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It's another week and another episode of The Gamesline Podcast. This week, John is joined by both Crystal and Lorelai to talk about everything they can. When he's not playing Hell Maiden John's been going for those Retro Achievements in Okage: Shadow King and Mega Man Legends while Lorelai played a little more Moonlight Peaks alongside clowning around in the new Final Fantasy XIV content that dropped. Crystal joined friends to play through Kathy Rain, a bunch of DLE's, Splatoon Raiders, and she completed the base campaign of Final Fantasy XI. In the news, we talk more about Sony and the elimination of discs.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

There wasn't a ton of gaming this week with it being a massive weekend for Conventions. You had SDCC, Offkai, Fanfest, and the Classic Gaming Convention all happening at the same time so you know there was a little bit of news for John and Lorelai to talk about. John went to the Classic Game Fest while Lorelai sat at home rebuilding her computer repeatedly while she watched Fanfest Berlin and got updates from SDCC. John grabbed himself a copy of Choro Q, Monster Rancher 3, and Devil Survivor Overclocked so look forward to some retro discussion while Lorelai's only gaming was the new Uma Musume scenario.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

It was John's Birthday this week and he decided to spend it moving and chatting with Lorelai about the week in Games. John's been playing more Mariomon and Digimon Up while Lorelai's been playing Uma Musume, Darkest Dungeon 2, and Moonlight Peaks. In the news they chat a bit about GDQ ending an SNK sponsored event mid stream and showing how you handle moments like this.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

John and Rose are back to talk about the week in gaming. This week, John's been playing Touhou: Mystia's Izakaya and Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate. Rose continues to play Mina The Hollower alongside Wuthering Waves, Zero Parades for Dead Spies, and the Elden Rin Convergence Mod. In the news they go over the chaos around Love and Deepspace's new character drop and the Sony disc manufacturing situation.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

It's a special guest episode this week as John and Lorelai are joined by Xyros, a variety VTuber and the leader of the Xybatsu. John's been playing Deltarune Chapter 5 and a little more Marathon while Lorelai's gotten deeper into The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales and Fuck's Quest II between sessions of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Our special guest Xyros has been playing Alien Isolation, Tormented Souls 2, Romancing SaGa 2, and Mina the Hollower. In the news, they go over all the potential studio closures coming from Microsoft, some EVO shenanigans, and Team Ninja clearly not understanding why Dead Or Alive 6 didn't work and making everyone even angrier with the release of Dead or Alive 6: Last Round.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited and Video Production by Lorelai

It's another duo show this week with John and Lorelai sitting down to mostly talk about Fuck's Quest 2. John's also been playing Final Fantasy VII Remake on his Switch 2 and Project Digimon. Lorelai's been playing The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales and Beatdown City Survivors. The duo also discusses all the terrible studio moves XBOX is making.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

It's a full house again this week as John, Lily, Crystal, and Nikolas sit down to talk about the Nintendo Direct and the games they've been playing. John's been playing Resident Evil 4 Remake, Marathon, Boltgun, and the Parasite Mutant demo. Lily's been stuck in PS2 purgatory with Bloodrayne, Shadow Hearts, Mercenaries, Dark Cloud 2, and Evergrace. She's also been playing Alabaster Dawn's early access version and Sekitori. Crystal is in Final Fantasy hell with Final Fantasy XII and watching Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children while Nikolas dug into Etrian Odyssey.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

A new week, a new episode of The Gamesline Podcast. This week John and Lorelai sit down to talk about all the stuff that was fit to talk about from the Summer Games Festival, Playstation State of Play, and more. Lorelai's been Playing Final Fantasy 3 on her Super Nintendo to prepare for the new Kefka Ultimate in Final Fantasy XIV while John has been playing Marathon and Pikmin Squared.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

It's a full house this week on the Gamesline Podcast. John is joined by Lorelai, Maverick and Rose to talk about the last week in gaming. John's still obsessing about Pikmin when he's not playing Digimon cards or Pokémon Channel. Lorelai was Final Fantasy pilled at the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival which got her playing Final Fantasy XI again while also digging in to Vampire Crawlers on her long road trip. Rose of course played more Marathon, Mini the Hollower, Saros, and Forbidden Solitaire while Maverick played a bunch of Hades 2.

