Ep 32 The PlayStation Portal is Very Now

Welcome to the liminal space between Christmas and New Years, where nothing really happens except for this podcast! We race to finish Ghost of Tsushima before the year ends, share our hands-on (literally!) impressions of the PlayStation Portal, and do a little game sampling via holiday sales on games like Everspace 2, Cast and Chill, Tiny Bookshop and Hardspace Shipbreaker. Let's get liminal together!

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Chapter TImestamps

0:00:00 - Cold Open: Ghost of Tsushima Emotional Impact
0:00:14 - Welcome & Episode Introduction
0:00:41 - What's Coming Up This Episode
0:01:57 - Ghost of Tsushima Progress Update
0:02:03 - The Quest for the PlayStation Rewards Shirt
0:05:44 - Ghost of Tsushima Story Missions Quality
0:08:13 - End of Act Two Emotional Moments
0:09:44 - The Race to Beat the Game by December 31st
0:11:21 - Everspace 2 Game Trial Experience
0:14:26 - Everspace 2 Trading & Smuggling Mechanics
0:16:57 - Patreon Update & Community Features
0:19:32 - PlayStation Portal First Impressions
0:22:06 - PlayStation Portal Design & Comfort
0:24:13 - Streaming Setup & WiFi Performance
0:26:35 - PlayStation Plus Premium & Cloud Streaming
0:28:17 - Nintendo Switch 2 Comparison
0:30:21 - PlayStation Portal Account Switching Issues
0:33:08 - Power Wash Simulator Co-op Solution
0:35:44 - Octopath Traveler on PlayStation Portal
0:37:23 - PlayStation Portal Travel Case Concerns
0:38:09 - Witcher 3 DLC Rumors for May 2026
0:40:23 - Cast and Chill Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
0:42:47 - Christmas Gaming Haul: Transistor & Hard Space Shipbreaker
0:45:08 - Hard Space Shipbreaker Dystopian Capitalism
0:47:56 - Tiny Bookshop Overview
0:50:41 - Game Ranking System Explanation