Beat of the Month: Video Game Podcast

It’s the middle of October and as tradition here at Beat of the Month we continue our spooky season with a look at Ghost Games! We talk about a variety of topics this episode ranging from real life ghost stories, trips to Super Nintendo Land, and oh yeah, a couple games that have ghosts in them - including Ultimate Ghosts n’ Goblins, Ghostwire Tokyo, and more! And of course we have some ghost triv...

The Beat of the Month crew are kicking off October with one of the most frightening gaming series ever - Dead Space! We talk through our thoughts on the new remake of the original Dead Space as well as the other two main entries in the series. There's also a surprising amount of side content that this series has seen over the years including spinoff games, books, movies, and more! And the good...

On this episode the Beat of the Month crew take a look at one of the newer genres to emerge into the video gaming scene - Souls-like games! What exactly is a Souls-like game anyway? Let's see - hard difficulty, uh...hmm... well we talk about it some and figure it out. We also talk about some of the specific Souls-like games we played recently such as Remnant: From the Ashes, Tunic, Death's...

The main mission of a game is definitely important, but it's those great side quests that can spice things up and take a game to another level. One could argue that a great side chick can have the same effect. This episode the Beat of the Month crew are tackling both topics! Only the most depraved members of the Beat of the Month crew could speak to this, so Brian had to leave the hosting duti...

Hot on the heels of episodes about Rhythm Games and Party Games the Beat of the Month Crew tackle the ultimate rhythm party game - Rock Band! Whether you are a Call of Duty playing dude bro or a World of Warcraft basement dweller, you've probably played Rock Band before. We take a look back at some fond memories we have of the Rock Band franchise and the big parties we used to throw centered a...

While it's been said many times on this show that real men work, we also take some time to party every now and then. This episode the Beat of the Month crew are taking a look at Party Games! We talk about what defines a party game, what separates a good party game from a bad one, and of course discuss some of the games themselves. We didn't get to play as many as we had hoped for, but stil...

Here at Beat of the Month we've talked about all kinds of games, rambled in-depth about genres and systems, but haven't taken a deep look at one of the most important aspects of any system - the controller! This episode we discuss our most loved controllers, our most hated, and everything in between. From the humble beginnings of a joystick and a single button to the complex controllers of...

Kick, Punch, it's all in the mind Want a rhythm game podcast? I'm sure you'll find The beat of the month crew, are coming through for you So get ready to listen about a game or two! Yes maybe a cheesy description, but we couldn't hold back our excitement for this episode about Rhythm Games! Well, maybe some of us are more excited than others... We're all in the middle of Zelda...

This episode the Beat of the Month crew talk about one of the most beloved gaming franchises of all time - The Legend of Zelda! With the recent release of Tears of the Kingdom we share our initial impressions, which might not be as glowing as you'd think! Well with 8 different people some of us are bound to have wrong opinions... At the time of this recording many of the crew were focusing on...

We continue our celebration of episode 100 with the second half of 100 questions! We cover a wide variety of topics and trivia including our desert island games, what we snack on while we're gaming, and looking back at the past 100 episodes. We also spend an unnecessary amount of time reflecting on having sex with chickens. It was quite late when we recorded this so we're a little more row...

We've hit a major milestone with episode 100 and to celebrate we are covering 100 video game related questions! We cover all sorts of topics such as what game would you still want to play at age 100, what's your proudest gaming achievement, why no one except Brian cares about the Mario Kart 8 DLC, and a whole lot more (97 more to be exact). We've also got a variety of trivia questions...

Winter is over, the snow is gone, but our backlogs have continued to grow! This episode the Beat of the Month crew decided to do a little Spring cleaning. No we aren't tackling that dirty pile of dishes left over from Thanksgiving - we're still too busy playing games! Instead we are revisiting some games that we've been putting off for awhile or that we started playing weeks/months/yea...

