Episode Details

-Physical media is making a comeback!:

-https://www.gameshub.com/news/features/kazeta-pc-games-sd-card-cartridges-2889047/

-https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/pc-gamer-turns-steam-games-into-cartridges-with-ingenious-2-5-inch-ssd-system-games-are-stored-on-128gb-drives-alongside-a-script-to-auto-start-the-title-once-plugged-in

-Xbox official ports to PC: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/features/hands-on-with-xbox-back-compat-for-pc-a-new-initiative-that-begins-with-four-classic-games

Jarron: 

-Nvidia shows off more DLSS 5:

Nvidia finally reveals what controls devs actually have for DLSS 5, and don't worry folks, there are TWO main sliders to control the AI filter

-Bethesda announces games way too early for some reason? What could the reason be? Hmm.

Bethesda confirms Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, makes Obsidian collaboration official, and says Fallout 5 is in 'pre-production'

-Kratos isn’t a very tough god:

God Of War TV series is recasting Kratos

-Laufey coming out soon + new God of War game:

Next Kratos-Led God of War Game Is Coming After Laufey, and Connects Directly to Her Story | Comic Con 2026

-Atari going big on movies for some reason:
Atari signs 10-game deal with Universal for movies based on Pong, Breakout, Centipede, and yes, really, Pong

Owen:

-A new life for your old 2.5 SSD’s.

https://hackaday.com/2026/07/20/old-ssds-find-new-life-as-game-cartridges/

-We may not see DBrand’s companion cube skin, but that won’t stop the scrappy 3d printing community!

https://steamdeckhq.com/news/we-make-steam-machine-companion-cube-case/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

https://www.printables.com/model/1784792-steam-machine-companion-cube-weighted-storage-cube/files

Lando:

-Do you think gamers care about specs?

https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-believes-gamers-have-grown-disinterested-in-hardware-specs-as-if-they-had-a-choice-2000719415