Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield cover Silent Hill f, the sacrifice of EA to the monster of private capital, and thirty PlayStation hot takes. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:
1: Y’all playin’ that Hilf? (05:29)
2: EA got bought. That’s not good, right? (14:53)
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be bought in largest-ever private equity buyout valued at $55 billion
Rockstar finally fixed the disastrous GTA remastered trilogy years after it released
3: What do you think the CEO of Nintendo of America does? (21:03)
4: Which real world non-extinct animal is presented as the most powerful in video games?(24:39)
5: What is a “real gamer?” (26:35)
6: Are there protest video games? (32:02)
LIGHTNING ROUND: 30 Years of PlayStation (42:02)
Recommendations and Outro (52:51):
Brandon: Kimimi the Game Eating She-Monster, Coyote Media, skip the commentary track for Blood of Heroes, Makeruna! Makendou 2 - Versus Menu Music
Frank: Silent Hill f, Coyote Media
Ash: Log off, get your uterus checked out if you have a uterus
Esper: J2ME, DoCoMo i-mode, KDDI ezWeb, etc. The Mobile Gaming of ol' thread, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (i actually watched this the day after recording but since I write the show notes i’m going to recommend it here, it’s less than 2 hours to watch the whole first season and it’s incredible)
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Dustin Reno
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