Claire is back to talk about some horrible plane trouble on her way to and from Too Many Games. She's been playing Mario Kart World, SteamWorld Dig, and Pinball Spire. Sean finishes up Welcome Tour and plays the new batch of Astro Bot levels.

In news we find out what's up with Romero Games, Anthem announces its end of life, and GameStop has a weird charity auction going on.

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We got together a day early this week to discuss the breaking news of Microsoft laying off a full town's population worth of employees in multiple studios and positions. On the back of last week discussing layoffs coming, it was a shock how many there actually were. In other bad news, Canada will soon have to pay more for... a Switch 1? Amongst other things.

Also, Sean plays some futbol in Rematch and is romancing items in Date Everything while Paul is stuck in his own DUNE-hole by playing Dune: Awakening and being disappointed in Mecha Break.

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This week we're talking about our feelings around FBC Firebreak. Sean has also played through Death Stranding 2 and tries out Mindseye. Paul finishes Clair Obscure, Doom The Dark Ages, and Final Fantasy XVI.

As for news, Xbox is about to have major layoffs, some Sega sales numbers get leaked, and Marathon was delayed.

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