Iwata's Charm, Drama & Tokyo Game Show 2017 | The Video Game Pals Episode 22

This week on The Video Game Pals the boys discuss the hottest news out of Tokyo Game Show 2017, update some developing news stories and learn of a beautiful tribute to Satoru Iwata packed in every Switch. PLUS: "Fire Pokemon are trash!" -Andy Brown -What we’re playing! -Buy or Sell DA NEWS: 1. Rockstar Games’ Social media accounts promising an update on Red Dead Redemption 2 this week: https://www.facebook.com/rockstargames/posts/10155627743290097 2. First official trailer for the new Tomb Raider movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndhidEmUbI 3. More Campo Santo v. PewDiePie news: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-19-firewatch-steam-review-bomb-pewdiepie-racism-incident 4. In response, Steam has decided to implement a histogram that will allow users to easily identify review bombings: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/19/16336298/steam-review-bombs-campo-santo-firewatch-pewdiepie 5. The issue of race has come up again in the press around South Park: The Fractured But Whole, but not for positive reasons: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/22/16350524/south-park-the-fractured-but-whole-trailer-kanye-west-mother-only-one 6. Nintendo has included a beautiful tribute to the company’s former President Satoru Iwata in every Nintendo Switch: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/17/16323452/nintendo-switch-golf-emulator https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch/2017/9/20/16338508/nintendo-switch-golf-iwata-theory 7. Tokyo Game Show 2017: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/19/tgs-2017-all-the-news-from-sonys-playstation-conference Meat and Potatoes: That takes us into our meat and potatoes: what do you think of smaller game press events like TGS, Paris Games Week, PSX, etc.? They obviously don’t have the same fanfare around them that E3 does, but do appreciate getting these little blasts of news or would you prefer publishers save these announcements for bigger shows? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire