Between The Joysticks

We are 12 days away from the launch of PSVR2 and at Defcon 2 so of course Sony has a showcase about it. No? Nintendo joins Microsoft in having a showcase? Really? Well we talk about that. By the time you listen to this another episode drops of HBO’s The Last of Us but we recap the last episode. Finally we have some fun with some Super Bowl related questions and Nick gets quizzed on video game char...

I am not crying, you’re crying! HBO’s The Last of Us takes a minor character from the game and uses his story to make the show standout from its source material. Jon and Nick talk about the latest episode and all of the video games news this week. Nick can no longer turn the lights off as he has played Resident Evil 2 and Dead Space back to back. Finally we get our controllers dirty as we talk abo...

HBO’s The Last of Us continues to ask the timeless question, do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield? Jon and Nick dive into the latest episode of the recently renewed show. Despite being a PlayStation podcast, Microsoft has an event instead of Sony and we talk about it. We also talk about the highly reviewed Dead Space and the poorly reviewed Forspoken. All this and much more in this w...

Jon and Nick have seen the first episode of Craig Mazin’s and Neil Druckmann’s new show and gush about it. We also worry about Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad video game and well… ALL of Ubisoft. Finally we reminisce about Co-op games and get into the fantastic narrative game What Remains of Edith Finch. All this and much more in this week’s episode! Defcon level has been raised! Intro: What Remains of...

A podcast! About card games! Nick and Jon bring not one, but two card games. We talk about the new PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium games, Project Leonardo and listener emails. Finally we talk about the games we have been playing including The Last of Us Part 1, Inscryption and Marvel's Midnight Suns. All this and much more in this week's episode! Intro: The Last of Us Part 1 6 Things: - Email - P...

Happy New Year! 2023 is here and the gaming world looks to return to form. Jon and Nick navigate the year in games, adaptations and new hardware that is announced so far. We go into our most anticipated games and give our opinions on all the games announced so far. We wrap things up by making some predictions (with stakes) on what might happen this year. All this and more in this week's episode! I...

2022 is officially over! Nick and Jon wrap up the PlayStation Franchise Madness bracket and declare the one franchise to rule them all. We then move into our year in review and announce the winners of our 6 categories including Game of the Year. Finally we would like to thank all of you who joined us on this endeavor. We had such a fun time launching this podcast and we appreciate all of you who l...

Jon and Nick have been brought back from Hell to slay demons from Heaven as we gush about the game Neon White and touch on a few other games that we have been playing. We also ask Santa to put some things under the tree for us that would enhance our gaming setups. Finally, we spend time whittling down to the last two games of our Franchise Madness bracket. All this and much more in this week’s epi...

What?!?! A 2 hour long podcast?!?! We return to the format of the show for our longest podcast yet! This is mainly due to us closing the book on God of War: Ragnarok and Jon having an epic rant about Microsoft and the purchase of Activision Blizzard that the FTC is not too keen on. We also have time to tackle the games we have been playing, Forspoken and Kena: Bridge of Spirits. This and TONS of c...

We are back to give you the hottest take on Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards. What didn’t happen in this show? Jon’s most anticipated game gets announced, star studded actors are showing up everywhere and we got tons of actually good “World Premieres” to chat about. Microsoft and Xbox are nowhere to be seen but they had a rough day. We talk about all of the awards and announcements in this week’s...

What?!?! A late podcast?!?! Due to some meddling by THE WHEEL we had to record later than expected. Don’t worry though as we record our longest podcast yet! This is mainly due to us hashing out our Top 10 PS5 games to recommend for the console. We also dig into the PS Plus Essential games of December, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and share how we got our PS5’s in the first place. All this and much mo...

What?!?! An early podcast?!?! Due to the holiday week we are dropping the podcast early. We have a lot to be thankful for and we chat about it. We also talk about GOTY nominees Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok (again, sorry). With the Game Awards coming up we also have some predictions as to what announcements will be at the event. I think that is it. Did I forget something…? Oh right THE WHEEL...

Fimbulwinter is here and the year is wrapping up but don’t worry we have the upcoming Game Awards and even more video games to keep our consoles on and our houses hot. We continue our PlayStation Pals franchise bracket and continue with our impressions on both Game of the Year nominees, A Plague Tale: Requiem and God of War: Ragnarok. All this and much more in this week’s episode! Intro: The Witch...

