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We asked the Mixtape devs how they made 2026's highest rated game | Friends Per Second #94

5/10/20262 hr 5 min

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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:25 Starfox 2026 Discussion 14:25 Steam Controller Discussion 27:33 Square (ad) 30:12 Warby Parker (ad) 33:34 Mixtape Interview with Johnny Galvatron and Woody Woodward 49:54 Mixtape Discussion 01:03:40 User Question 01:09:10 Raycon (ad) 01:11:23 Hello Fresh (ad) 01:13:55 Jake's Thoughts on 007 First Light 01:27:15 Ralph's Been Playing POE 2, Diablo IV, and AC Black Flag (original) 01:42:41 Lucy's Been Playing Dead as Disco 01:44:54 Show and Tell 02:02:11 Wrap Up

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Let's meet our hosts!

  • Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
  • Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clips

Mixtape’s Elevator Pitch
How They Cleared The Songs
What Mixtape Is Really About
Did Flattery Beat Budgets?
Making Effort Look Effortless
Launch Everywhere, Twenty Bucks
Built Like A Mixtape
Devo Devotion, Activated
250 VHS Covers, No Shortcuts

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Jake Baldino· Host0:32

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  3. Ralph Panebianco· Host1:02

    [upbeat music] One month, Summer Games Fest.

  4. Lucy James· Host1:10

    God.

  5. Jake Baldino· Host1:12

    Big deal.

  6. Lucy James· Host1:12

    Big deal.

  7. Ralph Panebianco· Host1:13

    Isn't that crazy how quick it is? How, like, soon it is?

  8. Jake Baldino· Host1:15

    It's a stacked one.

  9. Lucy James· Host1:17

    [sighs] So much to do.

  10. Ralph Panebianco· Host1:18

    Okay.

  11. Jake Baldino· Host1:18

    Yeah.

  12. Lucy James· Host1:18

    So much to do.

  13. Ralph Panebianco· Host1:19

    Hmm.

  14. Lucy James· Host1:19

    Uh, yeah, I'm stoked though. I- Is there anything that- I miss E3, but I love it. I love it ...

  15. Ralph Panebianco· Host1:25

    is there anything that you can reveal that you're excited about, or is everything that you've got coming

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