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It's Matt's month to choose the game, so we all played Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Truly one of the all time great games, and debatably FromSoftware's most thoughtful game. Unique and demanding combat and a challenging story that has us rethinking the "blessing" of immortality. Hosted by: @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bennybox427⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cutthemike⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠whatsyoureng...

The Comrades round up the major gaming news from February. Major tech and gaming companies flip-flop on DEI initiatives, EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes Dragon Age: The Veilguard should have stayed a live service game, Uncle Phil Spencer concedes the console war once and for all, and Sony had a State of Play that left most people thoroughly whelmed. Hosted by: @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bennybox427⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @...

The Comrades sit down to discuss season 2 of Arcane. Did it live up to the standard set by the stellar first season, which still holds our highest rating to date? For a show that invented lesbianism, it's sure got a lot going for it. Hosted by: @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bennybox427⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cutthemike⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠whatsyourengel⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Matt. Theme music by Nico ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/campaigncomrades

Ben, Matt and Mike talk about the Monster Hunter series in anticipation for the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Wilds. What makes these games so popular? What do we as players like and dislike about the co-op experience? How can I get myself a personal cat chef? Hosted by: @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠bennybox427⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠cutthemike⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠whatsyourengel⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Matt. Theme music by Nico ⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com...

It's the end of the month so it's time for the Comrades to round up the biggest and most exciting news stories. From announcements of new hardware to reported game cancellations, January was a surprisingly busy month. Hosted by: @ ⁠⁠⁠bennybox427⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠cutthemike⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠⁠whatsyourengel⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Matt. Theme music by Nico ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/campaigncomrades

What happens when you adapt an arcade game from the 1980's about giant animal monsters doing 9/11? A pretty entertaining movie featuring the Rock, that's what! Hosted by: @ ⁠⁠bennybox427⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠cutthemike⁠⁠ @ ⁠⁠whatsyourengel⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Matt. Theme music by Nico ⁠⁠patreon.com/campaigncomrades

In the first episode of the new year, Matt leads us in the inaugural episode of what we are tentatively calling: Campaign Chat Room, a more free flowing episode on a specific gaming related topic. For his episode, Matt chose to talk about the state of multiplayer gaming and his past as a reformed Overwatch player. Hosted by: @ ⁠bennybox427 ⁠ @ ⁠cutthemike⁠ @ ⁠whatsyourengel ⁠ Matt. Theme music by...

The Comrades wrap up 2024 with a nice little bow. We present to you the only game awards that matter, and we won't charge you a penny (iykyk). Ignore the family drama this holiday and stay gaming. Hosted by: @ bennybox427 @ cutthemike @ whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

It's Ben's month to pick the game! We all play 2022's indie rpg, Citizen Sleeper. It's a game about androids, capitalism, ordinary people, and most importantly: mushrooms. How would you survive in the crumbling ruins of corporate exploitation? Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

The Comrades bring together a grab bag of gaming news from the month of November. Elon Musk sticks his grubby little fingers in every gaming story, Xbox rolls out a brilliant new ad campaign, Sony intends to buy FromSoftware parent company (but only for the anime waifus), and the console war shifts to handhelds. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon....

The Comrades are really scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to video game adaptations with this one. What to say about the Angry Birds Movie? Well, for starters, it is deeply unfunny and will make your kid an anti-social weirdo. Surely this thing wasn't good/profitable enough to warrant a sequel... Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.co...

The Comrades volunteer for Project Armstrong. We look back at last year's surprise critical darling HiFi Rush and the rollercoaster ride for its developer Tango Gameworks. Let's get more weird and interesting games! Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

The Comrades bring you our favorite news stories from the month of October. Game Freak gets real freaky. The big publishers and platforms are still trend chasing. Studios surprised gamers want complete games. And more studio closures and shake ups. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

The Comrades sit down to watch the 2006 Silent Hill movie. Is it as bad as Rotten Tomatoes says it is? Is it a misunderstood masterpiece of adaptation storytelling? Or is it just a pretty mild stock horror film? Let's discuss. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

The Comrades dive under the sea to explore Rapture, the world of Bioshock and its layered political themes. Would you kindly rate and review the episode...5 stars only. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

Lots of news to cover for the month of September 2024. So many good games launched this month and we played a lot of them. Ubisoft is crumbling before our very eyes, the Palworld lawsuit is uniquely Japanese, and Sony PS5 Pro drama. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico patreon.com/campaigncomrades

Matt and Ben are own their own this week as they review the D&D movie: Honor Among Thieves. How does it work as an adaptation of a the classic tabletop experience? Does it stand up as a movie outside of all the obvious and more oblique references to the RPG? Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

The Comrade investigators finally get to the bottom of the lizard people's conspiracy. Will their fragile human minds survive under the stress of the mythos? Sorry folks, its a long one! Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

Andrew leads the chooms in this preem episode about Cyberpunk 2077. The game, which started out totally gonked, actually turned out pretty nova after years of updates. So grab your hottest iron, we're storming Arasaka Tower. Be sure to check out Episode 81 to hear our thoughts on the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

The Comrades bring you the hottest news of August 2024! GameStop has gone retro, Amazon Games picks a fight with the God of War, Bungie is imploding before our very eyes, and all sorts of exclusivity drama between Microsoft and Sony. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

In a show of solidarity and sacrifice for you, our dear listeners, the Comrades actually went out and saw the Borderlands movie. A bafflingly bad film with no redeeming qualities. An all time stinker to be sure. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

Our intrepid investigators return to infiltrate the inner circle of the nefarious Senator R.J. Brandon. What will they uncover? Will the lizard people feast on their flesh? Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

The Comrades reminisce about the overlooked gem of Guardians of the Galaxy, perhaps the best Marvel story written in the last ten years, and why it failed to meet Square's "commercial expectations." Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

It's the July gaming news round up! The Comrades dive into the current state of video game labor actions with the voice actor's strike and the new unions at Bethesda and Blizzard. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico

The Comrades rewatch the Detective Pikachu movie. Somehow Mr. Mime is more terrifying than previously believed. Hosted by: @bennybox427 @cutthemike @whatsyourengel Matt. Theme music by Nico