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Your Gamer Friends have returned to discuss one of the most packed gaming months in recent memory! “Logging On,” we saw the release of CrossfireX, Lost Ark, Horizon Forbidden West, and Destiny 2: Witch Queen. There was also a Nintendo Direct, drama in the Cities: Skylines modding community, the Sims 4’s homosexual agenda, Cyberpunk 2077’s relaunch, and that mofo Bobby Kotick. “These Past Two Weeks...

Welcome to Gamer Friends, fourth anniversary edition! After some celebratory housekeeping, we’re “Logging On” with releases for Dying Light 2, OlliOlli World, Sifu, and Pokémon Legends Arceus, Bungie’s acquisition by Sony, GTA VI’s bland announcement, Watch Dogs Legion, Respawn’s triple Star Wars gambit, Stadia’s demise, and Suicide Squad’s updated release date. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” w...

2022 gets started with a bang! “Logging On,” we’re talking all aspects of the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard (and King) including unionization, monopolies, and exclusivity. We also saw the releases of Cities: Skylines – Airports, The Anacrusis, Democracy 4, Nobody Saves the World, and Rainbow 6: Extraction. We also chat about the recent NFT discourse, PSVR2’s recent announcement, new...

Who could have guessed that 2021 would be, in many ways, worse than 2020? Well, at least the video games were great. It’s been another year, so your Gamer Friends are cataloguing their favorite video game experiences from 2021. Will 2022 be any better? Probably not until capitalism falls, but there will be some great next-gen experiences! Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appre...

For our final full episode of the year, we’re catching up on The Game Awards, the latest union busting efforts from ActivisionBlizzard, Bungie’s own culture problems, Battlefield 2042’s ongoing issues, a Splinter Cell remake, and Sony’s answer to Game Pass (kind of). We’re skipping These Past Two Weeks in Nerddom because of the two spoilercasts we’ve got headed your way before the end of the year....

Gamer Friends! We’re fresh off of our excitement from Hawkeye’s season finale and ready to spoil it as a Christmas present. Happy holidays from your Gamer Friends.  “Where are my background singers?!”

Gamer Friends, we’ve got a true holiday treat for our Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilercast. We’re bringing back Kenji ( @afreshmind ) to discuss the movie as an abolitionist text. But don’t worry! We still get into our usual fanboying and nerdery too.

Happy (late) Thanksgiving! Your Game Friends are “Logging On” with Guardians of the Galaxy, GTA Definitive Edition, Age of Empires IV, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Rider’s Republic, Mario Party All-Stars, Forza Horizon 5, Skyrim (again), Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, Battlefield 2042, Halo Infinite Multiplayer, cloud streaming services, Xbox’s 20th Anniversary, the Nintendo Online expansion pack, M...

Hello gamer friends! We’re coming at you with a spoilercast of Marvel’s The Eternals . We sat down with filmmaker and content regurgitator @Boringstein to talk about the film, being an MCU crank and the overall state of movies. You can check out some of their work here .

Hello again, Gamer Friends! We’re “Logging On” with Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Metroid Dread, Sable, New World, Hot Wheels Unleashed, eFootball, FIFA 22, NHL 22, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Far Cry 6, Nintendo Direct and Animal Crossing, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Twitch’s leak, Steam’s NFT ban, Destiny 2’s latest stumbles, and Ghost Recon Frontline. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” DC Fandome 2.0 dro...

Gamer Friends! We’ve got another double feature spoilercast for you! We’re getting into Star Wars Visions and What If…! The spoilers come in hot and fast for both so only listen when you’ve watched both (or don’t! We care about keeping you all unspoiled but ultimately, that decision is up to you). We’ll be back soon with a full episode!

It’s been a minute, huh? On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with an absolute truckload of releases, including Humankind, Quake, Myst, Life is Strange: True Colors, Splitgate 1.0, SkateBIRD, and Deathloop to name about half. We’re also discussing the latest Activision Blizzard news, the “conclusion” of the Apple vs. Epic lawsuit, Death Stranding 2, Gamescom 2021, and the recent Pl...

Hello Gamer Friends! We are hard at work on our next full episode but we’ve got a spoilercast to hold you over until then! We’re getting into Shang-Chi so PLEASE don’t listen if you haven’t seen it yet!

