The Save Point: Recent Episodes
The Save Point
Avid gamers talking about their favorite video games, anime crushes and anything else the nerd culture has to offer us.
We're back with Season 2 of The SavePoint Podcast! Alyssa is joined by Ivan in interviewing our special guests from the New York Video Game Critics Circle, Ronald Gordon and Isaac Espinosa! They chat about the Critics Circle Program, the New York Video Game Awards and some of their personal Game of the Year choices.
The New York Game Awards can be watched online on January 17, 2023 starting at 8pm EST, on the NYVGCC Twitch and YouTube channels. Tickets are still available and you can find that link at nygamecritics.com.
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Alyssa and Mando are back from their hiatus and excited to talk about the latest in gaming news! They give their impressions of the new PlayStation Plus tiers, talk about the Kingdom hearts 4 reveal trailer, Crazy Taxi & Jet Set Radio getting reboots and much more!
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We have a special episode just oozing with girl power! Jess aka EffinJess is filling in for Mando this episode and joining Alyssa in interviewing our special guest, Noveen Crumbie! The crew sit down with Noveen to talk about her career in acting, some of her favorite roles and her experience voicing a lead role in the highly anticipated video game Redfall releasing on Xbox Series X/S later this year.
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For the special episode Alyssa & Mando are joined by G4TV Brand Director and great friend of the crew, Riana Manuel! They dive into her upbringing around games, how she found herself in the gaming industry, her new role at G4TV and much more!
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Doesn't PlayStation always have a knack for dropping a State of Play on us right when the news week is slow? The crew give their impressions on the SoP announcements, Alyssa gives her impressions of the Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC and they talk Gotham Knights getting a release date, Forespoken to October being delayed & more!
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There's already a new Pokemon game coming? Alyssa and Mando get into the nitty gritty this week talking about Artesian PC's CEO belittling smaller content creators, Elden Ring impressions and Pokemon Violet and Scarlet being revealed to come out late in 2022!
Apologies for the late upload, we were having issues getting the original files off Twitch
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This week to the crew are joined by special guest and good friend of VGA, BluSatire! Brandon aka S.B. also hopped on the episode to talk PSVR2. After a quick interview with Blu, they give their impressions of the headset reveal, Street Fighter 6's interesting logo choice and whether the Steam Deck would make a splash in its coming release.
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Nintendo decided to drop a bomb on us on short notice! We got Mario Strikers, a new WIi Sports and much much more. Alyssa and Mando recapped the event, talked about GTA6 being in development and Microsoft coming out and confimring COD will be staying on PlayStation for the long term.
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It's acquisition season! Alyssa & Mando get into the nitty gritty of the Bungie acquisition, us potentially getting a Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 tease this year and they give their impressions of the Gran Turismo & Ghostwire Tokyo showcases.
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This week the crew talk about Pokemon Arceus early impressions, get heated over how Sony should respond to the Acitivision Blizzard acquisition, the Steam Deck finally getting a release date & more!
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Where were you when the industry changing news hit? Microsoft has purchased Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion, shaking up the landscape of gaming as we know it. For this special emergency episode Alyssa and Mando are joined by VGA's very own, the Pokemon Don, Naaviiz! They give their reactions to the behemoth purchase, give their opinions on what changes could be ahead and how the rest of the industry, Sony specifically, will respond.
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This week the crew talks about Kirby's 30th anniversary, Horizon: Forbidden West being delayed, Mario Kart 9 rumors & more! Alyssa also breaks down how she got an Xbox Series S and what games she's playing.
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Back to back episodes this week! We thought it'd be a slow week but Sony decided to give us a lot to talk about. From PSVR2 and the announcement of Horizon Call of the Mountain, to fans getting an update on FF16 in the spring and Ubisoft+ making a splash on the scene. Alyssa and Mando are excited to kick off the year. Here's to a year full of a great shows!
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SPOILER ALERT If you haven't watched Spiderman and Hawkeye, this episode may not be for you.
We hope everyone had a great holiday and brought in the new year safe and well. For the first episode of the year we're bringing you an awesome MCU edition of the podcast with a special guest, friend of the podcast and Marvel junkie, Greg_Nice from The Fake Gamers! Greg joins the crew to talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home, Hawkeye and the trailers for Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness and Morbius.
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The crew is back from their holiday break and taking a look back on 2021, which ended up being a better video game year than some may have thought coming in. Alyssa & Mando go over their favorite games, TV shows and anime of the year. They also read off listener submissions, giving their favorite games and moments of the podcast this year.
