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Episode 440: Arcane Mark Versus Evil Greg

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Show Notes

Chris, Senior Tom and Marsh convene to talk Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Diablo 4, Rise Of The Golden Idol, Xenotilt, Destiny 2 and then Chris talks about Dragon Age: Veilguard non-stop for about 45 minutes and it’s kind of incredible.

* Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a game about cutting robots into many bits, or just two bits.* Diablo 4 is a game about killing many things and number go up, but at what cost.* Xenotilt is a pinball game that Jamie is now completely addicted to, thanks Chris. * Rise Of The Golden Idol might be a tad disappointing. * Dragon Age: Veilguard is a game about the Arcane Mark/Evil Greg dichotomy.

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