The Ramblepack Podcast

It's been (another) rough week in games. Studios closing, employee layoffs, and price hike; there has been no shortage of sad news coming out of the games industry, so we discuss EULAs and $80 game codes.

We get Mike to question his sanity on this week's episode. We also go over some of the games shown off at Summer Games Fest and discuss Xbox's "reset" as they're calling it. Destiny 2 is getting its last few updates and we discuss what the future of Marathon could look like.

What's that? A new voice on the podcast? Adam and Meg sit down and talk about the Nintendo 64, take a trip down Nostalgia Lane and give some facts about the N64. All of this while Meg attempts Donkey Long 64!

Sean is back on No Man's Sky and gives his look back, Sony's State of Play showed up some games coming up, and Summer Games Fest gets kicked off. We also finally get back to some Dungeon Crawler Carl talk!

Bungie is calling it quits on content development for Destiny. We spend some time reminiscing about our time playing D1 & D2, cover our recent escapades in Absolum, and Sean reviews the Mandalorian & Grogu movie.

It has been a long time in the making, but we finally got around to discussing the Legend of Zelda games! Sean and Adam go through the series, discuss the interconnectivity of them, and what we like about them while Mike gets to learn.

With the excitement over some perceived DRM changes with Playstation, we decided to chat about DRM; What it is, why it's used, what the changes means, and so on! Here's hoping its as educational as it was fun to talk about.

Saros is releasing this week! New Street Fighter movie trailer dropped, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced is the worst kept secret, & Starfield has been out on PS5 for a bit, now. Some noteworthy changes coming to Xbox under Asha Sharma, and a new segment- The Marathon Minute!

No Man's Sky released their 42nd update to the game, Shinobi had some DLC drop and the Mario Galaxy Movie was a movie. Nintendo had a few leaks pop up with some exciting potential, another rumor about a potential State of Play at Sony, and The Gaming Historian is hanging up his learning cap after 15 years.

We trade book club for a movie review! We went to see Project Hail Mary this weekend and discuss the movie and differences from the book. Fortnite also laid off a ton of employees, Nintendo is lowering digital game prices while Playstation is testing dynamic pricing, and Unity is still hanging around. Oh, and Vampire crawlers got a release date!

We can't stop playing Marathon! Jeff Kaplan gives a little insight behind Overwatch's lifespan and expectations from higher-ups, and also gives a look at the new game he has been involved with. Sony got hit with a lawsuit, Xbox gave the smallest of teasers on Project Helix. and not everything is an Xbox now.

Exciting news makes Sean fall out of his chair (kinda.) We go over the Pokemon reveals from the Pokemon day celebration showcase, do some book talk, and talk about the Paramount WB merger. We also hit on the state of Xbox, leadership changes, and try to predict what the next generation of gaming will look like.

Mike and Adam decided to sit down and play a little Minecraft and discuss the success its had and how it got its start.

Sean comes out of the gate fast this week. Book talk is going to be a new segment soon if we keep this up... Nintendo had a new Partner Showcase, RAM prices may have delayed Steam's Steam Machine release, and Minecraft got a couple of interesting updates. We're also getting a D&D HBO series set after Baldur's Gate 3. All that and more on this week's episode!

Haven't done one of these in a minute. Today's topic: RPGs! A genre we grew up playing and has stood the test of times, been revolutionized time and again, and has so many different flavors and additions that no two are generally alike. So that's what this is about, and discussing IGN's top 100 RPG list.

So...Unity laid off Major Nelson after a short stint. But AGDQ raised a ton for Prevent Cancer Foundation, so that's great news! We also discuss Landcrab's pricing "philosophy," Kennedy leaving Lucasfilm, and Ron Pearlman's initial Fallout payment.,

Back to the news! 2025 Steam Award winners list is out, plus an interesting game on caught our eyes: Vital Shell! It also might be indicative of a new term here to stay in Bullet Heavens. Xbox has a new Developer Direct coming soon, Switch 2's holiday sales weren't as spectacular as seasons past, and Ubisoft shuts down Halifax Studio.

Our first episode of the new year, and it's a doozy! Sprinkle in a little Stranger Things finale talk, Doctor Who, and other shows, discussing some game releases of this year we're excited for, and what we've been up to since the break, all while building our Gundams from the Game Awards bet; it's a nice, long episode to kick back with.

And the winner is.... The Game Awards are on! We run down the winners during the podcast, talk about some leaks and news that came out before the show, and advertising prices. We also cover Harada leaving, Evo's lineup, Capcom investing in their titles, and Rockstar's firing of employees. Oh, and Skyrim is out, again.

Our preamble turned into a long ramble. The Game Awards is happening soon, so we placed our bets. "Bad Robot" studios entered into a partnership with Playstation to publish their game, Metroid Prime 4 was released, & Fortnite has had a rocky launch to Chapter 7. Destiny Renegades seems to be doing well, despite not reaching the heights it once had and Embracer is selling off even mor...

Hopefully no sleeper agents were activated after this episode. Poncle has had a busy few weeks with Vampire Survivors VR announced and partnership with Auroch to bring Warhammer Survivors. Valve revealed their new VR headset, controller, and a brand new "console" to the markets, Ubisoft cancelled their earnings call just before it started, and Death Stranding is getting an anime?

This one starts off a little different. Amazon had a massive layoff in their gaming division, some games are shutting down, or ceasing development. Halo: Campaign Evolved was revealed and is coming to Sony in 2026, Vampire Survivor's last 2 updates were revealed, and a Japan patent office rejected Pokemon's patent application.

This episode was not made with AI, but it seems as though a lot more games in the future will be. Counter-Strike 2's skin trading market got a shake up recently, Vampire Survivors and No Man's Sky are getting new updates, and there's some rumors of a new Halo game reveal. Remedy's CEO also stepped down recently and we get some news on the Assassin's Creed series.

We go from 3 to 4 (people) this episode! The United Videogame Works Union is asking for more scrutiny on the EA buyout, Saints Row's design director says GTA 6 "deserves to be $100," and Sony's pushing back on Tencent's "Light of Motiram." We also discuss photo mode in games, the RoG Ally and some of its abilities, and Nintendo's response to hackers.

It's a new podcast: a solo episode! Adam gives a quick run down of some news from the last week, including leaks from the Pokemon teraleak, Battlefield 6's launch over the weekend, and a look at Borderlands 4's roadmap. Destiny also continues its slow bleed of players and a long time Halo vet leaves the studio.