# 284 “The Retail Price”

Posted on December 7, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

New Metro Game in Development

Marvel’s Avengers flopped so hard that it still hasn’t recouped its development costs

Sony is permanently banning PS5 owners selling access to PlayStation Plus Collection

AMD assures custom AIB RX 6000-series “Big Navi” GPUs to sell at MSRP within next 4-8 weeks time

Cyberpunk 2077 release schedule

Dragon Age at next weeks game awards

Control may be coming to Game Pass in Dec.

PAX is optimistic and announced 2021 dates
PAX East will return to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from June 3-6

PAX West will return to the Washington State Convention Center from Sept. 3-6

PAX Unplugged will return to the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Dec. 10-12

BIOWARE bosses pull the ripcord

Casey Hudson – GM

Mark Darrah – Executive Producer

Fortnite Season 4 end and 5 kickoff

God of war (and he dances)

 dance

Mandalorian

Galactus ended season 4

Activision Sues Netflix Over Poaching CFO

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# 283 “Thank You FeedSpot”

Posted on November 23, 2020 by admin

The AFK Podcast was named 6th out of 25 podcasts to follow in 2020 by Feedspot.

This week we discuss;

Play Star Citizen for Free Nov 20 -Dec 5

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Edition

Updated Cyberpunk 2077 Specs

Cyberpunk 2077 Getting AMD Ray Tracing Support Later

Cyberpunk has a Streamer mode

The Humble Store Fall Sale

Steam Adds PS5 Controller Support

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead Released

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Ubisoft’s Biggest-Ever PC Game Launch

Star Wars Squadrons New Ships

Blizzard Set To Lay Off 30 Employees From Sydney Office

MonsterCat clarifies ‘fast track’ service

AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series Review Roundup

Playstation 5 Discord Chat

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# 282 “Paper Launches”

Posted on November 16, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

The Game Awards is December 10th

Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered on Steam Next Week

Halo 4 on PC next week

Twitch responds to DMCA bans.

Ubisoft possibly swatted.

Ubisoft Montréal Situation a “Hoax”

PS5 and Xbox officially launched

RX 6K launches thursday

Plus we talk about what we are streaming and whether or not scalpers are scum.

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# 281 “Happy Birthday Flynn”

Posted on November 9, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

Remastered Mass Effect Trilogy

Next Battlefield Game

Terminator Resistance adds new content

Blizzcon will be online and free

Gabe Newell sponsoring a gnome space launch for charity

here is where to watch the livestream

AC Valhalla install size not huge, will be a day one patch

New Star Wars game in the works from EA Motive

AMD is working on an alternative to Nvidia DLSS

Black Ops Cold War PC Trailer Released

Great Q3 for Activision, $1.95bil in revenue. Now looking to hire 2,000 more people.

  • FEB2020 they laid off up to 800 people after a record setting year.

Jedi Fallen Order coming to Xbox Ultimate Game Pass (Nov 10 or Dec 10th for PC)

Godfall is a PS5 six month exclusive.

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# 280 “Radeon RX 6000”

Posted on November 2, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

No More New Content for StarCraft 2 – Blizzard moving on to other initiatives

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series on Steam

EA Getting Sued in Canada

It’s a crappy time to be a Twitch Streamer – DMCA strike results in all VODs being deleted.

John Rambo joining MK11 on Nov 17

You will lose your entire Oculus library if you ever delete Facebook

Bethesda now a part of Ragnarok’s 100million Dollar lawsuit

Watch Dogs Legions Released

Deleting Your FaceBook Account Deletes Your Oculus Account


GeForce RTX 3070 Reviews

Zen 3 launch is Thursday, November 5th. Listings already on Microcenter.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Announced
(Benchmarks from AMD)
– Our coverage
– Did BIG NAVI Just Win???😡😡😰😂
– AMD RX 6900XT Reveal Analysis: Doubling your Framerates & Nvidia’s Problems this Fall!
– AMD’s Big Navi Revealed!!! My first reaction after the event

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed again

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# 279 “The Hardware”

Posted on October 12, 2020 by admin

This week we welcome a special guest host from our community “Chainsaw”.  We discuss;

Crucible Shutting Down Next Month

EA has no plans for Star Wars Squadrons DLC

Torchlight 3 trailer

Ten PS4 Games Won’t Work On PS5
The Outer Worlds on Steam This Month

Hardware

AMD Zen 3 Announcement

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Offers Up Incredible Linux GPU Compute Performance Review

PS5 Teardown: An up-close and personal look at the console hardware 

  • Liquid Metal
  • M.2 slot for additional storage

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# 278 “Festive Gourd Season”

Posted on October 5, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

Flynn play’s “Star Wars Squadrons”

Fall Guys 2 drops next week

World of Warcraft Shadowlands delayed

Team Fortress 2 Scream Fortress XII begins

Steam Sale Dates

Steam Digital Table Top Fest

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Podcast and Story Trailer

3070 Delayed to prevent another mess

Upcoming Game Releases for October

What we are streaming this week

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Flynn Play’s Star Wars Squadrons

Posted on October 2, 2020 by admin

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# 277 “Game Night Is Back”

Posted on September 28, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

Our playlists, and the return of game night.

In the news;

 Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy delayed

Epic forms a coalition of companies that like the smell of their own farts

Rebal Galaxy Outlaw

GOG.com Shifts Into Metal Gear

Amazon Luna Cloud Service Announced

Left 4 Dead 2 Gets New Update and Free Weekend

Halo 3: ODST for PC Released

Microsoft Buying ZeniMax (Bethesda)

NVIDIA RTX 3090 Founders Edition Review- How to Nuke Your Launch – Gamers Nexus

NVIDIA: RTX 3090 Performance 10-15% Higher Than RTX 3080 in 4K

RTX 3080 Users Report Crashes to Desktop While Gaming

RTX 3080 Crash to Desktop Problems Likely Connected to AIB-Designed Capacitor Choice

Navi, nothing but leaks and rumors as per usual

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# 276 “Happy RTX Day”

Posted on September 21, 2020 by admin

This week we discuss;

The Passing of Chadwick Boseman

If you want to collect them all in Marvel’s Avengers you going to have to pay

Sony has decided it might like making $$ (exploring bringing more games to PC)

Star Wars Squadrons coming Oct 4th 

  • EA basic pass gets you only 10 hours with the game
    • But can purchase the game with 10% discount
  • Origin Premier members get full access

Apple says interest in Fortnite is waning.

U.S. Treasury Department Scrutinizing Riot and Epic over Tencent Connections

Activision Goes After Another Cheat maker

The 3080 Has Arrived And it’s a Beast (fast but overrated) – Curls

Order Issues

Troll the scalpers

Upcoming Releases

September 30—Baldur’s Gate 3 – D&D-based RPG

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