News and reviews are on the schedule as we prep for the journey back to school!

After some back to school discussion from Cole, and how these kids these days get Chromebooks for their classes, we tackle the news of the week including the PlayStation Plus lineup for August, Xbox Game Pass and Backward Compatibility additions, Spyro & Kingdom Hearts news, and more! Plus an Episode 400 email and a hefty batch of reviews!

Castaway Paradise blends life sim and farming to splendid results from Stolen Couch. Road to Ballhalla wants you to play with balls with a smartass narrator from Torched Hill & tinyBuild. 1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a dark and mature adventure set in Tehran, Iran from iNK Stories, Stage Clear Studios, and Digerati.

DarkMika writes in a review of Anamorphine, a surreal adventure from Artifact 5. Bomber Crew is a strategic sim set in a bomber jet from Runner Duck Games & Curve Digital. One More Dungeon is a 3D pixelated FPS roguelike dungeon crawler from Stately Snail & Ratalaika Games.

DarkMika also writes in a review of Fugue in Void, a dark, mysterious, and divisive interactive experience from Moshe Linke & Sedoc LLC. Finally, The Z Axis: Continuum is a world rotating puzzle platformer from Lazerpants Studios.

This episode ends with three more tracks from the awesome State of Anarchy soundtrack by composer Chatsky!

Chatsky – Showdown
Chatsky – Lucky Winner
Chatsky – Nowhere to Run

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