Get your first refill pack free at http://getquip.com/games Get 15% off your first order at http://thirdlove.com/games It’s Frandrea Thursday and their chatting about the reveal of the new Play Date handheld console: it has a crank. Plus they discuss Ubisoft’s decision to not buff the Raid for console players, Nioh 2 is getting an alpha test, and Sony doubles down on their big exclusives for PS4. Time Stamps - 00:02:18 - Housekeeping Andrea will be in London this weekend at the What’s Good Games Meet Up on Sunday May 26th at the Marquis of Westminster from 3-6pm - see more details on her Twitter @andrearene or at Facebook.com/whatsgoodgames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack, Tom Bock, and Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:05:10 - NEW BLACK & WHITE GAMING HANDHELD ANNOUNCED: PLAYDATE By John Fingas (Engadget) 00:12:07 - NO PLANS TO CHANGE DIVISION 2 RAID DIFFICULTY 00:22:19 - NIOH 2 ALPHA TEST COMING SOON By Michael McWhertor (Polygon) 00:24:09 - BIG SONY EXCLUSIVES STILL PLANNED FOR PS4 Colin Stevens (IGN) 00:27:00 - SONY INTERACTIVE CHAIRMAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY By Brendan Sinclain (Games Industry Biz) 00:29:45 - TELLTALE GAMES BEING PULLED FROM GOG STOREFRONT 00:37:55 - Out today 00:43:30 - Quip 00:45:30 - Third Love Reader mail - 00:47:12 - Do you think that gyro/motion controls are not more popular in shooters due to the higher learning curve? Or is it possible that they still carry a stigma of being childish- spawned from the gimmicky motion controls of the Wii era? - Tiz 00:50:55 - Do you guys see Sony coming back to E3 next year? - BJ Bernardo 00:56:12 - Squad Up: David Scott (PS4) - DemonWaffle6 00:57:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s host: Fran and SnowBikeMike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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