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Press START
by Press Start
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.
Episodes
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Episode 198: Manufacturing consent for Star Fox (The Mario Galaxy Movie, Pokopia, Breath of the Wild)
OK OK yeah we talk about the new Mario movie in this one but what did you expect? Also: stay to the end for some exciting news for the show! THINGS MENTIONED: 0:22 Tori saw the Mario movie 13:41 New Switch 2 leaks from Natethehate Further reading: Nintendo’s Leak Problem Is Bigger Than Ever -...
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Episode 197: Just pointing shit out (Pokopia, One Piece Live Action, even more Mutiny After Midnight)
Crimson Desert came out and none of us are playing it but don't worry we have takes anyway. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Welcome to our show + AI slop update 09:01 Tori and Nathaniel’s things: Crimson Desert talk Further reading: Crimson Desert is what happens when you try to copy Zelda but don't...
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Episode 196: Lumiose got hit by a bazooka?? (Mutiny After Midnight, Pokemon Z-A, riding bikes)
Welcome back to your favorite video game-reading-urbanism podcast unless there's another one of those we don't know about. SPOILERS FOR POKEMON Z-A 39:00-43:00 THINGS MENTIONED: 0:00 Intro + PS5 PC Friendly controllers, RIP Highguard 9:20 What are our fave controllers? 21:00 Nintendo sues US for...
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Episode 195: Saving my virtual game cards for marriage (The Sopranos, NTBTSTM, etc.)
Mommy, where do Switch 2 games come from? THINGS MENTIONED: 03:22 Pokemon presents Further reading: Pokémon Presents February 2026: Everything Announced - IGN 09:32 God of War show first still See it for yourself: Amazon Reveals First Look At Prime's Live-Action God Of War Series - Game Informer...
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Episode 194: Two games that cost about $20 (Breath of the Wild, Resident Evil 2, building Gundam models)
I mean, we don't condone piracy for legal reasons, but... THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 hi welcome to our show 02:08 FireRed and LeafGreen coming to Switch 12:45 Slay the Spire 2 looks so cool 17:07 What Nathaniel's been playing (Resident Evil 2, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Breath of the…
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Episode 193: Lord of the Nintendo 3DS (Resident Evil 2, Jedi: Survivor, Mewgenics)
Hiiiii we're messing with our formula a little bit, tell us what you think!! THINGS MENTIONED: 0:00 Tori’s news item(s) (Belmont’s Curse, Bad Bunny Halftime Show) 12:30 Noah’s item (remakes discourse) 29:00 Nathaniel’s item (gamer mad libs??) 38:30 What we’re playing 42:00 Resident Evil 2...
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Episode 192: Victory Royale hat trick | Party Chat
It's time too get it hot like Papa John and score some dubs in Fortnite while we have philosophical chats about things that aren't Fortnite. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:19 We’re gonna play a game 08:10 Explaining a new show structure we’re experimenting with 13:30 Media that influences you to check out...
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Episode 191: Slop son or gamer daughter?
We're tackling a hot topic this week: What is slop? What makes something slop? We put our best people (us) on it. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 The slopscussion Further reading: 2025 Word of the Year: Slop – Merriam Webster 31:08 What we’ve been playing 31:51 SPOILERS FOR SILENT HILL F 35:16 SPOILERS...
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Episode 190: My Dinner with Gamers
Tori's away, time to do something whacky!! THINGS MENTIONED 00:00 Welcome to our show… 53:48 What we’ve been playing 1:12:57 Spoilers for Bugonia!! 1:22:02 OK no more spoilers Nathaniel's on letterboxd: nathanbased Noah's on letterboxd: hertz_a_lot Our show is a proud member of The Worst…
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Episode 189: Don Quixote Banana (LEGO Party, Silent Hill f, Ms. New Booty)
Oh boy, I sure hope the new joy cons add a touch of vibrant color to the Switch 2! THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Hello 00:51 Board the Mothership Further reading: Mothership Is A New Website About Gender And Games Which Feels Like A Radical Thing To Launch In 2026 But Shouldn’t Be 04:13 With an…
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BONUS: The 2025 JGOTYs
Every year, Tori sits down with her gamer husband to find out what stood out among the many games he played. Join us for a little midweek bonus in the feed with 2025's JGOTYs (Jesse's Games of the Year). THINGS MENTIONED Jacob Geller's YouTube video essay "Fear of Cold" Our show is a proud member...
