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This week, Danny and Spencer talk precious metals, almost start a cult over the new Linkin Park, dive into two wildly different indie games (Blue Prince and Schedule 1), and go full film bro over Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners.” Plus, early reactions to The Last of Us Season 2’s emotional gut-punch and whether we’re emotionally ready to re-enter that world. It’s movies, music, games, and general DMGT chaos.

In this week’s episode, we break our usual no-sports rule to talk about the internet-breaking Luka Doncic trade and somehow end up comparing it to Avatar: The Way of Water. Then, we dive into the increasingly cursed Jurassic Park franchise with a pitch involving talking dogs, because why not. We also unpack the Fantastic Four trailer, practical effects vs CGI, our medieval gaming kicks, and why more games need a scream button. Oh, and yes—Danny still loves his iPad Mini.Tune in for chaotic vibes, questionable NBA metaphors, and whatever the hell a m’lord is.

In this episode of the DMGT Podcast, Danny and Spencer start 2025 discussing technology, gaming, and the internet's influence on life. They evaluate CES, where excitement often overshadows practicality, and talk about AI's significant effects, mixing worry with curiosity. The hosts critique the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation, joke about struggling Chicago sports teams, and examine a funny conspiracy theory about raisins in cookies. The episode provides thoughtful insights and light-hearted conversations for both tech fans and casual listeners.

In this final DMGT podcast episode of the year, Danny and Spencer reflect on 2024’s biggest moments in gaming, music, and tech. They break down Game of the Year debates, share some sleeper hits that flew under the radar, and get into some hilariously passionate discussions about holiday movies (yes, Die Hard comes up). Plus, a look ahead at what’s coming in 2025 for both the industry and the DMGT. It’s the perfect wrap-up for the year—don’t miss it!

Danny rides SOLO for this pre-turkey day edition of the pod.The Game Awards announced their 2024 nominees and people have lost their minds over Shadow of the Erdtree, an Elden Ring DLC, being nominated for Game of the Year.New surprise Kendrick, new Linkin Park - therefore Danny is having a great month on the music front.Also some black friday stuff.

Spencer & Danny talk new Tyler, The Creator, the PlayStation 5 Pro, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and more Baldur’s Gate 3.

Spencer & Danny return from an unintentional hiatus to discuss iPad Mini 7, When We Were Young Fest, Emo vs Pop Punk.Nintendo released an alarm clock for single people (true).

More AI Descriptions:This episode covers the release of Astro Bot, a game gaining attention for its gameplay and visuals. We discuss the features of iOS 18, Apple's latest update, and its future implications. Finally, we celebrate Linkin Park's reunion, exploring their journey and the excitement for their new tour and album. Join us as we explore these developments in technology, gaming, and music.

We let AI write this episodes description, enjoy:In our latest podcast episode, we delve into the high price point of the anticipated PS5 Pro, examining factors that may influence its cost and what it means for consumers in the current economic climate. Additionally, we discuss the recent announcement of the iPhone 16, exploring its new features and how it compares to its predecessors in both functionality and price. The episode provides insights into the implications of these launches for gamers and tech enthusiasts alike, offering a balanced perspective on the value and market trends surrounding these flagship products.

Danny learns how to read.Spencer makes a bold early Game of the Year prediction. Black Myth Wukong breaks records. Gamescom has games.Danny wants to play Civilization 7. Spencer wants to play Dune Awakening.

Spencer & Danny return from summer vacation to discuss more nerd shit.In this episode, TVs from CES (Spencer bought one), Hades 2, Shadow of the Erdtree, & our best beat switch songs.

Spencer & Danny discuss their favorite video games & albums of the year so far.The 2024 PlayStation State of Play may have put Spencer to sleep.

Spencer and Danny talk new Billie Eilish plus some games we're playing.Hype for Elden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeIGN makes a weird tweet about Kai Cenat beating Elden Ring, potentially using ChatGPT?Spencer gives ChatGPT pointers.

Spencer & Danny talk Xbox shutting down more studios, Hades 2, & Prince of Persia.Reactions to the fallout from the Drake v Kendrick beef getting ugly over the weekend.

Spencer & Danny mini rant about The Tortured Poets Department.Drake drops back to back Kendrick diss tracks, using AI Tupac & Snoop in Taylor Made Freestyle.We review Fallout on Prime after completing the season.

Spencer and Danny wildly speculate about Silksong with Australia officially giving the game a rating. Release day imminent? We talk (slight spoilers) first 4 episodes of Fallout on Amazon Prime. How does it stack up to other video game adaptations?Humane AI and tech twitter go nuclear (get it?) over MKBHD’s bad review of the device. Distasteful & unethical? Some tech dweeb with a blue check mark says so, so it must be true.

Spencer & Danny talk Star Wars Outlaws story trailer and our relatively low expectations from Ubisoft.J Cole drops Might Delete Later, and responds to Kendrick on 7 Minute Drill. Mid diss track, but then he apologizes. We’re disappointed in this weak rap “beef”.Also Apple allowing game emulators on the App Store.

