The Inner Gamer Podcast

We have a special guest this week! Justin Varghese joins us to discuss gaming and rising up in the professional eSports scene. We dive into Kingdom Hearts and how it changed from the early days to today. We also talk a lot about our love for Apex Legends as the new battle royale that's taken over the world by storm. In our news, Activision Blizzard laid off a ton of employees and we share our thou...

Respawn Entertainment dropped a bombshell on everyone with the surprise reveal of Apex Legends. It's a free-to-play Battle Royale game that goes up against Fortnite, PUBG and even Overwatch. We played a ton of it and have a lot to see about how this game brings some new quality of life changes that help evolve the genre forward. In our news, a film director calls Death Stranding a "miracle.&q...

We hosted our first event of 2019 and featured the 4 player couch co-op game called Catastronauts. Think of it as Overcooked meets FTL...all in space. We also play a good amount of the Anthem demo to get a feel for what kind of game that will become and we play the initial parts of Kingdom Hearts 3 from a newcomers perspective. In our news, Sony is focusing first party efforts on the PS5, the devs...

Capcom went out and remade Resident Evil 2. They then did the impossible..it's amazing. We talk about some of our first impressions with this remake. We also are joined by Reggie, aka Bozz the Commentator from Denton. He talks about some games he's been revisiting such as Splatoon 2 and Dragonball FighterZ. In our news, we talk about the rough start with the Anthem VIP Demo, Metroid Prime 4 gettin...

In this episode, we talk about a mysterious new game called Vane for the PS4. It reminds us a bit of Journey meets Inside and it has a beautiful art style but is it worth the playthrough? We also try out the remake of Katamari Damacy for the Switch. This quirky game has a lot to offer both new and old players. Finally, Austin shares his top 5 favorite games from PAX South 2019. Our discussion is a...

This week we have a special guest, Tai Opawoye also known as Art of Struggle. He won our contest a last year at the Community Brewery event when we had a huge raffle and he got the grand prize. We invited him on to talk about RDR 2 Online intensely. We also dive into news about Activision and Bungie parting ways and more. Finally, our discussion is on our top 5 most anticipated games of 2019. Ther...

HELLO FRIENDS! We're back in your feed! We hope everyone had an awesome holiday. Our contest winner will be announced AFTER the game of the year discussion. Speaking of which, we're talking about game of the year 2018! This episode is all about paying tribute to the most amazing year we've ever experienced. From the focused narrative of God of War to the broad, open-world of Red Dead Redemption 2,...

IT'S EPISODE 200! We've recorded over 300 hours of content ya'll. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening all these years. For this epic episode, we have our full impressions of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It's finally here! In the news, we talk about the Epic Games Store, Fortnite Season 7, CS:GO going free to play and more fails from Fallout 76. We also go over the awesome indies t...

We didn't know if it was coming but it sure did come! Red Dead Online is finally here. We know what it is and we've played the beta to prove it. It's definitely still a beta, but not near as bad as the full release of another game that had a major fall out in the last few weeks. We talk about some of the story missions, forming a posse, playing in free roam and how they managed to maintain the gra...

We take a trip back to Kanto with Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu. This is a new Pokemon RPG game and the first full game for the Switch with Pokemon (aside from Pokken). In this game, it’s mostly a remake of the original Red, Blue and Yellow but in full 3D. It’s a bit toned down from the originals and not as challenging, but still immensely fun as Brett explains in his impressions. Austin also dives dee...

We've played many hours of the full version of Fallout 76 and we talk about how this game really did with changing the game introducing a new idea to the Bethesda franchise. Also, Battlefield 5 comes out today but with the Origin Premier pass, Brett has had it for about a week. He's played through most of the single player and all of the multiplayer game modes. Is this game worth the buy in? Liste...

Fallout 76 releases tomorrow by the time you listen to this podcast in most places and it's a daring risk for Bethesda Game Studios. Will it capture old and new fans alike? It's attempting to be a co-op, online Fallout universe set in West Virginia. Play with your friends, survive and battle others as you prepare for your next mission. Battlefield V is also available for those with the Premier pas...

