The Bit Beacon Broadcast

Episode 100: The End Transmission?

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:19:17 GMT

On this week's historic milestone episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart joins Kodax for a feature length episode where they cover topics like Xbox's rapid decline, Unity's big vulnerability, and the future of Pokemon.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on October 15, 2025.

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Episode 099: Two Years Long

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:47:54 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax celebrates two years of the podcast, discusses his experience at the Pokemon Mega Evolution Discovery event in Los Angeles, and breaks down the biggest news from the game industry including Doug Bowser's retirement and the acquisition of Electronic Arts.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 29, 2025.

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Episode 098: The End is Nigh

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:52:14 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax spreads the good word in gaming with new of the Catholic church's first 'Gamer Saint', Xbox raising the price of their consoles again, and Nintendo of America's impending customer service disaster.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 23, 2025.

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Episode 097: RIP Masashi Kageyama

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:05:28 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax talks about his thoughts on Genshin Impact's latest annual update, unboxes Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, and shares the news of composer and musician Masashi Kageyama's passing.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 15, 2025.

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Episode 096: 20th Century Summer Boy

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:32:12 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax shares his final thoughts on Donkey Kong Bananza and his newfound love of Natsu-mon: 20th Century Summer Kid. Also covered is the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 9, 2025.

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Episode 095: Pay 2 Win Pokemon

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:35:16 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax takes a look at the newest issue of Game Informer, visits the Naughty Dog 40th anniversary event one last time, and has a lot to say about the latest Pokemon GO event starring Eternatus.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 26, 2025.

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Episode 094: We All Live in a Pokemon World Championships

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:23:12 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax goes over in painstaking detail his experiences at the 2025 Pokemon World Championships in Anaheim, CA.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 19, 2025.

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Episode 093: 40 Years of Naughty

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:16:37 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax talks about his impressions of Donkey Kong Bananza, his experience at the Naughty Dog 40th Anniversary event at Gallery Nucleus, and Genshin Impact shutting down on PS4.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 11, 2025.

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Episode 092: SDCC in the Rearview

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:35:36 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax talks about his time at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, cover's the recent Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, and talks about the plagiarism accusations rocking Pokemon TCG Pocket.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 6, 2025.

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Episode 091: Movie Magic

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:18 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax goes over Game Informer's first issue back from the grave with issue 369. Kodax then walks us through all the casting updates in the world of video game movie adaptations including The Legend of Zelda and Street Fighter.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 21, 2025.

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Episode 090: Krafty

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:55:44 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax unboxes a new arrival in his collection, speaks about his time playing through Planet of Lana, and the drama unfolding between the developer of Subnautica and their parent company Krafton.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 15, 2025.

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Episode 089: Xbox Sux

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:21:45 GMT

Kodax returns to an all new episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast and this week he's talking about his time at Anime Expo in Los Angeles and the massive layoffs across Microsoft's gaming division, Xbox.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 9, 2025.

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Episode 088: Borderlands 4 Fan Fest

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:27:18 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax attends a couple of events including the Borderlands 4 Fan Fest in Los Angeles and speaks about the disastrous launch of new game Mindseye and what that means for staff at the studio.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on June 23, 2025.

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Episode 087: IGN Live 2025 Recap

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:43:48 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax speaks about his time at IGN Live and the Death Stranding 2 World Tour Game Premiere event in Los Angeles before moving onto news of layoffs at Sony's Bend Studio and the historic launch sales of Nintendo Switch 2.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on June 16, 2025.

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Episode 086: Forever Jeff

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:47:04 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax takes us through last week's monumental events in gaming. From the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, a surprise PlayStation State of Play, the Summer Games Fest Showcase, and a new Xbox hardware announcement.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on June 10, 2025.

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Episode 085: The Deep Dark Web

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:11:38 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax gushes about his time playing the new Fantasy Life Game, the many upcoming gaming events this week, a Randy Pitchford update, SEGA discontinuing support for their classic mobile game titles, and the closure of Cliffhanger Games.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on June 3, 2025.

