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YoVG # 558 The Next 12 Months
So, what do we think the next twelve months looks like for gaming? Nintendo has a SOLID 2027 coming, but not necessarily any BIG games. Sony and Microsoft have…
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YoVG # 557 Out Of Touch
A couple things inspired this week's episode. First: an incredible 66 post thread from a Capcom developer who worked on RE7. It's since been deleted, but in it…
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YoVG # 556 So, Is AI Good Now?
No. It's still a mixed bag. But it's nice to see the dirtbags in tech suddenly realize they've opened Pandora's box for themselves too. Decompiling is going to…
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YoVG # 555 Paramount WB Merger - Anything Good?
We cover a few things this episode. Asha soft confirming Xbox Portable. Gamestop price gouging their customers on PS5pro. The main topic, though, is the…
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YoVG # 544 Incoming Ad-pocalypse!
Microsoft filed a patent for in-game advertising. Examples include: before or after a multiplayer match, after a major boss fight or story beat, or as a way to…
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YoVG # 553 Xbox Sundowning Continues
Technically the term is "sunsetting" but sundowning seems more appropriate given the confusion, anxiety, and madness of Xbox's behavior. In this week's episode…
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YoVG # 552 Irresponsible Hype (Blizzcon 2026)
For the third week in a row, I have been caught unawares. As with every Blizzcon - I have to acknowledge most of this is not for me. WoW, Overwatch, even…
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YoVG # 551 Nintendo Is a Solid B!
We got a two-parter Nintendo Direct for the first time ever. One part dedicated entirely to Zelda 40 year anniversary and a second more traditional direct the…
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YoVG # 550 Sony Gets A D!
Playstation's State of Play Fall 2026 is in the books. Sony has been a bit mired in consumer hate lately and really needed a big win here. Did they get it?…
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YoVG # 549: Gamescom 2026
We are rolling toward the holiday shopping season and that means Gamescom is here with one last pop of surprises (hopefully). Every year, Gamescom takes me by…
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YoVG # 548 Rockstar Hactivism
Rockstar got hacked again, and GTA6 gameplay got leaked. But this time? The hacker has an activist agenda. They want to punish Rockstar for not having a…
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YoVG # 547 How To Avoid Brand Rot
Have you thought about Halo lately? About where it started and where it's at now? Is it indicative of a brand that has been left to rot, or worse, beaten to…
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YoVG # 546 Gaming Industry 2026: Future Private
Did I make the title a joke about a game from 2005? Yes. Will anyone get it/see it/care? No. But you gotta do what brings you joy. Sometimes that's about…
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YoVG # 545 What Will Convince You To Buy Next Gen?
For me? Nothing, honestly. Well, okay... A launch line up of epic proportions would be hard to deny, but I can't honestly tell you what that would be at this…
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YoVG # 543 Evo 2026 & Future Fighting Games
This episode is mostly about EVO, and what we expect coming for fighting games. There is a furry/waifu subplot though and you should be prepared for it. So, we…
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YoVG # 542 The Next Gen Trap
This episode is a discussion inspired by Mystic on Youtube. He recently made a video about why Sony can't/won't delay the release of the PS6. You can watch…
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YoVG # 541 No One Is Safe
More layoffs. The pendulum always swings. We just had maybe the best not-E3 in close to a decade. Excitement is in the air for anyone that is a fan of games…
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YoVG # 540 The Best (NOT) E3 in a Decade!?
Ok. Maybe that's hyperbolic, but this really was a solid gaming Christmas. Is anyone mad? Of course, there are people who didn't get the exact thing they…
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YoVG # 539 Sony Delivers (Great) Safe Bets!
Sony kicked off gaming summer with an hour long State of Play. Naturally, expectations were high. Did they deliver? I'd argue, yes. They bookended the SoP by…
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YoVG # 538 James Bond First Light: Who's it for?
