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Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Halo Infinite, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and we ask you which games most and least respect your time. The Grind: Ben: Gloomhaven. Halo: Infinite. Dennis: Slay the Spire. Pocket Tanks. Kole: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The Multiplayer: Which games most, and least, respect your time? The End Boss: Nightingale is a new co-op survival game from ex-Bioware people. Quantic Dream is developing a Star Wars game. Alan Wake 2 announced. A light GOTY discussion.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Shin Megami Tensei V, Endzone: A World Apart, and Spiritfarer. The Multiplayer: Jala: Shin Megami Tensei V. A.I.: The Somnium Files. Kole: Endzone: A World Apart. Dennis: Pocket Tanks. Trackmania. Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Spiritfarer. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite treatment of randomness in games? The End Boss: Gamers want historical accuracy. Nick Offerman cast as Bill in the Last of Us HBO series. Weird situation with Uncharted PS5 upgrades and Uncharted movie tickets. The Magic the Gathering / Dungeons and Dragons crossover module is out.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Galaxy Truckers, and Spiritfarer. The Grind: Dennis: Galaxy Truckers. League of Legends: Wild Rift. Apex Legends. David: Apex Legends. Warframe. Barotrauma. Ben: Gloomhaven. Spiritfarer. Kole: Mirror Layers. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite unusual control scheme? The End Boss: Scientists give pigs permission to play video games. Mortal Shell added to PS+, and you should download and play it. Halo Infinite’s battle pass gets a little more generous. More Grand Theft Auto remaster awfulness. Twitch streamer Ludwig moves to YouTube.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Mirror Layers, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Gaia Project. The Grind: David: Warframe. Dennis: Halo Infinite Multiplayer. Apex Legends. League of Legends: Wild Rift. Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Gaia Project. Kole: Mirror Layers. The Multiplayer: Which games nailed, or whiffed, the switch to a different business model? The End Boss: Bobby Kotick knew about rampant sexual abuse at Activision. 70 new games added to Xbox backward compatibility, including Otogi series. The Grand Theft Auto re-releases are just terrible. Riot partners with several smaller studios to release games set in the League of Legends world.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Gloomhaven, House of Ashes, and we ask you which game protagonist would be the worst friend. The Grind: Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Jala: Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Dennis: Apex Legends. Kole: House of Ashes. The Multiplayer: Which video game protagonist would be the worst friend in real life? The End Boss: Some maniacs made a 9ft tall Atari joystick. Mirror Layers has a collaborative wiki built in. Back 4 Blood is getting a better solo campaign. Younger Unpacking players don’t recognize the Gamecube.

Kole, David, and Dennis talk about Unpacking, House of Ashes, and Spacelords. The Grind: David: Warframe. Spacelords. Kole: Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Unpacking. Dennis: League of Legends. Spacelords. The Multiplayer: What game feature just plain doesn’t work for you? The End Boss: Innovations in Ocarina of Time speed running come from the demo on Smash Bros. Brawl. The Bloodborne PSX de-make gets a late January release date. Twitch streamers can co-stream the new League of Legends Netflix show.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Inscryption, Lydia, and we as you about your favorite game soundtracks for general listening. The Grind: Jala: Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Metroid Dread. Lydia. Old Friends Dog Game. Kole: Inscryption. Ben: Inscryption. Back 4 Blood. Storybook Brawl. Mindustry. Dennis: NONE. The Multiplayer: What game soundtracks do you listen to outside of the games? The End Boss: Stardew Valley creator announces Haunted Chocolatier. Man charged with fraud for spending COVID loan money on a foil Charizard. Returnal 2.0 patch addresses most glaring problems with the game. Uncharted movie trailer released.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Murder House, Back 4 Blood, and Operation: Tango. The Grind: Dennis: Operation: Tango. Kole: Murder House. David: Warframe. Ben: Storybook Brawl. Mindustry. Back 4 Blood. The Multiplayer: What’s the most unsettling video game character? The End Boss: The Xbox mini-fridge sells out immediately. Steam forbids NFT scam games. Pokemon music collaboration is cute and fun. PS5 is the best selling console in September, overtaking the Switch.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Metroid: Dread, Back 4 Blood, and Mindustry. The Grind: Kole: Metroid: Dread. Ben: Storybook Brawl. There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. Mindustry. Inscryption. David: Warframe. Back 4 Blood. Dennis: Trackmania. The Multiplayer: What game best represents a real world place or phenomena? The End Boss: Riot is experimenting with the removal of All-Chat in League of Legends. Corpse Party remake is coming out stateside in late October. Rockstar confirms the Grand Theft Auto trilogy remaster. Spelljammer might be coming back, regrettably.

Kole, Ben, David, and Dennis talk about There is No Game, Devour, and NGU Industries. The Grind: Dennis: Sliding Seas. Lost in Random. Ben: Pawnbarian. Slipways. Storybook Brawl. There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. Devour. David: Warframe. Kole: NGU Industries. Multiplayer: Free Play cleanup. The End Boss: PS3 and PS Vita PSN stores are losing credit card ability, but it’s not as bad as it sounds. Netflix buys Oxenfree developer. Super Monkey Ball comes to the Switch. Murderous Muses is a new game from the FMV studio behind Dr. Dekker.