Dropped Frames (itmeJP)

Blue Prince has got us falling through layer after layer of puzzles and notes still. Luckily Rami Ismail is here to update us on the health of the games industry in 2025! Nintendo finally locks down it's Tariff induced pricing for the Switch 2 in the US. The worst kept secret: TES: Oblivion is dropping soon and  lots of Star Wars news plus much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - 4/20
3:40 - Lost in Blue Prince
9:00 - Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remaster incoming
13:25  - Dwarf Fortress sells over 1 million copies
13:45 - The Switch 2 console will remain the same price (but not accessories)
18:00 - The Marathon CBT will not be under NDA
27:00 - Rami is here!
32:30 - The state of the industry
1:23:00 - Roblox did it first
1:44:00 - The Last of Us season 2
1:50:00 - Star Wars: A New Hope
1:56:20 - Star Wars Zero Company
2:06:10 - Marvel Rivals adds chroma MTX
2:11:00 - The EU on MTX
2:24:10 - Overwatch 2 Season 16
2:25:50 -  Marvel Rivals swimsuits
2:30:10 - Blades of Fire
2:47:40 - Lost Skies
2:55:40 - Shoutouts

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Newly minted father Strippin is back as the guest, joining JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk about how streaming life is while also trying to raise a family. Of course there's some game talk too, including Mario Tennis Aces, Elder Scrolls Online, whatever weird indie stuff Zeke is up to, and plenty of Kingdom Hearts from JP.

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It's a busy weekend with two fan conventions happening at the same time: Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest & Path of Exile's ExileCon! Announcing a new expansion for the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail as well as a ton of new info for the long-awaited Path of Exile 2. In other news Project L gives an update ahead of EVO 2023, Ubisoft cancels projects, there's weird drama with Armored Core VI! Games this week: The Expanse: A Telltale Game, Punc Club 2, Unholy & more!

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh host with special guest Semmler to talk about his esports career and recent move to Overwatch League. Later the cast talks Persona 5 and Subnautica.

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itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Jericho (better Cohh) discuss the latest Twitch Prime changes as well as Cyberpunk, WoW BFA, and then ZiggyD joins in to chat about Path of Exile: Delve!

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Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for an astronomical sum of cash. We go through what we're excited for and what we're worried about from the industry shaking news. Is E3 canceled forever? How are Tifa's poll numbers in Italy? Then we get into some games: Expedition: Rome, Project: Zomboid and... GEX?

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Incontrol and Pokket are the co hosts joining JP and Zeke. Topics include Fallout 4, Twitch viewership, Tomb Raider, and Undertale.

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We reminisce about 8 years of Dropped Frames this week and we're prepared for another 8 years! Twitter is a mess (again) Will there be a TwitchCon Paris in the middle of protests and riots? Spanish streamer Ibai breaks all records with 3.44 concurrent viewers, Baldur's Gate 3 releasing a month early (whew!) Final Fantasy XVI sells 3 million in its first week! Plus our thoughts on Dave the Diver, the new Conan Exiles expansion: Art of War, Mars First Logistics and much more!

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Dansgaming is the guest for the week, joining JP, Cohh, and Zeke as they talk post PAX East. Topics include Dreadnaught, Gigantic, and Pyre. Later they talk about games they've been playing including Hospital Sim, and Zeke's Indie Monday.

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The gang is back to talk about Observation, WoW Classic, Rage 2, News, E3 updates, and more on this weeks episode of Dropped Frames. 

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Special guest BurkeBlack joins JP, Cohh, and Zeke to talk about his channel. Also discussed are Cuphead, Total War, Warhammer II, Ruiner and more!

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Swiftor and Sacriel join Cohh and JP talk about what they've been streaming, Youtube Red, Star Citizen, and a plethora of other topics.

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Special show! Chris Wilson, co-founder and lead developer on from Path of Exile, joins JP, Zeke, and budget Ninja (Zizaran!) on the show. After they barrage Chris with questions, the boys talk Article 13, VR, and Spider-Man!

