The Easy Allies Podcast

The Summer Game Fest has begun with reveals for new games and even a new gaming engine, Nintendo announces a franchise sequel coming in two months, and this week’s look at Ghost of Tsushima is as calm as water, but still as sharp as steel. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:48 - Corrections 00:03:20 - Gaming Gladiators 00:10:32 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1&2 Remastered Announced 00:21:22 - Paper Mario The Origami King Announced 00:34:26 - Unreal Engine 5 Revealed 00:52:26 - A Word From Our Sponsor 00:56:23 - Ghost of Tsushima's State of Play 01:08:33 - Also This Week... 01:13:34 - L&R - What about the EZA Fantasy League? 01:14:46 - L&R - Are we afraid of next-gen? 01:19:51 - L&R - Game: Subtitle Swap 01:28:11 - L&R - What NPC loot would you drop? 01:30:52 - Time for Bets 01:37:04 - Closing Go to http://luminskin.com/allies to get a one-month free trial of everything you need to start your skincare journey at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft seems confused about what constitutes actual “gameplay” in their batch of big reveals for the Xbox Series X, and Damiani runs the numbers on Nintendo’s best-selling software. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Opening 00:01:18 - Corrections 00:06:34 - Gaming Gladiators 00:16:17 - Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveals 00:36:52 - Rank the Significance 01:02:38 - A Word From Our Sponsor 01:05:17 - Nintendo Financial Report 01:24:12 - Also This Week... 01:32:54 - L&R - Should more games get demos? 01:39:04 - L&R - Game: Real or Fake Developers? 01:43:35 - L&R - Parental advice about creating characters 01:44:43 - Time for Bets 01:51:55 - Closing Get $100 of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days when you download the Postmates app and use code EASYALLIES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Huber’s ready to gush about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ben’s ready to play Deadly Premonition 2, and Jones is ready to moderate his own version of the podcast. 00:01:19 - Gaming Gladiators 00:07:34 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla Announced 00:40:01 - Deadly Premonition 2 Release Date 00:55:15 - A Word From Our Sponsor 00:58:07 - No Nintendo Direct in June 01:08:35 - Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveal Date 01:20:35 - Also This Week... 01:23:04 - L&R - Ever forced someone to Co-Op? 01:26:41 - L&R - Avoiding hurting game characters 01:32:07 - L&R - Game: Which Number Is Higher? 01:37:30 - L&R - EZA helping in the classroom 01:39:06 - Time for Bets 01:44:08 - Or Wars 01:47:32 - Closing 01:49:20 - Producer Credits Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code ALLIES20 at Manscaped.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since there’s not much game news to discuss anyway, we discuss the podcast’s future as Jones finally digivolves into the host. 00:05:04 - Corrections 00:07:28 - Bosman’s Questions for Jones 00:48:48 - Bosman’s Hosting Tips 00:57:34 - PODCAST HALFTIME 01:03:27 - Jones’s Questions for Bosman 01:29:18 - L&R: Will Jones rap? 01:35:59 - L&R: Game - Animal Crossing Villager or Disney Character? 01:46:05 - L&R: Need help for a notorious final boss 01:47:16 - L&R: Can RE4 Remake be good? 01:57:17 - Closing Get 20% off and free shipping with the code ALLIES20 at http://manscaped.com ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Sony seems determined to hit a PlayStation 5 launch 2020, it seems that supply might be heavily constrained. 00:02:19 - Corrections 00:05:10 - Best Last Lines 00:12:46 - PlayStation 5 Limited Supply 00:35:41 - Rockstar’s Changes and Upcoming GTA 00:51:26 - PODCAST HALFTIME 00:53:29 - Riot Games Acquires Hypixel Studios 01:05:21 - Gamescom is Going Digital 01:08:40 - L&R: What’s the deal with mock reviews 01:19:44 - L&R: The power of Folding@Home 01:22:16 - L&R: Game - Signature Phrases in EZA Reviews 01:38:27 - L&R - Where did Break for Me come from? 01:45:08 - L&R: Game - Real Animal or Pokemon? 