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These PS5 price hikes are a serious problem | Friends Per Second #92 YouTube video by Skill Up

yes we forgot the intro music, but it’s still a banger of an episode:

📈 PS5 price hikes
✨ Mario Galaxy movie review
🙏 I Am Jesus Christ, Raccoin, Forza Horizon 6, Fix Force, Neverway, Fishbowl, and more!

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Exclusive: Crimson Desert voice actors react to the game's reviews and INSANE reception | FPS #91 YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep!

🎤 Crimson Desert actors @alexjordanvo.bsky.social and Alec Newman join us to discuss the game’s wild success
🚗 Jake’s played Screamer
🔥 Pokopia, The Sims 4 drama, beef with Kojima?! and more!

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we have to pay Peanut an appearance fee

Crimson Desert is the most hyped game since Elden Ring - can it deliver? | FPS #90 YouTube video by Skill Up

full ep btw

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yes

Why Resident Evil Requiem is absolutely peak ft. TheSphereHunter (FPS #89) YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep! It's a Resident Evil Requiem special so of course we had to bring @thespherehunter.bsky.social back to chat about it!

We also talk about the big Xbox changes, PlayStation allegedly moving away from PC, and our Steam Next Fest picks.

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THEY DID IT
@skillup.bsky.social @jakebaldino.com @lucyjames.games @thespherehunter.bsky.social

Mewgenics creator Edmund McMillen stops by to chat life, review scores & more | FPS #88 YouTube video by Skill Up

This week on Friends Per Second:

😻 Interview with Mewgenics creator Edmund McMillen
💡 We chat to Tarsier Studios CEO Oliver Merlöv about Reanimal
🏹 More Horizon is on the horizon
⛫ Titanium Court is one to watch

and more!

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We played (and loved) Resident Evil Requiem | Friends Per Second #87 YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep! We’re joined by guest host @plante.bsky.social and we have a lot to get through:

🤨 what’s the deal with Highguard?
🪓 we go hands-on with Resident Evil Requiem
✍️ Perfect Tides: Station to Station fills us with nostalgia

And MORE!

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2026 is going to be an absolute huge year for videogames | Friends Per Second #86 YouTube video by Skill Up

Aaaaaaaaaand we’re back!

We’re kicking off 2026 with our ✨hopes and dreams✨for the year ahead in gaming

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a list of google folders, from "test episodes" to season 1 (2022) to season 5 (2026)

feels wild to make this Google folder, ngl

Friends Per Second regrets the error 🙏

Thank you to all our wonderful Users for the love this year. We appreciate every single one of you.

We’ll be back (with more talking) in mid-January 🫶

The AI situation is crazy | Friends Per Second #85 YouTube video by Skill Up

It’s our last episode of the year!

🏆 Our Game Awards highlights
🤖 Discussion on AI in gaming
🕹️ New Diablo update, Skate Story, Terminator 2D, Silksong, Puzzmo and more!

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watching the latest @friendspersecond.bsky.social and the inevitable metroid prime 4 discussion arrives:

@jakebaldino.com : If the game makes me do this, It's not gonna be good

@skillup.bsky.social The game makes you do that, Jake.

@lucyjames.games 😬

We played the banned game (Horses) + Metroid Prime 4 review chat | Friends Per Second #84 YouTube video by Skill Up

This week!

🐎 HORSES ban
🔮 Metroid Prime 4 thoughts
👻 Séance of Blake Manor interview

And much more!

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We ask Valve the big questions around the Steam Machine, Frame & Controller | FPS Podcast #83 YouTube video by Skill Up

The @friendspersecond.bsky.social discussed The Séance of Blake Manor on their recent podcast. @lucyjames.games seemed to enjoy it quite a lot. Check it out!

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We ask Valve the big questions around the Steam Machine, Frame & Controller | FPS Podcast #83 YouTube video by Skill Up

On this week’s episode

▪️ We ask Valve all our burning questions about the Steam Machine (and Half-Life 3)
🏆 Game Awards nominees discussion
🎮 Blake Manor, Kirby, Ambrosia Sky, Metroid, Lumines, Anno and MORE

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These Rockstar firings don't look good | Friends Per Second Ep #82 YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep!

🤨 GTA6 delay + Rockstar news
🦹🏻 Dispatch interview
🔮 Seance of Blake Manor, Battlefield Battle Royale, Lumines, LEGO Batman, PowerWash Sim 2 and MORE!

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every time we say "it's gonna be a quick recording" it is never a quick recording

YouTube comment from @brightmist91 "hey guys, I love a tight four hour podcast!"

be careful what you wish for

How Arc Raiders was able to generate the buzz that Marathon couldn't | FPS Podcast #81 YouTube video by Skill Up

PACKED ep:

💡 @timoflegend.bsky.social and @leepetty.bsky.social join us to chat about Keeper
🤖 Is ARC Raiders the next big thing? We talk to Aleksander Grøndal from Embark Studios
🎮 ROG Xbox Ally X impressions
😍 BALL X PIT and more!

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you're welcome/we're sorry

Shuhei Yoshida talks life after Sony, VR, and the future of the console business | FPS Podcast #80 YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep!

⭐️ We’re joined by industry legend @yosp-jp.bsky.social to talk about what he’s been up to post-PlayStation
💸 That Game Pass price hike…
🎮 Battlefield, Megabonk, Yōtei, Little Nightmares and more!

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Many Silent Hill fans are NOT HAPPY with Silent Hill f | Friends Per Second #79 YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep! We talk about

🥀 our love for Silent Hill f
🗡️ Jake’s time with Ghost of Yōtei
🚪 Kojima’s Beyond the Strand event

and more!

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'Hell is Us' Game Director on what worked (and didn't) | Friends Per Second Ep #78 YouTube video by Skill Up

The gang’s back together. This week:

🧭 Hell Is Us creative director Jon Jacques-Belletête on how the game got made and Silksong’s shadow drop
⏳ Ralph’s review of Cronos
🗡️ Jake’s early Silksong impressions
😎 Lucy saw Oasis (and went to gamescom I guess)

and much, much more

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Unreal Engine 5 Edition | Friends Per Second Ep #77 YouTube video by Skill Up

New ep! With Lucy visiting family in the UK, the wonderful @vicious696.bsky.social stepped up to cohost!

🫠 Parris drops a ROG Ally Xbox X
🇩🇪 Gamescom overview
❗Metal Gear Solid Delta impressions
🎮 Sword of the Sea, Gears of War Reloaded, Portal Revolution and MORE

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'Mafia: The Old Country' reminds us that it's ok to love mid games | Friends Per Second #76 YouTube video by Skill Up

And just like that… there’s a new episode of the podcast for you.

We chat to @mattnava.bsky.social about Sword of the Sea, our feelings on Battlefield 6 and Mafia: The Old Country, and much, much more!

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