I love James Bond movies. I grew up with them. I just talked about having gone through every Bond film a few weeks ago (there's 28, if you include The Rock…
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YoVG # 537 Sony Announces a SoP Weeks in Advance?!
Sony is making a bit of an event out of their summer State of Play - coming June 2nd. Summer Games Fest is coming just three days later; so I guess we know…
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YoVG # 536 Catching Up on This Week in Gaming
There's no snappy title for this. My internet was a mess last week and naturally that means a lot happened in the industry. This is our catch up episode! We…
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YoVG # 535 Too Damn Old For Us
This week's episode comes from Patron Scott M. He asked: what's a console that is too primitive or old for us to go back and play? Now, I am young. A baby…
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YoVG # 534 Fired For Being Right
This is an eclectic episode where we catch up on some of the news floating around. First, we talk about the new Neo Geo being released along with 10 games. The…
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YoVG # 533 Waste of Money
I'm alive! I spent last week fighting a sinus infection - sorry for the missed episode but as you'll hear in the beginning of this episode: it was gross as…
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YoVG # 532 It's an FGC Summer, Boys!
In this weeks episode we talk rumors and how I got got by a Zelda rumor. We talk insane pricing and while the RAM crash has begun, we doubt it'll ever drop…
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YoVG # 531 Is Fortnite Slipping?
Epic laid off a bunch of leads on the Fortnite Team. Does this signal that Fortnite is slipping? Is this related to Epic going after Google and Apple app…
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YoVG # 530 DLSS 5 Makes A Splash
The guys at Digital Foundry put themselves in a bit of hot water because they absolutely glazed DLSS 5 - the new technology shown by NVIDIA - and it amounts to…
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YoVG # 529 MAR10 DAY
Apparently this has been a thing for a few years now, but I just noticed it. March 10 - MAR10 - Mario Day. You get it. This caused us to start talking about…
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YoVG # 528 Requiem For A Helix
We're talkin RE9 (mostly spoiler free). We're talking Capcom Spotlight (could have been a text). We're talking Xbox announcing Project Helix. (It's a PC).
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YoVG # 527 Goodbye Phil, Hello AI!
It's like news breaks in chunks these days. Is that planned? It feels planned. In this episode we cover: Saudi Arabia buys the rest of EVO and announces plans…
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YoVG # 526 Developer Slates 2026 & Beyond
In the 90's and early 00's you typically saw multiple (2 or more) entries into a series per decade. That meant you could really fall in love with a series, and…
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YoVG # 525 Sony Delivers!
Sony's State of Play 2026 finally delivers a show worth watching. If it were a competition (it is), this would be the first big win of 2026! 30+ games over 70…
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YoVG # 524 Nintendo Direct Could Have Been An Email
No big surprises this time, but not a bad direct. I think we all know partners will mostly be porting games for Switch 2. We talk about the direct, what…
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YoVG # 523 VirtuaBoy, E-Shop, & Game Preservation
The VirtuaBoy re-release is one of those things where the more you look at it, the dumber it gets, but also if it brings someone a lot of joy to own: who am I…
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YoVG # 522 Where's The Hype For 2026?!
Are we burned out? Probably yes. 2026 has started with 20 days of constant churning news. But there are good games coming this year. Games we should be seeing…
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YoVG # 521 The Honeymoon is OVER
Clickbait title is clickbait. Sorta. Because Matt is back from his honeymoon, and maybe the industry is entering a new spiral phase... But the title is about…
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YoVG # 520 2025 Year in Review!
As the year comes to a close we like to review the past twelve months in gaming with an eye on what to expect next year. What games missed the mark? What games…
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YoVG # 519 Holiday 2025 - Ghosts of Christmas Past
A Christmas Carol themed holiday episode? That's right. It's a Christmas Carol themed holiday episode. But... What does that mean? It means we are going to…
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YoVG # 518 Larian Studios Says AI is Good For Game Devs?
