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Max Roberts
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Husband. Father. Ghostwriter. Podcaster.

Blog/Podcasts - https://www.maxfrequency.net

Memory Card Newsletter - https://buttondown.com/MaxFrequency

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@maxfrequency
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"Analogue 3D is Shipping and Looks Very Good"

"This feels like a new step forward for the company, FPGA-based emulation, and the Nintendo 64."

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Analogue 3D is Shipping and Looks Very Good - Max Frequency
Analogue 3D is Shipping and Looks Very Good The embargo has dropped and shipping notifications have gone out. The Analogue 3D is very real and appears to over deliver on its biggest promises, while f…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #484"

"The longest chapter is 40 minutes about Red Dead Redemption II. My kind of podcast."

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Dan Houser on Lex Fridman 484 - Max Frequency
Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #484
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November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"Surprise! Naughty Dog Compiled All the 40th Anniversary Footage for YouTube"

"Turns out the extra time is a itty, bitty acknowledgement of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which Alison Mori just called Intergalactic."

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Surprise Naughty Dog Compiled All the 40th Anniversary Footage for YouTube - Max Frequency
Surprise! Naughty Dog Compiled All the 40th Anniversary Footage for YouTube Naughty Dog 40th Anniversary Retrospective
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November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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"Friends of the site @dark1x.bsky.social, @mylifeingaming.bsky.social, & @pc98audi.bsky.social have started a new retro-focused podcast over on Digital Foundry...The group has a fun candor and I am excited to follow along with this show."

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Digital Foundry Has a Retro Podcast Now - Max Frequency
Digital Foundry Has a Retro Podcast Now DF Retro Super Show #1: PlayStation 2 25th Anniversary - Launch Titles Revisited
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November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "Languished Hesitation"

"Who needs save data when you have 12~ hours of footage?"

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Languished Hesitation
👋🏻 Okay. I continued to play Alan Wake, beat it and its DLC just a couple days ago. I promise I am not diving into American Nightmare or Quantum Break...yet....
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November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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"Naughty Dog's 40th Anniversary Celebration Wraps with 72-Seconds on The Last of Us"

"The studio deserves much more when celebrating their history. Hopefully some of this can be rectified in the coming years."

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Naughty Dog's 40th Anniversary Celebration Wraps with 72-Seconds on The Last of Us - Max Frequency
Naughty Dog's 40th Anniversary Celebration Wraps with 72-Seconds on The Last of Us When you're lost in the darkness, look for the light. 🍄 The Last of Us was an opportunity for us to leave our mark…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Chapter Select S7E3 - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Luminoth sympathizer Max & Ing supporter Logan split a planet in half just to see if Metroid Prime 2: Echoes could follow-up Retro Studios' smash hit. Are two worlds better than one or were ambitions squashed like a bug?
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S7E3 - Metroid Prime 2 - Echoes - Max Frequency
Light Samus! Dark Samus! Luminoth sympathizer Max Roberts and Ing supporter Logan Moore split a planet in half just to see if Metroid Prime 2: Echoes could follow-up Retro Studios smash hit. Are two w...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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"Apple Has a Vampire Weekend (and Others) Problem"

"Call me an old man, but I still manage my music library pretty regularly and like I use an iPod."

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Apple Has a Vampire Weekend (and Others) Problem - Max Frequency
Apple Has a Vampire Weekend (and Others) Problem Call me an old man, but I still manage my music library pretty regularly and like I use an iPod. I'm in tune with what gets added, sorted, etc. Anothe…
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October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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"Naughty Dog's 80-Second Celebration of Uncharted"

"Right on cue.

The tweet, not my blog post about it."

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Naughty Dog's 80-Second Celebration of Uncharted - Max Frequency
Naughty Dog's 80-Second Celebration of Uncharted Greatness from small beginnings. 🗺️ UNCHARTED let us accomplish a lot of new things on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, helping Naughty Dog evolve in…
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October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "Hiding in Bright Falls"

"But guys, Alan Wake is sublime. It is just what I needed right now. A 2010, seventh gen 'AA flirting with AAA' game that is dripping with opinionated, remarkable, and efficient design."

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Hiding in Bright Falls
👋🏻 After a successful start last week, I sputtered out. Turns out while AI can read some 40,000 words in a script, it can't watch gameplay and compare...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "Searching Ragnarök"

"Back to the Ragnarök essay though; I had a major breakthrough in writing my script and I wanted to share how I made that happen. "

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Searching Ragnarök
👋🏻 Progress on the God of War script is coming along. I'd say I am half way done with it. My plan is to have a first draft seeded for comments and tucked...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"Users play more titles on Xbox in an average month compared to other platforms – GamsIndustry . biz"

"Breaking news: data finds that Netflix subscribers watch the opening 90 seconds of more movies than movie theater goers and movie buyers."

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Users play more titles on Xbox in an average month compared to other platforms - Max Frequency
Users play more titles on Xbox in an average month compared to other platforms – GamesIndustry.biz Shot. "This is according to Ampere Games Analytics, which found that in August 2025 Xbox users play…
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October 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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"PlayStation 6 is Apparently Two Years Away"

"If the cross-gen releases continue the way they have for the PS5, I don't really see myself shelling out on day one after spending near $900 for my PS5 Pro. Quote this back to me when I buy one."