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Twitch rolls out some good changes and tests some bad changes this week with some much needed changes to info visibility and stream title links and then decided to try out Twitch ad skins, yikes! We have some TwitchCon 2023 dates and wonder if we're too old for conventions? Big shake-ups at XCOM, Civilization dev Firaxis, Multiversus loses 99% of the userbase on Steam. Like a Dragon: Isshin, Return is on PC, Theatrhythm, and a long discussion on Wild Hearts vs. Monster Hunter are all on the docket as well!

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E3 2023 is cancelled possibly forever! Should we be surprised? The rest of the week didn't have much more positive news as Dark and Darker gets delisted on Steam, The Last of Us Part 1 PC Port is a pile of poo, gamers harass Ada Wong VA off social media and Multiversus shuts down their open beta. In the back half we talk about Contraband Police, our thoughts on the Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dredge & more!

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Swen Vincke the Founder/CEO of Larian Studios returns this week on the eve of their huge game: Baldur's Gate 3 launching! We have tons of questions and so does the community and we get to most of them! After the interview we get to some small tidbits of news: The Overwatch League on the precipes of ending, everyone raging at Diablo 4 & more. Games this week: Remnant 2, Viewfinder, Coreborn and... Everquest?

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TotalBiscuit joins JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk about raging at Darkest Dungeon, Hand of Fate, first day DLC, and the differences between Youtube and Twitch life.

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Everyone is away at TwitchCon so JP brings in Gothalion and Rami Ismail to chat about our fear of flying and other core anxieties like Nintendo's lawyers coming for us! The game director for Concord steps down from role, Square Enix admits the sales for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI didn't meet expectations. We chat about why AI will not make games faster to develop, we get excited about Tokyo Games Show and more!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Fear of flying 3:30 - TwitchCon in 2024 20:10 - GCX 2024 22:05 - Nintendo sues Palworld devs 34:00 - Game rating changes in Australia 45:50 - Concord Game Director steps down 1:03:50 - Krafton CEO thinks Hi-Fi Rush 2 won't make money, but wants to try 1:16:00 - Square Enix admits Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & FFXVI didn't meet sales expectations 1:33:00 - The Oatmeal problem with AI 1:41:25 - Next Battlefield 1:47:30 - Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakzua 1:58:40 - Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 2:09:00 - New Dragon Age Veilguard previews 2:15:40 - Kingdom Hearts 4 will be a soft-reboot 2:19:10 - Football player Ronaldo joins Fatal Fury 2:22:25 - Towerborne 2:31:20 - Wild Bastards 2:34:00 - Star Wars Outlaws 2:37:15 - Observation 2:38:40 - UFO 50 2:41:50 - Satisfactory 2:44:30 - Shoutouts

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A large Nintendo Direct happened this week and we discuss mouthful mode as well as a new Xenoblade Chronicles game (!!!) Then Cohh rants for about 40 minutes on the ending to Dying Light 2. After the break we go in-depth on Lost Ark: What is it? Is it pay-to-win?

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh are joined by Sacriel to talk about XCom, Dying Light, Firewatch, Overwatch, and more.

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KingGothalion is back to join JP, Cohh, and Zeke to talk DestinyCon, Twitch Clips, and games they've been playing. 

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Twitch rolled out their Shared Banned List feature over the week, but is it everything we wanted? We have some suggestions. Then the grift continues as Square Enix launches their NFT project. Minecraft bans NFTs using their game. Lebron James joins Multiversus. Then in the back half we talk about the cat game that's all the rage: Stray. RPing in The Forest. Madison & more!

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Maximilian_DOOD joins JP and Cohh this week to talk all about the future of Summer Games Fest, E3 & fighting games, including a possible megaton rumor dropping this EVO? After that we head into the spoiler zone for some huge BIG BRAIN Final Fantasy 7 Reunion/Rebirth speculation. After that Twitch is rolling out a bunch of new features including a shared global ban list. After that we get Max's thoughts on DNF Duel and more!

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh is joined by 2MGOverCsquared, talking about her content creator life and CS:GO. Later they talk about E3, and the relationship between Youtube Gaming and Twitch.

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KingGothalion returns to Twitch after 3 years abroad and he returns to recount his tales from his time away from the platform. We chat about the reason for leaving, the state of the industry, and all of the Twitch metas missed over his time away. After the break, we chat about the new features coming to Twitch from their TwitchCon EU keynote as well as major shake ups in the world of Warframe!

