Starside Chat Episode 163

On last week’s show we talked about spooky season game recommendations and there was some question as to whether we had done that before, so Zach did a deep dive to find out. On this week’s episode, we get nostalgic about past October, spooky season, episodes of Starside Chat.

We also talk about Nintendo’s new alarm clock and the new overview trailer for the upcoming Mario and Luigi Brothership. Zach gives his final thoughts on The Plucky Squire and initial thoughts on Luigi’s Mansion 2HD and Epic Mickey Rebrushed. And Aaron talks Shadowdark and Dandadan.

[News of the Week]

• Our previous Halloween episodes

• Nintendo unveils alarm clock that lets you wake up to the sounds of Mario and Zelda

• Mario and Luigi Brothership overview trailer

• Off the Grid early access

• Rise of the Golden Idol release date revealed (demo out now)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Shadowdark

• Dandadan

• Plucky Squire

• Luigi’s Mansion 2HD

• Epic Mickey Rebrushed

Aaron's Parting Wisdom - jack of all trades

This week we follow up on our Assassin’s Creed Shadows discussion from last week now that additional context has come out. We also give 5 recommendations each for Halloween, or spooky season, games to play during the month of October. And we dive into early impressions of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom.

[News of the Week]

• More context around Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay comes out

• Unrested’s video about the reaction to Assassin’s Creed Shadows in Japan

• Ubisoft considering buyout from Tencent after string of high profile flops

[Features]

• Our top 5 Spooky games for October 2024

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

• Soundtracks - Braid, Astro Bot, The Sims

• Dandadan

• Into the Odd

The boys have not yet started Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, so that’ll be next week. So this week, they talk about the latest PlayStation State of Play (or is it Sony State of Play? Who cares?) and some of the announcements that interested them from Tokyo Games Show.

Balatro is also now out on mobile, bringing the threat of taking over our lives to our own pockets! And Capo is still stuck in a Dr. Katz trance. It’s all ahead on this week’s episode of Starside Chat!

[News of the Week]

• Sony State of Play

• • Remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn

  • Soul Reaver remasters

  • Alan Wake: The Lake House DLC

  • Hell is Us

  • Ghost of Yotei

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• Tokyo Games Show

• • Threads of Time

  • We Love Katamario: Re-roll Plus (xbox and PC)

• Things to buy?

• • Ace of Spades nerf gun

  • Meta launches Quest 3S

  • Demolition Man 4k edition

[Games out this week]

• Zelda: Echos of Wisdom

• Balatro on mobile

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dr. Katz

• Balatro