Tomas Franzese returns to the show to chat about his newsletter Remastered, being the weekend editor at Polygon, and help determine if Xbox or PlayStation is going to win the battle for "Which Company Can Be the Worst?" throughout 2026.
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Show Notes
Welcome
Polygon's Weekend Editor
Remastered
- Remastered - Tomas' excellent Newsletter
- Episodic Medium
- Is Pragmata Really An Old-School Game, Or Do We Just Miss Originality? - Remastered
- Highguard Isn't The First Live Service Failure, But It's One Of The Most Worrying - Remastered
- Reviewing The Three Fortnite Games Epic Doesn't Want You To Play Anymore - Remastered
- I paid $2 a day to play an abandoned Wii Sports sequel - Digital Trends
- S1E4 - Paper Mario - Color Splash
- S6E8 - Pokémon X and Y
- This rare SNES game was lost to time. Now it’s getting a second life - Digital Trends
Xbox-alypse
- The Rise And Fall Of Phil Spencer's Xbox - Remastered
- Xbox Declares the End of the Console Wars - Max Frequency
- How Things Got So Bad At Xbox - Jason Schreier
- Game Changer: Playing to win at Xbox, EA Sports and Liverpool FC - Peter Moore
- The Core of the Xbox Brand - Max Frequency
- It's still unclear if those new Fallout games will be Xbox console exclusives or not - Polygon
- The Exclusivity Wall - Max Frequency
- Retreating Behind the Exclusivity Wall - Max Frequency
- Not to Be Outdone By PlayStation and Nintendo, Xbox Raises The Prices Again - Max Frequency
- After The Xbox Layoffs, This Documentary Is Required Viewing - Remastered
- PsychOdyssey - Double Fine, YouTube
- PsychOdyssey Physical Release - Fangamer
- 2 Grounded 2 Serious - Max Frequency
The Death of Discs
- Sony Announces the End of Physical Games - Max Frequency
- Sony is Shutting Down the PS3, PSP, and Vita Stores - Max Frequency
- Sony Reverses Decision to Shut Down PS3 and Vita Stores - Max Frequency
- Burying the Insomniac Leak - Max Frequency
- Mat Piscatella's Post on PlayStation Physical Sales in 2026
- Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video
- Mr. Meaty Theme Song
- PlayStation raises Horizon Zero Dawn’s PS4 price following remaster upgrade announcement - VGC
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Removed From Wii U Digital Store - Game Informer
- Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection - The Verge
- Affordable Space Adventures Trailer
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