Best Virtual Console Podcasts (2025)

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Copilot sales low (Microsoft denies), RAM crisis price increases + more! 10:16

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5h ago10:16

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Timestamps: 0:00 ya just come craaaawlin' back 0:12 Microsoft denies Copilot sales low 2:02 RAM crisis price increases 3:34 Micro Center! 4:13 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:18 Roomba maker files for bankruptcy 5:15 Google taking away features 6:02 Panther Lake chip spotted, Arc B770 6:56 Automated AI 7:42 US Tech Force 8:28 ADHD 'audio shield' NEWS SOURCES: h…

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Episode 311 - Primed (feat. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond & The Game Awards) 1:41:35

13h ago1:41:35

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We've only been waiting 8 years GOTYTDACOTY Voting:⁠ ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfunG3vVEIcVp0Zz6UH-dONswsPsjwasO5Oc7G9oHycUZycbA/viewform?usp=header⁠ GOTY Voting:⁠ ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhdSgJTnBKYNN9ygNmzcImYM94D4IT4WgeQO2ko7i0NkzhUA/viewform?usp=header⁠ 00:06:09 The Game Awards Reactions 00:19:02 Metroid Prime…

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Google Disco, GPT-5.2, Disney x OpenAI, H200s to China + more! 12:01

3d ago12:01

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Timestamps:0:00 unprepared for a Sean Bean impression0:12 Google Disco, GPT-5.21:55 Disney spurns Google, befriends OpenAI3:56 US govt takes 25% cut of H200 China sales5:25 Novium Hoverpens!6:36 QUICK BITS INTRO6:53 Ayaneo Pocket Play7:36 Fortnite back on Google Play Store8:23 Federal AI law exec order9:07 Operation Bluebird: bring back Twitter9:47…

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Stuck Between Games And Greatness 52:20

5d ago52:20

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Send us a text The strangest part of finishing a game that wrecked you emotionally is the silence that follows. We step into that quiet space after Claire Obscure Expedition 33 and unpack what it means to truly “beat” a game—why a 56 million damage nuke on the Simon fight popped trophies but missed the point, and why chasing a parry-perfect rematch…

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Steam Machine HDMI issue, Aussie social media ban, Linux AI Agent foundation + more! 10:07

5d ago10:07

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Timestamps: 0:00 let's mind-meld, guy 0:13 Steam Machine's HDMI 2.1 problem 1:54 Australia enforces social media ban 3:01 Big Tech, Linux Foundation, AI Agents 4:11 CookUnity! 5:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:39 W11 gamer promises, bug fixes 6:22 AMD drops FSR Redstone 6:53 Pebble Index 01 smart ring 7:32 'World's first flying car' 8:15 ChatGPT in a robot w…

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183: Psychic Boots 3:11:17

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Horses! I experienced Horses, let’s talk about it and the idea of it being banned from Steam and the Epic Game Store. I also played Metroid Prime 4, which also isn’t on Steam or the Epic Game Store. Hmmmm! VERY INTERESTING, I think? Also: what does the Warner Bros. sale mean for the future of Mortal Kombat? Harada plans his escape! PEGI rates an As…

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Intel Arc B770(?), Chatbot Ads, EU makes Meta better + more! 9:07

7d ago9:07

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Timestamps: 0:00 why does he do this 0:15 Possible Intel Arc B770 leaks 1:28 Ads in Gemini, Grok, "chatbot dialect" 2:57 EU makes Meta use less personal data 4:11 DeleteMe! 4:59 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:10 Black Friday Xbox sales report 5:54 AI browser security warning 6:36 Treatment repairs DNA, tissue 7:16 EngineAI answers 'CGI' claims NEWS SOURCES: ht…

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Netflix to buy WB, W11 bugs vs. SteamOS, Meta AI news deals + more! 9:51

10d ago9:51

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Timestamps: 0:00 no shortage of sass 0:07 Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros for $82B 1:39 W11 bugs vs. SteamOS performance 2:58 Meta news deals, AI support fix 4:24 SHARGE Retractable 3-in-1 power bank 5:14 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:24 Google Antigravity wipes entire drive 6:03 Cloudflare, and downdetector, was down 6:41 YouTube AI slop tutorials 7:15 3D-…

