Save Station Radio
By Conifer Martin
Hosts: Dustin (he/him)
Conner (he/they)
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Save Station RadioApr 22, 2024
SSReview: Halo 3
We are finally returning to the world of Halo after a long break and we're jumping to a new console! After the disastrous development of Halo 2, how did the team hold up and did the game turn out okay? Tune in!
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SSReport: Sonic Symphoy & More!
We recently took a trip to Portland, Oregon to see the Sonic Symphony and go game shopping! Tune in to hear our impressions of the show, the trip and what games we took on the plane!
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SSReport: Nostalgic Multiplayer Games
Another SSReport, where we don't actually report anything anymore. Instead, we thought it would be fun to reminisce about some multiplayer games we played growing up! Tune in to hear about our time as kids playing the likes of Mario Party 8, Halo 3, Minecraft and many, many more!
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SSReport: Upcoming Games of 2024!
Its the start of a new year, end of year showcases have come and gone, so its time for us to go over upcoming games with 2024 release dates and beyond! Tune in to hear about releases big and small that have piqued our interest.
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SSR GOTY 2023
We're back! We didn't really review a whole lot this year, but we still managed to play a lot of things, so here we are talking about some of our favorites! Whether you're caught up on your new releases, need some recommendations, or just want to talk about how cool the games of 2023 were, join us!
SSReact: September Nintendo Direct & State of Play
Both Nintendo and Sony surprised us with presentations recently! Which is better? Does anything look cool and fun? Are we begging for more fantasy tactics games? Find out!
SSReport: The Super Mario Bros. Movie & Sonic's Death
We're back with an important announcement! Sonic has been found dead! Welp, had to happen sometime. Anyway, Mario got a movie now, so how'd that go? All that and more in this episode!
The audio isn't the best in this one because we were both using the same mic so it may be a bit quiet in spots.
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SSReview: Halo 2
The long awaited sequel to the console shooter that changed the industry. How does it hold up to the original and how does it hold up today? Did the game's development have anything to do with our reception of it? Tune in to find out!
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Rocket Sloth I Love Bees History
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SSRecap: GOTY 2022
Another year and so many games to talk about. Welcome to the year wrap-up extravaganza for 2022! We only reviewed 14 games this year (13 technically, Halo 2 is still on its way) but boy howdy did we play a lot ourselves! Join us for this very long look back at our year in gaming!
Intro - 0:00
Categories - 2:46
Personal Highlights - 1:12:33
Tier List - 2:00:40 You can find the video Here!
Personal Top 10 Games - 2:15:36
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SSReview: Halo: Combat Evolved
After a long wait, we have finally arrived at the launch of a new franchise, and a new console! Saying that Halo: Combat Evolved was an ambitious project is a bit of an understatement, but did that ambition pay off? How does it hold up nearly 21 years later? Tune in!
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SSRamble: Shaking off the Rust and the Steam Deck Review!
These past several weeks have been chaotic for us so unfortunately we aren't ready to start Halo just yet and this isn't a full SSReport either. Instead, we opted to get back in the groove by talking about several games we have been playing over the better part of a year! Everything from retro games, new releases, things that fell under the radar and towards the end we discuss our new Steam Decks and what they're capable of! Tune in for all that and more!
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SSReview: Psychonauts 2
Only 16 years after the first game, we got a sequel to Psychonatus! While the original showed a lot of promise, does the sequel capitalize on that potential? Does it manage to deliver a great platforming and gaming experience? Tune in!
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Psychonauts 2 TGA 2018 Alpha Trailer
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SSReview: Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
Who would have thought that the next game after a cult classic platformer would be a VR adventure game 12 years later? Regardless, we're here to see if the Rhombus of Ruin delivers on being a Psychonauts game and what it meant for the actual sequel!
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SSReview: Psychonauts
What do you get when you combine platforming, adventure game elements and the ability to delve into people's minds? Apparently in 2005, a commercial flop but you also get the cult classic game Psychonauts! How does it stand with today's offerings? Tune in!
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SSReview: Hey! Pikmin
We are wrapping up the Pikmin series with the very late 3DS title, Hey! Pikmin. Is this game worth your time? Does it live up to the series that encases it? Tune in!
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SSReview: Ghostwire: Tokyo
The good folks over at Tango Gameworks are back again with more of their weird and spooky games! This time, a first person action-adventure game! But how well do their survival horror roots translate and more importantly, is the game any good? Tune in!
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Ghostwire Announcement E3 2019
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SSReview: Pikmin 3 (Deluxe)
While it seems like an eternity between games in certain franchises, here we are with the latest Pikmin game, released a full 9 years after the previous game. But was the wait worth it for fans? How does it hold up and how is that new Switch port? Tune in!
