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
18 CD Projekt Red Refuses Microtransaction, PC Console and Gameplay Lag, Atari Buys RollerCoaster Tycoon, Roku Ad Patent, Discord Ads, FTC Blocks Facial Recognition, Ugly Sonic Impacts, ARC The Animated Series, Apple Allows Emulators
Welcome to 18th episode of the podcast. In this episode, we talked about the following topics:
[7:24] We don't see a place for microtransactions in singleplayer games', says CD Projekt Red following D…
17 Dragon's Dogma 2, PS5 Pro Specs, Embracer Sells Gearbox, XBox Future Plans, Neuralink Player, Suicide Squad Season, PS CEO Retires, Ubisoft Works with Police
Our podcast has enough episodes to apply for driver's permit. Sweet 17. In this episode, we covered the following topics:
[01:48] PS5 Pro developer verdict: ‘I didn't meet a single person that underst…
16 Dragon's Dogma 2 Launch Issues, DOJ vs Apple, Game Developer Conference, RE9 Open World, Lootbox Ad Issue, Overwatch PvE Cancelled
We are already at our thirteenth episode. In this episode we covered the following topics.
Timestamps:
[01:43] U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly
[10:49] Microsoft, Meta, X, …
15 Game Industry & Government Co-Op on Extremism, Tik Tok Ban, Watch Dog Movie, Activision QA Union, Game Spending Down, SIMA AI, Battlefront Classic Re-Release, Voice Actor AI Concern etc
This is the fifteenth episode of our podcast. You know what that means? It's a Freshman. Time to bully this podcast with a spanking editing style. I am trying to slowly decrease the editing treatment…
14 Warner Bros Game Plan, Nintendo settles Yuzu, Epic vs Apple Keeps Going, PlayStation Debates Exclusivity, Lookback at Switch Launch, EA's AI, RIP Akira Toriyama
We are already at our fourteenth episode. I'm trying out a new mastering process. Not fan of the result, but my ear was starting to melt I felt like I was starting hate every sound that entered my ea…
13 Pacific Drive, PS5 Pro Release, Borderlands Movie, Warner Games Q3 2023, Tik Tok White Paper, XBox Cloud Gaming, Assassin's Creed Infinity, Nintendo v. Yuzu, Cancelled EA Star Wars Games
We are already at our thirteenth episode. Took a while to recover but we are back on schedule. In this episode, we covered
Timestamps:
[01:24] Sony to release a ‘Pro’ version of the PlayStation 5 this …
12 Helldivers 2, Immortals of Aveum Flop, Embracer +Bandai Namco Q3 23 Earnings, Players v. Activision, Playstaion PC Ports, Nintendo Switch 2 Release Rumour
We are already at our twelfth episode. Man, time flies when it goes from one second to another second, don't it? Let's talk about the news for the week of 2/13/2024 - 2/19/2024
In this episode, we co…
11 Rollerdrome, IGN Union, Elden Ring Mobile, Disney + Epic, Roblox Financials, Skull & Bones Open Beta, Nexus Mods 10B, Take 2 Lawsuit, MSFT's DLSS
We are already at our eleventh episode. Man, time flies when it goes from one second to another second, don't it? Let's talk about the news for the week of 2/6/2024 - 2/12/2024
In this episode, we co…
10 Immortality, Suicide Squad Launch Issue, Studios & Live Service Games, Starfield Update 1.9.51, Apple App Store Fees, State of Play
Oh how fast the time flies! Let's keep going with our 10th episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/30/24 -2/5/24.
In this very tipsy episode, we covered
Timestamps:
- [00:27] Suicide Squad: K…
9 The Last of Us 2 No Return, Game Industry Layoffs, Walmart & XBox, Twitch Payout, Streaming App Stores
Let's keep going with our ninth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/23/24 -1/29/24.
In this episode, we covered
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[00:40] Riot Games Layoffs
[03:18] Micro…
8 Sniper Elite V Review, XBox Developer Direct, Gamestop shuts NFT, Ubisoft Subscription, Square Enix, Yakuza Infinite Wealth
Let's keep going with our eigth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/15/24 -1/22/24.
In this episode, we covered
Timestamps:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:00 Ubisoft wants you to get used to not …
7 Evil West Review, DLSS 3 in Games, Twitch Layoff, Mobile Games Revenue, Starfield Upcoming Updates, Voice Actor and Replica Studios Deal
Let's keep going with our seventh episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/8/24 -1/15/24.
In this episode, we covered
Timestamps:
- 00:19 Introduction
- 00:58 Mobile Games made $107 Billion in 20…
6 Sifu + En Garde Review, XBOX Achievment Change, Walmart & Unity Collab, The Finals Battlepass, MSI Handheld
Let's keep going with our sixth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 1/2/24 -1/8/24.
In this episode, we covered
Timestamps:
- [00:00]-Introduction
- [01:21]-XBOX Achievement Overhaul
- [04:27]-Sq…
5 Sea of Stars Review, Insomniac + Ubisoft + Rockstar Hacks, Bathesda + Obsidian Collabs, Sony vs Microsoft Business Models
Let's keep going with our fifth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 12/19/23 -1/1/24. Apologies ahead for less than stellar quality on our microphone in this episode. We could not use …
4 Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, E3 is over, Epic vs Google & Apple, Hideo Kojima
Let's keep going with our fourth episode where we discuss the news from the week of 12/12 -12/18.
In this episode, we covered
Timestamps:
- [00:00]-Introduction
- [00:44]-Speculation regarding ad integration…
3 Game Awards 2023, GTA 6 Trailer, The Day Before, Star Citizen
On our third episode, we will cover the news from the week of 12/03/2023 which includes
- GTA 6 Trailer
- The Day Before Release
- Star Citizen Funding Milestones
- Game Awards 2023
Join us, and if you do, thank …
2 Our Most Played Game of 2023. Diablo 4 Survey, CDPR Redemption, Bathesda's Customer Service, Fallout TV
On our second episode, we will cover the news from the week of 11/27/2023 which includes
- Blizzard's leaked customer survey for Diablo 4
- CDPR documentary by Gamespot
- Dragon's Dogma 2 Trailer
- Bathesda's ab…
1 Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen, WB Live Service, Parents vs Video Games
On our very first episode, we will cover the news from the week of 11/19/2023 which includes