Casey Liss returns to the show to give Max dad advice.

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Colin Moriarty dives into his origins of writing walkthroughs and FAQs before the rise of video. Max and Colin then explore the history and development patterns behind Naughty Dog before the imminent release of The Last of Us Part I.

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Welcome

• Podcast Beyond 299: Is The Last of Us the Best Game Story Ever Told?
• Podcast Beyond 188: The PSN Lives!

Starting out with FAQs

• Colin’s GameFAQs Page
• Colin’s Mega Man II Walkthrough
• The Max Frequency Podcast, Episode 14: I Have It In My Contract to Write About Survivor with Ricky Frech
• CyricZ GameFAQs Page

The True Guide Era of IGN

• Colin’s Grand Theft Auto IV Guide for IGN
• Downloading to PSP Instructions
• Colin’s The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords Guide
• Snappy Video Snapshot

Trophy Guides

• Lillymo Games Trophy Guides

Rising to Greatness and the Loss of Long-form Writing

• Rising to Greatness by Colin Moriarty
• Chasing the Stick by Max Roberts
• The Agent before Agent, a lost Rockstar San Diego project

What Happened to Part V of Rising to Greatness?

• Colin’s Part V tweet
• PlayStation 3 Was Delayed, Originally Planned For 2005

The Origins of The Last of Us Part I

• PlayStation’s Blockbuster Garden – The Origins of The Last of Us Part I
• Upcoming inFamous 2 UGC Maintenance and Legacy Franchises
• The Cross-Generational Bottleneck

PlayStation Studios’ Pattern

• Jade Raymond’s Inteview with GamesIndustry.biz
• Sony’s Stance on Microsoft Buying Activision
• Neil Druckmann Denying The Last of Us / Fortnite Rumors

Factions 2

• Naughty Dog 2017 Multiplayer Hiring Video

Wrap-Up

• Last Stand Media Patreon
• Chapter Select, Season 0 – The Last of Us
• Chapter Select, Season 2 – God of War

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• Season 4 – The Fast and the Furious
• Season 5 – Resident Evil

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Colin’s Twitter @notaxation

It is that magical time in the Summer where Max Roberts and Logan Moore get together to predict E3/Summer Games Fest.

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Welcome

The Other Podcast – Chapter Select

E3 is Dead, Long Live E3

• Nintendo Direct Wikipedia
• The Max Frequency Podcast, Episode 9: My Sweet, Sweet Baby Nintendo with Logan Moore

PlayStation Predictions

• Sony Business Segment Briefing, May 26, 2022 – Page 32
• Big Three Predictions 2022

E3 2022 – Xbox Predictions

• Logan’s Xbox Predictions
  1. Starfield gets a trailer at Summer Games Fest then gameplay at Xbox showcase with no new date.
  2. Jedi Survivor gameplay is revealed.
  3. A Fable trailer with gameplay premieres.
  4. Wolfenstein 3 is officially announced and revealed.
  5. Three new first party games are announced.
• Max’s Xbox Predictions
  1. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is shown on Xbox’s stage.
  2. A Banjo-Kazooie game is announced.
  3. A Game Pass streaming stick device is revealed.
  4. The Indiana Jones game is shown off.
  5. The Last Night reemerges.

E3 2022 – PlayStation Predictions

• Logan’s PlayStation Predictions
  1. God of War: Ragnaök gets September 2022 launch date announced before June ends.
  2. The Last of Us Remake confirmed and Factions will be packaged with it. The game won’t be announced until September.
  3. A new Sly Cooper game is announced. It is a reboot.
  4. A new Infamous game featuring Cole is revealed.
  5. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is shown on PlayStation’s stage.
• Max’s PlayStation Predictions
  1. Half-Life Alyx is coming to PS VR2.
  2. A major title gets a day and date launch on PC.
  3. Insomniac announces a PS VR2 game.
  4. Death Stranding 2 gets a whacky Kojima trailer.
  5. Sony announces local PS3 emulation on PS5.

E3 2022 – Nintendo Predictions

• Logan’s Nintendo Predictions
  1. The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay shown off, but still no official title.
  2. Bayonetta 3 is delayed to 2023.
  3. Shigeru Miyamoto reveals the first trailer for the Super Mario movie.
  4. A new Donkey Kong game finally revealed.
  5. Metroid Prime 4 is still nowhere to be found.
• Max’s Nintendo Predictions
  1. Bayonetta 3 release date revealed: It is October 28, 2022.
  2. The next DLC pack for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is out “today!”
  3. Game Boy games/systems are announced for NSO.
  4. Hollow Knight: Silk Song actually shows up.
  5. Metroid Prime 4 gets a trailer.

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Ricky Frech teaches Max about the wide world of sports video games and Survivor. Then the two compare their guide writing practices before swapping worst wiki experiences.

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DoubleXP Rebrand

• About DoubleXP
• Ricky’s Author Page

How Guides Have Changed

• Wiki Stories
• Ricky’s Kirby Review

The Toughest Guides

• Jake from State Farm in NBA 2K22

GameFAQs

• CyricZ GameFAQs Page
• ASCII
• Stadia YouTube Integration

Ricky Teaches Max about Sports Games

• EA extends FIFA License through 2022
• NCAA Football Game in 2023

Survivor

• “Boston” Rob
• Beyond the Edge
• Survivor Casting Calls
• The Survivor Smile
• Rope Challenge Girl

Wrap-Up

• Bantam Banter 2 – Pablo Sanchez Memorial All-Valley Karate Championship
• Bantam Banter 11 – PlayStation Island
• Chapter Select Season 1, Episode 5 – Super Paper Mario

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Tomas Franzese joins the show to help digest the beefy $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We also chat about Tomas’s new job at DigitalTrends and discuss Hollywood tapping into the well of video game IP.

