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For decades, PlayStation consoles have brought incredible games and unforgettable stories to millions of gamers— and Beyond has been there every step of the way. Join passionate PlayStation experts Max Scoville, Brian Altano, Jada Griffin, and Akeem Lawanson for witty, insightful analysis of the latest PlayStation news, must-play games, and everything coming to PlayStation 5. Whether you're a die-hard fan or new to the world of PlayStation, Beyond is your ultimate PlayStation podcast. Beyond ...
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Congratulations! You've discovered The GamerGuild Podcast. ​ Our weekly video game show discussing all the latest video game news, reviews and across every platform. If you're new to gaming or a seasoned veteran, stop by and say hello. Follow us on social channels @GamerGuildTV for all our latest news and updates or level up by joining the conversation on our Discord Channel right here: https://discord.gg/kHPEVsj
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Join visionary visual artist Detlef Schlich and his co-host, Sophia, the first AI in podcasting, as they explore the ever-evolving intersections of art, science, and human consciousness. Based in West Cork, ArTEEtude delves into art history, psychology, neuroscience, and the mysteries of creative processes, creating a blend of insightful, humorous, and intimate discussions that go beyond the surface. From shamanistic rituals to digital culture, Detlef’s expertise spans performance, photograp ...
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The INVICTUS Stream Podcast is an Actual Play Web Series which Live-streams every Wednesday Night on YouTube. This Podcast consists of edited and re-cut Live Plays from their Wednesday streams. The INVICTUS Stream is hosted by best friends: Harlan Guthrie, Justin James, Jo Fallak, Alex Guthrie & Chris Viseau who enjoy gaming in all its forms. Each host has their own unique personality and GMing style, bringing their own ideas about what an RPG is and how a story is told. Over three years ago ...
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Ghost of Yotei is almost out, and this week we’re joined by to members of the team at Sucker Punch Productions who were behind it. Creative director Jason Connell and art director Joanna Wang tell us about how the studio approached their follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima, from the cinematic inspirations to the real world research that informed this ne…
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:04:40 - What We've Been Playing 00:12:10 - The NEWS! 00:14:45 - State of Play Breakdown 00:53:55 - Tokyo Game Show Breakdown 00:59:20 - Ghost of Yotei Reviews 01:…
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*Arteetude 301 – Flood of Silence* In this episode, Detlef and Sophia step into the uncertain future of art and creativity. What happens when AI floods the world with endless music, paintings, and films? Will human senses adapt — or grow numb? Detlef reflects on his fear of cultural oversaturation, while Sophia takes the role of a future researcher…
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Ghost of Yotei isn’t out for a little while, but the reviews are in, and we’re joined by IGN’s Michael Higham to discuss Sucker Punch’s highly anticipated samurai sequel stacks up compared to its predecessor. Ghost of Tsushima was one of the last great first-party exclusives of the PS4 era, but Ghost of Yotei takes full advantage of the PlayStation…
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Sony suprised everyone with their September State of Play and Max, Jada, Brian, and Nick broke down every major game announced. Starting off with the first look at the long awaited Marvel's Wolverine, and it didnt dissapoint. Wolverine is definitely earning it's likely M rating, and everyone on the show (espically Jada) was impressed with the small…
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Send us a text Join Chris and Richie as they dive into all the latest PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo discussion from the world of video games: 00:00:42 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:01:49 - What we're playing 00:12:16 - The News! 00:12:52 - God of War going Egyptian? 00:20:14 - PlayStation at Tokyo Gameshow 00:31:25 - Forza Horizon 6 heading to Japan 0…
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✨ Arteetude 300 – Three Hundred Breaths ✨ This episode is a ritual. A reflection. Not mass production, but fragments — sparks of honesty, fear, and truth. With Sophia back at my side, we dive into what performance really means: trembling hands, silence before sound, and the refusal to become just another number. Every inhale breaks the same, every …
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This week we’re joined by notorious tie-guy Travis Northup, who just dropped his review of Borderlands 4, and who also went hands on with some large scale maps in Battlefield 6 at a preview event. What do these two games have in common, besides being shooters? They’re both shaping up to be returns-to-form for a couple series that haven’t stuck the …
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:04:20 - What We've Been Playing 00:20:10 - The NEWS! 00:20:40 - Nintendo Direct Breakdown 01:12:30 - Borderlands 4 Reviews 01:19:50 - PlayStation Plus catalogue a…
