Swapping Joysticks
Swapping Joysticks is your home for LGBTQIA+ gaming content presented by Twitch streamer Ben Austwick (BiggusBennus) and games journalist Ed Nightingale (ed_nights).
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Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
After last week's technical disaster, we're back with Swapping Joysticks LIVE, a special episode roughly once a month where we chat with a couple of good friends. This time we're joined by Joesephyr and Marignetic and talk about everything from Final Fantasy to Balatro and from Persona 3 Reload to Tomb Raider Remastered.
Let us know what you think of SJ LIVE and if you want to see more of them!
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▼ Marignetic's links ▼
● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/Marignetic
● Follow on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Marignetic
▼ Joesephyr's links ▼
● Follow on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/joesephyr
● Follow on Twitter - http://twitter.com/joesephyr
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Ahead of the launch of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, we sat down with Cait Sith's voice actor, Paul Tinto, for a chat about everything Final Fantasy and more.
Join as we discuss voicing the iconic Cait Sith, meeting other Final Fantasy voice actors, going to Japan, and even the future of gaming!
Ed's Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth review: https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-review
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Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Ed's been incredibly busy this week, reviewing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for Eurogamer, and interviewing Souls legend Hideta Miyazaki. We chat in depth about both, with some titbits you won't have heard elsewhere.
Speaking of Final Fantasy, Ben's finally finished XIV's Endwalker expansion and has mixed feelings. He's also briefly started playing Fortnite again. Lord help us.
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and everything else we might have missed!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:47 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review (spoiler-free)
00:37:55 - Ed's exclusive interview with Hideta Miyazaki
00:51:25 - Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
01:02:35 - What you've been playing
01:13:21 - Gaming news (Nintendo Direct, Xbox games, PS VR 2 on PC)
Ed's Rebirth review: https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-review
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Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Ep125: A special episode this week where we're joined by our good friend Juan Hidalgo, a Localisation Project Manager at PlayStation who has worked on games such as Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart.
Join as we chat about casting actors, cultural differences, Spider-Man 2, and a whole lot more!
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
It's been 2 weeks since our last regular podcast and we've missed quite a lot! Ed's interviewed Yoshinori Kitase, the director of the original FFVII (plus a million other credits) and asked him about Tifa joining Tekken, with an interesting response! Ben's also been playing a ton of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and has been enjoying it far more than he expected. A
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and everything else we might have missed!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:47 - Tifa in Tekken & Ed's interview with Kitase
00:27:13 - PlayStation State of Play
00:44:30 - Xbox games on PS5?
00:49:15 - Chants of Sennaar
00:57:29 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
01:09:00 - What you've been playing
01:16:15 - More Suicide Squad & Outro
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Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
It's a very special episode of Swapping Joysticks as we're in the studio chatting to two incredible actors, Peter Bramhill and Colin Ryan. They have a rich history of acting, but you probably know them best as the voice actors for Thancred and Alphinaud in the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV.
Join us for a chat about their experience as Dadcred and Alphie, how they reacted when they first got the job, why Peter Capaldi is so great, and a whole dose of fatherly humour, plus much more.
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Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Ep 122:
There's only one game everyone is talking about, and that's Palworld. Ben's been playing and loves it, and Ed has no idea but has been writing a fair bit about it. Put those together and you get all the impressions and news about the hottest game of the moment
Ed's been playing more Prince of Persia and Ben's also played and finished Chants of Sennaar!
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and the latest streaming and gaming news!
00:00:00 - Intro00:10:20 - Palworld00:47:20 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown00:54:10 - Chants of Sennaar01:05:25 - What you've been playing01:17:29 - Gaming & streaming news, including WWE 2K24, Death Stranding 2, Splatoon 3, and Twitch Partner Plus changes01:43:35 - Announcement about next week's podcast
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Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Ep121: Recorded minutes after the Xbox Developer Direct finishes, we discuss everything we've seen, including Avowed, Hellblade II Senua's Saga, Visions of Mana, Ara: History Untold, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Plus we chat about what we've been playing - Ed's finished DREDGE, Ben's close to platinuming Death Stranding, and they're both loving Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
Also, what you've been playing!
00:00:00 - Intro00:01:39 - Cbox Developer Direct 202400:40:46 - DREDGE00:48:50 - Death Stranding: Director's Cut00:58:28 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown01:13:50 - What you've been playing & outro
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Quick Look: https://youtu.be/h76bFiC8fX0
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Ep120: Ed tells us all about his preview of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and what he really thought of Rocksteady's latest game. Ben's got an early code for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (thank you to Ubisoft for this) and they've both played a bit of it before recording. Ben's also somehow got a Platinum in a game he's finished!
Also, we chat about gaming and streaming news, including Twitch layoffs, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth crossover in Apex and the SAG AFTRA AI / VO controversy.
Plus, what you've been playing!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:18 - Steam Deck OLED
00:12:55 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
00:29:15 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
00:50:54 - Other games & what you've been playing
01:05:35 - This week's gaming & streaming news
Ed's Eurogamer preview: https://www.eurogamer.net/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-sees-rocksteadys-trademark-world-building-held-back-by-trend-chasing
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Quick Look: https://youtu.be/h76bFiC8fX0
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Inbox: New year, new us! We discuss 6 games we're really hyped for in 2024, including:
- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Demonschool
- Dungeons of Hinterberg
- The Plucky Squire
- Flight Simulator 2024
- Thank Goodness You're Here
Inbox is a weekly bite-sized show where we discuss a different topic each week. Join the Discord at https://discord.gg/biggusbennus or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SwapJoysticks to be notified when we're looking for topic questions!