Between The Joysticks

What?!?! A late podcast?!?! Due to some meddling by THE WHEEL we had to record later than expected. Don’t worry though as we record our longest podcast yet! This is mainly due to us hashing out our Top 10 PS5 games to recommend for the console. We also dig into the PS Plus Essential games of December, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and share how we got our PS5’s in the first place. All this and much mo...

What?!?! An early podcast?!?! Due to the holiday week we are dropping the podcast early. We have a lot to be thankful for and we chat about it. We also talk about GOTY nominees Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok (again, sorry). With the Game Awards coming up we also have some predictions as to what announcements will be at the event. I think that is it. Did I forget something…? Oh right THE WHEEL...

Fimbulwinter is here and the year is wrapping up but don’t worry we have the upcoming Game Awards and even more video games to keep our consoles on and our houses hot. We continue our PlayStation Pals franchise bracket and continue with our impressions on both Game of the Year nominees, A Plague Tale: Requiem and God of War: Ragnarok. All this and much more in this week’s episode! Intro: The Witch...

Okay. So we lied. The entire podcast is about Sonic Frontiers. No? Okay. Well we do spend some time talking about another big PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium update and then go deep into God of War: Ragnarok. We save the story spoilers for the very end. All this and much more in this week’s episode! Thanks for listening! Intro: God of War: Ragnarok 2 Things: - PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium Nov...

We are on the precipice of war and PlayStation comes out swinging this week. We have a release date and the price for PSVR2, a release date for HBO’s The Last of Us television show and God of War: Ragnarok is a masterpiece according to the reviews. We also got listener questions to answer! Yay! All this and much more in this week’s episode! Intro: Metal Gear Solid 6 Things: - EMAILS !?!?!?!? - PSV...

We finally slay our audio issues and embrace our new status as God of Audio by switching to a new recording method! Speaking of that, we revisit Kratos' previous adventures and speculate on his upcoming ones. We also talk about the big news items of the week, touch on the new release, A Plague Tale: Requiem and move on to the next bracket of our PlayStation franchise bracket in this week's episode...

Two classic Japanese horror franchises compete for our money and attention this week. We also get into all of the details of Sony’s pro controller, the DualSense Edge. We then wrap things up with some tales from visiting GameStop and move into the next region of our PlayStation franchise bracket. All this and more in this week’s podcast! Also Ellie stops by with a joke or two… Intro: The Last of U...

This podcast has been rated AO by the ESRB. You must be 18 and older to listen. We have a lot of M-rated content to cover including The Last of Us Part 1 and the Resident Evil franchise. It is also that time of the month for more PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium games. We talk about this and much more in this week's episode! Intro: The Last of Us Part 1 6 Things: - PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium...

You can skip the wait as this podcast has zero queue times! We talk about how THE WHEEL keeps turning on us, the newly launched PlayStation Stars, reminisce about all of our gruesome deaths in Dead Space, and celebrate Sucker Punch’s 25th birthday. All this and much more in this week’s podcast! Intro: Dead Space 2 6 Things: - PlayStation Stars - RUMOR: Horizon: Zero Dawn Remaster - State of Blizza...

As we inch closer and closer to a war with Asgard we take a look into what games we could be playing in October. Nick becomes a Cruise Director for spirits in Spiritfarer while Jon obeys the Wheel and tries to investigate a murder while battling his inner thoughts in Disco Elysium. We also discuss that amazing trailer for the upcoming HBO adaptation of the Last of Us. All this and much more in thi...

We woke up with amnesia… and thankfully forgot about all those conferences. Jon keeps playing so many new games that he has to turn to an unlikely ally to help him decide… THE WHEEL! While Jon leaves his video game future to chance we talk about the new Iron Man game from Motive, the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks and Uncharted’s upcoming 15th birthday in this week’s episode! Intro: Uncharted 2: Among T...

I’ve got good news and I've got bad news. Good news is that we got a Sony PlayStation showcase. The bad news is that it is a State of Play. We sunset the season of conferences by talking about the State of Play, Ubisoft Forward and Tokyo Game Show while checking out Netflix’s Cyberpunk anime series and a few games in this week’s episode! Intro: Far Cry 6 6.5 Things: - State of Play - Ubisoft Forwa...

There is still no showcase from Sony but don’t worry we have another showcase to talk about that fails to impress us. We talk about the Marvel & Disney Game Showcase, Sony purchasing a mobile developer and debate on the future relationship of PlayStation and Call of Duty in this week’s episode! Intro: Spider-Man 6 Things: - Marvel & Disney Game Showcase - Sony Acquires Savage Game Studios - Cyberp...

