High Ping Basterds
“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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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 78
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
38 PS5 Pro Announced, Ex Sony Opinion, The Crew Offline, Ubisoft internal coup, Roblox, Annapurna Int, Unity, Diablo 4
On our 38th episode, we discussed the following topics:
37 Concord Fail, Dune Awakening, Spectre Divides Gamers, VA Signs Interim, Sekiro Anime, Rocksteady Layoff, Hogwarts Legacy, Heaven 17, Racoon Logic
On our 37th episode, we discussed the following topics:
36 PS5 Price Hike, Gamestop Retro, Bungie Dir Fired, BG3 Dev Price Ops, 3TG Metals, Remedy Adaptation, Digital Rights Petition
On our 36th episode, we discussed the following topics:
[4:43] ] PlayStation 5 Gets Steep Price Hike in Japan, Sony Confirms
[12:38] GameStop launches classic gaming stores
[19:33] Top Director …
35 Alien Isolation Bump, Abby Actress Security, Amazon Studio on AI, Black Myth Wukong Performance, Non Existent Advocate, WoW losing subscribers, Sony's New NFT
On our 35th episode, we are talking about the following topics:
34 Activision Shut COD MOD, Dragon Age Multi Edition, FTC Bans Fake Reviews, EPIC in Mobile, Actors discomfort, Game Dev Survey
In our 34th episode, we discussed the following topics:
33 XBOX Revenue Falls, Intel Layoffs 15k, Gameinformer shuts down, Borderland movie sucks, Tango Game Survives, Nintendo Sues Sheet Music Youtubers, Meta Closes Ready at Dawn, Innersloth Investments
Another week and another episode. This time its episode 33. In this episode, we discussed the following topics:
[08:49] Xbox Hardware Revenue Down 42% From Last Year as Activision Acquisition Continue…
32 WB buys PlayerFirst, IGN shuts Humble, Activision AI usuage, Warframe Creator on Live Service, Twitter Updates Policy, Roblox Bloomberg Report, Blizzard Emp Unionizes, Voice Actors on Strike, Steam Money Laundering, Activision SBMM Study
...so as I was saying before being so rudely interupted. Here are the links to the news we discussed today on our Episode 32:
[05:45] Warner Bros. has acquired MultiVersus studio Player First Games | …
31 First Descendants Player Count, Valve Payroll Data & Lawsuits, CDPR Career Advice, College Football 25, FTC warns MSFT, Halo TV Show cancelled, Bathesda workers unionize, Game Industry Data Survey, Hideo Kojima Reminisces MG
They say 30s is when a person truly comes to their own self. Perhaps it is also true for podcasts. Or not, because the latter is not a living thing. Anyway, here are the articles and timestamps for E…
30 Fallout London Releases Soon, PS5 Dev Kit for Sale, Gamepass Price Change, Palworld and Sony, Piranha Byte Closes, Esports World Cup, Disney Hack, Stellar Blade Dev IPO
The Big 30!! By Gawd, this podcast has now as many number of episodes as I have been on this earth in terms of years. Feels like it has learned a lot. Proud very proud. Anyway here are the topics we …
29 GTA Online Paywall, Horizon Zero Dawn Adapt Cancelled, Co-OP Games on Rise, Japanese Gaming Industry, Epic vs Apple, Nintendo Lawsuits, GoW Creator on Atreus
Our week continues with Episode 29. We talked about the following video game news. Here are the links:
[04:18] GTA Online adds a quality-of-life feature players have wanted for years then upsets every…
28 Redfall Refunds, Sony Patents, Sega Losses, FromSoftware Hacks, Escape from Tarkov Anti-Cheat. SAG-AFTRA AI Policy, Assassin's Creed Remake, Bioware Vet Explains AAA Game Dev
On this mellow 28th episode of our podcast, we discussed the following subjects:
27 RIOT Faker Skin, Nintendo DMCA, Helldivers 2 Donate, Starfield Updates, Xbox Reflects Activision Acq, Valve Lawsuit, Black Myth Wukong Delayed in Xbox, Until Dawn Movie Adaptation
On our 27th episode, we talked about the following topics:
26 Summer Game Fest, XBox Showcase, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Yakuza TV Adaptation, MultiVersus Microtransaction, Next Gen GPUs, XBox Phil Spencer
In our 26th episode, we talk about the following topics:
25 State of Play, Dubai Gaming Visa, CDPR Unreal Engine, PS5 Sales, Just Cause + Minecraft Adaptations, RIOT Moderation
On our episode 25. we discuss the following topics:
24 Microsoft Copilot AI in Minecraft, Amazon Games, IGN Buys Gamer Network, Alone in the Dark Flops, Atari Acquires Intellivision, Embracer Leadership Changes, Nintendo Opens SF Retail
Let's continue our acquaintance-ship with our new episode. When starting this podcast, I was betting that we would not pass episode 3 before life takes over, and we stop. But with Ian and few listene…
23 The Finals, Microsoft AI Moderation, New Sony Leadership, Polish - Sony Investigation, Square Enix Layoffs, Summer Game Fest, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Fallout Fortnite, Redfall Update
Let's continue our journey. Already at episode 23, and it feels like just yesterday we were starting. With mirth and laughter, let old wrinkles come. In this episode, we talked about the following vi…
22 Warner Bros Suicide Squad Losses, EA Wants Ads, Microsoft Xbox Divestment, Nintendo and Devolver Airs Grievances, Netflix Roblox, Marvel Rivals NDA, Square Enix Cross Platform
If podcasts be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the contents may sicken, and so die. In this episode, we talk about the following things and stuffs:
21 Helldivers PSN Signups, Hasbro Games, Topspin 2k24, New Unity CEO, XDefiant Release Date, Tik Tok Ban Signed, Bathesda News
This is the 21st episode of our podcast. So, it's a blackjack episode. Although I was mostly distracted with the KDot/Drake beef, I was paying attention to the following video game industry news.
20 Embracer Splits, Fallout Next Gen Update, Pokemon GO Updates, Garry's Mod v Nintendo, Escape from Tarkov DLC, Blizzcon Cancelled, Steam Refund Policy, Watch Dog Cancelled, Net Neutrality, Meta VR
Did you know that one "score" is 20? So we are now one score old. For our first score, here are the topics we talked about:
19 Arcades Closes in Japan, Video Game Privacy Policy, Content Warning, Battlefield, EA + Rockstar Subscription, The Crew, Take Two Layoffs, Net Neutrality, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Fallout TV Show
The last "teenth" episode for our show! Our podcast is ready to go to university and gain that awkward Freshman 15 lbs of weight. So proud. In this episode, we covered the following topics