Okay. So we lied. The entire podcast is about Sonic Frontiers. No? Okay. Well we do spend some time talking about another big PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium update and then go deep into God of War: Ragnarok. We save the story spoilers for the very end. All this and much more in this week’s episode! Thanks for listening! Intro: God of War: Ragnarok 2 Things: - PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium Nov...

We are on the precipice of war and PlayStation comes out swinging this week. We have a release date and the price for PSVR2, a release date for HBO’s The Last of Us television show and God of War: Ragnarok is a masterpiece according to the reviews. We also got listener questions to answer! Yay! All this and much more in this week’s episode! Intro: Metal Gear Solid 6 Things: - EMAILS !?!?!?!? - PSV...

We finally slay our audio issues and embrace our new status as God of Audio by switching to a new recording method! Speaking of that, we revisit Kratos' previous adventures and speculate on his upcoming ones. We also talk about the big news items of the week, touch on the new release, A Plague Tale: Requiem and move on to the next bracket of our PlayStation franchise bracket in this week's episode...

Two classic Japanese horror franchises compete for our money and attention this week. We also get into all of the details of Sony’s pro controller, the DualSense Edge. We then wrap things up with some tales from visiting GameStop and move into the next region of our PlayStation franchise bracket. All this and more in this week’s podcast! Also Ellie stops by with a joke or two… Intro: The Last of U...

This podcast has been rated AO by the ESRB. You must be 18 and older to listen. We have a lot of M-rated content to cover including The Last of Us Part 1 and the Resident Evil franchise. It is also that time of the month for more PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium games. We talk about this and much more in this week's episode! Intro: The Last of Us Part 1 6 Things: - PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium...

You can skip the wait as this podcast has zero queue times! We talk about how THE WHEEL keeps turning on us, the newly launched PlayStation Stars, reminisce about all of our gruesome deaths in Dead Space, and celebrate Sucker Punch’s 25th birthday. All this and much more in this week’s podcast! Intro: Dead Space 2 6 Things: - PlayStation Stars - RUMOR: Horizon: Zero Dawn Remaster - State of Blizza...

As we inch closer and closer to a war with Asgard we take a look into what games we could be playing in October. Nick becomes a Cruise Director for spirits in Spiritfarer while Jon obeys the Wheel and tries to investigate a murder while battling his inner thoughts in Disco Elysium. We also discuss that amazing trailer for the upcoming HBO adaptation of the Last of Us. All this and much more in thi...

We woke up with amnesia… and thankfully forgot about all those conferences. Jon keeps playing so many new games that he has to turn to an unlikely ally to help him decide… THE WHEEL! While Jon leaves his video game future to chance we talk about the new Iron Man game from Motive, the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks and Uncharted’s upcoming 15th birthday in this week’s episode! Intro: Uncharted 2: Among T...

I’ve got good news and I've got bad news. Good news is that we got a Sony PlayStation showcase. The bad news is that it is a State of Play. We sunset the season of conferences by talking about the State of Play, Ubisoft Forward and Tokyo Game Show while checking out Netflix’s Cyberpunk anime series and a few games in this week’s episode! Intro: Far Cry 6 6.5 Things: - State of Play - Ubisoft Forwa...

There is still no showcase from Sony but don’t worry we have another showcase to talk about that fails to impress us. We talk about the Marvel & Disney Game Showcase, Sony purchasing a mobile developer and debate on the future relationship of PlayStation and Call of Duty in this week’s episode! Intro: Spider-Man 6 Things: - Marvel & Disney Game Showcase - Sony Acquires Savage Game Studios - Cyberp...

We are at Defcon 2 people! Announcement imminent! While waiting for that big showcase from PlayStation we talk about the games holding us off in the meantime including Cyberpunk 2077, Gran Turismo 7 and Saints Row. We also discuss one hell of a PlayStation Plus catalog update for September. Intro: Cyberpunk 2077 6 Things: - PlayStation Plus Essentials / Extra / Premium September Catalog Update - H...

Geoff Keighly was unable to wow us with any of the Gamescom Opening Night Live announcements but at least we are getting a new podcast from Hideo Kojima to listen to in our Pokemon themed Mini Coopers. We ditch the format to break down the PlayStation 5 price increase and all the news from this year's Gamescom. Intro: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 Breakdown: - PlayStation 5 Price Increase - Gam...