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After year off E3 has returned, and after a few months off Brandon Shockney and Di Billick join Bill to talk about what was shown! They cover the major conferences and offer up a few of the games they're most looking forward to in 2021 and beyond!

It's a game about mechs fighting aliens... right? Technically yes, but there's way more to the story of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and Bill, Joe Canalin, and Luis Badillo break it down for you! Favorite characters, favorite twists, and our best effort at explaining what actually happened!

Wrapping up 2020, Bill gets together with Brandon Shockney to discuss their favorite games from the past year! They also, perhaps unwisely, take a glimpse at Spaceballs: The Animated Series during Screenwatching!

The PlayStation 5 and X-Box Series X are all up in our business now, so Bill has chatted with Brandon Shockney and Justine Krueger to get their early impressions!

Shelby Mongan is on this week's episode to break down the mysterious new online phenomenon Blaseball for Bill! We also chat about Among Us, Super Mario 35, Hades, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order!

The classic days of racing games live on! This week have some of team VHR - Rob KTA, Colonel, Aidan, and Ian - to discuss super scaling, drifting, and just going like, really fast.  Meanwhile, Cliff Murphy and I discuss the surprisingly in-depth gaming discussion from network sitcom The Goldbergs!Screenwatching - The Goldbergs (4:47)Interview - Team VHR (39:47)

More games have been played and Cliff Murphy and I are here to discuss them! We chat Hades, Among Us, Until Dawn, the Pokemon TCG, and MTG Arena!

Back to chatting games we've been playing this week with guest Brandon Shockney! We cover Resident Evil 3 (2020), Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Super Mario Galaxy, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore Edition, Starcraft II, and Risk of Rain 2!

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is ready for its 3rd (?!) entry to hit 1.0, and Bill is joined by Vertigo Gaming's Ryan Matejka to discuss! We chart Ryan's progression from fan of series creator David Galindo to veteran writer, new characters debuting, and the series lore even diehard players may not have noticed!Meanwhile, Brandon Shockney has lots to say about the venerable cartoon Muppet Babies in this week's Screenwatching!Screenwatching - Muppet Babies (2:29)Interview - Ryan Matejka (27:33)

Dani, Kevin, and Lisa from Veritable Joy Studios are this week's guests to discuss ValiDate! While I remain distressingly in the dark on what Homestuck is, I do learn a lot about writing rich stories for a diverse cast, where sometimes it can be just as much fun writing about people breaking up as coming together!Meanwhile, Di Billick gives expert NES analysis from a couple scenes of the long-running show Family Guy in Screenwatching!Screenwatching - Family Guy (3:21)Interview -Dani, Kevin, and Lisa (22:14)

Got us some games to be discussing! We lead off with an extensive breakdown of the FF XVI reveal, then talk about Paper Mario: The Origami King, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, and more!

For the first time, Bill is reporting on a 100% online event! Pixel Pop Festival is a diverse showcase for indie titles and discussing the game industry, and this week features interviews with many of this year's speakers!1. Michelle (Homing - 2:27 2. Mars Ashton (Flux) - 11:223. Xelavier Nelson (An Airport for Aliens Run Entirely By Dogs) - 21:124. Sarah Speiers (Mindfulness in the Worplace) - 31:255. Derrick Fields (Onsen Master) - 39:576. Wrapup with Carol Mertz and Mary McKelly - 47:15

Back with a new episode next Monday!

Back again to discuss games we've been playing with Shelby! We talk Song of Bloom, Fall Guys, We Love Katamari, Space Channel 5, and Starcraft II!

Even decades later, the legacy of the NES draws developers to making new games for it. In this week's interview Bill talks with one such person Donny Phillips regarding the game Project Blue, the varying eras of retro gaming, and the feeling of creating a physical cartridge!Meanwhile, Shelby Mongan is on again to discuss more retro gaming fun on Screenwatching with Craig of the Creek!Screenwatching - Craig of the Creek (2:35)Interview - Donny Phillips (31:57)

Cliff is here again to talk about the games he and Bill have been playing! They cover Raft, The Outer Wilds, Satisfactory, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Kuukiyomi: Consider It, and Death Come True!

From the mind of Channel 101 alum and Sinfeld Chronicles creator Austin Stock, we have a game about New York from someone who has never visited! Bill and Austin talk baked hard drives, working for Nickelodeon, and the unexpected directions development has taken.Meanwhile, Cliff Murphy and I take a look at a 2007 episode of the Simpsons, which unexpectedly took place 13 years ago!Screenwatching - The Simpsons (4:05)Interview - Austin Stock (37:38)

This week Brandon has been playing the latest hits with Ghost of Tsushima and Paper Mario: The Origami King, plus checking out the classic Warioware Inc.! Meanwhile Bill has picked out some older titles in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight and Tales from the Borderlands, plus the "old new" game Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2!

After completing the futuristic racer Desert Child, Oscar Brittain has mulliganed into Kardboard Kings, a trading card store management simulator! Bill calls on his Magic: the Gathering experience to ask the hard questions about this extremely unique game scenario.Meanwhile, Brandon Shockney is a friend to me in reviewing the opening scene of Toy Story 2 for Screenwatching!Screenwatching - Toy Story 2 (1:53)Interview - Oscar Brittain (23:16)

Di is back to talk about the games we've been playing! Final Fantasy XV (there's a new book!), The Haunted Island a Frog Detective game, Later Alligator, Her Story, and Roundabout!