During PAX West 2024, The Outerhaven chats with Justin Woodward regarding the upcoming 2D Side-Scrolling beat 'em up, Jay & Silent Bob Chronic Punch and gets all the info you'll ever want regarding the game. Sadly, the lighting was a bit low and we were forced to move due to some overzealous enforcer at the event. **Big thanks to Justin Woodward fo…

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Taking apart ProPublica's dishonest abortion law hit, and why they are reporting on it now. Read more

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The media's history of victim-blaming violence against Republicans. The national media is full speed ahead in blaming Donald Trump for the actions of another foiled would-be assassin. This time they are citing Trump’s rhetoric involving an influx of migrants in Springfield, Ohio. However, no link has been verified with this new attempted assassin, …

Welcome back to another episode of Spectator Mode Podcast. On this episode, the crew is joined again by none other than Baron Jones from LV1 Gaming, and in episode 164, they discuss topics such as the success of Black Myth Wukong, Concord being claimed dead before it even got a chance, Indiana Jones on PlayStation, PAX West 2024 and more. Timestamp…

Welcome back to The Spectator Mode Podcast, and our buddy Karl is back from being taken apart. Join Keith, Scott, and Karl, as we discuss The Outerhaven's recent trip to PAX West 2024 and what some of our top games were. Then we discuss the announcement of the PlayStation 5 Pro, its pricing, especially for those in Australia, and what it means for …

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The New Yorker's Susan Glasser refuses to correct an accurate Trump claim. Read more

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Kamala's incredibly bad Middle Manager interview optics and the subtle difference in how Dana Bash treats Kamala and JD Vance in interviews. Read more

How the media, led by Maggie Haberman and others smeared the wishes of Gold Star families to manufacture a hit on Trump. Read more

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Zuckerberg finally comes clean on censoring COVID and the Laptop. Read more

Welcome back to the Spectator Mode Podcast. On this episode, Keith and Scott address several gaming industry topics, including Keith's Mecha Break impressions, whether we should talk about Deadlock despite Valve asking us not to, Game Science denying content creators access to Black Myth Wukong, Space Marine 2 gameplay impressions, Alan Wake II sti…

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Welcome back to another episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast. On this episode, we're joined by Baron Jones of the LV1 Gaming cast and Jeff Young of Analog Stick Gaming. And with a star-studded cast, we have a lot of topics that we all have opinions on. Including the closure of Game Informer, Bungie in major trouble, Phantom Blade Zero fake news, a…

On Spectator Mode Podcast episode 161, Scott rejoins the show after a brief absence. The crew discusses the restructuring of Humble Games, Ubisoft's recent messaging for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Xbox's lack of marketing and advertisement blamed on Microsoft, that Crowdstrike big oops that crippled the IT world, metrics, and Live Service games, and…

On Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 160, while most of the Spectator Mode Podcast crew is recovering, a friend of the show, Baron from LV1 Gaming joins in on the action as we discuss the release of Once Human, Xbox Game Pass on Amazon Fire TV devices, the reveal of the Double Dragon remake called Double Dragon Revive, and more! Topics: Games we playe…

For the first time, The Outerhaven was invited to attend the 2024 Summer Game Fest, which was a fantastic experience for us. While this is later than we expected to post, this episode covers us attending the Summer Game Fest, the games we played, and what we ultimately thought about it. Thanks for watching and listening. The Spectator Mode Podcast …

Spectator Mode Podcast episode 158 is live just in time for the weekend. Topics include the ongoing Hellblade 2 discourse, IGN purchasing its competition, X-Men '97 season 1, that new Elden Ring trailer, Kingdom Hearts heading to Steam, and more. #gaming #podcast #xmen97 #hellblade2 #gamingjournalism #IGN Timestamps below 01:45 - Hellblade 2 frustr…

