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Hot Button

Hot Button

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 Chronicling strange and interesting stories in the world of video games.Copyright 2018 All rights reserved. Science Fiction
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  • Episode 123: Hot Button Year-Seven Edition

    Episode 123: Hot Button Year-Seven Edition
    Dec 23 2025

    Happy holidays, listeners! Our gift to you is that we’re not dead and we have also dedicated ourselves to updating the massive amount of topics that we’ve covered since we started all the way back in 2018. What is Peter Molyneux working on these days? How much does Poop Slinger cost? Tune in to find out!
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Episode 122: “Hentai_Overflow” - The Time Bigoted Hackers Took Down LittleBigPlanet and Titanfall

    Episode 122: “Hentai_Overflow” - The Time Bigoted Hackers Took Down LittleBigPlanet and Titanfall
    Jul 25 2025

    Today we take a trip back to 2021 to have a concerning conversation as well as share some insights on the insecurities and impermanence of online video game ecosystems. This along with witnessing, in two different examples, the worst of what can happen when your once beloved property is taken over by the dregs of the internet.
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Episode 121: Not Like This - The Sad Story of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5

    Episode 121: Not Like This - The Sad Story of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5
    Jun 13 2025

    Let us relive some trauma on this episode as we dig into the dark chapter of one of the absolute best franchises to ever grace gaming. Turns out that underfunding an inexperienced studio to tackle a major project in an unreasonable time frame is a poor path to success, who knew!
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    2 hrs and 2 mins
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