The XboxEra Podcast | LIVE | Episode 136 - "The Neverending Story" with K Asante
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Sik and Nick are joined by K. Asante as we once again.... talk about the ABK acquisition among MANY other topics like Pentiment, Somerville, tons of news, and more.
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Producer: Jesse Norris
00:00:00 - Going live
00:06:07 - Intro
00:06:54 - Hi everyone and Hi K Asante!
00:11:15 - Don't forget to order some CTRL for Black Friday! Buy 2 bags get 1 free
00:11:48 - What have we been playing?
00:12:40 - Sonic Frontiers
00:14:50 - Vampire Survivors
00:19:12 - An in depth discussion about Sonic
00:26:30 - Jon and Halo Forge
00:31:14 - Evil West
00:38:50 - We get into a discussion about "movie games" and gameplay vs story
00:46:05 - Superchat about why Nick wants Sega to be acquired
00:50:44 - The Witcher III gets a free next-gen (current gen) update
00:54:40 - Small tangent about Remasters and Remakes and "Party Fighters" (Power Stone needs to come back)
00:56:20 - Krafton acquires Neon Giant
00:59:20 - Sea of Thieves gets a PvP focused update
01:02:00 - We got an update on the Splinter Cell Remake from Ubisoft Toronto
01:09:27 - Holy hell the Xbox Series S is cheap! Go buy one NOW!
01:11:30 - The xScreen is a great accessory for the Series S! Go buy one NOW!
01:14:35 - Cloud saves should be free. Always. Everywhere.
01:18:49 - Tangent about game prices
01:26:10 - The Game Awards nominees...
01:32:25 - Best Adaptation nominees leads to tangent about movie casting
01:36:18 - Superchat leads us back to TGA discussion
01:39:49 - Pentiment and how Game Pass allowed it to exist (extended Game Pass discussion)
01:48:44 - The Neverending Story was a surprisingly traumatic movie
01:50:35 - Oh look...more ABK insanity
01:56:50 - Politico click bait about the FTC "looking to block" ABK and take it to court
02:03:30 - Let's be real, this is really about King and mobile
02:15:38 - Wouldn't Microsoft want it to go to court?
02:23:30 - But aren't ABK still going to technically act independently? Maybe they pull CoD?
02:39:41 - Tangent about Crackdown...yes, Crackdown
02:44:50 - Manscaped presents Name A Game!
02:45:53 - Manscaped is having their Black Friday Sale! use the code "xboxera" for 20% off and free shipping!
02:49:30 - So...back to Name A Game
03:07:38 - Patron Shout
03:08:44 - Does K Asante like Friends?
03:09:12 - Look, a Gorilla manscaping another Gorilla
03:09:33 - Community Questions
03:10:36 - Community Question #1: Hytham G - A question about Black Friday and Xmas gifts
03:18:19 - Community Question #2: 99Ruken - What's the deal with the Microsoft/nVidia partnership?
03:20:30 - Community Question #3: Good Old Collingwood - 2 years in, how do you feel about Xbox Series S and X? Also, how's the XboxEra book going?
03:28:59 - Community Question #4: DeoGame - What should I spend my 175K MS Rewards points on?
03:31:05 - Community Question #5: Topp - What's the worst argument you've heard from Sony and Microsoft in this ABK drama?
03:33:40 - Community Question #6: Hytham G - A question about Thanksgiving
03:37:20 - Community Question #7: aspeedomodel - Do we think Embracer might spin off some of their studios?
03:41:15 - Community Question #8: Hue - Favourite game based on it's art style?
03:46:43 - Community Question #9: 99Ruken - What about an Xbox based Kingdom Hearts style cross over game?
03:50:29 - Community Question #10: 99Ruken - What's going on with Microsoft in China?
03:51:55 - Community Question(s) #11: 99Ruken - How about a Kojima Quantum Break 2? How do all the Amazon and Meta firings compare to Microsoft's?
03:56:50 - Superchat
03:58:12 - Wrapping up
04:00:05 - Make sure you use the code "xboxera" to get some CTRL and to buy Manscaped gear
04:00:55 - Ciao for now!
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