It's March Madness season and the Beat of the Month crew are once again having a tournament bracket celebrating the best of the best of gaming. Last time we voted Link as the best video game character of all time. This year we narrow it down a bit to the best villain in all of gaming! Will Link's arch nemesis Ganon take the top prize? Or will a lesser known character make their way to the...

This episode we tackle a topic that we've been planning on for a long time - the best music in gaming! We play a wide range of games that have great gaming soundtracks including Rez, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, Guardians of the Galaxy - and more! Then we each picked what we considered the very best song in gaming history and do a mini-tournament to decide what song is the Beat of the Month p...

This episode we take a break from talking about the games we've been playing, and instead talk about the games we've been buying! And sometimes it seems we spend more time buying games than playing them. We discuss physical vs digital game purchases, current vs classic collecting, collector's editions, complete system library wish lists, Limited Run Games, game grading - there's a ton of topics. W...

The Beat of the Month crew decided to take a break from the typical themes and round out the year with an anything goes style podcast. We cover a wide range of games from Halo Infinite, Immortality, Death's Door, Portal, Monster Train - and more! We also talk about what games we are looking forward to in 2023 which include Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and...ah who cares what other games a...

Beating a video game always feels good, but beating a game that has a great ending is even better! This episode the Beat of the Month Crew take a look at some of the greatest video game endings ever, and also look at some of the endings that were memorable for all the wrong reasons. As you might expect for a topic like this - there are some big spoilers ahead! We give a bit of warning before the b...

Thanksgiving is approaching and the Beat of the Month crew decided that we would have a special episode devoted to a topic that I'm sure is on everyone's mind during the holidays - Crime. Yes that's right - this episode focuses on Crime Games! We talk a bit about Grand Theft Auto 3 and our experience with that iconic title as well as the bizarre online world that exists in some mods of GTA5. We al...

The Beat of the Month crew hang up their controllers for this episode and pick up their cell phones for the popular mobile game Clash Royale! Muff has been a big fan for years, but what does the rest of the crew think? Does this mobile game have the substance to keep our attention, or does it leave us clamoring for our consoles? As always stay tuned for trivia with a “Clash” “Royale” spin and also...

Teeth falling out, sitting in class with no pants- yes these are all common occurrences for Muff but for everyone else it would be a nightmare! This month The Beat of the Month crew play games that will give you nightmares! We talk about Dead Space, Cult of the Lamb, and more! And at the end we have some spoooooky trivia. Enjoy!

In most video games, it's kill or be killed. But what are you doing all that killing with? In this episode we explore the best and the worst weapons in video game history! Some you kill with, some are more functional, some are just plain fun! We go through a huge variety of games all the way from the fireball in the original Super Mario Bros, the energy sword in Halo 2, Ratchet and Clank - and mor...

Almost nothing in gaming feels as good as a nice headshot. Except maybe doing it while the rest of the enemies are completely clueless to your whereabouts. Oh, and then taking the dead body and stuffing it into a locker. Yeah...that's the stuff. That's right - this month the Beat of the Month crew take on Stealth Games! We cover some stealth games such as Aragami and Horizon Zero Dawn and then som...

For this episode of Beat of the Month we have guest SeannyFunco back on to talk in-depth about his time working at everyone's favorite video game store - FuncoLand! SeannyFunco was there back in the late 90s to early 2000s and has quite a number of stories to tell. Subjects range from FuncoLand staples such as the game demo stations, the sales flyers, and more! He also shared some background on hi...

This episode the Beat of the Month crew tackle a genre that has been around for as long as games have been made - Sports Games! Even if you aren't buying the newest version of Madden every year, it's likely that you've played a sports game at some point. We take a deep look at the games that laid the foundation for the genre with the NES (yeah we know sports games existed even before then...) and...

Arcade gaming - a staple of the youth of many gamers, and of the Beat of the Month crew! We take this episode to explore the arcade games we played when we were kids, what arcade experiences we've had lately, and discuss a bit on whether arcade gaming is still alive and kicking. We take a look at some newer arcade games that we've played this month including the new House of the Dead remake, TMNT...