covering the Xbox +...

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It's time for another episode of the Dialogue Options Podcast and this time we break down the latest State of Play from PlayStation and the official kick off for 2022's Summer (Winter for Australians I guess?) Game Fest.

It turns out Sony is getting better at these showcases as this was easily one of their strongest showings. Resident Evil 4 Remake is officially announced, we got confirmation that the Callisto Protocol is releasing this December, Final Fantasy XVI's release has slipped into 2023, plus a bunch of neat smaller announcements.

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We're back with a new episode and this time Jesse Munro (from the Story Mode Gaming Podcast) helps Joel and Kyran sift through a pretty packed list of discussion points in a new Dope or Nope. Warner Bros. officially revealed the debut trailer for Multiversus, Microsoft and Bethesda have officially delayed both Starfield and Redfall, Jeff Grubb has heard that the long rumoured Last of Us Remake is potentially dropping this holiday season, plus we've got a healthy dose of the newest Silent Hill rumours that point to potentially three games being in development.

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We're back with a new episode of the show, which happens to include an absolutely packed grab bag Quest Log segment as Joel talks to us about his time with several different games including Rogue Legacy 1, Loot River, Citizen Sleeper, and completing Elden Ring; meanwhile Kyran has been competing in Destiny 2's Guardian Games and attempting to save everyone's souls in an abandoned Tokyo in Ghostwire Tokyo.

Over in the Bonus Round we talk about Square Enix's massive decision to sell off some of their Western studios (Crystal Dynamics and Eidos) to Embracer...

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We're back with a new episode of the show! We unfortunately had to delay our latest episode by a week or so as Kyran unfortunately ended up catching the spicy cough and having to isolate for a solid week. The good news is that he finally had some time whilst he was locked up in his room to play some games that aren't Elden Ring.

On the Quest Log this week Joel talks a little bit about his progress with Elden Ring (and Kyran tries to keep his contributions to a minimum) as...

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We're back with a new episode of the show and yeah... it's more Elden Ring. Since it is pretty much all Kyran has been playing he couldn't resist doing another episode on it, but in order to give Joel a break he has subbed in Brendan to talk about his thoughts on From Software's latest gauntlet.

We try to steer clear of major spoilers and boss / location names and also take some chances to look back at the legacy of From Software and how they've grown with the many releases in the storied...