Summary

E3 2021! The Pixel Boys go over all the hits (except Ubisoft). Before that, Tony and Dan talk Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Later, Alex and Tony discuss the new Blind Bingo stream format they came up with, the perils of trying and returning games, and the episode ends with an extra inning of crits in D&D. Oh, and Tony was here to kill chaos, but no one came...

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Show Notes

We're here to kill chaos
- I'm here to kill chaos meme
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Microsoft Xbox & Bethesda E3 Presentation
- Among Us gets 15 players
- Contraband announced
- Twelve Minutes announced
- Sea of Thieves got a Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in
- Halo Infinite coming this holiday
- Bethesda has not discontinued any previously announced projects
- New Starfield teaser trailer with possible release date
- Xbox to use Xcloud to allow players to sample games before downloading
- Don't buy Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
- Outer Worlds 2 announce trailer
- Forza Horizon 5 announce trailer
- Redfall announced; the next "Left4Dead Like," as Tony calls it.
- "Xbox Mini Fridge - World Premiere"; finally, now we can "Xbox and Chill."
Tony has thoughts on Xbox Game Pass vs. Google Stadia
A Plague Tale: Requiem, sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence, was announced at the Xbox event
Square Enix E3 Presentation
Nintendo Direct E3 2021
- Smash Ultimate x Tekken
- Life is Strange Remastered and True Colors are coming to Switch
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
- Mario Party Superstars
- Metroid Dread, the first new 2D Metroid game in 19 years, coming this October
- Sega Monkey Ball
- What is J2ME?
- Mario GOlf Super Rush
- WarioWare: Get It Together! announced, September 10th
- Shin Megami Tensei V, coming November 12th
- Danganronpa Decadence
- Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope coming next year
- Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Expansion Pass Wave 1
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD releasing July 16th
- The Legend of Zelda Game and Watch System, coming November 12th
- New trailer for the Sequel to Breath of the Wild, for which "development is steadily progressing"
- Zant as the enemy in BoTW 2?
Steam had another Summer Sale, big surprise
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
- PlayStation Store Return Policy "You can cancel a digital content purchase within 14 days from the date of purchase and receive a refund, provided that you have not started downloading or streaming it. Digital content that you have started downloading or streaming, and in-game consumables that have been delivered, are not eligible for a refund unless the content is faulty."
- Steam Store Return Policy "Valve will, upon request via help.steampowered.com, issue a refund for any title that is requested within 14 days of purchase and has been played for less than 2 hours. Even if you fall outside of the refund rules we've described, you can submit a request and we'll take a look at it."
- Nintendo eShop Return Policy "We are unable to provide refunds or exchanges for mistaken purchases."
- Amazon video game return policy "Software and video games can be returned for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. Returned software or video games that are activated, used, or missing parts will incur up to a 100% restocking fee."
Blind Bingo on PixelNoiseFM
On critical hits in D&D