In the news, we go over the interview Mike Fisher gave where he annihilated Yuji Naka, The Witcher 3 is getting more DLC, and a bill addressing the Stop Killing Games initiative is moving forward in California. In other news, Dark Horse Comics is unionizing after their new Embracer overlords started shutting down Things From Another World and shifting focus to Games. If you'd like to sign the petition to support the unionization effort, you can do that here.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

The Gamesline Podcast is back for another week at the Pikmin factory as John and Crystal sit down to talk about the week in games. John's still just as Pikmin 4 obsessed as he's been while Crystal has been playing Fuser and all the extra stuff from Final Fantasy X-2 like Last Mission and X-2.5 -Will-. She also attended the digital Endix Expo. In the news, we're getting Kowloon's Gate in english.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

Another week, another Gamesline Podcast! This week, John's been playing Resident Evil 4 and 7 along with Pikmin 4 Fierce mode. Nikolas has started Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and is digging into The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. In the news, Harada has joined SNK for some reason and SEGA has cancelled the Super Game.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

It's a biohazard this week as John and Rose tackle the most difficult challenges of Leon S. Kennedy's career! John is playing Resident Evil 4 (2005) on Professional difficulty, while Rose platinum'd Resident Evil 9 with less than infinite equipment durability! Plus, they discuss Pragmata, Marathon, Vampire Crawlers, and Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo! In the news, there's a new Star Fox remake, a Switch prince increase, one-of-a-kind Mindseye DLC, and unionization amongst the developers at Double Fine and Magic the Gathering: Arena!

After that, there's plenty of listener questions this week, including: What did John enjoy most about his vacation? What games do John and Rose play to lull themselves to sleep? What is the most edible physical video game? What do they want to pulverize with a blender? And what video game feels like eating a stale Dorito?

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

Yup, it's a Girls Night. Lorelai and Lily team up to tackle the pod this week with to talk People of Note, Dawntrail, Marathon, Nioh 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest speculation. On account of it didn't happen yet when this was recorded. But it did happen now that it was posted. Let's have smun with it.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Scott B

We've got a special episode this week. Lorelai and her friend Juunibug sit down to talk about what they've been playing as they prepare for the Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest. Lorelai's been digging into People of Note while Juuni has been revisiting the classic Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past and Dragon Quest XI. Most of the rest of the time is spent talking about the glory that is Final Fantasy VIII and being excited about hanging out in Anaheim.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited and Produced by Lorelai

Another week, another episode of the Gamesline Podcast. This week Scott steps into the host chair alongside Lorelai and Nikolas to talk about the week in games. Scott's been playing Pokopia when he hasn't been QWOPin' it up with Baby Steps and Half Sword. Lorelai's been digging deep into Slay the Spire 2 and finished up the main story of Monster Hunter Stories 3. Nikolas has been digging into the classics that everyone loves, Final Fantasy 8 and Bubsy 3D. In the news, Lorelai spends some time talking about the deception of the Indiepass subscription service.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited and Produced by Lorelai With additional Video Production from Scott

After a brief stop, the Gamesline Podcast returns as John, Lily, Lorelai, and Rose sit down to talk about what they've been playing. John's been big into RetroAchievements with games like Community Pom, Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad, and Azure Dreams while also digging deep into Pokopia, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, and the new Umamusume scenario. Lorelai's also been in that one when she's not playing Monster Hunter Stories 3 or Nioh 3. Rose has been digging into Vital Shell, Resident Evil 9, and Crimson Desert when she's not Playing Marathon with Lily whose been getting up to shenanigans in the Final Fantasy XIV Occult Crescent and Trails to Azure.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited and Produced by Lorelai

In this city, one hope shines through the night: The Gamesline Podcast starring John, Rose, Lilith, and Nikolas! John enters the pastoral world of Pokopia while also returning to Raccoon City in Resident Evil 9. Rose played many games, including Resident Evil 9, Nioh 3, Marathon, Slay the Spire 2, Trails Beyond the Horizon, and Mewgenics! Lily played ULTRAKILL Layer 8: Fraud, Trails to Azure, Monster Hunter Rise and numerous Next Fest demos, including Annihilated, Cicadamata, and Firestarters. Finally, Nikolas has also been playing ULTRAKILL and Mewgenics!

In the news, Nagoshi Studio is in danger of shuttering, Nintendo is suing the US government over tariffs, PlayStation isn't going PC ports anymore, Xbox is officially making a new console, Pokemon Winds and Waves was announced, Highguard is shutting down, a new Hunter: The Reckoning game was accidentally revealed, and Cookie's Bustle is free from spurious copyright claims.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Crystal with video production by John

The Gamesline Podcast returns with John, Maverick, and Jackson! John and Jackson are both playing Grasshopper Manufacture’s Romeo is a Dead Man. John also explores Arknights Endfield and older monster tamer games like Jade Cocoon and Robotrek. Jackson supplements Romeo time with 360 classics Tales of Vesperia and Final Fantasy XIII. Maverick talks about his experiences at MAGFest, the Denshattack! demo, and Skate Story and UNBEATABLE.