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Episode 084: The Game Key Card Problem

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:07:18 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax talks about several new physical game additions to his collection, Randy Pitchford's latest gaffe, and the biggest problem facing physical game collectors today, Nintendo Switch 2 Game Key Cards.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on May 27, 2025.

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Episode 083: Nintendo SF Grand Opening

Tue, 20 May 2025 17:39:17 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax travels to San Francisco for the Grand Opening of the Nintendo Store and tells us all about it. Other topics discussed include his finals thoughts on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the drama surrounding Bungie's theft of Fern Hook's artwork for their upcoming game Marathon.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on May 19, 2025.

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Episode 082: Warm and Fuzzy

Tue, 13 May 2025 17:37:23 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax discusses his time at the Honkai Star Rail Event 2nd Anniversary Event in Irvine, the Grand Theft Auto 6 delay, updates to Palworld in the wake of Nintendo's lawsuit, and updates to Nintendo's End User License Agreement.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on May 12, 2025.

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Episode 081: What Did I Miss?

Tue, 06 May 2025 16:19:00 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax gushes about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and cover topics such as Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-orders, the Xbox price hike, and layoffs at Electronic Arts.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on May 5, 2025.

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Episode 080: Nintendo Switch 2 Part 2

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:06:18 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax breaks down the pricing of Nintendo Switch 2 software and shares his experience at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience Los Angeles event.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on April 15, 2025.

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Episode 079: Nintendo Switch 2 Part 1

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:17:14 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax dives into the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware and breaks down everything from the screen, the dock, the new Joy-Con, capabilities, and the price.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on April 7, 2025.

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Episode 078: Guess Who’s Back?

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:08:42 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax informs the listeners about the return of Game Informer, last week's surprise Nintendo Direct, and a small update the Legend of Zelda movie.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on March 31, 2025.

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Episode 077: Gods of War

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:20:16 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax unboxes the Honkai: Star Rail - Trailblazer Edition for PS5, his experience at the second part of the God of War 20th Anniversary event at Gallery Nucleus, and finally walks the listeners though the end of My Nintendo Gold Points.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on March 25, 2025.

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Episode 076: No Scope

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:37:45 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax speaks about his time at the God of War 20th Anniversary event at Gallery Nucleus, new details on the rumored Xbox branded handheld, the sale of Niantic games to Scopely, and a special report from Geocode7.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on March 17, 2025.

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Episode 075: Sadness over Mordor

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:58:51 GMT

On this milestone episode Kodax shares his recent PlayStation trophy tragedy, walks us through the major announcements at the recent Pokemon Presents broadcast, and sheds a light on the studio closures at Warner Brothers Games.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on March 3, 2025.

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Episode 074: Easing Up

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:15:11 GMT

This week Kodax goes on a Pokemon misadventure in Pasadena, and then walks us through the chaos at Chinese game developer and publisher NetEase.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on February 24, 2025.

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Episode 073: Oops, Unity Did It Again

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:34:32 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax talks about his time with Visions of Mana, the latest PlayStation State of Play, Sony's 3rd quarter financial results, and a scummy wave of layoffs at Unity.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on February 18, 2025.

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Episode 072: The Virtual Reality of Greatness

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:58:29 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax rants about EA executives messing up Dragon Age, his final thoughts on Ghost of Tsushima, the ESAs new video game executive event 'iicon', and Meta's Reality Labs division finding themselves in the midst of a legendary misadventure.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on February 10, 2025.

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Episode 071: Insomniac Party

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:04:21 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax and Ravenheart attend Insomniac's 30th Anniversary Community Day event, and Kodax rants about PlayStation Plus, Beyond Two Souls, and more layoffs at Ubisoft.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on February 3, 2025.

