CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers
Summary: Hosted by podcasting vet, Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger and Beau Schwartz. Weekly, on the frogpants network. Video games and the issues around them every week!
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SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you’ll all enjoy this interview. A lot has happened since we last had this opportunity, and we talk about it all. And yes, even the Blizzard stuff you have questions about. Enjoy!
Big show, let’s start with that terrible McCrispy gaming chair. We try and figure out what a AAA John Wick game might look like. Nintendo’s next hardware move. We played Marvel Snap, OW2, Among Us VR, Soulstone Survivors, Against The Storm, REV: Rose DLC, Signalis, Fortnite, Iron Man VR, more Sinners and Saints, Runner, Desktop Dungeons, and more! Emails and texts and Dear Martha too!
PSVR2 has a price and a release date, and we have thoughts. Sony also lost people but gained revenue. Capitalizing on your awesome characters and worlds. We played Overwatch 2, Marvel Snap, Red Dead 2, Despots Game, Void Scappers, Huntdown, Zomboid, 7 Days to Die, SIGNALIS, Curse of the Dead Gods, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Saints and Sinners VR. Plus texts, emails, and MORE!
CDPR is making a Witcher 1 remake. You can play Doom WADS in a browser now. Marvel Snap should be called Marvel Scratch. Diablo and Jay Wilson, a retrospective. Founders of Rocksteady are OUT! Phil Spencer is no fan of the current metaverse. Xbox prices might rise after the holiday. More on the Disco controversy. Dear Martha! We played Overwatch 2, Marvel Snap, Red Dead 2, Despot’s Game, Brotato, Fornite, FFX, Necrosmith, Rare Replay Collection, and Prodeus! Emails texts and more!
Suddenly, there was a LOT of Silent Hill stuff. We go through it all. Sims 4 goes free to play, but we have some theories about stuff. Sony freaks out the Bloodborne community. That Bayonetta voice over mess. Dear Martha back with another retro mag review! Scot and Beau played a lot of OW2. Beau and Jon really liked the Darktide test. We all played Marvel Snap! Scott also played The Mortuary Assistant, Nier Automata, and Vampire Survivors 1.0. Jon played Fortnite! And Beau played the tutorial for Crusader Kings 3. Your texts, emails and more!
Big night of content! Meta Quest Pro thoughts, a new Valve VR set, Nvidia un-launching products, new Steam app, EA and their new app, Simpson’s Waterworld game is real, Switch Games on Steam Deck according to Valve, and a Dear Martha! Plus, Scott and Beau played Overwatch 2, No Man’s Sky, SCORN, while Jon moved on to FF10 and Fortnight! Oh and now we have ALL beaten CP2077. Emails and more!
Lots on tap today, so get to listening! The Mario Movie trailer hits. CDPR announces three more Witcher games and a CP2077 sequel. Dead Space trailer hit. Disco Elysium is a weird thing. Intel ARC cards are pretty good for the money! Overwatch 2 launched with some trouble. Dear Martha Review! Scott BEAT CyberPunk, played Baba is You, Asteroids Recharged, and Slime Rancher 2. Jon played CP, beat FF9, and got a Steam Deck! Beau played Dyson Sphere Program and Dead Effect 2 VR. Emails and more!
More trademark stuff. Google killed Stadia today. AMD and Intel have some stuff to show. Overwatch 2 is doing some stuff for toxic players. DND had a big day. Skull and Bones got pushed again. Last of Us on HBO lookin tight. Dear Martha! Scott played Shovel Knight Dig, Grounded, and Prodeus, oh and Novadrift. Jon got a Steam Deck, played CP2077, and more. Beau played Blade & Sorcery and Original Sin 2. A brand new mashup and more! (fixed)
Big week, big leaks! GTA 6, and Diablo IV get some leakage. Cyberpunk becomes a top seller again with some help. NVIDA announces all the new GPU stuff, plus more. Logitech gets into the portable business…sort of. Ted Lasso coming to FIFA. PSVR2 will NOT work with PSVR games. Spider-Man Miles Morales coming to Steam way sooner than you thought. Gloomhaven is free right now on Epic. Dear Martha! Scott played Cyberpunk 2077, Metal Hellsinger, The Darkside Detective, and Electrician Sim. Jon played CyberPunk also…eventually, and Return to Monkey Island! Beau played HL2 VR, Omega Strikers, and Divinity 2! Emails and more!
Hi all! A little something extra for you today. A bonus episode with Nicholas De Leon at Consumer Reports, talking about all the gaming chair hype, and the ones they tested, and which one you might want to invest in.
On the menu today, breakdowns of everything we saw and heard from this week’s Direct, PS State of Play, and beyond! And how TWO GoldenEye re-releases are going to work. Plus games we played! Scott played CyberPunk 2077 and You Suck at Parking. Jon played all the FF games, plus Metal Hell Singer, and Beau spent all his time in Grim Dawn. Loads of emails, dear marthas and more!
More AI talk and what games will do with the tech. CyberPunk gets a single expansion. Steam Deck goes far in EMU world. James Gunn just about did Hitman. New AC games hitting this weekend. Twitch changes. Drama at Sony and MS over CoD. New controllers! Tencent bought a ton of Ubi stock. Scott played Kingdom’s of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Cursed to Golf, Gunfire Reborn, Jetpack Joyride 2, GW2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Ascent, and Into the Breach. Jon played GW2, Opus Magnum, and Disney Dreamlight Valley. Beau played The Ascent, Grim Dawn, and got a new display!
Scott is on vacation! That that did not stop Beau and Jon from talking about a load of new stuff! ABK buyout happenings, Halo Infinite infiniate addon delays. GamePass family sharing. LG and Corsairs hot new bendables. UbiSoft confirms next AC game is called Mirage. The Cyberpunk show is good? Games they played and WAY more! On this episode of CORE!
Time to sum up GamesCom! Plus, there’s a new PS5 elite type controller coming. We talk about the big Phil Spencer interview. Dear Martha! Scott played Hard West 2, Guild Wars 2, and Farthest Frontier. Jon played FFIX and FFIV. Beau played Skyrim VR ALL week long. Your emails and more!
We take a look at all the DND stuff that came down today, plus the rather large update we got regarding Diablo IV. Dear Martha. Scott BEAT a game! He played all the Netflix games, plus played and beat AC Origins. Jon played Cult of the Lamb, beat FFVIII, and a little cooking sim. Oh and Spiderman. Beau played a LOT of Skyrim VR with mods. Emails and more!