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Episode 188: Press START predicts 2026
I see gaming in your future... THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Reviewing over our 2025 predictions 12:00 2026 predictions and what we want to play 34:20 What Tori's Playing 48:20 What Noah's playing 01:00:09 What Nathaniel's playing 01:18:30 Wrapping up Tori's on bluesky:...
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Episode 187: Press START's Games of the Year 2025
We got more OTYs in here than you could ever possibly imagine. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Opening and Gift giving 14:34 Nathaniel's long-awaited tierlist 24:36 Tierlists from Discord 37:56 Giveaway!! 39:02 Time for the OTYs starting with... GOTY 45:57 GOTOY 57:12 MOTY 01:06:15 MOTOY 01:16:47...
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Episode 186: He got the berc (Red Dead Redemption 2, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment)
HEY don't forget to join our holiday Wordatro giveaway! Info at the top of the show!! RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILERS: 17:50 - 26:30 THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro and holiday giveaway reminder 05:25 What Noah's playing 17:30 What Nathaniel's playing 33:33 What Tori's playing 47:00 Wrap-up Tori's…
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Episode 185: And the Game Award goes to... Press START (Red Dead Redemption 2, Mount and Blade, Pokemon ZA)
Yeah OK we'll talk about the Game Awards but ONLY because they showed off a silly Star Wars game. THINGS MENTIONED: 0:00 Press START Nation, welcome to the podcast 0:17 The Game Awards talk 14:20 Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ - Official Reveal Trailer live watch 39:25 What we’ve been playing 1:07:46...
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Episode 184: 2025 Streamer Awards recap
The episode title is a bit gun to my head I don't think I could answer a single question about the Streamer Awards. 59:02 - 01:09:50 CW: dementia, Alzheimer's, domestic abuse LISTEN TO THE END FOR IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT OUR HOLIDAY GOTY GIVEAWAY!! THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 haiii xD 05:46 Midtroid…
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Episode 183: Good jeans
Guys, just wait, JRPG 3.0 is coming so soon. Just you wait!! THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro, old people haircuts and skinny jeans 9:20 Persona Director Says ‘JRPG 3.0’ Is Coming To Re-Shape The Genre ‘At A Fundamental Level’ – Kotaku 19:00 "AI will be involved in nearly all future production,"…
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Episode 182: Gaming prosocially
Come for the Game Awards hate, stay for the car hate. Come to think of it, good bit of hater energy in this one... THINGS MENTIONED 00:54 Steam Machine 11:52 Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening…
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Press START plays: Undertale
This week we go deep (into a whole in a mountain) on Toby Fox's 2015 RPG Undertale. It's a good game, folks!! Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! TIME STAMPS: 00:39 Welcome to Press START Plays: Undertale 01:26 What we were doing when the game came out 19:31 Final spoiler...
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Press START plays: Fortnite
Forget Tomato Town, we're dropping in Springfield, baby. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Readying up 05:00 Where we dropping? Our Fortnite thoughts 36:00 MrBeast Is Opening A Theme Park In Saudi Arabia This Month - Kotaku 42:30 Amid its latest layoffs Square Enix says they’re moving the bulk of its QA…
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Episode 181: The little master
What's scarier than Halloween?? Union busting!! THINGS MENTIONED 06:04 ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings - Bloomberg 09:57 Retroid Pocket 6 funny business 19:04 New Animal Crossing stuff Further watching from Nintendo Forecast 30:08 What we’re up to Tori's on…
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Episode 180: Rug pulling the hoes
We're back!! Time to talk about a bunch of stuff including 40-year-old movies, a 30-year-old book and a 50-year-old movie. CW: Discussion of drowning 41:00-44:35 Oh and get your Undertale questions in!! THINGS MENTIONED: 05:35 The ‘Counter-Strike 2’ Skins Market Crash, Explained – Forbes 14:04…
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Episode 179: Are Pikmin providing free childcare? (feat. AJ Fillari & Matt Horton)
Tori is joined this week to talk about games and gaming news by some fabulous guests :) You can find AJ on Dotzip, in the TWG Discord (info below) and online at ajfillari.online. You can find Matt on Can't Let it Go, In Sequence, in the TWG Discord and on YouTube at ~ flow state ~. THINGS...