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Sacriel is back once again to join JP, Zeke and Cohh as they discuss upcoming PAX South, TwitchCon, and Elite Dangerous updates. Later they discuss games they've been playing.

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Cohh, Zeke, and JP with guest host AnneMunition recap Zeke's trip to New York ComicCon. Later they talk about Twitch News, and games they've been playing that week.

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PlayerUnknown is on board with JP, Zeke, and Cohh, talking about his involvement in Battle Royale mods, and discuss Rainbow Six: Siege.

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JP and Zeke are joined by GassyMexican and Stripping to watch and discuss and probably mock The Game Awards 2017.

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We're joined by special guest Rami Ismail this week to chat about the need for an games industry gathering that is developer focused, AI in video games and... The universe is a simulation? Honkai: Star Rail tops 10 million in pre-downloads alone, the validity of gacha games. Then in new Nexon sues Dark and Darker devs IronMace, Redfall locked at 30 fps on consoles, our stunned reactions to Zelda and Final Fantasy XVI & much more.

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke are joined by Bobbyscar to talk about Twitch Bit system, Twitch emote buttgate, Twitch chat bots, and VR porn.

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Zeke has returned to celebrate episode 400!* We also bring back Maximilian to celebrate the occasion too and to chat about the return of Marvel vs. Capcom, his huge modding project and his incredible year as a content creator. All before bringing it down with the recent news that Sony's new hero shooter, Concord is shutting down after a very short 2 week launch. Is the AAA gaming space okay? We get the low-down on ad revenue across streaming services, gush over Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, and glaze up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (no spoilers!) and much more!

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - The real episode 400 2:00 - A good year for Maximilian 4:20 - Why Marvel vs Capcom is a big deal 8:20 - Maximilian's modding project 38:40 - 2XKO reception after alpha 55:00 - Concord shuts down after 2 weeks 1:05:00 - Astrobot is a graveyard 1:13:40 - Phil Spencer says he has made mistakes 1:25:00 - Budgets are too high 1:35:00 - Actor for Yakuza told not to play the games 1:42:00 - Balatro coming to Switch and mobile 1:44:00 - Fishing in No Man's Sky 1:50:40 - The ad wars on Twitch 2:05:00 - Youtube vs Twitch streaming 2:23:00 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2:51:00 - Black Myth: Wukong needs a map 2:58:00 - Glazing up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 3:01:00 - Wisdom 3:05:50 - Shoutouts

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Strippin joins JP, Cohh, and Zeke to talk Destiny 2, Twitch mobile app, Albion Online, Beyond Good and Evil and more!

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This is a heavy news week with TwitchCon Paris 2023 bringing in a surprising amount of new features to the platform. Ubisoft Swatter gets off lightly in France. Co-Creator of Sonic the Hedgehog - Yuji Naka - Sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for insider trading. Overwatch 2 dropping PvE again? Or not? Diablo 4 unveils its season content. Street Fighter 6 sells over 2 million units and much more!

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It's a games heavy episode this week as we go through some of the games we've played over the last month including: Chained Echoes, Against the Storm, Steamworld Build, Deliver Us Mars and many more! But first we have a long discussion on AI, the growing list of game delays and GAAS games ending. Also is The Day Before a real game? All that and more! 

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Soon-to-be-dad Strippin graces the show with his presence, joining JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk about the wonders of raising kids, but then realize they should probably talk some games so Zeke has his Indie Sunday list, Path of Exile, Sea of Thieves, and much more!

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It's a bit different episode as JP, Zeke, Cohh, and Sacriel play some PUBG. There's also some Darkest Dungeon DLC talk.

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke reveal their Top 10 GOTY for 2017

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The trio decide to tackle the age old question: What is indie? Also, Cohh and JP try to convince Zeke to play KH2, and then Zeke plays the worst Christmas games of all times. Also, old virtual machines. 

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JP and Cohh are joined by Dodger and Admiral Bahroo to watch the Nintendo Conference at E3 2018

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Ellohime joins Jericho, JP, and Zeke have some real talk about being a public figure at conventions and events. Later they discuss games they've been playing, including MLB The Show and PUBG.

