HPCritical

From pre-orders to video games, the HPCritical crew gathers once more to discuss the Switch 2 Direct. Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Legend of Zelda Switch 2 editions, and more await you in this exciting episode!

It's been a while! Jerel and Brandon are here to catch up on some stuff we've missed and maybe hint at the podcast's future! If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You can reach us at hpcriticalgaming@gmail.com or our official Twitter acc...

With Nintendo having so many lifestyle and quality-of-life peripherals, we discuss the company's focus on these products, their cost, and where Nintendo goes next. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You can reach us at hpcriticalgaming@gmail.com...

We discuss the astronomical price of the PS5 Pro and the announcement that The Sims 5 may never be a thing. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You can reach us at hpcriticalgaming@gmail.com or our official Twitter account. REM...

We know it's been a long time. But hey, we're back and ready to talk video games. This time the whole crew is here, albeit briefly, to discuss the latest in gaming news and what we've been playing. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of us, f...

This week, the HPCritical podcast crew took a week to look back on 2023 and finally decided on a definitive game-of-the-year list for the group. From Final Fantasy 16 to Spider Man 2, Octopath Traveler 2 and more, find out what makes the top five games of 2023. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or c...

This week, the HPCritical podcast crew discusses the weekly news, specifying time for some of the biggest stories. This time, we discuss tipping developers more money after buying them, more games restricting content behind paywalls, and more news including Nintendo not showing up at Gamescom this year. Have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your fav...

This week, the HPCritical podcast crew discusses the weekly news, specifying time for some of the biggest stries, including Larian Studios stepping away from Baldur's Gate 3 and the controversy about DLC in regards to Dragon's Dogma 2. What are your thoughts on the DLC situation? If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to w...

This week, the HPCritical podcast catches up with what they've been doing and playing. After that, they discuss the rumor of the PS5 Pro and whether it's necessary, as well as the possible return of Gamergate, with a breakdown of what's been happening regarding Sweet Baby Inc. Come have a listen. You can check out the full coverage over at TheVerge. Check out Brandon's Stream on Tw...

This week, we discuss the unfortunate passing of Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball fame among other works, the announcements from Mario Day, the price you'll have to pay for the Persona 3 Reload DLC and much more, come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of u...

Gabe has returned as this week the HPCritical podcasts discusses some major gaming news stories. From their experience with Foamstars, requests for streamers not to spoil big story points in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and the massive success of Helldivers 2, Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with...

This week, we talk about the latest in gaming news, but spend a good amount of time on Palworld and Nintendo noticing it. We also discuss more unfortunate layoffs in the industry and what we've been up to as Brandon hosts this week. Have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or...

Start the year with a bang as the HPCritical Podcast gears up for 2024. We once again bring you the latest in gaming news. With an unfortunate amount of layoffs at the start of the year, and what we've been up to since then, check out our first podcast of 2024. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to writ...

This is it. With a whirlwind of gaming behind us in a great year for releases and a devastating year for news, it's been a back-and-forth of ups and downs, and we're here to talk about a year in review and wrap up with the latest in gaming news. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with qu...

The HPCritical crew discusses old games, whether they're worth playing or you should just skip them, along with the latest information on gaming news for that week. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You can reach us at hp...

FFX-2. The first official Final Fantasy sequel, and once the chosen game for JRPG Club. The now-defunct HPCritical JRPG club decided to take a look at Final Fantasy X-2 after completing FFX. While they never got far enough to continue the series for this title, we're releasing the lost files of that first recorded session of their initial reactions to X-2. Join the hose Jerel as he discusses w...

Brandon and Jerel held the podcast down during this week. From what they were playing to acquisition conversations and much more. Have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments, or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You can reach us at hpcriticalgaming@gmail.com or our official Tw...

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan steps down, video game prices are too low, more Last of Us 2 multiplayer delays, and everything else in gaming for the week for your listening and viewing pleasure, have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments, or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You c...

This week on the podcast, we discuss Modern Warfare being removed, Tekken getting a replay function, more unfortunate studio layoffs, this time from Embracer Group, an unfortunate departure at Platinum Games, and more of the latest gaming news. Have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or com...

This week on the podcast, we talk about one of the biggest leaks in the industry, the Microsoft emails that exposed a ton of information about their goals and ideas from a few years ago. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments or speak to any of us, feel free to do so. You...

The September Nintendo Direct and State of Play have come and gone. We take a look at everything announced, recapping the events and reacting to the best and worst moments each show had to offer so close to the end of the year. Have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments, or speak t...

The HPCritical podcasts once again discuss the latest in gaming news, but this time, they culminate the conversation in a discussion of how games have been so far in 2023 and what we can look forward to for the rest of the year with some big named games still on the horizon. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with...

The HPCritical Podcast crew discusses the latest in gaming for the week. This time joined by Gabe, Jerel, Brandon and Kristie. The Xbox 360 store is closing, Rovio and Angry Birds has been purchased by Sega, and Charles Martinet is no longer voicing Mario. The Playstation Portal has been revealed during Gamescom, Bioware laid off 50 employees, and Ubisoft+ may end up with Activision/Blizzard games...

As pride month comes to a close, we have a quick podcast discussing the highlights of Summer Game Fest, the latest info from the Microsoft attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and what's happening over at Nintendo. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order your favorite items! If you’d like to write in with questions or comments, or sp...

This week the HPCritical podcast crew talks the usual gaming news. From the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to Overwatch dropping its promised PvE mode after three years of teasing, and so much more. However this week we get our brains going with a game of 20 questions to begin. Come have a listen. If you’d like to grab some podcast merch, check out our store and order y...