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It’s an old-fashioned episode featuring just Steve and me this week. After a couple of silent weeks the rumor mill has been churning more and more, confirming that we are getting closer to “E3 season”. Of course, it will instead be “Summer Game Fest season” this year as E3 takes another break and Geoff Keighley remains to pick up the pieces. All this really means is a series of other smaller organizations are holding their own digital events, such as the Guerilla Collective hosting their vast numbers of indie titles and debuts or the PC Games Show continuing to be the most cringe-worthy and bloated of presentations.

Nevertheless, now is the time for companies to either announce their upcoming projects or release dates ahead of the storm, or for droplets of leaks and teasers to signify the hurricane of trailers and press releases coming our way. I wrote about this period of anticipation last year, as the month of May is often when I become fidgety for some major announcements. I am not nearly so excited this year, however. Perhaps I’ve come to feel as if titles like Crimson Desert and Dokev are vaporware and therefore expect nothing exciting from them? Maybe the sheer onslaught of similar-looking indie titles smacked and slapped across my eyes was enough to develop an overloaded sensory exhaustion during last year’s E3 and Summer Games Festivities. Just as I had written about the digital-only expo in anticipation, I also wrote about my displeasures and misalignment with what was on display. I’ve taken a couple days off for E3 and plan to do commentary streams to some of the larger presentations, but I’m not really hyped this year.

Regardless of that hype, there’s at least plenty of industry news to chew on, and that makes for good content for the podcast. If there’s anything that is exciting about the coming months, it is getting a clearer picture of what the holiday season will look like for the games industry. Maybe some of the games I care about will get some release dates? Maybe Nintendo will pull out another delightful surprise like last year’s Metroid Dread? Only time will tell.

Have any thoughts regarding the delays of Starfield or Redfall? What of the Gotham Knights gameplay reveal? A Last of Us remake? Feel free to leave a comment below or send us an e-mail with your opinions.

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