The Start/Select Podcast: Recent Episodes
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A podcast to talk about all things video games, whether it be news, opinions, arguments, retrospectives, or other discussions.
In the Start/Select Podcast's "big comeback/Logan-style reboot", Aidan and Dhruv discuss their predictions for which games will win which awards at next week's Game Awards, as well as give a few ideas for a few announcements.
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In this rather late episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss announcements from Nintendo's September 2021 Direct!
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This week's episode of the Start/Select Podcast focuses on the major announcements from PlayStation's September 2021 Showcase! Aidan and Dhruv also review Shang Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings!
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv are joined by Aiden to discuss the first 3 games in the Uncharted series.
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In the 25th episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss some of the highlights from Gamescom 2021(Mainly Opening Night Live and Xbox's Gamescom show).
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss the August Pokemon Presents presentation, mainly concerning the Diamond and Pearl Remakes and Pokemon Legends Arceus.
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss how each of the big 3(Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox) are doing right now and what the rest of their 2021 looks like.
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Idris Elba Cast as Knuckles
5:05 - A Government Letter to Gaming Execs
16:06 - GTA Remastered Collection
21:35 - Indie World Highlights
23:48 - Pokemon Presents Announcement
27:40 - Xenoblade 3 Rumors
31:28 - Hellblade Gets Enhanced
33:07 - FH5's Map Revealed
41:13 - Xbox Will Be At Gamescom
42:52 - Game Pass Ruled Out On PS & Switch
43:30 - PS+ Could Get Anime Perks
49:25 - State of The Industry (August 2021)
1:22:20 - What Are We Doing?
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan pitch each other games based on popular superheroes! We're also reviewing James Gunn's The Suicide Squad and (finally) Operation Tango as well.
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - GTA V Sales
3:07 - Activision/Blizzard Loses Sponsors
6:24 - Jet Set Radio in Monkey Ball
8:12 - Gamescom ONL Date/Time
9:34 - Dead Space Remake Details
11:34 - PUBG Gets Renamed
12:47 - Did Nintendo Fix Joy Con Drift?
15:25 - New Metroid Dread Teaser
16:54 - Nintendo Sales Numbers
27:25 - Mario Golf Update
28:19 - NEO: TWEWY Sales
30:18 - Halo Infinite Flight Recap/Details
33:09 - Xbox Streaming Box Rumors/Leaks
35:41 - Coming Soon to Game Pass
39:30 - New Xbox Controller Color
40:18 - New PSNow Games
42:04 - Team Asobi Launches New Site
45:39 - Ghost of Tsushima Update
47:25 - Rift Apart & Returnal Sales
51:50 - 7 Indies Coming to PlayStation
54:42 - Truckload of PSVR2 Rumors
1:14:39 - Superhero Games
1:51:35 - What Are We Doing?
2:25:57 - Outro
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and how it improves on and falls short of the original on PS4.
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - That's No Moon Studio Announcement
5:50 - Capcom Patches RE8 DRM
6:28 - Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Metacritic
7:36 - Dr. Mario World Dies
8:08 - Monster Hunter Rise x Okami
10:53 - Pokemon Live-Action Series
11:40 - New Pokemon Snap Update
12:40 - Forza Horizon 5 Biomes
18:12 - Forza Motorsport 7 Dies
21:44 - Alpha Point Demo Released
27:17 - Halo Infinite Flight 1 Begins
35:13 - The Ascent Metacritic
39:12 - August PS Plus Games
39:38 - Kena Gets Delayed
40:57 - Solar Ash Release Date
42:41 - Stray Gameplay Trailer
46:38 - PS5 SSD Expansion
53:43 - Ghost of Tsushima Trailers
55:17 - Horizon: Forbidden West Possibly Delayed
1:04:06 - Let's Talk Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2:08:03 - What Are We Doing?
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In this Episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan discuss game streaming services(like xCloud and Stadia), whether or not they have mass appeal, and if they'll ever replace console gaming.
