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What's up, Save Roommates, today we're bringing you a new series under the Save Room house called Quick Save! Whereas our regular episodes are winding, haphazard hour-long rides--Quick Save will be exactly as it sounds: quick episodes about a singular topic (well, at least quick for us). On the inaugural episode of Quick Save, we're talking Sony's newest cinematic comic book venture: Venom. It wasn't bad, buuut it wasn't great. Amidst it's 2 hour and 20 minute runtime, there are at least 20 minutes of movie here that will have your attention in a unique way. While it often misses its mark, Venom at its core is a romantic buddy-cop movie about a man and his very hungry symbiote. (Yes, you read that right.) So strap on your symbiotes, let your tongues hang, and get ready for some carnage, kids.

Praise the gaming gods, Shawn Layden and Shuhei finally gave cross-play to all of the screaming fans. But Layden giveth and Layden taketh as it was also announced that we would not be getting the annual Playstation Experience this year. This week, Roommates, it's Layden's Law of Equivalent Exchange. We also follow up to last week's discussion on Telltale Games studio closure, talk Assassin's Creed Origins and our hype for AC Odyssey, dive hard into some Hollow Knight impressions, and Daniel makes Kevin play his game. And for the first time ever, we give you the first official podcast within The Save Room: The Capcom Capcast. This week's episode of the Save Room is surely gonna take you for a ride. We thank you as always for giving us a listen and being the best of Save Roommates.

Look out, Save Roommates--it's your Neighborhood Spidercast! That's right, this week we're going all in for Save Room Reviews and reviewing Marvel's Spider-Man for the Playstation 4. This is a game that we've been looking forward to playing for years now and we can easily say that within minutes of controlling Spider-Man, this game was well worth the wait. If you're new around here, you should know that our review episodes have a different flow to them (that is to say, almost no coherent flow). We open the episode with some overview and our impressions of the game, but as this episode implies--this is a spoiler cast. The majority of this episode is very spoiler heavy. We make a distinction for what's spoiler-free and what isn't, so if you have not beat the game: web up your ears and do yourself a favor by finishing the story first. When you're all caught up this episode (and our impromptu Spider-Man movie podcast within the podcast) will be awaiting you. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it. As it stands, Marvel's Spider-Man is the most fun we've had with a game all year and easily the best Spider-Man game of all time. Spoilers or not, we think you'll agree that it is a standout title. ------------------------------------------ -Marvel's Spider-Man "Main Theme" by John Paesano, courtesy of Paesano, SIE, and Marvel. -1967 Spider-Man Theme by Paul Francis Webster and Robert Harris, courtesy if Webster, Harris, and RCA Studios. ----------------------------------------

This week's episode of The Save Room is indeed a sad one. We mourn the loss of not only Capcom Vancouver, who brought us Dead Rising, but we also say a heavy goodbye to Telltale Games. In a very unexpected turn of events this past weekend, Telltale laid off 250 of its employees without notice, effectively shutting the studio down and cancelling all projects except one. 250 of the industry's top talent lost their jobs, benefits, and are without severance pay. It is a deeply sad situation and one that is still developing. We often get stuck on the products we love and don't consider those behind them. The studio's closure begs important questions about unions, game dev crunch, and what we can do to protect talent in this growing industry. While we won't get to see how Clementine's story ends, we do hope that all of those affected bounce back and find new studios to continue their craft with. Their narratives left an important impression on the industry and they will be deeply missed. It's not all bad this episode though, Roommates. We get plenty hyped over all the Tokyo Game Show news, discuss how every game is made better with a mega buster, and even lose our heads over what should be on the Playstation classic (Kevin won't sleep until Gex returns). It's an emotional rollercoaster, but would you expect anything less? We thank you as always for you ears and time, and hope this one finds you well. ----------------------------------- -Cuts- 0:00:00--Intro and What We've Been Playing 0:19:40--Quick Hits: TOKYO GAME SHOW! HORSE BALLS! TROY BAKER BABY MAKER!! 0:45:05--Shoutout Article of the Week 0:54:00--News (Capcom Vancouver's closure; Telltale Games' closure; the Sony Classic) ---------------------------

