Episode 1: Longing for the Return of the Banana

Al talks about his Steam Next Fest faves (and not so faved), before we go over all the industry news that seemed to happen right after we recorded Episode 0.

0:00: Al's bottom 3 and top 5 Steam Next Fest Demos

• Top 5
• Gunboat God
• Future Knight
• In Falsus
• CICADAMATA"
• Burden Street Station
• Bottom 3
• REPLACED
• Darkhaven
• AUDIOMECH: your music transformed

1:04:00: The news:

• FFIX Animated Series in development
• Highguard Studio shut down
• Ubisoft Studio Red Storm Closes
• Saudi Arabia now owns 10% of Capcom
• The Alex crash-out
• Tomb Raider Studio hit with layoffs
• Copilot getting added to Xbox
• DLSS5 aka Incelshading
• Can Darth Vader say it?
• The Triple-i Initiative

Intro: Condensed Milk (NGA Remix) - cyber milk chan

Outro: Anime Break - Klaus Veen