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Two man pod again today as we catch up on experiences. Andy talks about a busy week with the Golden State Valkyries' championship parade, Moby, Armin van Buuren and Genesis Owusu shows, plus Godzilla Minus Zero, Fjord, and Club Kid at the movies. Justin shares about Halloween, and Dia de los Muertos. The guys compare midnight launch memories, the experience of going to the 40th Anniversary Zelda C...

Another beautiful day for a two man pod. We have a discussion about the Nathan Fielder/Lance Oppenheim Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything. Andy talks about a whirlwind of a life experience week about running Diplo’s 5K, Miley at the Hollywood Bowl, an immersive theater experience for Halloween, and going to the WNBA finals. Justin shares details about his trip to Brazil for the B...

Two man pod this week as Justin and Andy catch up on some of the biggest happenings over the last few weeks. They discuss Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil as Andy heartily recommends both that and Dreamworks’ Forgotten Island in theaters. The guys have an in depth chat about Marvel’s Wolverine on PS5 while Justin gives his first impressions of Valve’s new VR hardware, the Steam Frame. Also: Destiny 2...

Andy go in depth on sharing their 3 day Pokemon XP and Pokemon World Championships attendance experience. The guys also recap the September PlayStation State of Play show and share their picks for best of show!

Another beautiful day with a two man pod. Andy shares what it’s like to go to the Outside Lands music festival in SF as well as what it was like going to a pre release for the new Magic the Gathering The Hobbit crossover set. Justin talks the new Spider-Man movie and further adventures in parenting. The main topic for the week is cooperative gaming as the guys explore the different kinds of co-op...

We’re back! Two man pod as we catch up on some summer activities. Andy shares trip highlights from Wisconsin including eating cheese curds and the fun mascot shenanigans that happen while going to a Brewers game. Justin talks about being a dad for the second time while sharing his latest gaming experiences with Pokemon Go, Splatoon Raiders, and more. The guys have a spirited discussion on the rece...

The guys catch up about summer sports and gaming, including the Destiny 2 final update, Forza Horizon 6, Marathon, and Mina the Hollower. They go over some of the Xbox Studios shutdowns and do a big overview of gaming's Not-E3 summer event reveals and keynotes from State of Play, Summer Gamesfest, Xbox, and more. Andy and Justin also give their picks for most anticipated games to play from these s...

We catch up with our former PlayStation colleague Gavin Howell, currently of Probably Monsters and reminisce about old times working together. Gavin gives some great insight on working in business development on both the platform and developer side along with some great career insight on what makes a successful BizDev person. We also have a fun experience share of some of the deep lored worlds of...

Two man pod this episode again with Andy and Justin. We chat about photography inspiration, children’s birthday parties, film festivals, Matt Johnson having a recent moment as Justin is watching Nirvanna, The Show, The Band, The Movie, and obtaining passes for the upcoming Pokemon World Championships. Andy chats about finishing Pragmata while Justin gives his first impressions of Housemarque’s Sar...

The guys have another two-man pod and chat about experiences going to a concert from bands we liked 20+ years ago (The Format and RX Bandits) as well as experiences with family sleepovers at museums is like. We chat about our time with Pragmata, Marathon, and Pokopia gaming recently as well as the recently announced Microsoft Game Pass price changes and how compelling Call of Duty and subscription...

Classic two man pod today as Andy catches up with Absolute Batman, Justin loses a week to roguelite coin-pusher Raccoin, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie asks us to find the line between what makes a movie “good” versus “enjoyable.” Hint: they don’t have to be mutually exclusive! We also take a nice little detour into the world of male fashion courtesy of a very sweet raffle win for a pair of Jord...

This week, we welcome Chandler Wood, video game marketer formerly of Avalanche Studios and PlayStation Lifestyle! Andy and Justin chat with him on how he helped build and manage the community for Hogwarts Legacy at Avalanche Studios, and what it takes to be an effective liaison between players and creators. Plus, we talk Marathon, Lucha Libre Wrestling, Project Hail Mary, moving to New York City,...

It’s GDC Festival 2026 week! Andy and Justin chat about what it’s like to socialize with Bay Area dads including golfing and playing poker with noobs. There’s a new live stage play production of Paranormal Activity which Andy dives deep into in the midst of a Resident Evil spooky season in March with Requiem releasing as well. We then dive into our experience at The MIX showcase, an in-person indi...

We chat with Simon Boas, an immersive experience producer, and Cam Perkins, a photographer. Both of whom happen to be in our Fantasy Critic league and love games! It’s a more games-heavy chat this week as we go over Citizen Sleeper, Nioh 3, No Sleep For Kaname Date, Monster Hunter Wilds as well as explore what it’s like to play Fantasy Critic over the years.

Welcome to 2026! We chat about some experiences we've had since the holiday break - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland for Justin, while Andy gives the lowdown about the Sundance Film Festival in 2026 and we chat about the beauty of discovering new things we love. Gaming wise, we talk Expedition 33, Pokemon and Animal Crossing, touch upon Highguard and the newly announced Horizon Hunt...

Our first guest! Nic McConnell of Instruction Derby fame joins us to chat about what we've been up to lately, old school instruction manuals, what goes into Age Rating games as well as throw in some indie game recommendations and predict who will take home the Game Award for Indies! https://bsky.app/profile/mcconnell.bsky.social

Fun episode this week as we talk: KAWS exhibit at the SF MOMA, King of the Hill, Easy Come, Easy Golf, The Plucky Squire. The Game Award nominees just came out and we go category by category picking our favorites!

This week we chat Daft Punk, Halloween, Dispatch, Pokemon Legends Z-A, and BALL X PIT. We also talk about a Circana study on the number of games different players buy per year and then delve into how we discover games recently and live react to our Steam Calendar Browsing lists.

We talk their recent gaming experiences with Deltarune and Hades 2, delve into the importance of game preservation, and Andy share insights on the wonders of attending a film festival.

First episode! We introduce ourselves and talk music festival experiences alongside what we've been playing (Hades 2 / Consume Me and more!). Justin also runs down some of the big highlights from State of Play September 2025