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English: Arteetude 299 is a raw, personal reflection with Detlef Schlich and his AI co-host Sophia. Together, they explore Detlef’s early life — from his civil servant years in Cologne and the heaviness of elderly care, to the spark of his first band Paradiesox Peacepack. They discuss fear as part of performance, art as a ritual, and why resisting …
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The year is far from over, and some of the biggest game releases are still yet to come - so let’s run down 25 games of various shapes, sizes, genres, flavors and configurations that have our attention for one reason or another. From the obvious big sequels like Ghost of Yotei, Ninja Gaiden 4, and Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, to smaller offb…
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Send us a text Join Chris and Richie as they breakdown all the weekly gaming news and some of the hottest game reviews that launched this past week... 00:00:38 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:03:07 - Currently Playing? 00:12:45 - The News! 00:13:30 - 007 First Light State of Play 00:29:49 - Wolverine State of Play ready? 00:39:18 - Hollow Knight Silksong…
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This episode reflects on the intersection of art, community, and resilience during the WAW Pass the Hat Tour 2025. Together with AI co-host Sophia, we explore how live music builds temporary communities of belonging, how pub politics can paradoxically highlight the need for solidarity, and how art functions as ritual and survival in contemporary so…
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This week we break down Sony's surprise 007 First Light state of play and why the game looks like it's going to be Hitman With a Dash of Uncharted, Sleeping Dogs & GTA. It's been a while since we've had a good 007 game and thats looking to change thanks in part to the game's developers history making the Hitman games (which are basically 007 games …
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:04:20 - What We've Been Playing 00:12:30 - The NEWS! 00:15:35 - Clair Obscur Sequel 00:26:55 - Gears of War Reloaded Reviews 00:37:10 - MGS Delta Reviews 00:53:45…
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Arteetude 297: WAW Tour Talk – Bittersweet Goodbyes on the Wild Atlantic Way In this third and final tour talk episode of 2025, Detlef and Dirk reflect on their unforgettable week along the Wild Atlantic Way with their road manager, Hannah. Between swims in the Atlantic, gigs in Kilcrohane and Ballydehob, encounters with old friends, and chance mee…
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We’re back from gamescom, jetlagged, but excited to have some new and upcoming games to discuss. Capcom had a solid lineup including Pragmata, which doesn’t put puzzles above shooting, but still has puzzles, and probably isn’t a Mega Man prequel. The Resident Evil Requiem demo we had didn’t blow us away, but it also didn’t show too much, and maybe …
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Send us a text Join Chris and Richie as they breakdown all the gaming reveals from last week's Gamescom 2025 including Black Ops 7, Hollow Knight Silksong, LEGO Batman and more... 00:00:41 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:02:45 - What we're playing... 00:16:17 - The News! 00:17:25 - Gamescom Announcements 01:07:42 - Hollow Knight Silksong 01:10:19 - Rogue…
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Arteetude 296 – WAW Pass the Hat Tour Talk, Part 2. Back on the beach in West Cork, Detlef Schlich and Dirk Schlömer continue their reflection on the WAW Pass the Hat Tour. This time, the story carries us from Felicitas’ cliffside guesthouse in Adrigole to Kilcrohane’s White House Café. We hear about Hannah — who evolved from spontaneous driver int…
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:04:40 - What We've Been Playing 00:14:35 - The NEWS! 00:15:20 - Jurassic Park Survival 00:29:50 - Resident Evil Requiem 00:32:20 - Gamescom 2025 00:47:40 - Crimso…
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**Arteetude 295 – Pass the Hat Tour Reflections with WAW** In this sun-drenched beachside episode, Detlef Schlich and Dirk Schlömer unpack the sweat, laughter, and sheer willpower behind the *WAW Pass the Hat Tour 2025*. For Dirk, **WAW** is the *Wild Atlantic Way* — the rugged coastline that stole his heart. For Detlef, **WAW** is more: a philosop…
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Send us a text On this week's show Chris and Richie round up all the Mafia Reviews, PlayStation 5 chasing records and EA making more Disney games. 00:00:36 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:12:11 - The News! 00:12:30 - Mafia The Old Country Reviews 00:25:15 - Xbox cancel Contraband 00:33:41 - BioShock 4 in trouble 00:39:16 - PlayStation 5 sells 80M 00:54:2…
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In the grand finale of this trilogy, Detlef and Gregg explore deeper layers of artistic expression—philosophy, absurdity, and the punk soul’s enduring melancholy. They muse about aging as an artist, Kafkaesque realities, and the weird joy of staying creatively restless. The episode closes hauntingly with Gregg Turner himself singing: “Franz Kafka.”…
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This week, we’re talking about the literally groundbreaking new destruction physics in Battlefield 6, which looks to be almost on par with Donkey Kong Bananza’s smashability, but in an obviously very different way. We’re also chatting with the developers of Ninja Gaiden Ragebound about the throwback platformer’s NES roots, and sharing some of the g…
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:04:00 - What We've Been Playing 00:16:30 - The NEWS! 00:16:54 - Nintendo Partner Showcase Reveals 00:53:37 - Lies of P and DAYZ Comes to PS+ 00:57:30 - Grounded 2…
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Part two of Detlef’s conversation with Gregg Turner picks up the thread of transformation—from punk provocateur to math professor and solo artist. They discuss the paradox of maturity, the creative power of nostalgia, and the strange way memory can distort rebellion. Turner reflects on writing music post-punk and what it means to keep singing when …
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Send us a text Chris and Rob breakdown the Battlefield 6 reveal alongside all the gaming news from Ubisoft including Assassins Creed, Outlaws and Avatar news! 00:00:39 - Welceme/Housekeeping 00:03:49 - What We're Playing 00:19:26 - The NEWS! 00:20:24 - Battlefield 6 Reveal 00:30:28 - Star Wars Outlaws sequel cancelled 00:39:19 - Avatar FOP going 3r…
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In this raw and electrifying episode, Detlef Schlich dives into the wild and rebellious past of punk legend Gregg Turner—co-founder of the Angry Samoans and a defining voice of the early West Coast punk movement. Together, they unearth the chaotic spirit of 80s LA punk, its cultural clashes, absurdist humor, and what it means to grow older with fir…
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From forgotten peripherals to bizarre trends, we're taking a wild trip through PlayStation's strangest hardware. Plus, Jada shares her early impressions of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. This week we're going retro, weird, and very PlayStation. 00:00 - Intro01:00 - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers18:06 - PlayStation’s Best, Worst and Weirdest Experimental Produ…
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Send us a text On this week's show Chris and Richie breakdown all the reviews for the Switch 2 smash hit Donkey Kong Bananza, all the FC26 news at GTA6 coming in hot! 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:02:45 - What We're Playing 00:12:02 - The News! 00:13:24 - Donkey Kong Bananza Reviews 00:31:55 - FC26 Revealed by EA 00:47:00 - Game Pass for July …
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New Episode Released: Arteetude 291 – “The Bark Between the Lines” I explore the strange magic of barking dogs: how one bark becomes many, how noise turns into rhythm, and how presence finds a voice through chaos. Together with Sophia, we dive into the neurology, poetry, and raw honesty of this acoustic chain reaction. Why does one bark provoke a c…
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It’s a good time to be a fan of skateboarding video games, between Activision’s remakes fo Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 out now, plus EA’s long-awaited reboot of Skate (Sorry, “skate.”) arriving sometime in the foreseeable future. Nick had a chance to spend a few hours in the open world, and while the free-to-play live-service aspect is rubbing a l…
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:08:18 - What We've Been Playing 00:12:15 - The NEWS! 00:12:55 - Ghost of Yotei State of Play Breakdown 00:34:21 - Tony Hawk’s 3+4 Reviews 00:50:37 - PlayStation C…
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In this very special episode of Arteetude, Detlef invites the world into the conversation. From Mumbai to Mississippi, from Casablanca to Reykjavík—listener questions pour in, each steeped in culture, philosophy, ethics, and wonder. Together with AI Co-Host Sophia, Detlef explores themes of darshan, forgiveness, wabi-sabi, the divine in art, and th…
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Sucker Punch finally gave us our long-awaited look at Ghost of Yotei in action, and while it’s certainly looking like a gorgeous successor to Tsushima that’ll put the PS5 through its paces, it’s hard not to compare it to one of this year’s other big open-world samurai game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows. While there will definitely be some familiar them…
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Send us a text Join Chris and Richie as they breakdown the fallout from Xbox closures, cancellations and layoffs after a busy week on the green side of gaming. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:04:07 - What We're Playing (Expedition 33) 00:15:55 - The News! 00:16:37 - Xbox Cancellations, Closures & Layoffs 01:02:13 - Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox (A…
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From Code to Clay: The Digital Shaman and Garden 9 In the final chapter of the Campos trilogy, Detlef Schlich explores the legacy of Kandinsky as a spiritual visionary—and reflects on his own role as a ritual architect of the 21st century. In poetic dialogue with AI co-host Sophia, the conversation spirals from muddy gardens and tilted Fibonacci sp…