On an impromptu Spectator Mode Podcast, Keith and Karl discuss the recent Helldivers 2 situation and what Sony walking back the PSN requirement could mean. Then switch gears and talk about gutwrenching news with Xbox closing down four studios, including Tango Gameworks. What does this mean for creative freedoms and new IPs, and does success ensure …

While Helldivers 2 always had a PSN requirement, it wasn't enforced due to technical issues during the launch. Now, months after the game was putting up amazing numbers, Sony is requiring PSN account linking and it's caused quite a bit of frustration among the Helldivers community. But, what exactly is going on here? Let's talk about this. #helldiv…

Welcome back to the Spectator Mode Podcast, and we're back covering the gaming industry, with two new faces. In this episode, we discuss several topics, including the forced Helldivers 2 PSN requirement (which was a thing when we recorded), the nonsense about the Stellar Blade male gaze, more gaming industry layoffs, numbered review scores, and mor…

On this special episode of Spectator Mode Podcast, Matt interviews Dennel's Cake Creative team for its upcoming title, a beat 'em up called Obsolete Souls Episode 0: Operation Haiti, their PAX East 2024 adventure, favorite beat 'em up games, musical inspiration and influences, and their current game in development, Obsolete Souls Episode 0: Operati…

We're back with another fun-filled episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast, and oh boy, do we have a show for you. We're diving into two major TV shows, Fallout and X-Men '97, and we can't stop talking about either. Then we switch gears and tackle the two bad gaming takes of the week: tipping gaming companies and Ubisoft completely ruining Star Wars …

This week on The Spectator Mode Podcast, Keith, Scott, and Matt discuss their top 5 favorite indie games shown during the Triple-i Initiative Showcase. Jeff Grubb reports that EA has killed off the Dead Space 2 remake, but EA says otherwise. Xbox has announced a new team devoted to game preservation. However, we aren't 100% confident about this, an…

Thanks to Reedpop, we were invited to PAX East 2024, and we were able to interview a number of people, play some games, meet some friends, and have an enjoyable time. However, we also had some concerns and regrets. So before he forgot it all, our EIC encountered his time leading up to PAX East 2024, his time there, and what he'd love to see for the…

Welcome back to another Spectator Mode Podcast episode hosted by The Outerhaven! Topics are included in the timestamps. The Spectator Mode Podcast is The Outerhaven's weekly podcast covering all platforms and the latest news and updates in the gaming industry. Thanks for listening/watching. We hope you enjoy our show and add it to your favorite pod…

Welcome back to another Spectator Mode Podcast episode hosted by The Outerhaven. Topics are included in the timestamps. The Spectator Mode Podcast is The Outerhaven's weekly podcast covering all platforms and the latest news and updates in the gaming industry. Time stamps: 00:00 - Intro 1:23 - Thanks Square Enix 07:17 - Games we've played last week…

The Spectator Mode crew and guest Baron from LV1 Gaming discuss the major news from the gaming industry this week. First up is the Xbox podcast business update that addressed the state of Xbox, its ongoing plans for going multiplatform (not that they aren't already), and what we thought about the podcast. Then we jump over to the PlayStation side o…

The Spectator Mode Crew reviews Xbox's past announcements and discusses the recent Xbox games released for the PS5 and Switch. At the same time, PlayStation grapples with its prior announcement of PS5 games possibly coming to the PC on the same day of release, and since then, it has been revealed that PSVR 2 is also coming to the PC. Keith explains…

On Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 146, the crew gains one more member, and it gets even more chaotic. Topics on this episode include our addition to Granblue Fantasy Relink, more Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League, GAAS is a problem that needs to be addressed, the PlayStation State of Play, more gaming industry layoffs, and Xbox in trouble. This an…

The Spectator Mode Podcast crew is back with a load of new topics. From Sega locking Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth's New Game+ behind a paywall, inviting toxic streamer XQC to represent its game, to Palworld, the Pocket Monster game that has been taking the world by storm. We also have a roundtable discussion on whether Nintendo is worried about t…

