TGI 540 – Talking Up Your Potions
Before we chat about the newest Mario movie trailer, Ryan takes us through the mashup of many genres that is Potionomics. Plus Jocelyn updates us on the launch of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Moving to the news, yes Chris Pratt is still the voice of Mario in the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the Witcher 1 remake will be a modern re-imagining with an open world, and Microsoft is likely to make EU concessions for Activision Blizzard deal soon.
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TGI 539 – Take That, Tooltips!
Ryan and Jocelyn returned from Ragnarok to offer early game impressions and story thoughts (we don’t go further than the completion of the quest The Word of Fate, around the 15 hour mark). If you’re looking to stay spoiler free on God of War Ragnarok, you may want to use the time stamps to head into the news. Speaking of the news, we’ll have a full Inn-side the Game for God of War Ragnarok in a few weeks, so stay tuned! But also the news, Netflix is developing a triple-A PC game, and some stories out of the Activision Blizzard acquisition as Sony lightly confirms a PS6 after 2027 and the FTC may be launching an anti-trust lawsuit soon.
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TGI 538 – Timey-Wimey Puzzle Solving
After a week off, Ryan and Jocelyn return to share our adventures from Extra Life Game Day. We had a blast raising funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals while playing Splatoon 3, Overcooked 2, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, and Dead by Daylight with our amazing guests. Thank you all for the great support! Before we head into the news though, Ryan chats about The Entropy Centre, while Jocelyn wraps up God of War and heads for Ragnarok. Going over the last few weeks of video game news, Lionsgate CEO thinks John Wick would make for a great AAA video game, Netflix continues their video game adaptation obsession with Gears of War, Jocelyn determines how much free time she has for a Horizon MMO, and Nintendo partners with DeNA to form a new joint venture focused on Nintendo Account experiences.
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TGI 537 – Rat Swarm Tech 2.0
We return to the messy world of A Plague Tale with Requiem, the follow up to the 2019 title from Asobo, which is available on Game Pass. Jocelyn has been keeping busy with the latest Hearthstone announcements (learn more on the latest TAC), as well as our TGI Game Club for God of War 2018. Before we move into the news, we detail our Extra Life Game Day that will be taking place all day on Saturday, November 5th. In the news, we kick things off with The Witcher universe where the first game is getting a remake and Henry Cavill will be handing off the swords for season 4 of the Netflix TV show. Looking at subscriptions, both Xbox and PlayStation had some news for their respective services. Finally, we close out the show with the VERY expensive PlayStation VR2.
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TGI 536 – Marvel Is Just A SNAP Away
Marvel SNAP has been enjoying a global release for the last week, so Ryan checks in on the game to join Jocelyn in her obsession for the new card battler. Before the news, Jocelyn continues her Norse adventures in Northgard, while Ryan re-subscribes to Apple Arcade for Shovel Knight Dig. Wrapping up the show, we go over two major showcases from the past week, one from Konami on all things Silent Hill and another from Capcom for upcoming Resident Evil content.
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TGI 535 – Property Damage Unleashed
Both Jocelyn and Ryan are back in the innkeeper chairs as we check in on God of War 2018 thanks to the latest TGI Game Club. Plus, they both played Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. In the news, we get Jocelyn’s take on the Mario Movie trailer, and then wrap up the show by going over the original Bayonetta voice actor calling for a boycott of the game over pay issues (plus an update on the situation from Jason Schreier).
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TGI 534 – Mario Jumps To The Big Screen
While Jocelyn is off this week, Ryan returns with guest host Manny (from the For Azeroth and Going IRL podcasts), as we catch up on the last few weeks in the video game industry. Manny has been running through the Metroid franchise after enjoying Metroid Dread, and also has some advance thoughts to share on the lead up to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. While Ryan has been busy recovering, he’s also go some time in with his new Steam Deck (more on that in the coming weeks). Over in the news, of course we discuss the first look at the Mario Movie, plus The Last of Us has their first trailer as well from HBO, CD Projekt RED forcasts a bunch of games, Google is closing Stadia, and Meta announces the Meta Quest Pro virtual reality headset.
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TGI 533 – Welcome to the Splatlands
While Ryan is away this week, Jocelyn is joined by returning guest TriplePhase3, AKA Dustin! They kick off the show with details on our next TGI Game Club which will be for God of War 2018. Plenty of games to discuss this week as Jocelyn played Splatoon 3 and Beacon Pines, while Dustin played Deathloop, You Suck At Parking, and Metal Hillsinger. Best part? All of these games other than Splatoon 3 are available on Xbox Game Pass! Over in the news, Nvidia announced their next generation of graphic cards, discussing the leak of Grand Theft Auto VI, and closing out the show with some Sonic news.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:24 — 69.9MB)
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TGI 532 – A Valley Packed With Disney
Ryan travels back in time to the late 90’s for a little Wave Race 64 on Nintendo Switch, while Jocelyn goes full Disney with Dreamlight Valley on Xbox Game Pass. Moving over to the news, the last seven days was a busy one for video game showcases, so we go over the highlights from the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Ubisoft Forward for September 2022, a main series Nintendo Direct, and the latest State of Play from PlayStation.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:26:17 — 79.9MB)
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TGI 531 – An Endless Cache of Weirdness
Jocelyn and Ryan check out the latest from Sam Barlow and team with Immortality, which is available on Xbox and PC Game Pass. Moving into video game news, Microsoft wrote a blog post in support of their Activision Blizzard acquisition, Steve Blackman confirmed that Horizon 2047 has nothing to do with Horizon while Netflix confirms Aloy will be the main character, and finally CD Projekt RED announces an expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 and details tie-ins for the upcoming Netflix anime series.
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