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Let’s get this out of the way: we’re happy there’s a new Resident Evil game on the way and we will absolutely be playing it day one. That said, the way Capcom is framing Resident Evil Requiem has us a bit skeptical - especially with them specifically bringing up the fact that Leon Kennedy (supposedly) isn’t in it. We discuss how Resident Evil’s lat…
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:06:38 - What We've Been Playing 00:18:45 - The NEWS! 00:20:37 - Death Stranding 2 Review Round-Up 00:30:41 - FBC Firebreak Reviews 00:46:47 - Rematch Reviews 01:0…
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In this poetic and thought-provoking episode, Detlef Schlich and AI co-host Sophia dive deep into the meaning behind the mantra: “I’m the Artist, Not the Architect.” Reflecting on a recent performance residency in Campos, Mallorca, Detlef shares how a tiny snail, ancient clay, and ambient sounds became metaphors for artistic surrender and layered c…
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Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is finally almost here, and as one of 2025’s few big PlayStation exclusives, you can see why a lot of PS5 owners would be excited for this one. This week, we’re joined by Simon Cardy, who reviewed DS2 for IGN, to discuss the many things it does right, whether or not that’s enough to win over folks who didn’t live the…
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Send us a text Join Chris and Richie for Game of the Year Watch 2025 as we hit the midway stage of the year. 00:00:37 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:02:09 - What We're Playing 00:11:00 - The News! 00:12:30 - Game of the Year Watch 00:57:11 - Xbox and AMD partnership Want more gaming content? 👇 The GamerGuild Podcast🛡️🎙️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?…
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” In this poetic and intimate episode, Detlef Schlich takes us on a deeply personal journey to Campos, Mallorca — a place that unexpectedly reopened a connection, inspired new work, and sparked his upcoming performance titled "I Am the Artist, Not the Architect." Together with AI Co-Host Sophia, they reflect on friendship, field recordings, red cla…
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The PlayStation 6 is still a long ways off, but Sony acknowledged they’re pushing the platform forward and exploring new ways for us to engage with it, but they’re well aware that streaming games from the cloud isn’t how most of us play our games. The PlayStation Portal might seem to suggest that’s the direction the company is taking things, but un…
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Send us a text Join Chris and Richie as we breakdown every reveal and announcement from last week's Xbox Showcase. Plus our review and first impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World. 00:00:37 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:03:32 - What we're playing 00:12:34 - The News! 00:13:12 - Xbox Showcase Breakdown 01:30:32 - Switch 2 & Mario Kart…
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Arteetude 286 continues the reflection begun in episode 285: The Itch of Insight. This time, Detlef and his AI co-host Sophia dive deeper — exploring how modern life keeps us scratching not only our skin but also our screens… and our souls. From lottery apps to the dopamine-driven curiosity loop, this poetic conversation asks: When does scratching …
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Resident Evil Requiem (or Resident Evil 9, RE9uiem, or whatever we’re supposed to call it) got an official reveal during Summer Game Fest 2025, and shortly after that, a select few people got to play a demo behind closed doors. IGN’s Matt Kim was one of those lucky people, so he stopped by to tell us about the game’s newest features. There’s option…
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Send us a text Welcome to The GamerGuild Podcast! Your weekly show where three best friends round up and discuss all the week's gaming stories and news. 00:00:40 - Welcome/Housekeeping 00:03:24 - What We've Been Playing 00:12:59 - The NEWS! 00:13:54 - Nintendo Switch 2 Launch! 00:31:20 - Summer Games Fest 00:34:13 - Game of Thrones: War for Westero…
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The Itch of Insight – Between Skin Contact and World Contact A weekend in Mallorca. A few days. And yet — I came back marked. Bitten. Irritated. But… awake. In this special episode of Arteetude, together with my AI co-host Sophia, we explore how a simple mosquito bite can reveal something deeper about our human (and digital) condition. When somethi…
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It's our 900th episode! And we're at IGN Live! So, in honor of this momentous occasion, we invented a whole game show: Wheel of PS4-tune! Why? Because it was a good title. So, all the questions are about Sony's last console generation, its hardware, games, and so on. How well do Brian and Jada know deep-cut PlayStation 4-centric trivia? How are the…
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