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Spectator Mode Gaming Podcast — 216 episodes

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Ep. 215 - Epic Games Drama, PS5 Price Problems & Xbox Shifts Strategy

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Ep. 214 - Jeff Kaplan Talks Blizzard, PC Gaming Woes & Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hype

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Ep.213 - Mega Man Recast, Nagoshi Studio in Trouble, Project Helix Details

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Ep. 212 - Nintendo Sues US Govt | Project Helix | PlayStation Exits PC Gaming

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EP. 211 - Xbox Leadership Shakeup, EVO Controversy, Bluepoint Games Closed

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Ep. 210 – Discord Goes Big Brother, Riot’s 2XKO Layoffs, Nioh 3 Isn’t Elden Ring

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Ep. 209 - Xbox Developer Direct | New Dragon Ball Game | GDC 2026 Concerns

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Ep. 208 - CES 2026 Impressions | Highguard Hype | Gaming & Media Layoffs

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Ep. 207: GameStop Closes Stores | PC Gaming Just Got Super Expensive

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Ep. 206: Valve’s Steam Machine, SteamOS, and PC Gaming

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Ep. 205: Arknights Endfield Beta II Hands-On, PS Portal Updates & Steam Machine Take Two

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Ep. 204: TwitchCon Security concerns, Xbox Ally Handheld Fumbles, Steam Next Fest

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Special - We Talk with Milestone About Reviving Arcade Racing in Screamer (2026)

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EP. 203: Is Xbox Game Pass Still the Best Deal in Gaming

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Ep. 202: Wolverine, ROG Ally, Code Vein 2, Nintendo Shake-Up, and TGS 2025

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Ep. 201: Marvel Fighting Souls Impressions, and Nintendo Direct Reactions

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Ep. 200: PAX West 2025, Ninja Gaiden 4 and the ROG Xbox Ally X Hands-on

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Episode 199 – Silksong Hype, PS5 Price Hike, & Xbox Ally Release Date

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Ep. 197 - EVO 2025 Highlights, Dynasty Warriors 25th Anniversary & NSFW Games

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Ep. 196 – Itch.io Purges NSFW Games, Sony Sues Tencent, and the Industry Fallout

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Ep. 195 – Windows 10 Support Ends for FFXIV, NSFW Games Face Pressure

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Ep. 194 - From Superman to Scams, and the State of Multiplayer in 2025

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EP. 193 - Mindseye is a failure and does the FGC Need a Saviour

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EP. 192: Xbox has a meltdown & the Stop Killing Games movement

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EP. 191: ROG Xbox Handheld Price Talk, AMD & Xbox PR Hype and Our Beginnings

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EP. 190: SGF 2025, Fighting Games, and Steam Next Fest Highlights

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Ep. 189: Summer Game Fest 2025 & Witcher 4 Tech Breakdown

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Ep. 188 - Stellar Blade PSN Woes | Nintendo EULA Nonsense | Gamers vs Expensive Games Again

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Ep. 187: PS5 Price Hike Drama, Stellar Blade Hits PC, PAX East 2025 Recap

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Ep. 186: Are $80 Games the New Norm? | GTA VI Delayed | Gaming Journalism Shakeup

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Ep. 185: Capcom’s Back, Forza’s on PS5, and Sony Wants More Money

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Ep. 184 - Tariffs Affecting Gaming, Switch 2 Drama, Tron is Back and All New Venom is Terrible

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Ep. 183 - Our thoughts and impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

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Ep. 182 - Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, and the Return of Game Informer

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Ep. 181 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 & Xbox Handheld Resurfaces

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Ep. 180 - Let's Talk About That Fatal Fury: City of The Wolves Demo

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Ep. 179 - Impressions and Controversy

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Ep. 178 - How the PlayStation Network Outage Affects PC Gamers

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Ep. 176 - PC Games PSN Requirements Slashed, and the Future of Xbox

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Ep. 175 - Exclusive Hands-On with Assassin's Creed Shadows

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Ep. 174 - We Went to CES 2025 and Were Blown Away

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Ep.173 - Ending the Year on a High Note

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Neptunia Being Scrapped | Elden Ring Nightreign concerns | The Game Awards favorite reveals and overall thoughts

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Ep.171: How About Those Game Show Awards Nominations

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Ep. 170 - Why Monster Hunter Wilds Will Blow You Away

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Ep. 169 - Spider-Man 2 heads to PC & Twitter/X exodus to BlueSky

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Ep. 168 - Game Expansions Should Be Considered for GOTY

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Ep. 167 - PS Direct Store Issues + October’s Huge Game Releases

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EP. 166 - Massive Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero Roster | PS5 Pro

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Spectator Mode Podcast Special - Jay and Silent Bob Talk Chronic Blunt Punch with Justin Woodward

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Ep. 165 - PS5 Pro Announced | Full PAX West 2024 Experience

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Ep. 164 - More Xbox Games Heading to PlayStation and Black Myth Wukong is Doing Well

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Episode 163 - We Don't Talk About Deadlock, No No No

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Episode 162 - The End of an Era and Bungie Is in Bad Shape

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Episode 161: Xbox has no cash for advertising

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Episode 160 - Xbox Game Pass on Fire TV and Once Human Impressions

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Ep. 159 - Summer Game Fest 2024 Recap

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Ep. 158 - IGN acquires its competition, Hellblade 2 Frustration, X-Men '97 Season One -

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Ep. 157 - Xbox kills off four studios including Tango Gameworks

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Ep. 156 - Gaming industry layoffs and Helldivers 2 PSN Nonsense

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Ep. 155 - Sony forces PSN Requirement on Helldivers 2 PC players

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Ep. 154 - Interview with Tobey and Denzel of Dennel Cake's Creative Team

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Ep. 153 - Gushing over Fallout and X-Men 97 and Ubisoft is screwing up Again

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Ep. 152 - Triple-i Initiative Showcase favorites, Dead Space 2 Dead and Xbox Perseveration

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Ep. 151 - Keith Reviews PAX East 2024 and What He Wants for Next Year

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Ep 150: Passing of a Legend, Stellar Blade Demo Yanked, Contra Review

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Ep. 149 - Nintendo Kills Yuzu | Sony and EA Layoffs | Toys for Bob Goes Indie | Sweet Baby Inc

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Ep. 148 - Xbox Games on Switch and PS5 | PS5 Games on PC Day One

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Ep. 147 - Xbox Doubles Down

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Ep. 146 - State of Booty and is Xbox in trouble

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Ep. 145 - Palworld takes over the world and gaming handhelds

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Ep. 144 - Xbox Developer Direct 2024 Score Card

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Ep. 143 - Ubisoft’s game ownership plan and Capcom’s DRM dilemma

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Ep. 142 - Twitch, Bobby Kotick, and the Nintendo Switch 2

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Ep 141 - Looking back at handheld PC gaming in 2023

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Spectator Mode Podcast EP 140: GTA 6, Street Fighter 6 Skin Prices, Goku vs Superman

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Ep.139 - Summer Game Fest Greatness and Twitch being Twitch

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Ep. 137 - The PlayStation Showcase disappoints but not as much as Gollum

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Spectator Mode Podcast ep. 136 - PlayStation Showcase, Fighting Games and more leaks

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Spectator Mode Podcast ep. 135 - Your backlog and you, review bombing good games

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Spectator Mode Podcast ep. 134 - Nintendo Hardware, Xbox woes continue, AAA games and game leaks

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Spectator Mode Podcast - 133: CMA Blocks Microsoft's Acquisition of ABK, Asus Rog Ally

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Spectator Mode Podcast - 132: Disney Speedstorm, Dead Island 2 impressions and AI in Gaming

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Spectator Mode Podcast -131: Is releasing Redfall at 30fps a mistake?

