Hello and welcome to your weekly side quest! In this week's quest, the party talk about mobile gaming and how it's affected their lives, Jedi: Survivor heading to last-gen consoles for some reason, and a short hiatus to improve upon the show.

Timestamps

00:00:00 – Intro

00:00:49 – Start

00:01:27 – Mobile Gaming

00:37:41 – Jedi: Survivor coming to last-gen consoles

00:49:12 – Future of the show with YouTube

00:52:50 – Outro

00:53:30 – End

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Hello and welcome back to your weekly side quest! In this week’s quest, the party discusses the games they’ve been playing during the two-week hiatus, and Jorge talks about the unusually high number of video game panels he went to at the pop culture mecca of the world that is San Diego Comic-Con International!

Timestamps

00:00:12 – Start

00:04:15 – Baldur’s Gate 3

00:20:50 – Mass Effect 2

00:31:24 – Fortnite, Warzone 2, and Valorant

00:37:21 – SDCC: Lucasfilm and EA Panel

00:49:41 – SDCC: Mortal Kombat 1

00:53:40 – SDCC: Spider-Man 2

01:09:36 – SDCC: Star Wars Outlaws

01:25:42 – End

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Hello and welcome to your weekly side quest! In this week’s Jorge-less quest, Grant and Ernesto talk about some wins for Sega of America and developer Bungie, Assassin’s Creed finally being set in Japan, and sex scenes in games in light of THAT Baldur’s Gate 3 bear scene.   Timestamps

00:00:07 – Intro

00:02:14 – Sega of America unionization and Bungie lawsuit victory

00:06:10 – Baldur’s Gate 3 bear scene and other sex scenes in gaming

00:43:28 – Japanese Assassin’s Creed

00:48:28 – Outro

Hello and welcome to your weekly side quest! With the year just about halfway done, Jorge, Grant, and Ernesto take the time to talk about some video game topics, from what they think are the biggest surprises in gaming and what are utter disappointments to their favorite game so far, and what future releases they’re looking forward to in the next half of the year.

Timestamps

00:00:07 – Intro

00:02:24 – Biggest surprise in gaming (so far)

00:28:35 – Most disappointing games

01:03:25 – Favorite game (at the moment)

01:22:27 – Games looking forward to

01:23:30 – Outro

Hello and welcome to your weekly side quest! On this week’s quest, Jorge, Grant, and Ernesto discuss Annapurna Interactive’s first in-house game, Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, the remarks from developer CD Projekt Red’s VP of PR regarding Cyberpunk 2077’s initial launch, and the possible future of the gaming industry following the last day of the Microsoft versus the FTC case.

Timestamps

00:00:00 – Intro

00:02:00 – Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth

00:08:30 – Cyberpunk 2077’s VP of PR remarks

00:38:40 – The development cost of some PlayStation exclusives 

00:41:02 – The outrageous BlizzCon 2023 pricing

00:50:11 – Final thoughts on Microsoft vs. FTC

01:25:23 – Outro

Hello and welcome to your weekly side quest! On this week’s relatively beefy quest, Jorge, Grant, and Ernesto talk about Microsoft’s day in court with the Federal Trade Commission and the impact on the gaming industry, Bethesda’s creative and technical choices with Starfield, and Ubisoft’s massively ambitious Star Wars Outlaws.

Timestamps

00:00:00 – Intro

00:01:35 – Microsoft versus the FTC

00:40:10 – Starfield being locked at 30FPS and each planet only having 10% of life

00:59:56 – Star Wars Outlaws Gameplay Impressions

00:34:21 – Outro

Hello, and welcome to your weekly side quest! On the second part of this week’s quest, Jorge, Grant, and Ernesto not only unpack Xbox Games Showcase and pick their favorites but also examine developer Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield and how it may or not be too good to be true.

Timestamps

00:01:50 – Star Wars: Outlaws

00:10:13 – Avowed

00:18:00 – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (SPOILERS)

00:34:25 – Starfield

Hello and welcome to your weekly side quest! On the first part of this week’s relatively short quest, Jorge, Grant, and Ernesto highlight some Summer Game Fest 2023 announcements and pick their favorite games from the showcase event!

Timestamps

00:01:25 – Mortal Kombat 1

00:07:32 – John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando

00:17:16 – Alan Wake 2