Save Roommates, welcome back! A new week means another episode from your favorite soft boys. (Damn, we're getting pretty consistent now, huh?) This week we go BTS with our workout routines, talk more Spidey, and Kevin goes Total Eclipse of the Tomb with his impressions on Shadow of the Tomb Raider. We also talk about the announced Alan Wake series and dish on Yakuza Studios' newest voyeuristic PI beat down, Judge Eyes (which we're absolutely here for). We round the episode off with a jam-packed Nintendo Direct and talk about whether their online service is for us, how stoked we are for Katamari Reroll, why we can't take Squall's melancholy on the go with FF8, and so many other Nintendo-centric things. Also, have we mentioned how stoked we are for Judge Eyes?? As always, thanks for listening and being the best of Save Roommates! If you're down for more of our antics, then be sure to keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming Spider-Man Review coming to you all within the next few days! --------------------------------------------- -Cuts- 0:00:00--Intro and What We're Playing 0:21:22--Quick Hits 0:26:49--Shoutout Article of the Week/Shoutout Video of the Week 0:33:11--Soft News 0:45:30--NEW News 0:58:21--Nintendo's Online Subscription 1:11:50--Nintendo Direct ------------------------

Save Roommates, welcome back! This week on The Save Room we've got a lot of that there gaming talk for you. Need a quick rundown? Kevin went to PAX West! Your boys sunk an entire city with holes in Donut County! Henry Cavill is Geralt! THQ Nordic is buying up a puzzling amount of games! And...Kevin is Spider-Punk? And after years of hype, September 7th has finally graced us with Insomniac's Spider-Man game for the PS4. Your boys put a heavy dent in the game and for our topic this week we wanted to give you our spoiler-free impressions on the latest on Marvel's newest video game. Boy, let us tell you: this game is A LOT of fun. We look forward to giving you our full impressions and thoughts with our follow-up review next week. Until then, thanks as always for sitting through our antics and giving us a listen. ----------------------------------------------- -Cuts- 0:00:00--Intro and PAX West 0:25:35--Donut County 0:30:34--Save Room Quick Hits 0:45:14--News 1:16:28--Our spoiler-free thoughts on Insomniac's: Marvel's Spider-Man ---------------

Welcome back Save Roommates, good to see you again. This week's episode covers a lot of hot hot games coming out! Streets of Rage 4. Resident Evil 2. Cyberpunk 2077. Life is Strange 2. DMC 5! SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE!! We're losing our heads over all of these promising titles and crying for how bad our wallets are going to be punished. We couldn't be more excited though. Additionally, to open this week's episode Kevin and Daniel wanted to first address the shooting at the GLHF Game Bar in Jacksonville Landing over the weekend that took the lives of Eli Clayton and Taylor Roberts and left 10 others critically injured. While we're not experts on the topic and you can take or leave our opinions, this is something that took place amongst our community in our home state. We didn't have too many details at the time of recording, but we wanted to talk about the issue, share our thoughts, and remember and pay respect to the two lost who loved video games as much as we do. If you want to help, you can donate to the victims and their families over at http://www.gofundme.com/rip-true-and-spot OR you can donate blood at any hospital whether locally in Jacksonville or elsewhere. As always, thanks for listening and being the best of Save Roommates. ------------------------------------------ --Cuts-- 0:00:00: Addressing the Jacksonville Shooting at the GLHF Game Bar 0:09:47: Intro 0:23:12: Soft News 0:43:08: Hard News ---------------------

Is it just our takes or is it getting hot in The Save Room this week? While we do give you our typical news and winding gaming spiels, we decided to play with our weekly format and do something different for you Save Roommates--The Hot Take Takedown! We're playing a game and throwing our most divisive and controversial gaming hot takes at each other, a la Twitter style. Good takes will be rewarded a "MARIO" and bad takes are branded with a scathing "WARIO.". We've done a lot of ridiculous things in our two years, but this tops the list. Special shoutout to all of our new listeners from Amsterdam who devoured our last episode! We're not sure if the term "plagiarism" amounts to some sort of kinky Dutch sex act or if we just pair well with pot clubs, but we're stoked to have caught your attention! Thanks for giving us a listen and sticking out our antics. And to all of our long-term Roommates, we hope this one gives you a good laugh. ------------------------------------ -Cuts- 0:00:00--Intro 0:07:30--Dead Cells 0:18:00-What Daniel's Been Playing 0:22:57--Soft News (PSN Sale, RE2, Marcus Sellers, God of War New Game+) 0:37:11--THE PORT REPORT 1:04:40--Shoutout Article of the Week 1:13:11--Topic: The Hot Take Takedown ---------------------------------