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The Halo Trailer

• Halo The Series Trailer
• NPR Uncharted Interview

Tomas’s New Job at DigitalTrends

• Tomas’s Author Page

Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard

• Your biggest questions about the Microsoft-Activision deal, answered

The IP and Game Pass

• Big Three Predictions 2022

Wrap-Up

• Paper Mario: Color Splash episode of Chapter Select

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Philip Summers from Hand-Drawn Game Guides joins the show to talk about his first and wildly successful Kickstarter. From Ninja Gaiden to Metroid, we chat about his approach to writing a guide, as well as drawing them! We also celebrate the return of Metroid during the series’ 35th anniversary.

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Hand-Drawn Game Guides Kickstarter

• Phil’s Kickstarter Campaign
• Shipping 2,000 Zelda Guides

The Next Guide

• Wii Shop Wednesday

• Max Frequency
• Max’s Twitter
• Philip’s Instagram
• Philip’s Twitter

Jerrad Wyche celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with me. We chat about E3’s return in 2021 with a focus on Nintendo and Xbox. Metroid lives and Starfield has a release date before Halo Infinite. Like I said, it is the most wonderful time of the year.

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Welcome

• C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train) by Quad City DJ’s

Overall E3 2021 Impressions

• Jerrad’s Square Enix Tweet

Ubisoft’s Avatar and Star Wars

• Ubisoft and Massive’s Star Wars Game Announcement
• Disney’s Decision After Seeing Avatar

Death Stranding Director’s Cut

• Death Stranding Director’s Cut Teaser
• What is Going on with Blue Box Game Studios?
• Returning to Death Stranding Six Months Later

The Sequel to Breath of the Wild

• Note: I did remember that Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks used the same assets, as well as A Link Between Worlds and Triforce Heroes. This is the first time for a major 3D Zelda release though, since Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask.

Metroid Dread

• Max’s Metroid Dread Reaction

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

• Imran’s Mario + Rabbids Tweet

Starfield

• The Elder Scrolls: Blades – Apple Presentation
• Skyrim: Very Special Edition – Official Trailer

Somerville

• Playdead co-founder Dino Patti helps form new studio, Jumpship

Wrap-Up

• Controlled Interest

• Max Frequency
• Max’s Twitter
• Jerrad’s Twitter
• Controlled Interest Twitter

Chapter Select is a season-based podcast. Myself and Logan Moore pick a series each season and play all its entries alongside guests. The twist is we play the first game and then the most recent game, bouncing back and forth until we meet in the middle; allowing us to explore a franchise’s design, legacy, and evolution.

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Chapter Select

• Announcement
• Chapter Select Feeds
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  • Overcast
  • Apple Podcasts
  • Spotify

• Max Frequency
• Max’s Twitter
• Logan’s Twitter

No fancy interview this time, Alex O’Neill joins the show to assess how the new consoles are going and share his disappointments in The Last of Us Part II. Plus, we chat about why 100 hours in Persona doesn’t actually feel like 100 hours.

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Welcome

• Behind the Pixel Interview

PAX 2019

• Sony Pulls Out of PAX 2020

Hosting Kinda Funny Games Daily

• Kinda Funny Games Daily Episode 3/12/21

The Status of Next Gen / Current Gen

• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart State of Play
• Ratchet and Clank PS5 Patch – A Practically Flawless 60FPS Upgrade
• Sly Cooper Movie Trailer
• Entering a 3D World – Thoughts on the PlayStation 3D Display
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Epic Games Publishing Announces Partnerships with gen DESIGN, Playdead, and Remedy Entertainment

Alex’s Take on The Last of Us Part II

• The Last of Us Part II Reveal Trailer
• Remaking The Last of Us and Possibly Making The Last of Us Part III
• The Last of Us Patrt II PS5 Patch
• 280 Characters is Not Enough
• Between the Sheet: Laura Bailey

Wrap-Up

• Irrational Passions

• Max Frequency
• Max’s Twitter
• Alex’s Twitter

Casey Liss from ATP and Analog(ue) joins me this time on The Max Frequency Podcast. We chat about how preserving ones and zeros is harder than you may think, flying drones, and celebrating working for yourself. Then Casey asks me about my own joby job.

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Welcome

• ATP
• Casey’s Apps
• Analog(ue)
• Casey’s Instagram @caseyliss

DJI Mini 2

• DJI Mini 2 Product Page

Drive to Survive

• Drive to Survive on Netflix

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

• ATP 403: A VCR for the Internet
  • Timestamped Chapter Start in Overcast
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Launch Trailer
• PSVR 2 Controller Reveal
• Max’s Tetris Effect Review

The Internet and Preservation

• Announcing Vignette
• RIP, Vignette
• Playing with my Son by Andy Baio
• Preserving and Rediscovering My Game Collection
• Sony is Shutting Down the PS3, PSP, and Vita Stores
• Sony Reverses Decision to Shut Down the PS3 and Vita Stores
• Max’s MiSTer FPGA Thoughts and Impressions
• Windows is Ditching Windows 95 Icons
• Setting up Windows 95 in 2021
• Chasing the Stick: The Book – Here I Go Again
• DOOM’s Open Source Code
• Famicom (NES) Disk System

Three Years of being Independent

• Taking Risks

Building a Membership

• 8 Years of ATP
• ATP Membership
• ATP Store
• Do By Friday
• Marco Arment
• John Siracusa
• The Mac Pro Lives

Building iOS Apps

• Reply All #130 The Snapchat Thief

The Most Magical Place on Earth

• Casey’s Nap in the Hall of Presidents
• Walt Disney Presents
• New Roundup BBQ Restaurant Coming to Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Max Frequency
• Max’s Twitter
• Casey’s Twitter
• Casey’s Instagram