In the news, Konami legend Shutaro Iida passed away, Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are out of Microsoft Gaming, EVO is fully bought by Qiddiya City-owned RTS, Bluepoint has been shuttered, and Tencent secretly funded Highguard. But that’s not all! A new .hack is coming, FireRed and LeafGreen are for sale on Switch, Nier: Automata will be continued, Xenoblade Chronicles X got a disappointing Switch 2 edition, and ArcSys made some AI generated border bullshit game.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai with video production by John

After a break for Game of the Year celebrations, The Gamesline Podcast is back in full swing. This week, John sits in the host chair and is joined by Lilith, Nikolas, and Rose to talk about everything they've been up to. John finished up Trails in the Sky First Chapter and started up Bravely Default while Rose played Trails Beyond the Horizon. She also got up to Abiotic Factor, Blue Fire, and Dragon Quest 1 HD. Lilith has been playing Trails to Azure, Pathologic 2, Void Bastards, and Game of the Generation Nioh 2. Meanwhile Nikolas finished Fire Emblem 3 Houses and started Fire Emblem Engage and is also playing Koudelka while they wait to start Final Fantasy 8.

In the news, MindsEye's CEO is accusing people of sabotaging his game, Nintendo had a partner showcase direct and Overwatch 2 became Overwatch. It seems we're also getting a Poker Night at the Inventory remaster along with rumors starting about more Xenoblade coming. I guess Sony is also doing AI Podcasts now too.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai with video production by John

With Game of the Year coverage out of the way, the gang sits down for a topical discussion of the year in games. Scott is joined by Spencer, Crystal, Elvie, and Lorelai to go over as many topics as they could in 20-40 minute segments.

Part 1: Friend-Type Games - Crystal

Part 2: Dynasty Warriors - Lorelai

Part 3: Silksong - Spencer

Part 4: Blue Prince - Scott

Part 5: The New Age of Handhelds - Crystal

Part 6: The Remastering of the Classics - Lorelai

Part 7: Final Fantasy Tactics asks us What is a remake? - Scott and Lorelai

Part 8: We have to talk about Rematch - Scott

Part 9: Unique Artstyles and Designs of 2025 - Elvie

Part 10: Nightreign - Scott

Part 11: Questions - Everyone

Finale: What do we want out of 2026? - Everyone

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai and Produced by Lorelai, Crystal, Elvie, and Scott

John's back this week and joined by Lily as they talk about their week in games. John's been busy with more of that Hololive TCG, the Pokémon Legends Z-A DLC, Trails in the Sky First Chapter, Digimon, and Juufuutei Raden Picross. Lily's been digging deep into The House in Fata Morgana, Pathologic 2, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and more Squeakross. In the news, Monster Hunter Wilds runs better if you have the DLC and we're getting some very expensive Pokémon Legos.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai and produced by John and his new Camera

It's a new year, which means the Gamesline Podcast is back from our break. This week, Scott takes over as host and is joined by Nikolas, Lorelai, and Jackson. Jackson's been digging into The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, and Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. Lorelai is just ahead of him there digging into the newest patch of Dawntrail when she isn't obsessing about Unbeatable. Scott's been digging into a bunch of different stuff while Nikolas has them all beat with Fire Emblem: Blazing Blade and Three Houses, Mother 3, Patrick's Parabox, and Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga. He also found a mysterious 3DS in his house. In the news, Swen Vickne really loves sticking his foot in his mouth and Limited Run Games co-founder Josh Fairhurst is leaving the company soon.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai and Produced by Scott

It's the last podcast of 2025, and John is joined by Lilith and Rose to discuss The Game Awards 2025. Did Geoff embarass us all again? Yeah kinda but whatever. We also talk about the quality difference between the Digimon and Pokemon DLC offerings, Lily got to try About Fishing, Rose played Angeline Era, Harada is leaving Bandai Namco, Arcade 1Up is seeing some woes, and Deus Ex Remastered is delayed indefinitely.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai and Produced by John

John, Rose, and Lily come together to discuss a whole host of games and news! Games discussed include: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, Nuclear Throne, Time Snatcher Handy, Devil May Cry, Lone Fungus 2, Routine, Tales of Xillia Remastered, and Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows!

News discussed include: Netflix attempting to purchase Warner Bros., Micron exiting the consumer market, the passing of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the possibility of Shenmue 4, the incoming fan translation of Segagaga, the file size shrinkage of Helldivers 2, and genAI usage in a new Postal game.

Plus, the crew take questions from you, the listeners! What games do they associate with the Christmas season? When has a game's story been lessened by the player losing focus for only a moment? And which film directors should show up in a video game?

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai and Produced by John

The Gamesline Podcast returns once more! John discusses Kirby Air Riders and Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum, Lorelai shares her experiences with Demonschool, Dirtbag Mahjong, and Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, and Nikolas shares his thoughts on Sonic Crossworlds and Rayman 3!

