About this episode

The episode discusses Sony's decision to stop physical game production and Nintendo's remake of Star Fox.

Griffin needed to take this week off, but our guest was more than prepared to talk about the week’s huge gaming news. Stephen Totilo, the founder of Game File and former EIC of Kotaku, explains the cause and fallout of Sony’s decision to cease physical game production in 2028. In more joyful news, Nintendo remade Starfox for the second time! And Frushtick and Plante have impressions to share!

People in this episode

Host: Griffin

Guest: Stephen Totilo

Topics covered

• gaming news
• physical game production
• video game remakes
• Sony
• Nintendo
• Star Fox

Keywords

• Sony
• Nintendo
• Star Fox
• gaming news
• physical games
• video game remakes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Game File, Kotaku, Sony, Nintendo

Products: Starfox

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