Rundown (5/05/2024) Natalie & Cassie Preserved An Anime Soundtrack!

• Post published:05/05/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:44 mins read
• Post comments:11 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie & Cassie Preserved An Anime Soundtrack!
• TSF Showcase 2024-18 Idol Pretender by Haruse Hiroki
• Burn It All, Square Enix! Burn It All! (Square Enix Cancels Multiple Game Projects)
• Sony’s First-Party PSN Records Leaked (The Insomniac Leaks Keeps on Giving)
• Miscellaneous Ramblings From a Tired Madwoman (Political Nonsense Natalie Wrote At 2 AM)

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Rundown (4/28/2024) The Masturbation Conundrum

• Post published:04/28/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:89 mins read
• Post comments:19 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Masturbation Conundrum
• TSF Showcase 2024-17 The Auto-Closet by Kristen O
• TSF Showcase 2024-17.1 One Sexy Error by SapphireFoxx
• TSF Showcase 2024-17.2 Two Sexy Errors by SapphireFoxx
• TSF Showcase 2024-17.3 Shifting Roommates: One Sexy Error by SapphireFoxx
• TSF Showcase 2024-17.4 One Sexy Error: Role Reversal by SapphireFoxx
• I Spent Too Much Time Playing PokéRogue, so Now I Gotta Contentize It (Natalie Rambles About Pokémon – Rogue of A Risky Rainy Randomness)
• Unembraced Entities (The Embracer Group Announces Disbandment)
• Not Safe For The Powerful Puritans – Part III (Pixiv Restricts R18 Works For All US and UK Residents)
• The Game Industry Hates Games And Libraries Too (ESA Refuses to Assist Libraries With Game Preservation)
• Infogrames is Back Bay-Bee! (Atari Relaunches Infogrames Brand After 20 Years Because I Don’t Know!)
• Nintendo Hates You And Everyone Too (Nintendo Removes All Nintendo-Related Uploads From Garry’s Mod)

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Rundown (4/21/2024) Always Four Years Behind…

• Post published:04/21/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:78 mins read
• Post comments:15 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Always Four Years Behind…
• TSF Showcase 2024-16 Futaba-kun Change! by Hiroshi Aro
• Re;Yar’S’ Rising: Revengeance – Recharged (Natalie Rambles About the History of the Yars’ Revenge Series)

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Rundown (4/14/2024) The Enigmatic Children

• Post published:04/14/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:48 mins read
• Post comments:13 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Enigmatic Children
• TSF Showcase 2024-15 TS Boshi Techou by Seto Kouhei and Matsuzono
• Contemplating Console Cataclysm (Response to the Consoles Are Dying Discourse – Wave Two)
• Natalie Rambles About the Triple-A and Triple-i Naming Convention (A Tangent That Overtook the Original Topic)
• Eman Looc’s Possession Scroll is Divesting from Student Transfer (Add Another Great Standalone TF Game to The List!)
• Minor Musings About Unionization and Costs of Living (Avalanche Studios Starts Unionizing)
• The Illest Quote From 1951 (Natalie Hyperfixates on 30 Seconds From a 38 Hour Documentary)

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Rundown (4/07/2024) Artificially Difficult Taxation

• Post published:04/07/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:45 mins read
• Post comments:5 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Artificially Difficult Taxation
• TSF Showcase 2024-14 Ojou-sama Irekawari by Yuniba (TSuniverse)
• TSF Showcase 2024-REJECT_1 Watashi-tachi ha “Byplayer” [We Are Supporting Actors] by Harada
• April Fools Ain’t Cool, Except For When It Is (The April Fools Rundown)
• STOP KILLING GAMES!!! (Ross Scott Launches Legal Campaign Against Live Services)
• Not Safe For The Powerful Puritans – Part II (DLSite Has Been Screwed By US Credit Card Companies)

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Rundown (3/31/2024) Revenge of Editing Hell

• Post published:03/31/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:25 mins read
• Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Revenge of Editing Hell
• TSF Showcase 2024-13 A Gender-Bent Maiden and a Confession Under a Starry Sky [Nyotaika no Musume to Hoshizora no Kokuhaku] by Poriuretan
• The Embracer Fire Sale Continues! (Take Two Buys Gearbox Entertainment For $460 Million)
• SHOW ME WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF!!! (Sonic Heroes Remake/Remaster is Maybe Happening)
• Relic Entertainment Goes Indie! (Sega Lays Off 240 People, Sells Off Relic Entertainment)
• Credits Are Vital, Yet Often Suppressed (NetEase Announced Marvel Hero Shooter, Marvel Rivals)

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Rundown (3/24/2024) Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Has Been Drafted!

