We're in the midst of a promising month of releases on PlayStation 5, and our patience is finally about to be rewarded. For starters, Housemarque's first party third-person shooter Saros has gone gold. So, too, has Capcom's beleaguered (yet incredibly promising) Pragmata, which was first revealed in 2020 for a 2022 release. Starfield's and Hades II's PS5 debuts, Mouse: PI For Hire's launch, the Konami-published Darwin's Paradox, the undoubtedly addictive Vampire Crawlers, and much more have us asking: When are we supposed to find the time to play all of this? It's a good problem to have! Plus: Sony purchases British machine learning firm Cinemersive Labs, Neil Druckmann teases the future of The Last of Us, Stellar Blade developer Shift Up buys Shinji Mikami's new studio outright, Disney executives are apparently interested in acquiring Epic, MindsEye's bizarre drama gets even weirder, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! What's the status of Fairgames? Are there any Life Is Strange fans in the LSM crew? Should gaming be more accessible to the poor? Is it possible that the Artemis II astronauts will listen to this episode of the show while en route to the moon?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:31:27 - Never give up Krystal
0:33:51 - Ernie Anastos RIP in Peace
0:40:52 - First to platinum Saint Slayer
0:46:23 - Artemis II
0:56:09 - Nate's next career
1:01:14 - Sony spins off TV business
1:08:05 - Sony acquires cinemersive
1:14:05 - Saros goes gold
1:22:38 - Pragmata goes gold
1:27:36 - The Last of Us 3 tease?
1:38:35 - Shift Up purchases Shinji Mikami's studio
1:48:31 - Disney rumored to buy Epic
1:59:02 - MindsEye gets weirder
2:09:43 - New PS Plus games for April
2:14:02 - What We’re Playing (Returnal, Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege, Marathon, Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert, Marathon, Raccoin, Croc)
2:45:49 - Is gaming really for the rich?
2:59:10 - Is this crash worse than 1983?
3:12:46 - Are we Life is Strange fans?
3:19:32 - The state of Fairgames
3:23:40 - PSSR update
3:27:27 - PlayStation Direct preorders

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