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Episode 070: State of the Game

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:31:21 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax is talking about the retirement of Insomniac Games founder, Ted Price; The FTC vs Genshin Impact publisher Hoyoverse; and GDC's state of the Games Industry Annual Report.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on January 28, 2025.

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Episode 069: nice

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:29:29 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax talks about Freedom Wars Remastered, Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut, the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, and Sony cancelling more games from it's live service initiative.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on January 21, 2025.

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Episode 068: There Can Only Be Two

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:19:32 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax looks back at his time playing Dragon Quest III HD-2D, the sale of Private Division to former Annapurna Games staffers, and the annual games industry report from DFC Intelligence.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on January 13, 2025.

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Episode 067: GameStopped

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:00:56 GMT

On this episode Kodax welcomes everyone to a new year of gaming news with obituaries, Russian game console updates, and store closures.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on January 7, 2025.

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Episode 066: Unwrap This

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:23 GMT

On this weeks very brief episode Kodax talks new video game reprints, Vgames third round of funding, and the strategic alliance formed between Sony and Kadokawa.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on December 20, 2024.

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Episode 065: Astro Bot Sweeps

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:21:58 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax speaks extensively about his time at The Game Awards 2024 in Los Angeles. Let's go Astro Bot!

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on December 16, 2024.

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Episode 064: One Of Those Weeks

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:59 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax unboxes some new arrivals from Limited Run Games, he talks about visiting Pikachu or Eevee for the Holidays, and just in time for Christmas he speaks about the latest in video game industry layoffs.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on December 10, 2024.

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Episode 063: If The Shu Quits

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:16:38 GMT

On this weeks episode Kodax shares his Black Friday haul, he tears into another digital booster pack, and talk about Nintendo closing up eShop in China and the impending departures of PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on December 3rd, 2024.

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Episode 062: Ramblin’ Man

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:20:40 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax is a ramblin' his final thoughts on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and about his experience unboxing the 30th Anniversary PlayStation 5 Pro bundle. Then he covers the latest major developments this week in gaming including a possible new acquisition by Sony, Xbox Avatars going the way of the dodo, and yet another studio closure.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on November 25th, 2024.

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Episode 061: I Am Xbox

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:03:20 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax unboxes a Slitterhead controversy with coverage of Xbox's new marketing campaign, Pokemon Gold and Silver 25th anniversary merchandise, and The Game Awards winner predictions.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on November 18th, 2024.

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Episode 060: The Arrogance of Pirates

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:34:45 GMT

On this milestone episode Kodax is joined by nobody to discuss the latest happenings in planet video games. From some small announcements regarding the Nintendo Switch Successor, SEGA delisting their classic games collection, and the story of a pirate who took things too far.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on November 11th, 2024.

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Episode 059: Firewalk With Me No Longer

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:46:37 GMT

On this weeks episode Kodax is talking vidya games, Sony studio closures, Insomniac's leadership shakeup, and Nintendo's music catalog.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on November 4th, 2024.

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Episode 058: You Dew You

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:41:16 GMT

On this weeks episode Kodax talks about his newfound enjoyment of Zenless Zone Zero and covers the a variety of topics such as Mountain Dew, Prince of Persia, and a stagnating interest in VR development.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on October 28, 2024.

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Episode 057: 3D World Tour

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:00:13 GMT

On this weeks episode Kodax talks us through the not-layoffs happening at Bandai Namco in Japan, the unveiling of the Analogue 3D, and Sony's announcement of "PlayStation the Concert".

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on October 20, 2024.

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Episode 056: Alarming New Hardware

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:14:36 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax covers a wide range of topics including coverage of Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, a mysterious Nintendo play test, and the Game Freak "Teraleak".

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on October 14, 2024.

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Episode 055: Unboxing Ubisoft

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:06:54 GMT

On this weeks episode, Kodax unboxes a Master Detective Archives: Rain Code+ Lucid-Noir Limited Edition and completes his playthrough of Reynatis. Then, Nintendo takes down another switch emulator, a promising new studio is formed, and Ubisoft continues to stumble, trip, and fall.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on October 7, 2024.