• Post published:03/24/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:42 mins read
• Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Has Been Drafted!
• TSF Showcase 2024-12 Transformed Into A Busty Blonde [Kinpatsu x Kyonyuu ni Henshin de] by Ikuya Daikokudou
• Not Safe For The Powerful Puritans (Natalie Gets Political – March 2024 Ver.2)
• Ship Broken, Fix Maybe (There’s Nothing Remarkable About The Battlefront Classic Launch Disaster)
• A Relic Castle Reduced to Ruin (The Pokémon Company Killed A Fan Game Site)
• Steamy Family Funsies (Valve Announces Steam Families Overhaul)

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Rundown (3/17/2024) Fatigue Leaves The Body Erotic

• Post published:03/17/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:35 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Fatigue Leaves The Body Erotic
• TSF Showcase 2024-11 Becoming Lindsay by CasualCraig69 & Someone From Internet Art
• Sweet Baby and the Most Disgustingly Sour Babies (Natalie Gets Political – March 2024 Ver.)
• An Anti-Cheat Conundrum (Natalie Rambles About Why Multiplayer Gaming Is Bad Part ⅓)

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Rundown (3/10/2024) Wack-Ass Work Shifts

• Post published:03/10/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:33 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Wack-Ass Work Shifts
• TSF Showcase 2024-10 Kizoku to Dorei no Irekawari ~Subete o Te ni Ireta Otoko~ [The Aristocrat and His Slave Switched Bodies ~The Man Who Got It All~] by Iwashita (Iwashita Shoten)
• Yuzu Surrenders to Nintendo, Pays $2.4 Million in Damages (Screw Nintendo, But Screw Yuzu More)
• The Only Answer Is Not to Play (Persona 3 Reload Is Getting The Answer as $35 DLC)
• Akira Toriyama Has Passed Away (Rest in Peace, You Absolute Legend)

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Rundown (3/03/2024) Life Might Be a Waste of Time but It’s Nice!

• Post published:03/03/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:49 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Life Might Be a Waste of Time but It’s Nice!
• TSF Showcase 2024-09 Transjitter Ibitsu na Karada by Jirou Saku
• A Reminder That Apple Arcade Exists (Apple Arcade Is Undergoing Some Troubles)
• Pokémon Presents… Confusion! (Pokémon Legends Z-A Announced)
• Sony Lays Off 900 People (Also The Twisted Metal Live Service is Dead)
• EA Also Laid Off 670 People A Day Later (Also, Respawn Got Screwed Again)
• Saber Interactive is Free From The Embrace! (Saber Interactive Leaves Embracer Group)
• Bobby ‘n’ Da Tiki Boyz is Goin’ Indie (Toys for Bob Is Parting Ways from Microsoft Activision Blizzard King)
• NetEase is Opening Up An All-American Bullet Farm (NetEase Established LA-Based Studio, BulletFarm)
• I Get Why You’re Doing This Nintendo, But Fuck Off (Nintendo Is Suing the Developers of the Yuzu Switch Emulator)

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Rundown (2/25/2024) First Place, Second Place, Third Place, THE VOID!!!

• Post published:02/25/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:35 mins read
• Post comments:6 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: First Place, Second Place, Third Place, THE VOID!!!
• TSF Showcase 2024-08 Okitsune-sama de Chu♥ by Sumino Yuji
• Nintendo Direct 2024 – 1 of ??? (A Spoonful of Sugar To Numb The Mind)
• Monster Hunter Stories… Retold (Capcom Announces Monster Hunter Stories Remaster)
• Epic Disappointment Remastered (Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Announced)
• SMT is BACK! …With A Vengeance! (Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Announced)
• Back to the Banana-Rama Again! (Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble Announced)
• Explore The Sea… With Friends! (Endless Ocean Luminous Announced)
• Pokémon Radical Insanity (First Impressions of Pokémon Radical Red v4.0)

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Rundown (2/18/2024) Xbox Is Not Dead, Y’All Lied To Me!

• Post published:02/18/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:23 mins read
• Post comments:3 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Xbox Is Not Dead, Y’All Lied To Me!
• TSF Showcase 2024-07 Bocchi de Shinda Ore ga Bishoujo Nurse ni Natta Hanashi [The Story of How I Died Alone and Became a Sexy Nurse] by Oden Ohgan (TuriSasu)
• ***SCRAPPED*** Nintendo Direct 2024 – 1 of 3 (Don’t Be Glad The Switch Happened, Be Glad It’s Over)
• Nintendo Switch Successor Delayed to Q1 2025 (Bad News Broke Friday Afternoon)
• Gacha RPG vs. JRPG (A Tangent For Cassie)

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Rundown (2/11/2024) The Alleged End of Xbox

• Post published:02/11/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:34 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Alleged End of Xbox
• TSF Showcase 2024-06 JK-ka Refle [JK-ification Salon] (Ch 1, 2, 3, and 4) by Kouji
• No Escape for Runescape! (Jagex Acquired by Private Equity Firms)
• The Wild Age of Yu-Gi-Oh! Games Returns(?) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Announced)
• Metrics for Everyone (Natalie Complains About How Capitalism Won’t Give Her Sales Figures)
• The Unionization Effort Continues! (IGN is Unionizing!)
• Disney & Tencent’s Epic (Disney Invests $1.5 Billion in Epic Games)

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Rundown (2/04/2024) Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Is Delayed Again!