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Danny O'Dwyer is back with JP, Cohh, and Zeke to talk about running Patreon. In hour two they talk about recent gaming news and games they've been playing including Bioshock remaster.

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Maximilian_Dood is the guest host alongside JP, Cohh, and Zeke as they talk Resident Evil 7. Further discussions happen about Zelda, the Switch, and Nioh, as well as the best game Zeke has ever played: My Summer Car.

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It's Cohh's birthday today and it's time to get HYPE with Twitch's new Supercha - Hype Chat features! Twitch also rolled out a new dashboard homepage that seems good but needs some more time to cook. Phil Spencer admits they bought Bethesda to keep Starfield off of Playstation. Meanwhile Starfield might not have a physical edition at all? The Nintendo Direct gives us Elephant Mario, Zeke has a ton of demos to tell us about and JP and Cohh have been loving Final Fantasy XVI! 

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It's just Cohh, JP, and Zeke this week as they talk VR Games, Planet Coaster, and Steep as well as other games.

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke welcome back Bikeman to the land of the living as they discuss his brush with death, taking care of yourself as a streamer, and then some games they've been playing including Divinity: Original Sin 2.

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Adam Koebel is back as a guest host with JP, Zeke, and Cohh, talking Monster Hunter World, a little bit of a Horizon Zero Dawn DLC, and a whole lot of weebing out over Persona 5. 

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Cohh returns to catch us up on the life of a chicken owner, and also being a father. Then we weird story of Streamlabs as well as the bombshell investigation into Activision Blizzard & Bobby Kotick by the Wall Street Journal. We predict the winners of The Game Awards 2021 that are 100% correct. Then we talk about League of Legends lore, the surprise drop of Halo Infinite multiplayer and much more!

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JP, Cohh and Zeke discuss the ramifications of E3 being cancelled. Also... Games. Are. Coming. Out! Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Call of Duty: Warzone, RimWorld shenanigans, why Yosuke sucks, and loads of indies to go through!

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JP, Cohh, and Zeke are joined by SirScoots for a look back at esports history. In the second hour, they talk about professionalism in streaming.

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We're back with a very "normal" episode and teach you how to load a horse properly. Twitch has new follower & animated emotes. The pros/cons of the recent Twitch x Final Fantasy XIV collab event, Magic Legends shutting down before releasing. EFT has a new patch and wipe, Zeke has played a ton of great indie games, Cohh has played SCARLET NEXUS, and JP is back into Fire Emblem.

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh discuss games they've been playing including Doom, Telltale's Batman, and Va-11Hall-A. Hour two is taken up by No Man's Sky.

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Buckle up folks, this is a long one! Rami Ismail is back as a guest, and alongside JP, Cohh, and Zeke talk through all things coming up at E3 2018, everything that's already been revealed, and everything that may come up at various conferences.

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh are joined by GiantWaffle, talking about Warhammer, Ark, Fallout 4, Rocket League, and various other games.

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We're joined by Jericho and DansGaming this week to chat about YouTube contracts expiring, trying to figure out why Twitch and Youtube are alienating their core audience and the weirdness of Ad revenue. We then get the lowdown on the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and how it's not really reinventing the wheel before ending on our in-depth review of Star Wars Outlaws!

0:00 - Intro 1:30 - FOOTBALL 3:00 - Everyone returning to Twitch 12:00 - Short-form content on a long-form platform 18:00 - ADVERTISEMENTS 23:00 - PAX West 24:50 - Remedy & Annapurna team up 30:50 - Should games cost more? 39:25 - Concord reportedly sold 25,000 units 46:50 - Deadlock over 100k players on Steam 1:03:30 - Stalker 2 have passionate devs 1:16:00 - Borderlands 4 1:17:20 - Itsuno leaves Capcom after 30 years 1:22:00 - Visions of Mana 1:32:00 - Nintendo Direct 1:34:20 - Blue Protocol ends services and cancels global release 1:34:40 - Foamstars goes F2P 1:35:10 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 1:55:00 - Core Keeper 2:00:00 - Black Myth: Wukong 2:07:10 - Star Wars Outlaws review 2:53:00 - Shoutouts

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It's been a crazy week for game releases! JP has been deep into Path of Exile 2, luckily we've brought in a ringer with GassyMexican to give us the lowdown on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Marvel Rivals!

