Dialogue Options-a Video Games Podcast

Greetings listeners, we're back with another episode! On this week's show we focus entirely on what we've been playing with a Quest Log only episode, which tracks given Kyran held everyone up in October to gush about Metroid (sorry not sorry). Joel and Kyran have both reached credits on the incredibly simple and fun Unpacking from Witch Beam Games and discuss how much they enjoyed the experience, including the subtle but effective underlying narrative told exclusively through the gameplay's strengths. We also talk about our time with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy where Kyran tries to convince Joel to pause what he's playing at the moment to get back into finishing it, it's almost certainly one of 2021's most surprising video games. Lastly we have the two main games of the show, Joel has spent the last week getting his fix with Forza Horizon 5 and fills Kyran in on all the details from Playground's newest racer for fans of all skill levels, meanwhile Kyran waded into the

Greetings listeners! We're back with a special episode this week, or rather we are releasing an episode we recorded especially for PAX Australia's PAX Radio back in October. On this episode we return to our good ol' 'Kill Your Babies' / 'Battle Royale' format by picking a list of Australian indie games and attempting to crown our favourite, whilst hurting each other along the way because every single one of these games is worth a look. We had originally planned a normal episode this week but some stuff came up and now we'll be releasing it next week. If you want a tease you can look forward to hearing Joel's early thoughts about Forza Horizon 5 and Kyran will be spending this weekend diving into the Elden Ring closed beta, so there's plenty to look forward to. If you want to reach out to us then feel free to hit up any of the links below! Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialogueoptions Twitter: https

Greetings listeners! We're back with another episode of the podcast and a second episode focused on Metroid Dread (probably our last one, thanks to Joel and everyone for humouring Kyran). We spent the start of the episode doing a spoiler-free recap of our thoughts now that we've both rolled credits before rolling into breaking down the game's story, running through the game's bosses and enemies, and finishing off by talking about the power-ups featured in the game.  METROID DREAD SPOILERS START AT 0:27:55 If you have any (literally any) Metroid Dread thoughts hit us up! You can find us through any of the links below and Kyran is always eager to talk about his favourite Nintendo franchise. See you next mission! Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialogueoptions Twitter: https://twitter.com/DialogueOptions Joel: https://twitter.com/joelymac Kyran: https://twitter.com/lemonmanx

The fated day has arrived! Metroid Dread is finally here! The long awaited fifth (and final) entry in the original Metroid story arc has officially released on the Nintendo Switch just last week. So we decided we'd strike while the iron was hot and sit down to dish on our early impressions on the newest Metroid title. We do our best to avoid major spoilers beyond what was initially shown in the game's early E3 showing and a few of the trailers, but we fully intend to break it all down in a full spoilers episode at some point in the not too distant future so be sure to keep an eye out for that. Until then, sit down and plug in some headphones. Kyran's been waiting a long time to do this episode. If you want to reach out to us with any Metroid Dread thoughts of your own feel free to use the links below! Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialogueoptions Twitter: https://twitter.com/DialogueOptions Joel: https://twitter.com/joelymac

Greetings listeners! On this week's show we have a PACKED Quest Log, both Joel and Kyran have early impressions for both Dreamscaper and Tales of Arise respectively, both games they'll be circling back on at a later date. We then talk about how we've been finding Eastward, the first game from Chinese developer Pixpil, and gush about how much we love the game's visuals and Zelda-like gameplay. Lastly, we've also finished a new game! We talk about our time with The Artful Escape whilst keeping spoilers to a minimum, if you have access to a PC or an Xbox it is absolutely a game we recommend checking out. Meanwhile, over in the Bonus Round we breakdown the latest Nintendo Direct that was packed with some pretty big surprises. We got our first look at a 3D Kirby, Nintendo confirmed rumours that N64 (and Sega Genesis) would be joining the Nintendo Switch Online line up in October for an undisclosed additional cost, our first official glimpse at the highly anticipated Bayonetta 3 and the entire i