• Post published:02/04/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:40 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Is Delayed Again!
• TSF Showcase 2024-05 Boku Tamasaburo by Ono Shinji (Yoshimura Tatsumasa)
• Deus Ex Capitalism (Embracer Canned a Deus Ex Game in Pre-Production)
• It’s Fate That You Stay Away! (Fate/Stay Night Remastered Is Getting An International Release)
• The Volition to Shapeshift! (Former Volition Staff Establish Support Studio Shapeshifter Games)
• State of Play Slurp Up! (The Un-Nintendo Direct)
• Sonic Generations is BACK! (Sonic X Shadow Generations Announced)
• Supermassive Games Got Done Dirty… (Sony is Having A New Studio Replace Until Dawn)
• The Open World Woes! (Natalie Rambles About Palworld – Week 2)

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Rundown (1/28/2024) Palling Around in Palworld

• Post published:01/28/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:35 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Rambles About Palworld – Week 1
• No One Can Stop The Pokémadness (Palworld is a Global Sensation and Home to Massive Controversy)
• TSF Showcase 2024-04 Oto x Maho by Shirase Shuu and Suemitsu Dicca
• Microsoft’s Big Cuts! (Microsoft Layoffs, Cancellation, and War on Physical Games)

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Rundown (1/21/2024) Natalie the Pokémaniac is Hungry for Souls!

• Post published:01/21/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:42 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Rambles About Pokémon – Shattered Locks and Strained Logistics
• TSF Showcase 2024-03 Fujoshi Trapped in a Seme’s Perfect Body by Seru and Jouvru
• After 15 Years of Sitting in the Dumpster, Indy’s Back Gamin’ (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Revealed)
• Fine, I’ll Talk About Online Drama… (Chuggaaconroy Was Being Creepy And Asking For Feet Pics)

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Rundown (1/14/2024) Natalie’s Sexual Binary

• Post published:01/14/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:44 mins read
• Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie’s Sexual Binary
• TSF Showcase 2024-02 Ellie Skinsuit by Imp Undernearth
• Switch 2.0 Insanity + Natalie Rambles Some More (The Switch 2 Content Mill is Getting Bonkers)
• Dead End Rehashes (Natalie Complains About No Frills Re-Releases)

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Rundown (1/07/2024) The Co-Op Conundrum

• Post published:01/07/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:17 mins read
• Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Co-Op Conundrum
• TSF Showcase 2024-01 Osananajimi wa Onnanoko ni Naare [My Childhood Friend MUST Become a Girl!] by Morishita Mao
• Our World of Demons is Ended! (PlatinumGames’ World of Demons is Being Delisted)

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Rundown (12/31/2023) Christmas with Judas

• Post published:12/31/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:27 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: A Review of Judas by Suu Minazuki
• TSF Showcase 2023-45 Irekawatte Modotta Joshikousei by Zaregoto Hitsuji
• TSF Showcase 2023-46 Queen Slime no Gyakushuu [The Queen Slime’s Counterattack] by Hiiragi Popura and Kuratsuka Riko
• TSF Showcase 2023-47 Boku no Milk o Meshiagare by Yoshida Gorou
• Rockstar Just Can’t Catch A Break… (Grand Theft Auto V’s Source Code Was Leaked)

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Rundown (12/24/2023) How to Do Time Management?!?

• Post published:12/24/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:37 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: How To Do Time Management?!?
• TSF Showcase 2023-44 Megu Miruku [Megu Milk] – Kusaka Shiroi
• A Review of Swapped by the Magic Mirror by Gregor Daniels (Natalie Wanted to Do a TSF Showcase on This, But It Wasn’t Good Enough)
• TimeSplitters 4 Post-Cancelation Interview (Former Free Radical Devs Lays The Deets on TimeSplitters 4)
• The Type of Leak That Makes You An Insomniac… (Insomniac Games Subjected to Ransomware Attack and Leak)
• Pontificating Posse Logs (Scope Creep Vs. Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 – Part 5?)

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Rundown (12/17/2023) Year-End Hustle & Bustle

• Post published:12/17/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:27 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Year-End Hustle & Bustle
• TSF Showcase 2023-42 Seitenkan Appli no Tadashii Tsukaikata [How to use Gender-Changing Apps Properly] by Mogetama (Tanakamori Yokota)
• TSF Showcase 2023-43 Jinzou Shoujo [Artificial Girl] by Natsume Satoru
• There Is No We or Us, Only Y’all and Me (Natalie Bitches About Being Lumped Into Groups)
• Don’t Worry, I Won’t Bitch About The Last of Us Again (The Last of Us Online Has Been Canceled)

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Rundown (12/10/2023) Good Night Gamindustri, See Ya Next Year!

• Post published:12/10/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:57 mins read
• Post comments:8 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Game Awards Happened!
• TSF Showcase 2023-41 Ame Nochi Hare [Clear Up After Rain] by Bikke
• A Prophecy Fulfilled, A Decade Later (Grand Theft Auto VI Announced)
• The Game Awards Had Too Many New Game Announcements… (The Big The Game Awards Rundown)
• Brothers: A Tale of Development Shenanigans (Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Announced)
• Aw SHIT! The Genshin-Likes Are Here! (Natalie Learned What Arknights: Endfield Is)
• From Ragnarök , We Venture to Valhalla (God of War 5: Ragnarök – Valhalla DLC Announced)
• Don’t Fly Me to that Moon! It’ll CRUNCH Me! (Moon Studio Announces No Rest for the Wicked)
• SEGA IS BACK, BAY-BEE!!! (Sega Gives Natalie a Heart Attack by Announcing Five Reboots at Once)
• SPARKING! 4 Neo Zero (Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4 Re-Revealed as Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero)
• 16 Years Later, Similar Vision (Visions of Mana Announced)
• Odd Overdose Overdrive (Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios Announce OD)
• The Dino Lore of Natalie & Cassie Ramble About The Jurassic Park Hexalogy Continues! (Jurassic Park: Survival Announced)
• Life is Strange is a Strange Entity… (Don’t Nod’s Life is Strange Successor, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Announced)
• My Love For You is Like a Truck… BERSERKER!!! (The First Berserker: Khazan Announced)
• The Gulags of Gun Games (An Obligatory Acknowledgement of A Nexon and Two Tencent Games)
• Marvel Continues to License AAA Game Projects (Arkane Lyon is Developing Marvel’s Blade)
• It’s a Wild World Out There, so Rise Up, Young Monster Hunter! (Monster Hunter Wilds Announced)
• From Sci-Fi To Fantasy… Shouldn’t It Be The Other Way Around? (Hello Games Announces Light No Fire)
• A Reminder That Digital Ownership is a Sham (Sony Steals Hundreds of Shows From Its Customers)
• A Pronoun Problem (A Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update and Preview)

