Turn-Based Cynics: Unleashing Snark and Wit on the Gaming World
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Join Turn-Based Cynics, the snark-infused podcast where Resobaso and ColdDeath dive into gaming, igniting fiery discussions, unapologetic critiques, and sardonic roasts of games and news. With a fearless and cynical mindset, we share honest opinions, delving into controversial topics. Whether you agree or dare to challenge us, our episodes offer captivating entertainment and thought-provoking insights. Tune in to unleash your inner cynic!
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ColdDeath Dug through the Bullshit to figure out and understand this whole Sweet Baby drama. and He regrets it.
Saber Interactive splitting off from Embracer Group
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/saber-interactive-splits-off-from-embracer-group-
taking-various-studios-with-them/
Monster Hunter World sales top 25 million
https://www.gematsu.com/2024/03/monster-hunter-world-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-
25-million
Starbreeze Studios CEO steps down
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/starbreeze-studios-ceo-steps-down?tm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Who Are We?
Discord: / discord
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Capcom raising new graduate salaries
https://twitter.com/TechRaptor/status/1765376683430084716
Ghost of Tsushima PC port announced
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1765406479308263515
Warner Brothers delisting Adult Swim games
https://vxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1766101118105338271
EA adding some of their back catalog to Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/EA/sale/classic-games-sale
Yuzu settles lawsuit, paying a lot of money and ceasing Yuzu and Citra emulators
https://twitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1764715696250843321
https://bsky.app/profile/lainwithtea.bsky.social/post/3kmvz7uwygy2d
FF 7 Rebirth first sales report
https://twitter.com/Genki_JPN/status/1766158736446689280
Who Are We?
Discord: / discord
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League falls short of
expectations
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1761021074085380168
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nNQ6ibAl8o
Steam Annual Summary 2023
https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/4031353003322171823
Palworld Sales / Player Count Update
https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/palworld-early-access-tops-15-million-sales-on-steam-
10-million-players-on-xbox
Last Epoch Launch a bit rocky
https://twitter.com/LastEpoch/status/1761158751912927294
https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/Last_Epoch/
Nintendo Partner Direct
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/nintendo-direct-partner-showcase-january-2023-recap-
find-all-news-and-announcements
Who Are We?
Discord: / discord
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Disco Elysium dev confirms layoffs / project cancellation
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/disco-elysium-developer-zaum-confirms-game-
cancellation-and-layoffs
Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama has passed away
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/suikoden-and-eiyuden-chronicle-creator-yoshitaka-
murayama-has-passed-away
Xbox Update
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/xbox-will-release-four-games-on-other-plaforms-teases-
next-generation-hardware
Playstation Update
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/sony-drops-full-year-ps5-sales-target-to-21-million-
units-expects-shipments-decline
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ps5-sales-pass-548-milion-units-marvels-spider-man-2-
has-sold-10-million-copies
No Man's Sky Updates keep on coming
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/no-mans-sky-omega-update
Embracer Group layoffs are now around 8% of their
workforce
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/embracer-has-laid-off-8-of-its-employees-and-it-isnt-
done-yet-despite-record-quarter
Who Are We?
Discord: / discord
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Eidos layoffs
https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1752015148213064092?s=20
https://archive.is/C91QT
Yakuza Dub
https://fxtwitter.com/BeatGh0st/status/1751803885595816109
https://fxtwitter.com/BeatGh0st/status/1751804059739173055
Suicide Squad
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/suicide-squad-early-access-bug
State of Play
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-state-of-play-january-2024-recap-heck-out-
all-news-trailers-and-reveals
Who Are We?
Discord: / discord
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Lots of Palworld stuff
Big layoffs at Microsoft
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce
"Iconic" hammer from Last of Us 2?
https://fxtwitter.com/BoobSliders/status/1751240412000371150
Model comparisons to Pokemon
https://twitter.com/covingtown/status/1749462735291859423
https://twitter.com/byofrog/status/1749193341932020097
AI related
https://twitter.com/invert_x/status/1748930633970389245/photo/1
7 million sales in 5 days
https://twitter.com/gematsu/status/1750046802915594584
Statement by POKEMON COMPANY (effectively "shut up" towards people spamming their
inbox)
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1750363801780617274
2 million concurrent players on Steam
https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/19ehqtp/cracked_2_million_concurrent_
users/
writeup by Nintendo Soup
https://nintendosoup.com/palworld-ceo-responds-to-accusations-of-plagiarizing-
pokemon-for-their-game/
Big layoffs at Microsoft
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce
"Iconic" hammer from Last of Us 2?
https://fxtwitter.com/BoobSliders/status/1751240412000371150
Who Are We?
Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Sky News: https://fxtwitter.com/VGC_News/status/1742869729658720520
Star Citizen: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-citizen-introducing-a-48000-ship-bundle-but-only-for-players-who-have-already-spent-10000
CCP WRECKS Companies: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ccp-softens-its-stance-on-live-service-games-after-plummeting-stocks-reportedly-removes-official-responsible-for-the-panic/
Korea doesnt tolerate shitty odds:https://twitter.com/citrussalt/status/1742567771047936334
Who Are We?
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Twitter: @Colddeath
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Colddeath finally follows up on his journey of receiving the Steamdeck OLED and we cover a few interesting if not unsurprising stories in the industry. Because hey, EA hasn't been a topic in like 20 minutes.
Cited Sources:
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed a
https://fxtwitter.com/PC_Focus_/status/1729822221093265902
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Its a slow week, so decide to look at some documents summing up the mobile game market for the year, and boy its not a great look.
Source in this Video: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/report-83-of-mobile-games-fail-in-the-three-years-after-launch
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Health problems, Life issues, abroad! The Completionist proves just how complicated giving money to charity can REALLY be.
Who Are We?
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Twitter: @Colddeath
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Bungie is getting hit hard by rough times, Destiny 2 is seeing massive fall off of retention, Bungie is dropping 100 employees, and we take all this to also deep dive in to the math of Live Service Games.
Who Are We?
Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX
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Twitter: @Colddeath
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ntro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck
Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/
ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/
Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com
Who Are We?
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Twitter: @Colddeath
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Its been one hell of a week where everything all kinds of pop off all at the same time. Well, thats certainly something.
Who Are We?
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After two weeks of being go we return to catch up on stories and such, New and announced games, A terrible Switch Port, and Epic Games dumping nearly 20% of their staff.
Who Are We?
Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Digital Foundry / Eurogamer stuff: https://twitter.com/GenePark/status/1698756550221791253
People overreacting to something: https://archive.ph/4yOio
Johnathon Blow being an absolutely Toolbag: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1700664410287804639
Who Are We?
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
PS Plus price hike: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-plus-price-hike-announced-for-12-month-subscription-alongside-september
Volition Closes Down: https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1697288775968174478
intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck
Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/
ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/
Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com
Who Are We?
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
Sony Portal: https://twitter.com/Knoebelbroet/status/1694334484999508249
Baldurs Gate 3 is Finally coming to Xbox with a missing feature!: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/baldurs-gate-3-xbox-release-is-happening
Bioware...Being Bioware: https://blog.bioware.com/2023/08/23/an-update-on-the-state-of-bioware/
intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck
Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/
ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/
Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com
Who Are We?
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
FemFeq Shuts Down (Finally): https://feministfrequency.com/2023/08/01/shutting-down-feminist-frequency/
Minecraft Nothing Burger Story: https://twitter.com/ShitpostRock/status/1687305982009819136?s=20
Baldur's Gate III 3 LAUNCHES: and there's obviously the absolutely massive launch of BG 3 https://steamdb.info/app/1086940/charts/
intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck
Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/
ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/
Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com
Who Are We?
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
What's a show where we don't get to talk about video games in a personal and sometimes difficult way, we have UltraJDude, Youtube OG, Indie Game Dev, and sometimes Streamer to join the show.
Where Was Reso Last Week?: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1879702005
The Never Ending Quest Log:: https://www.youtube.com/ @TNEQL
More of Where you find UltraJDude:
Sad Folks Interactive:
https://twitter.com/SadInteractive
https://www.tumblr.com/sadfolksinteractive
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@sadfolksinteractive
https://www.pillowfort.social/SadFolksInteractive
Studio Anjin:
https://studio-anjin.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/studioanjin
My junk:
https://twitter.com/UltraJDude
https://www.twitch.tv/ultrajdude
intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck
Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/
ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/
Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com
Who Are We?
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
This Episode was a BLAST! We have a special guest MegaGWolf on the show to talk about gaming, Content Creation and even Twitch life and all that mess brings with it!
Youtube: @MegaGWolf
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/megagwolf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperGWolf
intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck
Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/
ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/
Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com
Who Are We?
Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso
Twitter: @Colddeath
Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics
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