Press START

Updated: 02 Jun 2025 • 168 episodes
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It's the Gen Z video game podcast. Tori Domínguez Peek, Noah Hertz and Nathaniel Wilson break down the latest in gaming news, talk about what they're playing and do some deep dives into the industry and their favorite games.

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OK, first thing's first: SPOILERS FOR CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 FROM 1:13:38-1:20:14. Second thing's second, sorry for some of the audio inconsistencies this week. It's entirely Noah's fault and nobody else is responsible for it. All of that aside, we're playing some sick games this week. We do our best to tip toe ar

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The way these games are starting to cost, we're all gonna be ice soup households soon. But Borderlands 4 will be worth it!! THINGS MENTIONED: IGN on the new Battlefront 3 hype Randy Pitchford sucks (from Gamesradar) Brian Eno rules (from PC Gamer) Tori's on bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠toridp98⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our i

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That's right: forget a morning podcast taping. This is how wild and crazy things can get After Dark. THINGS MENTIONED IGN on Kojima's "forgetting game." Wired on AI Vader. Variety with the latest on the SAG-AFTRA strike. PCGamer on the Overwatch union. The Verge on Bungie's oopsie (theft). Morbid Zoo's Sinners video. S

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Star Wars is in the air (for better or worse), and this week we're talking about our recent playthroughs of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Sit down, tune in and don't have a bad feeling about this one. FURTHER READING/WATCHING Polygon's reporting on crunch at Traveler's Tales during the game's development Scott th

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Lots of bad news this week!! We do our best to make the best of it. THINGS MENTIONED: Kotaku on the Microsoft price hikes Bloomberg on the EA layoffs And Polygon sold to Valnet from Kotaku The Verge going deeper on that GTA VI delayed Scott the Woz re: Lego Star Wars Tori's online Nathaniel's on Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ natha

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OK, first thing's first, the MGS2 spoilers are at 52:00 and lasts until 59:30. Besides that, we're light on news this week because we all played and watched so much dang stuff. Enjoy :) THINGS MENTIONED Yes, Sidney Sweeney is supposed to be in the Split Fiction movie Business Insider on Ryan Coogler's Sinners deal Coll

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