We talk about Summer Game Fest, the changing Games media landscape, and talk about some recent games we’ve been playing.

Show Notes:

Nobody Should Play Splitgate 2:

• Nice Hat, Loser - Aftermath

Fuck the British:

• How Relooted, A Game About Reclaiming African Artifacts From Western Museums, Ended Up Being Shown By A White Guy At Summer Game Fest - Aftermath

Big Games Media is probably dead, unless it’s IGN:

• Giant Bomb goes independent | The Verge
• Polygon sold to GameRant owner Valnet | The Verge
• rip polygon
• Can You Build a Community Around Video Game Guides? - Remap
  • Big Friendly Guide

Games We Played

• DOOM: The Dark Ages
• Assassin’s Creed: Shadows
• Final Fantasy 14 (did you know it has an award winning free trial up until level 70?)
  • XIV on Mac

Chapters:

• (02:05) - Summer Game Fest 2025
• (14:21) - Giant Bomb / Polygon
• (36:52) - Games We're Playing

• Sadiq Saif - Host
• Cristian Colocho - Host

We talk about a bad book, then take a trip to Puerto Rico to talk about the new Bad Bunny album but really just use it as a vehicle to talk about modern colonization.

Show Notes:

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

• Storygraph
• Sadiq’s Review of Heavenly Tyrant

Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

• BAD BUNNY - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)
• BAD BUNNY - BAILE INoLVIDABLE (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
• BAD BUNNY - PIToRRO DE COCO (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
• Unpacking Bad Bunny's personal and political 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS'
• Fabiola Méndez: Tiny Desk Concert
• El Laberinto del Coco: Tiny Desk x globalFEST
• Genius
• Official Website
• Data Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1) - Tech Won’t Save Us
• Coquí - Wikipedia
• Radio Menea

Chapters:

• (00:02) - Cristian takes an L
• (05:08) - Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
• (19:02) - Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

• Sadiq Saif - Host
• Cristian Colocho - Host

We do our year end wrap up, and talk about the best Music and Games of 2024.

Show Notes:

Albums of the Year 2024

Sadiq’s Albums of the Year

• Charli xcx - BRAT
• Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
• Khruangbin - A LA SALA
• Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn
• Shaboozey - Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
• Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
• GloRilla - GLORIOUS
• BigXthaPlug - TAKE CARE
• Kendrick Lamar - GNX
• Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes

Cristian’s Albums of the Year 2024

• JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
• Tyler the Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
• Denzel Curry - KING OF THE MISCHIEVOUS SOUTH
• Logic - Ultra 85 (I know do not judge me)
• Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
• NxWorries - Why Lawd?

Performance of the Year

• Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert

IDK if we have albums we’re looking forward too but

• Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures

Games of the Year 2024

Sadiq’s Games of the Year

• Alan Wake 2
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Cristian’s Games of the Year

• Starfield: Shattered Space
• Destiny 2: The Final Shape
• Cyberpunk 2.0
• Black Ops 6
• Tears of the Kingdom

Postscript: Neither Dave Chapelles or SexyReds politicial views are endorsed by either of us, to make it super clear.

• (01:36) - Albums of The Year
• (38:50) - Video Games of The Year