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Ed and Grant are back in the saddle for Episode 149 of the DMG Gaming Podcast with an unfiltered rundown of this week’s gaming and streamer news. We react to the early Final Fantasy Resonance reviews (sitting around 85 on Metacritic), dig into the Burnt Peanut VTuber nomination backlash at the Streamer Awards, and play Asmongold’s claim that the awards are rigged. Then we cover Aion 2 MMO impressions, the ArcheAge Chronicles demo, the WoW Forever Olympus guild army, the Diablo 5 announcement, the Final Fantasy 7 old-vs-new graphics debate, and our top 5 Dragon Ball Z moments.

Chapters
00:00 Intro and the one-star review
05:01 Final Fantasy Resonance reviews and Metacritic score
07:05 Burnt Peanut and the VTuber Streamer Awards backlash
11:25 Maya Higa and the Sapphire award discourse
14:34 ArcheAge Chronicles demo
16:00 WoW Forever and the Olympus guild army
20:40 Asmongold says the Streamer Awards are rigged
26:14 Gears of War character criticism and clip-farming drama
31:26 Aion 2 MMO impressions
34:14 GTA 6, Diablo 5 announcement and StarCraft trailer
35:58 DMG goes weekly and the race to 2,000 subs
38:22 Final Fantasy 7 Remake vs. original debate
39:51 Dragon Ball remake talk and top 5 DBZ moments

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Explicit language. Opinions are ours; the streamer claims discussed are the creators’ own.

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BlizzCon 2026 just dropped Diablo 5, a brand-new open-world StarCraft, and World of Warcraft: Forever — Ed and Grant break down every announcement and rank their own Top 10. Plus: Marvel's Wolverine is already drowning in backlash over a Lady Deathstrike design half the internet mistook for Psylocke, and the Disgruntled Army has thoughts on who's really to blame. We also give our full review of Blood of the Dawnwalker (Rebel Wolves' debut — we're giving it a 9/10) and look ahead to Final Fantasy Resonance and GTA 6.

If you're into Diablo, StarCraft, World of Warcraft, Marvel's Wolverine, or just want two disgruntled lifelong gamers arguing about game design, this one's for you.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Intro
00:56 – Marvel's Wolverine: Lady Deathstrike vs. Psylocke controversy
02:55 – The "LARPer" discourse, and why we think it's a distraction
09:21 – Insomniac's Wolverine/Sabretooth "yearning" comments
13:44 – BlizzCon 2026 news roundup begins
14:35 – Diablo 5 officially announced (Spring 2029)
21:38 – World of Warcraft: Forever breakdown
27:45 – Blood of the Dawnwalker review (Rebel Wolves) — buy now or wait?
34:10 – TOP 10 BlizzCon 2026 announcements, ranked
46:30 – Recap and final thoughts
50:10 – What we're playing next: Final Fantasy Resonance, GTA 6
51:03 – Outro

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Gamescom just had a security disaster — indie devs like Ryan Leally (Mimic) had laptops and game builds stolen right off the show floor, and Gamescom's official response was basically "buy your own insurance." We break down why their statement is a masterclass in corporate deflection, and why CD Projekt Red's response puts them to shame.

We also get into GTA 6 discourse — Asmongold's reaction to the Netflix trailer, the criticism around Jason's voice acting, the PC delay backlash, and whether this game is heading for an Elden Ring–style hype payoff or a total flop.

Then it's time for our Top 10 list of the week: the Top 10 Lies You Hear at Every Gaming Convention — "our servers are ready for launch day," "this is our most ambitious game ever," and more classics that never fail.

Plus: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC talk, Blood of the Dawnwalker hype, and more.

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Physical media is dying — and GTA 6's "physical edition" (a box with just a download code) might be the final nail. In this episode, the Disgruntled Army breaks down the Top 10 games and moments proving ownership in gaming is disappearing: Sony's confirmed end of PS5 disc production in January 2028, Ubisoft's infamous "get comfortable not owning your games" era, The Crew getting completely deleted from players' libraries after they paid for it, FF7 Revelation's still-unconfirmed physical release, and why the next-gen Xbox might not even have a disc drive at all.

We're diving into the receipts: the lawsuits, the petitions, the corporate quotes that aged like milk, and what this means for collectors, preservationists, and anyone who thought "buying" a game meant actually owning it.

🎮 Topics covered:

• GTA 6's physical edition controversy
• Sony's disc production shutdown (Jan 2028)
• The Crew lawsuit & Stop Killing Games movement
• FF7 Revelation's physical release uncertainty
• Ubisoft's digital-only push
• Next-gen Xbox & PS5 Pro disc drive decisions

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Palworld just dropped its biggest update ever — 1.0 is finally here, and Ed & Grant break down whether two years of Early Access hype actually paid off. Then they turn to the internet's favorite summer punching bag: Christopher Nolan's $250 million Odyssey, and whether Hollywood butchering 2,800-year-old mythology is actually a crime or just..Hollywood normalcy

In this episode:
🐾 Palworld leaves Early Access with 72 new Pals, the World Tree region, a new sky island, and a genuinely massive patch — is it enough to pull players back in?
⚔️ The Odyssey's historical accuracy backlash — boar-tusk helmets vs. Hollywood's "generic ancient broom helmet," modern American accents in ancient Greece, and the Viking longship that shouldn't exist for another 2,000 years
🎭 The casting controversy that ate the internet before anyone saw a single frame
🏛️ Does a movie "owe" historical accuracy to a myth that was never historically accurate to begin with?

Ed and Grant go back and forth on where creative license ends and disrespecting the source material begins — with a few tangents you'll want to stick around for.

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Sony just confirmed physical PlayStation disc production ends in January 2028 — and Maximilian Dood's take on WHY it's happening has the internet completely divided. We break down his comments, the actual reasons behind Sony's decision, and why this is landing right after the GTA 6 disc-less edition backlash.

Then we shift gears for our Top 10 Signs Your Video Game Went Woke — the tropes, changes, and patterns fans keep calling out across the industry.

Let us know in the comments — do you think Max has a point, or is this getting blamed on the wrong thing?

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Maximilian Dood says FF7 Remake and Rebirth 95% the same game. Is it though? Sebbywebz says the OG PS1 classic is untouchable. Ed and Grant break down BOTH sides
on this week's DMG Gaming Podcast — and things get heated.

We're reacting to and debating the biggest FF7 argument in gaming: does the original Final Fantasy VII still hold up against the Remake trilogy, or did Square Enix actually
improve on a legend?

⚔️ IN THIS EPISODE:
- Maximilian Dood's case FOR FF7 Remake and Rebirth — is he right?

- Sebbywebz defends OG FF7 — does the classic still win?
- Turn-based combat vs action RPG — which actually serves the FF7 story better?

- Did the Remake trilogy fix FF7 or just change it?

- Aerith's fate, Sephiroth's presence, Cloud's arc — OG vs Remake comparison

- Open world Rebirth vs the tighter pacing of the original

- Which version should new players start with in 2025?

🎮 Topics include: Final Fantasy VII, FF7 Remake, FF7 Rebirth, Maximilian Dood, Sebbywebz, JRPG debate, Square Enix, Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, turn-based vs action RPG

📌 New to FF7? Longtime fan of the PS1 original? Either way — this debate will have
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Zelda Ocarina of Time was one of the BEST if not THE BEST Games ever made. Nintendo is bringing a Remake. Can they make another masterpiece and will it be as good as the original??? We discuss in this latest episode.


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