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Square-Enix continues to be clueless about how streaming works. Yo FromSoftware, please don't launch heartbreaking ambush patches at 1130pm. EA not doing an "e3-adjacent" even (EA Play) instead just gonna do stuff whenever. Halo TV show seems like it might be...good? "Games heralded as great art" on wikipedia (Part 2). Dear Martha Review for Orc Massage. SCOTT played Tunic, Tetris Effect, & Axiom Verge. JON played Elden Ring & Tunic. BEAU played Elden Ring and is now closing the book on Lost Ark! And lots more including your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beau got a HOT new PC and built it from the ground up, and we're here to share the process, especially in a time where getting a good GPU is harder than ever. Also, Advance Wars reboot got delayed. We talk about the deeper reasons why. Super Nintendo World is coming to Hollywood next year! Square puts a LOT of stuff on Youtube this week. We have a BIG conversation about games heralded as great art. Plus Scott played Elden Ring, Forbidden West, Axiom Verge, and more. Jon played Elden Ring a LOT, and some more progress in his run of FFVI. Beau played DOOM Eternal again on his new rig, and still loves it. Still found time to give Tarnished Grail another look. Mashups, Steam Reviews, emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Epic buys BandCamp and it's hard to figure out why. Bungie says "hard no" to Destiny on Steam Deck. Gabe Newell is playing FF14, and hand delivering Steam Decks with a tiny mask on. Pokemon goes full Scarlet and Violet this fall. HUGE discussion of all things Elden Ring. Dear Martha Steam Review. Scott's Games: Fire Emblem on GBA, Forbidden West on PS5, the Kirby & The Forgotten City demo on Switch, Bombslinger on everything, and Elden Ring. Jon's Games: Elden Ring. Beau's Games: Elden Ring. :) Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bye bye Bethesda launcher. We barely knew ye. SquareEnix says they needed more millions sold. Elden Ring seems to be reviewing incredibly well. Street Fighter 6 has a logo and pants problem. Walton Goggins joins the Fallout cast on Prime Video. Scott played Forbidden West, Mario Golf, Streets of Rage 4, and a bunch of fighting games. Jon playing FFVI on stream this week, along with 14, and Elden Ring. Beau is still into Lost Ark, but only just. Emails about switch stores and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyberpunk might be the best it's going to get this week. Forbidden West is getting the buzz you expect. Baldurs Gate 3 is a 2023 game like it or not. More No Man's Sky updates! No rude words in Wordle. Lost Ark hits some Steam records. Legacy of The Sith seems neat! Dear Martha! Scott played Mutant Football League, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, and Advance Wars 1 and 2, and a LOT of Wargroove. Beau and Jon played Lost Ark. :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We break down all the Nintendo Direct news this week, and celebrate Kirby just like you should be doing. MS clarifies some Call of Duty things. A dear Martha steam review! And then a TON of talk about the games Scott played in VR this week, but MOSTLY a long hard look at all things Lost Ark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony is buying Bungie, and we have ideas on why they paid so much for it. That and Wordle going to the NYT, GamePass not charging you when you are not using it, Lost Ark getting out finally next week, Dear Martha reviews, and more! Scott played ESO, VR Maze Gobbler, and Dying Light 2. Beau played Valheim and Wild Rift. Jon played Deathloop, Guardians, and finished FFV. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Respawn going hard on Star Wars, Blizz announcing an un-announcement, The Rock doing new game movies, buying lock lifted for FF14, Ubisoft gets out of the Battle Royale business, Epic will keep giving you free games this year, and Windows goes all Android soon. Dear Martha Steam Review! Scott played more Tsushima, as well as Minish Cap on the GBA and Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. Jon is all about Guardians and FFV. Beau's journey continues in Valheim and Wild Rift, while building a new PC with some help. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft news. Big news. Huge news. And we go deep into all of it and what's up! XCOM people starting a new studio. Steam Reviews. Tsushima, Infamous Second Son, Papers Please, Wordle, Final Fantasy V, Halo Infinite, Valheim, Wild Rift. Your emails and way more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fallout TV series on the way, and we have thoughts. Police fired over Snorlax catching. Playstation ending PS Now cards, and we think that means something big coming. Wordle and why it's so big. Xbox1 is done being made. Shipbreaker has a 1.0 in sight. Dear Martha Reviews! Games we played: Ghost of Tsushima, Loop Hero, Final Fantasy, Death's Door, Valheim, Wild Rift, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, Super Bomberman R, and more! Oh and why you might wanna keep waiting for Baldur's Gate 3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PSVR2 and what you might need to know about it. Ubisoft Connect coming to Gamepass in some form. China is killing their own video game companies. E3 will be all digital this year. Gamers now have a way to massage that pesky hand. Dear Martha steam review. The games we played this week and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our big end of year show! All the best games we played, and the best games we didn't! Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nature finds a way...to tea bag your fallen enemy. Welcome to CORE! We get into all sorts of news this evening, including a couple big Halo takes you might wanna hear, and how God of War might have done Kratos better than MS did Master Chief. Plus Tavern Master, Wartales, Shipbreaker updates, End Walker, MK11, and more! And next week, our best games of 2021! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gamepass had quite the week. More takes from the game awards. FFXIV stops selling itself. FF7 is out on Epic right now. Do we need video games in our cars? Ubisoft first to be dumb. Dear Martha Steam Reviews! Scott is hooked on SWTOR again, plus Halo, The Gunk, that Aliens coop game, and The Matrix UE5 thing. Jon ONLY played FF this week. And beat it. :) Beau played Age of Darkness, WarTales, Scarlet Nexus, MK11, and also that Matrix thing. Emails and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spend some time with the boys as they live-watch the awards, and all the announcements. Lots to unpack in here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there a Matrix game coming soon? Mass Effect TV show and WOW did we have a discussion about this possibility. GOG is losing money, but CD project has plans. Marvel MMO on the way from DCUO dev. Dear Martha Amazon Reviews. Games we played include Final Fantasy 14, Legends of Runeterra, Halo Infinite MP, Darkest Dungeon II, Wild Rift, and more! Emails too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big show tonight, so tuck in! Everyone wants Kotick out, and we have thoughts on that actually happening. Every big game delay from this year. 100 turns is a lot for the Humankind demo. Game Awards noms! Star Citizen hits 400m. Is it a game yet? Dear Martha Amazon Games Review. Games played this week: Halo, Forza, Ruined King, Final Fantasy, Runeterra, and Wild Rift! Oh, and we figure out what Tantric means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We fawn over the new Netflix series, Arcane. Endwalker gets a 2-week delay. Steam Deck also in delay town. MS Xbox PC app now treats folders and drives normally. Metal Gear gets pushed out of stores. Twitch App now on Switch, making it the Switch Twitch App. TWO Dear Martha reviews today! Scott talks about Forza H5, Animal Crossing 2.0, ESO, and more! Jon is still all in on FF14, plus Nier Automata, and a little Lost Ark. Beau goes ALL in on Lost Ark and has lots to say about it. And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blizzard had another bad week! Midnight Suns gets delayed. Same with Diablo IV and Overwatch 2. Animal Crossing hits the road early with 2.0. Esports are still not making any money. Crossovers are getting weird. Old people need to game too. Dear Martha Amazon Review. Unpacking, Rogue Legacy 2, Age of Empires IV, Super Mario RPG, FFXIV, Back 4 Blood, Urea, and Lost Ark! Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots to talk about this week, including Kotick taking a pay cut for the team. Twitch being built back into the dashboard. Playstation's State of Play and PC plans. The bad N64 ports to the Switch. Wu-Tang doing an RPG. Beau's hot take on pee in your coke. Scott played Guardians of The Galaxy, Enlisted, Chivalry II, Quacamelee 2, ESO and Rogue Legacy 2. Jon played Inscryption, Chrono Trigger, and Age of Empires IV. Beau played more HS: Mercs! Dear Martha Steam Review! Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God of War coming to PC. Cyberpunk and The Witcher still coming to your PS5 and Series X|S. Steam says no to NFT's. That Xbox fridge sold out. No Man's Sky goes full worm. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Scott played Inscryption, EverSpace 2 and reset his WHOLE farm! Jon is almost done with Metroid Dread. Beau played a lot of HS Mercenaries. Some board game talk too, plus your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maybe you should hear what Yoshi-P has to say. FFXIV detailed a load of what is coming next. G4 is coming back. Avengers is going back to getting your cash. Riot gets out of the chat business. Dear Martha Steam Review! Scott played Everspace 2, Back 4 Blood, Saints Row IV, and RogueBook. Jon and Beau played pretty much ALL of Metroid: Dread. Plus Pictopix, Chrono Trigger, and more FFXIV. Your emails and all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

D4 gets a new director. PS3 and Vita are not gonna have ways to pay for stuff soon. Dread is reviewing well on Switch, out tomorrow. The big Twitch Hack and what it means. Scott played a LOT of GamePass games this week, including: Scarlet Nexus, State of Decay 2: JE, A Plague Tale, and Phoenix Point. Beau played NOTHING but is jonesing for Dread really bad. Jon is out with family stuff tonight! Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New World is out, and if you wait long enough, you can get in and play. We have all kinds of thoughts about the game thus far. Potion Craft crafts an early success. Blizzard finally explains the fruit replacement thing. Game Pass is somewhere in the 30 million user mark, and that means a LOT of money. Chaterbate wants you to play games on there. Dear Martha, Aragami II, Castlevania Advance Collection, and playing DOS2 on the hardest setting. And your emails too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We break down the details of the Nintendo Direct this week! Especially this wacky Mario movie casting news. Dear Martha Reviews, Sable, Argami II, Gas Station Sim, D2:R, finishing tthe Disco, and emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

nVIDIA done put a leak out there and it's pretty tasty in terms of game potential. Fingersleeves are a thing you can now get. IKEA is making gamer furnature. Scott played Solasta, Wrath of The Rightious, and Warioware. Jon beat more Final Fantasy and played Deathloop! Beau 100 percented Hades and is one more to do that in Banished. Dear Martha, your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Twisted Metal coming? Sign us up! Titanfall 2 has some issues. Pokemon cookies? How about all that stuff that dropped on the Playstation event? Dear Martha steam review. Spiritfarer, all the Final Fantasies, Hades, Disco Elysium, and SPLITGATE! Oh and your emails too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS CORE: The Sony Showcase for 9-9-2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China wants to keep kids from playing video games all the time. Midnight Suns is looking VERY good to us. Transformers comes to tabletop and Youtube! Dear Martha review of What The Golf. Scott played Mech Arena, Surgeon Sim 2, Mowing Lawns, and No Man's Sky. Jon is all about the final fantasies, and some MYST too! Beau can't stop playing Hades again! And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All the big GamesCom stuff! Especially the new SR, and Marvel Xcom-like, or not so like. Halo Infinite date and the multiplayer plan. Working on car stuff in Simulator 2021. More Humankind and Old World. Jon finished a final fantasy for the first time! Google went after Epic hardcore. Wahammer good game time! Deep Rock is Deep Back! MYST, Hades, FFIV, Pokemon Unite, and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CORE Boys are back! We start with Quake getting better all these decades later, and Skyrim coming yet to MORE platforms for its 10 year anniversary. A triple Dear Martha Steam Review bonanza. GW2, Humankind, Amazon Luna, Pokemon Unite, Jupiter Hell, Disco E., Katamari Rerolled, emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get some info on the OLED discussion. Then some new D2 cinematics. Blizzard let the D4 lead and lead designer go. Frostpunk 2 is coming. Grand Theft Audio Trilogy remastered is really a thing. Get GameMaker for free. Mobile players generate 1.7 billion dollars a week. Dear Martha Steam Reviews! Deep Rock Galactic is still amazing. Lawn Mowing needs a better throttle. Banners of Ruin is rad. Ultimate ADOM is very cool. FF Pixel Perfect Remaster is all it could be and more. Pokemon Unite knows where they can get to your wallet the fastest. Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JAB steps down, so does Meschuk, and the lawsuits keep coming. Halo Infinite had a good test weekend. New World gets another delay. Playdates sell out and sell out fast. Pokemon Go reverted, and pissed people off really bad. Dear Martha Steam Reviews! Scott got a BackBone and loved it, and played The Ascent, Lawn Mower Sim, and some weird MMO's. Jon played a lot of FF, and a little Townscraper. Beau got a switch and is completely hooked on Pokemon Unite! Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony sold 10 million PS5's, and MS did really well too, all this despite supply chain issues. Why and what, we discuss on the show. Blizzard employes did a walkout yesterday. Xbox Game Pass showing people using PS4 controllers on Xcloud. :) RE Villiage sells 4.5m copies! Zoom adds a weird gaming service. EB Games is now GameStop in Canada. We give away that Series S today! Dear Martha Reviews. Scott played Swords of Legends Online, Skyward Sword and ESO. Jon played FF1, FF14, and Pokemon Unite. Beau played Disco Elysium, and Like a Dragon. We did emails and talked about music in games, and when it goes horribly wrong. Music Beef? Maybe. Tune in and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about this horrible Blizzard lawsuit. And then some positive stuff. Like New World is pretty good, EA is making Dead Space again, and Battlefield wants you to be creative again. Plus the fact that Pokemon Unite is badass. And a LOT of trying to get each other to play Disco Elysium. And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Valve announced their long rumored handheld steam machine, called Steam Deck, and we have a LOT to say about it. Xbox controller might see a refresh sooner than you thought. Netflix is gonna start providing you with video games, whatever that means. Dear Martha. Scott played Ironcast, Griftlands, and Shipbreaker. Jon played FF14, and some Old World. Beau played a Bard in FF14, plus some time in Sea of Thieves. Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get into some news regarding the new Switch model, Assassin's Creed Infinity, WoW based Pandemic board games, Tencent seeing you on camera at all times, Doom Eternal getting a new replacement mode, Magic Legends going bye-bye, and more! Dear Martha Steam reviews. We played Prodeus, Wildermyth, Metro Exodus, Mario Golf, Old World, Griftlands, Gladius, Endless Space 2, Lego Builder's Journey, FFXIV, Sea of Thieves, and more! Also your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Windows 11 and all the stuff that might effect your pc gaming life. Nvidia gets weird with AI and painting. Steam sale starts today! Fat Black Chocobos and how to gets em. Dear Martha goes to Russia today. Scott goes HARD into Chore Core this week. Chivilary II. Griftlands. Invisible Inc. Tainted Grail. FF14. Wildermyth. House Flipper. Dorfromantik. Your emails and more! Also, what's up with Incest Pig? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We sum up things in E3 so you don't have to, and we tell you what we think stuck and what didn't. Plus, Dear Martha Steam reviews, Yakuza Like a Dragon, Travelers Rest, and Invisible Inc. Plus Jon plays House Flipper. And Beau went wild in the deck builders but has regrets about Mass Effect. And lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE SPECIAL: The PC Gaming Show E3 2021 with the CORE crew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE SPECIAL: SquareEnix at E3 2021 with the CORE crew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE SPECIAL: Microsoft-Bethesda Showcase 2021 with Scott and Jon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE SPECIAL: Ubi-Soft Forward 2021 with Scott and Beau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE SPECIAL: Summer Fest 2021 Commentary with Scott & Jon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Battlefield 2042 announced today, and we have thoughts about it, and how it will never be Planetside 1. Last of Us stand alone multiplayer game still coming. Overwatch goes full cross-play. Ratchet and Clank might have hit a new all time high. TWO Dear Martha Steam reviews. Cyberpunk, Tainted Grail, RE8, FF14, and the final missions! All that and your emails too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have the E3 details and we feel like talking about those details, including the big leak from 2k today. Also lots of games played this week so suit up and get ready for a big ol' CORE episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No Blizzcon in 2021. Dead by Daylight gets a load of RE people in it. MS confirms Starfield will get a big showing this June. Uncharted 4 coming to PC. No Man's Sky gives you the Normandy. Sonic looks really stupid in the Olympics. 3D Hentai Checkers gets the Dear Martha treatment. We have a LOT of Mass Effect remastered talk today. PowerWash Sim, Days Gone, RE:V, Bugsnax, and lots lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More ex-Blizzard folks in a new company, Lightfordged Games. Target gets out of the Pokemon fight. Mass Effect in effect this weekend. Dark Alliance coming to Gamepass day one. Jon played RE8 3 times so far. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Back to Shipbreaker. ESO. FF14. Yakuza 0, and loads more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RE8 hits tomorrow and the word on the street is good! Nintendo wants kids to learn how to make games on Switch! Mass Effect LE lets you make custom console case art. Really. Blizz loses players but gains profits. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Shipbreaker got its big patch finally! Apex gets 3v3 arena matches. ESO is still great. So is FF14, Mega Man X, and Dragon Quest Builders 2. Beau digging on Children of Morta, SW Battlefront 2, Andromeda, Inquisition, Torchlight 3 and more. Emails too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MS goes for the 88-12 split, just like Epic. Acivision's Bobby Kotick got forced to take a pay cut. He also looks like a certain celeb. Xbox no longer charging you for free to play games. Capcom goes long with the demo for 8. The new Mortal Kombat movie is great trash. Dear Martha gets in on the Dragon Beef this week. ESO, PGA Tour 2K21, Obsidian Prince, NieR Replicant, FF14, Torchlight III on Series S, emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.