The summer games are really piling up as we discuss Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, the Marvel Rivals beta, Flintlock, Arranger, and more. In the news, job cuts at Humble Games and NetherRealm, unionization at Bethesda, and the future of the Mega Man series. And lastly, a bajillion emails about college sports!



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(00:00:09 ) Intro

(00:03:22 ) Appealing to the children through Optimus Prime and Ronald Reagan

(00:14:06 ) Rebooting Captain N

(00:17:41 ) Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition [Nintendo Switch] on Jul 18, 2024

(00:32:33 ) Marvel Rivals [PlayStation 5] on Jul 2024

(00:46:17 ) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 18, 2024

(00:56:16 ) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 18, 2024

(00:59:15 ) Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 19, 2024

(01:07:39 ) Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure [Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] on Jul 25, 2024

(01:13:54 ) Flock [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] on Jul 16, 2024

(01:16:08 ) News

(01:16:19 ) Humble Games layoffs

(01:21:26 ) NetherRealm layoffs

(01:24:23 ) Bethesda Game Studios has unionised

(01:29:18 ) Nintendo makes a controller charging peripheral

(01:35:37 ) Capcom not sure what to do with Mega Man

(01:47:53 ) Emails

(01:57:31 ) Bit of late breaking news!

(01:59:10 ) Back to emails

(02:05:54 ) Wrapping up and thanks

(02:08:57 ) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts

(02:10:48 ) Late late breaking news!

(02:12:55 ) See ya!