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Intel Arc hits 1%, Micron kills Crucial, OpenAI declares "Code Red" + more! 11:02

12d ago11:02

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Timestamps: 0:00 c'mon don't be like that 0:11 Intel Arc GPUs hit 1% market share 1:41 Micron kills Crucial memory 3:50 OpenAI declares 'Code Red' to beat Gemini 5:24 Odoo! 6:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:28 India changes its mind on the app thing 7:07 Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold 7:46 New York requires surveillance pricing disclosure 8:23 Android 16 AI notifi…

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182: Blowing Up Cop Cars 3:09:38

13d ago3:09:38

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Linux adoption vs. Windows 10 vs. TPM 2.0 vs. Anti-Cheat vs. Steam Machines vs. Windows 11... where does it end? Heck, where does it start? Also: Goat Simulator 3 is broken in the right ways, an Xbox Series X was more expensive than a PS5 Pro there for a little bit, I dug out the entirety of Level 7 in S&Miner and all I have is this screenshot, the…

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Win11 password bug, Amazon / Google networking, ChatGPT ads + more! 10:43

14d ago10:43

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Timestamps: 0:00 look we got a wise guy ova here! 0:11 Windows 11 bugs and updates 1:22 Amazon, Google multicloud networking 2:32 ChatGPT ads soon, AI reviews AI 3:43 UGREEN NAS DH2300 ! 4:39 LTTStore Cyber Monday! 5:21 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:34 AYANEO Next II handheld 6:23 Ryzen 7 9850X3D accidentally revealed 7:14 Netflix kills phone casting to TVs 7…

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Episode 310 - Game of the Year 2025 Special Part 1! 2:12:58

15d ago2:12:58

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More like GOATY season GOTYTDACOTY Voting:⁠ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfunG3vVEIcVp0Zz6UH-dONswsPsjwasO5Oc7G9oHycUZycbA/viewform?usp=header GOTY Voting:⁠ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhdSgJTnBKYNN9ygNmzcImYM94D4IT4WgeQO2ko7i0NkzhUA/viewform?usp=header 00:10:21 GOTYTDACOTY 00:16:56 Bally's #10 00:20:42 Nbz's #10 00:30:45 …

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Steam AI debate, Nvidia skips GPU VRAM, EU vs. tech scams + more! 9:56

17d ago9:56

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Timestamps: 0:00 Hola 0:10 Steam AI game labelling debate 1:46 Nvidia stops bundling GPU VRAM 3:09 EU's new tech scam rules 4:16 dbrand! 4:57 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:07 Intel could make Apple chips 5:54 AI won't replace Nvidia jobs 6:52 Apple Podcasts creepy behavior 7:28 Taiwan raids former TSMC exec's homes 8:04 Researchers discover 'pain switch' NEWS…

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Why A Steam Machine Could Change Console Gaming At Home 52:10

19d ago52:10

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Send us a text A burst of real life kicks things off—four straight nights of hockey, a surprise “you look incredible,” and the comfort of breakfast-for-dinner—before we veer straight into the question that fuels every gamer’s week: what should we play next, and why does it matter so much? We follow the breadcrumbs from YouTube Premium’s background …

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RAM Kit Price-ocalypse, Honey lawsuit dismissed, Warner Music/Suno deal + more! 10:27

19d ago10:27

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Timestamps: 0:00 hold on still booting 0:16 RAM kit prices are out of control 1:59 Honey class action lawsuit dismissed 3:30 Warner Music settles Suno AI lawsuit 4:43 Vessi! 5:42 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:52 Android-based Aluminium OS 6:43 Windows app Updates, ClickFix attack 7:24 ROG Xbox Ally optimized game profiles 8:04 Character AI Stories for teens 8…

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181: Bagpipes From Baghdad???? 3:03:37

20d ago3:03:37

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Eminem comes to Hitman in a promotional opportunity that feels at least a year late! Also, Sektori seems to be very red, Timesplitters gets a cool new fangame, the Xbox 360 turns 20, Far Cry gets a TV series, Black Ops 7 sales seem down (and with good reason), and the Steam Machine is certainly not going to be like 400 bucks. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal…

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Windows users switch to 'Zorin OS', Steam Machine price, Gmail AI training + more! 10:11

