Description

Tori and Noah only talking about Elden Ring for a little bit in this one, really. There's lots of gaming news, good and bad. Square Enix snapped, and Tori beat Earthbound and she loves her son Ness very much.

THINGS MENTIONED:

• This Polygon article about abuse allegations at Sony.
• This Polygon article about the Valkyrie series.
• The incredible podcast Blowback. Season one is all about the Iraq War.
• The Ukraine Itch bundle.
• The trans rights itch bundle.
• The new Square Enix YouTube Channel.
• The Xfire article by Tom Henderson about Star Wars: Eclipse.
• This Polygon article about crunch at Traveler’s Tales.

SPOILERS for Earthbound from 34:00 to 44:10. There's also some spoilers for Deltarune in there, too. Tread lightly. 

Our cool sounds, and the intro and outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod and you can email us who your favorite kong is at heypressstart@gmail.com.