0:00 - Intro
2:20 - The week of games
2:50 - AI emotes
9:00 - Merged chat
22:40 - More people watch games than play games
30:50 - OTK Winter's Game Expo
36:00 - PC Gaming Most Wanted
37:05 - The Streamer Awards
42:30 - Fortnite Ballistic
49:40 - Moonlighter 2
52:45 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
1:30:25 - Marvel Rivals
2:09:30 - Twitter take of the week
2:12:45 - Path of Exile 2
2:50:30 - Our TGA plans
2:56:45 - Shoutouts

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh do their yearly live Game of the Year list for 2016.

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Fútbol & Twitter is ending and we have mixed feelings. John Carmack leaves Meta & Oculus. The Game Awards continues to gain viewership, the Diablo IV drama reignites, Metzen surprisingly returns to World of Warcraft & more! Plus our thoughts on High on Life, Dark and Darker, the latest Street Fighter VI beta, SIGNALIS (finally.) and an appearance from the GOAT: Jesus Christ!

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Strippin joins JP, Zeke, and Cohh on how to lay the groundwork to streaming. Later they talk about games they've been playing including Transformers, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and Guild Wars 2.

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The reunion is finally here! Joining regular hosts itmeJP and Cohh Carnage are level 4 (and beyond) FF7 theorists Maximilian_DOOD and Strippin! We go extremely deep on the remake, the OG FF7, Crisis Core, Advent Children, and a plethora of other related media as we try to figure out what just happened in the remake as well as what might happen in the sequel games.

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JP, Cohh, and GassyMexican live at PAX East 2016

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We're joined by DansGaming this week to get the lowdown on Ubisoft's new Assassin's Creed game! GDC was this week, including award winners like Balatro, ARK released an AI trailer and the devs have no idea who made it. A worldwide game dev union is being formed, someone found a hidden level in Split-Fiction and much more! 

0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Ice water
4:00 - Assassin's Creed Shadows
45:50 - Quick Valhalla spoiler
46:30 - Spoiler over
1:01:50 - GDC and IGF awards
1:03:00 - ARK and AI
1:08:30 - A union being formed for game devs
1:10:20 - Hidden level in Split Fiction
1:11:00 - Atomfall
1:21:40 - Future Games Showcase
1:43:50 - Single-Player games are dead (again)
1:46:50 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1:56:00 - 33 Immortals
2:08:50 - Heavy Rain
2:24:25 - R.E.P.O
2:29:00 - Order 13
2:31:40 - Poop Killer 9
2:38:30 - Look Outside
2:47:00 - Gaming pet peeves
2:50:10 - Shoutouts

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Award season is upon us, but for the game industry and content creator industry - We chat about all the big winners at The Streamer Awards and The Dice Awards that took place over the weekend. Helldivers 2 is suffering from success as another megaton weekend stops players from entering the game. Skull & Bones also launched!

0:00 - Democracy 9:10 - The Streamer Awards 37:35 - The DICE Awards 47:50 - Horse Armor in Diablo 4 58:45 - Skull & Bones - The first AAAA game 1:13:40 - The XBOX podcast 1:19:00 - Embraced 1:23:40 - Golden Sun 1:32:24 - Deep Rock Galactic Survivor 1:42:25 - Banishers: Ghosts of Eden 1:52:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:00:00 - The end of February is intense for games 2:09:55 - Halo Season 2 2:11:35 - Shoutouts

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We return from the Wilds and the plague to bring you an all new episode! We catch up on the games we've finished including Avowed, Split Fiction, and almost Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Praise Kojima, become very interested in Silent Hill, realize we're old as Chrono Trigger celebrates 30 years and become vulnerable with an AI voice!

0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Laundry
8:30 - Tub grub investments
12:00 - Finishing games
13:50 - Avowed
34:00 - Death's Stranding 2
41:40 - Silent Hill f
45:30 - Split Fiction
1:05:00 - Chrono Trigger turns 30
1:08:00 - Assassin's Creed Shadow
1:16:00 - Claire Obscura Expedition 33
1:28:00 - R.E.P.O
1:41:30 - Pirate Yakuza
1:54:00 - Monster Hunter Wilds
2:08:00 - Steam Next Fest demos
2:23:00 - Core Keeper
2:26:20 - Twitch partners with StreamElements
2:33:00 - Maya the AI
2:40:00 - Twitch Mobile app changes
2:50:40 - Shoutouts

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Cohh's got a new baby, Zeke's in Tokyo, so JP has recruited an old friend and a new friend: djWHEAT and BurkeBlack to chat about Stadia, E3, Sekiro, Skyrim VR, and a ton more! 

