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We play a little game called “Gaming on a Budget” where you have to pick only a few games to purchase for the rest of 2023. It’s a tougher decision than you may think! We also discuss Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, DBZ Kakarot World Tournament DLC, more Baldur’s Gate 3, and make a few predictions as we preview the big ONL event coming up this week at Gamescom. [As promised in this episode, here i...

We have more thoughts about Baldur’s Gate 3, Tears of the Kingdom, Chained Echoes, and more this week - as we also talk about the recently released game, Atlas Fallen. We also hold a “Who Would Win” Tournament featuring protagonists with magic/supernatural abilities, and we use ONLY the best logic to determine the champion. 0:19 Intros 5:00 Wrestlequest | Kinda Funny fellas 10:02 Sengoku Dynasty |...

We talk about a lot of games in this episode, but a bulk of our time is spent gushing about Baldur’s Gate III. Also this week: Tryhard Tracker, Sea of Thieves: Legend of Monkey Island, and tons of smaller games we are diddling. 0:18 Intros 1:25 Baldur’s Gate III 42:47 Paper Trail | Sclash | Venba | Oceanhorn 2 | Adore 47:30 Tim’s Quick Hits: Thronefall | Heat Signature | Renfield: Bring Your Own B...

This week, we take a Kahoot! Quiz about turn-based games, and then we talk about the latest Telltale game, The Expanse. We also talk about Disney Illusion Island, the new TMNT movie, Henry Cavill’s final episodes as Geralt in the Witcher show, Twisted Metal series, and a preview of gaming for the month of August. 3:38 Kahoot! Quiz - “Is it turn-based?” 14:22 The Expanse: A Telltale Series 33:00 Di...

The entire crew is back to discuss the latest gaming releases, including Remnant II, Ember Knights, and Oxenfree II. We also talk about a number of recent summer movies including Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One, Barbie, and Oppenheimer. 0:19 Birthdays and hats and intros 5:33 Pikmin 4 14:20 Remnant II 28:01 Baldur’s Gate 3 hype 32:30 Exoprimal 37:55 Oxenfree II: Lost Signals 47:03 Vi...

This week is a *FULL SPOILER DISCUSSION OF FINAL FANTASY XVI* Don’t listen or watch if you don’t want to hear about spoilers from the game.  If you’ve listened to recent episodes, you know how much our entire crew loves this game. Now we take the opportunity to fully dive in on full story and gameplay spoilers to discuss our thoughts on how things unfolded. We are on YouTube! Check out the video v...

The crew reveals their current Game of the Year candidates at this halfway point of the year, and they talk about which remaining games are likely to push their way onto the list. Before that we also talk about Gylt, Tom Segura’s new comedy special, and more Final Fantasy XVI thoughts. 4:39 Headlines 26:30 Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie 28:46 Gylt 34:00 Tom Segura: Sledgehammer (and other c...

We have a LOT more to say about Final Fantasy XVI, but before we get to that, we talk about a few new releases from this past week: AEW Fight Forever, Dave the Diver, Pikmin 4 demo, new season of The Witcher (Netflix), and the new Indiana Jones movie. We also preview the upcoming games for the month of July and talk about a lot of recent gaming headlines. 1:30 AEW Fight Forever 23:00 Everybody 1-2...

One of the biggest games of an already crowded 2023 is here, and we are ready to talk about it: Final Fantasy XVI. Also, we talk about Nintendo’s latest Direct presentation, Marvel’s Secret Invasion, The Bear on Hulu, and a ton of Steam Next Fest Demos. 1:25 Final Fantasy XVI 1:16:35 Crash Team Rumble 1:18:15 Headlines 1:27:45 MORE Microsoft & Sony drama 1:38:20 Metal Gear Solid Collection inf...

We have a lighter crew this week, but that doesn’t mean we have less to say! Lots of thoughts to share on the Final Fantasy 16 demo, the newest superhero movie The Flash, and the remaining news and game reveals of the Not-E3 week - including one of our favorites: Star Wars Outlaws from Ubisoft. 2:00 Final Fantasy XVI demo impressions 37:07 Layers of Fear 40:03 Jeff got a Xbox Series X 42:50 Other...

It’s that wonderful time of year for gamers when developers and publishers starting rolling out more details on their upcoming games. We have a TON to cover in this episode, so buckle up. Xbox Showcase, Summer Game Fest Live, Devolver, Day of the Devs, and a lot more! 2:00 A few smaller new games this week 17:04 Xbox Showcase recap & reactions 1:05:24 Starfield Direct recap & reactions 1:2...

