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The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

170: Optionally Hard

The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

Jeff Gerstmann

Leisure, Video Games, Technology, Hobbies

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 191 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about the evolving nature of video game difficulty! Also: Borderlands 4 is out soon, let’s talk a little bit about that but mostly about the nature of that franchise! And more, including the anniversaries of the PlayStation and Dreamcast launches! Plus: Hollow Knight: Silksong, another potential reason for Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Sega calling the cops, preserving video games after the end of civilization, the weird history of publishers withholding review copies, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm going to be

0:03.0

I'm going to be

0:05.0

I'm... Welcome to the program. I am your host for this week's installment of the Jeff Gersman Show.

0:40.0

My name is Jeff Gershman.

0:41.6

I'm here.

0:42.5

We're ready to talk about everything from the world of video games.

0:49.5

They are still making them this week.

0:52.4

This week, it's still up and running.

0:56.7

This whole video game concern of ours.

1:01.0

As well as, there's exciting new news in the world of energy drinks that, you know, of course, of course we'll talk about.

1:10.7

Man, this last week has been really crazy. You know, I spent it trying to play through, um, I get, you know, I've, I've, I've been playing Borderlands 4. We'll talk a little bit about it because there's a video. I put up a video up. I put up a video up of it. Um, and we'll, we'll talk about that. But I've been in the middle

1:29.9

playing that and my son has been sick and he went back to school today from the looks of

1:35.0

things. Unless, you know, my wife just got back with the baby. I don't, I don't see him with

1:39.9

her. So I think he made it. He, uh, my daughter always wants to go to school.

1:47.0

She's very excited about it and, and all of that stuff.

1:50.0

He just started preschool.

1:52.5

And, uh, it's like his second week and he got sick.

1:55.3

Of course, right?

1:56.1

It's a week back to school.

1:57.2

Everyone gets sick.

1:58.5

Um, and he didn't want to go.

2:03.7

This is the first time.

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