Greetings listeners! Sorry about the episode being a little late, this week has been another bumpy one in a long string of similarly bumpy ones as we continue to feel a bit fatigued by the endless barrage of stuff that 2021 continues to throw our way. First up we've got a Quest Log where Kyran goes over his return to Destiny 2 with the recent launch of the Season of the Lost ahead of 2022's release of the new Witch Queen DLC, he has quickly been sucked back in by Bungie's incredibly fun shooting mechanics and the ever addicting act of making the numbers go up. Meanwhile, Joel has gone back in time to finish Psychonauts among all the excitement for the sequel and he fills Kyran in on his thoughts on the game, how it has aged, and how excited he is to play the sequel. Elsewhere in the show we go through each game shown at the latest PlayStation showcase, billed as the show for the PlayStation 5. We talk about whether we thought it delivered and talk about the highs (like the insane talent over at In

Greetings listeners! On this week's Quest Log we've got a bit of a mixed bag of impressions from Joel who's been spending a little time with Art of Rally, the Ollie Ollie games on Switch, and dipped his toes in the Riders Republic open beta that recently took place. Meanwhile Kyran managed to finish NEO The World Ends With You and attempts to tell Joel how cool it is to have a sequel to an underappreciated Nintendo DS gem (and lament how the original game is hard to emulate on anything but a DS given the control scheme it used) Then we jump over to Dope or Nope where we've got a brand new Gamescom Opening Night Live to break down that featured a few surprises and updates to both new and unannounced games, our personal highlights being Marvel's Midnight Sons and the newly announced Saints Row reboot. We also make a bit of time at the end of the show to talk about the recent very early look at Motive Studio's Dead Space remake. Segment Timecodes Quest Log: 0:09:38 Dope or Nope: 0:50:46 W

Greetings listeners! Joel fills Kyran in on his fresh enrolment at Dodgeball Academia where he sharpens his Dodgeball skills to kick off this week's Quest Log. We also talk about our very early impressions from the recently released Boyfriend Dungeon (date those weapons!) and facing the hordes of the undead in Back 4 Blood's Open Beta. Meanwhile over in the Bonus Round we break down the most recent Indie World featuring plenty of indies that either shadow dropped on the day and we now want or are coming out soon and we desperately want them. There's a lot to love from this latest showcase! Segment Time Codes Quest Log: 00:09:42 Bonus Round: 01:06:14 See you next mission (hit us up using the links below if you want to get in touch with us) Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialogueoptions Twitter: https://twitter.com/DialogueOptions Joel: https://twitter.com/joelymac Kyran: https://twitter.com/lemonmanx

Greetings listeners! It's been a bit of a weird couple of weeks, so we hope you'll bare with us for this week's episode. First up we've got the Quest Log, where both Kyran and Joel have synced up on a couple of games that have come out fairly recently! We start with Pokémon Unite, a free to play Pokémon themed MOBA that dropped on the Switch, and are both quite surprised at how enjoyable of an experience it is for short bursts. Lastly, we have spent a little bit of time with The Ascent, a twin-stick shooter cyberpunk-themed co-operative game, after its recent release on Xbox Game Pass. We've got a bit to say about how much we are enjoying it and about how it really feels like the game needs a few more patches to really be a truly great experience. Meanwhile, over in Dope or Nope we talk about the still unfolding debacle over at Activision Blizzard after the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against Blizzard over sexual harassment, unequal pay and more. We

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show Joel's been playing Boomerang X and gives Kyran the low down on it in the Quest, additionally we talk a little too much about Mass Effect without saying anything because we can't help ourselves, and Kyran has reached credits on Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. He also tries to convince Joel to play Metroid (and hopefully Zero Mission) as we close in on Metroid's 35th anniversary early next month, he also invites any listeners to do the same and hit him on Twitter or via e-mail if you've got any thoughts you want to share on them. Meanwhile, over in Dope or Nope we got a massive announcement from Valve last week as they fully unveiled the Steam Deck, a portable PC that is pretty much what many people hoped the currently non-existent Switch Pro would be. We go over the prices and specs (while also lamenting it not being available in our region yet) before moving onto the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) and Nintendo's new statement in re