We ask in these trying times for a moment of silence to pay respect to the life and loss of Luigi Mario, who lost his life due to an occupational hazard last week...thank you. This week on The Save Room: Kevin is back in the kitchen with Overcooked 2, Daniel is hitting the payload in Overwatch, and we're getting all sorts of hyped for some anticipated upcoming games. We give you the full Super Smash Bros Ultimate Smashdown, the grotesque details on Doom Eternal, and talk more Red Dead Redemption 2. All that topped off by the recent IGN plagiarism fiasco over an employee's Dead Cells review. This week's episode is sure to be an emotional roller coaster of loss, frustration, excitement, praise, and critique. As always, we want to thank you all for listening and showing us love. You're the best Save Roommates we could ask for. ---Cuts---- 0:00:00--What We've Been Playing 0:24:45--Luigi's Obituary 0:27:20--Super Smash Bros Ultimate Smash Down 0:39:27--News 0:56:00--Shoutout Article of the Week (The Greg Miller Story) 1:01:00--Topic: IGN and the Dead Cells plagiarism fiasco

So you survived the Blood Boys Bloodcast, huh? Well welcome to Episode 34, you lucky listeners! This week on The Save Room, we're back to our regularly scheduled shenanigans. We dish on what we've been playing since the last podcast: Kevin's trying to make MonHun a thing and tackling the Megaman Collection and Daniel is trying to wrap his head around what the heck is going on in Nier Automata. We also scream at Capcom for the thousandth time for a Dino Crisis remake, get stoked for Spider-man, and discuss what we'd want from an Overwatch sequel if Blizzard were to ever do one. As always, we'd like to thank you guys for tuning in and supporting us whether you've been listening to us here, catching us on Twitch, or keeping up with us on Twitter. You're the reason we do this and we appreciate the hell out of you. Your t-shirt is in the mail. ---------------------------

You've heard it's murmurings and felt it in your blood and it's finally here! This week the Save Room proudly presents Bloodboys--a Bloodborne dissection. If you're wondering why we're talking about a 3 year old game for an entire episode in 2018--well don't. 1). It's Backlog season and 2). It's a damn good game. In this episode we go deep into our time with Bloodborne discussing gameplay mechanics, our best strategies, our favorite boss moments, and go mad over the game's deeply engrossing (and grotesque) lore. We also compare it to the other Souls games and how this might be one of the most accessible titles FromSoftware has put out to date. If you were on the fence about this game--let the good blood guide your way. We had a lot of fun putting this one together and we hope you hunters have as much fun listening to it. We'd like to thank our sponsors, Soulsborne and Soulslike and their newest brew, Paleblood IPA. It had us feeling limber and kept us hacking and slashing all through the blood frenzy of the night. And of course, thank you all for listening. ---------------------------------------- All music and soundbtytes courtesy of FromSoftware, Bloodborne, and Sony Entertainment. Main theme "Omen" by Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Smith, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzukui, Cris Velasco, and Michael Wandmacher.

Episode 33: The ArenaNet Firings and the Power of Community by The Save Room

Episode 32: Pixel Litigations by The Save Room

Todd Howard. Female Protagonists. Lesbian Protagonists. Remakes. Todd Howard's Tunnel Snake. All the Smash. Plus: samurai, sharks, supernatural horror, Elijah Wood, and all new IP. This year's E3 had a little bit of everything for everyone... if "everything" means corporate approved marketing. This week we're doing a comprehensive rundown of all that E3 2018 had to offer from every conference to damn near every game announced. While it was a roller coaster of a show, one thing is for sure: the next 18 months of gaming are going to be exceptionally awesome and promising. If you're excited for something or want to hear what we're losing our minds over, then tune in and let us know what you think. The Save Room is nothing without your opinions, Roommates. As always, thanks for listening and happy gaming. --------------------------Cuts---------------------------------- -EA: 5:15 -Microsoft: 22:13 -Bethesda: 54:34 -Square Enix: 1:15:41 -Ubisoft: 1:22:00 -Sony: 1:35:12 -Nintendo: 2:04:00

This week The Save Room celebrates its Dirty 30! That's right, The Save Room is officially as old as Daniel. This week we dish on our time with Detroit: Become Human, Hyrule Warriors, and Dark Souls: Remastered. We also speculate about the new Assassin's Creed and Fallout 76, discuss why people are upset about a female soldier on the cover of Battlefield V, and in a fit of Sonic mania we even cast our perfect live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film. All of that topped off with our wildest E3 2018 predictions and dreams. It's gonna be a wild ride, so strap in and press "X" to dream. ------------------------------------------------------- -Cuts- 0:00:00-Opening 32:00:00--News 1:05:08--The Save Room casts Sonic the Hedgehog movie 1:40:53--Our E3 2018 Dreams and Predictions -----------------------------------------

It's the Dad of War Parentcast! Yep, you read that right, boy. On this week's episode, your Save Room Boys are back discussing Sony Santa Monica's God of War. In typical Save Room Reviews fashion, we will discuss our impressions of the game and what we thought before diving into heavy spoiler territory. If you loved the game as much as we did, then get your leviathan axe ready because you'll want to tear into this one. We hope you'll enjoy this one as much as we enjoyed recording it. And as always thanks for listening!