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Episode 054: EA Taps Out

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:26:30 GMT

This week Kodax takes us through his attempt to buy the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro bundle, the latest news from the PlayStation State of Play, the death of former Bandai Namco president Shukuo Ishikawa, and the end of service announcement for The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 30, 2024.

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Episode 053: Year Two

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:35:42 GMT

On this week's episode Nintendoboy88 joins Kodax to gush about their experience playing Astro Bot. Kodax talks about his ordeal with the McDonalds x Genshin Impact Collaboration. News on PlayStation's 30th anniversary and Nintendo's lawsuit against Pocketpair are also detailed.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 23, 2024.

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Episode 052: Six Hundred Ninety-nine US Dollars

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:04:20 GMT

This week Kodax is joined via special transmission by Ravenheart to present news on a variety of topics including the PlayStation 5 Pro, more layoffs at Xbox, Unity's continuing runtime fee debacle, and a mass resignation at Annapurna Interactive.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 16, 2024.

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Episode 051: Grand Theft Radio

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:30:00 GMT

On this episode Kodax walks us through his thoughts on version 5.0 of Genshin Impact, itch dot io delisting games and revoking purchases, an iam8bit whoopsie, Rockstar Games insulting offers to musical artists, and Sony's tease of the PlayStation 5 Pro.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 9, 2024.

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Episode 050: Talkin' Croc

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:22:27 GMT

On this milestone episode Ravenheart returns to the podcast to join Kodax in discussing the latest news in gaming. This week the guys are talking about Croc Remastered, the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Concord shutting down, and the latest Retro PlayStation Magazine Kickstarter.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on September 3, 2024.

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Episode 049: This is Miyamoto

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:12:13 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax takes us through the controversy surrounding Genshin Impact, all the new details of the Nintendo Museum, and the closure of the Animal Crossing mobile game.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 26, 2024.

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Episode 048: The Man In The Chair

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:11:04 GMT

On this weeks episode a special guest joins Kodax for the intro portion of the show. From there Kodax takes us through the latest news including a controversy at the 2024 Pokemon World Championships and the death of Rachael Lillis.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 19, 2024.

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Episode 047: Thanks Zuck

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:28:11 GMT

On this weeks episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax is doing another solo show. He's got a recap of the Shovel Knight event at Giant Robot, more GameInformer updates, news about RomHackingDotNet's closure, and coverage of Ready at Dawn's demise.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 12, 2024.

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Episode 046: The New Path

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:04:14 GMT

On an historic episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax may be flying solo but he brings with him more tales from the world of gaming. This week it's pretty much all bad and sad news, Bungie is hit with another round of layoffs, and Game Informer is no more.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on August 4, 2024.

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Episode 045: SDCC 2024

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:06:40 GMT

On this weeks episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Ravenheart makes a personal announcement, Kodax tell us about his time at San Diego Comic-Con, and then they both discuss Capcom's recent investor meeting and the "restructuring" of Humble Games.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 30, 2024.

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Episode 044: Microtransaction Mania

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:28:16 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys discuss the FTC's response to last week's Game Pass price increase announcement, the Halo streaming series getting the axe, and Comscore's 2024 State of Gaming report.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 22, 2024.

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Episode 043: Pokemon GO Fest Yourself

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:04:45 GMT

On this weeks episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys talk about their experience at Pokemon GO Fest, Nintendo President Furukawa declining to use AI in game production, and Microsoft hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 15, 2024, despite us saying that it is was recorded on the 16th during the podcast.

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Episode 042: Tactical Espionage Action Must Be Taken

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:26:50 GMT

On this weeks episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast Kodax regales us with tales of Anime Expo, Ravenheart talk about his latest haul. In the news Nintendo reacts to lewd fanart reports, and we get new updates on the state of the Metal Gear Solid series and movie.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 8, 2024.