We are at Defcon 2 people! Announcement imminent! While waiting for that big showcase from PlayStation we talk about the games holding us off in the meantime including Cyberpunk 2077, Gran Turismo 7 and Saints Row. We also discuss one hell of a PlayStation Plus catalog update for September. Intro: Cyberpunk 2077 6 Things: - PlayStation Plus Essentials / Extra / Premium September Catalog Update - H...

Geoff Keighly was unable to wow us with any of the Gamescom Opening Night Live announcements but at least we are getting a new podcast from Hideo Kojima to listen to in our Pokemon themed Mini Coopers. We ditch the format to break down the PlayStation 5 price increase and all the news from this year's Gamescom. Intro: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 Breakdown: - PlayStation 5 Price Increase - Gam...

Nick and Jon talk about the current and upcoming events hoping for that one bombshell of an announcement. We talk Gamescom, the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase, some of our Platinum Trophies and bid farewell to Death Stranding (sorry Wheel!) in this week’s episode! Intro: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 6 Things: - Gamescom Opening Night Live - THQ Nordic Digital Showcase - D23: Disney & Marvel Games...

Jon and Nick continue to tackle their back catalogs of games. We talk about the games we played, the PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium games for August and fixing the PlayStation Store in this week’s episode! A must listen for Platinum Trophy hunters with no morals! Intro: The Artful Escape 6 Things: - PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium August Catalog Update - The Artful Escape - Rocket League - Yaku...

To battle! Nick grabs Mjolnir, Jon reaches for a… umbrella? We played some games, get excited for what’s next, and more in this week’s episode! Jon also keeps alerting the guards for some reason. Intro: Marvel’s Avengers 6 Things: - Games of August - Our personal peripheral history, should they make a comeback? - PS5 Accolades Discontinued - Death’s Door - Marvel’s Avengers - The Wheel Returns! Ou...

Jason Schreier and the PlayStation Blog give us 6 news items to talk about this week. We talk about the upcoming PlayStation Plus games, KOTOR remake by Aspyr (pronounced "Aspire" not "Ass-purr" apparently), GTA6, Backbone One (we predicted this) and much more in this weeks episode! Intro: Grand Theft Auto V 6 Things: - August PlayStation Essentials Lineup - 8 Yakuza Games Are Coming To PlayStatio...

Nick has played the recently released cyberpunk cat simulator, Stray, and Jon has gone to war with Hell in Doom Eternal. We talk games, news and get our consumerism on as we talk pre-orders and collector editions in this weeks episode! Opening: Doom Eternal 6 Things: - PlayStation Stars - Stray - Doom Eternal - Pre-ordering Video Games - Should Sony do another portable console? - Collector Edition...

The perfect trifecta of news, games, and topics! We discuss all of the latest Rockstar Game's news, talk the games we played recently, and rank Sony's first party studios in this week's episode! Opening: Red Dead Redemption 2 6 Things: - PlayStation Plus July Game Catalog Update - Rockstar Games Current State / Trajectory - The Quarry - Undertale - Raising Kratos (Documentary) - Top 5 Sony First P...

We should discuss more things each week as news about the things we discuss in a previous podcast come true. Ubisoft shows off Skull & Bones, God of War: Ragnarok gets a release date and we talk boss fights in this week's episode. Opening: Metal Gear Solid 6 Things: - God of War: Ragnarok Release Date - Ubisoft Forward: Skull & Bones - Shadow of the Colossus - Phalynx - Batman: Arkham City - Mr. F...

Jon can put his smug hat on as despite industry journalist / insiders predicting a GoW: Ragnarok announcement in June, he said otherwise. Nick hates JRPG's so bad he forgets the game that caused it. We cover the drama, learn about ourselves and the games we are playing in this week's episode! Opening: God of War (2018) 6 Things: - God of War: Ragnarok Rumors - Most Anticipated Game of 2022 (2nd Ha...

Don't die on us, you owe us a pizza! We breakdown a few remaining news items from the last few weeks. Jon has completed Horizon: Forbidden West (Finally!) and we discuss the game. This and much more in this week's episode. Opening: Final Fantasy VII Remake 6 Things: - God of War: Ragnarok / Jason Schreier's Bloomberg Article - PlayStation Plus vs Game Pass - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth - Final Fant...

E3 is dead... or is it? It may not be called E3 but June has been filled with events a lot like E3. We talk about Sony's State of Play, Summers Game Fest and more in our inaugural podcast. Opening: Resident Evil 4 6 Things: - Last of Us Part I - Starfield - The Callisto Protocol - Resident Evil 8 Winters Expansion - Saints Row Boss Factory - Sonic Frontiers Outro: The Last of US by Gustavo SANTAOL...