Press X to Start
”Press X to Start” is a gaming podcast, run by a group of friends who want to add diverse voices and conversations to video games and culture.
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Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
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Due to the hefty nature of this week's Heavy Hitter we decided to once again split the episode in half and give you our lengthy discourse (with returning special guest, Shimbo) about the current state of The Console/Platform Wars as a separate episode.
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
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This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Avery, Jordan & returning special guest, Shimbo, talk about Horizon Forbidden West, Sony's Horizon themed green initiative, The Halo show's decision to unmask Master Chief and much more!
Quick Hits - Time code: 3:25
Nintendo finally putting the 3DS & WiiU eshops to rest in 2023; Sony's out here planting trees for player engagement with Horizon Forbidden West; Alloy gets her cover model on in this month's Vanity Fair; We dive into a cluster of video game show & movie adaption news; and Activision Blizzard under fire for the 4 millionth time amidst "union-busting" allegations.
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 33:29
DJ & Avery give their early impressions of Horizon Forbidden West, Jordan gives Horizon Zero Dawn a try and Shimbo waxes poetic about how Halo is still the king of the competitive multiplayer genre.
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Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
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Initially this was meant to be a part of the weekly episode but our feelings on the game were so strong that it warranted this becoming its' own thing. Thus, here's an impromptu bonus cast focusing on our early impressions of Sifu.
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Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
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This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Avery, Marcus & Sean talk about the Nintendo Direct, Scalebound possibly finding new life, Take 2's sequel plans for their IPs and much more!
Quick Hits - Time code: 5:55
Activision to continue to release games on PlayStation for the foreseeable future; Platinum puts the ball in Microsoft's court for Scalebound revival; Take 2 puts multiple sequels in motion for their IPs (including Max Payne, LA Noire & Midnight Club); Intellivision is down horrendous after 3 failed crowdsourcing efforts; Google seemingly moves on from Stadia; Team 17 Boss peddled NFTs while his workers starved; Ubisoft employees resist blockchain initiative.
Heavy Hitters - Time code: 33:44
We talk about the big Nintendo direct that kind of came out of nowhere and rocked it.
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Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
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This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Avery, Marcus & Jordan talk about Sony acquiring Bungie, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, GTA 6 officially entering development and much more!
Gaming News - Time code: 5:17
The quick hits: After 500 years, GTA 6 has finally entered early development; Pokemon Legends is selling faster than all mainline Pokemon games; Saudi Arabia buys a 1 billion dollar piece of the Capcom pie; Neil Druckmann confirms the active development of 3 games at Naughty Dog; Phil Spencer to rightly receive an AIAS Lifetime Achievement award; 25 billion dollars gets whipped out from Sony thanks to chip crunch & Microsoft bidding war.
Heavy Hitters: We talk at length about Sony's retaliatory acquisition of Bungie and what that means for the future.
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 54:58
DJ explores surprisingly dangerous open world of Pokemon Legends: Arceus; Sean tries out Dirt 5 while he waits for the next major release; Avery talks about the joys of finally having a dedicate 3 stack in Apex Legends; and Marcus rolls credits on The Last Of Us Part II for the second time and gets chastised for not platinuming the game.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
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This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Avery, Marcus & Sean talk about Elden Ring's attempt to reduce stress, Ubisoft caping for NFTs, The Rock's upcoming video game movie, The fate of COD on PS5 and much more!
Gaming News - Time code: 2:29
The quick hits: We announce the free PS Plus games for February; Elden's Ring is trying to make the game easier to enjoy without outright reducing the difficulty; Sniper Elite 5 adds a PvP multiplayer mode; The Rock announces that he's working on yet another video game movie; Hyper Scape dies a death to the surprise of no one; A Belgian retailer is warning customers about buying PS5's after Microsoft's Activision acquistion; Call Of Duty seems to be safe on PS5...for now; Activision Blizzard continues to not be shit as it won't recognize QA worker's union; Ubisoft exec claims that we're all too dumb to appreciate NFTs.
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 34:19
Sean mainlines Hollow Knight and preps for the upcoming season of Apex Legends; Avery continues to work his way through Far Cry 6; and Marcus hypes up The Legend of Vox Machina as he gets closer to the end of his second playthrough of The Last Of Us Part II.
Post Credit Stinger - Time Code: 50:31
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Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
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This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Avery, Marcus & Jordan talk about Microsoft's HUGE acquisition, E3 being in shambles, Lego Star Wars' crunch problem & much more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 2:38
DJ plays Hollow Knight at the suggestion of last week's fan mail; Jordan plots world domination in Evil Genius 2; Avery returns to Far Cry 6 and checks out the gothic adventures of Lost In Random before joining Marcus for some Apex Legends dubs. Oh and DJ goes on a rant about Gundam that nobody asked for.
Gaming News - Time code: 28:37
The quick hits: E3 likely to get cancelled all together after reported issues with the digital event; COD QA Testers form Activision's first union; The NFT company that Troy Baker endorsed already exposed for using content without permission; The most recent Lego Star Wars game under fire for extensive crunch.
Heavy Hitters: We talk at length about Microsoft's massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard and what that could mean for the industry going forward.
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Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
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This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Avery, Marcus & Jordan talk about Troy Baker's NFT backlash,
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 2:04
DJ & Avery go spelunking in Deep Rock Galactic; Marcus & Avery get their musou on in Persona 5 Strikers; Jordan continues to take advantage of Game Pass' every growing library with The Gunk & Mass Effect Legendary Edition; DJ plays hide & seek in Genshin Impact's Prop Hunt; Marcus experiences Backbone's WTF ending and returns to Apex Legends on a whim; Avery wraps it all up with a varied trio of games in Forgotten City, Dark Souls 1 & 3 and Chicory.
Message From A Listener - Time code: 34:21
Gaming News - Time code: 37:21
The quick hits: Sony reveals PSVR2 along with a new Horizon game to be released in tandem; Little nuggets about Project Spartacus get dropped; Discord rumored to be integrating with PlayStation "imminently"; Xbox Series S & X are reportedly right under PS5 in sales; Ubisoft+ & Rainbow Six Extraction coming to Xbox; Take Two buys mobile game company, Zynga, for 12.7 billion dollars; Much to DJ's delight a new Armored Core game is rumored to be in development; TLOU show finds its' Riley in Storm Reid.
Heavy Hitters: We talk at length about the Voice NFT debacle that turned Troy Baker into a social media pariah.
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