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Rundown (12/03/2023) Yo! NTF Cribz

• Post published:12/03/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:27 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Yo! NTF Cribs
• TSF Showcase 2023-40 Gyakujō Jigokuhen Kiwami by Byuu
• The December Drought is Here! (Natalie Doesn’t Have Stuff To Talk About Now!)
• TimeSplitters is Dead… Again! (Embracer Revived and Killed Free Radical)
• Hopefully Modders can make this Final Fantasy ForEver Crisis… (Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis is Coming to PC Next Week)
• Fandom the Social Escape (Natalie Harasses Akumako RE: Fandom)
• Razor Danger (Natalie Harasses Akumako RE: Razor Blades)

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Rundown (11/26/2023) The Quest for a Dream TF Metroidvania

• Post published:11/26/2023
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• Reading time:21 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Quest for a Dream TF Metroidvania
• TSF Showcase 2023-39 Electric-Exchanger [Dengeki Exchange] by Neriwasabi
• Another Acquisition, And That’s It! (Aonic Acquires NDreams)
• Indonesia Powers Unite! (Toge Productions Acquires Mojiken Studio)
• Yo, What’s the Deal With All This Goblin Fucking in Hentai? (Natalie and Akumako Discuss Goblin Porn)

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Rundown (11/19/2023) So Long Old Home! + The Big Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update

• Post published:11/19/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:32 mins read
• Post comments:6 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: So Long Old Home!
• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Big Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update
• TSF Showcase 2023-38 P(ossession)-Party by Asagiri (ts-complex2nd)
• Annapurna Bought 24 Whole Bits! (Annapurna Interactive Acquires 24 Bit Games)
• NetEase Still Won’t Stop! (NetEase Establishes New Studio Worlds Untold)
• **** The Children (Natalie Rambles About ‘The Child Question’)
• Oh Shit, Class of ’09 Really Blew Up (Natalie Looked At Her Site Stats and Found a Surprise)
• The Least Surprising Remaster Announcement Happened at 6:30 PM on a Friday (The Last of Us Part II Remastered Announced)

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Rundown (11/12/2023) Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works is Done!

• Post published:11/12/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:19 mins read
• Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works is Done!
• TSF Showcase 2023-37 The Legend of Zelda: Tale of the Fourth Goddess by Unknown Creator
• Nintendo’s Quest For Another Billion Dollars… (Nintendo Announces Live-Action Legend of Zelda Movie)
• A Preemptive Musing About the Inevitable GTA VI Reveal (Grand Theft Auto VI Will Be Revealed Soon)
• Surprise! Steam Deck 1.5, Bitches! (Steam Deck OLED Model Announced)

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Rundown (11/05/2023) re:Dreamer Isekai Ver. Alternative/If…

• Post published:11/05/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:37 mins read
• Post comments:5 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: re:Dreamer Isekai Ver. Alternative/If…
• TSF Showcase 2023-36 Shisutaabooi by Joe Six-Pack
• Digital Eclipse Is No Longer Independent (Atari Acquires Digital Eclipse)
• Devolver Digital’s Corporate Consumption Continues (Devolver Digital Acquires System Era Softworks)
• Sony is Buying Up A Video Delivery Company For Their Cloud Streaming (Sony Announces Acquisition of iSIZE)
• Net Ease is BACK with Another New Studio (After a 5 Month Hiatus, NetEase Announces Their Tenth New Studio Since 2020)
• Sonic Dream Team Looks Like An Official 3D Sonic Fan Game (This Is the Closest Thing We’ve Gotten to Sonic Adventure Since 2006)
• Fiery Red Passion (Natalie Rambles About Pokémon – Flash Filmic Fanworks)

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Rundown (10/29/2023) Horror Is Not Niche!

• Post published:10/29/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:34 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Horror ist Nicht Niche
• TSF Showcase #2023-35 Coffee Buns by Cinnamon Switch
• The Rule of 200 to 250 (Natalie Rambles About Pokémon – Part Luminescent DEX)
• Simping For That Celery (Natalie Rambles About Pokémon – Tangent Orchard)
• Ufouria is BACK, Bay-Bee (The Sunsoft Revival Arc Finally Bears Fruit)

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Rundown (10/22/2023) Natalie is a Homeowner

• Post published:10/22/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:31 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: I’m A Homeowner!
• TSF Showcase #2023-34 Body Switched by Caleb Jones
• Computer Game Design Vs Console Game Design (A Half-Baked Ramble I Spent Too Much Time on to Cut)
• Touch Detective is Back And Localized! (Not To Be Confused With Touch DIC)
• A Crime Against Nature (Natalie Rambles About Pokémon – Part Luminescent NEVIV)

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Rundown (10/15/2023) Akumu Kojou: Tax Tax Panic!

