Beat of the Month: Video Game Podcast

The spooky season is here! We've done scary games, monster games, zombie games, ghost games, and this time we're focusing on a common aspect from most of those games - blood! First we get the bloody juices flowing with a little blood trivia and talking about the bloodiest games we've ever played. Then we get into the meat of the discussion with bloody games we played so far to celebrate October. W...

Hot on the heels of our last episode where we declared the ultimate video game president, we've got another politically themed show - a deep look at the game Papers, Please! It's one of the most unique games that we've covered with a demand for attention to detail, quick decision making, and deep moral decisions. Oh, and do you remember those Spot the Difference games from when you wer...

The political season is heating up and the Beat of the Month Crew are getting in on the action! We've got a double dose of political antics this episode with a look at games with a political theme. We play a bit fast and loose with the theme as usual, but we played some Ghost of Tsushima, Super Mario Odyssey, Cult of the Lamb, and a little Disco Elysium (and by a little, I mean a little). We&#...

For this episode's deep dive we have not one but two games to cover - Not just a single game but not quite a trilogy, it's the duology of Hotline Miami 1 & 2! If you like retro games but want them with more eye gouging, head smashing, and blood splatters, then this is for you. We cover our favorite weapons, levels, and characters (and oh boy are there a lot of characters). We also try...

Elden Ring was a huge game for The Beats crew when it came out over 2 years ago in February of 2022, so when the new massive DLC Shadow of the Erdtree came out we had to revisit it with another episode. This time around though we are going through heavy spoilers including the final boss for the DLC - so you have been warned! We cover our favorite bosses, builds, weapons, and just what the heck is...

It's the middle of summer and we've seen a lot of games announced, so The Beats Crew decided to take some time away from talking about games we've played, and focus on some games we want to play! We talk about Summer Games Fest as well as the latest State of Play, Xbox Showcase, and Nintendo Direct. From there - it's anything goes. We talk about getting sad from finishing a game, a...

Before the Elden Ring DLC commands all of our time, we decided to take a look at a smaller game with an even smaller protagonist - Stray! It's got scratching, it's got meowing, it's got...robots? It wasn't a long game but this cat led adventure game made a lasting impression with our crew. And with the recent announcement that Stray is coming to switch it'll soon be able to be...

Way back on episode 26 we had a topic of disappointing games. Those were games that we thought were going to be really good but ended up just being OK or kinda bad. A little over 100 shows later and we are revisiting that topic, but this time around just focusing on flat out bad games. We never intended any of these games to be good, and in most cases they were not! To add to the fun, we also did...

The Beat of the Month crew are back and this time we're doing another game show episode - Family Feud style! Step aside Steve Harvey because Melbro is at the helm. Having surveyed 1000s of individuals, he's equipped us with 12 rounds of questions for an epic showdown between Rochelle Guys and OG3. Can you name the top 5 ways that you can tell you're about to fight a boss? Who will clai...

For this episode we've got another series of interviews, this time focusing on a single game - a light gun shooter for the PlayStation 1 that was released back in 1998 - Elemental Gearbolt! What's so special about this game? When you think light gun games you probably think about House of the Dead, Time Crisis, or something very similar. Which is perfectly fine - those are fun games! But Elemental...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Saturday to bring you an early episode of Beat of the Month! It's May 4th, so of course the special occasion is Star Wars Games! We've been playing Star Wars games all month long and The Beats crew has got quite the assortment of games to talk about. We've got a quartet of old school games from the Atari 2600 with Star Wars Arcade and Death Star Ba...

As the earth cycles around the sun, we've made a complete cycle around the Beat of the Month crew and landed back at Muff's choice for the next deep dive. Featuring wrestling, bikinis, and an all female cast, it could only be Rumble Roses! I hope you saved your eclipse glasses since these visuals are so hot they'll burn your retinas! While there were only two games in the series (for P...

