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The massacre continues at Telltale Games, and the crew discuss the ramifications in this episode. TJ complains about the new Skype incoming call music, and the Gaming Flashback this week is the short-lived 2008 reboot of Prince of Persia. There’s also a new Gaming History, discussing an infamous incident in World of Warcraft back in 2005.

This week’s news includes:

• Telltale Games has seemingly laid off its remaining staff
• Nintendo to launch updated Switch next year
• Overcooked! 2 gets Sunny Island DLC available now

All this and Listener Feedback. Let us know what you think of the Telltale closure.

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This week follows the stunning announcement over the closure of Telltale Games and the repercussions of the shuttering of one of the most influential companies in the industry. There’s also Scott continuing to gush about Dragon Quest XI and Jonah enjoying the 2008 version of Prince of Persia again. That, and Fallout 3 headlines the Gaming Flashback.

News of the week include:

• Telltale employees left stunned by company closure
• Swiss soccer fans temporarily stop game to protest esports
• Brian Fargo will try to buy back Interplay if The Bard’s Tale IV sells well enough
• Rez creator’s musical re-imagining of Tetris launches in November

Let us know what Telltale Games you were hoping to see in the future.

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This week the guys have gotten back to talking about games from the past, as this week the Gaming Flashback is 2008’s Braid, Jonathan Blow’s influential indie game, which was followed by The Witness, which was… less influential. The guys also keep drooling over Red Dead Redemption 2.

The news items include:

• Forza Horizon devs recruit staff for unannounced RPG
• Hollow Knight comes to PS4 and Xbox One on September 25
• Rumor: Halo 5: Guardians coming to PC
• Red Dead Redemption 2 leaks tease Battle Royale mode

Let us know what you think.

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Last week’s episode was delayed by Jonah producing a new show (The Jonah Falcon Show), then by the tragedy on Sunday, August 26. Now, the podcast recorded last week and the one recorded this week have been merged into one big 2+ hour show.

Last week’s news items included:

• Devil May Cry 5 arrives in March
• Cyberpunk 2077 quests similar to The Witcher 3 ‘in terms of playtime and complexity’
• Rumor: Nintendo planning big Switch upgrade
• Soulcalibur 6 Story Mode and DLC character announced

This past week’s news was simple:

• EA cancels remaining Madden Classic qualifiers

To be fair, the crew ended up talking about other stuff going on during the week, including the the E3 demo for Cyberpunk 2077 that was finally released to the general public. Gaming still brings smiles to people’s faces.

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As Fall approaches, more info on exciting games are starting to trickle in. That, and Jonah talks about how he’s going to Power Morphicon to cover stuff for his upcoming new show.

Otherwise, the news this week includes:

• Patrick Stewart will narrate My Memory of Us
• Jagged Alliance: Rage! announced
• Deep Silver’s Outward coming February 12
• Dark Souls coming to Nintendo Switch on Oct. 19

Let us know what you think.

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The guys discuss the recent report by Kotaku released this week on the shady institutionalized sexism at Riot Games, the people behind League of Legends. There’s also hints of racism as well, especially since everyone in charge is, well, a white male. Otherwise, T.J. gushes about his experiences at EVO, the fighting game convention/competition, and is looking forward to QuakeCon.

The news this week includes:

• Siege’s next season Operation Grim Sky unveiled
• The World Ends With You for Switch gets release date
• IGN pulls review and fires writer for plagiarism
• Grand Theft Auto 5 still going strong after five years

And Jonah confesses he still hasn’t played GTA5 because, well, GTA4 soured him on the series.

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This week’s episode didn’t initially have a Gaming Flashback, but the crew accidentally started one with 2010’s Red Dead Redemption, which shouldn’t be a flashback since it fails the “10 Year Rule”, but it was so fun to talk about, it became one. They also found some interesting stuff in a thin-news week, which is the usual for Summer.

The news includes:

• Valve adds temporary fix for fake item scams on Steam
• Halo devs not working on Battle Royale mode for Infinite
• Nintendo Switch sales near 20m, down slightly on last year
• Playground Games staffs up for the rumored Fable reboot

Let us know what you think.

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This week was a hot time for Jonah — really hot time as Los Angeles was sweltering and the Arctic was literally on fire. However, that didn’t stop the crew from doing the podcast (albeit a day late), though the news was a bit thin again.

The news items for the week include:

• The C64 Mini is coming to North America on October 9
• Datamined logo offers more evidence Taiko Drum Master for Switch is coming West
• Next Xbox will focus on “XCloud” game streaming
• GOG: Classic console games “might be possible”

The Question of the Week: “What little known game did you love?”

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TJ announces his nuptials the previous week, finally marrying his live-in girlfriend of 10 years. All that, and many parables that had to be cut from the podcast lest it last 90 minutes.

That said, there’s plenty of news this week:

• The Battlefield 5 beta will take place in early September
• Rainbow Six Siege now insta-banning players using hate speech
• Pokemon GO Fest attendance announced
• Star Citizen refund refusals

Let us know if you spent $50,000 on a virtual spaceship.

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Last week’s episode was a bust, and there was a strange glitch in this one that caused the audio on Jonah’s side to completely cut out. However, it’s been recovered, and this episode deals with the direct-to-Blu-Ray animated film Batman Ninja.

This week’s news includes:

• Fallout 76 has fast travel, and players under level 5 can’t die in PvP
• Indivisible, the RPG from the creators of Skullgirls, gets a stunning anime teaser
• Monster Hunter: World PC won’t have mod support at launch
• Marvel Comics legend, Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko found dead at 90

Let us know what you think.