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Alyssa & Mando get together for pre-award show predictions (lets see who got them right) and talk about the latest Fortnite season and the rumors of a subscription service codenamed "Spartacus" being worked on by PlayStation to compete with Xbox Gamepass.
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The crew is back from Thanksgiving vacation to talk about the latest gaming news! They discuss Respawn announcing Titanfall 1 being removed from eshops, Spider-Man coming to Avengers in a new DLC, Streamlabs OBS doing a bad job at copying their classmates homework & much more!
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This week we had special guest MatthewOrMatt join Alyssa &Mando to talk about his journey into content creation and #SelflessStreaming. They also discuss the recent Spider-Man No Way Home trailer, Xbox's 20th anniversary event, The Game Awards & our MCU hot takes like why we all hate Captain America.
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WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE WONKY AUDIO AS DISCORD GAVE US ISSUES DURING RECORDING
Did you think Alyssa & Mando were only doing one episode this week?! Think again! One this episode they talk about Forza Horizon being a GOTY nominee, the digital version of Jump Force being pulled from stores and Steam Deck being amongst the latest delays in gaming.
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To celebrate the 50th episode, Alyssa & Mando decided to do an AMA edition of The Save Point and have the community ask their own questions. They also went over some old episodes to see the beginnings of the podcast.
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The day has come where PlayStation games are consistently coming to PC and the crew is ready to talk about it! Alyssa & Mando also dive into the recent SEGAxMicrosoft partnership, the latest Elden Ring gameplay preview, Square Enix playing the blame game and more games being delayed.
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This week we have an special surprise episode! We were honored enough to have Aleks Le on the show to talk about his voice acting career. Aleks is based out of LA and does the English voice acting for characters like Demon Slayer's Zenitsu, Akira from Astral Chain and a fan favorite of the podcast; Mikey-kun from Tokyo Revengers!! This was an awesome episode that has great conversation and insight into the world of voice acting. Thank you again to Aleks for taking the time out to join the podcast!
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Alyssa and Mando recorded this episode fresh off of PlayStation's State of Play. They give their impressions of the games that were shown including GOTY contender Death's Door, a new Five Night's at Freddy's and Little Devil Inside. Mando also gives his impressions of the Switch Online Expansion Pack, they recap the latest Apex gameplay trailer and give their impressions of the new Buzz Lightyear trailer.
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Alyssa and Mando had a lot to talk about this episode like Apex Legends: Escape Season 11 launch trailer, Elden Ring getting delayed, all the news out of #DCFanDome and Marvel delaying its cinematic universe.
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Safe to say gamers are not happy about Nintendo's pricing update for the Switch Online Expansion Pass with N64/SEGA, and Alyssa & Mando dive into why on this episode. They also talk about the Animal Crossing DLC, give their impressions of Far Cry 6, Amazon's New World MMO and recap What If? season 1.
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Alyssa is on vacation this week so VGA's own Brandon (S.B.) and Ivan (Naaviiz) join Mando to give their reactions fresh off of Masahrio Sakurai revealing Kingdoms Hearts' hero, Sora (like literally wow), as the last Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter.
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This week Alyssa & Mando give their take on PlayStation putting a ring on Bluepoint Studios, Marvel possibly losing its rights to certain MCU characters and talk about the disappointing updates from The Last of Us Day.
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Alyssa & Mando are fresh off the Nintendo Direct this episode, so they give their thoughts on what was announced, share their reviews of Kena: Bridge of Spirits and dive into Fortnite not being available to Apple iOS users for what could be a looong time.
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This is not a drill!! Nintendo really added Bluetooth to the Switch! Alyssa and Mando have a lot to say about it, alongside giving their impressions of the new slate of Apple products and Alyssa's first impressions of the new hit game Deathloop.
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This week the crew give their thoughts on the PlayStation Showcase announcements, talk about episode 5 of What If and Alyssa gives her review of Shang Chi.
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We have a special episode this week with guest Tod Fennell, voice actor and voice of Taro in the upcoming title Kena: Bridge of Sprits. Tod speaks about his experience across different roles and offers some advice & tips for someone trying to get started in voice acting.
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We snuck in this weeks episode right before the holiday weekend to give our predictions on next week's PlayStation Showcase, our impressions on Xbox showcase/Opening Night Live and get into theories about the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer.
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Alyssa uses her time on this episode to bask in the glory of predicting Horizon: Forbidden West's delay, fangirl with Mando over Ariana Grande being in Fortnite and dive into the hate raids that have been harassing Black/POC Twitch streamers.
