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XBOX Nation 3 - Panzer Dragoon Orta + World Series Baseball [S2E5]
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- FunFactor
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- Jun 17, 2026
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- 5102
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ISSUE LINK : https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/69555def-0cd8-4b5a-b4d2-3d324c7863f4 Console exclusivity was the talk of this recent Summer Game Fest, and Aidan and Ty start off the episode with a discussion of their most badly missed-out-on exclusives from platforms they didn't have. And then, the issue: With Future Publishing/Imagine Media getting the "official" XBox magazine tag, Ziff-Davis launched an "independent" one--and they poached Simon Cox from Future/Imagine to lead it! The result was an ambitious, artistic, NEXT Generation / EDGE -looking publication that (perhaps a decade or two too early) pivoted towards a quarterly launch schedule, more original art and photography, and more rare and in-depth features and interviews--like the one anchoring their massive preview of Panzer Dragoon Orta , the capper of Aidan and Ty's discussion. And then...a review of World Series Baseball from actual-factual baseball writer of the time, Jeff Pearlman?? Of Sports Illustrated ?? Who since written a ton of book and the Amazon series "Winning Time??" How would this non-games-writer do writing about games in 2002?? ——— Sources include the Video Game History Foundation , the Internet Archive , Retromags.com , our original research, and our personal magazine collections. The FunFactor theme, and all other original songs, are composed and performed by Millennium Falck. Check out his work at millenniumfalck.com !