This week Dustin dives into 30XX and the One Piece trading card game, and Chase checks back in with Super Mario Wonder and gives his initial thoughts on Super Mario RPG. We then get into previewing the upcoming Game Awards, Dragon's Dogma 2 release date, teases for the Xbox and physical edition, games of 2029, KOTOR remake dead?, and more!
This week we welcome the newlywed Dustin back to the show with his thoughts on getting back into World of Warcraft, and Spider-Man 2(a lot of Spider-Man 2!). Then we catch up with Chase and his time with Super Mario Wonder, and his final thoughts on Cocoon. We then dive into the two weeks worth of news stories that everyone's favorite topic, more layoffs, Switch 2 rumors(or denials), AI, record breaking sales, and more!
Dustin is out again, enjoying being as newlywed, but Chase has you covered going over more of Cocoon, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 beta, and the biggest release of the week(for him) Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Then we get into the Xbox Partner Preview and the news with the fallout of the Activision/Blizzard buyout(I thought we were done with this?), more layoffs, Switch 2 rumors, Spider-Man 2 dominating the charts, PS5 slim date leaks, AMD drivers banning Counter Strike players, and a blood cooled PC?(cursed)
Dustin is busy planning a wedding so Chase is got us covered with his thoughts on the end of Mortal Kombat 1(spoilers from 3:40-7:34). He then goes into the hypnotizing indie game he has been playing, Cocoon. Then we hit the news with Unity change ups, a new PS5, Microsoft finally closing the deal to buy Activision/Blizzard, and much more!
We are back with a loaded episode. Dustin returns with his time with Armored Core 6, Pokémon's Teal Mask DLC and Sea of Stars. Then we check back in with chase and Final Fantasy 1, Persona 5 and his early impressions of Mortal Kombat 1. We then dive into the two weeks worth of news with the massive Xbox leak, Switch 2 info, Unity's back pedal, more fallout from the Embracer failed investment, and more!
Dustin is out on assignment this week, so we are joined by great friend of the show Zach Ross! We gush about anime before getting into the video games we have been playing with Armored Core 6 and various other games. We then get into covering the weeks news and the Nintendo Direct and State of Play. We also go over Unity pissing off developers once again and IGN pissing off Final Fantasy fans(mostly Chase)...
Dustin had to step out mid through, but not before Chase and him both caught up on Armored Core 6 and Final Fantasy 16!(endgame spoilers from 28:12-40:10) Then we get into the weeks news!(awkward ending but we will get back to it in the next one!!)
This week Chase makes excuses why he didn't finish Final Fantasy 16, and Dustin on the other hand gets into a slew of various games, with more Pokemon, Sea of Stars, 30XX, and his early thoughts on Armored Core 6. We then get into the weeks news with some GamesCom wrap up with a lot from Phill Spencer and Todd Howard, Sony increasing the price of PlayStation Plus, and our usual feel good stories of lay offs and studio closures.(always a positive place here at Black Box Signal)
This week Dustin goes spoiler free but talks about finishing up Final Fantasy 16! Chase, still hasn't but he has checked out Quake 2 Remastered, and dives into Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon. We then get into two weeks worth of news, including GamesCom!
This week, we check back in with This Gym Of Mine, where Dustin actually gets a game over, and Chase has a little bit more of Final Fantasy 16, as well as his thoughts on The Super Mario Bros Movie. We then get into the news from EVO, what's going on with PS5 and cloud streaming, debate on whether or not Sonic is actually good, and confirm some rumors like a shitty Red Dead Redemption port and... QUAKE FUCKING 2 REMASTERED!!
This week Dustin officially takes over as co-host and we talk about something other than Final Fantasy 16! (we do get to that with a major spoiler at 27:17) He starts us of with a "This Gym Of Mine", a Pokemon rom hack that flips the script on tradition Pokemon, and then he covers the rest of Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe. Chase talks way too much about wrestling, but also takes it way back with Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland. Then we get into the news of the week with the Nintendo Switch successor, PS5 Pro rumor mill, boring sales figures, even more remake rumors, and the TMNT/Session tie in, along with much more!
This week we are rejoined by Brandon and Dustin, and all three of us gush about are time with Final Fantasy 16. We also get into Dustin mopping up Final Fantasy 1, and Chase finished up and gives his final thoughts on Season: A Letter to the Future. We then get into the weeks news with canceled games, more layoffs, don't call it Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and pizza scented controllers. Then we end with a very important announcement.
This week Brandon is still out, so we welcome back Dustin Miller, where we talk more about the our time with Final Fantasy 16(spoilers from 12:20-18:10ish). Chase also covers the NieR:Automata anime(at least what's been dubbed so far), Final Fantasy 1 and a small check in with Season. We then get into the weeks news with the fallout of the Microsoft/Activision/Blizzard acquisition, a bunch of old 360 games that suddenly work again, Baldur's gate bear sex, John Cena in Mortal Kombat 1, and Neopets is back?!?!?!?
This week Brandon is out in the field, so we welcome back Dustin Miller to the show! He talks about the Grow Home like game that is Only Up! Chase checks back in with Session, and then both get into Final Fantasy 1 and 16. Then we get back into the news with Sega, EA and everyone's favorite court case, the FTC vs Microsoft.(I am so tired of talking about this...)
We check back in more with Brandon and Diablo 4, and how he may have problem not sticking to one character. Then we get into more of the dark side of Final Fantasy 16(story spoilers from 20:11-30:40, Content warning of talks of implied sexual assault from 29:30-30:40). Then we talk about Nintendo finally getting with the times, Microsoft getting all their dirty laundry aired, E3 not being canceled?, and Zelda Absolutely destroying the charts.
We check in with Brandon's time with Diablo 4, and Chase gets to check out the Lies of P demo as well as gets deeper into Final Fantasy 16. Then we get into the Nintendo Direct, which actually had some surprises, as well as the usual slew of news, which includes just how petty things have gotten between Microsoft and Sony.
This week, we catch up with Brandon and his time checking out the full release of Diablo 4. Chase then dives into the demo of probably his most anticipated AAA game of the year, Final Fantasy 16. We then cover the Ubisoft and Capcom leg of the summer games announcements, as well as get into news with Starfield frame rate "controversy", COD streamers being shitty(so COD streamers), Sony seemingly skipping everything, and it wouldn't be an episode without checking in with everyone's favorite acquisition.
This week was the kickoff of Summer Games Fest(and surrounding events), so we decide to skip the games we've been playing this week, to focus on the games we've been saying. First we cover the weeks news leading up to the events, then we get into our first round of events, with Summer Games Fest, Day of the Devs and the Xbox Showcase/Starfield Direct!!(this one's gonna be meaty!)
It has been a slowish news week but we still have found time to talk about some games. Chase does a brief touch on Season and Brandon talks about an old game find. We then get into the news with The Last Of Us Multiplayer game info(or lack thereof), Nintendo cracking down on more emulators and Ubisoft's upcoming event including, what the f@#$ happened to Beyond Good and Evil 2?(spoiler, no one knows)
