On this week's Crewcast, Jesse reports back from PAX East, Danny buzzsaw shield slams through DOOM The Dark Ages, Jeremy crawls through some dungeons in Labyrinth of the Demon King, and Frank's going old-school in Capcom Fighting Collection 2.

Subscribe to Noclip Crew before we change the name! https://www.youtube.com/@NoclipCrew

White Knuckle: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195790/White_Knuckle/

Militsioner: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1373530/Militsioner/

No, I'm not a Human: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3180070/No_Im_not_a_Human/

Tanuki Pon's Summer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3218570/TANUKI_Pons_Summer/

DOOM The Dark Ages: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017860/DOOM_The_Dark_Ages/

Labyrinth of the Demon King: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1804010/Labyrinth_Of_The_Demon_King/

Capcom Fighting Collection 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2400430/Capcom_Fighting_Collection_2/

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:05:49 - Thanking our Patreon supporters!

0:07:25 - Giant Bomb Goes Independent!

0:26:57 - Jesse reports back from PAX East

0:46:15 - DOOM: The Dark Ages

1:06:20 - Labyrinth of the Demon King

1:17:47 - Capcom Fighting Collection 2

1:34:13 - Q: What are the chances of Noclip publishing a game?

1:47:17 - Q: What is games media's role in boycotts? (BDS & Xbox)

2:13:24 - Noclip Updates

2:15:58 - Sign Off

This week's Crewcast we venture over to Clair Obscur's dystopic France, then fly over to Ecuador to check out soccer slice-of-life-em-up Despelote, and head for some outer space cat saving in Skin Deep, all before thinking long and hard about the future of games journalism.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33/

Despelote: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/despelote/

Oblivion Remastered: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2623190/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion_Remastered/

Skin Deep: https://store.steampowered.com/app/301280/Skin_Deep/

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Chapters: 0:00:00 - Intro

0:08:05 - Jesse's Amsterdam Vacation

0:16:38 - Thanking our Patreon supporters!

0:19:02 - Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer

0:22:55 - Checking in on our 2025 Bingo Card

0:27:29 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

0:40:01 - Expedition 33's Development Team Size Discourse

0:50:33 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

1:04:00 - Despelote

1:22:11 - Skin Deep

1:32:23 - Q: Thoughts on non-massive studios releasing bangers

1:36:23 - Q: What do you think counts as a "spoiler"?

1:44:54 - Q: What games have you played at the perfect time?

1:50:17 - Q: What's the future of Games Media and reporting?

2:21:05 - The Shill Zone featuring Arc Raiders

2:27:35 - Noclip Updates

2:31:26 - Sign Off

Danny sits down with Ben Fisher, Head of Design at Rebellion, to discuss their latest game: Atomfall.

Atomfall: https://store.steampowered.com/app/801800/Atomfall/

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Chapters: 0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:20 - Thanking our Patreon supporters!

0:05:03 - Welcome Ben Fisher, Head of Design @ Rebellion

0:06:29 - Where did the idea for Atomfall come from?

0:09:44 - Moving Away from an Open World

0:19:33 - Crafting the Vibes of Atomfall's Regions

0:25:57 - Getting the Player to Trust the World

0:27:52 - Rebellion's Approach to Quest Design in Atomfall

0:37:47 - Fine-Tuning Atomfall's Combat

0:44:45 - Fast Travel vs. Shortcuts

0:47:57 - Atomfall's Positive Response

0:50:26 - What would you have done differently?

0:51:55 - Designing with Sequels in Mind (Or not!)

0:54:26 - Sign Off + Tips for visiting The Lake District 

On this week's Crewcast: Danny sneaks in a bit of time with Oblivion Remake that dropped immediately before recording, Jeremy returns to his horror happy place with Look Outside, Frank tells us all about his trip to WrestleMania, and the crew somehow turn a discussion about Sloclap's soccer game REMATCH into a deep-dive on Lilt soda.

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00:00 - Intro  06:24 - Oblivion Remaster  24:55 - Look Outside 55 33:08 - REMATCH   43:29 - Lilt Soda  51:21 - Frank’s Wrestling Trip  1:03:1 - Emails  1:16:46 - Sign Off 

On this week's Crewcast:Danny is back from Sweden with a harrowing travel tale and some thoughts on drug-sim Schedule I, the crew are intrigued by hybrid mystery-roguelike Blue Prince, and the recent Marathon reveal evokes some polarizing thoughts on the future (and past) of the FPS genre.

