Chamberlain and Chance

Attention listeners! This is week two of our God of War Ragnarök coverage, meaning open spoilers for approximately the first twenty hours of the game. Ye be warned! Non spoiler reactions are as follows: it's still really good, perhaps one of the best games of the year. Kratos continues to develop, Atreus gives him teenage level sass and (redacted's) vocal performance has actually improved.  A...

Welcome to Ragnarök, or Fimbulwinter, or the time of year that AAA games emerge to dominate leisure time and pocket books alike. You know, not quite the end times but still not great, like late stage capitalism. But Chamberlain and Chance have the cure, and that cure is hitting things with an axe until they stop moving, then hitting them once more for good measure. Spoilers for God of War Ragnarök...

Fans will do desperate things to pass the time while waiting. God of War Ragnarök arrives in less than a week. Since sleeping for weeks on end is not an option, Chamberlain played New Tales from the Borderlands to save anyone else the trouble. Believe it or not, it is worse than you have read. Alex found I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, something nice and new for his Steam Deck. And Chance played Over...

Everyone knows that the internet is for lists and arguing. Chamberlain, Chance and Alex bring their top four horror games to the fight, but there are no fisticuffs. No, there is a surprising amount of agreement that you need to hear to believe. Also this week: Chamberlain is bad at Overwatch, Alex is passable at Final Fantasy XII and Chance is unnervingly good at Darkest Dungeon 2. 

Chamberlain is beside himself with anticipation. Konami and Capcom made announcements, one day apart, on the Silent Hill and Resident Evil franchises. On top of that, he is playing two good games at the same time: Black Book and Plague Tale: Requiem. Men do not deserve such bounty. Chance has settled into the new Overwatch grind: enjoying the gameplay and being disappointed with everything else. T...

Week three of the Steam Deck and Alex is still in love. He takes it work, hides it under his desk, playing games from his library of shame at any and every opportunity. Hot tip: Red Dead Redemption 2 doesn't work, Cyberpunk does and Ubisoft titles are to be avoided. Week 1.5 of Overwatch 2 and all of Chance's problems have been solved right up until they nerfed Zenyatta. He's not salty, he just pl...

Overwatch 2 has been out for two days. If you have the patience of a saint, or Chance, then you just might have played it. Chance has played three matches since release and had the play of the game in two of them, so if nothing else his skill has not been diminished by Blizzard's wanton buffoonery. Chamberlain refuses to wait in a virtual line to play a game he is bad at so instead he finished up...

Chance has been passing his pre-Overwatch 2 hours with a series of difficult games, highlighted by Tunic, a game that is just as cute as it is punishing, and Darkest Dungeon 2, a game whose developers take pleasure in finding new ways to torment players. Chamberlain is not very good at videogames. He played Prodeus on medium, had a wonderful time, and is button mashing his way through Soulstice be...

Apologies in advance. Chamberlain and Chance are quite powerful, almost mystically so, but they could not prevent storms in Alex's vicinity from stealing his internets prior to the completion of this episode. Enjoy your time with him while you can, as he is still enjoying his time with Yakuza Like a Dragon. Chamberlain finished Soul Hackers 2 (spoilers inside!) and is disappointed by how not insan...

It is true that there is very little new to play at the moment, but there were certainly a lot of videos of games that we will play in the future. Hopefully. Nintendo, Sony, Ubisoft and Capcom of all companies released a ton of information. If you love farming sims, Nintendo is there for you, along with some Zelda game. Ubisoft is making *gasp* more Assassins' Creed games and Capcom is, for the fi...

Chamberlain is excited! Someone on the internet, this time is was Crystal Dynamic, said the words 'Legacy of Kain.' This is more than enough to create false hope that will be surely be crushed. He knows this, does not care, and is hiding in Soul Hackers 2 to avoid any further questions. Alex remains firmly ensconced in Destiny 2. The fine, fine Bungie magic is too strong to let him go. And Chance...

Many months ago Alex fell in love with Inscryption. Chamberlain played it and did not, because he often times dislikes good things. Chance promised that, should Inscryption ever come out on console, he would purchase it. Once again, Alex was right. Chamberlain was at least smart enough to stop playing Saints Row, so he has that going for him. And Alex has combined Yakuza Like a Dragon with a stati...

