The XboxCast

Apparently, q-tips are not supposed to clean your ears. Thats our Top Tip of the Week!   Lee is stuck in Diablo IV but we're in no danger of becoming a Diablo IV podcast! Kyle is sailing away in FAR: Changing Tides, because it seems he is now the new gamer player. Oh how the turn tables.    Season 10 is here for Sea of Thieves and comes with guilds and private servers! This is exciting as you can...

We have received a photo of our biggest fan!  But it's not a big fan. It's just a small fan that's been enlarged!    The Golden Joystick reveals their winners for this year's Game Awards and all we can say is thank goodness there remains some sanity in these award shows. If you're unsure what this means, then you clearly haven't listened to last weeks' episode. There's a bunch of games who totally...

Barney will never visit Bali. And Bali will never experience Barney.  What a sad state of affairs.   Apart from the fact that Lee's dog, Barney, will never travel to Bali, the rest of this week's Regular Show is much more upbeat! That we can promise you. Balder's Gate 3 has gotten a massive win on the Xbox side of things, allowing the Larian Studios to make the game more optimized across all platf...

We have a Starfield Discord Thing! Some even call it a forum...   Cities: Skylines II has a great game loop. You build a village, run out of money, lose the game and then start again. At least that's how Kyle has been playing it. All the while Lee is firmly stuck in Diablo IV. He has been running around in Season 2 and having a blast by the sounds of it.    Microsoft is banning unofficial Xbox acc...

In a surprise twist, it turns out Bethesda games have bugs!  Almost like all games have bugs!   Sea of Thieves is getting a big update with Season 10 - private servers, guilds and a whole lot more! Looks like this game has found its sea legs. We love to sea Xbox continuing to support such a fantastic endeavor. Will these changes make you dive back in, or are you waiting for a boarding pass?    Fal...

It's finally done.  Activision Blizzard are now officially under the Xbox umbrella!   Prepare to melt faces as Robocop! The dark dystopian sci-fi epic is coming to Xbox soon, and everyone will be able to play as their favourite cyborg cop. The demo captures everything that made the cult movie great and Lee of one is super excited. But then again, when isn't Lee excited about shooting people in the...

Have you ever stolen so much stuff you just needed to sit at the bar for a day?  Paul has.    Lee is still stuck in Cyberpunk, and is urging everyone to get the expansion - Phantom Liberty and he's trying to convince Paul to abandon Starfield. However, Paul has some incredible hours in Starfield, so he's in no danger of straying off the path. We're so proud of Paul!    There's a new Xbox Series X,...

Producer Paul joins Lee this week, and chaos ensues!    As is custom, we thank our Patrons on the first show of the month. Because what better way to convince you guys to support us than by shaming those that aren't... Thank you guys for supporting us and making sure we keep ticking along. If you'd like to support us, please consider signing up on Patreon!     Meta (formally Facebook) and Xbox are...

We are confused all the time.  Or are we confusing?    New Zealand flicks over to Daylight Savings, and hasn't let Australia know. How rude! But it does mean poor Lee was sitting for an hour by himself. In future, we may get Lee's dog - Barney - on as co-host. If you want to see this happen, hit Lee up on Twitter/X!    News has run very dry. It's that time of the year where all the stories are jus...

Lee is showing off his production skills on this week's Regular Show.  But it turns out he just reads waveforms.   Starfield is still sitting at number 1 in the charts, with 10 million players! Not to bad, but it begs the question - how many people were playing Fortnite every week to keep it at the number 1 spot for so long? But more importantly, how do the golden toilet seats inside Epic's office...

It's The Regular Show! No gimmicks, names, or funny shenanigans.  Ok, so we lied about the shenanigans...    With Simone leaving us to our own devices, who's going to keep us in check? No one! Thats who! It's going to be chaos, anarchy, Kyle, and Lee talking about nonsense for three hours straight. Because we know what you guys want. And it's longer, nerdier, ramblier podcasts! You can thank us la...

It's our 50th Episode of the year! 🎉 And it's our last #GameFace! for a while... 😢   Join us as we bid (a temporary) farewell to Simone, and to GameFace!, the only Xbox podcast show that brave enough to cover the games we've been playing! While #GameFace! may be on hiatus for a while, you'll still be hearing from Kyle and Lee as they cover everything in The Regular Show!    And this so happens t...

