High Ping Basterds cover art

High Ping Basterds

High Ping Basterds

By: High Ping Basterds
Listen for free

About this listen

“We, to tell the actual absolute truth, don’t live in society, actually.”


In the history of humans, for the first time after the glorious 18th Century have we had The 21st Century. If one strains their ears, one can gather echoes traveling back to us from a dismal future, hankering for the nostalgic and innocent and simpler times of The 21st Century.


The 21st Century where we actually don’t live in a society. We live more in tubes, in simulations, in hypotheticals and in conspiracies. We live in line graphs, in word vomits, in feeds and filters, in videos and in games, and in video games.


The Basterds navigate this terrain of solipsistic confabulations.


“Two weeks to two minutes” Exclaimed Cyrus West Field—an American entrepreneur and financier, pointedly not an inventor, actually—when the telegraph line laid across Atlantic finally worked in 1866. Now in place of these obsolete thick copper cable lay nets upon nets of fiber optics where we sail daily. And the echo of our future sounds across these nets of our present and of our past, where we are constructing a singular Transatlantic tunnel, dug under the pioneer ocean for us to live in, when the whole world itself shall drown under the weight of our present and of our past.


The Basterds navigate these uncertain terrain.



Release Schedule: New Episodes Every Tuesdays

Language: English

Category: Video Game Commentary, News Reviews, Criticisms

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

High Ping Basterds Politics & Government Science Fiction
Episodes
  • 92 DRAM, BG3 Adaptation, Iron Lung

    92 DRAM, BG3 Adaptation, Iron Lung
    Feb 13 2026
    On our 92nd episode, we discussed the following topics:
    • DRAM prices expected to nearly double in Q1 • The Register
    • Baldur's Gate is getting an HBO TV series set after Baldur's Gate 3 | TechSpot
    • MindsEye Boss Legally Threatens YouTuber After Epstein Video
    • Indie game film adaptation Iron Lung earns $21.5 million on opening weekend | GamesIndustry.biz
    • Arc Raiders Dev Says It's Being Hit By Coordinated DDoS Attacks - GameSpot
    • Call of Duty' Microtransactions Surge Followed Jeffrey Epstein Advice to CEO | IBTimes UK

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    53 mins
  • 91 Valve Monopoly Lawsuit, Ubisoft Strike, CDPR Mod DMCA, Video Game Developers' Conference

    91 Valve Monopoly Lawsuit, Ubisoft Strike, CDPR Mod DMCA, Video Game Developers' Conference
    Feb 5 2026
    On our 91st episode, we talked about the following subject
    • Why is Valve’s Steam facing a $900 million UK lawsuit over anti-competitive practices?
    • One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals
    • Ubisoft unions in France call for international strike
    • CD Projekt issues DMCA notice against Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod | GamesIndustry.biz
    • https://www.gamescensor.com/hideki-konno-leaves-nintendo-mario-kart-yoshis-island/
    • Roblox releases statement after player confirmed missing - Dexerto
    • More than 50% of game developers say generative AI is harming the industry, the highest level to date | TechSpot
    • United Video Games union writes to US Fed in protest of Saudi EA acquisition, attaching public petition | Eurogamer.net
    • Fable Gameplay Teaser - Xbox Developer Direct 2026
    • Forza Horizon 6 - Gameplay Teaser Trailer

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 90 Paramount v WBD, GoW Casting, Meta VR, Lara Croft, New World Closing, Ubisoft Layoffs The Division

    90 Paramount v WBD, GoW Casting, Meta VR, Lara Croft, New World Closing, Ubisoft Layoffs The Division
    Jan 20 2026
    On our 90th episode, we talked about the following topics:
    • Paramount Escalates WBD Fight, Sues Over Netflix Deal and Aims to Install Friendly Directors at Warner Shareholder Meeting
    • Ryan Hurst Cast As Kratos In Prime Video’s 'God of War'
    • Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts | The Verge
    • First Look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in Amazon's Tomb Raider TV Series - IGN
    • The Future of New World: What to Expect - News | Official New World: Aeternum Website
    • Ubisoft hits The Division and Avatar studio, Massive Entertainment, with layoffs | VGC

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 3 mins
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.