Good Gains, Well Played

It's another light week of news but Xya has a new MMO to talk about and Isli gives some updates on Silent Hill F. Then I talk about Battlefield 6, solving an annoying OBS audio issue, and some lessons learned doing my first magnetized bits for Warhammer.   Here are the timestamps: Intro  News Bits - 01:20 Glen Scholfield Is Trying For Dead Space 4 Again - 02:12 Quantic Dream's New Free-To-Play Game - 03:37 Marc-Alexis Cote's Comments On His Ubisoft Departure - 06:45 The State Of Pokémon What We're Playing - 26:15 Blue Protocol: Star Resonance - 47:13 Silent Hill F - 55:36 Battlefield 6 - 01:06:40 Finally Fixing An OBS Audio Drift Issue - 01:10:23 Nintendo Switch 2 Game Sharing - 01:22:27 Making Magnet Mistakes With Warhammer

We're light on news but we've got a fun easter egg, some games getting additional content, and dev's strange message after leaving 343. After that we get into closing thoughts on Silksong, Isli talks about Silent Hill f, and I try to figure out what I'm going to play next.  Here are the timestamps: Intro  News Bits - 00:23 Baby Steps Funny Easter Egg - 01:51 Indiana Jones Getting NG+ And Bonus Ending - 03:03 Expedition 33 To Get More Content - 04:34 Bungie To Start Next Marathon Closed Beta Tests - 05:33 Halo Dev Makes Interesting Post After Leaving 343 What We're Playing - 09:39 Silksong Wrap Up Thoughts - 30:47 Silent Hill f - 51:55 Not Sure What To Play After Silksong - 59:27 Warhammer Extra Bits And Upsetting Push-fit Model

This week we cover some small bits of news before talking about the Game Pass price increase, Sony's SSD shrinkflation, and EA's crazy buyout. Then in the backend we have a spoiler discussion about Silksong in its entirety.  Here are the timestamps: Intro  News Bits - 00:17 Layoffs At Avalanche Studios - 02:59 Ubisoft's Vantage Studios - 11:19 Andrezj Sapkowski Regrets One Witcher Line - 19:03 Borderlands 4 Buffs Instead Of Nerfing - 20:22 Microsoft Increases Price Of Game Pass - 35:35 Sony's SSD Shrinkflation - 39:35 Silly Fortnite News - 41:30 EA's Buyout What We're Playing - 48:05 Silksong Full Spoiler Discussion

This week we talk about the Magic The Gathering Secret Lair collab with PlayStation, Sony's impressive PS5 generation sales figures, and recapping the State of Play. Then the bulk of the episode is talking about what we're playing and that game, of course, is Silksong. Here are the timestamps: Intro  News Bits - 00:16 MGS Delta Fox Hunt Release Date - 01:30 Borderlands 4 Updates And Player Woes - 03:17 MTG PlayStation Secret Lair - 08:54 Sony Says PS5 Most Successful Generation - 11:19 State of Play What We're Playing - 25:01 Silksong

We've got a random smattering of news bits this episode, then in the back half I quickly give some updated thoughts on Borderlands 4 before we jump into Act 2 of Silksong.  Here are the timestamps: Intro  News Bits - 00:30 Jump Ship Goes Early Access - 07:02 Lawsuits - 09:20 Borderlands 4 Issues - 13:58 Escape From Tarkov Steam Issue - 16:00 Dispatch Release Date - 16:46 PS5 Controller Update What We're Playing - 19:42 Borderlands 4 - 26:00 Silksong Spoilers Through Middle Of Act 2