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Where's my Resident Evil 4 Collector's Editon Gamestop? - Ep. 130

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The Outerhaven's Diablo 4 Open Beta Impressions

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Nintendo officially skips E3 2023, Microsoft isn't selling Xbox - Ep. 129

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Nintendo PlayStation and Xbox Abandon E3 2023 - Spectator Mode Podcast - EP. 128

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Dead Space Remake is Amazing | DualSense Edge Mini Review - EP. 127

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #126

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #125 - Seeya 2022

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #124

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #123

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #122

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #121

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #120

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #119

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #118

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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #117

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Ep 116 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Death Stranding 2 Revealed, More Stuff Delayed

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Ep 114 - Dark Souls PC Servers Still Down | Revamped PlayStation Plus Tiers

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Ep 113 - Elden Ring Sold 12 Million Copies | Grand Theft Auto 5 Season Pass Revealed

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Ep 112 - We're Back And Did Microsoft Just Acquire Activision-Blizzard

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Ep. 111 - Taking L's and The Game Award Show Nominees

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Ep. 110 - The worst gaming controllers of all time and even more gaming delays

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Ep 109 - PlayStation games are coming to PC. Get over it!

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Ep. 107 - New York Comic Con experience and Back 4 Blood randos

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Ep. 108 - Emulation isn't bad but piracy sure is

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Ep. 106 – No Twitch don't do that!

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Ep.105 - 2021 PlayStation Showcase report card

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Ep. 104 - PlayStation backtracks on Horizon Forbidden West PS4 to PS5 upgrades

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Ep. 103 - Gamescom 2021 is over and Twitch is on Fire

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Spectator Mode Special: Getting 15 Years of WoW Off Our Chest

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Ep. 102 - I'll make a remake out of you

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Ep.101 - Quite worried about this supposed Dead Space Remake

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Ep.100 - Metroid Dread scalped to heck and back

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Ep.99 - E3 2021 impressions and wrap-up

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Ep. 98 - Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown Impressions

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Ep. 97 - E3 2021 is right around the corner and No Starfield for PlayStation

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Ep.96 - Days Gone PC Port Impressions And PlayStation On PC

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Ep.95 - New Pokemon Snap and Returnal on the brain

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Ep.94 - What went wrong with Outriders

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Ep. 93 - Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Strive and Streets of Rage 4

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Ep. 92 - Sony's lack of gaming preservation bothers us

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Ep. 91 - Could Discord get gobbled up by Microsoft?

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Ep. 90 PlayStation Now Owns The EVO Championship Series

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Ep. 89 Why Outriders isn't coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC Day One

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Ep. 89 Xbox & Bethesda, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and putting down the controller

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Ep. 88 - Guilty Gear Strive and Outriders Demo, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Pokemon Games

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Ep. 87 - CDPR Hacked, Digital E3 2021, Street Fighter V Winter Update and Guilty Gear Strive

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GameStop Stocks and Xbox Live Gold Madness - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 86

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Capcom's New Video Policy | Monster Hunter Rise Talk - Spectator Mode Episode #85

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Cobra Kai Season 3 Spoilercast Podcast

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Favorite Games of 2020 | Games We Skipped | Anticipated Games of 2021 - Spectator Mode Podcast #83

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Let's talk some Cyberpunk 2077 Shenanigans

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Spectator Mode Podcast - We Love the PlayStation 5

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Xbox Series X impressions are hot and is Marvel's Avengers already dead?

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Microsoft now owns Zenimax, Xbox Series X/S storage is expensive, and bots are pissing off fans - Episode 80

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Microsoft has acquired Bethesda's parent company Zenimax

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PAX Online interview with Chris King | 30xx DLC Characters, Mega Mode and More

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Which Next-Generation Xbox Console is in Karl's Future?

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Gotham Knights | Gamescom 2020 | PS5 Shortage | The Passing of a King - Spectator Mode Podcast #75

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Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 73 - Epic Games vs the World

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Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 72

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71: The Great Xbox Game Pass Debate - 71

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70: Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 70

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69: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 69 - What a week

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68: Spectator Mode Podcast Live Ep. 68 - Star Wars Squadron has us hyped

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67: Spectator Mode Podcast EP. 67 - Crappy Game Shows

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66: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 65 - We're tired of Racism

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65: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 64 - Fanboys gotta fanboy

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64: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 63 - Totally Unreal

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63: EA is the end game Villain of the video game industry - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 62

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62: The Last of Us Part II Leaks and Vikings - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 61

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61: Striving to be guilty - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 60

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake is too good! - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 58

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60: PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X, who cares - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 57

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59: Destiny 2 chat, E3 gone forever and Horizon Zero Dawn PC - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode #56

