212: Cheaters Never Win

This week: New video games! Sword of the Sea, Is This Seat Taken?, and yes, the annual Madden check-in. In the news, PS5 price increases in the US, Halo on a PlayStation (sort of), a Gamescom wrap-up including Road Kings, WH40K: Dawn of War IV, and uh, Bubsy 4D, and lastly... maybe Hollow Knight Silksong is getting a release date. Or maybe it's just out now? CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:03:03) I need to be more Coonce-like in my approach to stress (00:05:18) 2 weeks? 2 weeks... Construction updates (00:08:09) Mafia: The Old Country | [PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Aug 08, 2025 (00:15:46) Sword of the Sea | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Aug 19, 2025 (00:28:19) First Break (00:28:24) Madden NFL 26 | [Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Aug 14, 2025 (00:38:45) Is This Seat Taken? | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch] | Aug 2025 (00:44:34) The other games in our lives (00:49:13)…