Between The Joysticks

We have dueling demos this week as a classic Ubisoft franchise returns with The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and the other JRPG of February, Granblue Fantasy: Relink (Not to be confused with the fighting game, like someone on this show did). We give our impressions of both. We have to wait until 2025 for the next season of The Last of Us but we have some big casting announcements to discuss. F...

Jon and Nick have both spent time in Valhalla and completed it so they take the time to review the surprisingly story heavy God of War Ragnarok DLC. It has been 6 months since we revisited our Top 10 PS5 games and it is time we make some replacements. We then continue our coverage of 2024 by taking a look at all the games vying for our attention in the first 3 months of 2024. Finally we of course...

2023 is over and now we look into 2024. Will this year be an even better year for gaming than last year? We talk about our most anticipated games of the year and do our best to remove the fog of war around 2024 and predict what might happen. Jon has gotten his hands on a PlayStation Portal and we get to hear what he and our listeners have to say about Sony’s bizarre new handheld. Nick has survived...

This is it. 2023 can be widely considered one of the greatest years of gaming and the PlayStation Pals look back and talk about the good, the bad and so much more. With that done we go into all 9 of our GOTY categories. All of the big outlets have released their winners but what do THE PlayStation Pals think of it all? Tune in to find out! Thank you all for listening to our first full year of the...

You played a lot of video games in 2023. But how much exactly? We dig into your year-end wrap-ups and spill all the dirty details on how you spent 2023. How is that Last of Us multiplayer project doing? Not good? Oof that is a bummer and we talk about it. Finally we touch on the “Official” death of E3 and on the return of our Video Game Character Battle Royale! Thanks for listening! Intro: Alan Wa...

The biggest night in gaming has come and gone and The PlayStation Pals hot off their reaction video have finalized their thoughts on the entire show. What did we think of the winners and losers of the award show? Did Spider-Man 2 get snubbed? We also touch on most of the “World Premieres” shown off at the show. You can find out which ones got us all hot and bothered. All this and much more in this...

THE GRAND THEFT AUTO 6 TRAILER IS HERE. I cannot believe it. You better have watched it. We return to Florida to get a glimpse of what Rockstar Games' next entry in the biggest franchise ever will look like even though we will have to wait for it. In more news we have the next big television adaptation, Fallout, getting a trailer. Fortnite is making some new game modes developed by some historic d...

The podcast gets taken over by its rivals, The Xbox Chums. So I hope you are ready for a lot of Xbox talk. This is mainly due to us discussing the week in news for Microsoft and the Xbox as things look dire. The Xbox Chums believe it is the darkest before the dawn as they look at ways Microsoft can improve the Xbox brand and console sales while debunking the theory of an “Xbox Tax”. After that we...

What if I told you depending on how you listened to this podcast you would unlock different endings? Would that be exciting or stress you out? It is a podcast so that does not happen but it does happen in the video game world and some of the best games over the past few years have different endings based on your in game choices. We talk about it. We also talk about that game we predicted just last...

You would think in a week where we finally got all of The Game Awards nominees that nothing could top that in this week of news, but two stories are wild enough that we barely believe it. We have confirmation that a Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer is coming and Nintendo is making a live-action The Legend of Zelda movie. No joke! We talk about that and predict what “World Premieres” will show up and tea...

The PlayStation Pals are suited up and swinging into your ear drums to give you a SPOILER HEAVY discussion of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. What did we think about the events of the story? Were any of our predictions correct? Finally and most important question - which suit is the best? Find all that out and more as we look into the future of the franchise from here. Thanks for listening! Intro: Marvel’s...

Would you kindly listen to this episode of PlayStation Pals? We are not visiting Rapture this episode but both the Pals are going deep underwater this episode. Nick has swam to the depths of Cauldron Lake to get to the bottom (and ending) of Alan Wake 2 and reviews it. Jon is busy diving to keep Bancho happy in the indie hit, DAVE THE DIVER. Finally the Pals made some bold predictions at the begin...

The PlayStation Pals have both beaten Spider-Man 2 so we spend a lot of time gushing about the game, spoiler-free. Nick has gotten stuck in The Dark Place and shares his early impressions of Alan Wake 2. With the slate of big releases cooling down, we can finally talk about the 6 games we think will be nominated for the coveted Game of The Year. Finally we have a battle between two of the pretties...

You have heard about what others think of Spider-Man 2 but what do your resident PlayStation Pals think? We are in a video game renaissance right now but we cannot help looking into what the next big games are from the big 3 console makers. Finally our Video Game Character Battle Royale rages on and we also talk about a few games that we squeezed in before we started swinging around New York. All...

We are on the cusp of swinging around New York and we get into the hype of it all by talking about both the reviews and our predictions for the imminent Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Sony is updating the design of the PlayStation 5 and we have thoughts on it. Nick has performed surgery on his PS5, listen to find out if it was a success or not. Finally we continue our Video Game Battle Royale. Who came ou...

We really appreciate you listening to us week by week but the PlayStation Pals need more - announcing our new Battle Pass! We are now going to monetize the podcast every month after you pay an initial fee and please also spend money on our microtransactions! Not really but we discuss the video game industry - the layoffs, the drive to be the next big live service game, development costs and much m...

Our Video Game Character Battle Royale continues as we announce the results of last week’s bout, defend two more combatants and announce the future match ups. Nick returns to Cyberpunk 2077 to get lost in tactical espionage action in the expansion, Phantom Liberty. Jon has finished the fight as a Solstice Warrior and completed Sea of Stars and reviews it. Finally Jon and Nick revisit both their Pl...

Many will enter but who will come out on top? You decide! Jon and Nick are given fighters to champion from the realm of video games and give their arguments on why they should come out on top. Microsoft, coming off a big win with Starfield, had a horrible week when they mistakenly uploaded internal documents publicly. CD Project Red finishes their redemption arc with Cyberpunk 2077 as the new 2.0...

The PlayStation Pals were right. Not 24 hours after talking about the possibility of a State of Play we got one! Nick and Jon talk about the competing showcases of September, the State of Play and the Nintendo Direct. Also some drama is following one of the most prolific game engines, Unity. We talk about it all and how it might affect some of your favorite current and upcoming games. Finally the...

Long time no see but even with a few days between podcasts and just 4 things Jon and Nick have a lot to talk about. We have dueling gigantic RPG’s as Nick updates us about his completion of Act 1 in BG3 and Jon talks about the reviews and internet discussion surrounding Bethesda’s return with Starfield. IGN is showing a lot of footage of Remedy’s Alan Wake 2 and it has gotten Nick excited to play...

The PlayStation Pals return for Season 2 with their longest podcast yet! This is mainly due to us catching you up on all the games Nick and Jon have played over the past month and also gushing about Sabotage Studio’s latest game, Sea of Stars. Nick has traveled to Faerun in Baldur’s Gate 3 and comes back overwhelmed. Jon pets Torgal and reviews Final Fantasy XVI. Finally, we catch up on all of the...

Nick gives a quick update on the status of the show and where it is going next. What will happen in Season 2 of PlayStation Pals? Will Jon embrace his dark side and become a fully fledged Xbox player? Tune in next month to find out! Questions or comments? Please send emails to playstationpalspod@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @PSPalsPod Subscribe to us on Youtube @PlayStationPals

We are moving formats to a Microsoft Xbox podcast because one of the co-hosts is a traitor. Since we are an Xbox show now we talk about one of the biggest Xbox releases of the year, Hi-Fi Rush. We also talk about PlayStation Blog’s article on the 13 unmissable games of the second half of the year. We determine if they are missable or not. Finally we go retro to discuss the original Sonic The Hedge...

We bring back an old favorite topic - the Defcon Level! You might think this is out of nowhere but Nick makes his case. Fall continues to look absolutely amazing for games with Armored Core VI and Sea of Stars making their own cases for why you should play them. Finally we are heavy with video game adaptations this week as both Twisted Metal and Resident Evil: Death Island are out and we share our...

San Diego Comic Con is here and influences a news heavy podcast. Spider-Man 2 shows off its story, Sony and Microsoft play nice over Call of Duty, Xbox removes Games With Gold and a rumored PlayStation 5 Pro kicks off the show. Finally we talk about the rise in AAA digital only releases and in our last segment, get into our underoos and rank all of the upcoming superhero video games on the horizon...