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| Episode 189: Don Quixote Banana (LEGO Party, Silent Hill f, Ms. New Booty) | 11 Jan 2026 | 01:16:47 | |
Oh boy, I sure hope the new joy cons add a touch of vibrant color to the Switch 2! THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Hello 00:51 Board the Mothership Further reading: Mothership Is A New Website About Gender And Games Which Feels Like A Radical Thing To Launch In 2026 But Shouldn’t Be 04:13 With an estimated 400 store closures and counting, GameStop's future is in turmoil - Polygon 11:56 New Joy-Con 2 colors… kinda Switch 2 sales slowed over Christmas - Video Games Chronicle 20:24 What we’ve been playing The One Game to Rescue Switch 2 - Delayed Input on YouTube Nathaniel's on letterboxd: nathanbased Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| BONUS: The 2025 JGOTYs | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:19:08 | |
Every year, Tori sits down with her gamer husband to find out what stood out among the many games he played. Join us for a little midweek bonus in the feed with 2025's JGOTYs (Jesse's Games of the Year). THINGS MENTIONED Jacob Geller's YouTube video essay "Fear of Cold" Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 188: Press START predicts 2026 | 05 Jan 2026 | 01:21:17 | |
I see gaming in your future... THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Reviewing over our 2025 predictions 12:00 2026 predictions and what we want to play 34:20 What Tori's Playing 48:20 What Noah's playing 01:00:09 What Nathaniel's playing 01:18:30 Wrapping up Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 187: Press START's Games of the Year 2025 | 29 Dec 2025 | 02:07:31 | |
We got more OTYs in here than you could ever possibly imagine. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Opening and Gift giving 14:34 Nathaniel's long-awaited tierlist 24:36 Tierlists from Discord 37:56 Giveaway!! 39:02 Time for the OTYs starting with... GOTY 45:57 GOTOY 57:12 MOTY 01:06:15 MOTOY 01:16:47 AOTY/AOTOY 01:31:01 BOTY 01:34:20 POTY 01:47:31 PSOTY 01:52:37 PSTOTY 01:55:24 FOTY 02:05:08 Closing Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 186: He got the berc (Red Dead Redemption 2, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment) | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:51:01 | |
HEY don't forget to join our holiday Wordatro giveaway! Info at the top of the show!! RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILERS: 17:50 - 26:30 THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro and holiday giveaway reminder 05:25 What Noah's playing 17:30 What Nathaniel's playing 33:33 What Tori's playing 47:00 Wrap-up Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased Noah's on Discord: noahhurts Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your tierlists, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 185: And the Game Award goes to... Press START (Red Dead Redemption 2, Mount and Blade, Pokemon ZA) | 14 Dec 2025 | 01:23:01 | |
Yeah OK we'll talk about the Game Awards but ONLY because they showed off a silly Star Wars game. THINGS MENTIONED: 0:00 Press START Nation, welcome to the podcast 0:17 The Game Awards talk 14:20 Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ - Official Reveal Trailer live watch 39:25 What we’ve been playing 1:07:46 THE BASKETBALL TALK IS RIGHT HERE 1:15:44 Press START GOTY 2025 Giveaway Explanation! 1:18:25 Wrapping up 1:19:32 Closing thoughts | |||
| Episode 184: 2025 Streamer Awards recap | 08 Dec 2025 | 01:32:18 | |
The episode title is a bit gun to my head I don't think I could answer a single question about the Streamer Awards. 59:02 - 01:09:50 CW: dementia, Alzheimer's, domestic abuse LISTEN TO THE END FOR IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT OUR HOLIDAY GOTY GIVEAWAY!! THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 haiii xD 05:46 Midtroid Prime 4?? Further reading: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a technical marvel and game design nightmare - NPR Metroid Prime 4 Won’t Let Its Stunning World Speak For Itself - Inverse (Hi Robin !!) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review - Game Informer 23:19 Looks like Netflix is buying Warner Bros Further reading: Film industry reacts to news that Netflix is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery - NPR 35:14 What we've been playing PlZZAGATE: a deep dish - Chill Goblin on YT 59:02 CW warning: dementia, Alzheimer's, domestic abuse 01:09:50 CW over with 01:15:00 GOTY check-in and GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 01:22:00 Listener mail 01:24:00 Wrapping up Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased Noah's on Discord: noahhurts Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your tierlists, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 183: Good jeans | 01 Dec 2025 | 01:32:08 | |