0:00 - Intro
1:24 - CA sues Activision/Blizzard
7:24 - Tom Clancy's XDefiant
9:54 - Epic Games Buys Sketchfab
12:35 - Assassin's Creed Veteran Joins Haven
14:43 - Netflix Clarifies Gaming Plans
15:45 - EA Play Live Announcements
19:44 - Battlefield Portal Info
21:35 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters Q&As
28:33 - FFXIV Shuts Down Servers
30:58 - Skull & Bones Finally In Alpha
32:08 - Back 4 Blood PC Trailer
34:16 - July's Inside Infinite Update
40:19 - Coming To Game Pass Soon
42:52 - Death's Door Reviews
44:35 - August PS Plus Titles Leaked
46:30 - PS5 Digital Gets A Sneaky Revision
47:13 - Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Trailer
48:35 - The Last of Us Show Casts Tess
50:45 - PS5 Owners Get Apple TV+ For Free
54:40 - New Segment: Hard Drive or Kotaku?
1:03:53 - Game Streaming
1:36:23 - What Are We Doing?
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv kick off a new series called Game Concepts, where they pitch original games to each other based off some theme. The theme of this episode is video game adaptations of popular movies.
0:00 - Intro
1:35 - Steam Deck Announced
11:48 - Rainbow 6 Extraction Delayed
13:11 - Persona 25th Anniversary Site
15:14 - Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl
19:34 - Games Coming To Netflix
23:22 - RE8 DRM Performance Issues
24:39 - Kratos VA Voicing Black Panther
26:39 - UE5 Tech Demo Screenshot
27:45 - Xbox Tops Sales Charts
29:45 - Forza Horizon 5 Car Sounds
30:54 - Phil Spencer Compliments the DualSense
33:35 - Ghostwire: Tokyo Delayed
34:44 - Skyward Sword HD Scores
38:13 - Main Topic: Movies That Could Be Great Games (The Martian & Inception)
1:14:45 - What Are We Doing?
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, so Dhruv and Aiden introduce the first episode(or take) of a new series: Game Cuts. Each of us takes a close look at a game (bonus points if it's a game we like) and make our own "non-Director's Cut" of the game, improving the game by adding, removing, or changing things about it, then we present our changes to the other host.
0:00 - Intro
2:21 - GTA VI Rumors
9:11 - Sonic Colors Ultimate Improvements
10:48 - Assassins Creed Infinity
17:00 - Switch OLED Revealed
27:14 - State of Play Recap
42:56 - Game Cuts
1:33:51 - What Are We Doing?
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv finally get around to reviewing Super Mario Galaxy(after a whole lot of convincing). Aidan also gives his official ranking of both the Fast and Furious and James Bond movies. Dhruv doesn't because he's barely seen any of the movies.
0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut
10:18 - PlayStation Trademarks PSX
13:19 - Top PSNow Games
14:17 - Abandoned PS5 App Delayed
16:40 - Insomniac Hiring for a Multiplayer Game
19:48 - Sony Makes Some Acquisitions
25:25 - July PS Plus Games
30:15 - Windows 11 Xbox Features
32:51 - Xbox Design Lab Returns
34:54 - New Game Pass Additions/Features
36:53 - The Coalition Unreal Engine 5 Demo
40:21 - Doom Eternal's Update Changes
41:27 - Konami & Bloober Team Team Up
42:15 - Kojima & Xbox Collaboration Rumors
44:57 - More Xbox Stuff There's Too Many Timestamps
50:22 - Kazuya joins Smash
58:58 - Skyward Sword HD's Quality of Life Updates
1:01:05 - EA Reviving a Franchise
1:02:53 - Multiplayer Control Spinoff
1:05:55 - Post-E3 Statistics
1:09:35 - Let's Talk Super Mario Galaxy
1:42:37 - What Are We Doing?
2:21:55 - Outro
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In this Episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv go over some of the highlights of E3 and give their general thoughts on it(how each company did, how accurate our predictions were, what we would've liked to see, and who had the best showing).