Plus, the crew discusses such news items as Horses getting banned from Steam, use of genAI in the sequel to Let It Die, rumors of a new Dead Rising, the delisting of un-remastered Yakuza games, and a mysterious statue in the desert!

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai and Produced by John

Scott, Jackson, and Maverick sit down for a full-spoilers discussion of AdHoc Studio's 2025 animated superhero adventure game Dispatch, written by Telltale veterans and voiced by a celebrity cast.

How does Dispatch interact with classic superhero themes such as multiple identities, heroes vs villains, and the burdens of power? How did the experiences of each of our players differ based on their choices? How have the writing sensibilities of the independent AdHoc Studio changed or not changed since the Telltale days? You'll have to listen to find out!

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Theme song by Scott

Edited by Crystal

John is joined by Rose, Nikolas, and Lily to go over an absolutely jam-packed week of video games. Various game company CEOs posted cringe, Half-Life 3 is becoming more real by the day, Disgaea 4 is better than it should be, Ghost of Yotei is funny but not in a haha way (okay maybe in a haha way a little), Digimon Story: Time Stranger is just okay, Left 4 Dead 2 is as good as we remember, and folks…It's Devil May Cry Autumn.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited and Produced by Lorelai

It's another week which means it's time for John and Lorelai to regale you with all the news and games they can handle. John finished up Digimon Time Stranger while both of them have been playing a lot of Pokémon Legends Z-A and the newest Umamusume: Pretty Derby update. Lorelai's here to finish talking about DIspatch and Dragon Quest I/II HD2D Remaster.

In the news, Ubisoft halted trading and might be getting bought, Valve announced a bunch of new hardware, and GTA6 was Delayed again. We also got trailers and leaks from the Mario Galaxy and Zelda movies, Metroid Prime 4 Previews are looking interesting, and finally we talk a little about the Japan focused State of Play.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited and Produced by Lorelai

John, Lorelai and Crystal are back to talk about the week in games. This week, John's been playing more Pokémon Z-A while Crystal has been dabbling in Old School Runescape. Lorelai lost her week to the wild World Series but did manage to find the time to play the Dragon Quest 1 HD2D Remaster and Episodes 3 and 4 of Dispatch. After that the team goes over the news of the week with Amazon layoffs killing New World, Rockstar Games unionbusting, Halo being used by the US government for propaganda, a new Animal Crossing update and the Wachowskis wanting to have worked with Hideo Kojima on a Matrix game. You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @gamesline.net, Lorelai, Crystal, and John. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited and Produced by Lorelai

After a week off we're back with another episode of the gamesline podcast. John returns from vacation a Hololive TCG contender and is joined once again by Lorelai and Crystal! Both he and Lorelai have been playing a bunch of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. John's also been playing a lot of Digimon Story: Time Stranger while Lorelai played through the first 2 episodes of Dispatch. Crystal has been playing through Elden Ring, Else Heart Break, and Final Fantasy X.

In the news, NetEase has been cribbing the art of Jeryce Dianingana for their Wakanda level, Itagaki sadly passed away, and the Halo: Campaign Evolved announcement was met with the enthusiasm of a wet noodle. Factorio is coming to Switch 2 for all those factory build heads out there, complete with mouse controller support. Also the fourth Sonic movie might end up being called Sonic CD and that kinda rules.

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Lorelai takes on hosting duties this week, and shares her thoughts on Ghost of Yōtei and Final Fantasy XIV! Crystal gives a disappointing report card to Final Fantasy IX, and reappraises Dark Souls III! Nikolas educates everybody on PvZ Fusion, the history of Plants vs. Zombies fangames, and their treatment by EA!

Plus, they discuss news and announcements such as the internal cancellation of an American Reconstruction Assassin's Creed, a new mobile Dissidia game, and one more Goku for FighterZ.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

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The Gamesline Podcast has a full house this week! John's been playing Digimon Story Time Stranger, Nikolas is exploring FNaF world, Lilith has tales to recount of Trails from Zero, Rimworld, and Guilty Gear Strive, and Rose has been enjoying a bounty of gaming including Silent Hill f, Hades 2, Silksong, Clover Pit, and Elden Ring Nightreign!

Plus, they discuss such news items as EA getting purchased, the enormous Game Pass price hike, Brazil banning loot boxes for minors, and ZA/UM's union!

And they close off with a thoughtful listener question: When do you feel that you are finished with a game?

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The Gamesline crew is here to revive the most provocative podcast event of all time. We took your questions that are on the more...salacious side...and answered them in shocking detail!

Before that, we did talk about video games. John played Trails in the Sky 1st and liked it, and played Hotel Barcelona and thought it was terrible! Lorelai is playing the usual. Jackson's here and he's been on Sonic Racing, Shinobi, and Hades 2! Plus, Doug Bowser retiring, EA is going private, and they're charging for people to watch the Capcom Cup?