• Post published:10/15/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:34 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Akumu Kojou [Nightmare Factory]: Tax Tax Panic!
• TSF Showcase #2023-32 What Happens When You Gender Bend Close Friends With A Magic App lol by Ue ni Aru Mikan
• TSF Showcase #2023-33 Raiden Shogun Is My Wife?! by TadxSarah
• Microsoft Now 100% Owns Activision Blizzard (UK Gives the OK to the Activision Blizzard Acquisition)
• John Riccitiello is Getting a Golden Parachute (Unity is Still Doomed Though)
• PlayStation 5 Slim Stealth Dropped (NEW PlayStation 5 Announced)
• The Internet Is Dying By Design (Natalie’s Platform and Preservation Nightmare)

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Rundown (10/08/2023) If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!

• Post published:10/08/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:30 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!
• TSF Showcase 2023-31 Crossed Signals by Cinnamon Switch
• Bury The 3DS and Wii U Before the Switch 2 is Even Announced (3DS and Wii U Online Services Will End in April 2024)
• How The Frick is Epic Games In Trouble? (Epic Games Announces Pricing Changes Amid Financial Problems)

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Rundown (10/01/2023) How Are ‘Real’ Video Games Profitable?

• Post published:10/01/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:38 mins read
• Post comments:8 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: How Are Real Video Games Profitable?
• TSF Showcase #2023-30 sWitch Time by TSFSingularity & MassivePinkZombie
• Platinum Never Loses Its Luster… But It Can Lost Its Heart (Hideki Kamiya Announces His Departure From PlatinumGames)
• Spin Through Time Yet Again (Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream Announced)
• Ransomware Warriors Strike Again! (Sony Got Hacked, Like It’s 2011 Part II)
• Bring back the Good PlayStation! (Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO, Jim Ryan, To Retire in March 2024)
• EPIC DIVESTMENT! (Epic Sells Bandcamp and Lays Off 900 Employees)
• Ownership vs. Possession (Natalie Complains About People Crying About ‘The Death of Ownership’)

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Rundown (9/24/2023) Ai’s Time Warp and Premise Predicament

• Post published:09/24/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:56 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Ai’s Time Warp And Premise Predicament
• TSF Showcase #2023-29 Watashi no Karada, Okashi Shimasu [Rent My Body] by Fujiya (Nectar)
• FTC Leaks Are the Coolest E3! (Boatload of Xbox Internal Documents Leak Via FTC)
• If Gaming Goes Online Only, Fuck It, I’m Done (Natalie Rambles About Killing Ownership In The Name of Innovation)
• What’s a Toaplan, and Why’s It Getting a Revival Arc? (Tatsujin Announces Revivals of Toaplan Games)
• Izuna the Unemployed Ninja Has a New Job (Success Announced Izuna: The Unemployed Ninja Reboot)
• Hell is a City Connection (Natalie Tries to Unravel City Connection’s TGS Lineup)
• Under Unity, We Fail (Unity Executives Apologize, Give People Another Shitty Deal)

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Rundown (9/17/2023) Natalie is a TOS Violation

• Post published:09/17/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:79 mins read
• Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie is a TOS Violation
• TSF Showcase #2023-28 Kikaishikake no Eve [Clockwork Eve] – Haruno Suzune
• TF Discussions and Drama (Natalie Rambles About a TF React Podcast)
• The Tour is Over! (Nintendo Will Stop Producing Mario Kart Tour Content)
• Gearbox (May) Escape the Controlling Embrace (Embracer Group is Weighing Options to Sell Gearbox)
• We Must Stand Unified Against Unity (Unity Will Charge Royalties for Game Installations)
• Franchise and Series – A Pet Peeve of Peeves! (Natalie Defines a Franchise and a Series)
• Nintendo Direct 2023 – 3 of 2 (Rundown of the September 14, 2023 Nintendo Direct)
• Minis Go Home! The Boy Is Back And He Don’t Look Like Ass No Mo’ (Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Remake Announced)
• Trace to Another Code to Recollect Two Memories of Cing (Another Code Recollection Announced)
• Peach Game is a Genre Mashup, and That’s Sparklin’ Cool! (Princess Peach: Showtime! Fully Announced)
• We Sold Enough Remasters to Continue Da SaGa! (SaGa Emerald Beyond Announced)
• Tomb Raider’s Getting Re-Re-Remade! (Tomb Raider I II III Remastered Starring Lara Croft Announced)
• Konami Refuses to Give Contra, or Any Game, A Proper Budget(?) (Contra: Operation Galuga Announced)
• Is That Freaking Grand Knights History II? …No. It’s BETTER! (Unicorn Overlord Announced)
• Nintendo, This is Just a Straight 3DS Port… (Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD Fully Revealed)
• After 19 Years, F-Zero is BACK… in 2D! (F-Zero 99 Announced)
• One of Nat’s GOATS is BACK! (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Remake Announced)
• Moon: RPG Remix Adventure Part 4, Bay-Bee! (Onion Games Announces Stray Children)
• The Original Mystery Dungeon is Back, Bay-Bee! (Shiren the Wanderer 6: Toguro Island Expedition Record Announced)
• Shin-Chan Did Well Enough To Get A Sequel? (Shin-chan: Shiro of Coal Town Announced)
• Double Direct Debauchery (A Narrow Rundown of the September 14, 2023 State of Play)
• Wizardry Is Back… Except It Never Left! (Digital Eclipse Announces Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord)

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Rundown (9/10/2023) Money! Money! Money! Is What I Need!