0:00 - Intro
1:48 - Hitman: Season of Sloth DLC
9:00 - Abandoned/Kojima/Silent Hill Rumors
18:07 - E3 2021: The Aftermath
2:02:40 - What Are We Doing?
2:19:19 - Outro
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In Day 2 of our E3 Coverage, Dhruv goes over the major announcements from both the great Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase and the not-as-great Square Enix Presents.
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In this non-episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv kicks off E3 by going over everything shown off at both the Summer Games Fest: Kickoff Live and the first day of E3, which includes the Ubisoft Forward presentation, the Devolver Digital Showcase, and the Gearbox Showcase.
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan gear up for E3 by discussing their predictions and hopes for what they want to see at E3 2021, with a focus on what Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox will be showing. Our predictions range from pretty safe to downright weird, but try to stick with us.
Here's how we're covering E3:
Part 1: Next weekend, consists of the first 2 days of E3 and the Summer Games Fest Kickoff
Part 2: The weekend after that, consists of the last 2 days of E3
Also, Dhruv will be doing a daily solo segment during E3 to briefly go over the news from each day.
0:00 - Intro
1:18 - E3 Coverage Details
3:35 - No Switch Pro
4:50 - Nintendo's E3 Plans
7:57 - Horizon: Forbidden West Details
16:25 - PS Studios News
25:56 - Sony is Hiring an Acquisitions Director
26:33 - Pixelopus working with Sony Pictures
28:14 - E3 Predictions!
1:16:24 - What Are We Doing?
1:19:45 - Outro
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss the many presentations we had this week in the leadup to E3, including the Dragonquest 35th Anniversary Presentation, The Sonic Central, the Horizon Forbidden West State of Play, and the Far Cry 6 Gameplay Reveal.
0:00 - Intro
2:04 - Pokemon Release Dates & Covers
3:55 - Switch Pro Rumors Continue
7:34 - Xbox/Bethesda Showcase News
10:13 - Uncharted Movie Info
13:25 - Sony Investor Call Insights
24:19 - June PS Plus Games
26:52 - Presentation Roundup(continued below)
27:56 - Sonic Central Presentation
38:07 - Dragonquest 35th Anniversary Presentation
47:43 - Far Cry 6 Gameplay Reveal
56:10 - Horizon: Forbidden West Gameplay Reveal
1:15:49 - What Are We Doing?
1:23:00 - Outro
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In this Episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan are joined by Aiden in discussing 2018's Spider-Man for the PS4(and PS5, kinda), from its presentation to its gameplay to its story. This episode's main topic contains SPOILERS for Spider-Man PS4. There is no spoiler/non-spoiler section, so be sure to play the game before listening to the main section.
We're also on YouTube now! Our channel name is "The Start Select Podcast"(no slashes allowed on there unfortunately). We'll be uploading our backlog of episodes in the next few days and you can find our new episodes on there every week!
0:00 - Intro
1:35 - Xylophone for Nintendo Switch
3:40 - Back 4 Blood Characters & Enemies Trailer
8:16 - LOU2 60FPS patch
12:16 - Starfield Reveal/Release Rumors
17:40 - Bethesda & Xbox's E3 Plans
22:25 - Summer Game Fest Details
30:03 - Intermission
31:03 - Spider-Man PS4 Discussion
1:36:02 - What Are We Doing?
1:46:55 - Outro
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan discuss some of their most wanted sequels to already released games(mostly Mario games) and what they'd want from those sequels. We also review The Mitchells vs. The Machines!
0:00 - Intro
1:38 - Hitman 3's Season of Pride
8:01 - E3 2021 App Revealed
21:03 - Calculator Launches on Switch
26:16 - Project Piplup Announced
29:50 - 3D Donkey Kong Rumor
42:30 - Ratchet & Clank Previews Coming In
51:18 - PlayStation has 25+ Games On The Way
54:06 - New DualSense Colors
1:01:03 - Game Sequels
1:37:15 - What Are We Doing?
