Halcyon Frequency Podcast

It's time for episode 80 of the Halcyon Frequency Podcast! This week Blind, FG and Suwey talk knitting, rediscovering old hobbies and the return of Telltale games! The Expanse: A Telltale Series: https://telltale.com/the-expanse/ Techtonica: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1457320/Techtonica/ Verses of Enchantment: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2086910/Verses_of_Enchantment/ Let’s School: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1937500/Lets_School/ Xenonauts 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/ Delta V: Rings of Saturn: https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/ Little Friends: Puppy Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172900/Little_Friends_Puppy_Island/ A Long Journey to an Uncertain End: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164830/A_Long_Journey_to_an_Uncertain_End/ News Halcyon Game Jam https://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023 Ubisoft clarifies Account Deletion https://twitter.com/ubisoftsupport/status/1684275940400979986?s=46 Life by You delayed to March 2024 https://www.pcgamer.com/life-by-you-paradoxs-open-world-sims-like-game-is-delayed-to-2024/ Tencent to buy majority stake in Techland https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/07/24/tencent-to-purchase-majority-stake-in-dying-light-developer-techland The Suwey Segment: https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1684977127706525696?t=IuG6sGlR_P3Y5-Z3eZYJ0A&s=19 Caves of Qud: https://twitter.com/KitfoxGames/status/1684926687929057280

Arch, Blind and Drongo sit down to talk about the latest in F1, pets with special needs, and the lingering effects of Frostpunk Xenonauts 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/ Space Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/979110/Space_Haven/ Runescape https://store.steampowered.com/app/1343400/RuneScape/ Melvor Idle https://store.steampowered.com/app/1267910/Melvor_Idle/ Homeseek https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093000/Homeseek/ Against the Storm https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/ The Halcyon Game Jam is soon! https://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023 Ubisoft Deletes inactive accounts: https://twitter.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/1682653876418224129/photo/1 https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport/status/1682046437834784768

FG, Kiri and Suwey catch up with the post-con hype of TwitchCon EU, getting the itch to travel (upcoming Japan trip!), and Kiri appearing in another game! PowerWash Sim https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/ A Little to the Left https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629520/A_Little_to_the_Left/ Forever Skies https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/ Tiny Rogues https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088570/Tiny_Rogues/ Kingdom Eighties https://store.steampowered.com/app/1956040/Kingdom_Eighties/ Endless Dungeon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/ News Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23779039/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-win Microsoft and UK regulators agree to pause their Activision battle to negotiate https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23791149/microsoft-activision-blizzard-uk-regulators-cma-appeal Diablo IV season 1 starts 20th July https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/season Gord Twitch Drops announcement https://twitter.com/GordTheGame/status/1679516395644637185

Drongo and Jess sit down for a one-on-one podcast to talk about investing in other platforms as content creators, the struggles of personal health, and the Halcyon Frequency Game Jam! Deep Rock Galactic https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/ Skyrim with AI https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/ Dave the Diver https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/ D4 https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/ News OMG GAME JAM https://itch.io/jam/hf-summer-game-jam-2023 Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub Threads launch delayed in EU: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/05/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use

Another week and another Halcyon Podcast! Drongo, FG and Kiri talk tech woes, FG road trips with random strangers, and Kiri's addiction to Diablo grows Total War: Warhammer III https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III/ Station to Station https://store.steampowered.com/app/2272400/Station_to_Station/ Luna Abyss https://store.steampowered.com/app/1933000/Luna_Abyss/ Diablo IV https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/ Aliens: Dark Descent https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/Aliens_Dark_Descent/ Kingdom Eighties https://store.steampowered.com/app/1956040/Kingdom_Eighties/ Star Wars Jedi: Survivor https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774580/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Survivor/ News Among Us is getting an Animated Series https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs-studios-owen-dennis-1235655516/ The Cycle: Frontier shutting down in September https://twitter.com/TheCycleGame/status/1673951156119171072?s=20 Starfield partners with AMD https://kotaku.com/starfield-pc-amd-nvidia-dlss-xess-fsr-framerate-specs-1850583521 Minecraft devs exit the game’s Subreddit https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-devs-exit-its-7-million-strong-subreddit-after-reddits-ham-fisted-crackdown-on-protest/

In this week of FGRants, Blind and FG sit down to discuss the outdated concept of never asking a woman her age, the best of Steam’s next fest games, and booing billionaires on Zambonis Games Trepang2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/ Stunt Durby https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026450/Stunt_Derby/ Driftwood https://store.steampowered.com/app/2223700/Driftwood/ Mars First Logistics https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/ Steam Next Fest https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest Lil’ Guardsman https://store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/Lil_Guardsman/ Broken Roads https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ Cataclismo https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/ News Twitch reintroduces hype chat https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2023/06/22/introducing-hype-chat-a-new-way-to-stand-out/ Kick blocked in Greece “update” https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/kick-reportedly-blocked-in-greece-for-providing-unauthorized-gambling-services-2184269/

Totally Not a Warhammer Episode Arch, Drongo and Suwey join together to discuss turbonerding MMO’s, Twitches new Partner Plus launch and narrowly avoid a Warhammer lore dump Games: Wargoove https://store.steampowered.com/app/607050/Wargroove/ The Elder Scrolls Online Necrom https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172860/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online_Necrom/ Albion Online https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/ Everdream Valley https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403650/Everdream_Valley/ Solasta https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/ News: Twitch announces partner plus: https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1669383315558891525?s=20 Steam launches new version with overhauled UI: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=3687931965598906184

Join Drongo, Blind and Suwey as they discuss the summer games fest, the mess that is Twitch news right now, and Drongo and Blind finally get to talk F1 while Suwey gets interested in the aesthetics. Games: System Shock https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/ Trepang2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164940/Trepang2/ Halls of Torment https://store.steampowered.com/app/2218750/Halls_of_Torment/ Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/ Hades https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/ Final Fantasy XIV https://store.steampowered.com/app/39210/FINAL_FANTASY_XIV_Online/ News Twitch announces controversial policy changes: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/branded-content-policy https://twitter.com/twitch/status/1666183145526538240 Summer games fest: https://www.ign.com/articles/summer-game-fest-2023-everything-announced Full schedule: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/summer-game-fest-schedule-2023/ https://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690

Drongo, FG and Kiri sit down to talk about 3 am television, Diablo IV, and what went wrong with Gollum Games: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum https://store.steampowered.com/app/1265780/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Gollum/ Solasta: Crown of the Magister - Palace of Ice DLC https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100431/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister__Palace_of_Ice/ Darkest Dungeon II https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/ Above Snakes https://store.steampowered.com/app/1589120/Above_Snakes/ Timberborn https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062090/Timberborn/ News Diablo IV aims to commemorate first 1000 players to reach lvl 100 with hardcore character put on statues https://twitter.com/Diablo/status/1662205024326516737?s=20 1st GeoGuessr world cup announced https://twitter.com/geoguessr/status/1663456229769859073 Mountaincore Dev update https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2370310/view/3721707694912203087?l=english Glimesh shutting down on July 1st https://build.glimesh.tv/t/goodnight-glimesh/690 Bobby Kotick continues to be an ass https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-audaciously-claims-that-sexism-and-harassment-problems-were-made-up-by-an-aggressive-labor-movement-trying-to-destabilize-the-company/

Arch, Blind and FG sit down to talk about guerilla gardening, games that just scream Blind, and Arch’s yearning for the mines Games: Astra Protocol 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026750/Astra_Protocol_2/ Path of Achra: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128270/Path_of_Achra/ Star Trek: Resurgence: https://www.startrek-resurgence.com/ Above Snakes: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1589120/Above_Snakes/ Castle of Alchemists: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724770/Castle_Of_Alchemists/ Albion Online: https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/ Warlander: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675900/Warlander/ Len’s Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1335830/Lens_Island/ News Sony announces their Handheld Q https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736595/sony-project-q-playstation-handheld-official-showcase