01:55:35 - Time for Bets 01:58:55 - Or Wars 02:06:40 - Closing If you visit http://expressvpn.com/allies you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The PlayStation 5’s new controller has been revealed, and you know everyone’s got a take on this weird thing. 00:00:56 - Corrections 00:03:02 - Best Last Lines 00:09:15 - PlayStation 5 Controller Revealed 00:30:36 - Nier Replicant Remaster 00:39:27 - PODCAST HALFTIME 00:42:17 - Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Impact 01:06:44 - L&R: Ian Was Right 01:09:29 - L&R: Is it good to invert the clock in Animal Crossing? 01:14:46 - L&R: Game - Good to the Last Drop? 01:23:36 - L&R: Best Credits Music 01:30:06 - Time for Bets 01:36:51 - Closing Use code EASYALLIES for $100 of free delivery credit with NO MINIMUM PURCHASE for your first SEVEN days when you download the Postmates app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Call of Duty gracelessly shadow drops a remaster and Mario’s 35th birthday is reportedly going to deliver on all of our Mario wishes. 00:00:56 - Corrections 00:02:07 - Best Last Lines 00:05:42 - Rogue Legacy 2 Announced 00:10:23 - Modern Warfare 2 Announced and Launched 00:17:36 - Bethesda Passing on Digital E3 Presentation 00:26:33 - The Last of Us Part II Delayed Indefinitely 00:38:55 - Podcast Halftime 00:42:41 - 3D Mario Remaster Collection Rumors 00:59:38 - L&R: Update on Prison Gaming 01:02:42 - L&R: Game: Big Bang Theory or Gex Quote 01:07:43 - L&R: Should we monetize Huber’s dream-fulfilling abilities? 01:10:17 - L&R: Game: Best Gaming Usernames 01:20:58 - L&R: Appreciation from Finland 01:23:40 - Time for Bets 01:29:59 - Closing Get 15% off your order at http://buyraycon.com/allies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Epic once again seems suspiciously generous as it kicks off its promising publishing initiative and Nintendo’s Mini Direct was indeed mini and that’s okay. 00:00:56 - Corrections 00:08:16 - Best Last Lines 00:12:42 - Epic Publishing Games from 00:24:56 - Nintendo Mini Direct Announcements 00:40:50 - Daytime Talk Show Advice 00:49:30 - Animal Crossing’s Huge Success 00:55:23 - L&R: What game object would you want 3D printed? 01:00:04 - L&R: Game - Weird product placements 01:08:41 - L&R: Why does Untitled Good Game win awards from developers? 01:14:55 - L&R: Game: Got Em or Don’t Got Em 01:25:37 - L&R: Best games for being sick or drugged up 01:29:17 - Time for Bets 01:35:04 - Closing 01:37:56 - Producer Thanks Support us through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EasyAllies Schedule: http://easyallies.com/ Live streams - https://www.twitch.tv/easyallies Stream archives - https://www.youtube.com/easyalliesplays https://twitter.com/easyallies https://www.facebook.com/easyallies #EasyAllies Learn more about

The next gen specs have finally been revealed and it’s safe to say that there are a lot of monsters out there who are about to be eaten for breakfast. 00:00:45 - Corrections 00:02:56 - Best Last Lines 00:11:35 - Final Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 Specs 00:40:13 - Mark Cerny’s PS5 Presentation 00:51:13 - Podcast Halftime 00:54:08 - Passionate Next Gen Marketing Talk 01:02:33 - Xbox Series X Announcements 01:09:52 - PS5’s Limited Backwards Compatibility 01:19:10 - Call of Duty Warzone 01:27:08 - L&R: Easy Allies’ COVID-19 Plans 01:30:05 - L&R: Kyle Bosman and Tom Brady 01:31:40 - L&R: Quarantine Multiplayer Recommendations 01:36:55 - L&R: Game: Name Every Playable Resident Evil Character 01:43:13 - Time for Bets 01:50:42 - Closing Get 20% off and free shipping with the code ALLIES at http://manscaped.