Game Scoop! 840: New Nintendo E-slop Games
1/16/20261 hr 15 min
Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Sam Claiborn, Mark Medina, and Justin Davis -- are discussing Dispatch, Hytale, new Nintendo eShop games, puzzle games, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.
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First 90 secondsDaemon Hatfield· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back! Nope. What's up, everybody? [laughs] Welcome to IGN Game Scoop, I'm your host, Daemon Hatfield. Joining me this week are Sam Claiborne- Hey, it's good to be back. ... Justin Davis- Scoop And Mark Medina.
Justin Davis· Host0:17
I'm here, Daemon.
Daemon Hatfield· Host0:18
We've got a great show for you this week. As, as teased by a teaser trailer earlier this week, uh, the Nintendo seal of quantity has returned with a fresh batch of Nintendo eSlop, as, uh, Sam- [laughs] We got a trailer? Sam, uh... Yeah, there was- Yeah, I saw that trailer. There was a teaser trailer for it.
Sam Claiborne· Host0:33
Yes, and we- It said- It was good.
Justin Davis· Host0:34
Oh.
Sam Claiborne· Host0:34
I saw it on Facebook.
Daemon Hatfield· Host0:35
[clears throat] Uh, so that'll be coming up, and then, um, I read a really weird headline this week that I have to share with the class, and we've got some good listener mail. But first, on Sam's recommendation, I've been playing Dispatch.
Sam Claiborne· Host0:48
Mm-hmm.
Daemon Hatfield· Host0:49
And it's great!
Justin Davis· Host0:49
Mm.
Sam Claiborne· Host0:49
Yeah, how many episodes are you in?
Daemon Hatfield· Host0:51
Three.
Sam Claiborne· Host0:52
There's eight episodes.
Daemon Hatfield· Host0:52
I'm in three, three in.
Sam Claiborne· Host0:53
Yeah, that's a great place to stop.
Daemon Hatfield· Host0:54
Just... Oh, I just do one- Well [laughs] ... I just do, like, one a night. They take, like, an hour. What do you mean stop?
Sam Claiborne· Host0:58
Yeah. No, no, I don't mean stop playing personally. I'm just saying you've gotten a good- you've gotten a good taste for it by now.
Daemon Hatfield· Host1:03
Yeah, yeah.
Justin Davis· Host1:04
Mm.
Sam Claiborne· Host1:04
So it's not just- Been doing, like, o- one a night.
Daemon Hatfield· Host1:06
They, they last about an hour, and this wasn't really on my radar. I don't know, like, like, Mark, Justin invited me to- Yeah ... check this out.
Justin Davis· Host1:12
Mm-mm. Yeah.
Daemon Hatfield· Host1:13
Okay, I'm down with it.
Justin Davis· Host1:13
Yeah.
Sam Claiborne· Host1:13
I, I started playing it over break, and then, um, was out of town and stuff, so... But, like, I'm excited to pick it up and finish it.
Daemon Hatfield· Host1:19
Yeah, so I'll talk about it a little bit, 'cause, like I said, this wasn't... This was kind of a blind spot for me. But it's from Adhoc Studios, which is former Telltale, Telltale devs. So it's a very Telltale-type