Some Patches Required
By Aaron & Zak
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Hello everybody, and welcome to Some Patches Required. Every other Wednesday, your hosts Aaron and Zak use their backgrounds in game development and analysis to discuss various facets of the ever-turbulent games industry. From interviews with AAA/indie devs to deep dives on timely topics, the duo hopes to entertain and educate you on this wild medium we all love.
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Steam Machine: Disruptive Force or Niche Hardware?
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Dispatch: The Smash Hit Publishers Wouldn't Touch
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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EA Buyout: What Happens to Your Favorite IP Now?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Chris Knight Interview: Crafting a Career in 2D Art
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Game Pass: Higher Price, Lower Value
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Silksong: The Power of Lean Game Development
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Steam Censorship: Weaponizing Payment Processors
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Roblox: The World's Worst Dating Service
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Stop Killing Games: The Best Hope for a Better Industry?
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Peak: The Rise of "FriendSlop" Games
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Disney vs. Midjourney: The Future of AI in Entertainment
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Game Movies Galore: An Adaptation Avalanche
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Expedition 33: Success Can't "Save" Single-Player
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May 14, 2025 |
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Marathon: Can Bungie Fulfill Sony's Live Service Ambitions?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Nintendo Switch 2 Prices: Changing the Industry $80 at a Time
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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United Videogame Workers: Is This the Moment Devs Have Been Waiting For?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Kevin Messenhimer Interview: A Developer's Journey to Founding Fiveamp
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Marvel Rivals Layoffs: Why Headlines Matter
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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SPR Reviews Bobby Kotick's Podcast Appearance
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Marvel Rivals: Quality, Quantity, and Post-Launch Content Cadence
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Meta's AI Bots: How to Ruin Society With Artificial Intelligence
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Handheld Gaming: Xbox and Sony's Next Big Bet
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Sony Looks to Acquire Kadokawa: What Could it Mean for From Software?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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GTA 6: The Game to Save All Games?
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Halo Studios: A New Dawn?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Ubisoft: A Desperate Situation
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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John Henderson Interview: Insights From 16 Years in and Around Austin's Game Industry
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Concord: An Unprecedented Failure
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Monopoly Go!: The Obscene Cost of Games Marketing
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Game Pass: Higher Prices, Higher Stakes
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Elden Ring: Game Difficulty & Accessibility
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Dragon Age: Homogenizing Video Games
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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IGN: Corporate Consolidation's Impact on Games Media
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Josh Bowlby Interview: UI/UX Design & Community Building
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May 30, 2024 |
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Fallout: A New Era of Multimedia Franchises?
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May 01, 2024 |
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Epic vs. Apple Lawsuit: The Fate of Platform Monopolization
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Dragon's Dogma 2: Does Review Bombing Work?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Suicide Squad: The Desperate State of AAA Games
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Adam Powell Interview: Union Organizing and the Games Industry
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Palworld: Imitation, Inspiration, and Poké-Plagiarism
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Chasing Pre-Orders: Early Access Monetization Madness
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Baldur's Gate 3: Breaking the AAA Mold
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Alan Wake 2: Physical Distribution & Game Preservation
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Graphics vs. Gameplay: BattleBit & Stylized Games
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Apple Vision Pro: Is this a Watershed Moment?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Alex Malcolm Interview: Music Licensing in Video Games
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Cameron Paxton Interview: Composing Music for Indie Games
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Tears of the Kingdom: What Makes a Successful Sequel?