1:44:52 - The Mitchells vs. The Machines Review
1:50:08 - The Mitchells vs. The Machines SPOILERS
2:00:07 - Outro
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv discuss the importance of games with an emphasis on user-generated content where players create things for other players to enjoy like Dreams, Super Mario Maker, and the recently announced Game Builder Garage!
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Discord's Partnership with PlayStation
4:53 - Hitman 3's Next Piece of DLC
6:52 - Tony Hawk 1+2 Coming to Switch
8:13 - Back For Blood's Card System
10:26 - More Stadia Departures
13:45 - Epic vs Apple Trial Highlights
41:14 - More Companies Join E3
46:14 - Tons of Division Announcements
50:00 - Resident Evil 8 Reviews
52:16 - RE8 PS5 vs Series X Performance
54:10 - Illumination CEO Added to Nintendo Board of Directors
56:37 - Nintendo Switch Sales Numbers
1:04:37 - Xbox Adds 70+ Games to FPS Boost(We named all of them!)
1:08:15 - Some Concerning Halo Infinite Rumors
1:14:44 - PS Trademarks Sunset Overdrive
1:17:45 - Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against PS
1:21:15 - Rumored PS5 Internal Redesign
1:23:04 - Loki Premiere Date Pushed Up
1:24:01 - Marvel's Slate of Release Dates
1:29:40 - Game Creation Tools
1:52:34 - What Are We Doing?
2:04:56 - Outro
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For episode 10 of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan try something different and review 6 pieces of media all at once in our longest episode yet. We review the Mortal Kombat movie, the Disney+ shows The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Wandavision, the comics Batman: The Long Halloween and Ultimate Spider-Man: Vol. 1, and the game A Way Out.
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Ghost of Tsushima teaches you trivia
2:51 - Konami Skipping E3
4:22 - Oscars vs The Game Awards Viewership
7:55 - GDC 2021 Developer Survey Results
11:15 - Super Mario Party's Unexpected Update
13:11 - Miitopia Demo Released
16:16 - Nintendo Wants to do More Animations
18:00 - Xbox Games with Gold for May
19:54 - New PC-focused Inside Infinite
24:30 - Xbox Quarterly Revenue Figures
27:27 - PlayStation Quarterly Revenue Figures
31:33 - Returnal Reviews Start Rolling In
35:36 - PS CFO Pledges to Invest More in Exclusives
37:42 - May PS Plus Games
38:59 - LOU3 Already has a Story Outline
40:53 - New Ratchet & Clank Trailer
43:27 - State of Play Reactions
54:33 - A Way Out Review(Spoiler-Free)
1:00:16 - A Way Out SPOILERS
1:12:36 - Wandavision Review(Spoiler-Free)
1:17:17 - Wandavision SPOILERS
1:33:54 - The Falcon & The Winter Soldier Review(Spoiler-Free)
1:41:17 - The Falcon & The Winter Soldier SPOILERS
2:28:38 - Mortal Kombat Review(Spoiler-Free)
2:32:53 - Mortal Kombat SPOILERS
2:44:50 - What Are We Doing?(Weird placement, we know)
2:46:13 - Batman: The Long Halloween Review(Spoiler-Free)
2:48:37 - Batman: The Long Halloween SPOILERS
2:50:08 - Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 Review(Spoiler-Free)
2:53:20 - What Are We Doing? Continued
3:01:16 - Outro
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Aidan and Dhruv go over quite a few announced upcoming games for this generation and pick out a few that they're most excited for! We also do a bit of a mini-review of Marvel's Civil War comic!
00:00 - Intro
0:57 - Celeste Dev's next game revealed
5:00 - It Takes Two Sales
5:57 - Jeff Kaplan Leaves Blizzard
7:28 - Battlefield Announcements
8:10 - Apex Legends Mobile Info
8:43 - Microsoft-Discord News
9:56 - Xbox Lifts F2P Restrictions
13:17 - More Xbox FPS Boost Titles
16:39 - PS3 & Vita Stores Not Closing
19:25 - PS5 Video Editor can now do 4K60FPS
20:00 - Play At Home Initiative to Continue
21:36 - PS Plus Video Pass Leaked
24:33 - Returnal Previews Coming In
30:13 - Jim Ryan Interview
32:20 - Sony Working on CBOMB Issue
35:30 - Firewalk Studios' new AAA IP
37:57 - Gran Turismo Becomes an Olympic Sport
42:04 - Most Anticipated Games Discussion
1:24:43 - What Are We Doing? + Civil War comic discussion
1:49:42 - Outro
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This week we've got another Start/Select Mini, this time focused on the DC's Extended Universe of movies! Dhruv and Aidan are joined once again by Aiden in discussing multiple aspects of the movies Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Justice League, the Snyder Cut, and Shazam.
SPOILER WARNING: This is a 100% off-the-cuff discussion. There are no spoiler/spoiler-free sections here. If you have not seen these movies, be sure to do so before listening(or don't, most of them are bad).
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In this episode, Dhruv and Aidan go over this week's news, including the Nintendo Indie World presentation and Resident Evil Showcase, and are joined by Aiden from our previous Start/Select Mini in discussing the games we think defined the generation.
0:00 - Intro
2:55 - Ghost of Tsushima devs working on a new multiplayer game
5:30 - IOI opens new studio in Barcelona
8:13 - New Switch Lite color revealed
11:56 - Picross S6...
13:47 - Indie World Presentation Highlights
19:04 - Resident Evil Showcase Highlights
30:42 - March 2021 NPD Results
36:59 - Square Enix Acquisition rumors shot down
40:17 - Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy joins Fortnite
42:50 - Epic Games receives further investment
46:52 - New PS5 and PS App Updates
49:11 - PlayStation looking to make mobile games
50:28 - Gabriel Luna joins HBO's The Last of Us
53:28 - Ubisoft participating in E3
53:47 - Live-Action Gundam Movie Announced
57:06 - Brief Intermission + bloopers
57:45 - What was our game of the Generation?
1:57:04 - What are we doing?
2:02:18 - Outro
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This episode is the first in a side series of "mini" discussions that might not fit well in a normal episode(individual game discussions, in-depth reviews, non-gaming related things). In this episode, Dhruv and Aidan are joined by a special guest in talking about 2018's God of War on everything from the progression, to the combat, to the story.
SPOILER WARNING: This is a 100% off-the-cuff discussion. There are no spoiler/spoiler-free sections here. If you have not played God of War 2018, please do so, it's a great game, and then come back.
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan discuss the internal turbulence going on at PlayStation Studios and how it may be connected to their less than stellar moves in recent history. We also give our thoughts on the movie Godzilla vs Kong.
0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Ghost of Tsushima Keanu Reeves deepfake
3:28 - More PS5 games with 120 FPS support
6:27 - Deathloop delayed
8:33 - Another Resident Evil Showcase announced
12:03 - More E3 2021 details
16:21 - Kojima rumored to be working with Xbox
22:21 - Sonic Colors Remastered Leaked
25:43 - Abandoned revealed
29:28 - More games coming to Game Pass
35:46 - NieR Replicant goes gold
37:47 - Pac Man 99 revealed & released
41:45 - New Loki Trailer
44:45 - Internal unrest brewing at PlayStation
1:10:10 - What are we playing/watching/doing?
1:16:54 - Godzilla vs. Kong review(Spoiler Free)
1:19:50 - Godzilla vs. Kong review(Spoilers)
1:31:00 - Outro
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In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan discuss whether or not Nintendo's decisions since the start of the Switch era have led them to lose the personality they had during the DS and Wii/Wii U era.