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Episode 178: Does 2025 have games? (The Life of a Showgirl, Silksong, Thriller)
I swear this is a podcast about video games. THINGS MENTIONED: 01:48 Intro 02:35 Brief EA acquisition talk Further reading: The EA Sale Is Bad News For Everyone - Aftermath 06:11 New Taylor Swift album 34:49 Summer Eternal art book 40:05 What we’re playing 1:04:42 Closing Tori's on Spotify...
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Episode 177: Skater's paradise
You know what they say, sometimes a month's worth of gaming news happens in a week. Something like that. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Hideo Kojima's Next Announcement Is A Credit Card - Gamespot Further reading: Kojima Aiming To "Redefine" Entertainment With Next Project - Gamespot 06:36 Over 50% of...
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Episode 176: Gaming from a distance
Shorty of an episode this week because there was a bit of a pet emergency (everyone is OK!) midway through recording. We'll be back to our regularly-scheduled length next week, but enjoy a shorty this week :) THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Florida State University opens Garnet Gaming Lounge 09:18…
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Episode 175: Schrödinger's Mario Galaxy
Do you guys remember the song Pump it Up from 2002? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Introduction/straight into Nintendo Direct talk The Mario movie leaked via Old Spice (sorry for a twitter link) I Don't Think This Was the Direct Nintendo Needs Right Now - Arlo 18:52 An embarrassing failure of the US...
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Episode 174: Can games be good? (Hollow Knight: Silksong, Marvel's Midnight Suns, WWE 2K25)
We're asking the big questions this week like... can games actually be good? Why is everything handheld? Why is Persona 5 Like That so much? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro, Pokemon and, hear us out, what if games were good? 08:35 Comic book talk 14:30 NBA 2K's college game and WNBA coming to 2K?...
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Episode 173: I was reborn as an 80-year-old baby!
Sorry Wii U owners. Got some bad news in this one for all 20 of us. Mild CW for sexual assault and self harm during some Persona 5 talk from 47:35-50:04. THINGS MENTIONED: 06:55 Hideo Kojima says AI is the latest “revolution” for gaming - GamesRadar 19:39 Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs…
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Episode 172: We’re not playing wood chopping simulator
We've got games coming out we never even thought we'd see. THINGS MENTIONED: 05:35 Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date Bloomberg's interview with Team Cherry 14:35 The new LEGO Batman game looks so good 20:54 But we can’t forget Garfield Kart 2!! Can Garfield Kart 2 compete with Hollow...
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Episode 171: Big Joker
We chose some heavy (but important!) news items to talk about this week, but it's all balanced out by talking about two Big Jokers (of the Persona 5 and Batman varieties). THINGS MENTIONED: 00:26 Games media talk 08:25 Louisiana sues Roblox for allegedly choosing "profits over child safety",...
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Episode 170: Farty games
Battlefield 6 more like Battlefart 6, amiright? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Battlefield 6 and Pax Armata Battlefield 6 team wanted villains who could blow up Brooklyn, but also be 'badass' - Polygon 11:30 Nintendo Direct/Indie Showcase/Pokemon Presents 16:30 Video Game History...
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Episode 169: The games that made Ocean's Godori (feat. Elaine U. Cho)
Tori and Noah read the book Ocean's Godori and were dying to talk to author Elaine U. Cho about the video games she loves. Thanks for coming on the show Elaine :) You can learn more about Elaine and find links to buy her books at her website elaineucho.com. She's also on Instagram @elaineucho....
