Chamberlain and Chance

Apologies to all his fans, but Alex is not here this week. He is busy making, as the kids say, fat stacks. Instead you have two old men talking about games! How enthralling. Chance is still playing Elden Ring, making a reputation for himself as a savior and helper. And Chamberlain finished up Rogue Legacy 2, the new LEGO Star Wars and Trek to Yomi. Two of these were actually good, the third he mak...

What you have here is the rarest of Chamberlain Chance and Alex episodes. It is a episode to be treasured, put up on a shelf, and listened to only on the most special of occasions. To do so more often would not diminish its specialness, but it would make just about anything else you do in life much less enjoyable. Appreciate the majesty of Alex having the intro.

Fear not! After a week's forced hiatus Chamberlain, Chance and Alex have returned! Chance is no longer playing Elden Ring, he is living Elden Ring, having taken up residence in a specific area and assisting any and all who summon him. Bonus internet points to any listener who gets him in to a game. Alex has returned to Mass Effect Andromeda and is playing it the way it was meant to be played: at m...

Chamberlain here. It is with all seriousness that I must place a trigger warning on the first twenty or so minutes of this week's episode. Not for us being crude, or using bad language or me having bad opinions, because those things all do happen and we are unironically proud of all of them. No, real life intrudes on my friend Chance, and Alex and I wish him the best, but it might be a bit rough t...

Chance would like to make it VERY CLEAR that he did not noy enjoy invading other players' games in Elden Ring. He killed them, honorably of course, just to see how it felt. It felt hollow, so he returned to the hero role. Alex has gotten past the boring part of Tiny Tina's Wonderland, the game, and found the best part, the endgame. And Chamberlain is still having a difficult time dealing with Tiny...

Chamberlain returns and work has been done, at least work in video games, which totally counts as work. Grid Legends, Kentucky Route Zero, the excellent Young Souls and the Tiny Tina vehicle that really is just Borderlands with the thinnest possible coat of fantasy spread on top. Sorry Alex, it's just Borderlands again. Chance is here, because he is the rock of this podcast, and he is still findin...

The title is a true statement that cannot be refuted. This does not necessarily mean that everyone loves Tiny Tina, but they should. Also this week, Chamberlain is missing (he was in Nashville and avoided the Grand Old Opry for reasons), Chance and Alex play a little more Elden Ring and no one gets slapped. Sorry to dash your hopes on that one. 

Chamberlain returns! In his absence he finished Horizon Forbidden West, which he doesn't spoil anything about, and played Infernax, a nifty little indie that is the perfect after dinner mint to sixty plus hours of machine slaying. Chance and Alex? They are still playing Elden Ring, but they both made time in their schedule to watch Turning Red, so that is some new media to discuss. Chance played s...

Chance and Alex love Elden Ring so much that they decide to marry it. Invitations will be sent out. Gifts will be registered for. A hall will be rented. And once the guests arrive and the music begins to play Elden Ring will leave them at the alter, crushing their dreams, with nothing but a 'git gud' as it passes the church doors. They will of course pursue it, but only to get back the deposit on...

ELDEN RING. Elden Ring. ElDeN RiNg. Elden Ring? Elden Ring, Elden Ring. Elden Ring; Elden Ring - Elden Ring. "Elden Ring," Elden Ring. Horizon Forbidden West. Elden Ring. The Ring of Elden. The Eldenest of Rings. 

You already know how this episode is going to go. Chamberlain is playing Horizon Forbidden West, is enjoying it, but has a few nit picky complaints. Surprise, he also managed to play 30 minutes of Elden Ring! No surprise, he hated it with ever fiber of his being. Chance and Alex stand in solidarity, naming Elden Ring as a potential game of the year, and have almost nothing bad to say about it. Gue...

Chance has declared in Elden Ring Eve, though he is having so much fun with Horizon Forbidden West that he almost feels bad about putting it down. For now. He will come back to it eventually, for sure. Chamberlain does not celebrate Elden Ring Eve for he is of a different faith, one that celebrates mediocrity and jank, meaning that he still hasn't finished Edge of Eternity. And Alex? He had to wor...

