Get Played

Heather's former professor and medievalist historian Terri Barnes joins Matt, Heather & Nick to discuss vikings and viking based video games, how accurate they are to history, and more! What we're playing: Pokémon TCG Pocket, Balatro and Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania. Check out the podcast Terri co-hosts called  Vikingology: The Art and Science of the Viking Age  and her Yout...

Bridger Winegar returns to the show to rank the games developed by Rare. They also talk about indie 3D Platformers, Diablo 4, Silent Hill 2, Dead Space and more. Check out I Said No Gifts wherever you get your pods. This month's We Play, You Play: Metaphor ReFantazio! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duc...

LB Hunktears joins Matt & Nick to talk Spooky Season, Baseball, Vampire games and more! Wishlist their Vampire Visual Novel Fledgling Manor on Steam and check out the demo on  Steam  on  itch.io !  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along...

Heather and Nick reignite a 30 year old war...Sega VS Nintendo! Does Sega do what NintenDON'T? Does Nintendo have the power? Find out on Get Played!  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played, How Did This Get P...

Matt and Heather go deep on video games based on Star Wars!  Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played, How Did This Get Played? and Premium DLC back catalogue only on  patreon.com/getplayed.   Join us on our Discord server here:  https://discord.gg/g...

Jason Schreier (Bloomberg, Triple Click) joins Matt and Heather to talk about his new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall and Future of Blizzard Entertainment and video game journalism in general! Jason's new book Play Nice is out October 8th  https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jason-schreier/play-nice/9781538725429/   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunt...

Matt, Heather and Nick discuss the joyful mascot platformer Astro Bot! They talk about how the game celebrates the legacy of Playstation, how much joy is injected into the experience and more.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our...

Brendan James (Blowback podcast) joins Matt, Heather and Nick to discuss the 2013 Metal Gear spin-off game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. They talk about it's departure from stealth to action based blade-mode combat, how this game spawned tons of memes, how this game stacks up against the rest of the series and more. Check out  Blowback Season 5 .  This month's We Play, You Play: Astro...

Comedian James Adomian joins Matt, Heather and Nick to discuss Lucas Pope's indie classic Papers, Please. They talk about how Papers, Please plays with the player's morality, how it is an example of video games as art, and more. Check out James Adomian's new comedy special  Path of Most Resistance .  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymus...

It's the 25th anniversary of the North American release of the Sega Dreamcast! Matt, Heather and Nick talk about the console's launch into immediate obsolescence, the games that made it great, and take a stroll down memory lane as they celebrate Sega's final video game console.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigad...

Comedian  Scott Seiss  joins Matt, Heather and Nick to talk about Telltale’s The Walking Dead series, how the Hitman games create funny situations, his new book  The Customer Is Always Wrong , and more!  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along pod...

Matt, Heather and Nick talk about the 1995 JRPG masterpiece, Chrono Trigger. They talk about how it holds up in 2024, Matt's first time through the game, how it all came together and so much more but also not nearly enough.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-alo...

Matt, Heather and Nick take a look at the games of Capcom. They talk about some of their favorites, ones they missed and more. This month's We Play, You Play: Crono Trigger! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played,...

Matt, Heather and Nick are back and they continue to craft their console aesthetic tier list. This month's We Play, You Play: Chrono Trigger! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played, How Did This Get Played? and Pr...

Matt, Heather and Nick craft a tier list of the first 5 generations of video game consoles ranked by their aesthetics. This month's We Play, You Play: Chrono Trigger! Check out guest engineer Sam's band  Guck . Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along p...

Matt, Heather and Nick talk about the recently ratified SAG-AFTRA Video Game strike and dive into the competitive speedrun game Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played, H...

Matt, Heather and Nick talk about the Wonderswan, Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways, and the Wordle archive before diving into the video game releases for the rest of 2024 and answering some of your questions in the Question Block! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along...

Jordan Morris joins Matt, Heather and Nick to discuss the Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree. They break down the new mechanics, what they're liking in the DLC, how it stacks up with the base game and more. No major plot spoilers discussed. Check out Jordan's new graphic novel  Youth Group  available now at your bookstore of choice.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpo...

Hello Everyone! 2/3 of the hosts are under the weather so we are releasing an episode of Get Anime'd from behind the paywall to give us a week to get well! We'll be back next week with an all new episode. Until then enjoy this episode of Get Anime'd where we discuss the 1995 anime film Ghost in the Shell.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymu...

Eva Anderson joins Matt and Nick to discuss the adventure and puzzle video game The Case of the Golden Idol. They talk about the unique approach to puzzles, the character design, interesting characters and more. They also talk about Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Animal Well, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Alan Wake 2 and Death Must Die. SPOILER COUNTRY for The Case of the Golden Idol is from 01:...

Matt and Nick discuss the 2020 documentary Pretending I'm A Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story. They talk about the doc's deep dive into the development of the THPS franchise, the franchise's impact on gaming, and more.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-a...

Description: Matt opens his heart and shows Heather and Nick the light of the Kingdom Hearts franchise.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played, How Did This Get Played? and Premium DLC back catalogue only on&nbsp...

Sierra Katow ("Funt" on Comedy Dynamics, Golden Axe) joins Matt, Heather and Nick to talk all things Neopets. They talk about making multiple farm accounts, what Neopets is like 25 years later, and more. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'...

Matt, Heather and Nick discuss some of their favorite games lost to time! They also talk more about the current season of Fortnite, Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and more! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and...

Mary Laws (Succession, Monsterland, Heather's Wife) joins Matt, Heather and Nick to talk about the Fallout TV series! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Music by Ben Prunty  benpruntymusic.com . Art by Duck Brigade  duckbrigade.com . Check out our Anime watch-along podcast Get Anime'd and our complete Get Played, How Did This Get Played? and Premium DLC back catalogue...