Droppedframes

We're joined by Twitch-staff-turned-game-dev djWheat this week to chat about the reasons he ultimately left Twitch and a very candid account of the behind-the-scenes friction that occurred during his time. Then we look to the future, where is the platform heading, what lessons can it learn from its past & much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by JERICHO this week to get an early preview of what the new DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is... And it's sounding pretty rough. Mick Gordon breaks silence on what actually happened between him and id Software over DOOM: Eternal plus some CS:GO Majors drama happened. Then in the back half we talk about all God of War: Ragnarok, (don't worry there are no spoilers!) & continue to speculate Shroud's announcement tease from last week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return with a guest this week! Shroud joins us to catch up with his time away from Twitch and his current outlook on streaming as a career path. Then we get technical with PC hardware and player performance in games, how we tackle burn out and more! In the second half we finally chat about Gotham Knights, check in with the state of Overwatch 2 and FPS games in general then move in to some Kojima as well as Dave the Diver and a cheeky look at mobile shooter GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch CMOz Mike Minton joins JP, Zeke & GassyMexican to chat about the worries of monetizing, the overabundance of advertisements on the platform, the 50/50 creator split and much more! Then in the second half we chat about the return of Silent Hill, remasters vs. remakes with Resident Evil 4, the Warhammer 40k Darktide beta, Gotham Knights and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TwitchCon was this week and... They didn't announce much of anything and we lament if there's a long-term future for Twitch as a platform. Meanwhile Overwatch 2 had a rocky launch, Overwatch Porn banned?! God of War 2 goes gold, Kojima teasing new game. In the back half Steam Next Fest demos, our Grounded review & a discussion on the Street Fighter 6 closed beta!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return after a very eventful September to chat... About September! Twitch wins streamers over with their new revenue split. Chat gets elevated. Twitch announces a bunch of new stuff to cover up the bad press. TwitchCon leaks. In the second half we chat about all the games not coming out! Cyberpunk gets a new lease on life. Overwatch 2's obtuse battle pass. EVGA drops partnership with NVIDIA & much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back after an extended break due to poor health and bad injuries, is Zeke to blame? This week the consolidation of video games continues with Embracer Group scooping up more studios and IP. Even more game delays however tons happening this week including Gamescom. Is anyone going to TwitchCon?! And much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch rolled out their Shared Banned List feature over the week, but is it everything we wanted? We have some suggestions. Then the grift continues as Square Enix launches their NFT project. Minecraft bans NFTs using their game. Lebron James joins Multiversus. Then in the back half we talk about the cat game that's all the rage: Stray. RPing in The Forest. Madison & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KingGothalion returns to Twitch after 3 years abroad and he returns to recount his tales from his time away from the platform. We chat about the reason for leaving, the state of the industry, and all of the Twitch metas missed over his time away. After the break, we chat about the new features coming to Twitch from their TwitchCon EU keynote as well as major shake ups in the world of Warframe!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Streamers leaving Twitch, streamers returning to Twitch; a tale as old as time. We discuss what each platform offers to live streamers before getting into the news! After the break we chat about Rumbleverse, Neon White and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maximilian_DOOD joins JP and Cohh this week to talk all about the future of Summer Games Fest, E3 & fighting games, including a possible megaton rumor dropping this EVO? After that we head into the spoiler zone for some huge BIG BRAIN Final Fantasy 7 Reunion/Rebirth speculation. After that Twitch is rolling out a bunch of new features including a shared global ban list. After that we get Max's thoughts on DNF Duel and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is one year older and he has a lot to say about TikTok, Motorcycles & Minecraft! FromSoft is almost finished with their new product, Heroes of Newerth shuts down after 12 years, a long discussion on the merits of therapy and in the back half - Raft, Hollow Knight, Dread Daddy & The Quarry!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss two big announcements that happened last week: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & the announcement of Dragon's Dogma 2 at their respective anniversary streams. Then we get into the CONTROVERSY with companies screwing over their own employees as well as other streamers. Then in the second half we dive into all of the demos of Steam Next Fest including: Cult of the Lamb, Metal Hellsinger, Signalis, and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a Playstation: State of Play this week that showed off many highly anticipated games such as Resident Evil 4 Remake, Final Fantasy XVI & Street Fighter 6 just to name a few. But the real story of the week is Diablo Immortal being PAY-2-WIN! In the second half we go over all the gaming events happening over the coming week and we're EXCITED!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sony's making TV shows about their Playstation games. Morbius testing the lines of DMCA on Twitch. Raven Software QA Unionizes. So much to discuss this week on top of the tons of games we've check out this week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gambling is growing in popularity on Twitch, is that a good thing? We also wonder what the rest of the year is looking like in terms of video game releases. Then in the second half we talk about Twitch ads, Vtubers & V Rising!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back after an extended hiatus on some space rocks. We catch up on some news we've missed including Bethesda delays, Square Enix selling their Western division and ABK developing an ill advised internal diversity tool. In the second half we wonder why Master Chief is down bad, How much is new in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, and fight some Cultists in Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a rare bit of Sunday news: Kingdom Hearts 4 was just revealed today! But first we're joined by Rami Ismail to chat about the cancelation of E3 and what that means for the future. We also dive into the absurd amount of NFTs being hawked at GDC this year (while dodging COVID) In the second half we get into more Activision Blizzard woes and then have a Kirby moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy April! We go through all the extremely funny goofs from April Fools Day like E3 2020 getting canceled! Then we daydream about future Dropped Frames guests, wonder about the underwhelming Playstation Plus news. Try to figure out what a Fallout TV show would be, Twitch flubs, then travel to the Weird West & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back after a week off! In the first half we talk about Texas and taxes before moving into the news of Playstation possibly having huge news this week (three in fact!) then we get into Ghostwire Tokyo, Strangers of Paradise & Tiny Tina's Wonderlands!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.