21d ago10:11

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Timestamps: 0:00 good morning !! 0:15 780K Windows users switch to Zorin OS 1:47 Valve's Steam Machine price comments 3:12 Google clarifies AI training Gmail stuff 4:35 Rove Lab! 5:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:35 Stellantis in-car ads 6:09 Neumann Virtual Immersive Studio 6:51 Meta's 17-strike ban threshold 7:35 AI tricked by adversarial poetry 8:23 Parad…

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AirDrop supports Android, Qualcomm might ruin Arduino, Laptops get worse + more! 10:15

24d ago10:15

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Timestamps: 0:00 livin' in the past 0:10 Google forces AirDrop to support Android 1:32 Qualcomm's new Terms worry Arduino lovers 2:50 HP, Dell disable laptop HEVC support 4:07 UPDF! 5:13 QUICK BITS INTRO! 5:21 Xbox Fullscreen Experience on all W11 PCs 6:01 Sturnus Android malware 6:38 Meta ordered to pay Spanish media outlets 7:25 an embryo gene ed…

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When Play Becomes Purpose: Finding Joy Beyond The Stream 51:41

26d ago51:41

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Send us a text A joke about cows opens the door to something bigger: how we get hooked on stories, why endings are so hard to accept, and what happens when streaming turns play into obligation. We start with the Stranger Things trailer and fan expectations, then jump into the real friction—when our headcanon collides with a creator’s finale. That s…

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'Agentic' Windows double-down, Epic Games/Unity collab, Pebble vs Rebble + more! 9:37

26d ago9:37

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Timestamps:0:00 if you heard it your head would explode0:10 Microsoft explains 'agentic' Windows 1:41 Unreal Engine x Unity's Epic collab2:41 Pebble, Rebble feud over app store4:13 WOLFBOX!5:16 QUICK BITS INTRO5:24 Cloudflare outage6:03 AMD FSR Redstone, possible GPU price hike7:01 Google launches Gemini 37:35 People entering Russia hit by 24-hour …

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180: Gas-Huffers Unite 3:00:49

27d ago3:00:49

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Time to take a big hit of whatever this evil red gas is and talk about Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. They say it’s the biggest Call of Duty ever, which is probably true? Kind of a big mess, really. Also: Valve is back in the box-making game and it’s exciting! The Game Awards nominees are announced, Final Fantasy XI’s dev environment is updated, and th…

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Mac Pro dead, W10 workaround gone, AI bubble things + more! 9:39

28d ago9:39

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Timestamps: 0:00 CEOs = Trash Panda-touilles 0:11 Apple cans Mac Pro, delays iPhone Air 2 1:44 Windows activation loophole closed 2:48 AI Bubble fears intensify 4:38 Ohsnap! 5:23 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 Obsolete Nest Thermostats still send data 6:12 Google, Samsung flagging battery-draining apps 6:40 Belkin recalling iPhone stand, power banks 7:22 Ne…

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Episode 309 - Toddler Savant (feat. Pokémon Legends Z-A) 1:56:10

29d ago1:56:10

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Must be so easy being a child 00:05:06 Pokemon Legends Z-A 00:42:42 Bally Jr. Becomes A Gamer 01:17:14 Has Replaying A Game Ruined It? 01:33:35 Emulation Preferences 01:53:03 Outro You can support us on Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/thisnintendolife⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, remember to send all your correspondence to our e-mail address: thisnin…

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Google's sideloading backtrack, Vine RETURNS (sort of), Claude is a hacker + more! 11:27

1M ago11:27

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Timestamps: 0:00 many chlorians died for this information 0:17 Google backtracks on sideloading restriction 1:54 Vine IS BACK, kind of, as 'diVine' 3:36 Anthropic: Claude totally hacked stuff 5:10 Micro Center! 6:07 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:16 Firefox building 'AI Window' 7:02 Microsoft fixes W10 update enrollment 7:47 Tesla recalls 10,000 Powerwall 2 ba…

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When Challenge Meets Mind: Finding Flow In Expedition 33 And Elden Ring 46:53

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Send us a text A great game can feel like a new friendship—instant chemistry, shared language, late‑night rabbit holes—until the credits roll and something just doesn’t land. We start with that feeling: Mass Effect Andromeda’s highs in worldbuilding and system exploration, and the lows of a rushed epilogue and a final encounter that denies closure.…