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The year is coming to a close and the gang is finding different news bits to talk about! Plus Phoenix Point, Outer Wilds, indies, and the big Death Stranding Spoiler talk! 

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The gang is in a gaming slump with the rest of Twitch as new releases are sparse at the start of the year, so they watch trailers, talk news, and discuss the old games they're playing.

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It's time for our extremely objective list of the top games of 2024! Much deliberation and brain power was used in the making of these lists to give you the most accurate assessment of what games are the best in 2024!

0:00 - Intro

2:55 - Games We're Playing

19:32 - Our GOTY begins!

20:24 - Favorite New IP

30:33 - Favorite Multiplayer

39:52 - Favorite Writing

49:20 - Favorite Art Style

55:05 - Favorite Music

1:00:46 - Favorite Sound Design

1:07:51 - Favorite Character

1:19:11 - Favorite Performance

1:31:12 - Intermission

1:36:11 - Favorite Moment

1:45:52 - Favorite Feature

1:57:01 - Biggest Surprise

2:07:46 - Biggest Disappointment

2:20:01 - Games We Wished We Played

2:28:16 - Most Anticipated Game of 2025

2:35:34 - Top 3 Games Streamed

2:37:07 - Our Top 10 Games of 2024

3:52:48 - Shoutouts

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Towelliee and Jesse Cox join JP and Cohh to talk about games they've been playing recently including I Am Setsuna, VR stuff, and Overwatch. In hour two they talk about WoW Legion expansion.

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Zeke shows up late while JP and Cohh talk about Ninja, the UK, and more games! 

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Reporting in from England, GassyMexican joins JP and Zeke to contrast and compare various regional upscale supermarkets and convenience stores. Then we talk about the unexpectedly great Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy as well as the recently-released-into-early-access: Darkest Dungeon 2 and much more!

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CDPR is on another apology binge amidst more lawsuits over the state of Cyberpunk 2077. Then we move directly in to the new Path of Exile league and why it's the best league for new, returning and veteran players. Then Zeke goes to retro space in Space Quest IV + much more!

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It's that time of the year where we look back at all the games release and make them fight amongst each other for the award of which game is the best game of the year! We go through all the nominees, wonder why Sifu is there and why Vampire Survivors isn't there and contemplate the war between juggernauts: Elden Ring & God of War Ragnarok. In the back half we go through some of the games we've been playing and haven't yet discussed!

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This week we dive into Helldivers 2, a game that has a surprising amount of depth. Then we drop into the news where rumors of XBOX going multiplatform gains traction, Disney puts stake into Epic Games, and take a look at the best selling games of 2023 and much more!

0:00 - Beards
8:30 - Super Bowl
18:15 - Helldivers 2
47:25 - XBOX going multiplatform?
1:01:50 - Disney puts stake into Epic Games
1:08:50 - The first AAAA game by Ubisoft
1:14:20 - Behind the scenes with Deus Ex
1:15:50 - Best selling games in 2023
1:24:20 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo
1:25:10 - Dead Cells ending after 7 years
1:27:10 - Dropped Frames in the news
1:33:40 - Mobile Elden Ring?
1:36:10 - Death Stranding 2 & Kojima
1:50:18 - Steam Next Fest

2:45:35 - Shoutouts

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It's the first episode of 2020 and also our Game of the Year episode for 2019! Also we have a new intro! And Music! 

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It's all about games, games, games this week! Joining JP, Cohh, and Zeke is industry vet and DF regular Rami Ismail to deep-dive in to Ghost of Tsushima (no spoilers!) as well as a check-in with No Man's Sky, a first-look at Obsidian's Grounded, and Zeke co-hosted an Indie Showcase that featured lots of good stuff!

