Rhoades is out on his honeymoon, so Brian and Mikey are holding down the fort this week. We talk about the Steam Summer Sale, our adventures in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and the future of Metroid and the Nintendo Switch. Topics discussed: Steam Summer Sale, PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds, XCOM, Kingdom Hearts, Ori and the Blind Forest, Wolfenstein, Civilization, Metroid: Samus Returns Where we are:

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