Your favorite Save Room boys are back and this week we're joining up with our favorite heroes to stop Thanos in a brand new Save Room Reviews for Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War. 10 years of world building and character arcs all masterfully come together in this epic climax of Marvel's Infinity War saga. We laughed, we cried, but mostly we were an anxious gut-punched mess as the Russo Brothers and company deliver yet another cinematic show-stopper. Be forewarned as there are as many spoilers as there are hellions in a Chitauri army. Tune in and let us know what you think and if it delivered on your expectations! As always, thanks for listening and being the best of Save Roommates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Avengers Infinity War Theme suite" courtesy of Marvel, Disney, and Alan Silvestri. "Avengers Infinity War Theme" courtesy of Marvel and Disney. "Avengers Infinity War Theme (8-BIT Trailer Version) courtesy of BITME on youtube. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Save Roommates, rejoice! If you were wondering where your trustworthy Save Room boys have been the past 5 months, well, we've been recording this whole time so shame on you for not keeping up. In our first episode since October, we're bringing you a heaping canteen plate's worth of content. This week we're covering what has kept our thumbs sore since we put down Destiny 2, as well as all the news you might have somehow forgot to keep up on since. We dish on the inevitable release of Black OPS 4 and the delay of Days Gone, pitch "Life Finds A Gay" (a new Jeff Goldbum dating sim), and get into the highs and lows of the Nintendo Direct 2018. We also discuss Trump's meeting with the video game industry after the tragic mass shooting in Parkland and what it means to the industry and the nation. If you're still hungering for more, fret not--we cap off the episode with our latest gaming venture--Monster Hunter: World. (TL:DL--We love it) We apologize for our absence but thank you as always for tuning in. Rest assured though, this episode will have you percolated and harder than a barroth's dick. ------------------------------------------------------------- Cuts: 12:50--News 36:57--Nintendo Direct 2018 1:05:52--Trump Meets with the Video Games Industry 1:25:55--Monster Hunter World

Episode 28: Destiny Boys by The Save Room

--------------------------- 8-bit version of "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" courtesy of Federico Villasanti and Brand New.

This week, The Save Room presents our first ever Battle Royale! We invited a few close friends on to talk about the recent allegations surrounding Nick Robinson and discuss harassment in the industry, how it is for women on a regular basis, and what we can do to be a better influence in our industry. It's a hefty, yet important one. We also dish on Nintendo's commercial success with the Switch, talk Mayo vs Ketchup, getting back together with the boys in Final Fantasy 15: Comrades, and why Kevin will always be a shape-shifter. We'd definitely appreciate your ears on this one -- hopefully there's something to be taken away from it. ----------------------- "Beneath the Mask" courtesy of Sony, Persona 5, Adriana Figueroa, and Insaneintherain

Episode 25: The Nintendo Vorecast (Ft. Trevor of Coconut Arcade) by The Save Room

The Save Room is back this week and with a special guest: Captain Trevor of the Coconut Arcade fame! On this week's episode we have a round table discussion on the kickass new Castlevania series on Netflix and how other video games could benefit from a similar treatment. We also dish on the upcoming Sundered, why people are upset that they can't date dads, and Kevin's rabid fear of horses. With whips cracking around every corner, you know this one's gonna be all business (mostly). ----------------------- "Vampire Killer" courtesy of KONAMI, Satoe Terashima, and Kinuyo Yamashita. Cover image courtesy of Netflix.

Episode 23: Our E3 2017 Impressions by The Save Room

Episode 22: Our E3 2017 Predictions by The Save Room

Episode 21: The Save Room Saves the World by The Save Room

This week the tire-fire is heating up as we go all-in for our 20th official episode. We do a spec-heavy rundown on the Xbox Scorpio press release and what it says to us (a whole lot of nothing at this point). We also talk about Bioware's latest patch to hit Mass Effect Andromeda and liven up those dead eyes; Atlus' tone deaf move to block streaming of Persona 5, and how badly we want to eat Jeff Kaplan's ass. (We're down if you are, Jeff). It's what you would expect from us and more. Check it out, we'd really appreciate it!

