After the chaos of last week’s show, Julian and Justin get together to talk about a ton of Steam Next Fest demos, recap the Xbox Showcase, and reveal our favorite games of Not E3. Yeah!

00:00 Introduction, (not) sponsored by Chef Man

23:47 Julian’s Next Fest demo round up (Dispatch, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Kingdom Cum: Deep Entrance, Superhero Simulator, Dead as Disco, Empire of Lust, Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream)

01:00:36 The Midnight Walk, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering Arena

01:33:44 Live reacts: looking for a Detlef Schrempf card in a pack of Final Fantasy Magic

01:48:09 Recapping the Xbox Showcase

02:51:16 Our Top 5 games shown at Not E3

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Hello again! Keigh Geoffley here, host of the E Summer Games Awards Fest, back with another amazing showcase of games! I almost didn’t get The Stage Select auditorium this year, because things snuck up on Julian and it took him a long time to return my calls. But don’t worry: ESGAF3 2025 is here, and it’s our biggest show to date!

Ahem. It’s Julian. Yeah, we’re doing this bit again for Not E3 season. Please note that we recorded this on the night that Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live happened, so this episode covers that, plus the Unreal presentation and the Sony State of Play. We’ll tackle the Xbox Direct and anything we may have missed next week. It’s a jam-packed episode regardless, so please enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, respect for Chef Man

07:02 Unreal Engine showcase

33:00 Sony State of Play

01:38:40 Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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It’s a shorter, sleepier show this week, because we recorded a 2 hour Patreon episode before this…AND IT SHOWS. We…may need to record those on different nights. We’ll see. Anyway, Julian finished some games, Justin gets out of his comfort zone, and strange things are afoot at The Stage Select studio. So, the usual.

00:00 Introduction, hear Justin out

15:11 When Justin Hamm and Mike Fallek collide

19:36 Monster Train 2, playing Silent Hill 2 remake for an audience

37:01 Final thoughts on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

52:52 Until Dawn, the movie

01:01:27 Final thoughts on Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

01:08:25 The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

01:24:47 Neon Inferno, the Final Fantasy edition of Magic feels like it’s been coming for 3 years

01:36:37 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Listen to Julian on Soft Lock (and Justin’s episode coming

soon): https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/big-weasel-lil-weasel/episodes/Episode-6-Julian-is-one-of-the-best-podcasters--A-good-friend--And-knows-how-to-listen-to-me-while-understanding-i-am-brilliant-but-genuinely-in-a-not-funny-way-insane--Julian-of-The-Stage-Select-e33fr7s/a-abvgr1p

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

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