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EatMyDiction returns to join JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk about Twitch's new Food category, Twitch viewership fluctuations, and other news. Later they talk about games they've been playing including Salt and Sanctuary, Warhammer:Vermintide, and Deus Ex remaster.

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Richard_Hammer joins JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk Jurassic World game, mobile Final Fantasy XV, and other upcoming games. Later they discuss more Path of Exile, Dauntless, and XCom 2

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Dan S. Gaming joins us on a very contentious week on Twitch. We dive into Twitch rolling out localized subscription prices. Continuing the Twitch news: Twitch demonetized popular streamer: Amouranth's ad revenue with zero communication. After that we get to the games: Subnautica Below Zero, Dan's thoughts on Returnal and Resident Evil Village, Zeke has been playing Demon's Souls for PS5, JP & Cohh are HYPED for Guilty Gear Strive! And much more!

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Towelliee is back again, joining JP, Zeke, and Cohh to talk Mass Effect, Undertale, Dragon's Dogma, VR, and various other topics.

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We are joined by Luke Crane, the head of Outreach & International at Kickstarter and the designer of the new cult classic TTRPG: Burning Wheel to talk about how games are kickstarted, as well as modern RPG mechanics. Then we chat about Wolcen, and Zeke has a whole bunch of Indie games!

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JP and Cohh are joined by Rami Ismael, Admiral Bahroo, and Annemunition for the Sony Conference at E3 2018

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh are joined by ProfessorBroman to talk about The Division in length. Later they discuss games they've been playing. 

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Cohh is sick this week so we get right to it with the news of the week! FTC vs Microsoft, Dwarf Fortress surpassing expectations on Steam and what we thought of The Game Awards 2022. Cohh got a sneak peak at Owlcat's Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Alpha. Zeke has been playing Metal Gear Solid 4 plus our thoughts on Forspoken & Marvel's Midnight Suns. Then we get into our big spoliercast discussion of God of War Ragnarok!

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It's award season this weekend as we discuss the first (annual?) Streamer Awards, but also the Video Game Accessibility Awards & the SXSW Game Awards all on the same day. Sony had a short State of Play this week and Capcom is making a not-Dino Crisis co-op game. The Domina dev took too much of something. Then in the back half we have a discussion around FOMO in Lost Ark as well as Zeke's Indies!

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This week itmeJP, CohhCarnage, and Ezekiel_III are joined by special guest: DeejayKnight to have a discussion on being a POC on the Twitch platform, as well as how Twitch can be a force for education especially in the STEM categories. In the second half: We dive head first in to the DMCA scare happening on Twitch. Then we have a round of hype check on our expectations going in to the Playstation 5 event!

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This is it! Our definitive list of video games for the year 2020 are here. Just in time for 2021!

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Join JP, Cohh, and Zeke talking about Twithc Sub Gifting, Death's Gambit, We Happy Few, WoW: BFA, Doom Ternal, News, and more! 

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We're back to catch up on the state of the AAA games indus... OH GOD. Everything is on fire! Okay how about the surprise hit Helldi~Oh no! Marvel Rivals also went into Closed Alpha Test this week and we'll tell you all the ways that it's not like Overwatch. Hades 2 amazes, we gush over V Rising, fall into the ANIMAL WELL and more! 

0:00 - The echo
2:00 - The news by Zeke
2:50 - The Helldivers 2 drama
17:55 - Now on to Microsoft
45:00 - More layoffs incoming
59:00 - Switch 2 announcement soon?
1:02:30 - Marvel Rivals controversy
1:17:00 - Playing Marvel Rivals
1:40:15 - EA wants Advertisements inside games
1:50:55 - Hades 2
2:02:00 - ANIMAL WELL
2:15:30 - V Rising 1.0
2:35:00 - HOMM 3
2:46:00 - Stellar Blade
2:49:00 - Dead Island 2
2:52:40 - Another Crab's Treasure
2:53:30 - Little Kitty Big City
2:56:20 - Finishing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:58:40 - Shoutouts

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Zeke is out this week as the ConVID as taken him and many others this week after a brief jaunt through Vegas for TwitchCon! Taking up the mantle for the week is GassyMexican to chat about all the new info coming out of TwitchCon! Then we get into possibly another Game of the Year contender: Alan Wake 2!