• Post published:09/10/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:33 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Money! Money! Money! Is What I Need!
• TSF Showcase #2023-27 King’s Proposal by Tachibana Koushi and Kurio Nemo
• Tencent’s Indirect Consumption Continues (Sumo Group Acquires Midoki)
• One of the Most Bizarre Developer Switches of All Time (Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Will Be Developed by The Chinese Room)
• Miserable Suckful CRT (Natalie Muses About Resolution and Screen Differences)
• Quitting Twitter Was Wicked Easy (I Have Not Checked My Feed on 𝕏 in Over a Month)

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Rundown (9/03/2023) Let’s Imagine… TSF Mecca

• Post published:09/03/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:29 mins read
• Post comments:3 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Let’s Imagine… TSF Mecca
• TSF Showcase #2023-26 An Older Guy’s VR First Love by Violence Tomoko
• The Ultimate TF Visual Novel Should Use 3D Models (Natalie Muses About a Ren’Py X Koikatsu Super Program)
• PlayStation Plus 33% (Sony Raises PlayStation Plus Prices 15 Months After Revising Service)
• Super Mario’s Wonderworld (Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Direct Rundown)
• The End of Volition (Embracer Shuts Down Saints Row Developer Volition)

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Rundown (8/27/2023) Trust The Rippers, Not The Crackers

• Post published:08/27/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:40 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Trust The Rippers, Not The Crackers
• TSF Showcase #2023-24.1 BlazBlue Remix Heart Gaiden by Arc System Works
• TSF Showcase #2023-25 Doutei Ikki [Brotherhood of Virgins] by DOM
• The Behavior of a Juggernaut (Behavior Acquires Rotterdam-Based Developer Codeglue)
• Sony Gobbles Up An Audio Company (Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Audeze)
• PlayStation Portal Is a Bad PlayStation Vita (PlayStation Project Q Re-Announced As PlayStation Portal)
• New Auditory Era of Mario (Mario Voice Actor, Charles Martinet, Steps Down From Role)
• Nintendo is Bringing DRM to Consoles (Nintendo Partners With Denuvo to Fight Switch Emulation)
• Denuvo Is Trying to Prevent Mods on Unreal Engine Games (Denuvo Announces Unreal Engine Protection Software)
• Sacrifice Profits For Market Share For The Glory of Tencent (Epic Games Launches New Revenue Share Model for Timed Exclusives)
• The Plan to Eradicate Platform Identity (Natalie Rambles About Platform Identity and Media Formats)

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Rundown (8/20/2023) The Quest for Quantified Quality

• Post published:08/20/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:45 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Quest for Quantified Quality
• TSF Showcase #2023-24: BlazBlue – Remix Heart by Deko Akao, Toshimichi Mori, and Sumeragi
• NetEase Establishes Their 11th Foreign Studio (NetEase Establishes T-Minus Zero Entertainment)
• This is Why You Don’t Make Deals With Saudi Arabia! (Embracer’s $2 Billion Partner Revealed)
• The Xbox 360 Marketplace Will Die in 11 Months (Backwards Compatible Titles Will Be Preserved)
• Games Do Not Take Too Long To Make; Production Values Are Just Too High (Another Natalie Neumann Mnemonic Nitpick)
• Screw Region Locked Purchases! I Just Want Some City Pop! (Natalie’s Been Jiving to Some Anri While Writing Stuff!)
• How The Frick Should I Represent Body Swaps Via Text? (Mind(Body) or Body(Mind)?)

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Rundown (8/13/2023) Enrolled Agent of Chaos

• Post published:08/13/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:32 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Enrolled Agent of Chaos
• TSF Showcase #2023-23 Muri na Kanojo | Impossible Girlfriend by Ura61318
• Natalie Got Sidetracked and Started Talking Girls with Penises (Natalie Rambles About Why Girl Dick Be Cool)
• Natalie’s Continued Adventures in Emulation Hell (Emulating Games is Cool… When Things Work)
• I Accidentally Plagiarized an Ecchi Anime By Stealing An Alias! (Anita Neukar is Basically Chacha Akaza from Maken-ki!)
• Real Rockstars Own Their Community! (Rockstar Games Acquires Roleplaying Community Cfx.re)
• Red Dead Redemption is… NOT Being Remastered! (Red Dead Redemption is Coming to PS4 and Switch)

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Rundown (8/06/2023) Nothing Like the First Time

• Post published:08/06/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:27 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Nothing Like The First Time
• TSF Showcase #2023-22 Boku wa, Onnanoko (I am, a Girl) by Takako Shimura
• Never Go Back to No Quality of Life (Natalie Meanders About Pokémon Hacks & Fan Games)
• Nintendo Switch 2.0 Confirmed for H2 2024 (Natalie Complains About Nintendo Fans – July 2023 Ver.)
• Virtuos is Probably Remaking Oblivion (The Worst of the 3D TES Trilogy Is Gettin’ Gussied Up!)

