Show Notes
Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn take you into the weekend by chatting about Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviews, PlayStation bringing a slimmed-down version of PSSR to base PS5 with QSSR, and more!
Check out that list of no-AI recompilations of retro games Shawn was talking about here: https://backloggd.com/u/WumpaGem/list/game-decompsrecomps-that-arent-vibe-coded/
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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive): 0:00:00 Intro 0:07:09 Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviews 0:19:21 Sony could be bringing back Ape Escape 0:27:49 QSSR joins PSSR 0:34:55 EU authorities move against nine gaming companies over virtual currencies 0:39:23 Gears E-Day doubles Gears 5’s Steam peak before its full launch 0:43:17 Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will 'blaze a trail' to higher game prices 0:46:31 Disney Not Buying Epic Games ‘Right Now’ But Is Planning More Collabs 0:49:36 Memory maker warns shortages will get worse in 2027, as CEO celebrates ‘much higher prices’ 0:50:47 Old game news: Swordcraft Story 3 gets fan-translation 0:54:57 Poll & outro 0:57:34 The Bomb 12
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