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Easy Allies Podcast #205 - 3/13/20 E3 2020 may be canceled, but, BUT, Lego and Super Mario are teaming up to deliver all-new play experiences that only their brands could provide, so it’s not all bad news. 00:00:36 - Corrections 00:02:38 - Tough Bouncers 00:06:28 - Lego Super Mario 00:15:15 - E3 2020 Canceled 00:41:54 - Podcast Halftime 00:43:06 - Silent Hill Reboot Rumors 00:58:26 - Reggie Fils-Aime Joins GameStop Board of Directors 01:02:34 - L&R: Potential 2K Non-Simulation NFL Game 01:08:36 - L&R: How should Chrono Trigger be celebrated? 01:12:46 - L&R: Game: The Sevenest Seven 01:19:37 - L&R: Mortal Kombat’s Esports Problems 01:27:46 - Time for Bets 01:33:06 - Closing If you visit http://expressvpncom/allies you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Riot has taken the veil off its competitive FPS and it really is Counter-Strike Overwatch. 00:01:02 - Corrections 00:07:19 - Tough Bouncers 00:10:32 - Valorant Unveiled 00:28:35 - Sony Santa Monica Head Leads New Stadia Studio 00:43:21 - HBO Creating a Last of Us Series 01:00:07 - Hey, What’s Going With That One Star Wars Game? 01:08:25 - L&R: Will multiple parts ruin Final Fantasy 7’s messages? 01:21:52 - L&R: Surrogate Dark Souls failure noises 01:25:48 - L&R: Is it a good thing to keep streaming expirations secret? 01:34:11 - Time for Bets 01:38:53 - Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Xbox Series X defines the next generation in five bullet points and EA went and secretly canceled another Star Wars game. 00:01:04 - Corrections 00:04:53 - Kyle’s Hot Fresh Hot Take Latte 00:07:11 - Tough Bouncers 00:09:54 - New Xbox Series X Details 00:36:31 - Platinum’s 2nd and 3rd Announcements 00:43:23 - Podcast Halftime 00:49:45 - EA Canceled Another Star Wars Game 01:03:36 - L&R: Liking a licenced game without knowing the license 01:10:53 - L&R: Game: Backlog trimming 01:19:24 - L&R: What’s the name of the club? 01:21:44 - L&R: Thoughts on Epic Games Store after a year of free games 01:30:17 - L&R: Dead or Alive’s PS4 exclusive microtransactions 01:35:44 - Time for Bets 01:42:15 - Closing 01:44:18 - Producer Thanks Get 15% off your order at http://buyraycon.com/allies To try Shudder free for 30 days, go to http://shudder.com and use promo code allies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sony's skipping more events to avoid getting sick, and Animal Crossing's sending us to an island to get away from it all. 00:00:53 - Corrections 00:02:17 - Tough Bouncers 00:06:14 - PlayStation 5 Cost Rumors 00:19:05 - Sony Skips PAX East and GDC 00:27:20 - Animal Crossing New Horizons Direct 00:40:22 - NPDs for January 00:54:55 - This Week in Austin Powers News 00:56:50 - L&R: Ding Talk Revolution 01:04:44 - L&R: StarCraft: Ghost Leaked 01:14:04 - L&R: Pre-Workout Supplement or Difficulty Option? 01:21:32 - L&R: Xbox Franchise for Nintendo Fans 01:23:51 - L&R: Someone named Joker? 01:26:10 - Time for Bets 01:31:38 - Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney asks game developers to go wild, and E3 loses one of its biggest advocates. Also, why did Activision Blizzard suddenly jump ship from GeForce Now? 00:01:13 - Corrections 00:02:17 - Tough Bouncers 00:06:48 - Disney Courts Game Devs 00:25:00 - GeForce Now Loses Blizzard Games 00:36:52 - Podcast Halftime 00:39:54 - Geoff Keighley Leaves E3 2020 00:57:34 - This Week in Austin Powers News 00:59:01 - L&R: Personal Expertise Ruining Games 01:08:29 - L&R: Is That Blink 182? 01:09:08 - L&R: I Know That Controller! 01:16:31 - L&R: Expression of Gratitude Update 01:18:12 - L&R: Microsoft Rewards Daily Quests 01:22:08 - Time for Bets 01:29:41 - Closing To get your first three months of Express VPN for free, go to https://www.expressvpn.com/allies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rod Fergusson leaves Gears for Diablo and Dan Houser just leaves. Also, Ubisoft and Activision make vague new game announcements to investors. 