Greetings listeners! On this week's Quest Log we've been dabbling in some different games. Joel and Kyran share their early impressions on the demo for Neo: The World Ends With You (a game that we still can't believe actually exists). Kyran tells Joel about his very early thoughts on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for the PS5, and lastly Joel's been getting a hit of FPS throwback nostalgia in Prodeus from Xbox Games Preview and walks Kyran through his time with Mario Golf Super Rush so far. Over in Dope or Nope we've got a stack of tasty headlines as the industry continues to shuffle forward as the dust of E3 settles. Sony has made some studio acquisitions, Konami and Bloober Team are working together on something horror related, BioWare confirm that they won't be at this year's EA Play (placing all expectations on the newly rumoured Dead Space remake), Ghost of Tsushima's Director's Cut is officially launching next month, and the Kojima/Xbox partnership appears to have re

Greetings listeners! We're back after taking a week to process E3 and scroll through the lists of games that were announced or updated over the course of five or so very crazy days. Our E3 wrap is a little different this year, purely because of how condensed every presentation was and the lack of free time we actually had to break it all down (it'd be so many episodes) we decided instead to put together lists of the games that caught our attention as well as including some general discussion about how we felt the event worked this year. I think we can all agree it was preferable to how spread out everything was last year, but it is also fair to say that maybe we don't really need the ESA and E3 side of things and instead just pivot towards a weekend in June to celebrate games. It'll be interesting to see what happens in 2022 if an in person E3 happens again. Is there anything from E3 and the Summer Game Fest that is on your radar that we missed? If so, tell us! There was so much announced that

Greetings listeners! We're back with another episode and it just so happens to be a super sized one. In the Quest Log we talk briefly about our time with the recent Scarlet Nexus demo, a new anime game from Bandai Namco, before moving into a surprisingly busy Dope or Nope packed with updates on Dragon Quest, Far Cry 6, and a new Horizon: Forbidden West State of Play. Lastly, in the Bonus Round we foolishly break down Jeff Grubb's neatly listed out rundown for next week's festivities as they currently stand. This includes speculation about we hope to see at E3 and Summer Game Fest from the likes of Xbox + Bethesda, Bandai Namco, Ubisoft, and Nintendo ( + more, but some are really hard to speculate on). In classic video game fashion a bunch of stuff happened just after we finished recording as well, including Nintendo officially locking in their E3 time and Sony confirming God of War Ragnarok will not be releasing this year. Segment time codes: Quest Log - 00:03:37 Dope or Nope - 00:23:44 Bonus Roun

Greetings listeners! On this episode's Quest Log Joel's been putting more time into both Monster Hunter Rise and continuing his efforts to reach the end of Nier Replicant. Meanwhile Kyran has serves up a fresh dose of thalassophobia with his early impressions of Unknown World's Subnautica Below Zero, a game which offers more ocean survival on a smaller scale with some nice quality of life improvements and a larger focus on narrative before closing out with the big one. Now that he's hit credits Kyran lets Joel know how he feels about Resident Evil Village, a game that has been talking itself up since it was announced. Did he like it? Did he hate it? It is also worth noting that there is are some Resident Evil Village spoilers from 0:43:38 and end around 0:54:46 and 0:56:04 to 0:56:51. Then over in Dope or Nope we've got an assortment of things to talk about, including Disco Elysium no longer being banned in Australia (and available for sale right now), Sony apparently working on 25 new gam

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we're cheating a little with our Quest Log and incorporating a couple of movies into what is typically our 'what we've been playing' segment. We've been down to the local cinemas to see the latest live action Mortal Kombat film and suffered through the Monster Hunter movie, we bring you our thoughts on both and let me just say one was definitely better than the other. Outside of that we've both been plugging away at the recently released Nier Replicant. This game is seen as something of a second chance for the game after it originally released on the PS3, hopefully we don't make any enemies with our early impressions! Meanwhile, other in Dope or Nope we've got a variety of talking points. These range from a wild list of characters that Epic wants to include in Fortnite that has leaked out thanks to the absolutely crazy Apple v Epic court case going on right now to the shocking news that three veterans would be stepping down from G

