Between The Joysticks

We are on the other side of a big PlayStation State of Play. Hear our thoughts on finally seeing gameplay for both Marvel’s Wolverine and Saros. We cover all of the announcements of the presentation. Playground Games, hard at work on Fable, have time to also bring a sequel to the Forza Horizon franchise. Jon has rolled credits on Hollow Knight: Silksong and has more to say on it. Finally we settle...

We are on the other side of a big Nintendo Direct. Listen to hear our thoughts on a pretty good but bizarre Nintendo Direct. Who could have predicted the Virtual Boy making a comeback? We talk about Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, The Super Mario Galaxy movie and much more. You know it wouldn’t take long for Jon to get back on his soapbox. This time it is about the Hollow Kn...

Hollow Knight: Silksong is out and we turn to our resident expert on all things going on in Pharloom, Jon to give us his full impressions of the game. We have a lengthy discussion about the game, it’s impact currently and answer a listener email about it. Also, did you hear that a Nintendo Direct got announced just like we said it would? Finally we get some predictions for the hotly rumored Wolver...

On our final episode before the legendary Hollow Knight: Silksong releases we continue to have Jon in the best of spirits before his most anticipated game is released. We use this positive attitude to predict both rumored September events, the Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play. What games do we think will be at these events? We also cover the most recent game reviews, the State of Play...

Episode 150! We hit a major milestone! We celebrate in style thanks to Team Cherry making Jon’s wish come true. Not only does Hollow Knight: Silksong have a release date, but we are one week away from it. We briefly cover a few remaining Gamescom 2025 topics before moving into the games we are playing. This includes the upcoming Hell Is Us demo, Lies of P and more. We also answer YOUR emails. Than...

It is here! The second Keighley event of the year, Opening Night Live, has come and gone to kick off Europe's biggest gaming convention, Gamescom. What are Nick and Jon’s impressions of trailers for games such as Resident Evil Requiem, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Ghost of Yotei, Black Myth: Zhong Kui and more? Listen to find out and meet our new host, Jin! Thanks for listening! Intro: Gamescom Openin...

It is prediction time! We are one week from the second Keighley event, Opening Night Live and we give our predictions on what to expect from the show, including length discussions of Hollow Knight: Silksong and Resident Evil Requiem. In the news we have Rob Mac producing a Far Cry television show for FX and a hidden gem was found in the incredibly short Nintendo Indie World Showcase. We also have...

Jon is back so we spend the beginning of this episode catching him up on all things he missed. We cover a boring Nintendo Partner Direct, the unveiling of the next Battlefield game that spares no expense and talk about the return of a franchise that Nick holds in high regards. Jon gives his nearly complete impressions of the new indie game from The Game Kitchen, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound while Nick...

We are back with another great episode. We discuss the glowing reviews of Donkey Kong Bananza and also see what Jon said to get on Nick’s bad side. We move on to our main topic of the show and that is us talking about the second half of 2025 in gaming. What does the more defined gaming landscape look like and what games are we excited for? We then move into Jon’s review of Machine Game’s Indiana J...

Our recording schedule may be turbulent but we are back to talk about video games with you. We start off on the discussion on the unfortunate layoffs at Xbox that caused the cancellation of Perfect Dark and Everwild. To ease the pain, PlayStation is bringing the surprise hit of last year to Xbox. Nick gives his deep impressions of the latest Hideo Kojima game, Death Stranding 2. We then end on YOU...

Nick kidnaps Jon to force him to talk a lot about video games. We check back in on the Nintendo Switch 2 after a Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct. Marathon is delayed indefinitely so Nick and Jon debate who won their bet from Episode 138. Finally we cover the big 3 games of spring with a mix of both reviews and impressions of Indiana Jones, Doom and Expedition 33. A rare double play for our pod...

We are on the other side of “E3, Not E3” and oh my do we have a lot to talk about. What do Nick and Jon think of Resident Evil Requiem, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Atomic Heart 2, Keeper and all of the other titles shown over the past week? Listen to find out! We talk about all of the games and the showcases shown over the past week in this lengthy episode. Thanks for listening! Intro: Xbox Game...

We are back! What a week to be back as we head into a State of Play into a Nintendo Switch 2 launch into Summer Game Fest into a Xbox Games Showcase. So much happening in the span of 4 days! We try our best to cover and predict what we think will happen. If that wasn’t enough, Jon returns from riding a cyber dragon and gives his fairly deep impressions of the latest entry in the Doom franchise. Le...

