The PowerSwitch – How to Improve the Nintendo World Championships – Episode 39

Five ways to improve the Nintendo World Championships, AAA console games start to show the worst of lootboxes and microtransactions, PlayStation VR gets a model update, playing Metroid: Samus Returns, the month in game releases for October 2017, and more!

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The PowerSwitch – The Hellblade Permadeath Perils with Matt Zawodniak – Episode 35

Matt Zawodniak joins the show to discuss the question of permadeath’s existence in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice raises concerns about creativity in games, Middle-earth: Shadow of War adds microtransactions, No Man’s Sky publishes a massive update one year after launch, and more!

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The PowerSwitch – The Best Games Halfway Through 2017 – Episode 31

The potential candidates for Game of the Year through the first half of 2017, challengers for those spots in the second half of the year, SNES Classic announced, SGDQ 2017 raises $1.76 million for charity, Splatoon 2 Direct, and more!

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The PowerSwitch – Grading the Microsoft E3 2017 Press Conference

Microsoft takes the stage at E3 2017, our immediate post-show grades, Project Scorpio receives its final name as Xbox One X, Minecraft unites its player base, Cuphead finally has a release date, looking at the artistic style of Microsoft’s revealed games, and more!

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