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Episode 041: Jack In

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:00:34 GMT

On this week's episode Kodax and Ravenheart talk about Anime Expo plans, the Xbox 360 store going offline, and Noland Arbaugh, the first human implanted with Neuralink.

Intro music by Mathew Kirkegaard.

This episode was recorded on July 2, 2024.

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Episode 040: June Syndrome

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:10:32 GMT

On this, the 40th episode, of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys discuss their visit to 'The Art of Sea of Stars' panel and art exhibit at Gallery Nucleus, Square Enix's AI shift, and last week's Nintendo Direct.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on June 25, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 039: Return of the Gooch

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:54:40 GMT

On the 39th episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast there is a lot of ground to cover. Among other topics, the guys talk about the gameplay reception to Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a new PlayStation game coming to Nintendo Switch, EA executives making absurd money in a year of layoffs, a new executive hire at Unity, Sakaguchi's rumored partnership with Square Enix, and the just announced Nintendo Direct.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on June 17, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 038: IGN Live

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:54:43 GMT

On this week's (admittedly long) episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax goes into great detail about his experience at IGN Live in Los Angeles, Ravenheart presents the ModRetro Chromatic handheld to our audience, and then the guys go over some of the announcements from the Xbox Summer Showcase.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on June 10, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 037: The Mother Child

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:03:33 GMT

On this week's episode Ravenheart unpacks his recent video game lot purchases, Kodax regales us with tales of his time playing Tunic, and the they both breakdown and dissect last weeks PlayStation State of Play.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on June 5, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 036: The Acquisitioning

Wed, 29 May 2024 20:38:11 GMT

On the 36th episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax talks about his experience at the Pac-Man "Shine On" event in Los Angeles, Ravenheart details his computers problems, and the guys discuss a plethora of acquisitions from IGN, Nintendo, and Atari.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on May 28, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 035: A Bit Beacon Birthday

Tue, 21 May 2024 16:51:12 GMT

On a very special 35th episode of the The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax unwraps a gift from Ravenheart, Assassins Creed upsets gamers, and Atlus gets into the business of delisting their own games.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on May 20, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 034: Tango in the Recycle Bin

Wed, 15 May 2024 18:46:27 GMT

On the 34th episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart and Kodax talk Unity's new CEO Matthew Bromberg, Xbox studio closures, and Square Enix's new three year plan.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on May 14, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 033: A Square Enix Secret

Tue, 07 May 2024 20:35:01 GMT

On this weeks episode Kodax and Ravenheart talk about their experience at the Clock Tower Rewind event at Gallery Nucleus, Helldivers 2 drama, Layoffs at Private Division, and finally they share with the public one of Square Enix's darkest secrets.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on May 6, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 032: Germany's Got Talent

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:03:22 GMT

On this new episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart and Kodax discuss a Japanese game rating controversy, what layoffs mean for a small independent studio, and the German Computer Game Awards.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on April 29, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 031: Middle Earth Coffee Stains

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:13:11 GMT

On this week's episode the guys talk about how more stores are removing physical media from their brick and mortar locations, LittleBigPlanet 3's online services suddenly coming to an end, and Embracer breaking up with itself.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on April 22, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 030: God Bless Keanu Reeves

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:24:38 GMT

In this week's episode the guys discuss an exciting development on The Bit Beacon's YouTube channel, Game Informer going direct to consumer, and insider drama with the Dead Space franchise.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on April 17, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 029: Putin Wants an Xbox

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:30:57 GMT

On the 29th episode of the Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax asks the tough questions at thatgamecompany's 2024 WonderCon panel, Ravenheart gives a large update and insight into his thought process while working on Seraphim, and together they discuss Putin's ambition for Russia to create it's own game console.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on April 1, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 028: Good Riddance

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:37:55 GMT

On this weeks episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, the guys touch on the tradition of April Fools in the games industry, cover the news of Monopoly GO's huge success story, and send off Jim Ryan into the sunset.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on April 1, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 027: Master Reference