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New Steam Machine, Steam Controller, Steam Frame + more! 10:27

1M ago10:27

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Timestamps: 0:00 not enough people talking about this 0:13 Steam Controller, Steam Machine 2025 1:38 Steam Frame VR headset 3:27 OpenAI loses German copyright case 4:57 dbrand! 5:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:51 Bricked Nest devices saved? 6:28 Windows evolving into 'agentic OS' 7:07 Japan-only PS5 7:55 Injectable brain chips 8:29 Russian robot falls, Chin…

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179: This Week in Deceptive Video Gaming 3:02:39

1M ago3:02:39

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Between Q-Up and It Takes A War it’s been a good little stretch for games that might not quite be what they seem. Let’s talk about those along games that are very much what they seem, like Lumines Arise, Powerwash Simulator 2, and Grand Theft Auto VI. Plus: The five-year anniversary of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is upon us. Wow! Learn more…

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New W11 Start Menu, Fake Ryzen benchmarks, YouTube TV vs Disney + more! 9:08

1M ago9:08

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Timestamps: 0:00 i have no idea what i just said 0:20 Windows 11 new Start menu, influencer marketing 1:53 Ryzen 7 9700X3D fake, Ryzen 5 7500X3D real 3:14 YouTube TV, Disney battle 4:07 Odoo!! 5:02 QUICK BITS INTRO! 5:12 SanDisk NAND prices hike 50% 5:48 over 500 legal misuses of AI 6:32 UK investigates possible bus remote shutoff 7:16 Death Strand…

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Episode 191: No E3 and No Alex Make TYP Something Something 1:12:15

1M ago1:12:15

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Join Perry, Casey, and TYP for another year of Radio Trivia X Talk Nintendo fun. Yeah, we’re late. You probably still have some Halloween candy left.By NintendoWorldReport.com

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New Siri = Gemini, Elon's $1 Trillion, Twitter ghost traffic + more! 8:44

1M ago8:44

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Timestamps: 0:00 drink the news goo and be happy 0:11 Apple's $1B Gemini deal for Siri 1:07 Elon's $1T pay package 2:37 Twitter preloads 'ghost traffic' 3:46 Ground News! 4:37 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:53 GTA 6 delayed again 5:31 Meta weighs scam ad profits 6:22 Hyundai IT services breach 7:04 Tinder's camera-roll-scanning feature NEWS SOURCES: https://lm…

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Google/Epic Games Settlement, YouTube (fixes) mistakes, Stop Killing Games UK hearing + more! 10:15

1M ago10:15

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Timestamps: 0:00 AI makes me anxious 0:14 Google, Epic Games Play Store settlement 1:37 YouTube behaving badly... then fixing it 2:41 Stop Killing Games UK debate 4:25 War Thunder! 5:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:31 Google space data centers, Gemini in Maps 6:20 Apple making budget Macbook 7:00 Amazon sues Perplexity 8:00 PS5 / PC Cross-buy, PS Portal clou…

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178: Virtual Springfield 2K25 3:03:18

1M ago3:03:18

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We missed Mortal Monday, but there’s still plenty to discuss with the new Legacy Kollection. Also: what’s up with ARC Raiders? Plus: Battlefield 6 custom server mayhem, Once Upon A Katamari review update, and that awful-looking Double Dragon game actually shipped? In the news, the Xbox Full Screen Experience officially makes its way to another hand…

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"Update and Shut Down" bug fixed, AMD GPU followup, Google pulls Gemma + more! 10:25

1M ago10:25

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Timestamps: 0:00 i still don’t believe this is real 0:13 Microsoft fixes “Update and Shut Down” bug 1:44 AMD clarifies RDNA 1, 2 driver situation 3:01 Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio 4:28 DeleteMe! 4:59 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:07 Apple launches App Store for the Web 5:47 Hackers, Crime rings work together 6:38 Snapmaker 3D U1 Printer on sale 7:21 Spac…

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Episode 308 - Allegedly (feat. Professor Layton, Despelote, PowerWash Simulator 2 & More) 1:51:43

