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No holds barred discussion of the business of videogames and how that business impacts what you play and how much you pay
Update frequency:
every 23 days
Average audio length:
41 minutes
English
Australia
24 episodes
since March 14, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Mike and Matt dig into Control Resonant, FFVII Remake (and the real Seventh Heaven) and Sony's move to extend the PS5 lifecycle with QSSR. We finish with some heartfelt praise for all the complainers out there, along with rants and raves on James Bond, Man City and the Steam Deck. Enjoy!
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Mike and Matt discuss Star Wars Zero Company and Control; Netflix's gaming strategy; Xbox doing a (Metal Gear?) solid for Hideo Kojima; and among other things, The Bee Gees and Neil Diamond (!?)
Mike and Matt play The Division 2, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Danganronpa. They also discuss their favourite games from Gamescom and the elephant in the room that is GTA VI. And they're impressed (and a little surprised) that Xbox is starting to get some things right. Enjoy!
Mike and Matt discuss quite a few games, including the new/old Halo (good buy or goodbye?), Splatoon Raiders, Denshattack and The Mound: Omen of Cthulu. They then move on to review some good and not so good financial results from Sony, Microsoft and Capcom. They end with rants and raves about Keigo…
Mike and Matt survey the steaming pile of wreckage that is the game industry in 2026.
Please note that we recorded this after the leaks of the Microsoft job cuts but before the official announcements.
We also both thought that the new Star Fox game was really quite good.
Things are a bit different this week but we manage to talk about First Light and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and why games are expensive. And, as per usual, we rant and rave.
Mike and Matt talk about many things, including Mixtape and Pragmata; financial and pricing updates from the Big 3; and Kurosawa, Legends (TV series) and more!
In which Mike and Matt ponder how much more can be charged for a games console; discuss what the Epic layoffs might mean for the industry; and give their views on Paper Mario, Yotei, Project Hail Mary, PS5 controllers and more!
Mike and Matt discuss a busy week of news and gaming, kicking off with Microsoft's Helix project, before moving on to Yotei and Pokopia, and then giving a call out to Konami's SNES classic The Legend of the Mystical Ninja ...
In which Mike and Matt consider Phil Spencer’s legacy, discuss Xbox Helix and give at least one person’s considered opinion on Marathon
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