00:01:16 - Corrections 00:05:10 - Tough Bouncers 00:08:21 - Dan Houser Leaves Rockstar 00:18:42 - Rod Fergusson to Oversee Diablo 00:27:38 - Activision’s Remastered and Reimagined Titles 00:38:02 - Ubisoft’s 5 New AAA Games 00:43:56 - Podcast Halftime 00:46:44 - The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter 00:56:20 - This Week in Joker News 00:57:45 - L&R: Congrats to Dexter’s Lab 00:59:04 - L&R: Game: Know Your Podcast 01:09:23 - L&R: Episode 200 Facts 01:12:34 - L&R: Favorite cutscene? 01:18:07 - L&R: Can you make a rap song? 01:20:49 - L&R: Devastating BP Debt 01:23:46 - Time for Bets 01:32:17 - Closing Get 20% off and free shipping with the code ALLIES at http://manscaped.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quarterly earnings reports from Nintendo, EA, and Microsoft prove that corporations speaking to investors can still be fun. 00:00:40 - Corrections 00:04:22 - Tough Bouncers 00:08:50 - Alien Hominid Invasion 00:12:17 - Nintendo’s Q3 Report 00:28:38 - EA’s Q3 Report 00:43:24 - Microsoft’s Q3 Report 00:52:48 - Podcast Halftime 00:53:24 - No New Switch Model in 2020 01:01:25 - This Week in Joker News 01:03:27 - L&R: How Can VR Trailers Grow an Audience? 01:12:59 - L&R: A Scoop from Local Government 01:17:12 - L&R: Kiss, Marry, Kill 01:25:18 - Time for Bets 01:28:41 - Closing 01:30:32 - Producer Thanks Get 15% off your order at http://buyraycon.com/allies ! Get 15% off your order at http://buyraycon.com/allies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NPD Group clearly ranks 2019’s games by monetary value, but the panel is forced to determine how much of an impact each title will really have. 00:00:55 - Corrections 00:02:22 - Tough Bouncers 00:06:32 - Project Mara 00:12:06 - Project Xehanort 00:14:37 - Changes in Ubisoft’s Editorial Team 00:27:21 - Dying Light 2 Delay 00:29:14 - The Impact of 2019’s Best Sellers 01:16:47 - Bestselling Games of the Decade 01:21:07 - This Week in Joker News 01:21:50 - L&R: Is the one who looks like Superman our leader? 01:24:24 - L&R: Is there any game more sketchy than NBA 2K20? 01:26:21 - Time for Bets 01:30:24 - Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a week full of major delays, we luck into a juicy report of Horizon: Zero Dawn releasing on PC in 2020. 00:00:39 - Corrections 00:02:32 - Tough Bouncers 00:05:45 - Horizon: Zero Dawn May Come to PC 00:23:53 - Sony Skipping E3 Again 00:46:33 - Big Delays for 2020’s Big Games 01:00:35 - This Week in Joker News 01:01:27 - L&R: Game: Underrated or Overrated 01:14:09 - L&R: Do we let hype rule us? 01:25:26 - Time for Bets 01:30:27 - Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We pat the Pokemon franchise on the back for learning to do DLC, then the Winter 2020 rundown commences. 00:00:36 - Corrections 00:03:31 - Tough Bouncers 00:07:07 - Pokemon News 00:21:13 - The Games of January 00:33:12 - The Games of February 00:53:14 - This Week in Joker News 00:54:11 - The Games of March 01:32:35 - L&R: Next Gen’s Dirty Little Secrets 01:40:59 - L&R: How long should a series wait before its next game? 01:49:31 - Time for Bets 01:55:46 - Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kyle’s still home for the holidays, so the EZA Podcast travels to his parents’ house for a bumpy trip through their weird child’s gaming history. 00:01:03 - First Nintendo Consoles 00:08:55 - First PlayStation Games 00:16:52 - PlayStation 2 00:24:57 - Pokémon 00:26:42 - Gamecube 00:33:22 - Wii 00:36:11 - Watching E3 00:37:48 - PlayStation 3 00:40:41 - First Industry Jobs 00:44:34 - GameTrailers and GTTV 00:50:43 - The Final Bosman 00:54:19 - Live-streaming 00:58:49 - Podcasts 01:04:41 - Where do you see games going? 01:15:59 - The Game Awards 01:20:22 - Where does Kyle see games going? 01:21:41 - This Week in Joker News 01:22:40 - Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices