Episode 458: Dark Souls the Board Game

February 26, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 4:14 pm

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This week’s episode features a report by Jonah Falcon from Toy Fair NY, raving about the co-op board gane version of Dark Souls. T.J. continues to rave about Nioh and Scott texted while the podcast was going on, but you’ll have to wait for an outtakes episode to hear that story.

This week’s news includes:

Square Enix may have accidentally announced NieR: Automata‘s PC release date
Ed Boon would entertain the possibility of Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat crossover
Dragon Quest Heroes I and II too big for Switch drive

Let us know what you think.

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Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight says:

March 1, 2017 at 12:03 pm

Wow, I wish I knew about the Kickstarter for Dark Souls! This podcast was the first I heard of it, so I checked it out and I’m amazed. It’s well worth the $120, and I know what I’ll be spending my birthday credit card on!

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