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

Episode 166

On this week’s episode, we talk about Nintendo’s new music app and a few other gaming-related news stories. Then we dive into the reception for Dragon Age Veilguard and whether we plan on playing it. Then we have a handful of games and books that we have been playing and reading that we are excited to talk about!

[News of the Week]

• Nintendo releases a Nintendo music app

• Concord studio shut down

• A weird thing: Exodus 1 | 2 | 3 — (Explanation)

• Apex Legends to undergo big changes

• Showa American Story

[Games out this week]

• Dragon Age The Veilguard

• Metal Slug Tactics

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• We solve murders

• Lord of a Shattered Land

• Blops 6

• Factorio: Space Age DLC / Minecraft Create

• Howling Dark

Episode 165

On this week’s episode, we talk about the Nintendo Switch Online playtest that leaked and several DLC’s or seasonal events that are happening now in games we like. We also give some initial impressions on Call of Duty Black Ops 6, and talk about what else we’ve been playing and watching this week!

[News of the Week]

• No Man's Sky Halloween update/expedition

• Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania DLC coming Oct. 31

• Nintendo Switch Online Playtest

• Yooka-Replaylee coming to…nintendo

• Bye Sweet Carole trailer

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[Games out this week]

• Black Ops 6

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• No Man’s Sky The Cursed expedition

• Call of Duty Black Ops 6

• Dr. Odyssey

• Pay Check

• We Solve Murders - book by Richard Osman

This week we talk about some of the latest news, including what was shown at the Xbox Partner Showcase. Then we talk about Epic Mickey Rebrushed, the Metaphor ReFantazio demo and the 90’s era western adventure series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

[News of the Week]

• Switch 2 could have a bigger dock

• God of War Show starting over

• Xbox Partner Showcase

• • Alan Wake: The Lake House

  • Cronos The New Dawn

  • Mouse: PI for Hire

  • Subnautica 2

  • Animal Well - Available today on Xbox

  • FBC: Firebreak

• Factorio: Space Age DLC

• A youtube rabbit hole I went down

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Howling Dark

• Brisco County Jr.

• Luigi’s Mansion 2HD

• Metaphor ReFantazio demo

• Epic Mickey Rebrushed

Starside Chat Episode 163

On last week’s show we talked about spooky season game recommendations and there was some question as to whether we had done that before, so Zach did a deep dive to find out. On this week’s episode, we get nostalgic about past October, spooky season, episodes of Starside Chat.

We also talk about Nintendo’s new alarm clock and the new overview trailer for the upcoming Mario and Luigi Brothership. Zach gives his final thoughts on The Plucky Squire and initial thoughts on Luigi’s Mansion 2HD and Epic Mickey Rebrushed. And Aaron talks Shadowdark and Dandadan.

[News of the Week]

• Our previous Halloween episodes

• Nintendo unveils alarm clock that lets you wake up to the sounds of Mario and Zelda

• Mario and Luigi Brothership overview trailer

• Off the Grid early access

• Rise of the Golden Idol release date revealed (demo out now)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Shadowdark

• Dandadan

• Plucky Squire

• Luigi’s Mansion 2HD

• Epic Mickey Rebrushed

Aaron's Parting Wisdom - jack of all trades

This week we follow up on our Assassin’s Creed Shadows discussion from last week now that additional context has come out. We also give 5 recommendations each for Halloween, or spooky season, games to play during the month of October. And we dive into early impressions of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom.

[News of the Week]

• More context around Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay comes out

• Unrested’s video about the reaction to Assassin’s Creed Shadows in Japan

• Ubisoft considering buyout from Tencent after string of high profile flops

[Features]

• Our top 5 Spooky games for October 2024

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

• Soundtracks - Braid, Astro Bot, The Sims

• Dandadan

• Into the Odd