Sword of the Sea Slaps and Mafia: The Old Country Does Not | Party Select Podcast

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We're two-thirds through 2025 and it's been quite the year. Great video games, weird video games, weird and not so great state of the video game industry. The trend continues this month with Sword of the Sea, Is This Seat Taken, and Mafia: The Old Country. And we've got plenty more news and games where that came from!

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select
(00:01:07) Quick Question
(00:05:11) Episode Agenda
(00:06:40) August Game Select: Mafia: The Old Country
(00:28:01) Sword of the Sea
(00:39:51) Is This Seat Taken?
(00:43:34) Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
(00:49:29) The Darkness
(00:57:32) Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
(01:04:26) Parasite Eve 2
(01:10:28) The Alters
(01:15:54) Helldivers 2
(01:23:33) Cody's Platinum Trophy Hunting
(01:31:18) Sonic Game Tier List
(01:36:50) 50 Indie Games That Changed the World
(01:38:57) Nintendo Tells Devs to Just Publish on Switch 1
(01:48:30) No Man's Sky and Light No Fire News
(01:54:01) Bungie is Being Absorbed Into Sony
(02:00:00) Fantasy Critic Update
(02:06:34) Games of the Month: September
(02:17:26) September Game Select Reveal
(02:18:53) Join Our Party

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