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Saluki Gamescast
A look at the latest in video games and the news surrounding them through the filter of communication studies and academia at large. Each episode gathers a panel from Southern Illinois University Carbondale students, faculty, and staff to talk about the latest in digital entertainment. Produced by the SIU School of Communication Studies.
Episodes
- Saluki Gamescast
154. Reese's Pieces
We have a Nintendo Indie World Showcase to discuss! We talk Winds of Viridia, City of None, Dumpster Gang, and more! Plus, more layoffs of a sort at Microsoft…
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153. Bo Knows BioWare
It's an extra along episode this week as we deep dive on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and the Street Fighter (2026) movie. Plus, we talk EA shuttering BioWare…
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152. Sonic the Hedgehog DNA
Epic Games leans heavy into AI. Rockstar ratchets up production schedules. Xbox bets big on emerging tech and movies. Wing Commander 3 gets a glow-up. Leisure…
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151. What's Kramer's Alt?
Xbox continues consolidating and this time it means new homes for Halo and Rare. Grand Theft Auto 6 serves up the oddest of collector's editions. We almost…
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150. 150th Episode For Real
Could this truly be the end of Build a Rocket Boy? Is Grand Theft Auto 6 about to drop three of the dopest albums ever? Is Two-Point Museum DLC a secret Theme…
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149. Justin Is Not Old
We finally know what The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake looks like! Plus, we have a whole second Nintendo Direct to direct with Metroid Ravenous…
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148. Parent Trap Meets Wrestling
We have a new PlayStation State of Play to discuss! Join us as we talk Until Dawn 2, Hunter's Moon, Maneater 2, and more! Plus we talk a bit of wrestling and…
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147. Wallflowers Ballroom Dancing
We recap Opening Night Live by talking The Witcher 3 Remastered, Rainbow Six Tactics, Warlock, Stage Tour, Lego Skylines, Rollercoaster Tycoon Wonderworks, and…
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146. Tireless in Appalachia
Next generation sales could plummet. Halloween gets banned in Australia. 2K passes its way into soccer games? Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, sort of. All that plus…
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145. Bert's Final Meal
Grand Theft Auto VI is headed to Netflix? Tomodachi is a big seller for Nintendo? Dave Bautista is going to be a God of War? All the news plus discussion of…
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144. Nexus of Rednecks
PlayStation is dropping physical games, Xbox is closing multiple studios, and Nintendo is remaking one of their greatest classics. Which do we have more to say…
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143. Sea Buggy
Nintendo's big Switch 2 numbers, the Switch 2 price bump, Takashi Tezuka's retirement, sexism in games, and how Nintendo even scares professional wrestlers. We…
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142. Five Times a Star Fox
There's a big shakeup at WWE, so we talk a wee bit of wrestling. Then we move into talking Mixtape, Vampire Crawlers, and more. Plus, we talk the Star Fox 64…
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141. Neo Geo Dreams
It's WrestleMania season, so we take a brief detour into the squared circle. We also talk Xbox Game Pass price cuts, SNK reviving the Neo Geo for all of us…
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140. Japan Leather Company
Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a hit? MindsEye is sabotaging its DLC? No Man's Sky chooses you, Pokemon? A new Impossible Mission is not so impossible? All of…
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139. Proselytizing to Cats
Is Nintendo cooking up a new Star Fox and an Ocarina of Time remake? Has PlayStation finally hit a price cap that consumers won’t follow? Are major layoffs at…
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138. Beach Blanket Pokémon
Some big indie titles are headed to Switch like Heave Ho 2, Mixtape, Blue Prince, Minishoot Adventures, and more! Plus, we talk the big Pokémon Winds and Waves…
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137. Xboxed Out
There's a big shakeup at Xbox and PlayStation is closing one of its star studios. Amazon is shuttering more of its game division and Pokemon is dropping big…
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136. Twelve Foot Chicken Man
Did Sony just drop an all-timer State of Play? We talk 4: Loop, Beast of Reincarnation, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Control Resonant, God of War, John Wick…
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135. 4K Snowboarding
Nintendo hosts a Direct, but was there anything worthwhile? We also discuss the Steam Machine delay, Overwatch's backtrack on character design, do we need a…
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134. Gamify Bowling
Nintendo beats itself in hardware, Pokemon teases a Super Bowl surprise, AMD teases a new Xbox, Sony teases an AI podcast hellscape, and more. Plus, we talks…
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133. Have You Heard of Dead by Daylight?
