Zenspath Podcast

We're back with Episode 184 of the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we talk about Sony taking Bungie's independence after a series of mess-ups, AOL is ending their dial up services after decades, Nintendo is bringing "Chibi-Robo!" to Switch 2, Nintendo is close to hitting 1 Billion hardware sales, "PUBG Battlegrounds" is ending on PS4/Xbox One but starting new on PS5/Series X/S , The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "In an era filled with content creators & Esports, what effects do you feel it has had, or may have in the future, on games & the industry as a whole for good or bad?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord )

We're back with Episode 183 of the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we talk about the Microsoft canceling Contraband, "Heretic + Hexen" is announced & releaed, Sony is moving away from a hardware centric business model, the Nintendo Indie World Direct, Digital Foundry gains independence, The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "With the recent independence of Digital Foundry from both Eurogamer & IGN, looking back at their history & content, do you feel they have been a benefit or hindrance to the understanding & community in the world of gaming as a whole?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - h

We're back with Episode 182 of the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we talk about the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Gamers Pushing back against the Credit Card Processors Censorship, Sony suing Tencent over their Horizon copycat game, Warner Bros doubles down on Live Service games, the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2025, The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "Now that we are getting Darksiders 4 after all of these years, what is a series you love that you want to see get continued &/or finished? (Whether realistic or not)" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://op

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 181! Join Jeremy, Stephen, Chris, & Chase as we talk about Credit Card Processors pushing censorship, Xbox port rumors, Sony creates a new job to port games to other hardware, Sony creates a "Low Power Mode: for PS5, San Diego Comic Con 2025 news , The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "What were some of your favorite toy lines that you had, or remember you wanted to have, as a kid??" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/p

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 180! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we talk about a Doom 2025 SNES dev (Roebloz) setting us straight on some facts, Krafton is now facing a full lawsuit over Subnautica 2, the Commodore 64 Ultimate Edition was announced, Zelda & Link have been cast for the live action The Legend of Zelda movie, Nintendo makes some major eShop policy changes, The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "What are the games that made you the gamer you are today? Can you give us a top 3 or 5?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOS

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 179! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we talk about Krafton featuring legal issues for delaying Subnautica 2, a new SNES Doom, Romero Games may survive, Ghost of Yotei State of Play Highlights, Sea of Thieves gets private servers, Nintendo talks about shorter development periods, The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "What is one of your favorite 3rd party developers (company) and what favorite game(s) did they make?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 178! Join Jeremy, Stephen, Rachel, & Chase as we talk about the massive layoff massacre that happened at Xbox, Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox Series X/S, SEGA & other developers admit that they thought the Switch would fail originally, Nitnendo announces a price increase in Canada for the Switch1 hardware, games, accessories, & Nintendo Online Membership, but not Switch 2, developers Build a Rocket Boy believe Mindseye failed because of marketing sabotage, The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "With the DRASTIC changes that the big 3 have taken between the previous & current generations of consoles in regards to exclusives, hardware, & more, where do we each feel gaming will go after the Switch 2, PS6, & Xbox Next generation with regards to hardware, exclusives, uniqueness, & more moving forward?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 177! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we talk about the Capcom Spotlight, Arc System Works Showcase, the new risk to your older DS/3DS/Vita/Switch/Switch 2 physical cartridges, The Speedrun, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "Is there a game that did nearly everything right for you, but one bad part (bad sound, bad gameplay, bad graphics) turned you off on the experience?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/08ab7658-e7f2-

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 176! We have a full crew this week as Jeremy, Chase, Stephen, Chris, & Rachel all talk about the return of Spaceballs, the recent Xbox June Showcase, Nintendo's Donkey Kong Bananza Direct, Xbox's handheld systems revealed, Xbox & AMD form a partnership, a massive Nintendo Switch 2 heist, & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "Would you find it easier to give up physical media for games if companies were to push a more “open & compatible” mindset when it comes to the titles you purchase like how Xbox is seeming to go?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://ope

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 175! Jeremy, Chase, & Stephen talk about the June Sony State of Play, the Summer Game Fest 2025, Switch 2, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "The Switch 2 Launch Discussion! Our launch experiences, what games we have played, GameChat functions, camera, pro controller, mouse mode, backwards compatibility tests, & more!" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/08ab7658-e7f2-43f9-b0de-5a12c8ff24a6/zenspath-entertainment-netwo

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 174! Jeremy, Chase, & Rachel talk about Lost in Cult publishing games, Limited Run Games talks Game Key Cards, a LOT of Warhammer 40K announcements, Xbox adds the "Retro Classics" to GamePass with some issues, the "SmashTogether" dating app is shut down, Stellar Blade PC woes with Sony, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "As this is the last show we are recording before the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, I want to go through our final thoughts on the system, what we’re excited for, worried about, confused by, or hopeful for. Also, a final list of what we plan to get on launch day!" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast  Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord )

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 173! Jeremy, Rachel, Stephen, & Chase talk about Nintendo back tracking about Switch 2 VRR support for TVs, Nintendo stating games they develop won't be on Key Cards, information about the 12 free Switch game updates for Switch 2, Fortnite's AI Darth Vader gets pushed to the Dark Side by users, Bungie is caught stealing art for their upcoming game "Marathon", & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "With Nintendo announcing that no media groups will be getting the Switch 2 before launch for review because of the day one patch, how do you feel this will affect players in regards to buying Switch 2, or does the sold out preorders make hardware reviews almost pointless at launch & ,more importantly, do you think this will hurt particular titles that likely won’t have day 1 reviews for people to check out more?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & le

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 172! Jeremy, Rachel, Stephen, & Chase talk about the Gears of War: Reloaded announcement, Xbox's upcoming portable "Project Keenan" leak, PlayStations top April games are all from Xbox, Sony creates TeamLFG for another live service game, the Overwatch 2 team form a Union, Nintendo updates their EULA against hackers, & more.  Our "Big Question" for this week is "If a company (be it Nintendo with their recent announcement or Sony/Microsoft with their previous occurrences) releases a firmware update, new feature, or other change that possibly could brick or damage a console because of modified hardware or software, is that the responsibility of the manufacturer to prevent and/or repair, or is it a risk the modifier or purchaser of modified hardware should assume as their own?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to he

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 171! Jeremy & Rachel are joined by Caleb as we talk about Microsoft increasing the price of Xbox & their games, Rockstar delays Grand Theft Auto VI to 2026, EA shuts down projects, has layoffs, & plans an update to Apex, Polygon is sold & gutted, Nintendo releases Virtual Game Cards, Genki is sued by Nintendo for Trademark Violation, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "With Microsoft moving towards select titles going to an $80 price point & Sony likely following suit soon…some are trying to blame this on Nintendo after they announced Mario Kart World’s price of $80. Do you feel that this is Nintendo’s fault for broaching that price or do you feel this was something in the works or even inevitable in the long run as development costs increase along with other outside factors?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 170! Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase talk about the Switch 2 finally going up for Pre-Order, the "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" remake releases, the 3rd party developer Switch Key Card trend, Sony adds new features in the latest update, Ziff Davis is taking OpenAI to court, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "Former PlayStation President, Shuhei Yoshida , recently stated with the announcement of the Switch 2, that “Nintendo is losing its identity” for just making an improved follow up system instead of “disappointing everyone” with something new. With this in mind…do you feel the Switch 2 is Nintendo losing their identity & how do you feel the current iterations of Xbox & PlayStation have held up for their identities as well?”?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zens

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 169! Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase talk about the Mario Kart World Direct that left us with more questions, Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order & accessory cost news, PlayStation price increases, The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remaster leaks, upcoming movies, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "What is a game you would like to see “reborn”?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/08ab7658-e7f2-43f9-b0de-5a12c8ff24a6/zenspath-entertainment-network  Join us on Discord at bit.ly/zenspathdiscord

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 168! Jeremy, Stephen, Rachel, & Chase discuss some of the Nintendo Switch 2 questions people have had, Baldur's Gate 3 is getting "Patch 8" for Cross-Play, Tequila Works is selling their IP, Bungie shows off Marathon, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "With the debate on the cost increase of games going up with Mario Kart World being $80 in the US, how do you feel about this & what would a game have to be in order to warrant a higher cost than the current $70 standard? (Bonus: How do you feel about this notion some are pushing that inherently Nintendo titles should be cheaper because they aren’t on a system as powerful as other modern consoles?)" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zen

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 167! Jeremy, Stephen, Rachel, Chase, & Chris talk all about the April 2nd Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Direct. We talk about the release date, pre-order issues, system specs, new features, ACTUAL Nintendo voice chat, & a LOT of announced games! We also try to clarify so much of the misinformation that is going around about the game costs, storage media, & more. Our "Big Question" for this week is "With the demonstration that the system will support up to 2 handed mouse controls, what is the ideal game you would like to see come to the system?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 166! Jeremy, Stephen, Rachel, & Chris talk all about the March 2025 Nintendo Direct, Ubisoft forming a subsidiary with Tencent, "The Speedrun", & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "With next week being the final blow out reveal for the Switch 2...what are your last predictions, hopes, concerns, etc about the upcoming hardware, software, etc?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/08ab7658-e7f2-43f9-b0de-5a12c8ff24a6/zenspath-entertainment-network  Join us on Discord at bit.ly/ze

It's the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast Episode 165! Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase talk about Niantic selling to Scopely, the creation of the "Accessible Games Initiative", Microsoft's new "Xbox Adaptive Joystick", Ketchup Entertainment is trying to revive "Coyote vs. ACME", Microsoft may have leaked their own new PC Xbox app UI, more Switch 2 rumors, "The Speedrun", & more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "What is a game series you loved but then stopped playing only to come back years, or even decades, later with a new entry?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nFegSJNWR0na1BAv6AOSD Libsyn - https://zenspath.libsyn.com/2024/02 Amazon Music - h