Small bomb dropped when indie darling Larian revealed it uses AI in the preproduction and ideation phase of game development. Naturally, opinions deviate…
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YoVG # 517 Marvel Tokon vs Avatar Beta
Recently, both Marvel Tokon and Avatar: The Last Airbender had their beta weekends. In a shocking turn - the perception of each game FLIPPED. Where players…
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YoVG # 516 Free Game Ideas
Like all gamers, we sometimes get hit by ideas we just NEED to see made into a game. From extraction shooters to racing games, here are some ideas we have been…
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YoVG # 515 FGC 2026 - IP Based Flood
Next year looks pretty cool for the FGC. Three promising games, from promising teams, are coming at some point in 2026. An interesting connection between all…
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YoVG # 514 The Rise of Handhelds - Holiday 2025
Handhelds are on the rise! Where once the only option was a Switch or a Steam Deck, now we have Android devices like Ayn's ODIN line, Lenovo's Legion Go, and…
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YoVG # 513 Sony's State of Play Japan 2025
Sony dropped a State of Play just for its Japanese Developers. Matt and I are split on this one. He feels it fell flat, I feel it says: Sony is finally waking…
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YoVG # 512 Unlikely Tie-In Games (That Should Exist)
In the 90's tie-in games for movies and TV shows were pretty much BS. I mean most of the time they had little to nothing to do with the property they were…
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YoVG # 511 Expecting 2026 Turbulence
Hey, so all these layoffs? Well, it means lots of projects are dead in the water. And that means we are going to see a serious dip in games coming to market…
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YoVG # 510 The GameFreak Leak
I liked the title The Freak Leak, but then who would click on it? GameFreak had a leak. It was possibly an old school phishing scheme, which is sort of…
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YoVG # 509 Fallout New 3rd Party
It's Microsoft. Rumor has it that Microsoft wants out of the hardware business (surprise, surprise!) and that means Xbox may not have a new generation next…
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YoVG # 508 State of Games - Holiday 2025
What is the state of the gaming industry going in to Holiday 2025? Shockingly fragile. There is only one major third party publisher left in the US. Microsoft…
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YoVG # 507 Tokyo Game Show 2025
Sony and Microsoft had their showcases this week for TGS 2025. We dive into what's exciting, what's confusing, and what is just plain bad. Join us for some…
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YoVG # 506 Will Games Be Worth The Price In 2026?
The price of gaming keeps going up. Sure, part of it for those of us in the US is tariffs. But gaming has become much more expensive world wide. Especially AAA…
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YoVG # 505 Did Nintendo Meet or Beat Expectations?
Did Nintendo beat expectations? No. Well, according to Matt. While nothing was BAD in the direct, and plenty was GOOD: Nintendo didn't justify the new system…
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YoVG # 504 Game Journalism & What Happens If It Dies?
Game journalism is often derided as pointless or nonexistent. We ourselves have made those jokes in the past, especially when talking about the old school game…
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YoVG # 503 Games People Love That We Don't Get
Or "Old Men Yell At Cloud" There's a lot of great games. Honestly, there might actually be more good games than bad ones these days. But sometimes, even a good…
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YoVG # 502 A Bit O' Gamescom 2025
I held it together and we recorded a little Gamescom talk. We didn't go super deep on any one game, but the biggest takeaway this year? Horror fans are gonna…
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YoVG # 501 Gen Z Stops Spending!
We're in the doldrums before Gamescom, so there is a tight lid on anything new and exciting. I just got back from a week of travel so bad I'm having flashbacks…
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YoVG # 500 The Most Trash Games We've Ever Played!
Episode 500 is for the haters! We've been on a positive upswing for almost two years now, but it's time to return to our roots. We were born haters, and haters…
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YoVG # 499 We Need a New Fighting Game IP
Something entirely new. Not based on an existing IP. Built from the ground up by a good team without the restrictions of making characters that match…
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YoVG # 498 The Best Games of (the first half of) 2025
Taking a suggestion from you guys: we decided to talk about games we hope don't get forgotten by end of year. And maybe a couple we know definitely will. So…