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0:0:00 - intro 0:17:10 - blue prince 0:24:40 - schedule I 0:37:08 - marathon reveal 0:52:56 - listener email  0:58:16 - danny's travel mishap  1:06:43 - sign off 

While Danny's away, Frank and the J-Boys yapped for entirely too long about Psycho Patrol R, Yakuza 5, Katamari Damacy, the Nintendo Switch 2 news, James and the Giant Peach, a new Dead or Alive game, and that weird Quake AI thing! It's a big episode!

Psycho Patrol R: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1907590/Psycho_Patrol_R/

Katamari Damacy Reroll: https://store.steampowered.com/app/848350/Katamari_Damacy_REROLL/

Copilot Quake AI experiment: https://copilot.microsoft.com/wham

Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation Prism: https://www.play-asia.com/venus-vacation-prism-dead-or-alive-xtreme-multi-language/13/70hqyj

Yakuza 5: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1105510/

Keita Takahashi's Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqqA7QYlRlk

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:46 - Thanking our Patreon supporters!

0:06:59 - Psycho Patrol R

0:28:08 - Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

0:41:37 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 x Spongebob

0:50:06 - Copilot Quake AI

1:05:56 - Katamari Damacy

1:32:39 - Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation Prism

1:48:36 - Yakuza 5's JPOP Arc

2:01:01 - Frank's Return to GTAV

2:06:08 - Reject Modernity, Embrace Nostalgia

2:12:45 - Q: Do you have any silly boomer gamer takes?

2:17:15 - Q: Do you have any tips on starting out in game dev?

2:24:11 - Q: What games fit will with lighter, weekday evenings?

2:27:01 - Q: What games do you think were ahead of their time?

2:32:58 - Q: Are there any audio interfaces we'd recommend?

2:40:35 - Sign Off

On this week's episode, Jeremy's back from his cross country move, Danny can't quite figure out what inZOI is, Jesse's in his puzzle game era with Picross, and Frank's running from the cops in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

inZOI: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456740/inZOI/

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2020): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328660/Need_for_Speed_Hot_Pursuit_Remastered/

Logiart Grimoire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2492390/Logiart_Grimoire/

Squeakross: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2871440/Squeakross_Home_Squeak_Home/

Spilled!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2240080/Spilled/

Video game curators that Jesse recommends:

Dominic Tarason: https://bsky.app/profile/dominictarason.com Casey Explosion: https://bsky.app/profile/caseyexplosion.bsky.social Spacetwinks: https://bsky.app/profile/spacetwinks.bsky.social nocaps: https://www.youtube.com/@nocapsbb

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:09:03 - Jeremy's East Coast Move

0:20:40 - InZOI

0:54:22 - Picross / Nonograms

1:00:56 - Axyz

1:04:10 - Spilled!

1:06:06 - Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (2020)1:18:10 - Q: What’s a non-gaming hobby that has helped Noclip?

1:25:09 - Q: Where do you find interesting indie games to play?

1:30:00 - Sign Off

BONUS EPISODE! Danny sits down to subject Mike Drucker to a gaming nostalgia focused bracket based on Mike's new book Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games!

BUY Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Game-No-Rematch-Video/dp/1335012699

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/good-game-no-rematch-a-life-made-of-video-games-original-mike-drucker/21338922

Follow Mike on Twitter (or X if you're a dork): https://x.com/MikeDrucker

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:19 - Mike's TV Career

0:08:21 - The Mike Drucker Nostalgia Bowl

0:09:27 - Mike Drucker Thanks OUR Patreon Supporters!

0:11:39 - Bracket 1: NES vs Gameboy

0:14:35 - Bracket 2: Quake 3 vs Unreal Tournament

0:16:11 - Bracket 3: Bioshock vs StarCraft

0:18:43 - Bracket 4: "Late Night" vs IGN

0:20:24 - The "Late Night" Writing Process

0:26:13 - Bracket 5: DDR vs. DnD

0:30:22 - Getting New Players into Dungeons and Dragons

0:33:16 - Bracket 6: Street Fighter II vs Mortal Kombat

0:38:36 - Bracket 7: Wii vs Minecraft

0:41:36 - Bracket 8: Final Fantasy VII vs Nier Automata

0:42:37 - Semifinals

0:44:20 - And the winner is...

0:48:19 - What has Mike been playing?

0:51:41 - Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made Of Video Games

This week, Jenna Stoeber joins the crew to chat about Monster Hunter Wilds, Frank continues his run on the island of relevance in WWE 2K25, Jesse's fighting his way through the dark of AC Shadows, and Danny reports back from GDC.

