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)
Rundown (5/14/2023) Transition Speedruns and Slowruns
This Week’s Topics:
- Rundown Preamble Ramble: Transition Speedruns and Slowruns
- The Support Studio Network Grows Even Bigger (Keywords Studios Acquires Hardsuit Labs)
- Project Gear Attempt #6 (Game Freak and Private Division Announce Publishing Partnership)
- Salvaged from Stadia & A Discussion on Games Streaming (Stadia Exclusive Gylt is Coming to Other Platforms)
- Cloud Gaming Vs Remote Play – Battle for Streaming Superiority! (Natalie Rambles About Games Streaming)
- Mild Musings About Game Difficulty (The Trinity of Challenge – As Defined By a Bad Player)
- No Patience For Those Without Patience (Natalie Rambles About Her Plentiful Paratransit-Powered Patience)
