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 May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
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DISCLAIMER: Due to us recording this episode from our respective bunkers, the audio quality is a little rough around the edges. We still hope you enjoy the episode!
This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean & Jordan talk about: Inside Xbox; Animal Crossing's Turnip market; Apex Legends Season 5; Cyberpunk 2077's genitalia suite and much more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 2:04
Jordan runs through hell guns blazin in Doom Eternal and then takes those guns to post apocalyptic wasteland of Borderlands 3's newest DLC; Sean beats Streets of Rage 4 with a little assistance from an online good samaritan, escorts his wife through Gauntlet, gets his Super Sentai on in The Wonderful 101: Remastered and tries to outsmart a computer in the Turing Test; Lastly, DJ gets into the competitive and surprisingly deep world of the Turnip Stock Exchange in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
Gaming News - Time code: 23:14
The quick hits: The Detroit Lions reveal their upcoming schedule via Animal Crossing; The PS Store gets suspended indefinitely in China due to backdoor hacks; The Last Of Us Part II story trailer gets dislike bombed; The Mortal Kombat 11 "Aftermath" DLC pack gets announced; Cyberpunk 2077 now promises Keanu Reeves AND extensive genital customization; Hacker tricks Roblox worker into gaining player account access; Respawn helps EA post major gains in the fiscal year; The remaster of the Mass Effect Trilogy is apparently real and on it's way; Twitch gets into the reality TV game thanks to the coronavirus; Animal Crossing New Horizons sales surge big time in the UK; Ubisoft registers a website domain for Prince of Persia 6 and drops a save the date for their online conference (coming July 12th).
The heavy hitters: A Deep Dive into the Inside Xbox showcase; Xbox exec thinks they set unrealistic expectations for Series X reveal; EA is over-complicating the Series X's Smart Delivery system; Apex Legends drops their Season 5 trailer complete with all new character, Loba; PS5's "secret weapon" against the Series X is revealed.
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Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
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DISCLAIMER: Due to us recording this episode from our respective bunkers, the audio quality is a little rough around the edges. We still hope you enjoy the episode!
This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean & Marcus talk about: Streets Of Rage 4, Geoff Keighley's E3 replacement, The Last Of Us 2 leaks, Assassins Creed Valhalla and more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 2:07
Sean finishes his genocide run on Shadow Of Colossus and gets his side scroller on in Mercenary Kings & Streets Of Rage 4; DJ comes to the realization that Animal Crossing is just an HGTV game (and he's loving every minute of it); Marcus finally returns to Person 5 Royal and joins Sean for some peak toxicity in COD Warzone.
Gaming News - Time code: 22:18
The quick hits: May's PS Plus Free Games & Xbox Games For Gold; DBZ Kakarot's Dragonball Super DLC content gets a release date (July 28th); Double Last Of Us 2 news: The culprits of the damaging leak have been discovered and the game will be carrying a file size that would make Call of Duty blush; The FFVII Remake creators cast doubt on how much they're actually going to remix the story; The PS5 Reveal event is scheduled for June 4th; Call Of Duty Warzone to get a big overhaul with a whopping 13 new modes.
The heavy hitters: Assassin's Creed Valhalla has finally been revealed and it's got rap battles; Phil Spencer claims Series X comes with a "game changing" feature; The Xbox One controller drift lawsuit expands; Google Stadia silently announces 11 new games; Geoff Keighley announces the four month long All Digital Summer Game Fest as a replacement for E3.
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Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
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WARNING THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW!!!On this episode of Press X Presents: DJ, Sean & Marcus gather to finally talk at length about the long awaited FFVII Remake. The episode breakdown goes as follows:
Review Start: 3:54
Story Completion Time: 4:09
Favorite Battle Squads: 6:55
Gameplay Pros & Cons: 12:47
Favorite/Least Favorite Boss Fights: 22:16
Story Thoughts: 33:58
Favorite/Least Favorite Characters: 38:59
Sephiroth: 49:54
Individual Choices: 54:51
Thoughts On The Ending: 59:34
Would We Press "X" On The Game?: 1:08:33
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Intro & End Music by Nobou Uematsu
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Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
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DISCLAIMER: Due to us recording this episode from our respective bunkers, the audio quality is a little rough around the edges. We still hope you enjoy the episode!
This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean, Cam & Marcus talk about: Travis Scott's "Astronomical" performance, Nintendo's big hack, Fallout 76's ruthless NPCs and more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 03:12
Marcus find himself in a neverending loop of thriving & dying in COD Modern Warfare's Multiplayer suite; Sean hacks his way into the Malaysian pre-release of Crash Bandicoot Mobile; DJ gets into art fraud investigation in Animal Crossing; Cam considers jumping back into XCOM; and the boys all forego talks of FFVII Remake for the impending review cast.
Gaming News - Time code: 18:38
The quick hits: FFVII Remake moves 3.5 Million copies in 3 days; A look at the worldwide digital game sales market for March 2020; The My Nintendo app drops in Japan; A new bug has NPCs stealing shit from your corpse in Fallout 76; COD Warzone is putting cheaters in games with each other; Battlefield 5 is finally winding down; Madden's Twitter tries to call out the Ravens for the Madden 2021 cover leak and it backfires spectacularly.
