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You ready for this, Playa?<\/p>\n

Welcome back to the club! This week, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are back and talking about this year’s THQ Nordic Showcase! We talk about everything from cartoon platformers to remade Russian RPGs, and much more!<\/p>\n

Also, in the Whatcha Playin segment, Al talks about their time with Spider-Man on PC and the Steam Deck and Emmett talk about his time with Final Fantasy Origin: Stranger of Paradise and Rumbleverse.<\/p>\n

Timestamps:
\n08:42 TOTS: THQ Nordic Showcase
\n10:28 AEW: Fight Forever
\n19:49 Space For Sale
\n21:46 Jagged Alliance 3
\n23:48 Way of the Hunter
\n26:47 Tempest Rising
\n29:10 Gothic Remake
\n34:58 Outcast 2
\n39:47 Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed
\n45:21 SpongeBob: Cosmic Shake
\n54:10 Wreckreation
\n58:30 Alone in the Dark
\n01:14:08 Final Thoughts
\n01:19:49 Whatcha Playin
\n01:21:00 Rumbleverse
\n01:32:50 Spider-Man PC
\n01:41:35 FF Origin: Stranger of Paradise
\n01:54:54 Steam Deck
\n02:07:26 Housekeeping<\/p>\n

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