This week we finally move on with Takemura in the main mission Down The Street. We meet his contact in hopes of getting a meeting with Hanako Arasaka. As you can imagine, things don't go as planned, but we still get something valuable out of the conversation. After that, we head over to Judy's to wrap up Evelyn's story line. She called us earlier asking us to come over immediately, and when we get there, things aren't good. We have a conversation with Judy that leads to her line of side quests. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=55664 Show Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Ho ..read more

Last episode we finally found Anders Hellman, and this week we get to talk to him. This week we'll focus on our conversation with Anders Hellman, and some of the new information he gives us about the Relic. Also, after we talk with Hellman, Johnny needs to get something off of his chest, so we'll talk about the first part of Tapeworm. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=55554 Show Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Hosts: Jarret Redding twitter.com/jaastradamus Bob Schissler twitter.com/Blazzin_Bob Justin Maxey twitter.com/Bigjuicyhog1 Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons ..read more

This week we pick up where we left off at the Sunset Motel and grab a drink with Panam. Its time for her to hold up her end of the deal and help you get Anders Hellman. Depending on if you helped with Nash or not will determine how friendly Panam gets with you. After Panam lays out the plan we head to the Satwave Power Station for a little sabotage that helps bring the AV with Hellman down. Unfortunately, things don’t work out as planned and Mitch and Scorpion end up getting involved in an unexpected twist for Panam. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=55518 Show Twitter: twitter.com ..read more

This week we start with Jaa talking about how he caught up his Corpo playthrough, as well as finally got a sword. He discusses chopping up Tiger Claws at Clouds and punching Fingers in the face. We also finish up the main quest Ghost Town. Panam takes us to her (former) Nomad camp looking for help from a few old friends. While there we take the time to discuss a bit of Aldecaldo history, as well as find a shard that gives us some background on the fall of the Bakker clan. That’s of particular interest to us because Nomad V was a member of the Bakker clan, so it may give us some insight into wh ..read more

This week we kick off the show talking a bit about crafting. On Jaa’s first playthrough he felt like he didn’t need to do a lot of crafting, but after trying more specialized builds, he’s been using it more often. After that we move into this weeks main quests: Double Life and Ghost Town. Double Life has zero action, but you get a layer Evelyn’s mystery peel back more. We discuss her interaction with the Voodoo Boys, our currently relationship with Judy, and some emails we found at Judy’s apartment. From there we move start the Ghost Town quest by going to the Afterlife. We talk to Rogue, but ..read more

This week we finally find Evelyn as we complete the missions The Space In Between and Disasterpiece. We head to Jig-Jig street to find Fingers, a Ripper Doc known for his resourcefulness as well as creepy nature. Depending on your currently relationship with Judy the dialog can go in several directions. This is another dialog heavy area of the game, but after we get enough info, we’re able to track down Evelyn’s location which leads us to somewhat of a dungeon type area that we need to fight through. Even though we are mostly dealing with enemies, we do get a lot of information on the Scavs w ..read more

This week we are Bob-less, but we are pushing an episode out anyway to keep things moving. We’re covering the main quest: Automatic Love. Picking up after meeting with Takemura, we’re going to head to Lizzies to meet up with Judy where, depending on your dialog, we’ll earn Judy’s trust to find out where Evelyn is, or have a heated conversation about it. We’ll also head to Clouds, the premiere Dollhouse in Night City, where we’ll learn what happened to Evelyn as well as our “deepest desires”. Also, Jaa wants to know why so many people picked Angel when they mean to pick Skye, as there is more ..read more

This week, V comes back from the dead! We talk about the second half of the Interlude, and the beginning of Act II. We discuss the downfall of Dexter Deshaun, escaping terrible Arasaka Ninjas, and Vic saving our life. We also dig into Vic giving V the bad news about their situation, and our first interactions with Johnny Silverhand. Things are looking bad, but V isn’t going out without a fight. We meet with Takemura to discuss his plan for revenge, but also the plan to save V’s life. We also dive a little bit into side missions regarding Mama Wells and Delamain. Episode URL: https://mashthose ..read more

This week we are doing things a little differently. After the heist ends poorly for V you end up in the memories of Johnny Silverhand as he executes his plan to take down Arasaka. We figured it would be a good time to learn more about Arasaka and how it rose to power. We discuss Arasaka’s beginnings in 1915 Japan, how it built its wealth through World War II, Saburo’s vision, and how it was executed. We also discuss Love Like Fire, the interlude between Act 1 and 2 where Johnny Silverhand [REDACTED] at Arasaka tower. Cyberpunk 2077 does not really do justice to the impact Johnny’s actions, so ..read more

This week we finally finish up Act 1 as we make our way through its final mission: The Heist. V and Jackie finally hit the big time as they enter Afterlife for the first time. We meet Claire the bartender, and get our first look at Rogue. We also finally me T-Bug for the first time in the real as we meet with Dexter Deshawn one final time before the big job to get all the details. Well, not all the details. Stuff like, how much we are going to make is still kind of up in the air. Small stuff… We are introduced to Delamain for the first time as we head to Konpeki Plaza. Things seem to be going ..read more