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SSReview: Horizon Forbidden West
Here we are, back in Sequel Town. While Zero Dawn showed great promise, how does the continuation expand on it? Tune in!
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SSReview: Pikmin 2
Nintendo is back at it with another attempt at their weird RTS series, but does it hold up? How does it compare to the original that launched 3 years prior? Tune in!
We actually had to record this one twice so if we missed out on some things, we may have talked about it in the first attempt that is lost to time. Sorry about that.
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SSReview: Pikmin
The Gamecube was a weird time for Nintendo, and they made some weird games. One of these beloved entries is Nintendo's only attempt at the RTS genre, Pikmin! How does this family-friendly RTS hold up? Tune in!
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SSReview: Horizon Zero Dawn
Here is another weird case of a developer known for a specific genre completely pivoting to something new. Do they pull off this ambitious project? Tune in!
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SSReview: The Forgotten City
Salve friend! Today we review the recently released Skyrim Mod turned full game, The Forgotten City! In an age where we have lots of time loop mysteries, does this hold a candle to the rest? Does it break from it's Skyrim roots in a meaningful way? Tune in!
GMTK How The Forgotten City Works
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SSReview: Blue Fire
We finally did it! After shuffling this poor game around, we both finally gave it a look. Was it worth the wait? Does this charming 3D action platformer stand up to a growing market of this genre? Tune in!
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SSRecap: GOTY 2021
Another year and lots of games! We got lots to talk about from our fun categories, Tierlist rankings and more! Tune in to hear how we rank all the games we played and what our game of the year picks are!
Thank you so much for tuning in this year and supporting us, we deeply appreciate it. Here's to another year of games!
Timestamps for each segment:
0:00 - Personal Recaps of Non-2021 Games
31:53 - The SSR Award Categories
1:29:19 - Tier List Ranking (Video can be found Here)
1:59:24 - Our Personal Top 10 Games of 2021
If you want to make your own Tier List you can do so Here!
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SSReview: Exo One
We have a weird one for you! This strange little motion-based exploration game caught our eye and we figured it was right to be our final game review of 2021. How is it? Is it worth your time? Tune in!
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SSReact: The Game Awards 2021 Show
Well, another year has gone by and Geoff has his crazy show for us again. Was it good as an award show? Good as a pseudo-E3? Tune in to hear our thoughts!
Also, if you hear us talking about a video component, that is not up yet. This description will be updated when that goes up.
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SSReport: PsiloSybil Early Review!
Developer Bad Vertex has graciously given us early access to the early access of their new game PsiloSybil! We give our thoughts on it as well as covering the gaming news from the past week. Tune in!
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Playstation Project Spartacus (Bloomberg)
Connected Battlefield Universe (Gamespot)
Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Delayed
MercurySteam Next Game (Nintendo Life)
RGG New IP & Yakuza 8 (VGC)
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SSReact: The Game Awards 2021 Nominees
We're a little late on this, but we have a reaction/prediction episode for you! Tune in to hear our thoughts on the nominees, who we think will win and what we think could be announced!
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SSReview: The Evil Within 2
2017 was a banger of a year for games and as such, the sequel to The Evil Within got buried. But we shall unearth this zombie game to see, is it any good? Is it better than its predecessor? Tune in!
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Possible Future for John Johannes
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SSReport: This Could Have Been An Email, Sony
We're back with another episode and running behind on our main reviews but Sony gave us a whole presentation that wasn't all that stellar but someone else came in to steal their Thunder(ful). Tune in!
Halo Infinite Monday? (Forbes)
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SSReview: The Evil Within
Boo! Another year and another Halloween special! This year we are tackling the duology of modern horror games, The Evil Within! Starting with the 2014 original, does it still hold up today? Is it worth playing? Tune in!
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SHINJI MIKAMI AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
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SSReport: Future Stuff
You read that right, Future Stuff. From new release date changes, upcoming Video Game movies to Suda51, we got some news on Future Stuff. And for people who don't like Future Stuff, we also talk about obscure DS games, Quake 1 and old GTA so there's that too.
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Elden Ring Release Date (The Verge)
God of War (2018) PC Release Date
Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Upgrades (Polygon)
Nintendo Online Expansion Updates (Nintendo Life)
Shenmue: The Animation Trailer
SSReview: Axiom Verge 2
Axiom Verge 2, another game 5 years in the making by Thomas Happ is finally here. Does it live up to or even surpass the original? Does it fix issues we had with the first game? Tune in!
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SSReport: That Mario Movie, huh?
Another two weeks have come and gone, without much news. Except for the shocking revelation of that Mario Movie cast. Oh boy.
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SSReview: Axiom Verge
Wow, this year really is giving us a lot of Metroidvanias huh? Well, to celebrate the release of Axiom Verge 2, we thought we'd look at both games, so here is the first one, released in 2015! Does it hold up? Does Thomas Happ pull it off? Tune in!
