Rundown (12/17/2023) Year-End Hustle & Bustle
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)
My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!? Review
The Lachlanverse Episode III: Axon in Ashes My Mad Scientist Roommate Turned Me Into Her Personal Robotic Battle Maiden?!?
Rundown (12/10/2023) Good Night Gamindustri, See Ya Next Year!
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)
Rundown (12/03/2023) Yo! NTF Cribz
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)
Rundown (11/26/2023) The Quest for a Dream TF Metroidvania
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)
Rundown (11/19/2023) So Long Old Home! + The Big Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update
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)
TSF Series #018: Dæmon;Heäd
From the lingering remnants of bloodied cardboard, and manifested through a successive generation of delusions.
(more…)Rundown (11/12/2023) Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works is Done!
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)
Rundown (11/05/2023) re:Dreamer Isekai Ver. Alternative/If…
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)
Rundown (10/29/2023) Horror Is Not Niche!
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)
Rundown (10/22/2023) Natalie is a Homeowner
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)
Rundown (10/15/2023) Akumu Kojou: Tax Tax Panic!
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)
Rundown (10/08/2023) If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!
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)
Rundown (10/01/2023) How Are ‘Real’ Video Games Profitable?
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’)
TSF Series #017: Cassandra – The Cuddly Demon Empress
From the wishes of a kyuubi cutie, but executed by a psycho bitch! It is Venturers of Radiant: The Next Dimension!
(more…)Rundown (9/24/2023) Ai’s Time Warp and Premise Predicament
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)
Rundown (9/17/2023) Natalie is a TOS Violation
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)
Rundown (9/10/2023) Money! Money! Money! Is What I Need!
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)
Rundown (9/03/2023) Let’s Imagine… TSF Mecca
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)
Rundown (8/27/2023) Trust The Rippers, Not The Crackers
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)
Rundown (8/20/2023) The Quest for Quantified Quality
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)?)
Rundown (8/13/2023) Enrolled Agent of Chaos
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)
Rundown (8/06/2023) Nothing Like the First Time
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!)
Rundown (7/30/2023) Hoarding Games I’ll Never Play!
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)
Rundown (7/23/2023) Dude, Whatever, It’s Summer!
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)
Rundown (7/16/2023) Falling Down The Helly Tree!
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)
Rundown (7/09/2023) Jump! Back! Glock! Cock! Aim! Shoot!
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)
Rundown (7/02/2023) Thanks Cap, You Made Me Write a Novel of Lore!
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)
Rundown (6/25/2023) A Gray Day Is DOPE!
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)
Rundown (6/18/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: Later Bitches, I’ll See Ya Next Year!
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)
Rundown (6/13/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: I’d Rather Be Doing Anything Else!
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)
Rundown (6/11/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: Let The Festivities Commence!
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)
Class of ‘09: The Re-Up Review
STEAL YOUR MOM’S DRUGS AND WATCH HER DIE!
SAVE A LESBIAN FROM WHITE TERRORISTS!
MAKE A SUICIDE PACT WITH AN ALT CHICK!
GO HOMELESS AND EXPOSE PEDOPHILES!
SELL CRACK FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE!
GET SHOT BY A MALL COP!
Rundown (6/04/2023) Natalie Needs to Sell Her Old Game Collection
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)
Rundown (5/28/2023) The 6 Month Post-Surgery Update
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: The 6 Month Post-Surgery Update
- Net Ease Into Another Studio (NetEase Opens Bad Brain Game Studios)
- The Embracer Group Screwed Up and Lost $2 Billion in Revenue (The Knights of the Old Republic Remake Was Probably Canceled)
- Nintendo Hates You and They Can Go Fuck Off (Nintendo Made the Nintendo 3DS Harder to Hack)
- Let The Segmented Summer Showcases Begin! (PlayStation Showcase Roundup)
- The Metal Gear Solid Rumors Were REAL! (Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1 & Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater Announced)
- Natalie Just Wanted An Excuse to Talk About Dragon’s Dogma (Dragon’s Dogma II Announced)
- Bungie Digs Up A Classic IP To Murder It (Marathon: The Live Service Announced)
- Natalie Rants About Live Services Revision 2023-05-28 (Because Marathon: The Live Service Upsets Me On A Fundamental Level)
- Silly Sony, That’s Not a PlayStation Vita 2! (Sony Announces Project Q Streaming Handheld)
- Marvy’s Next Gen Upgrade! (Marvelous Games Showcase Rundown)
Rundown (5/21/2023) My re:Dreamer Panic Attack
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: My re:Dreamer Panic Attack
- Natalie Complains About Fickle Things Nobody Should Care About (EXP Is A Superior Term to XP)
- Natalie Bemoans Tears of the Kingdom (Natalie Talks About The Latest Hotness – Loz TotK Edition)
- Build A World and Flip It! (Cygames ‘Slows Down’ Production on World Flipper)
- Overwatch 2 Was A Work From Day One (Overwatch 2’s Promised PvE Mode Has Been Scrapped)
- Mortal Kombat Twelve, Sans the Two (The Twelfth Mainline Mortal Kombat Title, Mortal Kombat 1, Announced)