After nearly a month off due to illness, sabotage, betrayal, and maybe even murder, the RPGrinders are back! It was a hard-fought month. We've been bloodied and beaten but not defeated! We are back and nothing can derail us again... after Frank's week off Vegas vacation. Then we will be back, again!

Since the Grinders were off for a little bit, the news kind of piled up. Even worse, Break is late. But that can't derail the news and the massive amount of release dates. For the first time since pre-pandemic the Castlevania franchise is back with a brand new entry. It's time to get excited because we have that release date and many more. Including the next Star Wars game, the Fable remake, and several Switch 2 ports.

This show was slightly unusual as it was shorter, and Break didn't have a thousand Stinkoes. So instead, the Grinders spent some time to discuss the state of video game physical media and the announcement from Sony that their plan on ending the development of physical media. Will the old gamers be able to understand that newfangled technology? How long will the digital media last? How long will you be able to play the games you purchased? What are the positives and negatives of a future without discs or cartridges?

Although this episode was shorter. There is nothing that can stop the Grinders from coming back the following week!

Wait. What's that? That was the Friday before last and there was no episode last Friday... Um. I blame Frank!

Also, Game Night will be back reeeeally soon! Frank continues his quest of world domination, or something like that.

Yea, yea. This one is shorter than usual. Sue me!

Actually, don't do that. I have no money for which you would want to sue.

I'm not the lawsuit you are looking for.

I decided to play a bunch of Metroidvanias for May, for Maytroidvania month, but this spilled over to June and July, and soon to be August for Search-Action Soulsvania Summer! That leaves us with a whopping 6 games to cover!

In order(I didn't bother putting in timestamps, don't have the time!)

125 - Islets

126 - Crypt Custodian

127 - Biomorph

128 - Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus

129 - Afterimage

130 - Nine Sols

I reviewed the Switch 1 and 2, and Xbox versions of this amazing, but somewhat flawed soon to be classic RPG!