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:00:10 GMT

In episode twenty-eight of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart provides listeners with the largest Seraphim weekly update yet, the guys reexamine the supposed announcement of the Nintendo Switch Successor rumor, and talk about the leaked specs of the PlayStation 5 Pro, finally they memorialize the Tales of series character designer, Mutsumi Inomata.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on March 18, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 026: Classic Addiction

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:58:26 GMT

On the twenty-sixth episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys discuss Warner Brother's plans to delist games published by Adult Swim, the 2015 Nintendo World Championships, and the death of Akira Toriyama. This episode also includes a special report from our man in the field, Geocode7.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on March 18, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 025: Silver Version

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:08:22 GMT

On a very special episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, the guys are joined by a guest to look back at games celebrating the 25th anniversary of their release in 2024 and then they take a trip down memory lane to revisit their time at the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony in Los Angeles in 2011.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on March 13, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 024: Piracy is Bad, M'kay

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:00:48 GMT

On the 24th episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys talk Cyberpunk 2077, they unbox the deluxe edition of Final Fantasy Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and they speak to Nintendo's lawsuit against the creators of 'Yuzu', the Switch Emulator for PC.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on March 4, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 023: Man, this Sucks

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:00:50 GMT

On this episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys skip most of the formalities and jump straight into the latest industry developments. They cover the announcements from the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and Pokemon Presents, the layoffs and studio closures at PlayStation, and the implications behind Disney pulling out of DVD / Blu-ray publication and distribution.

Intro music composed by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on February 28, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 022: The Show Must Go On

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:54:55 GMT

On the twenty-second Episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys return after a week off feeling refreshed and ready to talk about their experience at Pokemon GO Sinnoh Tour in Los Angeles, the death of Yoshitaka Murayama, and the Xbox Business update.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on February 28, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 021: Guys Gone Wild

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:45:31 GMT

On this weeks visionary episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, our visionary hosts take us through the weeks latest news and rumors surrounding Xbox going third party, Nintendo's next console announcement, and our thoughts on Sony's closure of Funimation. Ravenheart also provides his weekly update on the development of his game, Seraphim.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on February 12, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 020: Return of the Seraph

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:36:54 GMT

On the twentieth and longest episode yet of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart catches us up on the development journey of his game, Seraphim, and talks about the new work being done on the game. The guys examine the data collected from GDC's 'State of the Game Industry' report and then give their take on PlayStation's stellar State of Play.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

Editors note: Apologies for the car alarm blaring in the background for a portion of this week's episode.

This episode was recorded on February 5, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 019: Painful Decisions and Sustainable Futures

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:39:50 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Kodax speaks to his time at the Bandai Card Games Fest World Tour in Los Angeles and the guys discuss the huge layoffs in Microsoft's gaming division, the controversy surrounding Palworld, and Nintendo's discontinuation of online services for the 3DS and Wii U.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on January 29, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 018: Made for Muggles

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:44:02 GMT

In episode eighteen of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart and Kodax discuss Square Enix's recent investor Q&A, trademark disputes, the US Supreme Court, and the twenty best selling games of 2023.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on January 23, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 017: Layoffs Make Me Twitch

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:47:28 GMT

On the seventeenth installment of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys talk about the greatest multimedia franchise ever created, Nintendo games going out-of-print, more industry layoffs, and the latest developments surrounding the 'Completionist' drama. This episode also features a previously cut segment from another episode.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on January 16, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 016: The One About Kim Kardashian

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:28:24 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart goes missing in action, a thirteen year old beats Tetris, and Kim Kardashian shuts down Hollywood.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on January 9, 2024. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 015: Enter 2024

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:00:26 GMT

In a week light with the news guys finally have the time to argue over the age old question "Paper or Plastic?". Ravenheart takes us through his time in Cyberpunk 2077's Night City and the guys talk about everyone's favorite alternative game case, the SteelBook.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on December 26, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 014: 2023 End of Year Transmission

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:04:31 GMT

In our final episode of 2023 the guys discuss the ransom hack on Insomniac games and how 2023 was simultaneously one of the best and worst years for videogames in recent memory.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on December 26, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 013: E tu, E3?

