Wavelengths with Brendon Bigley

This week on Wavelengths there seems to be some kind of online uproar about the Armored Core 6 gameplay that hit the internet today, but honestly I'm so on board I have no idea what the controversy is. I played through the Final Fantasy XVI demo and AGAIN find myself completely on board with a game I was only cautiously optimistic about. And then there's a bunch of other stuff too — believe it or not. Vaati's Armored Core 6 Breakdown: https://youtu.be/nUTPLucLU5I Cyberpunk 2077 Report: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-14/idris-elba-stars-in-phantom-liberty-new-major-expansion-of-cyberpunk-2077 Grimace's Birthday: https://grimacesbirthday.com/ --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://idlethumbs.social/@brendon Writing: https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome back 0:25 - Armored Core 6 Gameplay 6:22 - Final Fantasy XVI Demo Reaction 14:59 - What is Star Wars Outlaws? 18:31 - Cyberpunk 2077's Redemption Arc 22:00 - Grimace's Birthday for the Game Boy Color 22:53 - Bye bye! --- Get the audio version of the show: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- Music provided by: - Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind - Provided by Lofi Records - Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA --- ⏆

Today's 2023 Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct double-feature was an absolute winner, in my book. Today on Wavelengths is all about the stuff I got most jazzed about, which honestly ended up being most of it? Starfield in particular really won me over, not that I ~needed~ much winning over, but still. It owned. IGN Interview about Persona 3: https://www.ign.com/articles/persona-3-reload-wont-include-content-from-fes-or-portable-including-the-female-protagonist --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Hello YET AGAIN! 2:33 - Fable 3:32 - South of Midnight 4:07 - Star Wars Outlaws 5:05 - Persona 3 Reload 5:30 - Bummer Persona 3 Reload Info 6:15 - Persona 5 Tactica 6:40 - Metaphor Re Fantazio 7:37 - Sea of Thieves x Monkey Island 8:44 - Forza Motorsport 9:21 - Cities Skylines 2 10:21 - Avowed 12:21 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 14:00 - Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth 14:42 - Path of the Goddess 15:21 - Overwatch 2 16:35 - Dungeons of Hinterberg 16:59 - Towerborn 18:00 - Clockwork Revolution 19:03 - 1TB Xbox Series S in Black 20:50 - Starfield my love 31:06 - Bye bye! --- Get the audio version of the show: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- Music provided by: - Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind - Provided by Lofi Records - Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA --- ⏆

Although PlayStation and Xbox are stealing the spotlight in this 2023 summer of game events, there have been a ton of smaller indie-focused showcases over the past few days with some really amazing looking titles on the horizon. On this episode of Wavelengths I wanted to highlight my 19 favorite indie game announcements that might have flown under the radar. --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Hello AGAIN! 1:02 - Beastie Ball 2:08 - Hyper Light Breaker 3:14 - Viewfinder 4:17 - Cart Life 5:32 - Helskate 6:49 - Summerhill 7:21 - Cocoon 8:24 - Airborne Empire 9:21 - Frogsong 9:48 - Bubblegum Galaxy 11:06 - Station to Station 11:37 - Baladins 12:21 - Smushi Come Home 12:51 - Unpacking Mobile 13:31 - Venba 14:06 - En Garde! 14:33 - Lords of the Fallen 15:26 - Life By You 16:15 - C-Smash VRS 17:34 - What about YOU? --- Get the audio version of the show: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- Music provided by: - Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind - Provided by Lofi Records - Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA --- ⏆

Summer Game Fest 2023 has wrapped and I've brought Stephen Hilger, friend and cohost of Into the Aether, to talk all about our favorite announcements. Also, because how could we not, we talk about that Persona 3 remake that leaked. Follow Stephen: https://twitter.com/stephenhilger --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Hello Stephen! 3:35 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 5:25 - Mortal Kombat 1 Gameplay 8:09 - Exoprimal x Street Fighter 6 Crossover 10:58 - Remnant 2 Release Date Trailer 13:05 - Sonic Superstars 14:11 - Lies of P Demo 18:35 - Baldur's Gate 3 Casts Jason Isaacs 20:32 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name 21:48 - Lysfangha: The Time Shift Warrior 22:58 - Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis 25:50 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 30:58 - Persona 3 Reload Leak 33:55 - Bye bye! --- Get the audio version of the show: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- Music provided by: - Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind - Provided by Lofi Records - Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA --- ⏆

