Firelink

Firelink

Marty Sliva, Nick Calandra, and KC Nwosu are back for a brand new podcast here on Second Wind. Each week we'll be discussing the latest gaming news, hot topics, what we've been playing... and maybe even a craft beer review.

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October 16, 2026 • 97 mins

This week on Firelink Nick, KC, and Marty chat about just how many times game companies can step in the AI pile in one week. Apparently, it's a lot.

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This week on Firelink Nick, KC, and Marty chat about Xbox XP, games like Silent Hill and Control being fixed after launch, and all the big games they've been playing, including Star Wars: Galactic Racer, aka, the spiritual successor to Burnout.

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This week on Firelink Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the deluge of big games they've been playing, including Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Silent Hill: Townfall, Control: Resonant, Gears of War: E-Day, and more.

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This week on Firelink Nick and KC chat about the big game news and releases of the week, and discuss the big Halo news that has a lot of divided opinions on the internet.

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This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty chat about the big game news and releases of the week, including a deep dive into everything surrounding Marvel's Wolverine.

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This week on Firelink, KC and Marty chat about the Kojima/PlayStation/Xbox drama, the wild leaks coming out of Steam, the Nintendo Direct + Zelda showcases, and thoughts on big new games like Onimusha.

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This week on Firelink, Nick and Marty chat about the deluge of releases both big and small that show no sign of stopping -- Moonlighter 2, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Orbitals, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Halloween, and more.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty go deep on the Netflix Grand Theft Auto 6 showcase, clean up some lingering Gamescom stories, and chat about the new games they've been playing, including Star Wars Zero Company and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the info dump surrounding From Software's The Duskbloods, reports surrounding Sony's Horizon franchise, and impressions of what they've been playing.

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This week on Firelink, Nick and Marty chat about the slippery slope of making a game fully "inspired by" a classic, the small bit of Elder Scrolls 6 news, and Saber Interactive's CEO being a completely out of touch corpo.Second Wind is fully independent, employee-owned and fan-funded. Consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as $1/month at patreon.com/SecondWindGroup

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This week on Firelink, KC and Marty run down this week's news, including the next big Grand Theft Auto VI reveal debuting on Netflix, Nintendo's latest Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Direct, and reports that Dave Bautista might be stepping into the role of Kratos.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty continue their chat about their history with video game remakes and why the current trend of all AAA publishers doing them is here to stay.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty continue their discussion from last week, this time focusing on the modern indies that have reshaped the gaming landscape.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about recent games that changed the industry.

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This week on Firelink, KC and Marty chat about the recent update in Xbox's big studio reset.

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This week on Firelink, KC and Marty chat about Sony's decision to move away from physical games.

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This week on Firelink, KC and Marty chat about the details surrounding Grand Theft Auto VI's launch, Netflix's new horror game, and what they've been playing.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the reports of a bloody summer for Xbox.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about their favorite games of Summer Game Fest, refresh their Fantasy Critic draft, and bemoan yet another round of layoffs at Ubisoft and Xbox.

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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty give their thoughts on Tuesday's State of Play showcase before looking forward to this weekend's Summer Game Fest shenanigans.

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