Is our start overstaying it's welcome?  Do we need something that slaps? Or a banger?    It's not really Lee's birthday, but that won't stop us from wishing Lee anyways. If you see Lee hanging about in the Discord, wish him happy birthday! So, we moved #nuNews to another night to help Lee experience Starfield for his fake birthday.    Starfield rocks to the top of the charts, and it's not even tec...

It's embarrassing how organised we are.  In fact, we could just about be the most organised podcast ever!   Lee fights the man-flu to bring you the latest Xbox News. We thank him for his service and sacrifice live on the podcast. He was adequate.  There's a ton of more Gamescom news! More stuff happened! The Future Games Show apparently. And guess what? It's all about games that are coming out. Ar...

August is coming to an end, and so is our Patron's Puzzling Picks.    Kyle and Simone have continued with ExoPrimal (against their will) and are trying hard to follow the "story" and "care about the game." All while Lee has completely given up on it.  Simone is warming up to Stray. Maybe it takes a while to let the cat out of this bag? Kyle has some thoughts about Resident Evil 2, and how these tw...

Gamescom! Gamescom! Gamescom!  Let us summarise all you need to know.    In case you missed it, Xbox bought the fire to this year's Gamescom in Germany. From info on existing games to shadow dropping Age of Empires - Kyle and Lee will cover everything you need to know. Don't have time to sit and watch the full 2-hour recap? We have you covered with our 2-hour recap! You're welcome.    In a shock m...

A new font appears, and Lee has thoughts.  The zeros are the rectangles of Ohs!   Join us as we talk about this week's Xbox Adventures.  The Cast is still playing their Patron's Puzzling Picks for this month. Lee has finished his first game and is now on to Age of Empires. Pretty good going for a month! Kyle has some very good Top Tips™️ for Resident Evil 2 Remaster, and Simone has thoughts on Str...

All the Xbox News from the last week. We help you catch up on everything you've missed. And things you haven't.    Lee is rebelling against society by not taking photos of his food. What even is this? How can you just get your food, and *not* take a photo? It boggles the mind.   Xbox will soon allow you to stream to your Discord servers! Straight from the Xbox! Is this the return of Mixer's Co-Str...

Patrons Puzzling Picks is now live!   That's right folks, Patron's Puzzling Picks is now live, and we even have our first completion from the event. Lee was so excited with his Horse Game that he spent all weekend playing it. How does it stack up next to Diablo? How did he win the Horse Cup Award? Did he make lifelong friends in Horse Valley? So many questions! And only Lee has the answers. Along...

You didn't know you needed this news.  Just like that bacon and egg pie you're currently craving...    We race into pole position with the release of F1 Manager 2023, and that seems to be the only good game coming out this week. Nothing is of note, so Lee struggles to stay awake. Can Kyle's puns keep him awake?    This week is controller news heavy - from new controllers from Xbox to new custom co...

We've become to powerful! They cannot nerf us.    Kyle goes on a tirade against Adobe and their so-called photo organisation tools. Or lack thereof. Causing him to lose most of his photo backup. This has nothing to do with games, but since you're listening, we are just going to assume you care about our lives now.    Patrons Puzzling Picks is about to kick off, so we recap what that means for us a...

Lee keeps running out of news.  It's clearly time to start making stuff up.    After much struggling, we find some news for you. Because we're kind like that. And because you deserve it. Now it's up to you to share the podcast with your friends and family...   Xbox allows mapping keyboard keys to controller buttons. Is this because World of Warcraft is coming to consoles? It would be a very good t...

Next month our gaming future is in your hands. Who's chosen to be cruel, and who's chosen to be kind?    In August, we're doing Patron's Puzzling Picks - leaving our gaming future up to our Patreons. Is this a good idea or a great idea? And to make sure we don't suffer alone, we're getting the Patrons to choose games for their fellow Patrons! It's Christmas! In August? No one ever said we're great...

It's the Lee and Paul show.  And Paul is kind enough to let Lee be the boss.    This week, it's a deluge of news as suddenly everyone covering the Activision Blizzard deal now must find other news stories to cover. Lee yet again finds all the most important news stories just for you. Including our beloved True Achievement's Game Play Charts.    Xbox Game Pass Family & Friends Plan has come to...

The FTC has been defeated. The CMA has just about conceded.  Xbox is about to close on (finally) buying Activision Blizzard! It has been a long 18 months...   Paul joins us again for #NuNews from a freezing cold Christchurch. And Kyle has the best life advice for him!    Powerwash Simulator takes us into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Which is a very hard turn from the colourful world of SpongeBob...