Big cuts at Ubisoft for games in development, will that also mean big cuts in staffing? Plus, Life is Strange gets a conclusion, Marathon gets a date, Tomb…
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132. Game of the Year 2025: The Top Ten
It's time for our Game of the Year 2025 festivities! A celebration so big that it takes us two episodes to cover it all. For day two we're whittling down a…
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131. Game of the Year 2025: The Awards
It's time for our Game of the Year 2025 festivities! A celebration so big that it takes us two episodes to cover it all. First up, the awards! Join us as we…
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130. The Hallmark Christmas Movie Game
Netflix is maybe buying Warner Brothers and that means Mortal Kombat? Call of Duty is shifting gears after sales disappointment? Capcom thinks Mega Man is…
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129. VR McDonald's
Saudi Arabia takes a big bite out of Electronic Arts, Roblox puts their foot in their mouth, Epic wants you to forget its cheating ways, Far Cry comes to TV…
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128. The Steam Trifecta
Big news as Steam announces their new console the Steam Machine along with an updated Steam Controller and the VR Steam Frame headset. Plus we talk keeping old…
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127. Saints Row: Tokyo Drift
Nintendo has lots of good news to report, plus some teasing for new feature films. Plus, Steam Deck adds a much requested feature, Saints Row returns from the…
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126. Pokémon DEI
It's been another one of those weeks for Xbox with Halo: Campaign Evolved, Forza taking a break, and Xbox going the way of Microsoft Office? But we also need…
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125. I Lived the Game
The Switch 2 is the biggest launch ever? Kirby has a lot to say? Atari is throwing an old rival a bone? Scarface is in some legal trouble? Angry Birds is…
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124. Xbox's Very Bad Week
Electronic Arts is selling to Saudi Arabia? Xbox is raising prices on everything? Nightdive Studios is remastering their remasters? Halo has something to…
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123. That's Nerdist of Me
Xbox is raising prices again but what does this mean for the game industry at large? Japan is censoring Dying Light. Kojima is knocking on OD's door. All this…
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122. Virtual Boy Outsells Itself
Nintendo dumped plenty of news on us this week so we sift through Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's motorcycle, Donkey Kong Bananza's slight DLC, Super Mario Galaxy's…
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121. Meatballs Are My Favorite Fruit
There's a big Nintendo Direct coming, so we have some thoughts on what we might see in the way of Super Mario Bros.' 40th anniversary. We also chat the Acclaim…
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120. Bananas for Bananza
Acclaim rises from the dead, Skate shows proof of life, Nintendo says no thanks to third parties, Halloween goes single player, Mortal Kombat goes digging…
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119. The Guy Who's Always Greasy
We're back from out summer hiatus with lots of news out of Gamescom, the return of Bubsy, Sonic and Pac-Man teaming up, Kirby and friends going karting, and…
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118. Muppet Punch-Out!!
