Episode #787 – Our 2023 Gaming Predictions: Matthew Perry Golf?
Intro: Welcome to 2023 – we ran the numbers / Prognostication
Voicemail #1: Any y’all like cats?
Doc, Marty, Marty, Doc…
10 sec. spotlight:
Michelle
- A Warcraft / Survivalcraft holiday
- Frozen Flame: Dragon’s Cove
- The Planet Crafter – a lot of potential
- Don’t starve Together – still the better one
- Green Hell – It’s yo birfday, I left you a watch, a stick, and a dried bone
- It’s like The Game movie
- Drinking: Optimum Nutrition Grape
John
- Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Didn’t want it. but it’s different
- Not For Broadcast – You’re a TV producer propagandist – execution’s good, but annoying
- Fortnite Creator Mode with the nephews / Choppa Bedwars
- Drinking: The Path That Leads Before You Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Guest Host: Matto (aka, @MattoMcFly )
- Marvel Midnight Suns – It’s X-Com with Marvel Cards
- Marvel Snap is Sooooooooo good!
- Cracked a rib sledding – worst game evar!
- Drinking: Coke Zero
Video Game Predictions 2023:
Michelle:
- Bedroom furniture shopping / Black track suits and gym shoes
- “A.I. in games will cause drama” – Michelle
- There’s AI in High On Life / Darth Vader’s AI voice
- “Matt, you’re bringing no value from an entertainment perspective” – John
- Cross platform will be the norm / an excuse to get more $$$
- Sony will buy a large company (Square Enix?) / Tencent involved
- Starfield delayed again and will suck balls
- The Bomb: PSVR2 will flop hard / NFT’s and blockchain are dead
- Could Happen: Chuck Barkley is a Covergirl for BarkleyBall
- Vtuber -furry wedding is inevitable
- Bloodborne remaster / nintendo PC ports / Someone to fall at E3
John:
- Starfield will be game GOTH / Lt Jim played by Matthew Perry
- Activision NFT – Trading on all platforms / skins/ maps / DIY creations
- VR will be a slow decline. Sony will lower the price for $149.99
- No one’s on a plane with an Oculus
- Nintendo will announce Switch 2 / Updated Steamdeck, too
- Phil will be looking for non-Sony partnerships (Steam)/ Nintendo is the Japan gateway
- Matthew Perry Golf!!
Matt:
- NFT’s will be re-named / It can’t be centralized
- VR coming back by Nintendo or Apple
- Dongles. All about the dongle.
- Super MArio Movie will be good /
- First AI streamer … – nope / Gamepass price hike / destabilization
- “I’m gonna get a Playdate this year” – Matt
- Jedi Survivor will be good but you guys will pan it.
- White Lotus talk … Glass Onion not as good as first one
- Starfield will be great eventually.
- GOTY- Spider-Man 2
News:
- Fable restarted internally – everything scrapped? Maybe not
- Sony requires developers to exclude Xbox
- Konami says year of announcements
- All Hitman games fused in to World of Assassination
- My Dyson App? No.
- Playstation exclusive is worst game of the year – Babylon’s Fall
- Gary Coleman is dead / so is Baba walters / More near death notices
- Switch outsells gameboy worldwide
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