Two games I've always wanted to play are finally (allegedly!!) getting some remakes, let's talk about them! --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Persona 3 Remake 5:11 - Final Fantasy IX Remake 9:12 - Help me out --- Sources: Persona 3 Remake https://personacentral.com/p3re-domain/ https://www.anime-expo.org/ax/schedule-2023/ https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1645225760288899072?s=20 Final Fantasy IX Remake https://youtu.be/YL8eRl0fGoE?t=1812 https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-leaked-games-list-pc/ Other Stories https://twitter.com/kojipro2015_en/status/1666414840867602433 https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1666111039736258561 https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23750797/western-digital-xbox-storage-expansion-card-price-release-date

Read Jason's piece here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/arcane-s-redfall-misfire-for-xbox-panned-after-7-5-billion-microsoft-deal Today we delve into the newly uncovered story of Redfall, a critically and commercially disappointing game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios that now has me asking a lot of questions about Microsoft, Starfield, and live-service games as a whole. --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bbhttps://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Where did Redfall come from? 7:51 - What went wrong? 15:53 - On "live-service" games

This week on Wavelengths I’m covering all of the biggest game and hardware announcements from The Playstation Showcase 2023! The reception to the event seems mixed — a lot of which has to do with lofty expectations fueled by the rumor mill and leaks — but when you take a step back the event was honestly pretty solid overall. We saw a bunch of new games from recent Playstation Studios acquisitions like Fairgames from Haven Studios and Concord from Firewalk Studios, along with a huge list of third-party titles to get stoked about. We also saw the official announcement of the weirdest piece of hardware I’ve seen in a long time: Project Q. --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bbhttps://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome back! 0:34 - On Expectation Management 4:58 - “Where were the first party games?” 10:51 - Helldivers 2 11:51 - Ghostrunner 2 12:40 - Sword of the Sea 13:32 - The Talos Principle 2 14:08 - Neva 14:51 - Foamstars 17:25 - The Plucky Squire 18:45 - Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake 21:45 - Alan Wake 2 24:00 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage 26:20 - Revenant Hill 27:26 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 (!!) 29:38 - PSVR 2 32:53 - Destiny 2 34:10 - Marathon 36:15 - Concord 38:13 - Project Q and Earbuds 42:36 - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 --- ⏆

Hello and welcome back to Wavelengths! This week we're talking at length about the discourse surrounding the leaked gameplay from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and whether news outlets like Kotaku should cover those kinds of stories. Afterwards, get ready for even MORE discourse as we talk about the new Xbox console exclusive Redfall from Arkane Studios and its overwhelmingly negative reception. --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb Writing: https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Young Horses releases new game experiments 2:33 - Armored Core VI release date leaked 5:05 - Star Trek: Resurgence coming VERY soon 7:03 - Go play Kenny Sun's games 8:06 - Thank you so much for being here 💕 --- ⏆

Welcome to the first official episode of Wavelengths! Thank you to everyone who tuned in for the test episodes over the past month. I am back from my vacation, ~almost~ done getting over a cold, and am ready to sit in the news chair yet again and finally launch this thing. Today we're talking about a bunch of game announcements to throw on your radar including a few that are out right now! --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb Writing: https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Young Horses releases new game experiments 2:33 - Armored Core VI release date leaked 5:05 - Star Trek: Resurgence coming VERY soon 7:03 - Go play Kenny Sun's games 8:06 - Thank you so much for being here 💕 --- ⏆

Tom Henderson is reporting that Sony is working on a new PlayStation handheld device that will ~not~ be used for cloud gaming or native games, but is instead only to be used for Remote Play via the PlayStation 5. On today's episode of Wavelengths we're talking about how strange that is. *Device mockup in the thumbnail from Insider Gaming's piece LINKS: Persona 5 Music: https://youtu.be/Uq7kyf1T_lk Tom's piece: https://insider-gaming.com/playstation-handheld/ Dave2D on the Ally: https://youtu.be/drLZxyv79Oo Wulff Den with the G Cloud: https://youtu.be/mPXRP3ap-Ks My Short from yesterday: https://youtube.com/shorts/efGnTGWcki8?feature=share --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bbhttps://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:24 - Catching up on the rumors 5:10 - The PlayStation Q Lite 8:41 - Can't we already do this? 10:28 - Bye bye : ) --- ⏆