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High Ping Basterds

High Ping Basterds

By: High Ping Basterds
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“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

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  • 83 Pokemon Leak follow up, Next Gen Consoles, CS2 Rugpull, Remedy, Warner Games, AWS Blackout, FIFA.mp3

    83 Pokemon Leak follow up, Next Gen Consoles, CS2 Rugpull, Remedy, Warner Games, AWS Blackout, FIFA.mp3
    Oct 25 2025
    On our 83rd episode, we discussed the following topics:
    • Massive Pokemon leak purportedly covers next-gen games, scrapped ideas, and more
    • PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC
    • CS2 skin update ‘rug pulls’ collectors as $1 billion wiped from market cap - Dexerto
    • Releases - Remedy Investors
    • Warner Bros. Discovery puts itself up for sale
    • Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
    • Grand Theft Auto made him a legend. His latest game was a disaster
    • Football Manager and FIFA sign multi-year partnership

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 82 EA Privatization, XBox Gamepass Price Hike

    82 EA Privatization, XBox Gamepass Price Hike
    Oct 11 2025
    On our 82nd episode, we discussed the following topics:
    • Doug Bowser to Retire as Nintendo of America President, Devon Pritchard Named Successor
    • Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Nears Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private
    • $2.6 Million Kickstarter Cozy Game Wipes Its Websites, Ghosts Its Backers
    • The ROG Xbox Ally X priced at $1,000 and available to preorder in October, making it officially the most expensive 'Xbox' ever | PC Gamer
    • Video gamer Electronic Arts to be bought in largest-ever private equity buyout valued at $55 billion
    • Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets $10 price increase | Shacknews
    • Xbox Game Pass Will Receive Major Changes To Pricing/Tiers, Cheap Tier With Ads Rumored For 2026
    • Microsoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5 | PC Gamer
    • As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'
    • More than 60% of US game players only buy two games or fewer per year, survey finds | VGC

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    55 mins
  • 81 Borderlands 4, Nintendo v Palworld, Krafton, Xbox Prices, Mass Effect TV Show, Tencent v Sony

    81 Borderlands 4, Nintendo v Palworld, Krafton, Xbox Prices, Mass Effect TV Show, Tencent v Sony
    Sep 23 2025
    On our 81st episode, we discussed the following topics:
    • Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'
    • Nintendo argues mods don't count as proper games as Pokémon v. Palworld lawsuit continues | Eurogamer.net
    • The Subnautica 2 lawsuit is getting even messier, with Krafton doing a massive U-turn, confusing both the ousted founders' lawyer and the judge: 'This is a little bit bewildering' | PC Gamer
    • Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again | The Verge
    • A casting call for the Mass Effect TV show is out there, and if you're 'A young Colin Farrell-type male', then do I have great news for you | PC Gamer
    • Rumour: Kratos to Wield 'Egyptian Sword' in God of War's Next Main Game | Push Square
    • Tencent responds to Sony lawsuit against "slavish" Horizon clone, stating its claims of originality are "startling" | Eurogamer.net
    • Ubisoft Staff Reportedly Raised Concerns About Saudi Arabia Deal for Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC, as Company Insists it Maintains Creative Control - IGN

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    1 hr and 25 mins
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