On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with Second Star, Tribes of Midgard, The Ascent, The Sims 4: Cottage Living, Pokémon: Unite, Activision Blizzard, the console wars, EA Play 2021, and XDefiant, lol. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” we caught up on Harley Quinn, are acutely aware of Suicide Squad and Idris Elba, are hearing interesting things about Tim Drake and Funimation/Crunc...

On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with Palestine, post-E3 news, Switch OLED, Valve’s Steam Deck, Scott Cawthon, Xbox Streaming, Apex Legends, Sony’s State of Play, Assassin’s Creed Infinite, Robocop: Rogue City, Player One, Blue Box, and Anthony Bourdain and The Witcher 3.  “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” we get caught up on E3 announcements, talk about finally watching M...

Gamer Friends! We’ve got a Double Feature with our latest Spoilercast. We’re getting into Black Widow AND Loki, while also quickly devolving into our theories for what’s next to come in the MCU. If you haven’t watched these two IN THEIR ENTIRETY, check this out when you do because we’re diving right in! We’ll catch you soon with a new full episode of Gamer Friends.

We’re back with Part II of our E3 Extravaganza and with our gamer friends at Player 2 Has Entered The Podcast , MCPaperstacks and Full Metal Murk. For Part II we’re getting into Microsoft/Bethesda and Nintendo’s presentation. Check out the links to the full presentations below: Links: Check out the show link for P2HETP above and you can check out Full Metal Murk’s shop here ! Follow, MC Paperstack...

For our 4th year talking all things E3, we’ve invited some guests! From our gamer friends at Player 2 Has Entered The Podcast , MCPaperstacks and Full Metal Murk are joining us for a full two-part recap on E3 and the Summer Games Fest. For Part I we’re getting into Summer Games Fest, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Devolver Digital, the PC Game Show and the Guerilla Collective Showcase. Check out the links...

We’re back! This episode we’re “Logging On” with Skate City, Knockout City, Hood: Outlaws and Legends, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Resident Evil Village, Biomutant, Horizon Forbidden West, Far Cry and the Division, Ubisoft’s new free-to-play strategy and upcoming games, Bethesda & Microsoft, Sony, Sonic, Super Mario Party, and more corporate greed! With so much in the news, we don’t have a...

On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with Super Meat Boy, Neir Replicant, MLB The Show ‘21, Returnal, New Pokémon Snap, Sony’s State of Play, Apple vs. Epic, Discord, Outriders, and corporate greed. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” we saw Godzilla vs. Kong and Mortal Kombat, but have yet to see Bat Batch, Yasuke, Invincible, and a million other things. Most importantly, we got a P...

TFATWS SpoilerCast: (Black) Captain America Gamer Friends Podcast Hello Gamer Friends! We’re coming at you this week with a full-length spoiler cast for Falcon and The Winter Solider and we’re bringing a guest along with us for the ride? Who is that guest? You’ll have to hit play to find out! We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled episodes early next week!

This episode we’re “Logging On” with It Takes Two, Monster Hunter: Rise, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, Outriders, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Narita Boy, Genesis Noir, Xbox Network, Sony and Evo, E3 2021, and CD Projekt Red. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” drama at Wookiepedia, Space Jam’s new trailer, Godzilla vs. Kong, the Loki trailer, and Falcon and the Winter Sold...

Your Gamer Friends are back! This episode we’re “Logging On” with Pokémon’s 25th Anniversary, Sony’s State of Play, Square Enix Presents, E3 2021, Bethesda, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles revival. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” Big Nkrumah eats major crow on The Snyder Cut (fine -- it was good), Sony announces a Ghost of Tsushima film, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier premieres on Disney...

Hello Gamer Friends! We’re back with a SpoilerCast for Wandavision before our next regular episode. Before diving into this one, we recorded this before the violent attack that took place in Atlanta, Georgia. We decided to leave this episode as-is so we can spend the time to listen to our AAPI peers and give the topic the space it deserves to talk about it in our next full episode. 

Your Gamer Friends are back, “Logging On” with Persona 5: Strikers, Brethedge, and the Outriders Demo. Also on the agenda is Blizzconline (yes, we make fun of the name), the long-awaited Nintendo Direct, Microsoft’s FPS Boost, Destiny Universe, Hogwarts Legacy, Saudi Arabia (!?!?), and finally, Anthem. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” we discuss the Mortal Kombat trailer, DC’s Blue Beetle movie,...