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

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John finished Hacker's Memory and is getting started with Trails 1st! Lorelai played Saints Row 2 and 3, Towa, and Warriors Abyss! Happy Birthday Lorelai!

Plus, they discuss news items such as Yakuza Kiwami 3, and Randy Pitchford being a piece of work!

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We begin with a punchy discussion about the September 2025 Nintendo Direct and Nintendo's place in the industry, then weave into other news items such as developments in the ongoing litigation between The Pokémon Company and Pocketpair, rumors of a new Drakengard project, the Panzer Dragoon II Zwei remake, and the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection!

Then, we move on to personal game journals! John's continuing his Digimon Story quest with the Time Stranger demo, Lilith reports her experiences with Trails SC and Artis Impact, and Nikolas played Sonic Racing Crossworlds!

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Here's a transcript from Crystal:

Crystal: SCPs and creepypastas are communicated in a digital format, which is why it’s clever to interpret them as Digimon. What other things communicated in a digital format would you like to see reinterpreted as Digimon?

Nikolas: Is that what Digimon are supposed to be? Little mon-ified versions of online ideas and stuff?

John: So. Kinda. Kinda. The one time that they tried to make it very direct was when they did Appmon, and that almost killed the franchise. There is a Digimon in the Appmon franchise that is called Tweetmon, and it is supposed to be Twitter.

Lilith: Is he like a horrible, hateful creature?

Nikolas: Well no, cause he’s named Tweetmon, which is before it got that bad.

Lilith: Let’s not pretend Twitter was anything more than what it was. It was not a fallen soldier, that place was always a shithole. 

Nikolas: Yeah, but, you know, very extreme shithole difference. 

Lilith: I mean, does it matter if the shithole gives you cholera or gonorrhea? They’re both bad.

Nikolas: They are bad, but hey, the old shithole is one I made friends on. And the new one, all my friends left, so now I just use Bluesky.

Lilith: It always befuddles me—and I know we’re moving off the track of the question in the first place—but I never understand the social media apps, because in general I don’t understand how people form an economy of social interaction. Because odds are, if I talk to someone more than one time in a row in a reply thread, I will think to myself: “And now they’re justified to kill me.” And then I will never speak to them again. 

John: I don’t know about that one.

Lilith: Having social anxiety and being an extrovert is really stupid, I’ll have you know.

Nikolas: What I did was just, “Oh, these are people that I’ve talked to, and they reply every so often, I should send them a message in the DMs function of ‘Hey, do you use anything like a Discord that would be easier to talk to you with?’”

And then they either ignore me, and I know I don’t have to pursue them further, or they say “yes” and now I talk to them consistently. And that rocks, I like that. It’s just one message to have to send out, and either you’ve made a friend, or you can just basically tell them “okay, fuck off” in your own brain.

Lilith: See, that’s fair. I, like the black mold in my Steam library, just kind of manifest in people’s servers, and then they struggle to get rid of me.

But, to answer Crystal’s question, things that I think could be subsequently digitized… here’s the thing, I don’t mean to punt straight away, but there is a targeted demographic of cryptids on the internet. Like, dude who exclusively wants to post about trains, or whoever operates very very niche wikis. So, give me whatever it is the Digimon equivalent of someone’s entire vested knowledge catalog of the steam train.

John's been playing Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory and visiting local visual novel developers! Lilith tried out Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] and demos of Sword Hero and Quartet! Rose explores the world of action with Silksong, Lost Soul Aside, and The Rogue Prince of Persia! Crystal decided to install Linux Mint, and the first game she played on it was Unreal!

Plus, we discuss news items such as Qiddiya acquiring Evo, Diablo developers unionizing, the almost-redemption of the cancelled Perfect Dark, layoffs at Firaxis, and the reveals of Mega Hawlucha and Mega Malamar!

Finally, we discuss a thoughtful listener question: With a Wii U and a 3DO placed before you, which would you gravitate towards?

You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, John, Rose, Crystal, and Lily.

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That's right, It's time for the Penny Arcade Expo talk. Join Lorelai, Franny, and a returning special guest in Solon as they talk about their weekend at PAX. It's a long one as they go over everything they played at the show from big companies like Nintendo, Bandai Namco, Square-Enix, and Capcom to smaller companies like Buffalo Buffalo and Dread XP. We also talk about some of the outside events like the Seattle Indies, industry parties, and a whole discussion about AI in gaming.

