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We here at The Sticks are two fine veteran gamers, who got a lot to get off their chest, about video games, the industry, and every sweat moment known to man. Lemannigwench and Big Boof is here to crack down on all the news, to day to day party chat conversations, to all of what the developers and producers are cooking up. So welcome all new and old gamers.

 

Episodes

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Episode 0: Loading New Game

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Join the two gamers in their Episode 0 while they get quick into the current state and upcoming season of Apex Legends, the games that made first person shooters what they are today, the new forza game on the horizon, why we need a new skyrim, and the fortnight/pub-g wa.

 

Episode 1: Shark Card Hustlers

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Starting with the Apex Legends news and updates, the Gamers talk about the addition of the new character, Seer, as well as some thoughts on necessary buffs and nerfs the game is in need of. Continued conversations of the EA State-Of-Play, how the PSP paved the way for the Nintendo Switch, Netflix and mobile gaming, the blizzard lawsuit, and the current best games out for the year of 2021.

 

Episode 2: Garbage Characters Need Love Too Ft. Tyrant Totodile

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YCC Philanthropist patron Tyrant Totodile joins the gamers to get into the Apex legends season 10 and the much required Seer nerf, weapons balancing, smurf accounts, and the long ago character leaks that are still holding out till today. After the apex news and updates, the conversations get into Microsoft's Gamescon, the reignited Pokemon nostalgia, worst things ever said in party chats and hacking unreleased games. The gamers then wrap it up with conversations about Soulja Boy and Atari, Doctor Disrespect, turning games to movies, and an update on the Blizzard-Activision lawsuit.

 

Episode 3: Mayonnaise & Monsters

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For this month's Apex News and Updates, the gamers talk the Season 11 hype, the new bigger map, and the addition of the titan fall character, Ash. Discussions of the return of G4 TV, new projects from Tom Clancy, third party collaborations within the gaming industry, and Nickelodeon's response to super smash. Later in the episode, they conclude with an update on the Blizzard-Activision settlement, a rant about waiting for a complete game, as opposed to rushing for crappy patches, e-sports and NFTs.

 

Episode 4: The Renaissance Ft. RunDownRod

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Featuring their gamer homie, RunDownRod, the gamers get into the their latest impressions of the newest Apex Legends Storm Point update, who are the easiest and hardest characters to use, as well as their current rankings, and the new market collaboration. Big Boof has some smoke in the air for why he finally deleted Day Z and the group talks about playing Roblox together. Rod gives his opinions on the new battlefield 2042, and the reason it has 30,000 bad reviews, and the gamers talk about how collaborations and partnerships are keeping some games alive. Lemannigwench shows his distaste for streamed games vs buying actual copies and everyone screams about how to make a good super hero game.

 

Episode 5: NFT Gamers

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With the Apex news and updates, the gamers get into the current state of the game in regards to current skins, maps, and playing with rondos, along with predictions of upcoming content, and possibilities with the arrival of the 3 year anniversary, and a look at the Mad Maggie trailer. Then talks about Microsoft acquiring Blizzard-Activision even amongst the ongoing scandals, and how PlayStation should respond . Discussions about the industry going from a console war to a publisher war, NFT and video game collaborations, the state of anime games, all a bunch of updates for games and publishers upcoming in 2022.

 

Episode 6: The Three Stooges Ft. Preston

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Joined by fellow gamer, Preston, the three talk Apex news and updates about the 3 year celebration, the addition of the newest character Mad Maggie, some jabs at Lemannigwench’s controls and settings, current guns and suggested nerfs and buffs, and the inclusion of the Control mode. After that the gamers question if Rockstar favors Red Dead over GTA online, if Fortnite succeeding in the collaboration department, and if Uncharted has opened up Sony’s doors to video game movies. Then discussions of nostalgic games of the past, trading cards and trading card games, Activision in court again, steam deck updates, Sony acquiring Bungie, and a whole lot of Nintendo news.

 

Episode 7: For My Subscribers

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With this episode’s Apex news and updates, the gamers talk about new skins, preferred game settings, gun control and adjustments, and the introduction of the new character, Ash. Then the gamers discuss future plans for Elden Ring being introduced into other forms of media, how the subscription wave will affect old games, new moves happening in the gaming industry including Netflix stepping into mobile gaming. And after some conversation about the Blizzard-Activision settlement updates, the gamers watch and react to trailers of Gundam Evolution, the Kingdom Hearts: The Missing Link mobile game, and Kingdom Hearts 4.

 

Episode 8: P S C Ft. D. Valentino

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Featuring fellow streamer D. Valentino, the gamers discuss Apex Legends season 13, Lemannigwench playing on PC, the ranking rework system, shield swapping vs shield upgrading, what care packages need next, what guns need hop ups, No Apex August, and if the inclusion of Newcastle has shown the community that Life Line is obsolete. After that, the conversion turns to Sony slowing down on phasing out the PS4 while also growing into the PC world, what Sucker Punch is cooking up next, and the most anticipated games of 2022. They also speak on a potential Scarface game, Hideo Kojima’s beef with Amazon’s The Boys series, the Resident 4 remake, GTA and Red Dead’s publisher letting their games die, where Call of Duty fell off, more gaming industry scams and lawsuits, and a review of the Best Games of 2022, so far.

Episode 9: Leap of Faith

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Starting off with the Apex News and Updates, the games get into the new season 15 content, the current gun states, upcoming skins, and the new character Catalyst. They discuss their current readiness and mentality for AGLS, and converting to mouse and keyboard from controller. They also speak up on some ongoing issues of sexual harassment in Apex, heirlooms and whose the current meta. After that, they have arguments of open world games, and excessive amount of sequels, and Sony's selfishness. To finish up they preach on wave that video games have made, no one buying Nvidia, changing yearly games to live service, and unsupportive developers.

 

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