Episode 19: SXSW Gaming and Mass Effect Andromeda by The Save Room

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild First Impressions by The Save Room

Oh hey, didn't see you there. Welcome back to The Save Room for our 18th inaugural episode. This week we got our eager hands on Sony's new exclusive title by Guerrilla Games: Horizon Zero Dawn. We put some hours into it already and wanted to give some spoiler-free first impressions and let you know our thoughts. We also talk about the fate of Marvel in video games, Microsoft's venture into game streaming, what indie games to look forward to for the Switch, and why you were probably the coolest kid if you ever owned a pair of Soaps. It's a blast, so be sure to check it out and tell all your friends what you're listening to as your grinding in their faces. ------------------------------ "(8-bit) Baker Street" compliments of Earnman 7

Episode 17: PewDiePie's Media Blunder and Conduct in Gaming by The Save Room

Episode 16: Gamestop's Vicious Circle of Life by The Save Room

Welcome to our second Save Room reviews! This week we take you down to the bayou and through the Baker Manor as we review Resident Evil 7. There is terror around every corner as we talk about the game's high points and low points and how the game re-establishes Resident Evil as the king of survival horror. Check it out if you are a fan of the series or if you dug the game as much as we did. Fair warning: there are spoilers around every corner. --------------------------- "Resident Evil 7 Official Save Room Theme", "Go Tell Aunt Rhody", and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Music Box Version)" are compliments of Capcom..

Gather 'round for the inaugural 15th episode of The Save Room! This week on America's greatest second-rate gaming podcast we have more delays from Square Enix, the latest on Resident Evil 7, and why you won't be seeing Borderlands 3 on the Nintendo Switch. We also premiere our Fils-aime Filibuster and give the rundown on everything we know so far about the Nintendo Switch. We also bring back the infamous Game Pitch! Strap in kids because it's a long one!

It's a calvacade of Arms and Squid Doctors on this week's episode of The Save Room as Nintendo finally gives us the full rundown on the Nintendo Switch. We delve into the highs and lows of the conference and discuss whether or not the Switch is still for us and what Nintendo has to do to keep us intrigued with their newest console. ----------------------- *Intermission and Outro sampling compliments of White Denim's "Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah)"

Episode 13: Our Top 5 of 2016 by The Save Room

The Save Room Reviews: Final Fantasy XV by The Save Room

Episode 12: Our Week in Gaming by The Save Room

Episode 11: Kevin Does PSX by The Save Room

Episode 10: The Anniversary Extravaganza by The Save Room

It's The Save Room's 9th weekly podcast of gaming glory. Coming to you post-election, we talk about our thoughts on the President-elect, Donald Trump and the climate of this past election. We also dish heavily on Blizzcon 2016, whether or not Neko Aestume would make a good horror film, and what that smell is that Kevin can't quite put his nose on. -------------------------------------- Cuts: Intro/Election talk (0:00:00) News (0:34:10) Topic: Blizzcon 2016 (1:12:10) -------------------------------------

Do video game movies suck? Short answer: yes. In our eighth episode, we dissect and bitch about why video game adaptations for the silver screen don't work and what it would take to make a good one. We also talk about EA's social media blunders, thatgamecompany's follow-up to Journey, and whether Sonic the Hedgehog will rapid dash to his demise with his journey to the silver screen. Tune in to our video game antics, we'd greatly appreciate it.

Episode 7: The Halloween Horror Episode by The Save Room

The Save Room boys are back to give you a second episode in one week! Who'd ever thought that would happen? We awoke like the rest of you on Thursday morning to the reveal of Nintendo's newest console, The Nintendo Switch (previously codenamed the NX), and we couldn't be more excited. We wanted to do a short episode detailing what it is, our impressions, and what we want out of Nintendo's newest console. Check it out and be sure to drop us a comment about your excitement or your reluctancies. Will it be a day one for you or is it too little, too late for Nintendo--we want YOU to tell us. Thanks for listening, see you next week.

Episode 6: Are AAA Games Sustainable? by The Save Room

Episode 5: Fall Preview by The Save Room

Episode 4: Our Most Disappointing Games by The Save Room

Episode 3: National Video Game Day by The Save Room

Episode 2: Trophy Talk by The Save Room

Episode 1: Summer in Review by The Save Room