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Episode 168: Death Stranding in real life??
Censorship is bad. THINGS MENTIONED: 0:43.859 itch.io/Steam NSFW content ban ... lots of links for this one. The Gamer on removals from Steam ArsTechnica on itch game removals Credit Card Companies Are Hurting the Future of Video Games - 404 Media Consume Me on itch.io 12:38.439 What's up with...
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Episode 167: Tote bag summer
Hiiiii. We've got a great new episode for you (if I do say so myself). I know this is mostly a video game news show but a good bit of this is also just Superman talk. Buckle in. SUPERMAN SPOILERS 27:45 - 49:48 THINGS MENTIONED 00:13 The 2027 Zelda movie has its Link and Zelda - BBC 05:45 Paste...
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Episode 166: My Lego Computer (Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy IX, Death Stranding)
It's a big week for us! We joined a podcast network! We're all three here talking about games! Nathaniel and Noah reveal what Final Fantasies they've been playing! All that and more!!! SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY XV FROM 31:30 to 45:30!!! THINGS MENTIONED: OK fine here are the Animal Crossings…
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Episode 165: Canceling GamePass and Microsoft (feat. Autumn Wright)
Microsoft is all up in the news recently, whether they're ruining people's lives with layoffs or ruining people's lives with its complicity in an ongoing genocide in Palestine. This week, Tori and Nathaniel are talking with games journalist Autumn Wright about how the BDS movement is targeting...
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Episode 164: u got games on ur switch 2?
Listen as two people who don't own the console talk about the launch of the Switch 2. Marvel at their lack of excitement for another Hollywood adaptation of a beloved video game franchise! All that and more!! THINGS MENTIONED: This Switch 2 Accessory Is Making Fans Drop Their Consoles And The...
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Press START plays: 1000xResist
Hekki grace! Man this game is good as hell. Strap in because we're trying to cover as much ground as possible in two and a half hours talking about Sunset Visitor's incredible 1000xResist. FURTHER READING 1000xRESIST and the Pain of Departure Nothing Ever Stops Existing A Complete Story Breakdown...
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Episode 163: One GameStop in New Jersey...
Tori's got a Switch 2 and it's Fake E3 Season. All that and a special Star Wars surprise. Buckle in :o) THINGS MENTIONED: Aftermath on the Splitgate dev's stupid hat A good post from Ethan Gach on bsky Alpharad playing Switch 2 Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's…
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Episode 162: Zelda's bathwater (Clair Obscur, 1000xResist)
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...
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Episode 161: Week two: ice soup
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...
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Episode 160: Press START After Dark
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...
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Press START plays: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
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…
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Episode 159: No comment
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...
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Episode 158: This one has Metal Gear Solid 2 spoilers in it
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...
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Episode 157: The long Xbox 360 hike
Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. And it's making the Switch 2 accessories cost more money :( THINGS MENTIONED Wired with the details on Switch 2's pricing:...
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Episode 156: All about the facts
We love gaming :) THINGS MENTIONED: No, Mario Kart won't be $90: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/no-switch-2-games-arent-90-the-internet-is-just-broken-beyond-belief/ Welcome to Fortnite, Sabrina Carpenter: https://www.thecut.com/article/sabrina-carpenter-fortnite-skins.html Microsoft joins...
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Episode 155: Same thickness
I may not be the same thickness I was in 2017, but the new Nintendo Switch is!! Yeah OK every gaming podcast is doing it and so are we: we're talking about the hot Switch 2 barrage of announcements from last week. Lock in and get ready to go into debt. THINGS MENTIONED Polygon's breakdown of the...
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Episode 154: Opening our Stardew Valley marriage
Look, if everyone's consenting and happy, what's wrong with it? Oh but other than that there was some interesting game news this week — a legacy publication is seemingly back from the grave and Nintendo sure is going crazy. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon's rundown on the latest Nintendo Direct:...
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