Check out Jenna Stoeber's streams, podcasts, and videos on her various platforms:

Video Essays: https://youtube.com/@the_jenna Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/the_jenna Jenna's Patron: https://www.patreon.com/thejenna Big Game Hunger: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-game-hunger/id1705967709 Burnt Cook Book Party: https://shows.acast.com/bcbparty

Assassin's Creed Shadows: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3159330/Assassins_Creed_Shadows/ Wreckfest 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203190/Wreckfest_2/

Monster Hunter Wilds: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2246340/Monster_Hunter_Wilds WWE 2K25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878960/WWE_2K25/ Citizen Sleeper 2 Starward Vector: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442460/Citizen_Sleeper_2_Starward_Vector The Stone of Madness: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1309710/The_Stone_of_Madness/ Deliver At All Costs: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880610/Deliver_At_All_Costs/

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:54 - Danny's Time @ GDC 2025

0:22:16 - Should they move GDC?

0:27:37 - Assassin's Creed Shadows

0:49:20 - Wreckfest 2

0:59:31 - Monster Hunter Wilds

1:11:21 - WWE 2K25

1:20:17 - The Division 2

1:26:04 - Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

1:29:30 - The Stone of Madness

1:31:15 - The Finals

1:32:30 - Deliver at All Costs

1:34:12 - Citizen Sleeper 2’s Bigger Space

1:38:02 - Jenna’s Next Video Essay Is...

1:39:49 - Q: Should a studio's background/drama matter?

1:52:47 - Noclip Updates

1:54:50 - Jenna thanks OUR Patreon supporters!

1:57:26 - Check out Jenna's work - links in the description!

2:00:56 - Sign Off

This week, Danny's having a blast in Atomfall's post-war Northern England, Jesse's brewing up some thoughts on Wanderstop, WWE 2K25 elbow drops its way into Frank's heart, and Jeremy gets introspective with a playable essay about how the internet used to be cool.

Atomfall: https://store.steampowered.com/app/801800/Atomfall/

Wanderstop: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299460/Wanderstop/

WWE 2K25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878960/WWE_2K25/

individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset: https://alienmelon.itch.io/shovelware

Expelled!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/Expelled/

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:14 - Thanking our Patreon supporters!

0:03:14    - Topics Preview

0:04:16 - Atomfall

0:29:23 - Wanderstop

0:46:23 - The Cozy Power Fantasy

0:52:08 - Can productivity be fun?

1:00:36 - Final Thoughts on Wanderstop

1:03:47 - Frank's Upcoming Wrestling Escapades

1:07:03 - WWE 2K25

1:21:20 - Individualism in the dead-internet age

1:34:50 - Assassin's Creed Shadows Reviews

1:40:07 - Expelled!

1:46:48 - Q: What games do you find relaxing?

1:51:31 - Q: Has Jeremy played Peripeteia?

1:52:44 - Q: Have you returned to a game after initially disliking it?

2:07:32 - Noclip Updates

2:09:26 - Sign Off

On this week's episode, Danny sits down with Ben Hanson of MinnMax to discuss the joys and challenges of running a community funded gaming outlet, the state of games coverage, and why they both chose this crazy job.

Check out MinnMax on YouTube, and The MinnMax Show wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@minnmax

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:00 - Welcome Ben Hanson of MinnMax

0:10:34 - Why aren't there more gaming documentary outlets?

0:14:44 - The Reasons People Become Patrons

0:24:33 - Ben Thanks OUT Patreon Supporters

0:26:56 - Becoming a Father

0:29:58 - The Love/Hate Relationship of Crunch

0:36:27 - Benefits and Challenges of Running the Show

0:40:55 - Making the Hard Decision to End a Show

0:46:40 - Constantly Breaking the Mould

0:50:01 - Growth on Patreon vs Growth on YouTube

0:53:56 - Rapid Fire Interviews

0:58:26 - Marketing on Short-Form Platforms

1:02:09 - Content Analytics: Is any of this real?

1:06:06 - Why do you do this?

1:09:30 - The Games Coverage Landscape

1:17:38 - The Pressure of Supporting a Team

1:22:29 - Diversity in Coverage

1:25:40 - The Ethics of Steam Code Giveaways

1:30:26 - The Ethics of Secret Tape

1:33:04 - Becoming Your Own Sales Department

1:42:13 - Keeping Things Fresh

1:44:27 - MinnMax’s Upcoming Content / Doc Lightning 2025

1:48:50 - Sign Off