This week, John and Niki discuss the biggest news of the gaming week, including Grand Theft Auto VI edition details, Steam Machine details, and more price hikes for Xbox consoles.
00:00:00 Intro & when it became Turkiye
00:12:30 Steam Machine is in the wild and available for waitlisting
00:28:13 Xbox consoles increase in price again
00:33:08 Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t on disc and somehow people were shocked
00:46:38 Bungie lays off Destiny 2 team; Hermen Hulst writes bad blog post
01:04:00 Tim Sweeney thinks you owe it to yourself to play his games
01:07:07 LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight looks great, feels great, and deftly balances multiple tones
01:10:50 Niki bought NBA 2K26 for cheap and still regretted it
01:20:05 Beatdown City Survivors successfully riffs on a familiar formula, but is it enough?
01:23:42 Niki talks about Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album while agonizing over whether to buy a new television
01:27:55 Outlier is a great new online word game you’re going to get sucked into
01:33:45 Niki updates us on their NAS system (and hating Linux)
01:39:07 HIVE QUESTIONS
02:00:45 Outro
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