Winter is over, the birds are chirping, and the weather is changing - but the Beat of the Month marches on! No wait, March was last month. For THIS month, we are looking at games featuring Mother Nature, since April Showers bring May Flowers! For the most part we've got games with rain such as Death Stranding and Arkham Knight, but we also sneak in some other weather related games in there as...

It's March Madness and Women's History Month, so what better way to celebrate than having a 64 bracket tournament of the best women in gaming! The Beats crew each took our favorite choices as well as some fan picks, randomly assigned them to the bracket, and then went through each of the match ups to pitch our cases for a final winner. Some heavy hitters got eliminated early, some obscure...

This episode the Beat of the Month crew are focusing on a topic we know all to well - madness! These are games where the main character is going crazy or maybe were already insane to begin with. We've got some oldies covered such as Loaded for the original Playstation, 2000s PC game American McGee's Alice, the original Alan Wake, and more! We also cover some odds and ends that are a little...

With all of the news recently with Xbox and Sony and their future plans, the Beat of the Month crew take some time to reflect on the current state of the games industry with some general discussion. Sound boring? You couldn't be more wrong! Tensions run at their all time highest causing one Beats member to leave mid-episode. But before those shenanigans we take a look at our memories with the...

This episode the beat of the month crew celebrate games featuring the exciting world of dating! We talk about dating games we played recently, others games we played, and then talk about some dating experiences ourselves! So grab your significant other, tell them to be quiet for the next two hours, and enjoy the episode!

With the release date of Dragon's Dogma 2 quickly approaching, the Beats crew decided to take a deep look at the original game to see what all the hubbub is about! This episode is all about Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and we have quite a bit to unpack with this western style RPG made by Capcom. We start out with an overview of the series, a look at the game's mechanics - including the...

We are easing into 2024 with this episode by playing anything we want! That's right - no theme, no deep dive, no pressure - just playing whatever we had in the old backlog or wanted to wrap up from 2023. As expected it's a hodge podge of games ranging from Sonic Superstars, Mass Effect, Returnal, Spider-Man 2, PSVR2 games, and more! We've also got some 'anything goes' trivia wh...

2023 was such a packed year for games we couldn't fit it into a single episode! That's right - we take another look back at the following year, this time with a bit more of a standard approach. First, we cover our top 5 games that we each played in 2023. As expected there are a lot of the heavy hitters you would expect, but there are also a few surprises including one game so impactful that it mad...

It's our annual year end episode and it's packed full of discussion with what we played in 2023! There were a ton of great games this year but we also include any games we played this year that may not include games released in 2023. We run down our awards and then lookback on our memories from the year such as favorite multiplayer and single player moments, a radio spot we had, as well as...

This episode the Beat of the Month crew are taking a deep dive into one of Melbro's favorite games from the past couple of years - Neon White! We explore the gameplay, the characters, the music, the design - and more. Did everyone enjoy the game as much as Melbro? *hint - it's complicated* We also tallied up our stats and see who came out on top as the true elite gamer of the group. Whethe...

Move over Marvel, the Beat of the Month crew are taking over the superhero space for a week and talking about all things related to caped crusaders! Then again we talk a lot about Marvel during the episode, so maybe they aren't really moved over all that much. However, that's not all we have to talk about! In addition to discussion about the new Spider-Man 2 we also talk about some older c...

Thanksgiving is approaching and the Beat of the Month crew have an appetite for games all about food! We go through the timeline of gaming history with several old classics such as Pac-Man and Burgertime, some 16-bit games with Chester Cheetah and Garfield, newer titles like Yakuza and The Witcher, and more! For the cherry on top we have some extra discussion about what we eat as we game, Super Ni...

Happy Halloween! We round out our October with a look at classic horror movie monsters in games! Or was it iconic scary movie villains in games? Wait, are we limiting our conversation to just games? Well, I’m sure we’ll figure it out along the way. Our discussion mainly focuses on older games such as (of course) Castlevania and Monster in My Pocket, but we also delve into some newer titles as well...