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Pixels and Puppets S02E12: Final GROM
Season 2, Ep. 12
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Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com
0:00
Intro
- Back live! Everything is normal!
- Shout-out to IT workers
3:33
The Puppet Pit
- Recent builds: Two furry Smols, an ogre, a live hands monster(commission) and two more Smols.
- Jimmy the cat gives us a visit
- THANK YOU for using the direct shop!
- Build streams continue, slight schedule shift next week (will be Thurs the 25th of July)
- Facebook is a dead mall
- All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC
21:38
Gizmotown
- The Deck Nook.
- Handheld gaming is drowning in product
- https://new.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1dzzeeq/just_weeks_after_pocket_s/ (samsung gonna sue somebody)
- Turn your Switch into a Steamdeck! https://www.ign.com/articles/crkd-nitro-deck-review
- Oh boy new Game Pass structure https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-is-getting-major-changes-with-a-new-tier-without-day-one-games-and-a-range-of-price-increases
- Emulation: PCSX2 gets a big update. Kevin gets in.
- Fediverse-exclusive gaming & tech streams have started, on Owncast and PeerTube!
- Owncast: https://www.operationpuppet.live/ PeerTube: https://puppet.zone/
- Kevin has a crush on Ed Zitron https://youtu.be/T8ByoAt5gCA?si=grq0SgyJ-F9YbXmM
- In retro news, the TI-99 4/A is almost ready to be... useful!
1:32:25
Pixels and Tokens
- Dragon Age: Veilguard has a no-combat option for story lovers, gamers freak out
- Destiny killer Exoprimal is done https://kotaku.com/exoprimal-new-seasons-rotating-dead-servers-capcom-1851578726
- Jamie has spent some time with Destiny Killer The First Descendant.
- Andrew played The Three Z’s
- No Man's Sky continues to evolve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-9Bf47yfs
Music Credits:
- Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
- Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
- Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)
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