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Level 39 - Thanksgiving Aftermath

Marcus returns to the cast after a brief absence and its like he never left. Marcus finally got his hands on Persona 5, while Avery and DJ played a plethora of games including Battlefront 2, Puzzle Fighter, Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed, Terraria, Overwatch. After a meaty What We Are Playing, the group talks news and in the aftermath of Thanksgiving news proved light. Nevertheless, EA suffers more bad news, CD Projekt Red calls out EA in their firm loyalty to single player experiences, Gazillion is shuttered days before Thanksgiving, and Sega announces a new Valkyria. With time to spare the group decides to bring back everyone but Cam's favorite game Who Am I.

Episode 38 - The Ballad of Star Wars Battlefront 2

The boys are a little light this week, but friend of the show Jordan has returned to join DJ and Avery in talking the gaming news of the week. In what we are playing Avery talks some TellTale Guardians, laments his experience with Assassin's Creed and breaks the the surface of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 single player. Jordan brings back the juggernaut Wolfenstein II to the table, while waxing on City Skylines and going in depth on Battlefront II, and DJ got his mojo back with Mario Odyssey. In news we lament the closure of Marvel Heroes, the most recent sexual assault contreversy this time facing IGN, a bunch of new fighters for various fighting platforms, Geoff Keealey's Game Wars and the Critical Meltdown of Star Wars Battlefront II

Press X Special Edition: Stranger Things

As we recover from some technical scheduling mishaps, Avery, DJ and Marcus took time to watch Netflix's Stranger Things Season 2. I know its incredibly off topic for a Video Game show, but we want to talk about other things and branch out our content to different avenues. Next week you'll get your regularly scheduled episode of Video Game shop talk, but for now enjoy our thoughts on Stranger Things. 

Level 37 Part 2 - Paris Games Week

In the second part of an extra long episode, the group dissects Sony's showings at the annual paris Games week. Described as the 2nd half to E3 Sony showed off a lot of games, mostly things we've already seen prompting a discussion on whether this event was needed with PSX about a month away. 

Level 37 Part 1

After recovering from some technical difficulties, Press X is back in full force with another episode. The returning Cam brings nothing to the table, while Marcus finally finishes Uncharted and DJ laments how Assassin's Creed has broken his enjoyment of games. Avery played a bunch of games as well but the news at hand is a more pertinent topic. Massive layoffs hit Telltale, EA buys Respawn, Niantic announces a Harry Potter AR game and finally Blizzcon happened and the gang dissects some of the Overwatch news dropped during the event. This is part one of a larger podcast, with the second part talking about Sony's presence at Paris games week in excrutiating detail. 

Level 36 - Happy Video Game Hell Day

Cam is busy with grown people problems, leaving Avery, Marcus and DJ to mind the fort on the biggest video game release day in modern memory. Digging into Assassin's Creed Origins, Super Mario Odyssey and Wolfenstein the New Colossus it's a vidoe game embarrasment of riches. In news DJ goes on more about Destiny 2, NeoGaf implodes in the wake of sexual misconduct, we learn more about what happened with Visceral Games, Nintendo announces their all new free to play mobile Cell Phone game and sneaks in the return of GC Controllers for switch and Sony begins to hype Paris Games week 2017. We also announce the winner of a little contest and dig deep into your top three games of the year. 

Level 35 - Are Single Player Games Dead?

The boys are back in town to hit you with another week of gaming goodness to keep you satiated at weeks end. In what we are playing Avery delves deep into South Park the Fractured But Whole and desperately attempts to explain the game to the rest of the cast, Marcus finally got his hands on Uncharted the Last Legacy, DJ struggles with Destiny's hardest levels of PVP and Cam is still playing Dragon's Dogma. In news the afformented PVP modes of Destiny go down, the Harvey Weinstein scandal spills into games and reveals sexual harrasment in the hallowed halls of Naughty Dog, more talk about Mictrosanctions and Loot Boxes and Sony Music decides to get in the gaming publishing buissness and didn't tell Playstation. But this week's biggest story is the closing of Visceral Games and the restructuring of the Star Wars game they've been working on for years. Piggybacking off that in culture the group discusses the place of Single Player gaming experiences in this multiplayer, open world, games as service dominated world. Its a good episode, a bit long in the tooth but filled with a lot of great conversation. 

Level 34 - Let's Talk about Loot Crates

The gang is back together and this time Destiny isn't the be all end all of conversation. Avery finally plays the game he Kickstarted Battlechasers Nightwar, Marcus talks bout another episode of Telltale's Batman series, also Dragon's Dogma pops up for some reason. In news the group returns to Overwatch with news of a maybe a spin-off and a halloween event, a couple of video game lawsuits, more loot box talk, the group revolts against the new South Park and the Occulus Go isn't as cool as it sounds. Rounding out the show, the group has a deep dive talk about Microtransanctions. Everyone speaks their truth and we try and get to the root of where all this Lootboxes and Microtransactions is coming from.