It's a mega-sized episode before summer hiatus! But first, we got Switch 2s! Summer Game Fest happened alongside PlayStation and Xbox showcases. Plus, we talk…
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117. The Month of My People
It's video game Christmas this week! We preview Summer Game Fest while talking some Duck Season, Do No Harm, Hercules, and Doom: The Dark Ages. Plus, EA's woes…
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116. Everybody Loves Rayman
Playstation 5 gets a price drop? Nintendo gearing up for Direct with Switch 2 launch? Yakuza 0 getting a big update? Rayman is back and this time not in pog…
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115. Fortnite, AI, and the Downfall of Western Civilization
Neil Druckmann is juggling games. SAG-AFTRA has a bone to pick with a Sith Lord. Final Fantasy 11 lives on through fans. Bungie apologizes for plagiarism. Jade…
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114. Why Garfield Hates Mondays
Giant Bomb uses a phoenix down. Tony Hawk revives a skater. Microsoft goes slashing. Apple has to play fair. Krispy Kreme goes "wakka wakka." Grand Theft Auto…
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113. Super Mario's Art History
Xbox is raising prices by a lot. Giant Bomb and Polygon are dying. Grand Theft Auto VI gets a date, but no one is happy. Ecco the Dolphin returns! Gears of War…
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112. Margaritas and Minecraft
The Russian government is seizing developers? Ace Attorney couldn't cut it today? Sydney Sweeney as both Big and Split? Is the Mario Kart World cow trans? All…
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111. Sydney Sweeney as Big the Cat
This week we dive into Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered, Respawn's new tactics title Star Wars Zero Company, Switch 2 preorders, Anbernic leaving America…
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110. If Donald Duck Suplexed Goofy
Join us for a frank discussion of tariffs and how they're affecting the game industry, but we quickly move along and discuss A Minecraft Movie, Elder Scrolls…
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109. Oops! All Switch 2
Mario Kart World? Donkey Kong Bananza? Kirby Air Riders? Drag x Drive? Join us as we run down all the new Switch 2 announcements and debate the lineup, the…
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108. The Casablanca of Video Games
Nintendo's final Switch Direct? Marvel Cosmic Invasion? New Rhythm Heaven? What does the Switch 2 Direct hold for us? Game Informer returning? All of this and…
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107. I Can See Dog Butt Anytime
After a week off for Spring Break, we return to discuss Sony forming new studios, Undertale's enduring popularity, Sonic versus the Flash, Roblox's general…
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106. Sadomasochistic Guitar Hero
Only False, Avowed, and Dunk Dunk have been eating up our play time this week. But we also discuss big Pokemon news, the rebirth of Acclaim, Tony Hawk's…
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105. Rescue Posh Spice
This week we talk the wild world of Undertale fan games, Descenders Next, Pokemon Go going for sale, Tony Hawk 3+4 rumblings, DC Comics headed back to games…
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104. The Character of Erykah Badu
This week we talked Deliver At All Costs, Schrodinger's Cat Burglar, Final Fantasy VII, and more! Plus, new reveals on Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Sonic Racing…
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103. Mesa Sexy
This episode we discuss Nine Ball Roulette, Final Fantasy VII, and Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. We also delve into the ESA's comments on tariffs Xbox pushing hard…
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102. When Pikachu Goes In Heat
We're back to regular episodes after a month off for Christmas and Game of the Year, and there's a lot to discuss! We talk about Princess Peach Showtime…
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101. Game of the Year 2024: The Top Ten
It's our big blowout for Game of the Year 2024! A blowout so big we had to break it into two episodes. This episode chronicles as we debate which titles will…
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100. 100th Episode Spectacular
What a long, strange trip it has been to 100 episodes of the Saluki Gamescast! But we're so happy for everyone who has made the journey with us and we're gonna…
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99. Game of the Year 2024: The Awards
It's our big blow out for Game of the Year 2024! A blowout so big we had to break it into two episodes. This episode chronicles our individual game awards in…
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98. Not Limited to Flying Safely
We preview the Game Awards, talk Sony's expansion plans for a portable PS5, wonder what Shadow might do with his movie gun, and discuss some favorite holiday…
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97. Always the Birds
Nintendo confirms big Switch 2 news. Xbox teases a portable future while asking what is an Xbox? PlayStation slashes some prices. Though, tariffs might raise…
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96. Can a Hedgehog Be President?
Nintendo finds the music in a new app. Call of Duty goes big with Black Ops 6. Concord dies its final death. Indiana Jones really wants you to know he doesn't…
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95. Rabbids Are Better Than Minions
Nintendo has a not-so-secret anymore MMO? EA Sports College Football goes big? Yooka remaster hints at Nintendo's future? Plus we chat Liar's Bar, Jackbox…