Dropped Frames

The first real episode of 2026 is upon us. We chat about all the silly things announced at CES 2026, speedruns at AGDQ 2026, Anthem shutting down. Going over the Reddit AMA with Swen Vincke giving more insight into Divinity and their development process also is StarCraft returning? Games this week are StarRupture, Alchemy Factory, Octopath Traveler 0 and more!

0:00 - Intro
3:40 - Where Cheeks Meet
7:30 - CES 2026
18:00 - AGDQ 2026
30:00 - Anthem shutting down
32:10 - Larian Studios AMA
1:00:30 - XBOX Developer Direct announced
1:02:00 - StarCraft is back?
1:08:00 - New Game+ showcase
1:22:00 - Rumor: Fallout New Vegas Remaster
1:24:00 - Old games have no QOL
1:46:50 - StarRupture
1:59:10 - Alchemy Factory
2:06:50 - League of Legends
2:10:30 - Octopath Traver 0
2:11:40 - Trails in The Sky 1
2:26:20 - Shoutouts

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The year is over and Cohh finally realizes what JP stands for. The reveal will have you questioning reality! We take a look back at all the games we've played, didn't play, and wish we played to give you the most definitive list of great games that are not all Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - John Paul
6:00 - Consumer hardware prices soar
10:00 - Favorite New Game IP
19:40 - Favorite Multiplayer Game
26:00 - Favorite Writing
35:10 - Favorite Art Style
44:40 - Favorite Music
57:00 - Favorite Sound Design
1:06:00 - Favorite Performance
1:15:50 - Favorite Moment in Games
1:23:25 - Favorite Feature
1:34:10 - Biggest Surprise
1:43:40 - Biggest Disappointment
1:58:20 - Games We Wished We Played
2:12:10 - Most Anticipated Game of 2026
2:22:30 - Top 3 Games Streamed & Watched
2:41:50 - Cohh's Top 10 Games of 2025 (10-4)
2:55:00 - Zeke's Top 10 Games of 2025 (10-4)
3:11:00 - JP's Top 10 Games of 2025 (10-4)
3:23:00 - 3rd favorite game
3:30:00 - 2nd favorite game
3:38:20 - Favorite game of the year
3:47:25 - The Community's Top 10
3:49:50 - The Dropped Frames GOTY
3:53:20 - Shoutouts

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Sodapoppin joins us this week to chat about life after 15 years of streaming and how much streaming has changed in recent years. Then we go over the winners at The Streamer Awards, vote on the winners for The Game Awards happening this week. Then we go deep into Chinese World of Warcraft, running streamer guild OnlyFangs, handling streamer drama and much more!

0:00 - Intro
2:20 - Sodapoppin is here
5:30 - Growing up with streaming
12:00 - The Streamer Awards
37:00 - Going over TGA nominees
2:03:40 - World of Warcraft China
2:39:40 - OnlyFangs
2:48:20 - Mana gems
3:01:15 - Shoutouts
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We're joined by Robert 'Roflgator' Overwatch pro and now a titan of VRChat as we learn about the birth and history of TikTok sensation, Marcus, played by VRChat creator Jouffa! We go down memory lane with our favorite Justin.TV moments, learn about all the game updates dropping in December, Tim Sweeney hates disclosing AI, Paradox takes blame over Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2, and a new Diablo 4 expansion tease? Games this week include the horror game Total Chaos, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Vote for your Dropped Frames GOTY!
6:00 - Roflgator is here!
11:00 - The birth of Marcus
19:40 - What's a mute?
45:00 - The life of Rob and Marcus
51:50 - Going mainstream
55:00 - Who owns what?
1:06:00 - The oldest Justin.tv memory
1:23:30 - Update December
1:28:00 - Disclosing AI
1:46:10 - Vampire woes
1:53:00 - Diablo 4 announcement?
1:56:00 - Where Winds Meet
2:04:00 - Megabonk dev removes themselves from TGA
2:12:50 - Total Chaos
2:23:50 - Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
2:46:50 - Kingdom of the Dump
2:49:30 - Random Mice
2:56:00 - Shoutouts
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Call of Duty Black Ops 7 released this week, to very little fan fare and a lot of mad players. We take our bets on what games will be nominated at The Game Awards this year. Steam launches a new family of hardware with Steam Machine, the new Steam controller and Steam Frame. There's a Horizon MMO in the works, we give our thoughts on Where Winds Meet & The Last Caretaker as well as our review of Dispatch!

0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Bubba
8:00 - GOTY so far
14:00 - Ubisoft getting bought?
20:00 - Call of Duty Black Ops 7
42:40 - Steam launching new hardware
1:02:00 - JP's search history
1:09:10 - Will there be a Dispatch season 2?
1:18:30 - Escape from Tarkov reviews
1:22:20 - Fans try to bring Concord back
1:24:30 - Horizon MMO
1:32:20 - State of Play
1:36:10 - Star Citizen
1:47:30 - Aion 2?
1:49:00 - ARC Raiders update
1:53:00 - Battlefield 6
1:56:40 - Popular YouTuber Chris Wilson
1:59:50 - Where Winds Meet
2:35:40 - The Last Caretaker
2:43:00 - Dispatch
2:54:20 - Shoutouts
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