Press Pass

Mel spoke with a bug lady, Hunter and Marc bond over Dungeons & Daddies, and Kyle makes a triumphant return as the cast rebrands the show as 'try-monthly' and talks about the casting for the animated Super Mario movie announced by Nintendo. 

For our 250th episode, we have decided to pivot from games to gardens and talk only about agricultural topics from now on! First up, the national ladybug shortage!...Nah, we're still talking about games, but the ladybug thing did happen!

Kyle returns to the show just in time to talk about Dune with Melissa and also cryptocurrency and Sony? There's also some fun Mass Effect X No Man's Sky news and E3 is coming up soon! Stay tuned for the question of the week (or just read it in the show notes).

Marc and Melissa reconvene the all-Canadian duocast with talk about Discord and Sony, Grandma Shirley and Skyrim mods, and The Stonks Market! Marc also misses an obvious pun and Mel gets mad at Mass Effect for no reason.

Marc and Melissa join forces for this all-Canadian episode of Press Pass. Sony storefronts are staying online, Blizzard is losing one of its old guard, and OddFauna is on Kickstarter to delight its backers. Check out our latest episode!

Joined by Vagabond Dog creative director, Justin Amirkhani, we get to hear about Vagabond Dog's busy year. From game jams and Twitch streams to game releases and April Fools Day, this indie dev has kept momentum going strong through the last year. We also talk a bit about virtual conventions and hear about Justin's gaming habits (hint: he likes a challenge).

Between layoffs and stock bonuses at Activision Blizzard, it's enough to have us questioning things. We also delve into a brief recap of Square Enix Presents, the video presentation of upcoming SE projects. From the realisation that Tomb Raider is older than we thought to trying to wrap our heads around Project Athia's revealed title, it's a fun diversion. Stay tuned for answers to last episode's question of the week as well as for the new one this week.

With the full crew on board for this episode, they discuss the expansion of the Final Fantasy VII library and Marc realizes he has been pronouncing "Yuffie" wrong for over 20 years. There is bad news for Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 and Hunter can't believe what he's hearing about the Borderlands live action movie's cast and crew. Stay tuned for discussion about Valheim (despite none of us having played it yet) and the question of the week!

Marc and Kyle end the accidental month off with a duocast recapping the February Nintendo Direct and Blizzconline highlights!

Hunter, Kyle, and Marc get deep into talking about their shame games in this episode before even getting to the news agenda. There are rumours about a new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, but reportedly it won't be developed by BioWare. And of course, our last recording of January wouldn't be complete without talking about the crazy ride of GameStop in the stock exchange.

Kyle, Melissa, and Marc talk Lucasfilm and organ trading in space in this week's episode of Press Pass. We also take a brief look at Pokemon Snap and lament forced motion controls before moving on to Kinder World and 30XX!

Almost two weeks into January and it has already felt like a marathon. There's not much new in games news, but Marc was surprised to learn that Luigi's Mansion was developed in his city and he also finds out why his Xbox controller wasn't automatically rechargeable. Finally, there's something new going on at Twitch with the PogChamp emote!

Kyle, Melissa, and Marc all try to leave 2020 behind, but there's still one last thing to talk about before we can move on: Cyberpunk 2077! Don't fret, there's also a Nintendo theme park in the agenda!

It's time to recap the 2020 Game Awards! We dig into the new announcements and many awards given out for the year where virtually everyone had more time to play video games.

With a full crew the team talks The Big 10's cancellation, games as a service and the cost of Marvel's Avengers, and the possibility of more ways to get Xbox Games Pass in 2021. Good things happened on Inner Sloth's Twitch stream with AOC and Jagmeet Singh and Hunter boosts a friend's interactive fiction projects!

With a full crew and Kyle still at the helm, the crew talks DMCA takedowns (and how poorly it's going), Sega's step back from arcade management, and answer the burning question: Just how horny are Baldur's Gate 3 players? Stay tuned towards the end to find out what happens when a pet fish plays Pokemon Ruby.

In this episode, Kyle's in the driver seat and we somehow don't go careening off a cliff! We talk about AOC on Twitch, DMCA on Twitch, and the upcoming League of Legends RPG! Happy belated Halloween, Election Day (US), and Xbox Launch Day!

It's a sad day when Apex Legends' Wraith can't do her Naruto run anymore. But it's also a good day for long-suffering Ray's the Dead fans and backers! Listen to the latest episode of Press Pass and send us some memes!

There was a lot of news to pack into this episode 233! Sony's PS5 showcase, Nintendo's partner Direct, Microsoft's new acquisition... We didn't even have time to go over a PAX recap! Join in the discussion and don't forget to answer the question of the week!

Mel takes the reins in our pre-PAX Online episode leading the team through talks about next-gen consoles, DOOM on everything, and some expectations for PAX! Stay tuned for the question of the week!