Wavelengths with Brendon Bigley

Square Enix had a very good year, eBay reigns supreme, LEGO Batman has all the makings of a sleeper hit, and so much more on this Q&A episode of Wavelengths!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - What’s up with Square Enix?
4:54 - Switch 1 Lifecycle Extension
8:34 - Epic Games layoffs
11:04 - Games I’m Excited About
15:29 - Where to buy retro handhelds
17:30 - Food Moment!!
19:10 - Favorite recent video game soundtracks?
19:53 - OpenAI and Disney Split
23:10 - Video game reviews on Wavelengths
27:10 - How to get into writing about games?
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Marathon is a new game by Bungie, the creators of Halo and my beloved Destiny, which follows in the studio tradition of taking a big swing at an established genre and reinventing it for new audiences. It's also one of the best looking games ever made. I am in awe of it.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths
0:33 - A Titanfall Second
4:59 - Let’s Talk About Marathon
9:23 - Meet the Factions
15:28 - The Solo Experience
19:17 - “Marathon is a Dead Game”
22:15 - Subscribe if you haven’t!
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I'm absolutely in love with Pokemon Pokopia, enough so that it has me wondering if it could have been a cultural moment — Animal Crossing-adjacent, even — had it released later in the Switch 2's lifecycle.
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Steam Next Fest is the equivalent of perusing a library until you find something that seems interesting to you, which is an experience that’s extremely rare in video games these days. Hell, it’s rare in ANY media these days.This week’s episode of the show is mostly about some demos I loved, and a little bit about Playstation and Xbox.Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths
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CHAPTERS:0:00 - Awaysis3:55 - Wax Heads7:22 - Deep Snow Delivery9:32 - Arms of God12:10 - Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional13:40 - The Wide Open Sky is Running Out of Catfish16:13 - Ratcheteer DX19:26 - Lootbound22:11 - Forbidden Solitaire24:53 - Xbox Leadership Shakeup36:20 - PlayStation Abandoning PC?---⏆

The PS6 might get delayed. The Switch 2 might get even more expensive. The Steam Deck is currently completely sold out. The AI industry is to blame — so let's talk about it.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!
0:13 - RAMmageddon
12:59 - Do we even need a PS6 right now?
20:55 - Will the Steam Machine even come out at this point
26:07 - Discord followup
28:59 - State of Play highlights
37:25 - Listener Question: Pokemon Day Predictions
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