“We, to tell the actual absolute truth, don’t live in society, actually.”
In the history of humans, for the first time after the glorious 18th Century have we had The 21st Century. If one strains their ears, one can gather echoes traveling back to us from a dismal future, hankering for the nostalgic and innocent and simpler times of The 21st Century.
The 21st Century where we actually don’t live in a society. We live more in tubes, in simulations, in hypotheticals and in conspiracies. We live in line graphs, in word vomits, in feeds and filters, in videos and in games, and in video games.
The Basterds navigate this terrain of solipsistic confabulations.
“Two weeks to two minutes” Exclaimed Cyrus West Field—an American entrepreneur and financier, pointedly not an inventor, actually—when the telegraph line laid across Atlantic finally worked in 1866. Now in place of these obsolete thick copper cable lay nets upon nets of fiber optics where we sail daily. And the echo of our future sounds across these nets of our present and of our past, where we are constructing a singular Transatlantic tunnel, dug under the pioneer ocean for us to live in, when the whole world itself shall drown under the weight of our present and of our past.
The Basterds navigate these uncertain terrain.
Release Schedule: New Episodes Every Tuesdays
Language: English
Category: Video Game Commentary, News Reviews, Criticisms
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105 S&P Game Report, Xbox Conslidation, Nintendo Lawsuit, Halo, Helldivers Adaptation
Global game content revenue forecast to rise 2.3% to $229.1bn in 2030, supported by PC and Asia-Pacific market | GamesIndustry.biz (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/global-game-content-revenue-forecast-to-rise-23-to-2291bn-in-2030-supported-by-pc-and-asia-pacific-market)
Xbox Game Studios Is Quickly Disappearing - Kotaku (https://kotaku.com/xbox-game-studios-looks-like-its-about-to-disappear-completely-2000736477)
Amid mass Xbox layoffs, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the "streamlining" is "great to see" (https://www.gamesradar.com/games/amid-mass-xbox-layoffs-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-says-the-streamlining-is-great-to-see/)
Nintendo wins $4.5 million lawsuit against Switch pirate by default — defendant allegedly moderated r/SwitchPirates and sold pirated Switch games | Tom's Hardware (https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-wins-usd4-5-million-lawsuit-against-switch-pirate-by-default-defendant-allegedly-moderated-r-switchpirates-and-sold-pirated-switch-games)
The Next Halo Game From Halo Studios Was Reportedly Still Years Away, Before Microsoft Handed the Franchise to Activision (https://www.ign.com/articles/the-next-halo-game-from-halo-studios-was-reportedly-still-years-away-before-microsoft-handed-the-franchise-to-activision)
Starfield 2 will likely never happen because the first wasn’t ‘anywhere near successful enough’, former dev says | VGC (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/starfield-2-will-likely-never-happen-because-the-first-wasnt-anywhere-near-successful-enough-former-dev-says/)
Alan Ritchson In Talks To Star In Sony's Adaptation Of 'Helldivers' From Director Justin Lin (https://deadline.com/2026/09/alan-ritchson-helldivers-justin-lin-1237107610/)
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10 Sept 2026
104 Activision Cheat Hunter, GTA 6 Netflix Hit, Valve Data Leak, Game Pass Changes, Youtube Rules Update
Activision Just Served A Notorious Call Of Duty Cheat Maker (https://kotaku.com/activision-notorious-call-of-duty-cheat-maker-elocarry-2000729370)
‘GTA 6’ Hits No. 1 On Netflix And Catapults Streamer’s Web Viewership 125% (https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/08/28/gta-6-hits-no-1-on-netflix-and-catapults-streamers-web-viewership-125/)
12 TB of Valve Data Leaked, Possibly Including Half-Life 2 Episode 3 (https://gamerant.com/valve-hack-12-tb-leak-portal-2-left-4-dead-half-life-assets/)
PlayStation Wants To Prove In Court That You Don't Own Your Digital Games (https://www.polygon.com/sony-digital-games-lawsuit-california/)
Microsoft announces big changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, switches to monthly hour limits (https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-announces-big-changes-to-xbox-cloud-gaming-switches-to-monthly-hour-limits)
YouTube updates gaming violence monetization rules ahead of GTA 6 launch - Dexerto (https://www.dexerto.com/gta/youtube-updates-gaming-violence-monetization-rules-ahead-of-gta-6-launch-3405945/)
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27 Aug 2026
103 RAMpocolypse, Star Citizen, Mattel, Twitch AI
Memory capacity for all of 2027 has reportedly been booked and sold, with no more DRAM or HBM available (https://www.tweaktown.com/news/113004/memory-capacity-for-all-of-2027-has-reportedly-been-booked-and-sold-with-no-more-dram-or-hbm-available/index.html)
US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers (https://www.fox21online.com/news/national/us-hires-over-2-000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers/article_0a497575-59b7-54f4-bfa0-f7ebfb62eba8.html)
Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off the Rails, Creating Further Distrust Among Players (https://www.ign.com/articles/star-citizen-developer-stream-goes-horribly-off-the-rails-creating-further-distrust-among-players)
Barbie and Hot Wheels owner Mattel launches Mattel Game Studios (https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/barbie-and-hot-wheels-owner-mattel-launches-mattel-game-studios)
Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out (https://kotaku.com/twitch-is-now-using-your-content-to-train-amazon-ai-models-and-has-hidden-the-option-to-opt-out-2000723891)
"I'm sure you're going to watch it because everyone is" - GTA 6 premiering on Netflix represents Rockstar "trying new things", says Take-Two boss | Eurogamer.net (https://www.eurogamer.net/take-two-boss-gta-6-netflix-trailer)
GTA 6 gameplay and map leaked ahead of Netflix Extended Look - Dexerto (https://www.dexerto.com/gta/gta-6-gameplay-and-map-seemingly-leaked-ahead-of-netflix-extended-look-3399751/)
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Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
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2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100
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Quality
50
Social presence
0
YouTube
63
Engagement
60
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