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Rundown (7/30/2023) Hoarding Games I’ll Never Play!

• Post published:07/30/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:27 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie’s ROM Hole
• TSF Showcase #2023-21 Mahou Shounen Majorian by Ishida Atsuko
• Techland’s Dying Light of Independence (Tencent Will Acquire A Majority Stake in Techland)
• Tencent Bought One of the Most Important Visual Novel Developers of All Time (Tencent Acquires Visual Arts and Key)
• Capcom Snagged a Snack! (Capcom Acquires Swordcanes Studios Co., Ltd.)
• Screw Social Media, Make RSS 3.0! (𝕏 Is Here, And I Stopped Caring!)
• Official Game Collections Continue To Be Worse Than A ROM Folder (Double Dragon Collection Announced)

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Rundown (7/23/2023) Dude, Whatever, It’s Summer!

• Post published:07/23/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:36 mins read
• Post comments:6 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Dude Whatever It’s Summer Is Back, Bay-Bee!
• Aiming For Unattractive! (Natalie The Eternal Enigma)
• Espeon is Back With The Lewd TSF Goodness! (Gender.tf is BACK, Bay-bee!)
• TSF Showcase #2023-15 TS o Suru. Seidorei ni Naru (Change Sex and Become a Sex Slave) by Tansan Protein no kai
• TSF Showcase #2023-16 JK Kuricha ni Sareta Otoko (High Schooler Who Got Turned Into a Creature) by Marialite
• TSF Showcase #2023-17 Slow Conversion by Onihidden
• TSF Showcase #2023-18 Joshikousei Sennyuu Repo ~Hanzaisha ga Onnanoko ni Hyoui shite mita~ [Schoolgirl Infiltration Report] by Marialite
• TSF Showcase #2023-19 Sexaroids vs. Reseller by Kouji
• TSF Showcase #2023-20 Professional Possession by Imp Underneath
• Screw it, Let’s Talk About the SAG-AFTRA Strike (Capitalism Ruins Everything – Part 37)
• Natalie is Confused by the New Game Pass Subscription Tiers (Xbox Live Gold is Now Game Pass Core)

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Rundown (7/16/2023) Falling Down The Helly Tree!

• Post published:07/16/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:31 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Falling Down The Helly Tree!
• Microsoft Beat the FTC! (Judge Denies FTC Injunction Against Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard)
• Tencent Continues to Consume! (Tencent Bought Western Support Studio Lucid Games)
• Unsurprising But Sad, Official Game Preservation SUCKS! (87% of Games Released Before 2010 are Not Reasonably Available)
• Physical Games Are Not True Preservation + A Limited Run Games Summary (Limited Run Games’ Announcement Showcase Rundown Intro)
• Shantae’s Lost Chapter Has Been Revived! (After 19 Years, WayFroward is Finishing An Abandoned GBA Game!)
• Natalie Rambles About Clock Tower (Clock Tower (1995) is Getting Localized)
• The Lean, Green, Meme Machine is Back, Bay-Bee! (Gex Trilogy Announced)
• Get Pink, Toss Pigs, Help Dwarves! (Tomba! Is Coming to Modern Platforms)
• Shitposters Extraordinaire Are Making a Zelda CD-i Spiritual Successor (Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore Announced)
• The Koikatsu Devs Are Gonna Die! (Illusion Adult Games, Developers of Koikatsu, Are Shutting Down)
• Review Delays!!! (But I’ll Have Something Else Instead)

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Rundown (7/09/2023) Jump! Back! Glock! Cock! Aim! Shoot!

• Post published:07/09/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:40 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: I Have Negative Faith In The United States of America
• The FTC PlayStation & Xbox Showcase (Some Highlights From The FTC v. Microsoft Courtroom)
• Twitter Hit The Shitter and The Internet Is Collapsing! (Natalie Rambles About The Future Of The Internet)
• It’s Time To Show My Ass As A Casual VN Fan (Natalie Wafts About the Tsukihime Remake)
• Grab a Gun And Make The Baddies Go BOOM! (Natalie Rambles About The Name Boomer Shooters)
• Yuji Naka’s Prison Escape! (Yuji Naka Avoids Jail Time And Gets $1.2 Million Fine)
• When Pokéfans Are Stuck, They Should Try Logic (Natalie Rambles About Voice Acting in Pokémon )
• Read, Think, and the Solution Will Come To You (Natalie Analyzes The Broad Financials of The Pokémon Company)

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Rundown (7/02/2023) Thanks Cap, You Made Me Write a Novel of Lore!

• Post published:07/02/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:23 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 – World Information Has Been Drafted
• The Most Powerful people Are The Most Common Slaves (Natalie Rambles About Oppressed Magic Users As An Allegory)
• Nintendorks and the Quest To Make History (Natalie Complains About Nintendo Fans – July 2023 Ver.)
• Create or Play (Playing Games Does Not Make You Creative)
• Read Dead Remastered – No Redemption is Possible (Korean Ratings Board Leaks Possible Red Dead Redemption Remaster)

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Rundown (6/25/2023) A Gray Day Is DOPE!

