The Starlight Megaphone

Caspius and SiliconNooB greet Konami's Castlevania birthday celebration video with much jubilation, especially with it teasing the imminent announcement of a PS2/3 trilogy—and with Caspius boldly predicting a PS1/N64 trilogy announcement to come in 2027.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB survey the slim pickings left behind in the wake of a double Direct, and find themselves forced to survey The Plop—but with a difference, in a week that sees the Switch 2 launch of both Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Diablo IV.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB review a week of double directs, with Zelda and Metroid's 40th anniversary offerings on the horizon, and with Blizzard's future offerings beyond that horizon, beyond the stars, viewable only with a state-of-the-art space telescope.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB celebrate the surprising goodness of Final Fantasy: Resonance, even as they deplore its all-too-predictable Squeenix failings: poor voice acting, over-wrought and under-edited prose, and inconsistent art and scene direction.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB close out the StarTropics playthrough in advance of their turn towards World of Final Fantasy, before a look at the trifling news of the week—including the confirmation of a Terranigma re-release in 2027—proves (briefly) diverting.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB look to the conclusion of the StarTropics playthrough and consider a World of Final Fantasy playthrough to replace it (complete with Faris, Quistis, and the Dollet landing craft), instead of the appealing option of KABOOM on Atari.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB celebrate the return of Test Cricket, review the StarTropics playthrough at its half-way point, and then survey the news, including the date of the 2026 Game Awards and the announcement of a release date for Kingdom Hearts IV.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB award the first star of the StarTropics playthrough, before a paucity of news diverts them first into The Plop, and then into an extended Berserk gaming moment with a rumination upon initially enjoyable, but un-replayable, games.Continue reading

In vain, Caspius remonstrates with SiliconNooB for failing to govern his speech in a civil and thoroughly-unAustralian way, but still finds time to inaugurate the StarTropics playthrough, discuss Sony's bonkers investor call, and give Squeenix a kicking.Continue reading

Caspius and SiliconNooB catch up after a power interruption forces a double helping of the news, closing out the StarFox playthrough, reporting on Final Fantasy XIV's Fan Fest, and chastising the miserly, hateful, and contagious avarice of Squeenix.Continue reading