2 Player Co-Op Podcast

Sony finally revealed both the UI and the UX, and it's been a slow news week, so that's the main topic. Because it's a slow week, that means lots of tangents, which the guys do better than anyone else. Also, Kevin also talks about his staycation and issues with mental health during the pandemic, his two latest Platinums, Sean's try at Watch Dogs 2, more Miles Morales details, and Phil Spencer's ra...

Last week brought a great deal of news about the PS5, including a complete teardown of the console, full details on backward compatibility, and changes to trophies. Speaking of trophies, the guys both finished off TimeSpinner and got the Platinum. Housekeeping - 00:10 Wear Your Mask - 3:30 Resident Evil Reboot Movie - 3:45 Mario 35 Strategy - 9:00 TimeSpinner Platinum - 15:35 PS5 Teardown - 24:05...

Insomniac Games had previously said they would be updating the face of Peter Parker in Spider-Man Remastered on PS5, but they broke the internet last week when a brand new face was revealed for Peter. It's the internet, so everything has to be the worst thing that has ever happened. The guys are here to give a much more sane take on the change. They also give their thoughts on the retro-style Metr...

Microsoft dropped an atomic bomb on the video game industry last week when they announced they had purchased ZeniMax, along with everything under their umbrella including all of Bethesda's studios. Since then, there has been a lot of discussions around what this means for future releases of Bethesda titles outside of the Xbox and PC ecosystems. The guys run through what they think it means before...

We've finally (almost) arrived at Next Gen! After Microsoft was the first to jump, Sony finally revealed the price and date for the PS5, along with the full slate of launch titles. The guys run through everything that was shown, and to keep things fair and balanced, resident PlayStation fan-boy Kevin calls out Sony for a few sizable errors. Oh yeah, Super Mario 3D All Stars also happened and the g...

A momentous episode calls for a momentous topic. For Episode 200, the guys wanted to rank their Top 50 Games of all time! Sean also didn't want to know what the final rankings looked like, so he finds out the same time you do! Before getting to the ranking, they also cover the Series S and X release dates and pricing (FINALLY), Hyrule Warriors - Age of Calamity, and the latest Ubisoft Forward. It'...

After what seems like a never-ending wait, Nintendo finally held a Direct to reveal the worst kept secret of the year. For Mario's 35th anniversary, Nintendo is releasing Super Mario 3D All Stars next week, porting Super Mario 3D World to Switch, along with a slew of other announcements. Because it's the internet, the reveal of the 3D All Stars pack was met with excitement and scorn, and the guys...

This one goes off the rails quickly... Black Ops Cold War was officially revealed last week as the direct sequel to the original Black Ops, along with a convoluted pricing structure involving it's next-gen versions. With Black Ops being Kevin's favorite Call of Duty campaign, he gives his thoughts on whether he is excited or if this will be more of the same. We also got more info around Gotham Kni...

This past weekend was Nerd Heaven for fans of DC. We got new looks and trailers for nearly every upcoming DC movie, including the first trailers for both Zack Snyder's Justice League and The Batman. If that wasn't enough, we also got our first peek at the long-rumored Gotham Knights and Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. The guys spend the bulk of the episode covering all of that...

Last week Microsoft and 343 made the, seemingly necessary, decision to delay Halo Infinite out of it's planned Holiday 2020 release window to an unspecified date in 2021. Shigeru Miyamoto's oft-cited quote of "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad" applies here, but what does this mean for the launch of Series X, now confirmed to be coming in November? The guys discus...

Announcements over the past week by, and related to, PlayStation really rubbed people the wrong way. Square Enix revealed that Spider-Man would be a post-launch addition to Marvel's Avengers only on the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game, and PlayStation published a blog post detailing which current accessories would and would not be compatible with the PS5. Most notable among these was the announce...

Following a controversial gameplay reveal for Halo Infinite, 343 Industries provided some updates on the game to show that they are listening to fans' concerns. They also revealed that the multiplayer component to Infinite is going free-to-play, and will run at 120 FPS on Series X. Kevin is slowly making his way through Ghost of Tsushima, and Sean finished off Paper Mario: The Origami King. Sean a...