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This week Alyssa and Mando get deep into discussing the news of harassment coming out of Activison/Blizzard, give their review of Loki season 1 and how the Steam Deck stacks up next to the Nintendo Switch.
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While Mando is away on vacation, Alyssa brought no special guest Jess Morales to talk about My hero Academia, the Chainsaw Man teaser and their favorite anime and mangas of the season.
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After a year of recording we finally have our first in person episode! Mando and Alyssa get into how they met, talk about the Deathloop State of Play, Black Panther coming to Marvel Avengers & more!
Apologies for the audio in this episode! Thank you for listening!
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On this episode Alyssa and Mando discuss what might be the best episode of Loki so far, GTA6 being lightyears away, Sony buying Housemarque and why gamepass is making the Sony ponies so uptight.
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This week the crew give their thoughts on the new Switch OLED version, the upcoming Deathloop State of Play and Xbox's latest marketing campaign with All-4-One (its sooooo good).
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Alyssa and Mando are back this week to give their impressions of Loki on Disney+, give their review of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and talk about rumor of PS4 games like Ghost of Tsushima and God of War coming to PC.
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Alyssa and Mando are back from vacay and are joined by special guests Danny Peña (host of GamerTagRadio) and Tony Polanco (host of Throwdown Show). The crew recap the showcases from E3 2021 and have a great talk with Tony and Danny about being Dominican gamers growing up in 80's/90's NYC and how they found their way into the gaming industry.
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The normal crew took a vacation this week so S.B and Naaviz did a VGA takeover episode, NWO style! The crew recaps the Summer Game Fest kick off event and give their predictions for what they expect from upcoming E3 events.
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recorded 5/26/21
We were bombarded with news from all over the gaming industry. From a gameplay debut of Horizon, to Fall Cry 6 having a showing and Sonic getting a 30 year celebration. Alyssa and Mando talk about all that and more on this week's episode.
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On this week's episode, Alyssa and Mando talk about God of War being delayed, what they expect to see from Nintendo at E3 and they give their impressions of the Horizon State of Play, Far Cry 6 and Sonic Central.
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This week Alyssa and Mando discuss the new announcements out of Summer Games Fest, Twitch testing out lower priced subscriptions and the recent happenings over at IGN over a take down of an article in support of Palestine.
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A lot of background noise toward the end due to noisy neighbors
What's up Amateurs,
On this episode Alyssa and Mando battle through the Dominican concert happening outside to talk about Sony announcing PS5's will be hard to come by through 2022, some of their favorite EA sports titles that they'd like to see revived, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Alyssa's RE: Village review & more!
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What's up Amateurs,
It was a pretty busy news week and Alyssa and Mando go through all the happenings from Epic vs. Apple, Sony partnering w/ Discord and their impressions/review of Resident Evil Village and Returnal.
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What's up Amateurs,
Are we the only ones still coming down from that shock of watching the Invincible season finale? No? Good.
Alyssa and Mando chop it up this week about Invincible, the Demon Slayer Mugen Train movie, The Last of Us 3 having an outline and other news coming out of Sony & Nintendo from the prior week.
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What's up Amateurs,
This week Alyssa and Mando talk about the latest episodes of Invincible and the Falcon (Captain America) & The Winter Soldier season finale, NYCC dates officially being released and gaming news from throughout the week.
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What's up Amateurs,
We were having a chat about when we should record the podcast every week and we've decided we're doing live episodes on Saturday's and they'll be uploaded to podcast services and YouTube on Monday morning. We hope this helps with the consistency of the show!
This week Alyssa and Mando talk about the latest episodes of Invincible and Falcon & The Winter Soldier (boy, were we wrong about this one), Spider-Man going to Netflix, E3 updates and the latest news out of Nintendo, Xbox and Sony.
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SPOILER ALERT: My hero Acadamia, Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen spoilers
What's up Amateurs,
For episode 20 we have a very special guest, Li Cree! She is a 2D Animator and Story & Development Artist based out of LA, and we brought her on to talk about her journey into animation and anime, of course. We also brought in VGA's own S.B. for the discussion. The crew recaps the ending of Attack on Titan manga, the recent happening in Boku No Hero manga and their impression of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1.
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What's up Amateurs,
If you've been paying attention to gaming news, you already know Xbox is giving PlayStation las manos right now. Alyssa and Mando dive into MLB The Show coming to Xbox Day 1 and what that means for PlayStation, SDCC announcing their in person convention for Thanksgiving weekend and they breakdown the latest episodes of Invincible, Falcon & Winter Solider and the four hours they'll never get back from the Snyder Cut.
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Recorded 3/27/2021
What's up Amateurs,
For our final episode of March we had a special episode of the podcast for Women's History Month with special guest Milly Codes! Alyssa sat down with Milly to discuss how she got into coding, her experience being a latina working in tech and the different avenues and programs available for young girls and women alike to get into the field.
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Recorded 3/26/2021
What's up Amateurs,
In this episode, Alyssa and Mando discuss Mario 3D All Stars leaving the switch e shop and retailers, Sony closing down the PS3, PS Vita and PSP e shops, rumors of Xbox purchasing Discord & more!
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What's up Amateurs,
In this episode, Alyssa and Mando jump into all the gaming news that broke this past week including PlayStation showcasing new PSVR controllers, Xbox adding [more] games to Gamepass and who was right about the Tomb Raider 25th Anniversary news during Square Enix's Games event.
The crew also got raided mid-podcast for the first time!
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What up everyone,
With the Bethesda deal finally being made official this week, Alyssa & Mando talk about what the acquisition means for Xbox, and the competition alike. The crew also talk about the Square Enix event March 18th, GameStop going online only and Little Nightmares 2 hype.
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SOPILER ALERT! This episode starts with a conversation about the WandaVision finale. Puns are made all throughout the episode so as much as we'd love for you to listen, DO NOT if you don't want spoilers. Love you all and thanks for always listening!
What up everyone,
With the season finale of WandaVision airing this week, Alyssa and Mando give their impressions of the season finale. They also dive into PlayStation's recent State of Play, recent Nintendo Switch rumors, and the current state of conventions like E3 and SDCC that recently announced in person events being cancelled.
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What up everyone,
This week Alyssa and Mando dive into the recent hype around Valheim, the controversy surrounded Six Days in Fallujah, our disappointment with the recent Nintendo Direct and what game's we're crushing from our backlog.
recorded 2/18/2021
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What up everyone,
This week Alyssa and Mando talk about Xbox (trying) to raise the price of Xbox Live Gold, Resident Evil 8 event and demo announcement, Blizzard gobbling up Vicarious Visions and some our favorite games becoming movies & anime.
recorded 1/28/2021
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WARNING This episode contains spoilers for Attack on Titan anime and My Hero manga. There are markers letting you know where to skip to if you want to avoid. Thanks for listening!
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It's an Anime episode! This week's episode we invited Mabel back to talk about anime that we couldnt dive into last time we had her on, and we brought back the encyclopedia himself, VGA's own Brandon aka S.B. The crew dives into the latest on Attack on Titan, Boku no Hero manga and yeah you guessed it, Gundam.
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What up everyone,
This week Alyssa and Mando talk about the big news coming out of Bethesda, Lucasfilm Games with their Star Wars video expansion and some leaks & rumors about upcoming Mass Effect and Nintendo titles.
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What up everyone,
This week on The Savepoint Alyssa and Mando catch up on the holiday news, boring January rumors and the attempted coup that took place at the Capitol Jan 6th.
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Happy Holidays everyone! This week we have a special episode of The Savepoint w/ our guest @REDinFamy of GeekGameTyte and Mabel Cee who is, by all accounts, an incredible streamer. We talk about the year in games, the Cyberpunk debacle and what its like being women who work in and play video games.
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Alyssa and Mando talk about this year's Game Awards, recent Metal Gear Solid and Spider-Man movie news and what games they'll be playing over the holiday break.
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Alyssa & Mando are back w/ special guest, VGA member, Brandon aka S.B. to talk about all things anime.
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Alyssa & Mando are back for episode 5 of The Savepoint to discuss DMCA take downs that have shaken up Twitch, a Google Stadia employee whos opinion wasn't taken lightly and a little AOC stanning.
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Now that preorders have taken off, Alyssa & Mando, joined by Ivan (@naviz) to discuss the madness that was trying to get a next gen console, and possibly the biggest gaming industry acquisition ever.
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Alyssa & Mando dive into Microsoft finally giving us the pricing and release on the Xbox Series X and newly announced Series S, Nintendo still banking on our nostalgia and the rise of Battle Royale as a game style in all genres of games.
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Whats up y'all! In this episode we're going to dive into the latest disappointing news coming out of Xbox headquarters, PlayStation's stranglehold on the industry, Nintendo sitting back being Nintendo and what games we plan on copping this Fall/Winter. Oh, and we talk a little anime.
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Join Mando and Alyssa as they geek out over the recent PlayStation 5 reveal, upcoming titles and what to expect from Xbox and Nintendo as we transition into the next generation of gaming.