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Oct. 27, 2021

Halo 3: ODST, Dropping Into Open-Ish World Halo

Halo 3: ODST started out as Halo Recon, an expansion to the Xbox 360 classic, Halo 3. From the start it was known it was going to be something different but in terms of what that meant wasn't fully realized until it finally h...

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Oct. 21, 2021

Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Movie Pass or Pass

Welcome to the first episode of the supplemental podcast for Game Pass or Pass focused on movies, Move Pass or Pass. The first episode focuses on Venom: Let There be Carnage. The follow up to the surprisingly high box office ...

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Oct. 15, 2021

Myst, Does This Classic Still Hold Up?

Myst is a game that many gamers have heard of but a lot of time has passed since its original release in the 93. Modern gamers are not adept to Myst's style and its methodology, or lack there of, in regards to portraying what...

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Oct. 11, 2021

New Types of Content Coming

Game Pass or Pass has been a fun time so far. But as games have become larger than ever and Game Pass Securing more and more content its becoming really hard for us to get content out in a timely manner. With smaller games it...

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Oct. 6, 2021

The Artful Escape, Truly a Piece of Art

The Artful Escape can be described as truly unique, which is a term that is used far too often in the gaming sphere. But in the case of The Artful Escape its true. That doesn't mean it is without its flaws. The journey of the...

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Sept. 21, 2021

Psychonauts 2, Raz is Still Radical

Psychonauts 2 is game that many gamers have been waiting over a decade for. Its an IP that is beloved but never seemed to find a massive audience so it sadly took over 15 years for Double Fine to find a way to make the sequel...

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Sept. 10, 2021

12 Minutes, Includes 12 Minutes of Spoilers!

12 Minutes is a game that has an interesting concept from a narrative and game play perspective. Being stick in a time loop while trying to unravel a mystery is an idea that almost anyone who likes the mystery genre can get b...

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Aug. 27, 2021

Curse of the Dead Gods, To Light or Not To Light Torches

Curse of the Dead Gods is a roguelike that has some twists and turns along the way that makes it stand out in the now very prominent run based roguelike genre. You would think a game that curses you every time traverse to a n...

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Aug. 19, 2021

The Ascent, Twin Stick-ish Cyberpunk

The Ascent looks to mix up Twin Stick action with RPG mechanics in a Cyberpunk world that is far more realized than a certain other now infamous game with the name Cyberpunk in the title. Combing elements of long time favorit...

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Aug. 6, 2021

Steep, Conquer The Icon Filled Mountain

Steep is a Ubisoft game through and through. That means that the vomiting of icons and activities all over a map screen is here with all of pros and cons. But in a game like Steep, which tasks the player with conquering a mou...

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July 29, 2021

The Evil Within 2, Action Within Horror

The Evil Within 2 was a title that is just as divisive as the original Evil Within. The original launched with a ton of issues and bugs combined with a weird aspect ratio that was originally rectified. But the original game f...

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July 13, 2021

Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, Shipwrecked

Sea of Thieves and Pirates of the Caribbean come together for as crossover even known as A Pirate's Life. Combining these two franchises seems like an easy win but somehow A Pirate's Life ends up being a total miss. Filled wi...

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July 7, 2021

Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance, Needs a New Dungeon Master

Dungeons and Dragons Dark Alliance is a game that should be fun. It has all of the ingredients to be a fun beat em up with loot and progression that keeps the player going. Instead, players are met with a game that doesn't fe...

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June 30, 2021

Knockout City, Skill Based Dodging and Throwing

Knockout City comes from a new studio founded by the team behind Vicarious Visions. Velan Studios sought out to make a game that was easy to pick up but hard to master. Thus the theme of dodgeball was settled on and Knockout ...

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June 13, 2021

E3 2021 Microsoft Showcase Reactions, Xbox is Dead, Long Live Xbox Ga…

Microsoft had dozens of games to show off at E3 2021. Games like Battlefield 2042, Forza Horizon 5 and Starfield finally got their game play debut. But the real story is just how manty games are coming to Xbox Game Pass Day 1...

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June 4, 2021

Psychonauts, Platforming on Brains

Psychonauts was the first game created by the now Microsoft owned Double Fine. It's a platformer that captured many people who originally played it in 2005 and over the years fans have continued to sing its praise while they ...

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May 27, 2021

Outlast 2, Surviving the Cult

Outlast 2 is in the first person horror genre and attempts to engage the player with atmosphere and a sense of uneasiness. Rather than relying on game play that is crucial to the story and progression, Outlast 2 wants you to ...

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May 20, 2021

Destroy All Humans, The Original Crypto

Destroy All Humans originally released in 2005 to decent critical reception but it was a game that players really enjoyed. With its over the top story and unique perspective of playing as the alien, its' wackiness and fun sta...

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May 12, 2021

We Aren't Going Anywhere

Just wanted to give everyone an update on why episodes are not releasing like they used to be. That is not the plan and this is not our recording schedule. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...

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April 28, 2021

Outriders, and Discussing the Current State of How AAA Games Are Rele…

People Can Fly are some really talented developers. The Makers of the criminally under rated Bulletstorm are now back with Outriders. A sci-fi action class based shooter that looks to take the things that work in third person...

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April 20, 2021

Ghost of a Tale, A Mouse's Big Adventure

Ghost of a Tale is a game that isnt trying to do anything special or gimmicky. Its a straight forward semi open world adventure that has a strong art style and world that hopes to win you over with its style and characters. B...

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April 6, 2021

Drake Hollow, Survival Based Viva Piñata?

Drake Hollow is a game that takes a lot of elements from popular games like Viva Piñata and tasks the player with surviving in a world that has been taken over by darkness. But at the same time wants you to juggle caring for ...

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March 31, 2021

Dirt 5, The 5th Time Isn't a Charm

Dirt 5 from Codemasters is a weird game that seems to be stuck in a generation that started over a decade ago. With cars that don't feel different, tracks that are repeated constantly and events that never seem to change, it'...

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March 16, 2021

Sea of Thieves, is it Finally a Recommendation?

Game Pass or Pass tried out Sea of Thieves last year but ran into some glaring issues. Shortly after that episode content and patches were released that addressed some of our main concerns so we decided to finally jump back i...

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