Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News

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Nintendo's Disney Era Oct 10, 2025

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Nintendo is making movies, theme parks, and aligning their games with other multimedia experiences in a way that screams Corporate Synergy Opportunities™ — the kind that board members go absolutely gaga over.

On today's episode of Wavelengths, I tackle that along with some updates about Xbox and my experience playing the Resident Evil Requiem demo at New York Comic Con!

So is Xbox Over or What? Oct 03, 2025

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Welcome back to the show! With some time away, I've been doing a lot of thinking about where Sony and Microsoft are at these days... as usual. I think in particular, Xbox as a brand feels like it's on a slow descent into a confused existence and I wanted to unpack that as best as I could.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths

0:45 - Hades II is good

13:38 - Where’s PlayStation At Right Now

26:20 - Is Xbox over at this point?

39:47 - Listener questions!

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Borderlands 4 Performance Woes, Silksong Updates, and a 180 On Game Keycards Sep 19, 2025

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Hello and welcome back to Wavelengths! Switching it up yet again this week as I solo-host an extremely low key episode of the show from the lounge chair in the corner of my home office. This week I'm talking about my experience having wrapped up Silksong, catching up with Borderlands 4's performance issues, having a slight change of heart about Game Keycards on the Switch 2, and answering your questions!Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/wavelengths---Feel free to follow me elsewhere!Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.onlineMastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brendonbigleyBlog: https://wavelengths.online---

Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

10:15 - Even More Thoughts About Silksong

24:46 - Borderlands 4 Performance Woes

34:46 - Stray Nintendo Direct Thoughts

40:29 - Final Fantasy VII Game Keycard

45:20 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 Leaks

48:29 - Audience Questions

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Chase Allhart on Silksong Discourse, 007, and Kingdom Hearts IV Sep 12, 2025

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This week I'm talking to Chase Allhart, host of two great video game podcasts in the form of Video Game Podtimism and dotzip! Obviously Silksong is in the air, and the amount of discourse surrounding this one game is off the charts, so we dig into that in a big way before talking about making video game podcasts and, ultimately, Kingdom Hearts IV.

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The News and More:

007 First Light State of Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRpK8eoLLE

Nomura on Kingdom Hearts IV: https://www.ign.com/articles/tetsuya-nomura-offers-promising-update-on-final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-and-kingdom-hearts-4

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths!

1:57 - The Dreaded Silksong Discourse

56:17 - 007 First Light

1:07:48 - MGS 3 Delta

1:27:09 - Video Game Podtimism

1:31:54 - Kingdom Hearts IV

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Matt Horton on the PlayStation 6, Valve Fremont, and Making Things Online Sep 05, 2025

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This week I'm talking to Matt Horton, host of Can't Let it Go, In Sequence, and Flow State about the rumors of four upcoming video game consoles... three of which are the PlayStation 6 somehow. This was a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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The News and More:

Flow State: https://www.youtube.com/@flowstatecrit

PlayStation 6 Rumors: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-reportedly-planning-a-nintendo-switch-style-playstation-6-portable/

Valve Fremont Rumors: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-preps-mysterious-fremont-steamos-device-powered-by-amd-ryzen-processor-potential-steam-box-may-sport-a-hawk-point-cpu-with-zen-4-and-rdna-3-graphics

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths

0:54 - The PlayStation 6

31:45 - Valve Fremont

48:52 - iPhone Season

1:01:29 - Flow State and Creating Online

Percia Verlin on Genre, the Switch 2, and Great Portrait-Mode Mobile Games Aug 29, 2025

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This week I'm talking to Percia Verlin, fashion creator and podcaster... she's also my wife. Percia asked me for some vertical iPhone game recommendations, so I brought her on the show to walk through them and have a chat about her gaming history.

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The News and More:

Percia on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@percish

Nintendo Refusing Switch 2 Dev Kits: https://wavelengths.online/posts/nintendo-still-refusing-to-ship-switch-2-dev-kits

The List of Vertical Mobile Games: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1prrIzIL14vifqpLAjtaVGGn2N0B2kBMA6eH1lHD5Y2s/edit?usp=sharing

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Chapters:

0:00 - Borat Voice My Wife

17:26 - What's Percia Playing?

40:10 - Switch 2 Dev Kits

55:10 - Vertical Mobile Games

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AJ Fillari on Podcasting, Media Crit, and The Last of Us Online Aug 22, 2025

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This week I'm switching things up a little bit, starting with some news about Hollow Knight Silksong and Gamescom before launching into a chat with AJ Fillari!

We chat about podcasting, their show DotZip, our podcast network, and building up the critical muscle. It's a good one!

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The News and More:

AJ on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social

dotzip: https://dotzip.online/

Kirby Air Riders: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-direct-august-2025-kirby-air-riders-switch-2/

Silksong Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGeJwsUP9c

Jason Schrier on Silksong: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-knight-took-so-long-to-make

Last of Us Online Directors' New Game: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/director-of-scrapped-the-last-of-us-online-says-his-new-us-japan-studio-is-making-a-cinematic-multiplayer-title/

AYN Thor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEzXQkmSWuY

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

1:00 - Hollow Knight Silksong and Gamescom

23:20 - The Worst Garbage Online

40:21 - AJ's Podcasting Journey

1:20:14 - On Media Crit

1:48:02 - More News!

1:58:32 - Kirby Air Riders

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Tori Dominguez Peek on Pokémon, the Switch 2, and Theater Aug 15, 2025

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This week I had a chat with Tori Dominguez Peek — cohost of the wonderful video game podcast Press Start — about being a theater kid, what makes a good video game adaptation, and how we're feeling abotu the Switch 2 a few months in.

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The News and More:

Zach Cregger on his Resident Evil reboot: ⁠https://variety.com/2025/film/news/weapons-director-zach-cregger-resident-evil-movie-1236485983/⁠

Press Start: ⁠https://pod.link/1589865240⁠

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

3:00 - Weapons and Video Game Adaptations

22:40 - 1000xResist and Masquerade

45:30 - Press Start

51:18 - Switch 2 and Pokémon

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Emily Price on "Mid" and the Cultural Cachet of Games Aug 08, 2025

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This week on Wavelengths I'm talking to Emily Price, a great writer over at Unwinnable and also a PhD candidate in medieval literature! We chat about a whole bevy of things including the word "mid," Dragon Age, and where games are at as a medium in culture.

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The News and More:

Emily on games being mainstream: https://unwinnable.com/2025/07/30/videogames-are-mainstream-what-will-make-them-feel-like-it/

Emily on “mid”: https://unwinnable.com/2025/01/31/mid/

Let’s Smash Bro: https://johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/lets-smash-bro

Blue Prince at SGDQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cirrfl1yQ2c

Nintendo Indie World (8/7/25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTv0HmKoUqw

Nintendo raised prices on everything except the Switch 2: https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/nintendo-switch-console-accessory-price-increases-august-2025/

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome back to Wavelengths!

36:10 - Video games and the mainstream

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Chris Plante on Post Games and the Impending Death of Exclusives Aug 01, 2025

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Hello and welcome to Wavelengths! It’s a new video game podcast where I’ll spend every week talking to a guest from in or around the games industry to chat about the news we find the most interesting.

This week’s episode features a conversation with Chris Plante about his new show Post Games and how he got into games media in the first place before diving into a bigger question about what the video game industry looks like in a world without console exclusives.

It’s a fun chat, and I hope you dig it!

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The News and More:

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Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to Wavelengths!

2:53 - The Life and Times of Chris Plante

49:45 - What Happens When Exclusives Disappear?

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