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Here’s an excerpt by Crystal:

Solon: We’ve been here for long enough where we’ve got some pretty specific PAX traumas. There’s some trauma response happening at certain points of PAX for me this weekend. Once I noticed that I was like, “Yeah, we’ve been here for a long time.” But, bigger picture, we have changed so dramatically since when we were 20 coming to this show, we have grown and evolved, the spaces that we take up are different, and because of that it allows us to have a lot more freedom than we used to have. It’s been really good. It was very affirming to be on the PAX show floor and be like, “I am very different from how I used to be.”

Lorelai: All right, since we are running out of time, final topic before we go on to questions. For each of you, what is your game of the show that you played, and second, what game are you most looking forward to? Because they can be separate things. My game of the show was Towa, but the game I’m most looking forward to is Onimusha because it scratched my Nioh 2 itch.

Solon: Oh, that’s a really good question. I don’t have an answer yet.

Franny: It might be Entropy for both of me, honestly. It vibes with me so well. I did like Towa. I’m really excited to see how Valor Mortis shakes out. It’s gotta be Entropy, I think, for both. I had so much fun with it. 

Solon: I think the best on the PAX show floor, and this is gonna be really dumb, it was SpyParty. It was. Seeing SpyParty in the same corner that they’ve always been at, I got teary-eyed seeing them.

Lorelai: I remember when that game was first announced like 20 years ago, that’s the same corner, the same setup, everything. It was beautiful.

Solon: That ReedPop finally figured out how to get them back in there, it connected PAX tradition in a way that felt so validating and real; “Okay, things are kind of normal again, SpyParty’s here!” And getting to see kids playing SpyParty for the first time being like, “Woah, cool!”, and seeing people my age being like, “I gotta show you this game!” It was nice. That was my favorite. It hit me so deeply in my core, seeing them there and being about to cry. It’s like, “Wow! How have you been, old friend!”

John, Lorelai, and Lily convene on this Gamesline podcast to discuss the quality of ex-professional wresters' acting careers. Then, video games. This week, John and Lily tried to Trails in the Sky 1st Remake demo, Lorelai and Lily go in-depth on the Final Fantasy XIV patch, and the PVP event in Umamusume happened and was horrifying. In the news, Gamescom, Silksong, Kirby Air Riders, Bungie's CEO leaving, and more!

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John is joined this week by Rose, Lorelai, and Nikolas to talk about how few games they've been playing. John's been playing the Pikmin 2 romhack Pecan 2 and Lorelai was on the road for 3 weeks for a stop at San Diego Comic-Con before arriving home to dive into the new Final Fantasy XIV patch and First Berserker Khazan. Rose has been digging into all of her Gatcha games while Nikolas on the other hand has been playing a whole bunch of Sonic Forces while the crew tries to sell him on the glory of Xenoblade Chronicles X. In the news, the developers of Wuchang Fallen Feathers caved to right wing trolling and kind of ruined their game, Christian Whitehead teased that a sequel to Sonic Mania was nixed, Arkane's union is demanding that Microsoft stop supporting Israel, and we touch more on the payment processor news. You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, John, Rose, Lorelai, and Nikolas. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited and Produced by Lorelai.

It's a full house this week as John is joined by Crystal, Rose, and Lilith to talk about the week in games. John's been playing Umamusume and more Hololive TCG, Lilith has been digging into Fistfull of Frags, Aneurysm IV, Trails in the Sky SC, and Artis Impact. Rose decided to 100% Death Stranding 2 in between playing Metro Gravity, Wuchang Fallen Feathers, Mushroom Musume, and Earth Defense Force 5. We round it all out with Crystal whose been playing The Endless Forest, Braid, Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, and Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. In the news we touch more on the payment processor issue with Mastercard telling Riot they need to stop talk about the issues during their events and from their official partners. Bungie is getting a shorter leash at Sony and the Raven QA union winning. You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, John, Rose, Crystal, and Lily. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited by Lorelai and produced by John.

John and Nikolas convene to chat about the Nintendo Partner Direct, the Switch's price increases, an update on the itch.io situation, and what was announced at Evo! Plus, some talk on Mario Paint, Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2, and more!

You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, John, and Nikolas. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited by Lorelai and produced by John.

We're here with more insight and opinions on the gaming world, this time focusing in on the strife NSFW creators are going through on itch.io thanks to payment processors. Plus, the Vshojo debacle, John finished Donkey Kong Bananza, Lilith loves to hate Shodan in System Shock, Crystal is playing very old games again, and Nikolas gets John's goat with Smash Bros opinions.

You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, John, Nikolas, Cystal, and Lily. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited and produced by John.

(Apologies for some audio reverb near the start, John's new to this!)

On this episode of the podcast, John produces for the first time! Plus, we talk about Donkey Kong Bananza, the issues with payment processors and Steam, Death Stranding 2, Gravity Circuit, Crown's Gambit, Project: AMICA, the live action Zelda movie, Ubisoft, and we recommend each other a bunch of games!

