It’s news and reviews as Ian “Doc Havok” Griffin joins the fun this episode to chat!

The show kicks off with Ian joining Cole and I for the news of the week including the first batch of the recently announced OG Xbox releases on Xbox One including Blinx, Jade Empire, Morrowind, and Panzer Dragoon among others! We also chat about games leaving Xbox Game Pass, tons of rumors about Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII, A Way Out sales, and the return of Shenmue! Plus an Artifex Mundi giveaway and reviews!

Jacob Garner joins to kick off the reviews with Masters of Anima, a real time action strategy game from Passtech Games & Focus Home Interactive. DarkMika writes in a review of Dark Rose Valkyrie, a real time action RPG from Idea Factory, Compile Heart, & Idea Factory International. Robocraft Infinity is a mix of 5v5 shooting and robot construction from Freejam.

Owlboy is a gorgeous 2D action platformer/flyer to save an owl society from D-Pad Studio. Atomic Heist is a sci-fi roguelike twin stick shooter from Live Aliens. DarkMika also writes in a review of The Pillars of the Earth Book 3, the conclusion of the story from Daedalic Entertainment. Finally, BAFL: Brakes Are For Losers is a top down arcade racer with no brakes from Oudidon & Playdius/Plug In Digital.

This episode ends with three tracks Jonathan Geer’s fantastic Owlboy soundtrack!

Jonathan Geer – Vellie (Owlboy Theme)
Jonathan Geer – Advent Pirate Miniboss
Jonathan Geer – Escape From the Floating Continent

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