Greetings listeners! We're back with another episode and this time we're making good on something we've been meaning to get to, Joel has hit credits on Persona 5 Strikers. We take some time to talk about some broad thoughts about the game as a while as well as dedicating about 15 or so minutes to spoiler discussion. Persona 5 Strikers spoilers start 0:14:48 at and end at 0:32:41 Additionally, Joel spent a bit of time with the demo for Aerial_Knight's Never Yield, a new auto running game featured in the most recent Indie World that Nintendo held last week. Meanwhile, Kyran talks about his time with a single game of Resident Evil's newest weird multiplayer distraction, RE: Verse, and the highly anticipated Resident Evil Village demo. 30 minutes in the Village segment was enough to truly convince Kyran that this game is going to be brilliant as Resident Evil continues to stride forward (remember when we were all ready to write the series off after Resident Evil 6?) Over in the Bonus Round Joe

Greetings listeners! Welcome back to another episode of the show, this time around we've got another Quest Log focused episode due to a quiet week on the news front. First up, Joel's briefly found some time to check out People Can Fly's new looter shooter Outriders thanks to the power of Xbox Game Pass, then Kyran weighs in on a brand new demo for a Metroid fan game called Prime 2D (and can't help but get a little bitter at the fact that as this gets more attention, the more likely it'll be that Nintendo send off a cease and desist). Lastly, we talk about how we've been finding Monster Hunter Rise since it's launch on Switch just over a week ago. We talk about the weapons we're using, the monsters we like hunting, and how we're finding it after really breaking into the Monster Hunter series with World. Spoilers, we're having a good time turning our favourite beasts into shirts. Thanks for listening and if you want to get in touch the relevant links can be found below! E

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show we've got a short and sweet Quest Log. Joel is still chipping away at Persona 5 Strikers but has also felt himself feeling the call of the likes of Magic the Gathering and Hearthstone, meanwhile Kyran checks out the newly released PlayStation 5 version of Marve's Avengers and throws himself into the fourth season of Fall Guys. Then in our Bonus Round we've got frustrating news about Disco Elysium's Australian release, Square Enix hosted their first digital event for the year, Sony teams up with RTS to acquire EVO, rumours are circulating that Sony may be shutting down a few legacy system's online storefronts, and the new Nintendo Switch whispers continue to gain strength as we look towards a potentially inevitable hardware refresh. As always thanks for listening and if you want to reach out to us then feel free to use the links below! Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.faceboo

Greetings listeners! Sorry about the lack of episode last week! It was a decision we came to due to the lack of news and our own lack of new games having been played, but this week we invited Brendan back to help us bolster a Quest Log focused episode. First up Joel gives us some more of his thoughts on Persona 5 Strikers whilst also managing to side track us with Persona discussion in general, Kyran weighs in on how he's finding Bravely Default 2 and why he thinks he might be putting it down for now, then Brendan informs us on what the heck Dyson Sphere Program is and reminds us to be excited for the upcoming System Shock remake after exploring the most recent demo. Lastly, we finish up with Valheim, an early access crafting survival game with a Viking twist. It's a game that has stolen both Kyran and Brendan's hearts over the 20 or so hours they've put into it during the last week and a half. Joel's been curious about it, time to see if he'll be pushed over the edge. If you want to g

Greetings listeners! As mentioned last episode, this week's show was just so big that we decided to break each segment down into individual episodes. You can find all the news in our Dope or Nope episode prior to this one. This part contains our Quest Log, which we decided to do a bit differently with Brod joining us on the show. We start off by checking in with our two PlayStation 5 owners, as they talk about the console and how they are finding it before moving onto Brod's list of games that he has had a chance to play. Lastly, we finish things up by getting the early impressions from both Joel and Kyran on Persona 5 Strikers. Once again, special thanks to Brod for joining us this week. You can find him over at Hunting Seasons (links below) If you want to reach out then feel free to hit up the links below! Email: contact@dialogueoptions.com Website: www.dialogueoptions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialogueoptions Twitter: https://twitter.com/DialogueOptions Joel: https://twitter.com/joelym