Rundown (3/22/2026) Natalie is Afraid of Commitment!

• Post published:03/22/2026
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• Reading time:44 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie is Afraid of Commitment!
• Japan Established Indie Games Grant Program (Up to $62,000 USD for Indie Devs Goes A Long Way~!)
• The Subnautica 2 Situation is OVER! (Krafton Lied and Got Punished. Yay~!)
• DLSS 5 Will Turn Your Games Into AI Slop (The AI Enshittification of Life Continues)
• Neptunia Unlimited Announced (It Took A Decade for a New Numbered Neptunia… And It’s Not Even Numbered!)
• Shenmue III Enhanced Announced (You Can’t Enhance A Dead Dog!)

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Rundown (2/15/2026) How to Display Old Video Games

• Post published:02/15/2026
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:58 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: How to Display Old Video Games
• What The Hell is Going on with Yakuza Kiwami 3? (We All Hate A Fall From Grace…)
• Sony Had A Banger State of Play! (Which Was A Pleasant Surprise)
• Legacy of Kain: Defiant Remastered Announced (They Skipped Blood Omen II!)
• Legacy of Kain: Ascendance Announced (WWWHHHHAAAAAAATTTT?!?!?!?!)
• Dead or Alive 6: Last Round and Dead or Alive 7 Announced (Dead or Alive is BACK!)
• Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition Announced (It’s a Museum, Bay-Bee!)
• Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 Announced (Featuring MGS4, Peace Walker, and… Ghost Babel)
• Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Announced (A Proper Castlevania Game From the Dead Cells Guys)
• Silent Hill: Townfall Announced (Silent Hill is Annualized Again!)
• God of War Trilogy Remake Announced and Sons of Sparta Shadow Dropped (Greek God of War is BACK!)

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Rundown (7/13/2025) Data Storage Wars

• Post published:07/13/2025
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:57 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Data Storage Wars
• Microsoft is Worse Than I Thought… (These Layoffs Get Worse and Worse!)
• Natalie Talks About Politics – July 2025 Ver. (I Had to Research the Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill for Work)
• Natalie Tried Umamusume (To See What the Hubbub Is!)
• The Subnautica 2 Situation is Exploitative Bonkers (Krafton Refuses to Follow Contract and Issue $250 Million Payout)
• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is Getting DLC (Kodaka Wants The Game to Last 10 Years!)
• Progress Report 2025-07-13

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Rundown (10/06/2024) Natalie Vs The Medical-Industrial Complex

• Post published:10/06/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:40 mins read
• Post comments:11 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Vs The Medical-Industrial Complex
• CaptainCaption Posted Another Life Update! (It’s A Cascade of Bullshit!)
• Natalie is Anti Hardware Innovation (On The Wrong Side of History Yet Again…)
• RIP RyujiNX (Nintendo Shuts Down Ryujinx, the Other Switch Emulator)
• Palworld Mobile Announced! (That’s All!)
• Epic Royalty Discount! (Release Games on Epic Games Store, Save 30% on Unreal Fees!)
• Keep It Peashy, Nippon! (Japan’s PC Game Market Grew 260% In 4 Years!)

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Rundown (8/18/2024) Welcome to Chicago (Duck Motherfucker)

• Post published:08/18/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:23 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Welcome to Chicago (Duck Motherfucker)
• Tango Gameworks is BACK… Somehow? (Krafton Baffles Yet Again!)
• The Goemon Spiritual Successor Goes International! (Bakeru Announced For a Western Release)
• WayForward is Back 2 Licensed Games! (RetroRealms Halloween & Ash Vs Evil Dead Announced)
• When Do Games Become Retro? (A Recurring Shower Thought)

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Rundown (11/06-11/12) My First Exposure to Trans Characters Was Family Compo

• Post published:11/13/2022
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:13 mins read
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Wherein I discuss: Some deep Natalie lore. Some pretty boring acquisition stuff. And modern Americana politics.

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