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PlayStation 6 is Apparently Two Years Away - Max Frequency
PlayStation 6 is Apparently Two Years Away PS6 Release Date Touted for 2027, Cheaper But Less Powerful Than Next Xbox by Sammy Barker ...it’s the plan (to release the PS6 in 2027) unless any unexpect…
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October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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"Is the "Nintendo Classics" collection a good value? – Seth Larson"

"Looks like the SNES is getting all of the love on NSO. The total value was quite shocking to me."

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Is the "Nintendo Classics" collection a good value – Seth Larson - Max Frequency
# Is the "Nintendo Classics" collection a good value? – Seth Larson "This post is sharing a dataset that I've curated about Nintendo Classics games and mapping their value to actual physical prices o…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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"Here's 90 More Seconds Celebrating Naughty Dog's 40th"

"I just picture the social team capturing the opening hours of these games off a PS5 and calling it a day. This studio and these games deserve so much more."

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Here's 90 More Seconds Celebrating Naughty Dog's 40th - Max Frequency
Here's 90 More Seconds Celebrating Naughty Dog's 40th We had big gameplay goals with Jak and Daxter, letting Naughty Dog leave our paw prints on PlayStation 2. 💚 Do you have any favorite moments fro…
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October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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"Analogue3D Still Shipping in Q4"

"What an absolute nothing of an update, but at least I predicted it."

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Analogue3D Still Shipping in Q4 - Max Frequency
Analogue3D Still Shipping in Q4 Analogue3D - October 16th Update Analogue3D remains on target to ship in Q4 of this year. There is no change in price or added cost for all open preorders. If you need…
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October 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Chapter Select S7E2 - Metroid Prime: Federation Force

Mech masters Max & Logan drop into the infamous team-shooter galaxy of Federation Force. Was Next Level Games' multiplayer outing distilled Metroid Prime or a fiasco best forgotten in the annals of 3DS history?

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S7E2 - Metroid Prime - Federation Force - Max Frequency
Time to squad up Federation trooper! Mech masters Max Roberts and Logan Moore drop into the infamous team-shooter galaxy of Federation Force. Was Next Level Games' multiplayer outing distilled Metroid...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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My notes on Donut Dodo

"A coin-op inspired arcade platformer where you play as Baker Billy Burns and steal donuts from a giant dodo. It's snappy, satisfying, and sublime. A game lost in time that has captivated my attention and the quarters of my time."

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Donut Dodo Notes - Max Frequency
A coin-op inspired arcade platformer where you play as Baker Billy Burns and steal donuts from a giant dodo. It's snappy, satisfying, and sublime. A game lost in time that has captivated my attention ...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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"TENET Airport Sequence All Synced Up"

"Further appreciation for the structure, design, and staging of this entire film. Goodness!"

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TENET Airport Sequence All Synced Up - Max Frequency
TENET Airport Sequence All Synced Up So, I've been thinking a lot about Christopher Nolan, story chronology, etc. lately, so of course that means I am also thinking about Tenet once again. I've alway…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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"Naughty Dog Celebrates 40 Years with a Strange 90-Second Video Interview"

"It feels like a shortsighted, even thoughtless, way to celebrate such a milestone. The ball is being dropped."

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Naughty Dog Celebrates 40 Years with a Strange 90-Second Video Interview - Max Frequency
Naughty Dog Celebrates 40 Years with a Strange 90-Second Video Interview Crash Bandicoot was a huge leap for Naughty Dog and saw us spinning our way onto PlayStation. 🥭 What are your favorite Crash …
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October 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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"Dan Houser Admits the Most Obvious Fact About His Career"

"...and all I could think was 'No duh.'"

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Dan Houser Admits the Most Obvious Fact About His Career - Max Frequency
Dan Houser Admits the Most Obvious Fact About His Career IGN in Conversation with Dan Houser at LA Comic Con 2025 by Ryan McCaffery for IGN via VGC A couple weeks ago I saw this headline from VGC—"Ro…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "Two Essays, One Book"

"I mean, come on, if that isn't perfect for my Memento/The Last of Us Part II idea and recutting a story into chronological order, I don't know what quote will be."

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Two Essays, One Book
👋🏻 I started reading Story by Robert McKee yesterday. Not to be hyperbolic out of the gate, but Story is coming off to me like a sacred Jedi text. I am...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "Prime Packaging"

"It's a good reminder and shows how mixing it up and responding to the response can turn a video around. Worth the view for the cozy *Cyberpunk* apartment alone."

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Prime Packaging
👋🏻 I think the outline is locked and loaded. And for the fun of the process, I have included a screenshot of said outline. Subject to change of course, but...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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"Predicting Analogue's Annual Announcement for 2025"

"Whatever they announce next week, I do hope a ship date for the Analogue 3D is a part of the message...Now that I've written all this out, it'll just be some update on Pocket supply or something."

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Predicting Analogue's Annual Announcement for 2025 - Max Frequency
Predicting Analogue's Annual Announcement for 2025 October 16 is just around the corner, which means Analogue is going to announce something new. In the hopes of winning some Internet points, I thoug…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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"Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved Looks Like My Kind of Game"

"The game has this Ace Attorney vibe, but the GBA era of those games. I love a good mystery on a train. This has serious potential for me."

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Detective Instinct - Farewell, My Beloved Looks Like My Kind of Game - Max Frequency
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved Looks Like My Kind of Game Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved - Release Date Trailer
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October 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM