As Playthroughs Revisited comes to an end, the panel responds with in-depth analysis and discussion of what is probably the largest video game news story since the 1980s: Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard for seventy billion U.S. dollars.

As England sinks to final, ruinous defeat in the Ashes, Caspius and SiliconNooB cover Troy Baker's voice NFTs, Sony's self-destructive obsession with critically-panned technology, Phil Spencer's fascist intentions, and Take-Two's purchase of Zynga.

Caspius and SiliconNooB deliver the industry-leading Worst of the Year 2021 awards, conferring infamy upon the worst company, hardware, and game of the previous year, before digging into news-poo of the NFT variety and reviewing the OLED Switch.

Caspius and SiliconNooB review the Australian Ashes victory over the statistically-worst English team ever to play Test Cricket, before embarking on a thrilling (and exhausting) round-up of the very last bits of 2021's sudden, year-end news avalanche.

Caspius and SiliconNooB settle down for a warm mug of Christmas tea/wine and try to find ways to discuss hopeful, optimistic, and even cozy video game wishes for the new year, without veering off into rampant cynicism, disaffection, and dismay.

Caspius and SiliconNooB prepare for Christmas by awarding the first completion star of the latest Playthroughs Revisited, reading through the end-of-the-year video game news, and moaning/rejoicing at England's Cricketing woes in the Ashes down under.

Caspius, SiliconNooB, and Imitanis review progress on Playthroughs Revisited and then dig into a pre-Christmas news avalanche, including the long-awaited PC release of Final Fantasy VII Remake, exclusively on the Epic Store (now with a shopping cart!).

Caspius and SiliconNooB enter the final pre-Ashes stretch with a review of the first week of Playthroughs Revisited II, before moving on to news that the NVIDIA and ARM merger is probably dead, and that Paper Mario and Aegis Rim are coming to Switch.

Caspius and SiliconNooB inaugurate the second volume of Playthroughs Revisited with a discussion of Final Fantasy XII, before reviewing the promising cinematic future of arthouse auteur Hideo Kojima and his dedicated sidekick, Norman Reedus.

Caspius, SiliconNooB, and Imitanis close out the Metroid Dread playthrough and preview the upcoming Playthroughs Revisited feature, before reviewing the pre-holiday-season news: including delays, retractions, apologies, and Chinese acquisitions.

Caspius and SiliconNooB address the recent confusion related to podcast numbering, announce the final week of the Metroid Dread (not Prime) playthrough, sift through the crumbs of gaming news, and discuss the Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster soundtrack.