Rundown (8/03/2025) How Square Enix Fumbled Final Fantasy

• Post published:08/03/2025
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:80 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Why Don’t Zoomies Care About Final Fantasy?
• Atari Acquires Thunderful Group (It Was Either This or Bankruptcy, I Guess)
• Natalie Does Not Understand Gamindustri (She’s Also Nutso)
• Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase 2025 Happened (Bring On The Switch 2 Ports!)
• Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Announced (NOT The Monster Hunter People Crave)
• Once Upon A Katamari Announced (A Sequel 14 Years In The Making!)
• The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Announced (Cool, But What’s With That Name?)
• Octopath Traveler 0 Announced (Continent of Champions Redux!)
• Nintendo Switch Price Hike Announced (Bunk All This Tariff Ish Maaaaaan…)
• Darksiders is NOT Dead! (The 15 Year Dream Will Be Realized!)
• re:Dreamer Version 0.20.0 is FINALLY Done! (The Third Last Minute Addition)

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Rundown (12/15/2024) Natalie Mustn’t Become Fatalie

• Post published:12/15/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:59 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie Mustn’t Become Fatalie
• Change of Plans for TSF Showcase 2024-51 (No More Valkyrie Yuuki)
• Blue Protocol Is Being Resurrected as Star Resonance (Still a Generic Name, but Also Way Better)
• The Platform Agnostic and Self-Important Geoff Keighley’s Spike Video Game Awards X Advertisements (Leg’s Go!)
• Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Announced (D@SH and R@GE!)
• Edgy Pac-Man Metroidvania Shadow Labyrinth Announced (What the Fuck?)
• Final Fantasy VII-2: Re;Birth is Coming to PC on January 23, 2025 (Hopefully People Buy It This Time Around)
• The Witcher IV Properly Announced (Thank You For the AWFUL CG, Now Leave!)
• Elden Ring Nightreign Announced (A Multiplayer Survival Elden Ring Spin-Off)
• Former Team Ico X Tencent Project Was Shown Off (It’s Sci-Fi… Good Night!)
• Hazelight Co-Op Venture #4: Split Fiction Announced (Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Crossing Over in Virtual Reality!)
• Virtua Fighter 6 Announced (We Basically Knew This Was Happening, But Whatever!)
• Turok Origins Announced (I Guess That’s A Functional Subtitle?)
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword Announced (No Clue What Flavor of Onimusha It’ll Be!)
• Okami Sequel Announced! (And It’s Directed By Hideaki Kamiya!)
• Sonic Racing 4: CrossWorlds Announced (I Miss When Games Were Announced Via Press Releases…)
• Project Century by Ryu Ga Gotoku Announced (Like a Dragon: 1915!)
• Dispatch Announced from Ex-Walking Dead Developers (Now THIS is Next Gen Telltale!)
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Announced (Natalie Gets TOXIC Over the New Naughty Dog Game)

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Rundown (6/26-7/02) More Like Die-mocracy!

• Post published:07/03/2022
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:19 mins read
• Post comments:2 Comments

Wherein I discuss current political woes and the latest Nintendo advertising showcase!

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Rundown (4/04-4/10) Press-Switch is Back… Again!

• Post published:04/11/2021
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:15 mins read
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Wherein I discuss P-S Gaiden, the return of the tradeshow of legend, Pac-Man Battle Royale #3, a pleasant port, a potential port, Sony’s obsessions, and my probable GOTY 2021.

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