1M ago1:51:43

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Nothing illegal going on here 00:07:22 Professor Layton & The Curious Village 00:34:37 Despelote 00:45:44 Lego Builder's Journey 00:57:06 PowerWash Simulator 2 01:04:15 Earthion 01:09:49 Deciding Spoilercasts 01:16:25 Choosing Game Difficulty 01:30:25 The Perfect Game Length 01:48:09 Outro You can support us on Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pat…

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Morning Grind, Midnight Games 49:39

2M ago49:39

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Send us a text What happens when your morning routine is harder than a raid boss and your alarm is literally a mini-game? We pull back the curtain on how we protect time for play, work, and creation—sometimes by snoozing five times, sometimes by grabbing coffee at 4 a.m. You’ll hear how we gamify wake-ups, why stable tech beats flashy plugins, and …

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177: An Enthusiastic Four-Year-Old Tells You About Katamari 3:14:12

2M ago3:14:12

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Once Upon a Katamari is finally out and we have something resembling a review from an expert in the field. Speaking of fields, Wreckreation is out and it’s probably about as close as you’re going to get to a Burnout Paradise-like anytime soon. Let’s talk about that, Halo’s campaign remake, some more details around Xbox’s next hardware, Battlefield’…

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Ryzen renames CPUs, Some Discord accounts hacked, Australia sues Microsoft + more! 9:47

2M ago9:47

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Timestamps: 0:00 it's almost halloween i guess 0:19 AMD renames, rebadges older laptop CPUs 1:17 RedTiger-based Discord account hack 2:20 Australia sues Microsoft 3:31 War Thunder! 4:24 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:34 Fujitsu laptops with Blu-ray drives 5:21 Cooler Master walks back repair instructions 6:12 NHTSA investigate's Tesla's Mad Max mode 7:03 Micro…

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CS2 item market implosion, Clippy returns, Xbox issues (Halo on PS5) + more! 9:46

2M ago9:46

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Timestamps: 0:00 ooooh it's gettin spicy 0:10 Valve's Steam update ganks CS2 market 1:19 Microsoft responds to ChatGPT Atlas with Clippy 2:54 Xbox Profits + Halo on PS5 4:36 Rove Lab! 5:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:35 Apple threatens to withhold privacy feature 6:11 Apple will help you switch to Android? 6:47 Memory prices hiked 30% 7:18 Nike Project Ampl…

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Samsung Galaxy XR, ChatGPT Atlas, AWS outage fallout + more! 10:44

2M ago10:44

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Timestamps: 0:00 don't ya hate when that happens 0:13 Samsung Galaxy XR 1:33 ChatGPT Atlas web browser 3:03 AWS outage fallout, Amazon robot workers 4:26 Odoo! 5:20 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 First Nvidia Blackwell GPU made in U.S. 6:14 YouTube rolls out AI 'likeness' detection 7:06 Study finds 45% of chatbot news results suck 7:44 Bionic eye implant 8:…

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176: This Is Not An Xbox (Yet?) 3:13:42

2M ago3:13:42

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Double Fine shows us that a lighthouse can walk! Ball X Pit illustrated the various ways to merge your balls with other balls! Ninja Gaiden 4 shows the perils of merging Platinum’s sensibilities with the legacy of Ninja Gaiden! The ROG Xbox Ally X is out and it’s a computer! Is this the future of Xbox? If so they’ve got a lot of work to do… Also: M…

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Episode 307 - Snappy Boy (feat. Hades II, Gunbrella, Undusted & Crypt Custodian) 1:42:04

2M ago1:42:04

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Finally a normal episode 00:09:09 Hades II 00:16:56 Undusted: Letters From The Past 00:30:23 Gunbrella 00:42:10 Crypt Custodian 00:55:33 Refreshing Stale Franchises 01:18:21 Desert Island Games 01:37:26 Outro You can support us on Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/thisnintendolife⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, remember to send all your correspondence to our…

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Massive AWS outage, Meta studies IG teens, Xbox hardware news + more! 10:04

2M ago10:04

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Timestamps: 0:00 I'm like Bryan Johnson but healthier 0:10 AWS outage takes out huge chunk of internet 1:19 Meta researches how bad IG is 2:40 Xbox blames Ally X price on ASUS 3:50 UGREEN Magflow! 4:39 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:51 Plane maybe struck by space debris? 5:50 Hackers stole govt agent records 6:36 China accuses US in National Time Center hack 7…