There is this cool little game out there called Zarvot made by snowhydra games. We didn't know what to expect jumping in but I have to say, we were pleasantly surprised! This game is fantastic! We also talk more on Red Dead Redemption 2 as I expect us to be talking about this game for quite sometime. In our news, we discuss the full lineup for the Playstation Classic, the reveal of the full cast f...

We finally get to take a trip back to 1899 where the West was changing. Rockstar Games is back after 7 years of development on Red Dead Redemption 2. We have played several hours of it and have some very developed thoughts. The open world is vast, the characters are deep and the detail is unreal. Brett also plays the Blackout component of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 and talks about that for a little...

Austin gets his hands on Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, the next game in the franchise from Ubisoft. In this game, we're taken to Greece where we experience the Spartans, ship battles and much more throughout the game. Does this one live up to the hype? Brett also plays some extensive Call of Duty Black Ops 4 MP. There have been a lot of changes made to the formula for the better and he shares his tho...

Super Mario Party is here! We dive into the 11th iteration of this game which will celebrate it's 20th anniversary next year. It's an awesome game and we dive deep into the variety of game modes, mini-games, characters and more with this Switch exclusive. We also finally give Hyper Light Drifter a try. It's available on Switch now so we figured we'd dive in and find out why this started a trend in...

We bring on a special guest for the podcast to talk about a game we've never discussed: Dead by Daylight. It's a 4v1 co-op game similar to Friday the 13th. Is it worth jumping into at this point or not? We also play Towerfall and talk about the excitement behind that game now that it's out on the Switch. This is from the creators of Celeste so we had high hopes and they delivered. In our news segm...

We don't play any new games this week but we did get a chance to try the DLC for Warhammer Vermintide 2: Shadows Over Bogenhafen. We talk about what it's like playing the new content and if it's worth the $9.99 price tag. Oculus announces a completely independent VR headset with similar qualities to the Oculus Rift that doesn't require a computer but does include full touch controls. Will this be...

Austin finally finishes Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Is the game worth playing through the trilogy? Will there be a sequel? Other than that we don't have any new games played this week! In the news, tons of details about locations were revealed about Red Dead Redemption 2 and it looks like we are getting RDR Online. Fortnite has hit a huge player count and Telltale Games is on the verge of shutdown....

The final game in the Lara Croft trilogy has arrived. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the game that shows young Lara turn into the Lara we all grew up knowing. Does the game deliver? We don't know yet but we can say the game has some ups and downs we've experienced so far in our first 3-4 hours of the game. Brett tries out this new RPG, roguelike game called Bad North from a small developer out of Sw...

Marvel's Spider-Man is finally here on the PS4. The wait is over and the hype is beyond real. We've played it and are happy to say the game delivers. Insomniac Games outdid themselves with this title and we can't wait to play more. Brett may even platinum it! The Battlefield 5 open beta is also here and Brett and Austin jump in to share their opinions. It's better than most people are saying and w...

In this episode, Brett plays the game Donut County by Ben Esposito and published by Annapurna Pictures. This game has you playing as a raccoon collecting things into a hole that gets bigger as you grab things. It's a fun puzzle platformer with a clever little story. Find out Brett's final verdict in the show. In our gaming news, we talk about all the new Nindie announcements from last week, the re...

In this episode, we dive into two lesser known games. Escape from Tarkov is a first person shooter from Battlestate Games currently in Beta. It's a story driven MMO with FPS and RPG elements according to the developers. We also play the game from the South African team nyamkop called "Semblance." This is a literal plat-form-er where you play a blob that can form the platforms around you...

We provide our first impressions of Overcooked 2, the sequel to the awesome couch co-op from Ghost Town Games. They've added more levels, more complexity, better graphics and more zaniness to this world. It's wonderful. We also review a game that just released on the Switch called Manual Samuel from Perfectly Paranormal. It's crazy with a friend trying to control this guy. Finally we jump into Poc...

The gang went out to Quakecon this weekend, the largest LAN party in North America. This year they had a lot of games to show off such as new gameplay for Rage 2 which we got to play ourselves plus a huge reveal of Doom Eternal gameplay. We also saw some killer PC builds that show just how strong the community has remained. In our news, a writer for IGN plagiarized a review for Dead Cells, the wri...