About this podcast
“We, to tell the actual absolute truth, don’t live in society, actually.”
In the history of humans, for the first time after the glorious 18th Century have we had The 21st Century. If one strains their ears, one can gather echoes traveling back to us from a dismal future, hankering for the nostalgic and innocent and simpler times of The 21st Century.
The 21st Century where we actually don’t live in a society. We live more in tubes, in simulations, in hypotheticals and in conspiracies. We live in line graphs, in word vomits, in feeds and filters, in videos and in games, and in video games.
The Basterds navigate this terrain of solipsistic confabulations.
“Two weeks to two minutes” Exclaimed Cyrus West Field—an American entrepreneur and financier, pointedly not an inventor, actually—when the telegraph line laid across Atlantic finally worked in 1866. Now in place of these obsolete thick copper cable lay nets upon nets of fiber optics where we sail daily. And the echo of our future sounds across these nets of our present and of our past, where we are constructing a singular Transatlantic tunnel, dug under the pioneer ocean for us to live in, when the whole world itself shall drown under the weight of our present and of our past.
The Basterds navigate these uncertain terrain.
Release Schedule: New Episodes Every Tuesdays
Language: English
Category: Video Game Commentary, News Reviews, Criticisms
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 105 episodes
- 105 S&P Game Report, Xbox Conslidation, Nintendo Lawsuit, Halo, Helldivers Adaptation · 1 h 8 min · Season 1 Episode 105• Global game content revenue forecast to rise 2.3% to $229.1bn in 2030, supported by PC and Asia-Pacific market | GamesIndustry.biz • Xbox Game Studios Is Quickly Disappearing…
- 104 Activision Cheat Hunter, GTA 6 Netflix Hit, Valve Data Leak, Game Pass Changes, Youtube Rules Update · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 104• Activision Just Served A Notorious Call Of Duty Cheat Maker • ‘GTA 6’ Hits No. 1 On Netflix And Catapults Streamer’s Web Viewership 125% • 12 TB of Valve Data Leaked, Possibly…
- 103 RAMpocolypse, Star Citizen, Mattel, Twitch AI · 1 h 17 min · Season 1 Episode 103• Memory capacity for all of 2027 has reportedly been booked and sold, with no more DRAM or HBM available • US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers • Star…
- 102 GTA6 Leaker, Microsoft Layoffs, Steam Economy · 1 h 8 min · Season 1 Episode 102• GTA 6 Leaker Threatens To Give Build to 'Millions of Gamers Around the Globe' - Insider Gaming • We didn't have layoffs before, and now all of a sudden we have yearly layoffs'…
- 101 EA Acquisition, Steam AI Disclosure, Game Pass Reflection, Bathesda · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 101On our 101st episode, we discussed the following topics: • EA's Acquisition by Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia Officially Approved by EU Commission • "Steam’s required AI…
- 100 PS Discless, Xbox, RAM Oligopoly · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 100On our 100th episode, we discussed the following topics: • Sony is killing all physical PlayStation game discs | The Verge • Resetting XBOX - XBOX Wire • RAM manufacturers have…
- 99 XBox continues downsizing, EU on Video Games, EA Ads, SuperPC · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 99On our 99th episode, we talked about the following topics: • Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan steps downStudios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures - Bloomberg •…
- 98 XBox News, Valve Monopoly, Ocarina of Time Remake, FIFA 2K · 1 h 9 min · Season 1 Episode 98On our 98th episode, we discussed the following topics: • Xbox Will 'Try and Do More' Exclusives Once the 'Business is Healthy', Says Asha Sharma • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina…
- 97 PS AI, CWA on EA Buyout, GTA Pricing Debate, Gamestop Ebay · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 97On our 97th episode, we discussed the following topics: • PlayStation Shares Plans to Use AI to Increase Content Output and Diversity • CWA Canada president calls on government…
- 96 Rockstar Hacked Again, Zelda Movie, PlayStation First Party Strat, Game Pass Subscription, Windrose, NZXT · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 96On our 96th episode, we discussed the following topics • GTA 6 Developer Rockstar Reportedly Hacked, Data Being Ransomed • Filming has wrapped on The Legend of Zelda (UPDATE) |…
- 95 Marathon, Gunzilla Games, Pokemon Go Champion, Playstation's Biggest Fan, Build a Rocket Boy · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 95On our 95th episode, we discussed the following topics: • Checking In On ‘Marathon’ A Month After Launch • Off the Grid maker and Game Informer owner Gunzilla Games accused of…
- 94 Sony Removes AI Slop, Rockstar Gets Fined Minimally, EPIC laysoff, US Patent Revokes Nintendo Applications · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 94On our 94th episode, we talked about the following subject: • Sony Removes Over 1,000 Low-Quality Games From PlayStation Store • Rockstar Games Illegally Underpaid Staff at GTA…
- 93. Sony shuts Bluepoint, Xbox New Head, PEGI Changes, Valve v NYC, EA Layoffs · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 93On our 93rd episode, we talked about the following topics: • Sony Shuts Down Video-Game Studio Bluepoint • Former Xbox President's direction reportedly "offended" employees •…
- 92 DRAM, BG3 Adaptation, Iron Lung · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 92On our 92nd episode, we discussed the following topics: • DRAM prices expected to nearly double in Q1 • The Register • Baldur's Gate is getting an HBO TV series set after…
- 91 Valve Monopoly Lawsuit, Ubisoft Strike, CDPR Mod DMCA, Video Game Developers' Conference · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 91On our 91st episode, we talked about the following subject • Why is Valve’s Steam facing a $900 million UK lawsuit over anti-competitive practices? • One-Third of U.S. Video…
- 90 Paramount v WBD, GoW Casting, Meta VR, Lara Croft, New World Closing, Ubisoft Layoffs The Division · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 90On our 90th episode, we talked about the following topics: • Paramount Escalates WBD Fight, Sues Over Netflix Deal and Aims to Install Friendly Directors at Warner Shareholder…
- 89 Thai Esports Scandal, Gamestop Store Closure, Ubisoft Halifax, NY Gov vs Roblox, Rainbow Six · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 89On our 89th episode, we return to discuss the following topics: • Disgraced Thai e-sports queen denies cheating but faces lifetime ban • Report: GameStop closing hundreds of…
- 88 Game Awards & Trailers, PS5, Steam Deck, Post EA FIFA · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 88On 88th episode, we discussed the following topics: • PS5 reigns supreme over Black Friday, accounting for a staggering 62% of all console sales | Eurogamer.net • Steam Deck LCD…
- 87 Epic, Xbox, AI, Rockstar, EA Sale, Warner Bros, Skybound · 1 h 9 min · Season 1 Episode 87On our 87th episode, we discussed the following topics: • Epic's Sweeney says platforms should stop tagging games made with AI | GamesIndustry.biz • Xbox Cloud Gaming Expands to…
- 86 Krafton, Black Ops 7, Battlefield 6, Tencent Ubisoft Deal, Xbox price increase, F126 · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 86On our 86th episode we discussed the following topics: • Krafton launches voluntary resignation program for employees as it transforms into an “AI first company” - AUTOMATON…