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It's a two person episode this week, as we go over the ongoing woes of the Subnautica developers' and publishers' legal spat. Plus, John tried out the Hololive and Godzilla TCGs, Crystal is still playing Ridge Racer Type 4 and has finished Final Fantasy IX's first disc, Romero Games is still alive, and we answer your questions!

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The podcast is charging in for another episode with John, Lorelai, Crystal, and Lilith. This week, John's been playing more Raidou: Remastered, and Pokémon Emerald Seaglass. Both he and Lorelai have been obsessing over horses with Umamusume Pretty Derby and she's also been playing Persona 5 The Phantom X when she was at multiple Pokémon conventions. Lilith has been going into a lot, playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dragon Quest XI, and every Build Engine game you could imagine. Crystal has been living the good life with R4: Ridge Racer Type 4. In the news we go over the Druck leaving the Last of Us TV show and a ton on the XBox Layoffs. You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, Lorelai, John, Lilith, and Crystal. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited by Lorelai Video Production by Lorelai Here's an excerpt by Crystal: Lorelai: Umamusume is what if iDOLM@STER didn’t have the mediocre rhythm game that it made you do for training stuff. John: My frame of reference is immediately Monster Rancher, because that’s what I played as a kid. Lorelai: I genuinely am shocked at how much I’ve been enjoying it. Crystal: I’m looking at the Umamusume wiki right now; I didn’t realize there were 131 playable characters. John: The game has been out for 4 years in Japan, and it was honestly very strange how long it took to come out over here. But it was also highly delayed for its initial release anyway. The reason why they have all the idol stuff is because it was originally supposed to come out when all the idol stuff was very big. When Umamusume came out the idol stuff was less of a thing, and now, over here, it’s even more so less of a thing. Everyone’s just kind of like, “Why are they singing?” Lorelai: [laughs] Yep. John: I’ll be honest, I don’t watch any of the concerts. Cancel me if you must, but I don't. I just want to race. I want to win. That’s what I’m here for. Lorelai: I like watching the races. It opened the ability for me to skip the races half the time, and I’m like, “No! No, I refuse!”  John: You get to skip it if you’ve gotten first place with that character in that specific race before. But I watch it, because it’s exhilarating! You want to see your girl win! And sometimes they pull off some crazy shit, and sometimes they get last place for no reason because they don’t feel like it, and you have to deal with it. That’s sports. I’ll actually talk about it on the anime podcast next time, but Lilith and I watched one of the movies last night with some other friends. It’s the Beginning of a New Era, and that’s why she says she likes Agnes Tachyon, because she’s in that and she’s insane and it’s great. I was ready to just be like, “Oh, you know, it’ll be cute because it’s these characters that I know, whatever.” But I thought it was just a great sports story!  I would say the main girl is a little underdeveloped, but overall I just thought it was compelling and extremely well-animated. So I would recommend checking that out if you have any interest in Umamusume, or if you’re just a sports anime fan. It feels something like a Haikyu!! or a Slam Dunk or something like that. Lorelai: I haven’t watched the anime yet. I’m gonna have to now, I hate that. Lilith: Like John said, it was surprising that they were doing the sports anime “teeth gritting and screaming” except they’re all horses. But also just really impressive animation overall. At one point, I jokingly said this was Redline for horses. John: And it is! It pretty much is!Lorelai: Horsegirl Redline!?Episode Notes

Gaming doesn't stop for anyone, but especially not for Gamesline! This week, Umamusume dropped, and John and Rose have thoughts on the latest gacha game that's racing across social media. Plus, Death Stranding 2 chat, Nikolas went through Undertale Yellow, and Crystal played an '80's Pac-Man clone about a disgraced Japanese PM. The news this time includes talk of job loss and Microsoft, the new live action Street Fighter movie's casting, and the weird Arc System Works stream.