0:00 - Ghost Cohh 2:20 - What happens in Vegas 5:40 - TwitchCon 41:30 - Twitch CEO 53:00 - Stories 57:00 - Stream Together 1:10:00 - Twitch Alerts 1:11:30 - Chat warnings 1:15:00 - Twitch embeds 1:21:25 - Simulcasting 1:30:20 - Pete Hinds retiring 1:32:40 - Star Citizen: Squadron 42... Looks good? 1:37:00 - Capcom thriving 1:39:30 - Skull & Bones... Delayed again? 1:41:00 - XBOX Partner Showcase 1:44:00 - Alan Wake 2 1:59:40 - City Skylines 2 2:03:50 - Paradox parts ways with Hairbrained Schemes 2:04:20 - Lords of the Fallen 2:08:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:12:10 - Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2:29:20 - Endless Dungeon 2:33:30 - Cohh producing a game 2:43:30 - Shoutouts

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Cohh is out this week as he makes his way to GDC so joining us this week is Jesse Cox to chat about Tik Tok, a whole bunch of studios being unembraced, PS5 Pro, Summer Games Fest and a whoooooole lot of Final Fantasy!

0:00 - Sweetened iced tea
9:30 - Hotel Zeke
14:30 - Dragon's Dogma nightmare fuel
16:30 - TIK TOK TOE
20:00 - Pig butchering scams
47:00 - Battlefront Classic Collection woes
53:30 - PS5 Pro specs!
57:00 - Summer Game Fest
1:08:00 - Saber Interactive Embraces
1:20:00 - Runescape
1:30:00 - FF7 Rebirth only sell 23k physical copies in Japan
1:33:00 - Palworld 
1:41:00 - Helldivers 2 secrets
1:48:00 - Final Fantasy XVI coming to PC soon
1:50:00 - final Fantasy XIV is too easy?
1:56:00 - theatrythm 
2:19:00 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:25:40 - Dragon's Dogma 2
2:31:00 - Project Zomboid
2:39:30 - Astroneer
2:49:00 - TELEVISION
2:59:00 - Shoutouts

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AdmiralBahroo is the guest host with JP, Zeke, and Cohh as they talk about Twitch Affiliate program, sub gifting, PUBG, Darkest Dungeon, Super Nintendo re-release, and watch as Bahroo's acustic panels slowly disappear.

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Bikeman is back, back again! Together with JP, Cohh, and Zeke, they gush about Yakuza 0 (and the Yakuza series in general), talk some Vermintide 2, sift through Indie Sunday games, and discuss some Twitch news.

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The industry seems to be on fire this week with massive layoffs, cancellations & horrible PR gaffes. So who better to walk us through all of this horrible news than indie game developer/pilot Rami Ismail! We also go over some light-hearted news such as the massive changes coming to Destiny 2, Rami's 2022 GOTY list & more!

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JP, Zeke, and Cohh with special guest GassyMexican discuss post TwitchCon 2017. Later they discuss games they've been playing including Wolfenstein, South Park, and Elex.

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New Dad & BFF of Vanilla Ice: DatModz joins us to really get into the weeds with the latest Diablo IV beta! How does it stack up to other modern ARPG games? Is it too easy? Will the game have longevity? Then we take a long deep-dive in the current state of Twitch with the recent announcement of Emmett Shear resigning from CEO and the news of the company laying off 400 employees.

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The cast restreams the Borderlands 3 event and then goes on to discuss Days Gone, Indies, and CrazyDan's questions of the week! 

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This week on Dropped Frames the trio preview everything to come from E3 2019. Also, theres a conversation about The Witcher. It's a thing. 

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JP decides to make Episode 183 the hot takes episodes and we discover the true essence of JP and Cohh while Zeke sits idly by, dodging the poo flung from the crowd. Also, Anthem, Metro, RE2, and more games! 

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Zeke took a 3 day "vacation" this last weekend AKA getting banned from Twitch. So he had a lot of free time to go outside and enjoy life. However, this opened up conversations about the lack of consistency with how Twitch handles bans. JP plays the DLC to Fire Emblem: Three Houses and it's hard! Cohh tried out a few games, but Final Fantasy XIV is all he can think about!

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