We are 3 weeks away from the Nintendo Switch 2 and E3 “Not-E3” and give some early hopes. There have been a lot of unfortunate trends in gaming this year including the rise in price in both consoles and video games but a new trend is slowly emerging… and that is the rise of the $50 AAA video game. Get ready to rip and tear as we cover the reviews so far for Doom: The Dark Ages before Jon dives rig...

We take a surprise visit to Vice City as Rockstar both disappoints and delights in both delaying the game and releasing a new trailer. We give our impressions of nearly 3 minutes of GTA VI exposure. Unfortunately the trend of gaming getting more expensive as Xbox makes some changes to both its consoles and game pricing. I thought consoles got cheaper after 4 years? Speaking of Xbox, another flagsh...

A hot week in games leads us to have fresh impressions of the biggest releases over the past week. Nick has journeyed to both Cyroldil and Lumiere and gives his early impressions. Jon is reaching the end of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and feels comfortable reviewing it - did he like it? Finally, we answer your emails about the future of the Horizon franchise and a review of Death Stranding before the...

Note - due to copyrighted music, this is a reupload of Episode 138 without it. Do you want to play a game? We play with dice to determine the outcome of the show. We catch up on all the video game news - a new Star Wars game, Bungie reveals Marathon, Bethesda shadow drops one of its biggest games and Ghost of Yotei gets a release date. We end on talking about HBO’s The Last of Us. Does the show me...

Do you want to play a game? We play with dice to determine the outcome of the show. We catch up on all the video game news - a new Star Wars game, Bungie reveals Marathon, Bethesda shadow drops one of it's biggest games and Ghost of Yotei gets a release date. We end on talking about HBO’s The Last of Us. Does the show meet our lofty expectations after playing the game? Our longest episodes yet! Th...

We continue our discussion of the Nintendo Switch 2 - what has made Jon go from hot to cold? Is he still a fan of FromSoftware? That leads us to YOUR email on the cost of video games. We then catch up on a lot of games. Nick has completed and reviews Death Stranding. Jon and Nick check out some upcoming game demos. Finally Nick is patrolling Detroit in the video game based on the RoboCop franchise...

Nintendo Switch 2 details are all out there! Listen to Nick and Jon as they talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 date, price, game price and launch lineup. We go through all the details of not one, but TWO Nintendo Directs. We cover all of the big announcements, including Marvel Cosmic Invasion, The Dustbloods, Donkey Kong Bonaza and so much more. Thanks for listening! Intro: Nintendo Direct: Nintendo...

We are hyped for not one but TWO Nintendo Directs occurring between this Episode and Episode 136. We get our final thoughts and opinions on what Nintendo has up its sleeve for the next week. Jon has finished the book on Alan Wake II and reviews it as well as teams up with his son for Split Fiction. Nick sticks to his word and gives Death Stranding another try (the last time was Episode 3 of this s...

Psst! Come over here! We have some juicy rumors to fill you in on. Jason Blundell, of Call of Duty: Black Ops fame, forms a new PlayStation First Party Studio. The next entry in Resident Evil is supposedly another massive shift for the franchise. In the news, PlayStation forms a partnership with People Can Fly to work on a PlayStation intellectual property. Finally, Nick gets lost in the indie hit...

We are back! Nick has been gone awhile so Jon catches him up on everything that has happened since he was gone including some BIG NEWS involving Hollow Knight. Two big trailers were released over the weekend. The first is an epic 10 minute trailer for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and we break down everything in the astonishing, albeit very bizarre, trailer. The second trailer is for the upcomin...

Another week leads to another devastating week for video games. Another live-service game gets eulogized and Warner Bros closes 3 studios, including Monolith Productions, who has created some all time great video games. We then move on to other topics: Fable moves to 2026 and we answer YOUR email about playing video games on an airplane. We wrap things up with some Elden Ring: Nightreign discussio...

We gather today in the hangover of a State of Play to eulogize yet another live service game death. After we give our condolences we then get into the internet drama of the week. Nick is on the cusp of upgrading his TV to an OLED so Jon gets him hyped by talking about the best video games for an OLED TV. Nick has completed and reviews the funny but underwhelming High on Life. We also read YOUR ema...