4205 Cast

Be warned, spoilers are within for Stranger Things season 2, featuring Theo and Joe

We're not going to make the "winter is coming" joke. We're just going to talk about Blizzcon and some of the info revealed at the event. Also, EA acquires a new studio to shut down in 5 or so years, and Joe finally finds a game he likes!

Who knows what you're going to get on our episode that basically just evolved from a mic test that never ended. There's games talk in there somewhere. *Joe overrode his own title "Frankensode" with the current title

A fire, a hospital visit, a wedding and a studio closure walk into a bar. Check out the episode for the punchline, as well as our opinion sustainability of AAA development and the current DLC paradigm, based off the fact we have possibly lost the single-player Star Wars game being developed by Visceral.

Rejoining the world after our Canadian Thanksgiving, our Now Playing list sported a couple games that we weren't expecting to exist, be good, or be relevant. After, we take a look at some of our pleasant surprises that hit out of left field.

We're still all over Samus Returns and Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, so we go a bit more in-depth on those titles before touching on October releases and the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer.

After some big name releases, we took an extended "What are you playing?" segment and turned it into a full episode. We've got looks at Mario + Rabbids, NBA2K18, Destiny 2, Metroid: Samus Returns, and Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite.

Join us for a full recap of the most recent Nintendo Direct (8/13/17), and a lot of unfortunate 80s references.

Business is about to pick up as we enter the fall season of gaming, so we go over some of what is piquing our interests for the upcoming Q4.

(DRAGONBALL SUPER GIVEAWAY FINAL WEEK - LISTEN FOR INFO) Gaming summer officially ended August 29th, and now the heavy punches will start to land. We hit the news this week to cover the Nindies showcase, some Capcom tidbits, and the most official Halflife fanfiction that has ever existed.

(DRAGONBALL SUPER GIVEAWAY WEEK 4 - LISTEN FOR INFO) As a good way to close out August, we were treated to the European E3, putting the fourth E into play and shoring up some near future gaming news. Tune in for the rundown!

Spoiler Warning episode number 5 (Yes, number 5). In this episode Theo and Joe talk about Netflix's latest original series - Marvel's The Defenders. We talk about our dislikes, likes and a bit more dislikes. So listen up and as always, there will be spoilers.

(DRAGONBALL SUPER GIVEAWAY WEEK 3 - LISTEN FOR INFO) Sonic is back, and he may be having his best outing since the Genesis, so we decided to give it a throw around to see what happened to make the original formula, barely changed, as appealing in 2017 as it was in 1991.

(DRAGONBALL SUPER GIVEAWAY WEEK 2 - LISTEN FOR INFO) DLC is, at this point, an accepted part of the gaming landscape. Loot boxes are essentially accepted as well. Now, we're starting to see more loot boxes that contain actual content in them in the form of usable items and unlockables than purely cosmetics. We don't like this one bit.

(GIVEAWAY WEEK 1 - LISTEN FOR INFO) Pac Man Vs. has finally been re-released, and it's high time the couch-based multiplayer format comes back! Also, we are giving away a Blu-Ray copy of the first 13 episodes of Dragon Ball Super. Listen in for the contest. US shipping only

On today's episode, Theo finally finishes Persona 5, we discuss the August releases, and we debut a new segment that may or may not have nothing to do with Star Ocean.

Well, Chris was on, so we had to talk about fighting games, right? Evolution 2017 crowned Street Fighter veteran Tokido as champion, nearly saw ChrisG repeat as Marvel 3 champ, but fall short, a glorious showing out of Tekken 7, and provided an amazing finish to Smash 4. With so much action, there was no doubt that we'd be talking about Evo.

Our next Spoiler Warning episode is not only just our normal SW review, but also a bookend on our FF Retrospective series. Also, an effort to shut up about FF14 on the standard episodes. We cover FF14 from beginning to end here, so take a listen and enjoy!

We're back after the holiday, and we needed to address what Nintendo recently revealed about Super Mario Odyssey. No extra lives, no game overs? Are these systems still needed? Is it important to have a strong price of failure?

On this episode we decided to touch on a bit of E3 news that we didn't cover last week, along with a tangent story: the Bethesda Creation Club, which is a function to monetize mods. Is this a direction we are destined to go toward in the industry? Also, new expansion of FF14, a metric ton of Dragon Ball, and one singular tree. *Apologies for the audio issues for the first 15 minutes

It's E3 and we have a ton of stuff to talk about. So let's just get right into it. Here are some timestamps: EA: 00:03:49 Microsoft: 00:25:55 Bethesda: 01:22:00 Ubisoft: 01:37:00 Sony: 02:03:00 Nintendo: 02:43:24

The great swamis of the 4205 Cast tell you exactly what to expect at E3 2017 with several predictions that will be wrong. Take a listen and grade us on our absurdity

There is a certain bit of irony in the decision to speak on communication when the host is so sick that can barely perform his function, but that's how we roll. Contained therein: Nintendo Switch Online Service and the voice chat boondoggle, June releases, and various Square Enix news with the FF7 Remake delay, Lost Sphear aka Setsuna 2, and releasing the Hitman franchise.

On today's show we mull over some Pre E3 news bits, with Destiny 2's lack of dedicated servers taking top billing. Also, Nintendo's stock heading up, Red Dead Redemption 2's delay into 2018, a new game show, and a guest star who shows his dedication.

Is it a fancy dinner? On this bonus episode, Andrew from Thursday Ketchup and Fitz from the Crunchy Duck Gamers join 4205's Andre on the greatest collaboration known to man that will destroy all chances of future collaborations being anything more than adequate.