Maximum Hearts
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Episodes
Josh shows off his whip, John tells a story about a cooler whip, and Charm talks about BlizzCon!
SDGC welcomes back Author/Comedian/Gamer (derogatory)/Former Nintendo Employee Mike Drucker to the show! This week it's a lengthy stew of what we've been playing followed by discussion of Nintendo culture and quirks, including the ongoing Switch 2 devkit scarcity as well as the hammer coming down from them on a Japanese charity event. We also found a bit of time at the end for what we'd still like to see announced this year - time ...
This week serves up a terrible podcast title as we look closer at the latest Nintendo Partner Direct, which was a good one for certain fans of HD-2D RPGs. Also on the docket, discussing the scarce Switch 2 dev kit situation that is actively hurting developers, and a new video game that definitely isn't Horizon but probably confused at least one person.
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Another week and more Switch 2 talk, this time its continued Bananza gushing, as well as breaking down the launch sales for Switch 2, which set new records. Also from the latest Circana data, the group talks about the Xbox numbers and what they might mean.
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Another week, another show...this time the SDGC crew is joined by Austin Lee Matthews. The news is light but it's easy to spend an hour talking about what we've played, which of course includes the big new Switch 2 release - Donkey Kong Bananza.
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SDGC is joined by special guest Sam Tolbert to discuss our first month with the Switch 2, favourite games on it so far, and the implications of large Xbox layoffs this week.
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Another few weeks off but the crew is back and recharged, ready to talk about the Switch 2 launch as well as our PAX East impressions.
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It's been a few weeks, but we're back. Join us on this secret mission to get derailed repeatedly while trying to talk about PAX East, and make fun of Xbox for raising console prices.
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Justin is joined by Brit and Finn to discuss South of Midnight, a love letter to southern folklore and a sorely needed original release in Microsoft's lineup.
This game was reviewed using a code provided by the publisher. Thanks to Microsoft and Compulsion Games for the opportunity to review this game.
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Y'all. Can we just stop. Can we get off this rollercoaster ride. What do I have to do. Anything.
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In the second of two Nintendo-centric broadcasts, we discuss the full reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 (though not before some really gushy mushy talk about how much we all love each other).
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In the first of two consecutive Nintendo-centric episodes, we discussed the big Nintendo Switch Direct and our expectations and predictions for the then-imminent Nintendo Switch 2 presentation.
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It's a big moment we've been waiting for, though it has come at a thoroughly demoralizing time: the North American gaming industry's first direct join union has formed. We talk about the potential long-term outcomes of the UVW-CWA. Plus: why have some old games aged better than others?
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Derek and Justin have dedicated their lives to nothing but Monster Hunter Wilds since they got their hands on it, which isn't EVERYTHING you need to know about one of the generation's biggest releases, but it sure is a starting point.
This game was reviewed on PC and PS5 using a code provided by the publisher. Thanks to Capcom for the opportunity to review this game.
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Derek and John discuss the intersection between the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strikes in gaming, the recasting of several actors by Hoyoverse, and a dogbutt AI character demo from Playstation. More importantly, we let John nerd out about the proper reveal of Silent Hill f (I guess we type that lowercase?).
We're joined by friends of the show Sam Tolbert and (eventually) Anoriand to talk about Konami's weirdly mixed strategy for returning to gaming relevance. Also, gaming sure might be about to get way more expensive as a hobby, huh?
Sorry for the very late upload. Life has been life-ing.
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With a stacked cast, we and our guests end up doing a chill episode literally just talking about the things we've been playing, including the newly released Monster Hunter Wilds. Then we save a few minutes to complain about Warner Bros doing Warner Bros stuff, as we've come to expect.
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It's Valentine's Day Eve, Derek's showing some chest, and the crew decides to revisit our biggest video game crushes over the years.
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We're joined by journalist Eric Switzer to talk about the ESA's new invite-only industry trade show "iicon" (that's how it's spelled), as well as how several major gaming publishers are succeeding and failing at their multiplatform strategies.
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It's an extra long episode as (spoiler alert) the entire crew shows up for the first time in ages to talk about our personal favorite games of 2024.
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