Podcast Episodes

Diablo’s Future Is About Serving Every Type of Player | Save State Plus

Blizzard’s Diablo team sat down with me for a deep conversation about the philosophy behind Diablo’s latest evolution, including why quality-of-life …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

He Unboxed Mixtape. The Internet Lost It. So We Asked Him About It | Game Chat

The Mixtape controversy exploded after an early unboxing sparked backlash across gaming social media. So we brought Blue Thunder onto Game Chat to ta…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Mixtape Drama Is About A Bigger Trust Problem

The conversation around Mixtape has spiraled fast, but I don’t think this is really about Mixtape. It’s about a growing trust gap between players and…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Xbox Players Are Frustrated. Asha Sharma Knows It and is Sweating Every Detail

Xbox just showed a recap of the Project Helix GDC talk. This is their next-generation vision for Xbox hardware, but the bigger story might be the ide…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

PlayStation's Wild Earnings Call - Bungie's Not Doing So Hot

Sony’s latest PlayStation earnings call was packed.

PS5 hardware sales are slowing, but PlayStation as a business is still making serious money throug…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Path of Exile 2 | Becoming a Complete Experience With Return of the Ancients | Save State Plus

Path of Exile 2 is taking another massive step forward with Return of the Ancients and I sat down with Jonathan Rogers to talk about the future of th…

5 months ago

Mixtape Creators Talk Devo, Coming-of-Age Stories, and Game Pass | Save State Plus

I sat down with the developers behind Mixtape to talk about the game’s heavy music influences, why High Fidelity and Dazed & Confused inspired the st…

5 months ago

Xbox Just Had A Massive Leadership Shakeup

Microsoft just made major leadership changes at Xbox. As several new Xbox executives join the company during a massive restructuring effort. From AI …

5 months ago

Bond Impressions + Valve’s Strange New Hardware | Game Chat

We all got hands-on time with 007 First Light and came away seriously impressed. From its cinematic presentation to its mix of stealth and action, th…

5 months ago

The Gameing Industry Can't Control the Narrative Anymore

Game companies are starting to push back on YouTubers being “too negative,” but I don’t think that’s what’s really going on.

For years, the industry c…

5 months ago