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CORE 513: Ramdemic
Nerdtacular 2026 tickets holding at early bird pricing, plus a swag bag-only option now available at frogpants.com.
News:
- NetEase pulls funding for Gang of Dragon — future of the game unknown
- Valve still targeting 2026 for Steam Machines despite RAM shortages; rumored to be a factor in Sony/Xbox strategy shifts
- EA lays off Battlefield staff post record-breaking launch
- Jeff Kaplan on his Blizzard exit — plus his one Overwatch regret: making it too team-focused when players want to shine individually
- Fortnite raising V-Buck prices
- Timberborn hits 1.0
- Xbox pushing "everything is an Xbox" / Project Helix, leaning into Windows 11
- Valve reports 6,000+ games made over $100k on Steam last year
Shared Play: Slay the Spire 2 — all three played it, early GOTY contender
Scott: WoW: Midnight (great time, nearly max level, campaign a little cheesy), Thysiastery (turn-based dungeon crawler, very positive on Steam).
Also: The Instance now posting Fridays at frogpants.com/instance.
Jon: Finished and 100%'d Resident Evil Requiem
Beau: Slay the Spire 2, more Star Trek Voyageur, dipped into new Diablo IV season (may have bought the Doom skin)
Feedback: Listener thinks he catches Scott being simultaneously terrified by AI and delighted by one-button AI rotations in WoW. And he is wrong about it.
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CORE 529: Higher Seas
02:54:08|We start with the games we played this week! The Aventures of Elliott still gracing Scott and Jon's screens. Scott is ALL in on Black Flag Resynced. He also configured Moonlight on his network and has praises for it. Palworld 1.0 for Scott and Jon as well. Jon played Denshattack, and Beau still mainlaining Nightriegn like a pro player. Then some talk about Glen Schofield pulling out of games, MS destroying someone's personal data, Sega having big plans for GamesCom, and then a RUSH of emails and phone calls from you guys to top us up this week!VIDEO: https://youtu.be/AYRwJBmNLB4MORE CORE: Rock Band, and beyond: Where will we play these games?
06:27|Let's talk about it in today's email.CORE 528: Ex-Box
03:04:07|A reminder about a few new posts on the feeds, and then off to the exciting world of how Xbox seems to be shitting the ENTIRE bed. Plus Games Done Quick, and the summer sale stuff. Scott tested the hell out of the state of GeForce Now, and did it with a load of games, including Just Cause 3, Diablo IV, Black Flag Resynced, Disco Elysium, and Ghostwire Tokyo to name a few. Jon played AstroBot and The Adventures of Elliot. Beau still buried in Nightreign and Slay The Spire 2! VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7tMpJgcajfwMORE CORE: Making the indie game, "Gyro", with solo-dev Shane Maddox.
40:51|We get into what it takes to build your own game, and actually launch it to the public. And go wishlist/get the game on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4822290/Gyro/CORE 527: Practical Eve
03:29:12|We have Jon Show mugs in the store! Because why not? Also, what about cloud gaming in all these discussions around hardware prices? Plus, Sony says goodbye to physical media, and at the same time closes a couple stores, and took a bunch of movies away from people. Not great. XBOX will likely follow suit. CyberPunk Edge Runners S2 gets a new trailer. The full roster for Fighting Souls is upon us! We played Stellar Blade, Moonlighter 2, Titanium Court, Sea of Stars, FF7 Remake, 33 Immortals, Supermarket Sim, The Adventures of Elliot, Meccha Chameleon, Astro Bot, EverQuest Legends, Nightreign, and Star Trek Infection VR. Your emails and more!VIDEO: https://youtu.be/dbkhoF4N9k0CORE 526: The Gabe-Cube
03:10:10|Welp, the Steam Machine is here, and it's expensive as we figured it might be with the RAM wars and all. Let's break it all down, and highly discourage Canadians from getting one. :) We also talk about the big games of July, Xbox increasing prices, GTA VI costing too much, Gamestop STOPPING something good, Capcom still trolling with the Engine name, Switch 2 getting pricier too, the Summer Sale on Steam, and all the games we played this week: Resident Evil 9, Thank You For Your Application, FF7 Remake, Pragmata, Meccha Chameleon, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Nightreign, Overwatch, Heroes of The Storm and more. Also, Jon shares the right order to play the resident evil franchise in.CORE 525: Address The Pile
02:59:40|Guys, there were a lot of video games announced lately, and we take it upon ourselves to talk about the ones that make us the most excited! Plus, all the games we played and more!Games we played this week:Magic the Gathering, the Commander Decks from Final FantasyResident Evil 9 RequiemVoidling BoundDynasty Warriors OriginsAstro BotAstro's PlayroomBurnout Paradise CityLibrary Tidy Up the Arcane LibraryMina the HollowerOnimusha Way of the SwordStella BladeElden RingYakuza 6 The Song of LifeElden Ring Night RaidDark Souls Rebirth RemasteredCORE from Nerdtacular 2026!
01:47:04|With Scott, Jon, Beau, Randy, Brian, Bobby, and the one and only LIAM O'BRIEN! Enjoy the archive from our live episode! Video coming soon to the Youtube Channel as well.CORE + Summer Games Fest LIVE!
02:11:34|Scott Beau and Jon get together and watch SGF live with commentary! The video version is up on the youtube channel as well: youtube.com/scottjohnson Expect more in future as we break down what’s coming ands what has us the most excited.