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While mourning the passing of Lance Reddick, David Radd plays the groundbreaking Tell Me Why and FINALLY beats Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn and lays down the ten units they added to their final team.  Meanwhile, Tuesday plays some Aces and Adventures and is happy to skip the story and also plays the remake of Resident Evil 4, where thankfully no one makes a comment about Ashley's chest.  In news, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sega and Tencent all confirm they won't attend E3 2023 before the event is just outright canceled while Circana reports on game sales in the U.S. in February 2023 where the PS5 set all time records for PlayStation brand and the Activision Blizzard deal clears  couple of regulatory hurdles while U.S. representatives comment on PlayStation's strength in Japan compared to Xbox.  The Game Developers Conference 2023 also took place, while it had solid attendance and gave awards to God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring, it also saw multiple allegations of abuse.  In the topic, David and Tuesday shared their opinions on Deltarune: Chapter 1's story and characters, it's new combat system and how it's both different and similar than Undertale, 

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While mourning the passing of Lance Reddick, David Radd plays the groundbreaking Tell Me Why and FINALLY beats Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn and lays down the ten units they added to their final team.  Meanwhile, Tuesday plays some Aces and Adventures and is happy to skip the story and also plays the remake of Resident Evil 4, where thankfully no one makes a comment about Ashley's chest.  In news, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sega and Tencent all confirm they won't attend E3 2023 before the event is just outright canceled while Circana reports on game sales in the U.S. in February 2023 where the PS5 set all time records for PlayStation brand and the Activision Blizzard deal clears  couple of regulatory hurdles while U.S. representatives comment on PlayStation's strength in Japan compared to Xbox.  The Game Developers Conference 2023 also took place, while it had solid attendance and gave awards to God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring, it also saw multiple allegations of abuse.  In the topic, David and Tuesday shared their opinions on Deltarune: Chapter 1's story and characters, it's new combat system and how it's both different and similar than Undertale, 

If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!

While still trying to remember that The NPD Group has rebranded as Circana, David Radd marches towards the end of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn with his near unbeatable final team, gives Yakuza 0 the score of Yakuza out of 10, and rates God of War: Ragnarok as the most polished game of all time.  Meanwhile, Tuesday gets isekai'd into  a city of fashion where no one can dress themselves in Style Savvy Fashion Forward and determines the girl trot is in full effect in Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse.  In news, Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda is announced to be leaving while the company shifts offices from Shinjuku to Shibuya, while confirming details of the NFT game Symbiogenesis, with NFTs also interesting  The Pokemon Company as well.  Meanwhile, Ukrainian developer GSC Game World says that some art assets have been hacked by Russians and that they will not give in to their demands.   For the topic, David and Tuesday tackle Scalebound, Hideki Kamiya dream project that was never meant to be.  But will it come back?  No, but that doesn't stop Kamiya from discussing it every chance he gets.

While still trying to remember that The NPD Group has rebranded as Circana, David Radd marches towards the end of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn with his near unbeatable final team, gives Yakuza 0 the score of Yakuza out of 10, and rates God of War: Ragnarok as the most polished game of all time.  Meanwhile, Tuesday gets isekai'd into  a city of fashion where no one can dress themselves in Style Savvy Fashion Forward and determines the girl trot is in full effect in Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse.  In news, Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda is announced to be leaving while the company shifts offices from Shinjuku to Shibuya, while confirming details of the NFT game Symbiogenesis, with NFTs also interesting  The Pokemon Company as well.  Meanwhile, Ukrainian developer GSC Game World says that some art assets have been hacked by Russians and that they will not give in to their demands.   For the topic, David and Tuesday tackle Scalebound, Hideki Kamiya dream project that was never meant to be.  But will it come back?  No, but that doesn't stop Kamiya from discussing it every chance he gets.

If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!

While still reeling from how terrible that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League trailer was, David Radd was getting his degree in escapology in Escape Academy and turning off the special fonts in Pentiment.  Meanwhile, Tuesday avoided turning  Borderlands 2  off the second when Claptrap started speaking and is looking for the "master of unlocking" in Dead Estate.  In news, the CWA comes up twice, once praising Microsoft and the other suing Activision Blizzard as the Ukraine Government looks to block the sale of Atomic Heart for its connections to Russia.   In departures, the head of the Beyond Good and Evil studio head leaves, Firaxis sees a shake up and Shinji Mikami says goodbye to Tango Gameworks, while Nintendo confirms it will not be at E3 2023.   For the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday discuss their experience with various mobile games, talk about the trade off of time or money most mobile titles present and commiserate that even in the Netflix version of Tomb Raider Reloaded still isn't very good.

While still reeling from how terrible that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League trailer was, David Radd was getting his degree in escapology in Escape Academy and turning off the special fonts in Pentiment.  Meanwhile, Tuesday avoided turning  Borderlands 2  off the second when Claptrap started speaking and is looking for the "master of unlocking" in Dead Estate.  In news, the CWA comes up twice, once praising Microsoft and the other suing Activision Blizzard as the Ukraine Government looks to block the sale of Atomic Heart for its connections to Russia.   In departures, the head of the Beyond Good and Evil studio head leaves, Firaxis sees a shake up and Shinji Mikami says goodbye to Tango Gameworks, while Nintendo confirms it will not be at E3 2023.   For the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday discuss their experience with various mobile games, talk about the trade off of time or money most mobile titles present and commiserate that even in the Netflix version of Tomb Raider Reloaded still isn't very good.

If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!

While applauding Mick Gordon's donation to the Red Cross, David Radd is tortured by  Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn's minutia, constantly fails mission objectives in Perfect Dark and is confused by the weird depiction of Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man.  Meanwhile, Tuesday discovers that Camilla remembered the front of her skirt  for Fire Emblem Engage and naturally plays as Lilith the Siren in Borderlands.   In news, the European Comission and the U.K.'s CMA issue warnings about the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard as  Activision Blizzard pays a fine to the SEC and mandates a return for employees to the office.  Meanwhile,  NPD's January 2023 sales show Dead Space as the second best selling title of the month and Nintendo gave their Q3 2022 results, down year over year, and presented many known games at the February 2023 Direct.   For the SNGP topic,  David and Tuesday discuss MultiVersus, its odd combination of characters, it's surprisingly complicated mechanics, obnoxious microtransactions and some worrying signs for its future.

While applauding Mick Gordon's donation to the Red Cross, David Radd is tortured by  Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn's minutia, constantly fails mission objectives in Perfect Dark and is confused by the weird depiction of Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man.  Meanwhile, Tuesday discovers that Camilla remembered the front of her skirt  for Fire Emblem Engage and naturally plays as Lilith the Siren in Borderlands.   In news, the European Comission and the U.K.'s CMA issue warnings about the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard as  Activision Blizzard pays a fine to the SEC and mandates a return for employees to the office.  Meanwhile,  NPD's January 2023 sales show Dead Space as the second best selling title of the month and Nintendo gave their Q3 2022 results, down year over year, and presented many known games at the February 2023 Direct.   For the SNGP topic,  David and Tuesday discuss MultiVersus, its odd combination of characters, it's surprisingly complicated mechanics, obnoxious microtransactions and some worrying signs for its future.

If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!

While mourning all the game reporting jobs being lost,  David Radd notices Tequila Gundam in The Great Battle V, rushes to the boss as quickly as possible in Super Bomberman 5 and feels like he's see this before in PREY.  Meanwhile Tuesday is doing their Tommy Wiseau impersonation with Fire Emblem Engage and is impressed with all the changes in the Dead Space remake.  In news, Microsoft lays off 10,000 employees including at Xbox and Bethesda, a GDC survey shows increased interest in unionization while Ubisoft Paris sees a strike of over 40 people.  Meanwhile, Sony reports a record quarter for the PS5 in sales and 11 million in sales for God of War Ragnarok and Blizzard terminates a manager for refusing to use ranking quotas and breaks up the union at Proletariat before it officially forms.  For the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday discuss what does (and doesn't) constitute a AAA video game.

While mourning all the game reporting jobs being lost,  David Radd notices Tequila Gundam in The Great Battle V, rushes to the boss as quickly as possible in Super Bomberman 5 and feels like he's see this before in PREY.  Meanwhile Tuesday is doing their Tommy Wiseau impersonation with Fire Emblem Engage and is impressed with all the changes in the Dead Space remake.  In news, Microsoft lays off 10,000 employees including at Xbox and Bethesda, a GDC survey shows increased interest in unionization while Ubisoft Paris sees a strike of over 40 people.  Meanwhile, Sony reports a record quarter for the PS5 in sales and 11 million in sales for God of War Ragnarok and Blizzard terminates a manager for refusing to use ranking quotas and breaks up the union at Proletariat before it officially forms.  For the SNGP topic, David and Tuesday discuss what does (and doesn't) constitute a AAA video game.

If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!