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:25:53 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys pour one out for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. They get into the nitty gritty of why it's gone, what killed it, who's to blame, and reminisce about the E3s of yesteryear.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on December 19, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 012: The Sights and Smells of the TGAs

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:54:09 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Ravenheart returns to the show and the guys have an in-depth discussion about their in-person experience at The Game Awards, a Depeche Mode concert, and Day of the Devs.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on December 13, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 011: Fit to Fill In

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:26:05 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast, Rick has to bow out, but a close friend of the show makes his first (maybe final?) appearance as a guest host. They discuss Hollywood joining the fight for physical, what kids want for Christmas, and Taylor make his prediction on who will win at The Game Awards and why.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on December 5, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 010: Double Digits

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:00:46 GMT

This week the guys celebrate ten episodes of the podcast! Join them as they take a trip down memory lane and revisit some classic games also celebrating milestones this past week. Also, Taylor recounts the time he met Shigeru Miyamoto and Rick talks news about his favorite games company, SEGA!

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on November 22, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 009: Playing with the Portal

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:33:51 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys talk about Taylor's experience at the Genshin Impact concert, they give their impressions of the PlayStation Portal, and talk about Valve's new Steam Deck OLED model.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on November 22, 2023. Visit our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 008: Shin Megami Simp

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:25:17 GMT

On this episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys cover a variety of topics including, Sony's acquisition of iSize, YouTuber drama, and The Game Awards.

Intro music created by Mathew Kirkegaard (@PeachToadstoolP).

This episode was recorded on November 14, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 007: GoldenEye

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:19:19 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys discuss layoffs at Bungie, Sonic & Mario, and Nintendo's surprise announcement of a live action Zelda movie.

This episode was recorded on November 8, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 006: Nintendo 4DChess

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:15:03 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast Nintendo continues to puzzle and confuse us, PlayStation turns a W into an L, and Walmart spells the beginning of the end.

Please note that due to issues with our microphone the audio for Rick may sometimes sound unusual. This will be corrected in our next episode.

This episode was recorded on November 1, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 005: Sony in the Corner

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:20:21 GMT

This week on The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys discuss, among other topics, video games history, Epic Games sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr, and pair of games featuring protagonists from New York City.

This episode was recorded on October 24, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 004: Big Bucks for Big Boys

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:10:37 GMT

On this episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to, Microsoft finalizing their acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the new voice of Mario, and the final update on the Pokemon x Van Gogh collaboration saga.

This episode was recorded on October 18, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 003: Vita Means Life

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:41:23 GMT

On this week's episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys cover a variety of topics including the soon to be launching PlayStation Portal handheld device, a controversial decision made by Square Enix, and Ravenheart's game Seraphim.

This episode was recorded on October 10, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com

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Episode 002: Nintendo Succs

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 03:52:03 GMT

On the second episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast the guys discuss Nintendo's successor to the Switch, they pour one out for Yoshitaka Tamaki, and bid PlayStation CEO and President Jim Ryan farewell, among other topics.

This episode was recorded on October 7, 2023. Find the companion blog post on our website: www.the-bitbeacon.com/

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Episode 001: The Transmission Begins

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:35:54 GMT

On the inaugural episode of The Bit Beacon Broadcast, the guys re-introduce themselves after close to a decade since their last post on The Bit Beacon website. Among other things they cover a variety of topics such as current drama surrounding Unity, The Last of Us 10th Anniversary Event at Gallery Nucleus, Hideki Kamiya leaving Platinum Games, and the recent Nintendo Direct.

This episode was recorded on September 26, 2023.

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