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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Ben Lindbergh, Jomi Adeniran, and Daniel Chin discuss news surrounding a few coming attractions—another 'Grand Theft Auto VI' delay, trailers for 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' and 'Fallout' Season 2, and Valve's announcement of a new Steam Machine—before breaking down the highs and lows of hit episodic superhero adventure game 'Dispatch' (including one spoiler-ish interlude about Jomi's forlorn electronic love life). Then Ben talks to 'Dispatch' creative director Nick Herman and narrative director Pierre Shorette about how the game got made, all the ways it could have turned out differently, and fan horniness. Finally, Ben brings on Game File writer/reporter Stephen Totilo to discuss the fifth birthday of the current console generation, assess why it's widely perceived as disappointing despite a plethora of great games, and forecast the future of gaming. Intro (0:00)Video game news (3:16)'Dispatch' reactions (26:34)Jomi's spoiler interlude (37:58 - 42:20)Interview with Nick Herman and Pierre Shorette (55:09)Five Years of PS5 and Xbox With Stephen Totilo (1:39:25)Outro (2:32:00) Host: Ben LindberghGuests: Jomi Adeniran, Daniel Chin, Nick Herman, and Pierre ShoretteProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up? It's Todd McShay, host of the McShay Show at The Ringer and Spotify. We're building this
0:05.6	thing up and I couldn't be more excited to be back talking college football and everything NFL
0:11.0	draft with the most informed audience out there. That's you. My co-host, Steve mentioned I will be
0:16.8	with you three times a week throughout the football season with all the latest news, analysis,
0:22.0	and scouting intel from around the league.
0:24.7	For even more insight, subscribe to my newsletter, The McShea Report, to access my mock drafts,
0:30.9	big boards, tape breakdowns, and other exclusive scouting content you can't get anywhere else.
0:37.6	It's going to be a great season.
0:39.4	And I hope you'll be with us at the McShay show every step of the way.
1:04.0	Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom. I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for the Ringer and head dispatcher for button mesh.
1:09.5	And boy, do I have a lot of dispatching to do today?
1:11.8	Because we've got three segments, five guests, and a lot of topics to talk about.
1:16.9	First up, two core members of my personal Z team, both of whom rate high in intellect and charisma.
1:25.7	Midnight Boy and junior Mint.
1:28.8	Jomi Adoneron is here.
1:29.4	Hello, Jomey.
1:31.3	What's going on?
1:34.6	Ring our staff writer Daniel Chin, also in the house.
1:35.2	Hello, Daniel.
1:36.0	Hello, hello.
1:43.8	You two are primarily joining me to talk about episodic superhero workplace comedy dispatch, which launched in late October,
1:46.7	wrapped up at least for now with its seventh and eighth installments this week,
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