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231: A Powerful Grouse
New Jan 08, 2026 1h 46m

231: A Powerful Grouse

Let's start 2026 by chatting about games we played over the break, including Miles Morales, Civ 7, Absolum, and Vinny's... feelings about Metroid Prime 4. We also round up the the news over the ho...

230: Game of the Year 2025, Part 2
Jan 01, 2026 2h 33m

230: Game of the Year 2025, Part 2

In our second and final year-end wrap-up, we detail numbers 4 through 1 on our personal GOTY lists, and then dive into an array of honorable (and not too many dishonorable) mentions before ponderin...

229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1
Dec 25, 2025 1h 51m

229: Game of the Year 2025, Part 1

For our final two podcasts of 2025, we're getting together to lay out and discuss our personal top 10 lists. This week we reflect a bit on the state of games over the past year before running throu...

228: That Poodoo You Do
Dec 18, 2025 1h 51m

228: That Poodoo You Do

We spend most of this week's show unpacking all the announcements and trailers out of the Game Awards, including Control Resonant, Ontos, Gang of Dragon, Divinity, the Street Fighter movie, Mega Ma...

227: I Have to Buy a Whole New Nintendo???
Dec 11, 2025 2h 2m

227: I Have to Buy a Whole New Nintendo???

Brad got a Switch 2, and played Metroid Prime 4 on it, and we talk about that, Skate Story, the end of Silent Hill f, a bunch of Game Awards announcement speculation, the resurrection of Romero Gam...

226: The Brian Cranston of Podcasting
Dec 04, 2025 2h 42m

226: The Brian Cranston of Podcasting

We're chock-a-block with stuff to talk about this week, from the Analogue 3D to Horses (both the game and its banning), Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the Fortnite chapter 6 ending bonanza, more with Sile...

225: Don't Trust the Fox Mask
Nov 27, 2025 1h 56m

225: Don't Trust the Fox Mask

Brad and Vinny produce the rare duos podcast this week with deep(er) dives into Silent Hill f and Hollow Knight: Silksong, a look at The Séance of Blake Manor, the new Vampire Survivors quasi-seque...

224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games
Nov 20, 2025 2h 40m

224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games

This week we dig into hot, brand-new video games like Metal Gear Solid and Nier: Automata, plus Lumines Arise's multiplayer, the ending chapters of Dispatch, Sektori, whatever's going on with Ubiso...

223: Interesting Flavor Profile
Nov 13, 2025 2h 46m

223: Interesting Flavor Profile

This is it: the final Death Stranding 2 spoilercast. Lumines Arise is also out, and that game is an extreme banger. Valve crashes back into the hardware market with a new Steam Machine, VR headset,...

222: The Simpsons Theme (non-union re-record)
Nov 06, 2025 2h 36m

222: The Simpsons Theme (non-union re-record)

This week, the wild social dynamics of ARC Raiders, The Simpsons get Brad back into Fortnite, Vinny finishes Death Stranding 2 and starts Dispatch, the Switch 2 is still selling like hotcakes, Sony...

221: Mortal Monday
Oct 30, 2025 2h 29m

221: Mortal Monday

If you want to hear us gush for like an hour about Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, this is the episode for you, and we also fit in discussion of Halo on PlayStation and the increasing demands on ...

220: Lighthouse With a Gun
Oct 23, 2025 2h 10m

220: Lighthouse With a Gun

Video games! There's a bunch of them to talk about this week, including Keeper, Dead Reset, Easy Delivery Co., Ball x Pit, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, a quick Steam Next Fest co-op roundup... an...

219: The New Rad
Oct 16, 2025 2h 16m

219: The New Rad

Apparently it's time to start talking in earnest about next-generation video game consoles this week, and we add to that discussion of Ball x Pit, Battlefield 6, Wildgate, Steam Next Fest demos lik...

218: A Chair Made of Kirby
Oct 09, 2025 2h 10m

218: A Chair Made of Kirby

It's a catch-up week around here as Brad and Vinny barrel toward the end of Death Stranding 2, Alex breaks the seal on Megabonk, and we all come to terms with what Baby Steps is asking of us. In th...

217: The Joka-Cola
Oct 02, 2025 2h 42m

217: The Joka-Cola

With Vinny back in the "office," this week we catch up on more Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, and Death Stranding, plus newcomers Megabonk and The Lift, dive into all the big news about the EA buyout ...

216: Blame Yourself or God
Sep 25, 2025 2h 34m

216: Blame Yourself or God

Our friend Austin Walker stops by to join us for an absolutely jam-packed conversation about new and upcoming games we've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice ...

215: A Frogger Is One Who Frogs
Sep 11, 2025 1h 48m

215: A Frogger Is One Who Frogs

Silksong has happened, it's out, and of course we discuss it this week, along with Cronos: The New Dawn, Adventure of Samsara, the return of the new Acclaim, that third Wolfenstein game we still ho...

214: Bubsy Is a Draft Dodger
Sep 04, 2025 2h 23m

214: Bubsy Is a Draft Dodger

This week we get into a young man's first Mass Effect, Brad's tumble back down the Death Stranding 2 hole, Vinny finishing Shinobi, Alex making stern faces at Madden, a portable PlayStation 6 (??),...

213: The Garbage-to-Gold Ratio
Aug 28, 2025 2h 2m

213: The Garbage-to-Gold Ratio

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is our top game this week, plus one of us gets an up-close look at Bubsy 4D, the Hollow Knight Silksong release date fallout, Forza Horizon might be headed to Japan, Atari...