• PS5 price hikes (00:50)
• Nintendo cuts back on Switch 2 production (11:20)
• The First Descendant “has no staying power” (15:15)
• Updated Impressions of Crimson Desert (27:10)
• Fire Force (37:49)
• Winter 26 Anime: The sequels to come 
  • JJK (44:17)
  • Frieren (47:20)
  • Sentenced to be a Hero (50:44)
  • Fate Strange/Fake (54:19)
  • Oshi no Ko (56:23)
  • Polar Opposites (58:30)
  • Hell’s Paradise (1:00:09)
  • Tune In to the Midnight Heart (1:03:27)
  • Golden Kamuy (1:05:09)

• NVIDIA shows off DLSS 5 (NVIDIA)
• Crimson Desert Impressions
• One Piece LA Season 2
• Anime Season Wrap Up
  • Golden Kamuy
  • Fate/strange Fake
  • Digimon BeatBreak
  • Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1
  • Sentenced to Be a Hero
  • My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2
  • Journal with Witch
  • Tojima Wants to Be Kamen Rider
  • You and I Are Polar Opposites
  • Tamon’s B-Side
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
  • [Oshi No Ko] Season 3
  • Wash It All Away
  • Chained Soldier S2
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2

• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced (Twitter) (01:35)
• Highguard shutting down 3/12 (Twitter) (06:45)
• Sony pulling back from releasing single-player games on PC (Bloomberg) (13:10)
• Project Helix (IGN) (21:40)
• MindsEye developer lays off staff, accuses of “organised espionage and corporate sabotage” (LinkedIn) (31:20)
• Nintendo of America sues over tariffs (Aftermath) (35:00)
  • Pokemon company condemns White House for use of Pikachu in meme (BBC)
• BYOT
  • Jrow – Retro Anime Season Preview (39:05)
  • steev – Resident Evil Requiem sold 5 million copies in 5 days. (IGN) (54:30)
    • Game pricing
  • Amuro – Slay the Spire 2 (1:07:00)

On this episode, the guys discuss Sony’s State of Play stream (with Amuro giving impressions of Sons of Sparta), the changes at Xbox, the shutdown of Bluepoint, and talk about what they’re currently playing and watching from the Winter ’26 season.

• Discord (00:35)
• State of Play (5:40)
• Sons of Sparta (Amuro) (25:25)
• Bluepoint Games is shut down (28:50)
• Changes at Xbox: Asha Sharma named new CEO (33:58)
• What are we playing? (42:22)
• Anime Revolver (56:21)
  • You and I Are Polar Opposites
  • Fate Strange Fake
  • Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Journal with Witch
  • Sentenced to Be a Hero
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

Notes:

1. Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Pt 1 (3:00)
2. Chained Soldier (10:20)
3. Frieren S2 (12:50)
4. Hell’s Paradise S2 (16:15)
5. Oshi no Ko S3 (18:10)
6. MHA Vigilantes S2 (19:55)
7. Fire Force S3 Pt 2 (20:40)
8. Golden Kamuy Final Season (21:00)
9. Samurai Troopers (23:10)
10. Sentenced To Be a Hero (26:20)
11. Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (34:40)
12. Scum of the Brave (37:40)
13. There was a cute girl in the party, so I tried confessing to her (41:00)
14. Champignon Witch (46:30)
15. Isekai Office Worker (51:20)
16. A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation (58:15)
17. Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (1:03:50)
18. The Holy Grail of Eris (1:05:20)
19. Hana-Kimi (1:12:00)
20. You and I Are Polar Opposites (1:16:40)
21. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (1:20:30)
22. Tune In to the Midnight Heart (1:25:45)
23. Tamon’s B-Side (1:29:50)
24. You Can’t Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends (1:36:45)
25. Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (1:42:35)
26. Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary (1:45:50)
27. The Daily Life of a Part-Time Torturer (1:48:50)
28. Wash It All Away (1:49:50)
29. Journal with Witch (1:53:40)
30. Fate/Stange Fake (2:00:00)
31. Overall Thoughts (2:07:05)

Notes:

Anime

• Notable stories & events (0:01:30)
  • My Hero Academia anime ends
  • One Piece Season 1 ends
  • Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man do well at theaters
  • Japan’s Fair Trade Commission takes administrative action against Visa
    • Trump’s FTC backs it
• Favorites of 2025
  • Amuro: Worst Thing You Watched to Completion (0:19:20)
  • Jrow: Best animation (0:25:15)
  • steev: Best Supporting Character (0:27:00)
• Top 10 Anime (0:31:00

Special Segment

• Waifu of 2025 (1:20:00)
• Husbando of 2025 (1:23:20)

Games

• Notable stories & events (1:26:30)
  • Nintendo Switch 2 released in June
  • Consoles increase in price
  • AI usage a big subject in game development
  • Collective Shout and pressuring credit card processors to have Steam/Itch.io remove adult-themed games
  • EA agrees to sell to Saudi PIF for $55 billion
  • Steam hardware announced (Machine, Controller, Frame)
  • RAM Crisis
• Favorites of 2025
  • steev: Best Switch 2 Exclusive. (1:45:15)
  • Amuro: Best Game You Played This Year not from this year (1:51:20)
  • Jrow: Favorite playable character (1:56:00)
• Top 5+1 Games (2:00:10)

• Steam hardware reveals (1:10)
• Dispatch (Amuro) (28:25)
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (steev) (41:15)
• Anivision Challenge: Revisting an old and loved anime series (52:32)

Notes:

• Halo Campaign Remake (0:00:45)
• Hades 2 (0:18:00)
• Super Robot Wars Y (0:27:27)
• Ghost of Yotei (0:35:40)
• Pokemon Legends Z-A (1:16:40)

Notes:

1. Impromptu Crunchyroll Discussion
2. Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (7:00)
3. SANDA (12:20)
4. Mechanical Marie (18:15)
5. This Monster Wants to Eat Me (24:10)
6. My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s (28:04)
7. A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (35:30)
8. A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai (40:50)
9. A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (42:05)
10. Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (46:00)
11. My Awkward Senpai (58:20)
12. Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (53:25)
13. My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! (57:36)
14. Yano-kun’s Ordinary Days (1:04:00)
15. Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (1:07:15) 
16. A Star Brighter Than the Sun (1:10:10)
17. Hands off: Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun! (1:15:10)
18. Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (1:20:00)
19. May I Ask For One Final Thing? (1:24:00)
20. Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (1:25:25)
21. My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha (1:30:35)
22. Digimon Beatbreak (1:36:15)
23. Dusk Beyond the End of the World (1:40:07)
24. Gintama – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class (1:46:30)
25. My Hero Academia Final Season (1:48:55)
26. Tales of Wedding Rings S2 (1:50:28)
27. Ranma 1/2 (2024) Season 2 (1:51:45)
28. One-Punch Man Season 3 (1:53:50)
29. Spy x Family S3 (1:57:43)
30. Overall Thoughts? (2:00:00