• Post published:06/25/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:42 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: TSF Showcase #2023-14 A Gray Day by Maideneir
• Trans-Sexual Fantasy Ja Nai (What is and is not TSF?)
• The GameCube Handle Was Worthless, Stop Revising History (This Is a Pointless Comment, but I Just Slid It in Here)
• Ah Shaz, I Guess We’re Getting 3 Nintendo Directs This Year! (Rundown of the June 21, 2023 Nintendo Direct)
• Detective Pikachu 2 ACTUALLY Looks Like It Belongs On 3DS (Detective Pikachu Returns Announced)
• Monster Catching Is Back, Bay-Bee! (Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Announced)
• WarioWare is Back… AGAIN… AGAIN! (WarioWare: Move It! Announced)
• The Pikmin Quadrilogy is Complete! (HD Ports of Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2 Announced and Stealth Dropped)
• Collect That Shit Like A Master! (Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Volume 1 is Lookin’ Good!)
• The Best Star Ocean is Now EVEN BETTER! (Star Ocean: The Second Story R Announced)
• Natalie Hated This Remake Until She Re-Watched The Trailer (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Remake Announced)
• New Super Mario Wonderworld! (Super Mario Bros. Wonder Announced)
• More Mario Coming In 2024! (Nintendo Sorta Announces Two Mario Games)
• Other Nintendo Direct Coolsies (Neat Games That Don’t Warrant Their Own Section)
• The 2023 Schedule – Q2 Update (Natalie Provides Her TENTATIVE Plans For The Rest of 2023)
• A Demon In Human Skin (A Rundown Post-Script)

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Rundown (6/18/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: Later Bitches, I’ll See Ya Next Year!

• Post published:06/18/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:11 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Welp, Nothing Much Happened!
• The Embracer Group REALLY Screwed Up! (Embracer Group to Announce Restructuring, Layoffs, Closures, and Cancellations)
• To Hell With Our 800+ IPs! We Just Need Lord of the Rings! (Embracer Plans to Exploit the Lord of the Rings License)
• A Brief Recollection of Shadows of the Damned (Shadows of the Damned Remastered Announced)
• You Cringe, But I Don’t (Natalie Explains Why She Dislikes A Contemporary Term Part VI)

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Rundown (6/13/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: I’d Rather Be Doing Anything Else!

• Post published:06/13/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:31 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: The Title Is Hyperbole
• The Rise of 3D Games And Devaluation of 2D Games (Natalie Rambles About Game History – 3D Edition)
• Still Waiting For The Xbox Redemption Arc… (The Preamble Before The Xbox Showcase)
• An Avowed Take (Avowed Gameplay Trailer Released)
• Like A Dragon 8: Infinit¥ Like A Dragon 8 Retitled to Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• I Was Promised a Goddess, and You Gave Me a Kamen Rider Samurai (Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Announced)
• Reincarnation of the Goddess: Re;Fantazio – Metaphor of the Worlds Project Re Fantasy Revealed as Metaphor: ReFantazio
• The Games Industry Really Is Like Clockwork… InXile Announced FPS RPG Clockwork Revolution
• Starfield or Starfail – The $100 Million Dollar Question! (Starfield Direct Happened)
• I’m Not Covering Ubisoft Forward, Because Ubisoft Protected Abusers (Natalie.TF Will Not Discuss Ubisoft’s Games as Games)
• Mega Man Gacha is PRESERVED! (Mega Man X Dive Offline Announced)
• Ace Attorney Trilogy II, Bay-Bee! (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Announced)

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Rundown (6/11/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: Let The Festivities Commence!

• Post published:06/11/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:26 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Same Old Song and Dance
• Physical Media is Not Preservation (Everything Digital is On A Physical Device, Ya Dummy!)
• Generic Brand E3 – Let’s Go! (Summer Game Fest Rundown Preamble)
• That’s Not Sonic Mania 2! It’s Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 3! (Sonic Superstars Announced)
• Imagine If You Will… A Land of Sand! (Sand Land Game Announced)
• Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis? More Like Final Fantasy VII: Fuck Corporations! (Get It, Because It’s AC, BC, CC, DC, EC, and Then FC?)
• Not a Rebirth, Not a Remake, Just a Re-Do! Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Got a New Trailer
• Prince of Persia is BACK, BLACK, and 2D! (People Dislike Prince of Persia The Lost Crown Because They’re Racist)
• Persona 3: Reload and Fire Your Evoker Into My Heart, You Bastard! (Persona 3 Reload Announced)
• Persona 5 Tactics but They Made a Typo and an Awful Aesthetic Decision (Persona 5 Tactica Announced)

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Rundown (6/04/2023) Natalie Needs to Sell Her Old Game Collection

• Post published:06/04/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:14 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: How Do You Sell Old Video Games?
• Oh My God, NetEase! Stop Establishing New Studios! (NetEase Establishes Their Fifth Tokyo-based Studio)
• And the Love-de-Lic Fragmentation Continued… (Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash Developer Vanpool Shut Down)
• Arkane Austin’s Bloody Fall (Redfall Development Deets Just Dropped)
• Nintendo Is Releasing A Shitty Game Nobody Liked Because Fuck It (Everybody 1-2 Switch Announced)
• White Album is Coming Out in English, Bay-Bee! (Another Classic Visual Novel Is Getting Localized)

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