Two major games and one major movie all released this week, and we give our impressions of each of them: Street Fighter 6, Diablo IV, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Also, we talk about a few other games, movies, and shows we’re watching, latest gaming headlines, and make predictions for some of the upcoming “Not-E3” events - including the Summer Game Fest Live event on June 8. 1:15 Stree...

So many new games to play this week, with Convergence: A League of Legends Story, Planet of Lana, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and more. Also, we summarize our reactions to the recent Sony Playstation Showcase, and we preview the upcoming games for the month of June, 2023. 1:53 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum 6:36 Planet of Lana 14:10 Miasma Chronicles | After Us 16:22 Honkai: Star Rail 21:12 Converge...

Mortal Kombat 1 has been officially revealed, so the crew recaps the trailer and talks about their hopes for the game along with more Tears of the Kingdom talk, a Kahoot! quiz about game publishers, and whether or not it's too early to pass judgment on PSVR2. 2:00 Kahoot! Quiz - Who Published This Game? 14:40 Lego 2K Drive | Humanity 25:16 2023 Games without a firm release date 43:11 Playstati...

With one of the biggest sequels of the year finally arriving, the crew talks about their first few hours with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. They also talk about a few other recent game & movie releases along with another dive into Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. 2:18 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 1:05:20 Other new releases (Torchight: Infinite, Voidtrain, Diablo 4 beta, and...

The video game industry conversation from the past week has been very focused on the launch of Redfall and Microsoft’s current handling of all things Xbox-related. We talk about that A LOT along with our impressions of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Star Wars Visions season 2, Ravenlok, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and a preview of the rest of the games scheduled for the month of May. 2:35 Guardians...

Of course, we spend a large portion of our time talking about the latest blockbuster game to release: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. We also cover a number of other new games including Strayed Lights, Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s new DLC: Future Redeemed, and a lot more! 4:33 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 43:50 Strayed Lights 51:16 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed (DLC) 1:00:24 The Last Case of Benedict...

This week had a HUGE wave of new games, and we do our best to talk about our impressions of each along with a number of other games, movies, and headlines! 2:35 Advance Wars 1+2: Reboot Camp 12:15 Dead Island 2 37:44 Disney Speedstorm 58:23 Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores 1:24:27 The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story 1:37:15 Minecraft Legends 1:43:03 Stray Blade 1:47:54 Teslagrad 2 1:57...

A big wave of major games & expansions is about to hit, so we enjoy the calm before the storm with some smaller titles, movies, older games we are playing, and a little tournament of video game characters facing off. 5:20 Tron: Identity 7:00 Hunt the Night 10:30 Other Random Games 13:40 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (movie) 19:30 Renfield (movie) 24:55 Jeff’s Quick Hits - Succession (...

It’s time for a little blast from the past as we look back at the best games from 2016 and we debate & rank a shared Top 10. We also talk about The Super Mario Bros. movie, some recent games we’ve playing, stuff we are watching, and a lot more! 2:00 Re-ranking best games of 2016 32:00 Narrowing to Top 20 games of 2016 41:40 Narrowing to Top 10 games of 2016 1:00:38 Ranking the Top 10 games of...

Video game adaptations into the TV & movie mediums are on a roll right now, with Tetris and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves both being very well received. We discuss those movies as well as TLoU PC port woes, April gaming preview, Game of the Year Contenders VS Pretenders after Q1, and the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay preview 2:35 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves...

The full crew is here to talk about the newest FOURS that have released: Resident Evil 4, Diablo 4, John Wick 4. We also have a little ‘name that video game sound’ quiz and talk about a ton of headlines and other games we are playing & shows we are watching! 2:32 Resident Evil 4 21:34 Diablo 4 (beta) early impressions 38:30 So many major franchise games on the way 41:05 Mighty DOOM | Tchia 47:...

The latest WWE game is out, and we talk about that along with other games we are playing including Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 and a few others. We also share some spoiler-free impressions of the new DC movie, Shazam: Fury of the Gods. Also we play Video Game 20 Questions, have a spoiler-ish chat about the final episode of TLOU season 1 on HBO, and celebrate the work of Lance Reddick who passed aw...

This week we talk about some recent demos for Resident Evil 4 and Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon as well as a few new games, shows and movies. We also check in with our Tryhard Tracker to hear some of the most tryhard takes in gaming reviews. Then we take a dive into the conversations around the Suicide Squad delay and the Sony & Xbox drama around the Activision merger. 2:40 Resi...

It’s round 2 of our conversation about Octopath Traveler II, as most of the crew has spent most of the week diving deeper into the game. Also, we talk about the early impressions we have from playing the opening hours of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. It’s the 23rd anniversary of the Japan launch for the Playstation 2, so we take a look back at the system and our personal favorite games from that era. 1...