246: Core Before More

On the historic 246th episode of this podcast, we dig into the space madness of Saros, the match-three madness of Titanium Court, and the madness madness of Ultimate Drummer (plus the end of Pragmata). Also, Microsoft Gaming's... sorry, Xbox's new-ish direction, the AC: Black Flag remake, which developers' names have the best mouthfeel, what to do when your Legos get peed on, and more.CHAPTERS(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.(00:00:10) Intro(00:03:10) A bit of current state of affairs pressure relief(00:08:55) Saros  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Apr 30, 2026(00:44:40) First Break(00:44:41) Pragmata  |  [Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Apr 17, 2026(00:55:18) Titanium Court  |  [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Apr 23, 2026(01:01:54) Ultimate Drummer  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Apr 22, 2026(01:09:18) Snap & Grab  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Apr 24, 2026(01:12:02) All Will Fall  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Apr 03, 2026(01:16:28) Some other releases that we still want to play...(01:17:02) Second Break(01:17:03) Asha and Xbox's late title card(02:01:08) Black Flag Resynced is coming(02:07:42) Assassin's Creed Hexe loses game director(02:13:29) Maybe some RE9 content coming soon?(02:15:47) Emails(02:38:02) Wrapping up and thanks(02:43:21) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts(02:44:54) See Ya!