Beyonce drops her much anticipated country inspired album, Cowboy Carter. Spencer & Danny talk about genre fluidity and our impressions of it.Dragon’s Dogma 2 is janky but fun. Our impressions so far roughly 20-30 hours in respectively.Apple finds itself in an anti-trust lawsuit agains the US government, why it’s probably a good thing for consumers.

Spencer & Danny go full send on Dune Part 2 (MAJOR SPOILERS). The philosophies of the story, Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation, cinematography , Danny goes full glaze, as the kids call it.

More gaming industry layoffs, Spencer & Danny talk about big budget media being unsustainable & could mid-budget AA games save industry jobs.Tiktok & Universal continue their very public beef over music rights & proper artist compensation, but who’s right? Are either of them right?Wendy’s being dumb and trying AI price surging, it’s going to fail. We get fired up about it lolAnd lastly, Danny tries to convince Spencer to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

The boys talk about our time with Helldivers 2, the seeming cooldown of Palworld, & what makes good live service games (0:00)What’s with Sony’s inconsistency as a brand, Madam Web met very negatively, the same big studio responsible for the Spider-Verse movies, maybe a new PlayStation handheld different from the Portal, seemingly no clear direction. (37:04)

Spencer & Danny discuss Xbox waving the white flag in the console wars (allegedly), what that means for the future of Xbox & the gaming space as a whole.Discussing Grounded 2 (Making of The Last of Us Part 2) documentary, and why the PS5 may be slow on games this generation.

Spencer & Danny kick things off with terrible dad jokes (0:00), Palworld’s rise and subsequent AI controversies, what Nintendo could learn, and can it sustain it’s popularity (16:03). Rumors of the Nintendo Switch 2 are picking up steam, is “only” PS4 power a problem or enough, no OLED a dealbreaker? (35:02) Apple Vision Pro, Apple enters the VR/AR space with “spatial computing” but impressions don’t seem worth the price tag, what it could mean for the XR space (46:00).

Spencer & Danny are back from CES, but first Danny makes Spencer play the “pick 1” game with Coheed & Cambria albums. Which thing from CES 2024 we want the most.Predicting 2024 Game of the Year and figuring out how to set up a fantasy video games league. Ubisoft maybe turning it around with Prince of Persia?T-Pain “leaks” that he’s in and working with Rockstar for GTA 6. Who else would we like to see in GTA 6?

The DMGT boys take the podcast on the go, we’re in Las Vegas for CES 2024. First time, it’s overwhelming, but so cool. LG transparent OLED TVs, MicroLED, AI, Robots, all the tech things.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming. But first, we talk about our favorite games of the year, not The Game Awards related.Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4, Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2, Armored Core 6, Street Fighter 6, Sea of Stars, Tchia, Telltale Games: The Expanse, and that JUST scratches the surface of the insane year of gaming.

Spencer & Danny are joined by Pat Kane, local man who plays bass, not hockey, to talk best music of 2023.Punk rock! Pop punk! Hip Hop! Pop! Emo! R&B!Listen to some of our highlights in the spotify playlist here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dmtBH6dotrz123jbhW4Ae?si=9e27b25593ff4972

Spencer & Danny break down all the nominees at the 2023 Game Awards, winner predictions, personal choices, snubs, & more.It’s a very competitive year so lots of thoughts and opinions. Who do you think will be winners?

Spencer & Danny fan cast Ganondorf, Link, & Zelda with the announcement of a live action Legend of Zelda movie in the works.YouTube cracking down on adblockers.Microsoft’s ill timed AI partnership for Xbox.

Spencer returns this week to talk snow, gaming on iPhone 15 Pro.Apple announces new M3 chips (M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max).France adopting 4K HDR over the air broadcasts.Biden’s AI Executive order discussed.

Danny flies solo this week to deep dive into Spider-Man 2: gameplay, mechanics, combat, traversal, story, & some critiques of the game. Too short? Too repetitive? Too GOOD? Is this really a GOTY contender?Also talking some Blink-182, new album One More Time…

Spencer & Danny talk about FALL.Switch 2 rumors, can Nintendo’s next console live up to the Switch, and is a performance bump to PS4/XBONE enough?Xbox Series S is looking to have a short life span as developers (Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3) start cutting features from their games on that console. We think it might be holding Xbox back.Sony is directionless. Multiple gaming earbuds at the same price point, the weird Portal, and Sony Pictures Core? PlayStation’s gaming market lead appears to be hurting them…again.

Spencer and Danny talk about gaming industry layoffs, does this mean Factions 2 is dead? Either way, be nice to developers and people that happen to work at game studios.Elon continues to make very good decisions for Twitter (we refuse to call it the other thing), suggesting he will charge a fee to use Twitter next.