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - E3 2021 News
5:44 - Monster Hunter: Rise Sales
7:27 - April Fools Stuff
10:38 - Media Molecule & Dreams News
14:25 - Insomniac Games Updates
18:17 - April's PS Plus Games
20:36 - Ghost of Tsushima Movie Update
22:25 - The Last of Us Show Filming Dates
25:43 - PlayStation Store Closures Made Official
30:42 - MLB: The Show 21 Coming to Xbox Game Pass
34:40 - Backwards Compatible Games Coming to xCloud
38:08 - March 31st: Things That Died
41:38 - Has Nintendo Lost its Soul?
1:49:51 - What Are We Playing?
1:58:29 - Filler because we wanted to get over 2 hours
"This episode is presented in a 4:3 aspect ratio to preserve the integrity of the director's creative vision"
Aidan and Dhruv have a very civilized discussion comparing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Also included in this tangent-filled episode is Dhruv's review of Maquette.
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Ghost of Tsushima Movie Announced
3:11 - Back 4 Blood delayed to October
4:59 - Returnal goes gold
7:16 - Rocket League mobile game
8:52 - Pikmin AR Mobile game
10:50 - Microsoft rumored to buy Discord
11:43 - PS3, PSP, and PS Vita store shutdown rumors
14:50 - Hitman 3 DLC Announced
18:05 - Balan Wonderworld gets review-bombed(kinda)
25:34 - Xbox Indie Showcase
35:35 - Horizon Zero Dawn vs. Breath of the Wild
1:11:20 - What are we Playing?
1:15:58 - Maquette Review
1:23:37 - Outro
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In this episode, Aidan and Dhruv cover 2 weeks of news and discuss Xbox's acquisition of Bethesda and what it means for the future of the company.
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Activision devs leaving to make their own studio
3:58 - Animal Crossing Build-a-Bears and Fortnite Joy-cons
5:11 - MAR10 Day
5:30 - TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
7:02 - Ghost of Tsushima Ambassador Update & Completion Rates
11:45 - Crash 4's Compression on PS5
14:39 - New Wave of Free Play at Home Games
20:16 - February NPD Results
24:59 - Square Enix Presents
36:29 - New Halo Infinite Information
43:20 - PSVR2 Controllers Revealed
48:42 - Microsoft Officially Acquires Bethesda
1:20:20 - What Are We Playing? + Aidan's Brief Review of The Snyder Cut
This week's episode of the Start/Select Podcast focuses on the life, death, and legacy of the Nintendo 3DS, which turned 10 years old recently. Dhruv and Aidan discuss a good chunk of the system's major games, what they liked and disliked, and how they feel returning to those games today.
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Ghost of Tsushima developers to be made ambassadors
5:06 - Nintendo Switch Pro Rumors
10:31 - Fall Guys developer Mediatonic purchased by Epic Games
12:49 - PlayStation Banana Controller Patents
15:10 - Sakurai Presents: Pyra/Mythra
19:22 - Nintendo 3DS turns 10 years old
1:39:58 - Nintendo Switch's 4th Year in Review
1:45:30 What we've been playing & closing remarks
In this episode of the Start/Select Podcast, Dhruv and Aidan discuss this week's game presentations, PlayStation's State of Play and Pokemon Presents, among other things.
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - PSVR 2 News
6:35 - Days Gone and other PlayStation games coming to PC
10:40 - March PS Plus games
14:48 - Sony Japan Studio being restructured
16:38 - New Halo Infinite Screenshots
18:42 - State of Play Reactions & Discussion
38:07 - Pokemon Presents Reactions & Discussion
57:21 - Closing Remarks
Welcome to The Start/Select Podcast, a place to talk about games and more! In our pilot episode, Aidan and Dhruv discuss the Mortal Kombat Movie, Overwatch 2, and February 17th's Nintendo Direct.
0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Mortal Kombat Trailer+Sonic Movie Tangent
4:05 - Overwatch 2's New Character Designs & Maps
8:16 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Release Date
10:42 - Konami & Silent Hill
12:20 - Nintendo Direct 2.17 Reactions/Discussion
39:23 - What We're Playing