GamesCom Live has come and gone, and if you were smart you did not watch it, opting for the trailers that were conveniently uploaded shortly thereafter. In them we learned that Dead Island 2 is a real game, that The Callisto Protocol may not be everything we hoped and that Where Winds Meet will directly support the Chinese government, but what are you going to do, not play it? Chamberlain is back...

Good lord, this is two days late. Just push it out and maybe no one will notice. They certainly won't be aware of Chamberlain's absence, as Chance and Alex are more than up to the task of filling in his usual contribution. Complain about something, be old, whine a bit, and done. Episode in the can. No if only someone else had access to the  podcast host...

Did you know it was possible to be entertained without pushing buttons? Chance spent most of his weekend exploring this strange, voyeuristic world with Prey, Sandman and Final Boss before returning to the fold of controllers with Red Dead Redemption 2 and Overwatch. Alex spent money on Destiny 2 and that means he is damn well going to play it and Chamberlain spent all of his free time watching peo...

Apologies in advance for this meandering episode, there is just not that much to talk about in the game world right now. Chance is still replaying Red Dead Redemption 2 and thinks that maybe, just maybe, he was a little too mean to it the first time around. Chamberlain got into a drunken fight with Live a Live, kicked it to the curb, and instead is playing a 21 year old game. And Alex spent money...

Chamberlain, Chance and Alex talk about cats! Not Stray, we covered that last week, this is the story of a stray cat and his misadventures. Far less importantly, games were played. Alex is doing God's work with his PS5 by finally playing through Spider-Man Miles Morales. Chance started a new character in Elden Ring, swearing it would be different this time, but she just ended up as a dual wielding...

This week we learn that pressing circle to meow, when coupled with an interesting if well worn post-humanity story, is more than enough to keep Chamberlain invested in a game. The cat shenanigans of Stray are not enough for Chance. He requires more to be amused, like sticking people with pulse bombs in a new game, or sticking people with pulse bombs in an old game. And Alex doesn't have the time t...

No one is immune to the relapse. Alex is back and has returned to Elden Ring, playing a build that he had previously called boring. Chance took a few moments away from the Overwatch 2 beta and put some time into God of War to make sure that he was still in the mood for Ragnarök, and he most certainly is. And Chamberlain spent money that was originally intended for video game accessories on luxury...

We have all been waiting for news on God of War Ragnarök, and we got it, sort of: a release date and 30 seconds of trailer. Chance was so upset by this that he had a bad day in the Overwatch 2 beta before realizing that changing the frame rate settings made things unplayable for him. Chamberlain was so upset by this that we walked away from a mediocre survival horror game with an archaic save mech...

It's Cuphead day, a day celebrated only by Chamberlain! Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course has arrived and has wasted no time reminding Chamberlain that he is not actually good at videogames, he just plays a lot of them. Alex is still lost in No Man's Sky, as it offers a cosmic respite from the dumpster fire of current events. And Chance is wreaking havoc in the Overwatch 2 beta, just not with Tra...

Chamberlain and Chance have both played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's revenge! One of them appreciated the shallow, kiddy pool approach and reveled in the nostalgia of arcade days long past. The other was disgusted by its lack of depth and character progression, giving up before finishing. Basically Chamberlain enjoyed the game for what it was and Chance disliked the game for what it was...

You aren't going to believe this (I almost didn't) but Chance did not play Elden Ring this past week. This does not mean that he is never going to play Elden Ring again, but he did flit about between a whole bunch of other titles, ending up on Grand Theft Auto V, of all things. Alex uses the almighty power of his PS5 to play Touchlight II again and Chamberlain finds himself in the uncomfortable po...

Chamberlain, Chance and Alex decide to collectively ignore terrible rumors about a very important game that is still VERY MUCH COMING OUT IN 2022 and instead go over the blasé mediocrity that was this year's Summer Game Fest - the not quite the Keighley's but still lots of world premiers, only mostly games that no one cares about. And Callisto Protocol, because holy cow, that looks really good. Ot...

You can blame Time Warner for our missed week (ask Alex, he will be back next time). Lots to catch up on, especially the Sony State of Play. Callisto Protocol is coming out this year! Street Fighter 6 really exists and actually looks good! Stray is coming out in a few weeks! PSVR2 fails to impress! The first salvo of not-E3 season has been fired and it was a good one. Oh, and Chance is still playi...