Joe teaches us about Laura Shigihara’s passion project of Rakuen and Peter highlights Jack Wall’s contributions to the original Mass Effect.
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Top 10 | Mass Effect 2 OST | Tempo Control
A curated music playlist of the top ten definitive tracks from the Mass Effect 2 OST
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The PowerSwitch – The RPG Franchises That Shape Us – Episode 23
The RPG franchises that positively influence our interest in games, emotionally connecting with Night in the Woods, what we want to see in the next Metroid game, playing through the Metroid series in canon chronological order, development reports for the SNES Classic Edition, Activision confirms Call of Duty: WWII, and Atlus registers new Persona domain names
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The PowerSwitch – April Fool’s Day in Gaming – Episode 19
The decline of April Fool’s Day in 2017, the top five best jokes in the gaming world to come from April Fool’s Day, catching up with the latest indie games on Nintendo Switch, LEGO City Undercover, Attack on Titan video games, and Peter’s top five favorite games of all time
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The PowerSwitch – Animation and Atrocity in Andromeda – Episode 17
Early impressions of Mass Effect: Andromeda, the facial animation glitches that have dominated the game’s conversation online, falsely attacking a former EA employee based on fake information, more fallout from last week’s communication drama, a loss of love for Nintendo, possible future iterations of Switch’s Joy-Con controllers, the challenge of emulating games with control gimmicks, and Peter’s wife Rachel joins the show in the podcast’s shift to Twitch broadcasting in full video
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The PowerSwitch – The Battle of Horizon vs. Zelda – Episode 12
Horizon Zero Dawn vs. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a battle for the attention of players who wish to avoid genre burnout, Sony’s exclusive advantage at the start of a historic 2017, a Switch-like patent appears from Sony, the Nintendo Switch user interface leaks from a stolen system, managing digital game file sizes, playing games in the same franchise vs. in the same genre, Johto adventures with Pokémon GO, and Peter has been playing Gears of War 4 – on location from San Antonio, Texas
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The PowerSwitch – 30 Gaming Questions for Likes – Episode 8
The list of 30 gaming questions that is being traded on social media in exchange for likes, fake news raiding game journalism with rumors of Fallout New Vegas 2, Bioware’s new IP confirmed for Q1 2018, Nintendo delays the Animal Crossing mobile game, and the video game industry takes a stand against the Trump immigration ban – on location from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Tempo Control: Episode 7 – Mass Effect
On this week’s episode: The Top 10 songs from the Mass Effect soundtrack, PlayStation 4K rumors intensify, Final Fantasy XV uncovered, Nintendo fires a target of online harassment, and gaming’s best April Fool’s Day moments! SHOW SEGMENTS 0:00 – Intro 2:29 – #10 Song 4:35 – PlayStation 4K Rumors 10:27 – #9 Song 11:58 – Mako Drive (Mashup) 12:39 – #8 Song 16:40 – Final Fantasy XV Uncovered 19:46 – #7 Song 22:00 – Now Playing 23:20 – Composer Spotlight 24:48 – #6 Song 26:35 – Nintendo Fires Alison Rapp 30:11 – #5 Song 32:06 – Out This Week 33:12
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11 Video Game Predictions for 2016
You love games. I love games. With a new year upon us, that can only mean one thing! Let’s gaze into that digital crystal ball together, ponder the state of the game industry, and make some prognostications! In order from what I consider most likely, to least likely, here are 11 video game predictions for 2016 that we can all look back on together when this year comes to a close! As a fun aside, I would have put something about Mother 3 finally coming to the United States this year, but those rumors are now getting more and more
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