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John is joined this week by Crystal, Lilith, and Jackson to talk about all the games they've been playing. John's been playing Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army while Jackson's been streaming a lot of PEAK when he's not playing Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. Lily's been digging into the Lies of P DLC and playing the demo for Parkside: Decayed Soul Manipulation while Crystal started up Final Fantasy IX and has been playing Eastward. The crew also goes over the news from Warner Games, Sakurai getting heat, Dreamsettler being cancelled, and a whole bunch of Donkey Kong. You can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Social Media @TheGamesline, Scott, John, Lilith, Jackson, and Crystal. Also, don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions, send them to our email podcast@gamesline.net! You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real. Edited by Lorelai Video Production by Scott Here's an excerpt by Crystal: [Listener Question: Which Donkey Kong characters do you think could eat 15 ice cream cones at once without getting a headache?] John: I don’t think Lanky feels… anything. I think that he would eat those ice creams and I don’t think he could process the concept of “cold.” He’s like a fucked-up homunculus. Jackson: It’s not a real creature, it’s a clay golem. Lilith: Monkey as imagined by Hunter S. Thompson. John: I’m gonna be honest, I feel like that is just something that all Kongs would be able to do. I think Kongs can just eat whatever. They’re big apes. Lilith: Are you implying that Kong is a title you earn after eating 15 ice cream cones? John: No! They’re like… they’re apes. That’s just what they are. I don’t know, can a real gorilla eat a bunch of ice cream cones? I mean, they would probably get brain freeze because we get brain freeze. Diddy Kong is a monkey, he has a tail. Jackson: Yeah, but he’s still a Kong. He’s still part of the group. I’m thinking Donkey and Diddy can’t, but Dixie and Candy can, and it makes them really mad. It’s something they passively work towards, and when they do it Dixie and Candy are like: “We don’t care. This doesn’t mean anything.” Lilith: You’re describing an episode of that old animated Donkey Kong series. John: I was about to say that is 100% just from the animated show, oh my god. Yeah, if we’re taking that into account then I guess Yeti Kong would be eating all the ice cream, cause he’s in the cold, he’s a Yeti. Jackson: Yeti Kong?? John: Okay, so Bluster Kong can’t, but Leo Luster can. Jackson: What are you saying?? Crystal: I’m learning so much! John: Everyone’s saying “Oh John with the lore, he should be going into it more,” and now I’m out here talking about fuckin’ Leo Luster, oh my god. That series is all available on Youtube now. I don’t know if they did that to line up with Bananza or what. Donkey Kong is not one of my favorite Nintendo properties, okay?! Lilith: Do you think Funky Kong could do it? John: Oh, totally. 100%. Crystal: I think Funky Kong would get a headache, but he would try to tank it and not show it. Lilith: Oh, so he’s crying behind the sunglasses. Jackson: He walks behind a corner so nobody can see him and he curls into a ball like “Ouughhhhh… oughhhh!!” John: He’s trembling behind his surfboard! Jackson: “Ohhhh, why’d I do this…” John: Oh, Funky Kong is like the L.A. Beast of Kongs, I can see that. Jackson: I was just thinking like, he’s not going to eat them one at a time, he’s going to put them all into a big banana float and then chug it. And he’s like, “Yeah, I’m fine!” John: Yeah, exactly, and like ten minutes later he’d be yarfing like crazy, and that would be in the video. Oh yes, the new Bananza Kongs, we can’t forget them. Do you think Grumpy Kong and Void Kong and Poppy Kong could do it? Jackson: Poppy’s not doing it. Poppy’s watching them and just shaking their head no, like “This is stupid.” John: “Nah, I’m not participating in that.” But then Void Kong is like “I’ll do it for evil!!” Jackson: First ice cream in, Void Kong headache, freaking out, tapping out. And then Grumpy’s on their 30th cone like, “What?” John: “There was a contest? Okay.” Jackson: “Okay, yeah, whatever.” John: Donkey Kong… [laughs]. Thank you Ina for the question. Let’s do one last question from chat and then we’ll wrap this up. Maverick is asking, “Do you think that Banjo and Conker could also eat the ice cream?” Lilith: Conker’s too hungover to do it. John: Banjo? Absolutely. Kazooie? I think Kazooie would also be someone who’s above it, but I think Kazooie could do it. Kazooie wouldn’t want to do it, but Kazooie could do it.

John is joined by Scott, Lorelai, and Lilith to go over the goings-on in the gaming sphere! Konami had a last-minute stream, and everyone had something to get excited about in it except John's Yu-Gi-Oh expectations. The crew has all played Deltarune's new chapters, and they have thoughts! Plus, Lorelai and the Nioh 3 test, Lilith went deep on the Next Fest demos, Scott's Nightreigning, and John beat Xenoblade X.

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Edited by Lorelai

On this episode, John introduces four new contributors to Gamesline! Lilith is a big JRPG-head and has been playing Trails in the Sky, Jackson's a streamer and has been checking out Nightreign, Nikolas is an artist and visual novel reader who has been walking the Hundred Line, and Crystal is a retro gamer playing Wind Waker and Splinter Cell! Plus, we go over a bunch of the not-E3 Summer Game Fest announcements, and John got a Switch 2!

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai

John hosts Rose and Maverick on a bountiful episode of The Gamesline Podcast. This time, we learn what Switch 1 games are getting Switch 2 bumps on day one, discuss why Kingdom Hearts' latest mobile game was scrapped, the Marathon plagiarism debacle, and more! Plus, Rose lays out Hundred Line's quality, Maverick ruminates on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' writing in 2025, and John keeps playing grindy RPGs for some reason.

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Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

Edited by Lorelai