Caspius and SiliconNooB struggle to pad out a news-light week with talk of Cricket, Cans, and Kangaroos, and some discussion about padding is in order after Caspius' seventy-hour-long progress-free addition to his Xenoblade Chronicles 2 playthrough.

Caspius and SiliconNooB discuss Sony's performance in Japan and the shrinking sales gap between XBox S/X and PS5, Naoki Yoshida's comments regarding the influence of Kingdom Hearts on Final Fantasy XVI, and No Man's Sky's missing Switch multiplayer.

With nearly all of the Not-E3 news conferences completed, and the site-wide playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 halfway done, Caspius and SiliconNooB report on the latest from MicroBethActiBlizzKing, Capcpom, and the Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary.

Caspius and SiliconNooB review the first half of Not-E3, covering the Devolver Digital, Summer Games Fest, Limited Run, and Apple WWDC presentations, along with the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 playthrough, and an attempt to rank canonical Castlevania games.

Caspius and SiliconNooB review the second Final Fantasy XVI trailer, the game's battle system, and its overall aesthetic, before reviewing the other news from the Sony State of Play presentation, and Nintendo's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer.

Caspius and SiliconNooB begin the site-wide playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 by actually playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Then, they prime the Not-E3 news pump with a rundown of all the presentations scheduled for the traditional E3 period in June.

With Not-E3 2022 on the horizon, the news enters its announcement-of-an-announcement phase, preparing gamers for the inevitable deluge of the Definitely-Not-E3 portion of June when new games and hardware are announced, and then mocked or celebrated.

After the drought, the deluge: SiliconNooB and Caspius are overwhelmed with so much news that they have to cram it in to every available part of the podcast, from the Playthrough to the Gaming Moment, and even in the Outro. It's a Newsplosion!

As the customary date of E3 approaches, Caspius and SiliconNooB face the most dire shortage of newsworthy stories yet, and, despite an ongoing Chrono-themed playthrough, they find themselves forced, once again, to report on The Plop.

Caspius and SiliconNooB review their progress on the playthrough, and then try to make five minutes of news last for over an hour, with predictable results: Kevin Costner updates, the kipper-and-cabbage diet plan, and Blizzard vs. Squeenix.

Caspius and SiliconNooB review playthrough progress on Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger (is anyone playing Radical Dreamers?), rejoice at the advancement of Xenoblade Chronicles 3's release date, and then nearly come to blows after a spot of port.