It’s Episode 600 and we’ve got ourselves a nice group of friends hanging out to celebrate!
The show kicks off with PartyCast regulars Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Tim Ekkebus joining the show alongside SML favorites Grant “Stemage” Henry and Adam “Not the Figure Skater” Rippon! Everybody decides to talk about how long they’ve known me and what their first episode of the show was because we really have nothing better to do. Except we do! Like discuss the news!
All of us cover the Microsoft Xbox Games Showcase tackling all of the news from the event and the preshow! From Dragon Quest XI coming to Xbox (and Game Pass!) to the reveals of Balan Wonderland and Hello Neighbor 2, we covered the full preshow! Plus the main show highlights like State of Decay 3, Everwild, Forza, Avowed, and more! STALKER 2, Tetris Effect Connected, The Gunk, New Genesis: Phantasy Star Online 2, and tons more games to discuss as well!
Once the party disperses, we gotta get down to reviews and it’s only a small handful this week including a somewhat complicated review of Rocket Arena, a 3v3 arena shooter with a Smash-like damage mechanic from Final Strike Games & Electronic Arts. Carrion is a reverse horror game where you play the role of the evil creature from Phobia Game Studio & Devolver Digital.
Rainswept takes you on an emotional journey in a small town affected by a double shooting in this adventure from Frostwood Interactive & 2Awesome Studio. Finally, Aircraft Evolution is an action game where you have the task of destroying enemy bases by bombarding them with your aircraft from Satur Entertainment & Sometimes You.
We end the show with a special song from Stemage with Claire Henry & Viking Guitar!
Stemage, Claire Henry, Viking Guitar – Celestial Bond (Ensiferum)