Bel, Blind and Kiri talk about taking time off to relax, adventures outdoors, and Nicholas Cage Games Path of Achra https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128270/Path_of_Achra/ Mountaincore https://store.steampowered.com/app/2370310/Mountaincore/ Shadows of Doubt https://store.steampowered.com/app/986130/Shadows_of_Doubt/ Laysara: Summit Kingdom https://store.steampowered.com/app/1823950/Laysara_Summit_Kingdom/ V Rising https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604030/V_Rising/ News: Embracer + Amazon announces Lord of the Rings MMO: https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-groups-middle-earth-enterprises-and-amazon-games-announce-new-the-lord-of-the-rings-game/ Roots of Pacha removed from Steam Store: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stardew-like-roots-of-pacha-removed-from-steam-after-the-developer-and-publisher-disagree-over-the-rights Blizzard scrapping Overwatch 2 PVE mode: https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-is-scrapping-overwatch-2-co-op-missions-and-hero-progression-its-clear-that-we-cant-deliver-on-the-original-vision-for-pve Nicholas Cage x Dead by Daylight: https://twitter.com/DeadbyDaylight/status/1658850169218015234 Epic Games Store launches Epic Rewards: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/the-epic-games-store-launches-epic-rewards Steam offering 90-min game trials starting with Dead Space: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-now-offers-90-minute-game-trials-starting-with-dead-space/1100-6514177/

FG, Kiri and Suwey sit down for a nice chat about the games and news of the week, decluttering their lives, and Suwey shares her blossoming love of all things pink Darkest Dungeon II https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/ Park Beyond https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368130/Park_Beyond/ Hi-Fi Rush https://store.steampowered.com/app/1817230/HiFi_RUSH/ Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead https://store.steampowered.com/app/2330750/Cataclysm_Dark_Days_Ahead/ Coffee Talk https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/Coffee_Talk/ Divinity Original Sin 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/ News: Silksong delayed: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656106351184199680 Diablo IV server slam with new reward: https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/server-slam There’s an open beta for Street Fighter too! https://www.streetfighter.com/6/en-us/demo/

Drongo, FG, and Kiri sit down to discuss the upcoming games they are excited about, which fandoms they belong to, and Kiri shares her falling out with Star Wars Roots of Pacha https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245560/Roots_of_Pacha/ Cassette Beasts https://store.steampowered.com/app/1321440/Cassette_Beasts/ Dead Island 2 https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dead-island-2 Darkest Dungeon https://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/Darkest_Dungeon/ Showgunners https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155330/Showgunners/ Age of Wonders 4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1669000/Age_of_Wonders_4/ News: The Dwarf Fortress Hot Potato Raises $32,841.11 Pokemon Go falls to its lowest monthly profits ever: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pokemon-go-hit-347m-in-april-its-lowest-monthly-sum-in-five-years Twitch introduces the ability to label branded content like YouTube https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/branded-content-policy?language=en_US Discord announces username changes by removing discriminator https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/12620128861463

From biology, finance and singing videos on youtube, Jess, Drongo and Suwey talk about how they found Twitch, what inspired them to begin streaming, and what keeps them going today. Games: Death Roads: tournament https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619570/Death_Roads_Tournament/ Crab Champions https://store.steampowered.com/app/774801/Crab_Champions/ Blocky Dungeon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1683370/Blocky_Dungeon/ The Magical Mixture Mill https://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill/ Wartales https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/ Path Of Exile https://store.steampowered.com/app/238960/Path_of_Exile/ News: King Under the Mountain renamed to Mountaincore and re-released. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/930230/view/3684547928703321044?l=english Ark 2 pushed to 2024, Unreal Engine 5 for Ark prices at $60 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ark-survival-ascended-will-be-sold-without-ark-2-after-backlash-but-will-still-cost-60 DFHack is out on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack__Dwarf_Fortress_Modding_Engine/

Bel and FG Talk about their time in university and archaeology while Blind sits there looking pretty Games: Death Roads: tournament https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619570/Death_Roads_Tournament/ Crab Champions https://store.steampowered.com/app/774801/Crab_Champions/ Blocky Dungeon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1683370/Blocky_Dungeon/ The Magical Mixture Mill https://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill/ Wartales https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/ Path Of Exile https://store.steampowered.com/app/238960/Path_of_Exile/ News: King Under the Mountain renamed to Mountaincore and re-released. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/930230/view/3684547928703321044?l=english Ark 2 pushed to 2024, Unreal Engine 5 for Ark prices at $60 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ark-survival-ascended-will-be-sold-without-ark-2-after-backlash-but-will-still-cost-60 DFHack is out on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2346660/DFHack__Dwarf_Fortress_Modding_Engine/

The wonderful Marignetic joins Arch and BloodyDrongo this week where Arch celebrates International Beaver Day, Maria shares her adventures at recent events, and Drongo gets angry at the UN Check out Marignetic here: https://beacons.ai/marignetic Games: Sun Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/ American Truck Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_Truck_Simulator/ Project Zomboid https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/ Albion Online https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/Albion_Online/ Resident Evil 4 Remake https://store.steampowered.com/app/2050650/Resident_Evil_4/ The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR https://www.playstation.com/en-nz/games/the-dark-pictures-switchback-vr/ Horizon Call of the Mountain https://www.playstation.com/en-nz/games/horizon-call-of-the-mountain/ News: Walmart demo computer streams on Twitch to hundreds of viewers https://twitter.com/SamNChiet/status/1642801345626509312 Monster Energy goes after indie Dev for using the word “Monster” https://www.thegamer.com/monster-energy-goes-after-glowstick-entertainment-for-using-the-word-monster/ Twitter Algorithm revealed in a series of tweets. https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1641976892885540865

Blind, FG, and Kiri are joined by special guest RualStorge! They sit down to talk about breaks in streaming, Zelda’s upcoming scrap mechanics, and blind exposes himself Catch RualStorge here: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/rualstorge Twitter: https://twitter.com/RualStorge Games: Death Road: Tournament https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619570/Death_Roads_Tournament/ Full Gear https://store.steampowered.com/app/2212500/Full_Gear/ Sun Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/ Dave the Diver https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/ Project Zomboid https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/ Terra Nil https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593030/Terra_Nil/ Touch Type Tale https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/touch-type-tale Dredge https://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/ The Last of Us Part I https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888930/The_Last_of_Us_Part_I/ Microsoft stops $1 Game Pass Trial https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/26/23657627/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-trial-offer-stopped Ubisoft backs out of E3 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-has-pulled-out-of-e3-2023/ E3 canceled https://www.eurogamer.net/e3-2023-cancelled

Bel, Blind and Kiri sit down to talk about their streaming adventures, and how they got into it all.

Drongo, FG and Kiri finally get together to talk about streamer brain, FG narrating her life, and Drongo develops a friendly rivalry Diablo 4 https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/ Frostpunk https://store.steampowered.com/app/323190/Frostpunk/ The Last Spell https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/The_Last_Spell/ Sun Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/ 7DTD https://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/7_Days_to_Die/ Project Zomboid https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/ Nitro; Stream Racing https://playnitro.com/ NEWS Twitch CEO steps down https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/twitch-ceo-emmett-shear-is-stepping-down/ https://twitter.com/LowcoTV/status/1579145894179803137 Tears of the Kingdom will be 70 USD: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-thinks-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-will-justify-its-70-price-tag/

Arch, Drongo and Suwey sit down to talk about awkward silences, AI in moderation, and unhinged podcast episodes Project Zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/ Against the Storm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/ Rimworld: https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/ State of Decay 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/495420/State_of_Decay_2_Juggernaut_Edition/ Sons of the Forest: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1326470/Sons_Of_The_Forest/ 7 Days to Die https://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/7_Days_to_Die/ News: Discord introducing AI for moderation https://www.pcgamer.com/discord-is-injecting-ai-into-every-server-starting-with-chatgpt/ Starfield delayed, launch in september https://www.ign.com/articles/starfield-delayed-again-launches-in-september