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The Starlight Megaphone covers video game news, playthroughs, and reviews. Our panelists have decades of experience in being occasionally entertaining whilst working at internet gaming news websites.
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Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss the putative lack of interest in Amiibos (plastic), announce the forthcoming North American debut of Amiibos (wood), wonder about the actual existence of Amiibos (paper), and extensively discuss extended discussions.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB ring in the New Year with some proper Ashes Test Cricket, a recounting of the brief end-of-2025 news, the new Pokemon playthrough and contest, and —of course—the industry-leading gold-poo-standard Worst of the Year Awards for 2025.Continue reading
Caspius and SailorNooB bid farewell to Dragon Quest (at least, Caspius does) before wrapping up the 2025 news with a look ahead to some still-unreleased games—Mina the Hollower, Simon Quest, Shovel Knight DX—and new playthroughs: Pokemon and Dragon Quest.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB look thankfully back on the year 2025, reflecting on the many excellent releases and remakes, before taking a moment fondly to remember the delightful Christmas surprises of Christmases past, including Game Boys and PlayStations.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB look forward to the next test of the Ashes, before diligently reporting on the most significant Mega Man game announcements and Mega Man related news from the industry's recently held and increasingly popular Mega Man Game Awards.Continue reading
A miserable Caspius and a jubilant SiliconNooB survey yet another disastrous England performance in the Ashes, following a busy week which has seen little in the way of gaming news or even play—thereby adding insult to injury in the form of The Plop.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB begin to pontificate about the Cricket, but find themselves interrupted by merciful editing practises, leaving them with time to discuss the complexities of employing CRT filters for classic games on modern-day console hardware.Continue reading
When England collapse in defeat in the shortest completed Ashes Test since 1888, SiliconNooB puts on a magnanimous front but still refuses to engage with the Dragon Quest I and II playthrough, leaving Caspius unmollified and not particularly thankful.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB shake hands in friendship once more before The Ashes begins, renewing their rivalry at a critical moment in video game news, with dire warnings about Marvel Metroid Prime 4, Octopath: 0 Performance, and Yves Guillemot's finances.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB present a Dragon Quest-fuelled podcast, with the launch of a Dragon Quest I & II playthrough, the announcement of a future Dragon Quest VII playthrough, and a report on the latest honour awarded to Yuji Horii (may he live forever).Continue reading
In the season of horror and darkness, one most frightening spectre looms large, bursting uninvited out of the past to threaten gamers with new lies and fresh deceits. Caspius and SiliconNooB brave the terror to discuss this most fearful gaming news.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss the crowded holiday season lineup, the insanely feature-rich Kirby racing game, the missed opportunity of Virtual Console, and the supremely unwise financial behaviour of some Counter Strike: Global Offensive players.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss the voice acting of Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles, survey a light news week on the cusp of the Switch 2's inaugural holiday season, and look forward towards next month's playthrough of Pokemon Legends Z-A.Continue reading
As the news engine slows to a crawl, Caspius and SiliconNooB progress even farther in Final Fantasy Tactics--to the cusp of the final chapter--and discuss the polish and approach that Square Enix has so successfully taken with The Ivalice Chronicles.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB both(!) play and begin the first week of the Final Fantasy Tactics playthrough revisited, conjure up the spirit of Melville to discuss the liminality of Hawthorne's Mosses, and then parse an exceptionally dry news bouquet.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB first prepare to wrap up Silksong, then preview Final Fantasy Tactics, before a trip through the news from around the world, including the launch woes of 4derlands, a new Fire Emblem title (on mobile), and Bowser's retirement.Continue reading
After last week's Nintendo Direct blowout, Caspius and SiliconNooB find themselves all out of news, except for a tiny trickle of minor gaming details—leaving them no option but recourse to a curiously feline-friendly delve into the depths of The Plop.Continue reading
With the long-awaited and oft-predicted Nintendo Direct at last in the books, Caspius and SiliconNooB ring in the Silksong playthrough before getting to grips with a rich feast of gaming news, including Dragon Quest VII and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB close out one Hollow Knight playthrough and begin another, before they join the growing chorus of speculation about a mid-September Nintendo Direct in which, it is generally presumed, Metroid Prime 4 will be given a release date.Continue reading
Caspius and SiliconNooB prepare to close out the Hollow Knight playthrough in order to inaugurate the Silksong playthrough, but pause along the way to commiserate over a defective Switch 2, and a dearth of news which leads to a bundle-filled Plop.Continue reading
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