Guys, just wait, JRPG 3.0 is coming so soon. Just you wait!! THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro, old people haircuts and skinny jeans 9:20 Persona Director Says ‘JRPG 3.0’ Is Coming To Re-Shape The Genre ‘At A Fundamental Level’ – Kotaku 25:15 Steam Is For Products, Not Art – aftermath Further reading: CD Projekt's PC Game Storefront GOG Gets Behind Horses After Valve Steam Ban: 'Players Should Be Able to Choose the Experiences That Speak to Them' - IGN 31:00 What we're playing 87:00 Outro, Wordatro and goodbyes Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us thoughts about RPGs, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 182: Gaming prosocially | 24 Nov 2025 | 01:38:20 | |
Come for the Game Awards hate, stay for the car hate. Come to think of it, good bit of hater energy in this one... THINGS MENTIONED 00:54 Steam Machine 16:36 It's Zelda movie time Further reading: leaked tweets & a Miyamoto tweet 24:52 EA will skip next year’s F1 game and release update DLC instead - The Verge 33:06 Game Awards nominees announced (and our hot takes) Further reading: Mystery Megabonk developer withdraws from The Game Awards following incorrect nomination - Eurogamer 44:24 The annoying guy in Metroid Prime 4 Further reading: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s chatty NPCs aren’t as surprising as you think - Polygon 51:04 What we've been playing Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us thoughts about Guillermo del Toro, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Press START plays: Undertale | 17 Nov 2025 | 01:30:56 | |
This week we go deep (into a whole in a mountain) on Toby Fox's 2015 RPG Undertale. It's a good game, folks!! Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! TIME STAMPS: 00:39 Welcome to Press START Plays: Undertale 01:26 What we were doing when the game came out 19:31 Final spoiler warning Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's in our Discord: nathanbased Noah's in our Discord: noahhurts Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Press START plays: Fortnite | 09 Nov 2025 | 01:53:01 | |
Forget Tomato Town, we're dropping in Springfield, baby. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Readying up 05:00 Where we dropping? Our Fortnite thoughts 36:00 MrBeast Is Opening A Theme Park In Saudi Arabia This Month - Kotaku 48:30 Clair Obscur snubbed in Grammy video game soundtrack nominations - VGC 60:00 What we're playing (Undertale, A Song of Ice and Fire, Dungeon Crawler Carl, the Criterion Collection) 01:25:30 Heading back to lobby Chug Jug With You by Leviathan Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on Steam: nathanbased Noah's in our Discord: noahhurts Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about Undertale, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 181: The little master | 02 Nov 2025 | 01:12:01 | |
What's scarier than Halloween?? Union busting!! THINGS MENTIONED 06:04 ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings - Bloomberg 09:57 Retroid Pocket 6 funny business 19:04 New Animal Crossing stuff Further watching from Nintendo Forecast 30:08 What we’re up to Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on PSN: nathanbased Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about Undertale, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 180: Rug pulling the hoes | 27 Oct 2025 | 01:57:26 | |
We're back!! Time to talk about a bunch of stuff including 40-year-old movies, a 30-year-old book and a 50-year-old movie. CW: Discussion of drowning 41:00-44:35 Oh and get your Undertale questions in!! THINGS MENTIONED: 05:35 The ‘Counter-Strike 2’ Skins Market Crash, Explained – Forbes Further reading: Netflix and Spotify partner to bring podcasts by The Ringer to the video platform - CNBC 19:44 D’Angelo F-cking Loves Playing ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ - Rolling Stone (2018) 26:05 What we're playing Adam Conover re: AI slop videos Quinn the GM re: A Feast for Crows 20th anniversary Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on PSN: nathanbased Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about Undertale, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 179: Are Pikmin providing free childcare? (feat. AJ Fillari & Matt Horton) | 13 Oct 2025 | 01:24:21 | |
Tori is joined this week to talk about games and gaming news by some fabulous guests :) You can find AJ on Dotzip, in the TWG Discord (info below) and online at ajfillari.online. You can find Matt on Can't Let it Go, In Sequence, in the TWG Discord and on YouTube at ~ flow state ~. THINGS MENTIONED: 0:00 Intro and hi to AJ and Matt! 2:45 Nintendo’s weird Pikmin videos were short films, not announcement teasers - The Verge 6:40 AJ’s news roundup: Kickstarter worker’s strike + Emily Price’s article about cooking in video games (link) + Jason Blum on AI Further reading: Kickstarter United strikes in New York City for fairer contract - Rascal; The Cookbook Theory of Trails in the Sky - Unwinnable; ‘Blumhouse Is Not for Sale’ ... - Variety 13:45 Metaphor ReFantazio announcement (Metaphor spoilers from 14:50 to 15:05) 21:20 What we're playing Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show | |||
| Episode 178: Does 2025 have games? (The Life of a Showgirl, Silksong, Thriller) | 05 Oct 2025 | 01:09:46 | |
I swear this is a podcast about video games. THINGS MENTIONED: 01:48 Intro 02:35 Brief EA acquisition talk Further reading: The EA Sale Is Bad News For Everyone - Aftermath 06:11 New Taylor Swift album 34:49 Summer Eternal art book 40:05 What we’re playing 1:04:42 Closing
Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show | |||
| Episode 177: Skater's paradise | 29 Sep 2025 | 01:32:27 | |
You know what they say, sometimes a month's worth of gaming news happens in a week. Something like that. THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Hideo Kojima's Next Announcement Is A Credit Card - Gamespot Further reading: Kojima Aiming To "Redefine" Entertainment With Next Project - Gamespot 15:08 Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians – The Guardian Further reading: BDS response to the Microsoft news 22:06 Pokémon Company 'Aware' Of DHS Video Using TV Show Theme To Promote ICE – Huffpost 27:52 There's a new Fire Emblem game and it's Bad Further reading: Fire Emblem Shadows is an absolute mess - Polygon 35:21 What we're playing 01:24:53 Closing Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show | |||
| Episode 176: Gaming from a distance | 21 Sep 2025 | 00:26:16 | |
Shorty of an episode this week because there was a bit of a pet emergency (everyone is OK!) midway through recording. We'll be back to our regularly-scheduled length next week, but enjoy a shorty this week :) THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Florida State University opens Garnet Gaming Lounge 09:18 Honoring the consoles we sold along the way 14:38 XBOX prices going up (again) - Variety 20:47 Steam ending support for Windows 10 32-bit - PCGamer 23:16 What even is a AAA game? Further reading: What is a AAA game? A clever system ends the debate - Polygon 24:52 Signing off Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show | |||
| Episode 175: Schrödinger's Mario Galaxy | 14 Sep 2025 | 01:15:11 | |
Do you guys remember the song Pump it Up from 2002? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Introduction/straight into Nintendo Direct talk The Mario movie leaked via Old Spice (sorry for a twitter link) I Don't Think This Was the Direct Nintendo Needs Right Now - Arlo 23:31 God of War/Joe Budden talk Further reading: Amazon’s God of War TV series is already looking toward season 2 - Polygon Joe Budden as Kratos (sorry for another twitter link) 28:36 What we're playing Half-Life, Architecture, and Anime Girls - mantron Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 174: Can games be good? (Hollow Knight: Silksong, Marvel's Midnight Suns, WWE 2K25) | 08 Sep 2025 | 01:37:12 | |
We're asking the big questions this week like... can games actually be good? Why is everything handheld? Why is Persona 5 Like That so much? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Intro, Pokemon and, hear us out, what if games were good? 08:35 Comic book talk 14:30 NBA 2K's college game and WNBA coming to 2K? Further reading: EA's college basketball revival may be over before it really began - Polygon 25:00 Steven Spielberg Wanted The ‘Call Of Duty’ Movie, But Activision Bailed, Says Report - Forbes 29:00 Eric Andre's in Street fighter, apparently (CW: mention of sexual assault) Further reading and the full cast list: Street Fighter full cast... - IGN 35:00 PS6 rumors and everything is handheld Here's a more insightful conversation about this from our friends at Wavelengths 44:10 What we're playing They Couldn't Make This Game Today - peterspittech on YouTube Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's using the Press START twitter: press_startpod Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 173: I was reborn as an 80-year-old baby! | 01 Sep 2025 | 01:15:51 | |
Sorry Wii U owners. Got some bad news in this one for all 20 of us. Mild CW for sexual assault and self harm during some Persona 5 talk from 47:35-50:04. THINGS MENTIONED: 06:55 Hideo Kojima says AI is the latest “revolution” for gaming - GamesRadar 19:39 Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay - Aftermath 25:12 Stardew Valley update coming!! 29:18 Silksong is only going to cost $20 - IGN Also Silksong isn't coming to Wii U :( - TheGamer 47:35 - 50:04 CW: Sexual assault, self harm 1:03:29 Closing Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's using the Press START twitter: press_startpod Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 172: We’re not playing wood chopping simulator | 25 Aug 2025 | 01:12:36 | |
We've got games coming out we never even thought we'd see. THINGS MENTIONED: 05:35 Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date Bloomberg's interview with Team Cherry 14:35 The new LEGO Batman game looks so good 20:54 But we can’t forget Garfield Kart 2!! Can Garfield Kart 2 compete with Hollow Knight: Silksong? Who cares, dude? - Polygon 23:22 What we’ve been playing 01:08:29 Closing Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on letterboxd: nathanbased Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about Final Fantasy IX, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 171: Big Joker | 17 Aug 2025 | 01:21:21 | |
We chose some heavy (but important!) news items to talk about this week, but it's all balanced out by talking about two Big Jokers (of the Persona 5 and Batman varieties). THINGS MENTIONED: 00:26 Games media talk Further reading: Everything's coming up Roblox ... - Forbes 24:47 What we've been playing 38:38 SPOILERS FOR JEDI: SURVIVOR 50:13 SPOILERS OVER FOR JEDI: SURVIVOR 55:52 SPOILERS FOR 1000xRESIST 58:43 SPOILERS OVER FOR 1000xRESIST 1:13:54 Closing People Make Games' latest on Disco Elysium The Guardian's investigation into the Israeli government's usage of Microsoft's cloud platform And stay past the end of our closer music to hear a brief (and spoiler-free, but still a discussion) discussion about the movie Weapons. Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased Noah's on letterboxd: hertz_a_lot Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, comic book recs, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 170: Farty games | 11 Aug 2025 | 01:18:31 | |
Battlefield 6 more like Battlefart 6, amiright? THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Battlefield 6 and Pax Armata Battlefield 6 team wanted villains who could blow up Brooklyn, but also be 'badass' - Polygon 11:30 Nintendo Direct/Indie Showcase/Pokemon Presents 16:30 Video Game History Foundation buys the rights to Computer Entertainment Archivists Let You Now Read Some of the First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda - 404 Media 20:05 What we've been playing The announcement of the Leaving the Party podcast Tori's on backloggd: vdpeek Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, book recs, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 169: The games that made Ocean's Godori (feat. Elaine U. Cho) | 03 Aug 2025 | 00:55:25 | |
Tori and Noah read the book Ocean's Godori and were dying to talk to author Elaine U. Cho about the video games she loves. Thanks for coming on the show Elaine :) You can learn more about Elaine and find links to buy her books at her website elaineucho.com. She's also on Instagram @elaineucho. THINGS MENTIONED: 02:05 Questions for Elaine 20:06 Some of Elaine's favorite books 23:28 Elaine's top 5 favorite games 26:36 What we've been playing 49:24 Start of slight Death Stranding 1 spoilers 51:44 End of Death Stranding 1 spoilers Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, book recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 168: Death Stranding in real life?? | 27 Jul 2025 | 01:05:56 | |
THINGS MENTIONED: 0:43.859 itch.io/Steam NSFW content ban ... lots of links for this one. The Gamer on removals from Steam ArsTechnica on itch game removals Credit Card Companies Are Hurting the Future of Video Games - 404 Media 12:38.439 What's up with Waypoint? 20:33.254 Mario and Peach just friends - IGN 25:08.060 Final Fantasy XI suspends character creation on its most popular server as people flock to the more than 20-year-old MMO - PCGamer 26:59.694 What we've been playing Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, train game recs for Nathaniel and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 167: Tote bag summer | 20 Jul 2025 | 01:14:42 | |
Hiiiii. We've got a great new episode for you (if I do say so myself). I know this is mostly a video game news show but a good bit of this is also just Superman talk. Buckle in. SUPERMAN SPOILERS 27:45 - 49:48 THINGS MENTIONED 00:13 The 2027 Zelda movie has its Link and Zelda - BBC 05:45 Paste Media launches a new site for gaming news 08:10 Oblivion remaster support studio hit with layoffs - Kotaku 10:15 Mailbag :) Email us at heypressstart@gmail.com 21:05 What we've been playing 49:48 The end of Superman discussion lol Mike Francesca on Superman (sorry that it's a Twitter link) Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 166: My Lego Computer (Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy IX, Death Stranding) | 14 Jul 2025 | 01:32:21 | |
It's a big week for us! We joined a podcast network! We're all three here talking about games! Nathaniel and Noah reveal what Final Fantasies they've been playing! All that and more!!! SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY XV FROM 31:30 to 45:30!!! THINGS MENTIONED: Soon you'll be able to buy V-bucks and pay for them later - Gamespot G/O Media sells Kotaku to Gizmodo owner - Axios David Corinswet's GQ interview Nathaniel's tierlist of every game he's played so far this year Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online. Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel! Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions for Nathaniel about Final Fantasy XV, gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 165: Canceling GamePass and Microsoft (feat. Autumn Wright) | 06 Jul 2025 | 00:52:24 | |
Microsoft is all up in the news recently, whether they're ruining people's lives with layoffs or ruining people's lives with its complicity in an ongoing genocide in Palestine. This week, Tori and Nathaniel are talking with games journalist Autumn Wright about how the BDS movement is targeting Microsoft and what that means for Xbox. You can keep up with Autumn's work on their bluesky page and at Unwinnable, where they write a regular column. Also: Apologies from Press START HQ for some minor audio inconsistencies this week. We'll be back and firing on all cylinders next week :) THINGS MENTIONED Autumn's article about Microsoft, the BDS movement and games journalism in Aftermath Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 164: u got games on ur switch 2? | 29 Jun 2025 | 00:56:01 | |
Listen as two people who don't own the console talk about the launch of the Switch 2. Marvel at their lack of excitement for another Hollywood adaptation of a beloved video game franchise! All that and more!! THINGS MENTIONED:
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, gaming recs for Noah's wife and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Press START plays: 1000xResist | 16 Jun 2025 | 02:14:35 | |
Hekki grace! Man this game is good as hell. Strap in because we're trying to cover as much ground as possible in two and a half hours talking about Sunset Visitor's incredible 1000xResist. FURTHER READING 1000xResist isn’t just mind-bending sci-fi — it’s also an allegory for diaspora Oh and here's the What Color Are You quiz :) Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us thoughts about 1000xResist, what you think we should play next and other stuff to heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 163: One GameStop in New Jersey... | 09 Jun 2025 | 01:02:07 | |
Tori's got a Switch 2 and it's Fake E3 Season. All that and a special Star Wars surprise. Buckle in :o) THINGS MENTIONED: Aftermath on the Splitgate dev's stupid hat A good post from Ethan Gach on bsky Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about 1000xResist, gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 162: Zelda's bathwater (Clair Obscur, 1000xResist) | 02 Jun 2025 | 01:24:50 | |
OK, first thing's first: SPOILERS FOR CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 FROM 1:13:38-1:20:14. Second thing's second, sorry for some of the audio inconsistencies this week. It's entirely Noah's fault and nobody else is responsible for it. All of that aside, we're playing some sick games this week. We do our best to tip toe around literally anything that could be considered a spoiler for 1000xResist and wade into the Persona 4 remake rumor mill. THINGS MENTIONED: EA shut down an entire subsidiary studio that was working on a Black Panther game (from IGN) From the Verge: Two former Polygon guides writers are starting their own site IGN on the Persona 4 remake rumors Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about 1000xResist, gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 161: Week two: ice soup | 26 May 2025 | 01:13:27 | |
The way these games are starting to cost, we're all gonna be ice soup households soon. But Borderlands 4 will be worth it!! THINGS MENTIONED: IGN on the new Battlefront 3 hype Randy Pitchford sucks (from Gamesradar) Brian Eno rules (from PC Gamer) Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's online Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 160: Press START After Dark | 19 May 2025 | 01:21:48 | |
That's right: forget a morning podcast taping. This is how wild and crazy things can get After Dark. THINGS MENTIONED IGN on Kojima's "forgetting game." Variety with the latest on the SAG-AFTRA strike. PCGamer on the Overwatch union. The Verge on Bungie's oopsie (theft). Shout out to Cool Uncle Marisa :) Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on bluesky: nathanbased Noah's online Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Press START plays: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | 11 May 2025 | 01:17:35 | |
Star Wars is in the air (for better or worse), and this week we're talking about our recent playthroughs of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Sit down, tune in and don't have a bad feeling about this one. FURTHER READING/WATCHING Polygon's reporting on crunch at Traveler's Tales during the game's development Scott the Woz's video about the LEGO Star Wars games Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on bluesky: nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our regular sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST (and we do NOT own any of the Star Wars music used PLEASE be cool Disney) and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 159: No comment | 05 May 2025 | 00:57:00 | |
Lots of bad news this week!! We do our best to make the best of it. THINGS MENTIONED: Kotaku on the Microsoft price hikes And Polygon sold to Valnet from Kotaku The Verge going deeper on that Scott the Woz re: Lego Star Wars Tori's online Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 158: This one has Metal Gear Solid 2 spoilers in it | 27 Apr 2025 | 01:10:40 | |
OK, first thing's first, the MGS2 spoilers are at 52:00 and lasts until 59:30. Besides that, we're light on news this week because we all played and watched so much dang stuff. Enjoy :) THINGS MENTIONED Yes, Sidney Sweeney is supposed to be in the Split Fiction movie Business Insider on Ryan Coogler's Sinners deal Collider on RotS' crazy cinema numbers Tori's online Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 157: The long Xbox 360 hike | 21 Apr 2025 | 01:06:11 | |
Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. And it's making the Switch 2 accessories cost more money :( THINGS MENTIONED Wired with the details on Switch 2's pricing: https://www.wired.com/story/the-nintendo-switch-2-price-wont-get-hit-by-trumps-tariffs/ Forbes' Paul Tassi on the almost certainly legit Oblivion remake: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/04/17/the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remake-is-real-and-new-images-look-spectacular/ For the sickos: Star Wars Zero Company: https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/560074/star-wars-zero-company-xcom-game-reveal Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 156: All about the facts | 13 Apr 2025 | 00:46:20 | |
We love gaming :) THINGS MENTIONED: No, Mario Kart won't be $90: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/no-switch-2-games-arent-90-the-internet-is-just-broken-beyond-belief/ Welcome to Fortnite, Sabrina Carpenter: https://www.thecut.com/article/sabrina-carpenter-fortnite-skins.html Microsoft joins the BDS list: https://aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-games-journalism Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always Nathaniel's on Twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 155: Same thickness | 06 Apr 2025 | 01:22:30 | |
I may not be the same thickness I was in 2017, but the new Nintendo Switch is!! Yeah OK every gaming podcast is doing it and so are we: we're talking about the hot Switch 2 barrage of announcements from last week. Lock in and get ready to go into debt. THINGS MENTIONED Polygon's breakdown of the Switch 2 Direct: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/550857/switch-2-direct-all-games-news-trailers Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always Nathaniel's on Twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 154: Opening our Stardew Valley marriage | 31 Mar 2025 | 01:00:53 | |
Look, if everyone's consenting and happy, what's wrong with it? Oh but other than that there was some interesting game news this week — a legacy publication is seemingly back from the grave and Nintendo sure is going crazy. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon's rundown on the latest Nintendo Direct: https://www.polygon.com/news/547591/nintendo-direct-march-2025-everything-announced-switch IGN with the latest on this live-action Zelda movie: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-movie-live-action-director-plot-cast-trailer-release-date-nintendo GameInformer's announcement that they're back: https://www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-the-editor/2025/03/25/game-informer-is-back The Verge breaking down the GameInformer news: https://www.theverge.com/news/635915/game-informer-return-gunzilla-games Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always Nathaniel's on Twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 153: Please Be Normal (feat. Jamal Michel) | 23 Mar 2025 | 01:14:45 | |
Alright, no matter what we say in this episode you should absolutely NOT Google search "GamerGate." I'm serious. You should, however, look up this week's guest, Jamal Michel. He's a poet and writer whose writing on games has been published all over the place. You can read more about Jamal and his work on his website: jamalmichel.com. THINGS MENTIONED Jamal's article in the NYT about playing GTA as a kid: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/arts/grand-theft-auto-islam.html Variety reports that a Split Fiction movie is in the works: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/split-fiction-movie-video-game-adaptation-1236344367/ A Forbes explainer on the recent Pokemon Go sale: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/03/12/niantic-just-sold-off-pokmon-go-so-what-changes-now/ Tori's on bluesky: toridp98 Nathaniel's on twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 152: iPhone Elysium | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:51:23 | |
Have you ever played Disco Elysium? Would Family Guy clips or a Subway Surfers video alongside it help? That's not really what's happening to Disco Elysium but it's a funny mental image. And that's just one of the news items we're talking about this week!! THINGS MENTIONED: Eurogamer on Disco Elysium's new mobile port: https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-is-being-reimagined-for-mobile-devices-to-captivate-the-tiktok-user Oh yeah and ZA/UM announced their next game: https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-studio-zaums-new-rpg-c4-is-part-espionage-thriller-part-psychedelic-sci-fi Polygon on the latest Switch 2 rumors: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/539639/nintendo-switch-2-analysts-launch-price-predictions Check out this new Silent Hill trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNVffiRAqj8 And here's IGN on the impending Star Wars tactics game announcement: https://www.ign.com/articles/new-star-wars-turn-based-tactics-game-to-be-revealed-at-star-wars-celebration-2025 Tori's on Twitter: tori_as_always Nathaniel's on Twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| BONUS: Video Game Podtimism — Kingdom Hearts 2 (Feat. Noah and Tori) | 10 Mar 2025 | 01:59:36 | |
We're taking the week off, but we have a special treat for the feed: a recent episode of Video Game Podtimism where Noah and Tori got to gush about Kingdom Hearts 2. Subscribe to Video Game Podtimism wherever you listen to our show. We'll be back next week! Original episode description below: *** Hey Podtimists, This week we're covering Kingdom Heart 2, and we were graciously joined Press START's Tori and Noah. This game is so damn good and we couldn't keep that all to ourselves. We love this game so please enjoy us gushing about it for about 2 hours. Checkout Press START on social here & Check out their podcast here! --- Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (4:43) - Some info about this game (7:19) - Our histories with the series (21:46) - My Sanctuary (26:40) - Twilight Town (39:23) - Nobodies (44:10) - The Disney stuff (53:21) - The combat (59:24) - The big ol' fight in Hollow Bastion (1:03:14) - The actual lore of Organization 13 (1:05:25) - The World that Never Was (1:27:13) - How was the wait for KH3? (1:32:44) - The end of the game (1:41:36) - Themes of the games (1:53:00) - Outro | |||
| Episode 151: Unlimited Fun (feat. Your Cool Uncle Marisa) | 03 Mar 2025 | 01:24:35 | |
We're joined this week by Gameboy modder, soldering iron wizard and all around cool uncle Marisa from the YouTube channel Your Cool Uncle Marisa. She talks us through her first modding projects, what she likes in a handheld and what she hates about one particular boutique game publisher. Special thanks to listener Giovanni for recommending that we bring Marisa on as a guest :) Follow Marisa on YouTube at Your Cool Uncle Marisa. Tori's on Instagram: toridp98 Nathaniel's on twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 150: GameStop goes WOKE?? | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:49:07 | |
Guys, I think we may have willed a new Tony Hawk remaster into existence. Oh and not that I actually think any of our listeners are big GameStop shoppers, but boy do we have some news for you... New Tony Hawk remaster on the horizon: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-skater-claims-hes-in-a-new-tony-hawk-remaster-about-to-come-out/ Fuck Gamestop: https://gizmodo.com/gamestop-ceo-scapegoats-dei-for-company-troubles-2000565613 NPR on the impacts of Target axing its DEI policies: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5277153/some-black-business-owners-say-target-boycott-over-dei-policies-could-hurt-them Bye bye Switch game vouchers: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/524774/nintendo-game-vouchers-switch-2 And here's Arlo on how they're killing the gold coins, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3biGMck-MHM Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's on twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and your other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 149: PlayStation outage, Oscar noms and NBA muses | 17 Feb 2025 | 01:11:41 | |