The heavy hitters: Travis Scott's Fortnite concert blows everyone's minds; Nintendo suffers it's first big hack with 160,000 accounts being compromised; Google wins their long fought battle with Epic Games and gets Fortnite on the Google Play Store.
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Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
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DISCLAIMER: Due to us recording this episode from our respective bunkers, the audio quality is a little rough around the edges. We still hope you enjoy the episode!
This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean & Marcus talk about: More FFVII Remake, The NASCAR N-Word fiasco, Jason Schreier leaving Kotaku and more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 03:14
Marcus has some beginner's luck with Junkrat in Overwatch, Hilarity ensues when the boys link up on COD Warzone & More FFVII Remake is discussed as we finally hear Press X's resident FFVII fanboy's thoughts.
Gaming News - Time code: 34:21
The quick hits: Playstation announces their Play At Home Initiative (free games available until May 5th); Streets Of Rage 4 finally gets a release date; Bloober Team's, Observer, is getting a next gen facelift; Crysis Remastered officially coming to current gen systems; The Last Of Us pops up as an answer on Jeopardy; Maingear's repurposing gaming PC covers into ventilators; Stadia can now support surround sound and will be dropping a Family component later in the year; Selena Gomez is suing a web fashion game for 10 million dollars (yes you read that correctly).
The heavy hitters: Jason Schreier is breaking up with Kotaku; China bans ALL international online gaming because of course they did; Facebook dropped a gaming app for some reason; Kyle Larson fired by NASCAR after dropping an n-bomb during a recent stream; Vegas embraces e-sports in the midst of the pandemic.
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
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Culture Topic - Time code: 0:28
On this episode of Press X For The Culture: Press X gives some etiquette tips for all of the new members of the E-Sports community thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
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DISCLAIMER: Due to us recording this episode from our respective bunkers, the audio quality is a little rough around the edges. We still hope you enjoy the episode!
This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean & Cam talk about: FFVII Remake, the DualSense controller; Animal Crossing getting banned in China and much more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 02:26
Sean finishes his violent trip down memory lane in the remastered Modern Warfare 2 campaign and then links up with the rest of the boys in Midgar for our FFVII Remake first impressions.
Gaming News - Time code: 32:33
The quick hits: FFVII Remake is doing well on the review circuit; Warzone's Trophy system buff makes vehicles even MORE powerful; Predator: Hunting Grounds comes with an "Exposed Ass" warning; Nintendo Switches are sold out everywhere thanks to the quarantine; PS5's CPU & GPU will ensure that GodFall will have appropriately godly gameplay; Bethesda VP, Pete Hines, hypes up the DualSense controller; Google Stadia is now free and will have a free Pro Subscription for 2 months.
The heavy hitters: PS5 & Xbox Series X will be getting a new version of Cyberpunk 2077; The DualSense controller's microphone will apparently eliminate crosstalk; China bans Animal Crossing New Horizons because of protestors co-opting it for their activism.
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Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
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DISCLAIMER: Due to us recording this episode from our respective bunkers, the audio quality is a little rough around the edges. We still hope you enjoy the episode!
This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean, Cam & Marcus talk about: the PS5 controller, The Last Of Us 2 getting removed from the Playstation Store, Person 5 Royal & much more!
What We've Been Playing - Time code: 05:15
Marcus returns to Shujin Academy for Persona 5 Royal and links up with Sean to make people mad on Overwatch; Sean relives some 2009 goodness in COD Modern Warfare 2 Remastered and gets into some online scraps in Puyo Puyo & Smash Bros Ultimate; DJ finishes up the Animal Crossing New Horizons campaign and plays some demos in the mean time to varying degrees of enjoyment; Cam bonds with his wife in Mario Party and successfully guides Jesse through Control's relentless story.
Gaming News - Time code: 29:14
The quick hits: Animal Crossing & Doom Eternal strike gold amidst the pandemic; Sony donates 10M$ to COVID-19 Relief Fund; Bethesda cancels their June virtual conference, Rockstar Games plans to donate 5% of their online revenue to COVID-19 relief efforts; X-Box Magazine becomes the newest casualty to the dying print industry; The ESA maps out plans for a "re-imagined" E3 in 2021 and an online Summer of Gaming event to replace E3 2020; Call Of Duty gets the greenlight to use Humvees in their games; An NBA 2K tourney featuring actual players to be held starting today; Every Gamestop in Boston gets closed down at the mayor's behest.
The heavy hitters: The WHO doubles back on their stance on gaming and launch the #PlayApartTogether Campaign to promote social distancing; Naughty Dog mysteriously removes The Last Of Us Part II from the Playstation Store and refunds pre-orders; The pandemic stricken market leaves the state of next gen gaming uncertain; Amazon finally follows Google into the game industry (hopefully with more success); Sony reveals the DualSense controller for the PS5.
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