Xbox held their long awaited Games Showcase last week, with the big focus being on the first gameplay footage of Halo Infinite. To say opinions are split on what would shown seems to be an apt description, and the guys give their thoughts on the newest look at Microsoft's flagship franchise. There were also a lot of announcements, and CG trailers, but none got people as hyped as the "one more thin...

After being announced only recently, Paper Mario: The Origami King is out in the wild. Sean loves him a good Mario RPG title, so he shares his impressions after a weekend with the game and he may have actually convinced Kevin to give it a try. Xbox dominated the news over the past week, sharing details around the Velocity Architecture, a release date for Project xCloud, and the very curious decisi...

The time has come to spoil the hell out of The Last Of Us Part II.

The guys have both moved on from The Last Of Us Part II, and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 arrived at the perfect time for both of them. They give their full thoughts on the NES-style Castlevania throwback, including how it compares to the first game from a couple of years ago. Other topics include everything announced at Ubisoft Forward, Sony's new minority stake in Epic, patents that could p...

Kevin and Sean's journey through The Last Of Us Part II has finally come to a close, and they give their spoiler-free thoughts on the game as a whole. (Don't worry, a full spoilercast will be coming next week) 2K became the first publisher to tip their hand at what Next-Gen game prices will be, and for the first time in 15 years it looks like AAA games will indeed be going up. Can we really be mad...

Kevin is nearing the end of his journey in The Last Of Us Part II, and Sean isn't far behind, so they give their updated thoughts (SPOILER-FREE) on Ellie's tale of revenge. Former head of SIE Shawn Layden recently gave an interview where he lamented on the current state of AAA game development, and the thought that game length directly correlates to the value of said game. The past week also saw t...

After 3.5 years since it's initial reveal, and multiple delays in 2020 alone, The Last Of Us Part II is finally here. While critics seem to universally love the game, the general population doesn't seem to be as uniform in their praise. Sean and Kevin were able to remain unspoiled before the game launched, and they are here to give their spoiler-free thoughts on the game after 8 or so hours so far...

The moment we have all been waiting for finally arrived last Thursday, PlayStation's "The Future of Gaming" event. For over an hour, Sony took everyone on a nonstop ride of next-gen games that had something for every type of gaming fan. They also, kinda, shocked everyone by actually showing the rather divisive final design of the console at the end of the presentation. What did the guys think of t...

E3 2020 may be canceled, but there was no way the guys would let that stop them from doing their annual prediction special! Before getting into the meat of the podcast though, they wanted to share their thoughts on George Floyd and their hope that we may finally start to see some changes in how black people are unfairly treated by police in the US. Other topics include Sean's thoughts on the Iron...

For the first time ever, our buddy James Soler joins the podcast! We reminisce with him about our favorite games and consoles, and get off on a few Star Wars tangents while discussing the Snyder Cut becoming an actual thing! For the main topics it looks like we will "soon" be seeing some of the PS5 launch lineup, we got more details on Ghost of Tsushima, the next CoD looks to be titled Black Ops C...

For the first time since the next generation of consoles were officially announced, it seems like we finally know the potential of what next gen really means. Unreal Engine 5 was shown off as part of Summer Gamefest, and it looks absolutely... well, Unreal. It also seems like we are getting very close to the PS5 reveal, and Sony continues to remain confident that the system will release later this...

Continuing the trend set by Sony with their PS5 deep-dive ASMR session, Xbox hyped up a third party gameplay reveal stream for last week, only to disappoint their audience with the presentation. While there were spatterings of gameplay, the stream mostly centered on CG cutscenes and "in-engine" footage, instead of giving everyone a real look at what Next Gen can deliver. Xbox's marketing arm even...

For the first time ever, our good buddy John Bernardo joins the podcast! We have all been playing, and LOVING, Streets of Rage 4 so we give our full review thoughts of the game that we still can't believe actually exists. Other topics include a new Star Wars movie, Geoff Keighley's Summer Gamefest, Final Fantasy 7 Remake's future installments, Assassin's Creed Valhalla's reveal, and much more! Joh...