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Indie Statik 100 Indie Games of 2014
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SSReport: A Fortnight of Many Presentations
Well, they gave us several announcements these past couple weeks so lets dive right in! From Sony to THQ to some Indie Platformers!
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New Twisted Metal Game (VGC)
Playstation Acquires Firesprite (IGN)
Epic V Apple (Washington Post)
Nvidia Leak (The Verge)
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SSRevisit: Final Fantasy VII: Remake: Intergrade: InterMission
Welcome to our first Revisit! We are jumping back into Final Fantasy VII Remake, one of our earlier episodes, to talk more about it as well as give our thoughts on the new story DLC!
Crazy Chocobo (What Lackey Beatdown is referencing kinda)
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SSReport: Playing Catch-up
It's been a while! Since we missed some time, we have a lot to catch up on, with Hubworld, Gamescom and more!
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GTA Remastered Trilogy (Kotaku)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Fanbyte)
Playstation Showcase Announcement
Gamescom Opening Night Live Recap (Rock Paper Shotgun)
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SSReview: Spyro: A Hero's Tail
The final game in our Spyro marathon, and a small jump in gameplay styles. Does the jump work? Does the game live up to anything else in the series? Does it at least succeed in being better than Enter the Dragonfly? Tune in to find out!
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Every Spyro the Dragon Level RANKED! - 188 Levels from Worst to Best
SSReview: Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
Just like any good franchise, moving platforms can be tricky. Unfortunately for our purple friend, he really stumbled on his way over, leading to one of the worst platformers on the PS2. But is there any redeeming factor to this game? Tune in!
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Multi-Platform Announcement (IGN - August 2000)
Apocalypse Credits (Uploaded by Moby Games, featuring Equinoxe DE)
The Enter the Dragonfly Investigation Part 1 (Wumpa Gem - Warren Davis)
The Enter the Dragonfly Investigation Part 2 (Wumpa Gem - Joel Goodsell)
TCRF Spyro EtD (Mentions the Secret Credits)
Stewart Copeland Interview (GamesTM - Mentions leaving the series)
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EtD 60FPS Overclocked Emulator
Spyro Reignited Trilogy | Enter the Dragonfly Mod Teaser #2 - Luau Island
SSReport: Annapurna and DLC
Come join us as we talk about the Annapurna Interactive showcase and what our favorite DLC is!
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SSReview: Spyro: Year of the Dragon
We have arrived at the end of the PS1 trilogy, as well as the last Spyro game developed by Insomniac. How does it stand up to it's predecessors? Does it fall into the third platformer trope of adding unnecessary gameplay styles? Tune in to find out!
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SSReport: EA Play and Steam Deck Thoughts
We have a lot of catching up to do! Talking about everything from Valve's new handheld, the EA Play, Acquisitions and more! Tune in!
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SSReview: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
Well, the purple boy is back. How do you even go about topping the original? Well, we are here to discuss the sequel, released just a year after the original, to see how it does at expanding on the formula and what it does to set itself apart. Tune in to see if they managed to pull it off!
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SSReport: State of Play: Director's Cut
Boy, we talk about Playstation a whole lot huh. Well, now that we're out of the post-E3 slump, we got more news! Including multiple director's cuts and a whole State of Play to discuss.
We also had several technical issues during the record so if it seems a bit funky its because our internet kept cutting out and software kept crashing. I've tried to make it as listenable as I could but it might be a little weird.
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SSReview: Spyro the Dragon
We're back! Here to kick off our new marathon, we are talking about the game that gave us all the good little purple guy Spyro! We've already talked about our love for this series, so here's our full critical review of it. Tune in for all kinds of wacky cartoon hyjinxs and a discussion on who the real villain of this story is.
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Insomniac's Early Days (GameInformer)
Insomniac as Independent Studio (IGN)
SSReport: Our Favorite Soundtracks!
Well, there isn't a whole lot of news because most was shown at E3 but at least Sonic has us covered with his great Symphony. So great that it spurred us into talking about our favorite video game soundtracks! There is some that you might not expect...
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SSReact: E3 2021
While we had hoped to get this out during E3, this allowed us to give an overall reaction to all the different showcases and reveals E3 had to offer! Tune in to hear our peaks and valleys, who won and who lost.
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SSReview: Furi
Furi, the game I always spell the title out to people, is a nice little tough-but-fair game. But is it worth your time and money? Is it worth replaying once you're done? Tune in!
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SSReview: Prey (2017)
Okay, now we have the Prey more people are probably familiar with. Does it live up as a sequel/reboot/reimagining of the 2006 original? Or does it stand on it's own as something completely new? Tune in!
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