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58: The Last of Us Ghost of Beer Virus Remake - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode #55

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57: Until You Fall Fantasy Sword Fighting VR Game is amazing - PAX East 2020 Interview

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56: Foregone takes the best of Dead Cells and Dark Souls - PAX East 2020 Interview

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54: Cant stop the PAX East train, Games that need to make a comeback (Ep. 54)

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55: PAX East 2020 - 30xx Interview with Chris King of Batterystaple Games (Ep. 55)

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54: PAX East 2020 - Panzer Paladin Interview with Tribute Games Lead Animator Justin Cyr (Ep. 53)

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53: PAX East 2020 - Magic: Legends Interview with Adam Hetenyi (Ep. 52)

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52: Coronavirus Gaming Woes - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 51

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51: Xbox Series X and PS5 Pricing | Overcrowded Loot Shooter Genre - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 50

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50: We've waited 8 years for this - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 49

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49: Switch Pro Rumor squashed and Stadia continues to disappoint - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 48

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48: PSVR 2, Kojima Productions buyout and Remakes - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 47

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47: PlayStation games on the PC isn't a bad thing (Ep. 46)

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46: No Xbox Series X Launch Exclusives | Mike Ybarra wants a PS5 (Ep. 45)

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45: Welcome back, Favorite Games of 2019 (Ep. 44)

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44: What we thought about The Game Awards Show (Ep. 43)

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43: Xbox Lockhart, PlayStation 5 Pro and State of Play Announcements (Ep. 42)

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42: Special Interview with Brian Volk-Weiss of The Toys That Made Us

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41: Stadia woes and not quite Half Life 3 | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 41

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40: Bugs, busted expensive controllers and happy impressions | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 40

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39: Death Stranding & Need For Speed Heat hands-on, RDR2 PC issues | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 39

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38: Death Stranding reviews, Hands on with Halo Reach PC | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 38

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37: Shroud moves to Mixer, Fallout 76 subs and WWE 2k20 is Broken | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 37

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36: Disco Elysium, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Google Stadia | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 36

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35: Episode 35 - You got politics in my gaming

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34: I rather be playing Anthem (Ep. 34)

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33: Episode 33 - Call of Duty and VR Shenanigans

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32: Episode 32 - Ground Wars and Goose Games

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31: Episode 31 - What's in your backlog

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29: Episode 29 - Play Control there's no slot machines in it

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28: Episode 28 - Our house is a full house

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27: Episode 27 - So many games so little time

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26: Episode 26 - Blame Video Games For Everything

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25: Episode 25 - The ESA E3 2019 Leaks and You

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24: Episode 24 - What's your favorite game of 2019?

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23: Episode 23 - EA and G2A are the bad guys this week

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22: Episode 22 - Epic Games and the future of Crowdfunded games

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21: Episode 21 - Ys Net to offer Shenmue 3 Kickstarter Backer refunds

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20: Episode 20 - The Google Stadia woes continue to pile up

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19: Episode 19 – The Twitch Edition

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18: Episode 18 - A Loot Box by Any Other Name - 6.21.2019

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17: Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 17 -Shenmue 3 The Epic Games Store and You

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16: Episode 16 - Happy Fathers, Day Michael Pachter Talks PS5 Pricing And Google Stadia

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15: Episode 15 - E3 2019 Thoughts and Impressions

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14: Episode 14 - Pre E3 Special - 6.7.2019

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13: Episode 13 - Can gaming influencers be trusted?

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12: Episode 12 - No matchmaking no raid

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11: Episode #11 – The Goverment Wants To Help Regulate Microtransactions?

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10: Episode 10 – People Are People Not Bots

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9: Episode 9 - The Next-Gen Console Wars Begin Now

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8: Episode 8 – Does cheating ruin the gaming experience?

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7: Episode 7 - That Git Gud Mentality is Crap and Needs to Stop

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6: Episode 6 – Just Some Guys Talking About Video Games

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5: Episode 5 - Stadia For You And Me

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4: Episode 4 - Chimera One Games Interview Special

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3: Episode 3 - We're Spoiling All Of Devil May Cry 5

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2: Episode 2 - Who's excited for Pokemon

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1: Episode 1 - We're back, did you miss us?