This week, we return after a week off to talk about the Game Awards. We also have to talk about some news pieces, and a bunch of stuff we have been playing and watching lately.

[News of the Week]

• Elon Musk says he's going to start an AI powered games studio

• Baldur’s Gate 3 to get big update with new stuff

• Space Marine 2 surpasses 5 million players, patch 5 coming in December, will add new co-op operation

• Ubisoft to shutdown xdefiant

• Astro Bot getting free winter update

• Switch 2 Rumor Roundup

• • Switch 2 possibly revealed by case maker

  • Probably fake switch stuff

[Features]

• The Game Awards!!

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Balatro

• Megalopolis

• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor

• Marvel Rivals

• Astro Bot Winter Wonder

• Timothy Dalton Bond movies: The Living Daylights and License to Kill

Episode 168

After taking a week off, we return to talk about the Game Awards nominees and some other interesting pieces of games industry news. We also talk about all the stuff we have been playing and reading lately.

[News of the Week]

• Super Nintendo World Direct - Donkey Kong Country

• Sony intends to buy FromSoftware’s parent company

• Update for PlayStation Portal to bring ability to cloud stream some PS5 games in the PlayStation Plus catalog

• Aaron Switch 2 rumor corner roundup

• Black Myth Wukong wins game of the year at Golden Joy stick awards

[Features]

• The Game Awards announces nominees

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Astro Bot Stellar Speedway levels

• Black Myth Wukong

• Lord of a Shattered Land (finished)

• No Man's Sky expedition complete

• Diamonds are Forever (book)

• Factorio: Space Age

• Christmas Market walking tour videos/streams on YouTube

On this week’s episode we talk Mass Effect things because N7 Day brought some Mass Effect-related news. Then we round up a few more news stories and talk about what we have been playing, watching and reading lately.

[News of the Week]

• No Man's Sky reruns Mas Effect-themed expedition for N7 Day also adds cross save support

• Mass Effect TV show moving forward

• Possible rumors of a long wait for the next Mass Effect

• Backwards compatibility confirmed for the Switch 2

• Insider rumors about the next Nintendo Direct

• Rise of the Golden Idol launched on 11/12, four DLCs planned for 2025

• Stardew Valley Secret

• Microcenter VR display

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• The Running Man

• Factorio: Space Age DLC

• No Man’s Sky Beachhead Expedition

• Moonraker (book)

• Lord of a Shattered Land