Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the Case of the Golden Idol DLC, Monster Train, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: SNKRX. The Case of the Golden Idol: The Vampire of Lemuria.
• Dennis: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
• Moxie: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
• Kole: Monster Train.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s your favorite way of griefing in multiplayer games?

The End Boss:

• Harris/Walz gaming stories in the final stretch.
• No Man’s Sky developer fixes fan’s 611 hour save.
• Balatro is playable in Dave the Diver.
• The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2 announced.

Kole, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Moving Houses, Cult of the Lamb, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and much more!

The Grind:

• Moxie: Cult of the Lamb.
• Dennis: TrackMania. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred.
• Kole: Silent Hill 2. Moving Houses.

The Multiplayer:

• What game do you always have installed?

The End Boss:

• Subnautica 2 is getting optional co-op multiplayer.
• Baldur’s Gate III voice actors romance themselves.
• Someone found a way to play all 2 billion Pokemon Platinum seeds at once.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Diablo IV: Vessel of Hated, TCG Card Shop Simulator, RoboCop: Rogue City, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: RoboCop: Rogue City. Beat Saber. Half-Life: Alyx. TCG Card Shop Simulator.
• Moxie: Castlevania: Dominus Collection. Cult of the Lamb.
• Dennis: Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred. Inscryption.
• Kole: Silent Hill 2 Remake.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s the most you’ve been spooked by a non-horror game?

The End Boss:

• New Pokemon leak contains bawdy folk tales.
• Teen “completes” the NES Tetris port.
• Some maniacs did Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• Disco Elysium team splits into feuding spiritual successor studios.

Kole, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Silent Hill 2 Remake, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Mouthwashing, and much more!

The Grind:

• Jala: Shining Force III. Shining in the Darkness. Lid Astray. King of Fighters 14 and 15.
• Kole: Silent Hill 2 Remake. Mouthwashing.
• Dennis: We < 3 Katamari REROLL. Control. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred.

The Multiplayer:

• What was the best year for video games?

The End Boss:

• Alien Isolation is getting a sequel.
• Pathologic 3 will be the Bachelor, Daniil Dankovsky’s story.
• Pinball Spire is a pinball Metroidvania.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Astro Bot, Satisfactory, Final Fantasy XIV, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: Half-Life: Alyx. Satisfactory. Astro Bot.
• Kole: EverQuest. Final Fantasy XIV.
• Moxie: Far Cry 6. Legend of Mana.
• Dennis: Slay the Spire.

The End Boss:

• Nintendo sues the makers of another Switch emulator.
• Magic: The Gathering fans ruin the Commander format with death threats.
• The next Horizon game might be live service.

Kole, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Frostpunk 2, Master Detective Archive: Rain Code, the Sony State of Play announcements, and much more!

The Grind:

• Jala: Master Detective Archive: Rain Code.
• Kole: Frostpunk 2.
• Dennis: Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy. Control.
• Moxie: Frostpunk 2. Far Cry 6.

The Multiplayer:

• What’s the most you’ve changed your opinion on a game, positive or negative?

The End Boss:

• LUNAR re-releases are coming next year.
• Yale library is preserving the text adventure game Amnesia.
• Palworld is coming to PS5 despite Nintendo lawsuit.
• Flappy Bird is being re-released as a crypto scam.

Links:

• Support the Deck of Wonders: Master of Dungeons Kickstarter campaign!

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Dungeon Divers, Half-Life: Alyx, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and much more!

The Grind:

• Ben: Half-Life: Alyx. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.
• Dennis: Dungeon Divers. Tetris Effect. iRacing.
• Moxie: Far Cry 6.
• Kole: Nothing.

The Multiplayer:

• What game would you love to break out and beat on a long weekend?

The End Boss:

• Concord pulled from stores, servers closed.
• Valve hires team behind Risk of Rain after Microsoft lays them off.
• They trained an AI
• Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition finished.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Tactical Breach Wizards, Scarlet Deer Inn, announcements from this week’s Nintendo Direct, and much more!

The Grind:

• Jala: Decarnation. Baldur’s Gate III. Scarlet Deer Inn. Dice Games.
• Kole: Tactical Breach Wizards. Conscript.
• Dennis: Beat Saber. iRacing.
• Ben: Above and Below. Beat Saber. Talos Principle 2.

The Multiplayer:

• What game needs its own big doofy peripheral?

The End Boss:

• Concord launches, flops.
• Balatro is getting crossover game content.
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 contains one of Jala’s favorite games.
• Castlevania Dominus Collection collects the three amazing DS Castlevania games.
• Tetris Forever will tell the Tetris story in interactive form.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Conscript, The Talos Principle 2, Shadow Warrior 3, and much more.

The Grind:

• Moxie: Shadow Warrior 3.
• Ben: The Talos Principle 2.
• Kole: Conscript.
• Dennis: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Diablo IV. iRacing.

The Multiplayer:

• What media would you like to see get a video game adaptation?

The End Boss:

• New Indiana Jones game coming to PS5, weirdly.
• Video game anthology series announced at GamesCom.
• Black Myth: Wukong developers thought crazy streaming restrictions would fly.
• Maniac mods actual car to be racing game rig.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about CYGNI: All Guns Blazing, Rogue Light Deck Builder, Legendary Tales, and much more!

The Grind:

• Kole: Rogue Light Deck Builder. Clone Hero.
• Dennis: CYGNI: All Guns Blazing. Manic Miners.
• Ben: Legendary Tales.

The Multiplayer:

• Propose some gaming-related olympic events that make more sense that what we’re actually getting.

The End Boss:

• Tango Gameworks is back from the dead.
• Fortnite consumes Fall Guys.
• The Borderlands movie is about as good as you’d expect.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about 7 Days to Die, Fortnite: Reload, Stellaris, and much more!

The Grind:

• Kole: 7 Days to Die.
• Dennis: Roboquest. Fortnite: Reload. iRacing.
• Moxie: Stellaris. Warframe.
• Ben: Beat Saber. Hi-Fi Rush.

The Multiplayer:

• What games took the biggest risks?

The End Boss:

• GameStop shuts down Game Informer.
• Until Dawn is getting a movie adaptation.
• Diablo IV glitch made permanent.
• Sega made an arcade game without a computer or a screen.