If there's one thing we know how to do on this show it's cover a lot of ground. Strap in :3 THINGS MENTIONED: Aftermath on the PSN outage: https://aftermath.site/sony-playstation-network-outage-psn-ps5-pc Epic is going to keep giving out games you sort of own: https://kotaku.com/epic-store-free-games-stats-steam-mobile-fortnite-1851764053 PlayStation State of Play recap from Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/playstation/522584/everything-announced-sony-state-of-play-february-2025-trailers Bobby Kotick vs unions: https://www.eurogamer.net/bobby-kotick-says-activision-blizzard-fake-lawsuits-were-simply-a-union-plan-to-drive-up-membership YourCoolUncleMarisa on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yourcoolunclemarisa Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and whatever else at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Press START plays: Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | 10 Feb 2025 | 01:33:30 | |
We're grinding and ollie-ing our way through the hottest skating game of 2004 — a game that came out when we were in Elementary School. Come for the skating, stay for the 2004 of it all, however unfortunate some of that may be. Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's on twitter:nathanbased Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts BTW we don't own any of the music used in this!! Don't sue us!! Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are usually by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky@press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and your other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 148: Nathaniel's yap session | 02 Feb 2025 | 01:11:19 | |
Left alone this week, Nathaniel had no other options but to record a podcast all by his lonesome (with the help of two very special guests). Lots of game news this week, buckle in :) THINGS MENTIONED Polygon: MultiVersus is dead for real this time: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/517406/multiversus-canceled-shut-down-date Pokemon TCG Pocket is leaky as hell: https://www.polygon.com/news/515271/pokemon-tcg-pockets-space-time-smackdown-leak-datamine-weavile-bidoof A fake PlayStation that plays real PlayStation games? It's more likely than you think: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/512589/superstation-one-pre-order-playstation-console Polygon reports that the Switch 2 can expect some Xbox games: https://www.polygon.com/news/514398/nintendo-switch-2-xbox-games Meanwhile, another Xbox exclusive is coming to PS5: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/forza-horizon-5-ps5 Elden Ring's multiplayer beta is on the horizon and people are losing it: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/co-op/elden-ring-nightreign-beta-invites-are-apparently-so-in-demand-scalpers-are-already-trying-to-resell-them-for-hundreds-of-dollars/ NintendoLife on the trademark battle Nintendo is waging in Costa Rica: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/01/random-local-supermarket-wins-trademark-battle-against-nintendo PCGamer on the GOG dreamlist: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/gog-just-brought-dino-crisis-1-and-2-back-to-life-and-wants-your-help-shouting-at-the-execs-imprisoning-your-favourite-games/ Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's on this podcast Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and your other data at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||
| Episode 147: The Humble Bundle grinders | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:56:39 | |
Cancellations, whacky prices and more this week.... THINGS MENTIONED: The team behind Celeste's new game is canceled: https://www.polygon.com/news/512505/earthblade-devs-celsete-followup-canceled IGN on GTA 6 pricing rumors: https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-at-100-would-be-a-bridge-too-far-even-for-grand-theft-auto New Xbox announcements: https://www.polygon.com/news/512692/everything-announced-xbox-direct-january-2025 A funeral for a friend: https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1882882541931430402 Tori's on Instagram: v.dominguez.98 Nathaniel's on this podcast Noah's on Twitter: noah_hurts As always, our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by @tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us gaming recs and your other data at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show. | |||