Spencer returns to talk iPhone 15 Pro Max impressions, the first round of issues including the back glass breaking easily, running hot, and other bad things when you do bad things to a phone.Hollywood strikes seem to be coming to an end, but is a video game strike about to start? What it means for YOU.Sony is allegedly hacked. Again. But is it? Strange situation and Sony’s statement doesn’t exactly tell us anything. What you should do.

No Spencer this week so Danny goes unhinged talking about the Unity Engine pricing backlash, they are kind of backtracking.The BIG news is the massive Microsoft/Xbox leaks detailing their plans for Xbox Series X, Bethesda, & perhaps most interestingly, emails from Phil Spencer talking a Nintendo and/or Valve acquisition. What this means and why we can’t take Phil’s & Xbox’s word at face value.

Spencer asks Danny for updated Starfield thoughts. Danny loves Bethesda games, but it’s not a game of the year. Lots of Apple event talk, new Apple Watch, new iPhone 15. Apple loves talking about their carbon footprint but Spencer doesn’t buy it. Generally a middling iPhone event, but Danny (and probably Spencer) will buy it.

The DMGT Podcast returns from a month break to really gear up for the final quarter of the year. Spencer loves Armored Core 6, Danny loves Baldur’s Gate 3, & our impressions on Starfield reviews. A victim of it’s own hype? And, a looming SAG-AFTRA strike against major video game publishers, what that means for gaming (and us as content creators oh no).Your moms favorite game & tech & music podcast.

Spencer is doing weird science on his grass. Danny loves pumpkin spice.PlayStation Cloud streaming service is currently in beta for select PS5 users, and this could make the Project Q interesting if they make that available without the need for a PS5. Danny tries to pitch Spencer on turn based combat as Baldur’s Gate 3 has taken over the gaming internet.

Spencer & Danny do a brief dive into WiFi 7 and what improvements it’s bringing. The rise of AR glasses highlights how Google Glass was ahead of its’ time. Spencer gushes about The Expanse from Telltale Games, and some back to school tips and suggestions.

0:00 Spencer went to Beyonce in Chicago, then joined Danny the next day at Pitchfork to see Soul Glo, JPEGMAFIA, Killer Mike, Bon Iver ,and complain about not being able to mosh anymore.20:05 Armored Core 6 looks really cool, FromSoftware might be at it again. Could this be a sneaky game of the year contender?34:03 Which games we think are the current 6 Game of the Year nominees, plus who might get added/bumped out as we enter the 2nd half of the year.45:16 Breaking down the leaks for the upcoming PlayStation handheld, dubbed Project Q, as well as the state of handheld gaming.

Spencer & Danny offer a small breakdown of the Hollywood actors and writers strike and why you should care. Worker solidarity is cool, people.Also, we break down nuclear war albums in Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns & The Lonely Forest's Nuclear Winter. A lot more similar than we each expected.

Microsoft wins injunction against the FTC regarding the ActivisionBlizzard acquisition and we think that will kick off a wave of acquisitions in the industry. Acquisition Wars, if you will. Spencer & Danny also hand out some midyear awards for best albums and games so far. Also, some Fast X talk at the end.

Spencer and Danny break down iOS 17 Developer Beta, Kick throwing money at streamers, & Spotify allegedly adding a HiFi tier. When do YOU care about hifi, if at all?

Spencer and Danny break down their thoughts on the Reddit API changes and subreddit blackouts, what this could mean for Reddit & the internet. Some more Diablo 4 conversation, Summer Game Fest, and Xbox putting all their eggs in the Starfield basket.

Diablo talk doesn't happen until the last 7 minutes, sorry. Lots of WWDC recap, iOS, iPad, & MacOS things. Lots of talk about the Apple Vision Pro, who it's for, why it exists, how do other VR headsets stack up, particularly the Meta Quest and PSVR 2.

Spencer & Danny have a pure vibes episode just talking about some things from the last week. Burger King, please sponsor us we actually love you. NVIDIA ACE NPC AI, PlayStation Showcase was just ok, new music from Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem, & some Succession Finale talk.

Spencer returns, Danny gushes about TOTK, Spencer shares some of his frustrations with the game. This will be difficult to beat for Game of the Year. What's working, what the gaming industry should learn from this. Danny takes a shot at Breath of the Wild and Spencer takes a shot at Hogwarts Legacy.

Danny goes solo to break down the Redfall flop immediately after the CMA blocks the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Bad week for Xbox leads to more questions and doubts for the future of their games. Tears of the Kingdom is almost out, some thoughts on the previews, & Apple announces Final Cut Pro & Logic Pro for iPad finally.

Spencer & Danny talk about the modern space race, what that maybe means as casual space fans. Elon hands out free verification on Twitter after all, and TikTok alt-right pipelines.

Danny goes solo this week to talk about the latest AI development - AI songs imitating real artists. An AI Drake & The Weeknd track went viral and record labels are lobbying streaming platforms to ban all AI music. Is this just harmless fun or should you be concerned about this recent AI development - especially if you're an independent artist.