Recently, Xbox hosted the Xbox Developer Direct showcase, where we got to hear from various developers on several upcoming titles, including Indiana Jones the Great Circle, Visions of Mana, Avowed, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and Ara: History Untold. But what did we think about it? Was this a good showcase? We intend to discuss that in the special …

The best boys of gaming (that’s what Matt says) are back with Spectator Mode Podcast episode 143! On this episode, we turn our attention to Ubisoft telling gamers that we don’t need to own our games, Ayaneo trying to fool us all with the Ayaneo Next Lite, Capcom’s DRM nonsense, that amazing Granblue Fantasy Relink Demo (it’s so good), Suicide Squad…

Welcome back, and on this episode of The Spectator Mode Podcast, the crew discusses Activision/Blizzard’s former CEO is finally out the door, Twitch updates its nudity guidelines (again), the Nintendo Switch 2 Electric Boogaloo, MSI’s new handheld device called the MSI Claw, game reviews, and more. Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 00:58 – Games we’re play…

On the final 2023 episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast, the crew sits down to discuss the current state of handheld PC gaming, how it has matured, what devices we recommend for someone just getting into PC gaming, and games we’re looking forward to in 2024. Thanks for watching and enjoying our take on covering handheld PC gaming. And as always, we…

It's taken us nearly four months, but we're back and ready to talk about gaming and geek culture! In Spectator Mode's return, we discuss everything from the reveal of Grand Theft Auto 6, PlayStation deleting people's access to paid content, Street Fighter 6's outrageous pricing on skins, Fortnite, Fallout TV Show, Batman Arkham Trilogy on Switch on…

Now that the Summer Game Fest, as well as the Xbox Showcase, is done, the crew reflects on their favorite reveals and goes hands-on with the Lies of P and Final Fantasy XVI demos. Sadly, there were also some lows as Gamestop fired its CEO, Twitch decided it wanted to screw over streams with revised brand content guidelines, and Gamur laid off faith…

On Spectator Mode Podcast episode 137, we talk about the lackluster PlayStation showcase, while Marvelous hosted its own showcase that gave the gamers what they wanted. The Xbox ABK acquisition continues on, but now another country has backed the company, while Relic Entertainment lays off some staff and Gollum releases in such a terrible state tha…

On this episode on Spectator Mode Podcast, we go discuss the Gran Theft 6 leaks, PvE mode being axed in Overwatch 2, what we're looking forward to during the PlayStation Showcase, and lots of fighting game news, including Street Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombat 1. That and so much more on the slightly bonkers Spectator Mode Podcast. #playstationshowcase…

On this episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast, the crew is asked if and why they drop their backlog for new games because we all do it. Moving on, we're excited about the Asus ROG Ally and talk about why, review bombing Chained Echo on Metacritic, why Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gets a pass for its many issues, and ending it with Falcom's success. …

On this episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast, the crew debates if it's time for Nintendo to release new hardware, the Redfall and Xbox woes, issues with AAA development, and what is going on over at Kotaku. This and more! #zeldatearsofthekingdom #xbox #redfall #gamedevelopment #videogames #podcast Timestamps 00:00 - Intro / Thanks for listening to…

On this very short episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast, Keith and Scott discuss the recent block of the Microsoft acquisition of ABK by the CMA, and the upcoming mobile PC from Asus Rog that looks to take on the Steam Deck and the Ayaneo devices. #Activision #blizzard #cma # asus #rogally #gaming #podcast Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - CMA blo…

On this episode of the Spectator Mode Podcast, we're joined by Baron from Lv1gaming and Faith Lane from Gamepur. As we talk about Hi-Fi Rush's expectations, Kyle gushes about Dead Island 2 and why it's so good. Then we talk it over to Gameloft's recently released Disney-Themed racer Disney Speedstorm, which is fun but flawed. Following that up with…