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May 25, 2023 |
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Fortnite: The Evolution of UGC Platforms
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May 10, 2023 |
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RE4 Remake: The Ethics of Post-Launch Microtransactions
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Press Reset: The Human Cost of Making Video Games
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Influence of TTRPG's on Gaming (ft. Undercommon Taste)
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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The Last of Us: Challenges in Translating Games to Film & TV
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Pokemon: When Fandom & Consumerism Limit a Franchise
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Bayonetta 3 Controversy - Voice Actors and Fair Payment
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Overwatch 2 - How Games Shift from Premium to Free-to-Play
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Twitch Bans Gambling Streams - The Issue at Hand
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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An Abundance of Assassin’s Creed, Oodles of Ubisoft, and No Love for D23
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Thoughts on Games as a Service, a Trio of Intros, and Netflix as a Cereal Box
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Diversity in Games, Its Potential Impact, and a New Nintendo Update
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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SPR Watch Party - "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" with The Nerd Alternative
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Indie Dev Insights from New Future Kids, Gone Wandering, and Finding the Right Work-Life Balance
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Discussing Game-Dev Education with Game-U Course Director Austin
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Examining the Xbox Showcase
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Diablo Immortal's Predatory Practices, Unionization Updates, and State of Play Impressions
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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EA Enters the Acquisition Race, Raven Workers Unionize, and Pooh Goes Dark
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Embracer Group Embraces Square Enix, Nintendo Loses Face, and Arin Hits the Canvas
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May 20, 2022 |
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Dissecting the Current State and Future of the MCU with Stew From the Stew World Order Podcast
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May 06, 2022 |
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Discussing E3 2022's Cancellation, Kingdom Hearts IV, LEGO Star Wars, and Activision Blizzard's Newest Headlines
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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SPR Watch Party - "Voyage of the Rock Aliens" With Joey from 'So Wizard Podcast'
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Games Industry Protests Russia, Addresses Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, and Celebrates Elden Ring’s Explosive Success
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Pokemon Gen. Nine and the Emphasis on Game Length in Value
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Talking Self-Value, Career Trajectory, and More With VR/Tech Coordinator Michelle House
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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SPR Watch Party - Star Wars: The Last Jedi with Daniel DiManna From the GNP
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Addressing the Elephant: Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision/Blizzard
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Why Are So Many AAA Game Studios Losing Their Positive Reputations?
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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A Very Krampus Christmas - SPR Holiday Special
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Discussing The 2021 Game Awards and Co-Op’s Triumph with “It Takes Two”
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Todd Howard and the Pantheon of Game Dev Personas
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Discussing In-Game Cinematics and Career Introspection with Blizzard Technical Artist Bruce Evans
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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A Smörgåsbord of Intriguing Topics, Facebook's Big Re-brand, and Halo's Speculative Space Crisps
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Mobile Game Marketing, Celebrity Likenesses, and the Joker's Book Blockade
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Double Trouble With Doug Trein, Reviewing Reviews, and Evaluating the Value of Wikis
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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SPR Watch Party - Star Wars: Episode VII With Daniel DiManna From The GNP
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Indie Insights From Basileus Games, Building a Visual Novel, and a Hint at What’s To Come
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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An Episode of Intros, Lots of Roblox Talk, and an Unnecessary Adherence to Naming Conventions
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Remasters, Re-releases, and Googling "Frank"
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Switch OLED, Steam Deck, and Activision Blizzard's Moral Reckoning
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Gameplay vs. Narrative, Second Chances, and Our First Concise Outro
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Talking Shop With GuessworkVR, Indie Dev Insights, and a Surplus of Sarcasm
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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E3 2021, Opinions Aplenty, and the Colonel's Nasty Boy
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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$70 Games, Appropriate Compensation, and the Legendary Lost Lozenge of Hades
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Bad Video Game Movies, a Ton of Monster Hunter, and Commander Shepard's Nasty Knob
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May 21, 2021 |
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Sony, Game Preservation, and The Taking of a Tremendous Duke
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May 07, 2021 |
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Licensed Games, Godzilla, and a Very Special Guest Host
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Gaming Superiority, The Snyder Cut, and an Unfortunately Clicky Chair
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Open World Games, Blaseball Banter, and the Naming Of a Toilet
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Google Stadia's Empty Stadium, Plenty of Pokémon, and a Very Vocal Feline
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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IP Usage in Games, Star Wars, Warhammer, and the Horror of Texas Snowstorms
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Exclusivity 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Platform-Exclusive Games, King Kong, and a Michael Caine Mea Culpa
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Genshin Impact's... Impact
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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KFC: Kentucky Fried Cyberpunk?
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Hello, World!
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Dec 16, 2020 |