Aaron & Chapin return to the two-hander to discuss Elden Ring's massive success and how the industry may change as a result. PLUS: The Quarry is coming. CHAOS.

CREW INFO:

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TIMESTAMPS:

NOTE: This is the article we referenced for sales data - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/putting-elden-rings-12-million-sales-in-context/

  • 0:55 - INTRO! (And Warmups!)
  • 2:45 - Recognizing Chapin as the first Human Spectre
  • 3:15 - Episode Disclaimer
  • 3:34 - Coffee Talk
  • 7:24 - The Bright Falls Experience
  • 8:35 - Gadgets and Caffeine Tools!
  • 10:40 - "Nutty."
  • 14:12 - What are we playing?
  • 19:13 - Supermassive Games' next entry: THE QUARRY
  • 30:32 - Elden Ring's Massive Success
  • 34:00 - Asking for a little bit of understanding
  • 36:00 - Living through video game history
  • 40:00 - Final Fantasy Origin: Stranger Of Paradise is silly and fun but also may be bad.
  • 51:15 - Is there another game series that we want to see get Elden Ring'd?
  • 57:05 - Plugs and Sign-offs!