There is comfort to be found in jank, especially eurojank, an ersatz genre that Chamberlain has an ill advised fondness for. So he is still playing Edge if Eternity. In spite of its terrible crafting, bad voice acting, simple combat and general JRPG bloat he is having a good time and refuses to hear reason. Chance gave up Chamberlain's taste in games years ago, content to enjoy better things, like...

For the first time in many, many months Chamberlain, Chance and Alex are all playing the same thing at the same time: Dying Light 2. Or at least they were. Chamberlain uninstalled the game in disgust at around the hour and a half mark because of, well, reasons that make sense to him and no one else. He then ran home to a eurojank JRPG. Alex has chewed through two thirds of Dying Light 2 and has mo...

At time of recording Dying Light 2 was mere hours from launch and our heroes deal with the stress in different ways. Alex, being of sound mind and body, bought his fiancé a Switch so she can play Animal Crossing and then passed the time by looking at free games on the Epic Game Store. Chance, being of sound mind but not as sound a body, continues to play Overwatch, in spite of the player pool gett...

Chamberlin is here. He voice isn't but he is physically behind the mic. He suffered through the hushed whispers of Chorus to find the pretty good space shooter inside, then bounced off of Nobody Saved the World and settled on F.I.S.T.. Alex has proved himself superior to Inscryption, having finished in in a mode 8 times more difficult than the one that scared Chamberlain away. And Chance is trying...

Chamberlain here. I was asleep at time of recording. Not sure what the bug was/is but I am slightly better now and will certainly be better tomorrow. Thanks to Chance and Alex for making sure the show goes on. So Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. In the day since this was recorded Meat Loaf died. Bat Out of Hell was the first CD I ever owned, played loudly on the first boom box I ever owned. Godspeed, M...

January is usually rough for new games but the first two weeks of 2022 have been barren. Chamberlain is using the time to catch up on last year's not quite AAA games, finishing up Lost in Random, Kena, The Takeover and starting Chorus, none of which are amazing but are all better than a swift king to the fellas. Alex has started Last Epoch, a game guaranteed to make him go back to Diablo III. Agai...

Welcome to 2022, in which all the deferred gaming dreams of 2021 will come true! This means that Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2, STALKER 2, Breath of the Wild 2, God of War Ragnarök and Starfield will all come out AND will all be good, right? Chamberlain, Chance and Alex indulge this fantasy while catching up on last year's indies, replaying games from generations ago and f...

It wasn't easy, but Chamberlain, Chance and Alex are all in the same place at the same time and have managed to winnow down a year's worth of games to their top fives. The year was not as bad as any of them remembered but there is not the same level of agreement between them as past years. Is there fighting between them? Maaaaybe. You will have to listen to find out. At least one of Chance's top f...

The podcast continues to operate at one third power, this time with Alex missing, his presence required by the late stage capitalist machine (he had to work). In his week off Chamberlain finished Halo Infinite, which was okay, House of Ashes, which was not really a game, and started Guardians of the Galaxy, which really isn't much of a game, either, but is just fun to wallow around in. Chance watc...

Welcome to our fresh new host! Sorry this took a bit, but we have been scrambling on setting things up with a new host and have not worked all the kinks out yet. Enjoy Chance and Alex minus Chamberlain and we will see you again soon!

Prepare for the most disjointed episode  ever.  Not only is Alex not present due to technical difficulties but Chance and Chamberlain are attempting to record while watching the first hour of the Game Awards. Watch along while they deal with a 3 second difference between their streams!  Chamberlain has finished up Far Cry 6 and moved on to the scifi version, Halo Infinite, to mostly good results....

It's December and there are no new games. There is only the anticipation for new games and the nostalgia for old games. Unless you are Chamberlain. He didn't get enough of the UbiGame with Assassin's Creed Valhalla so his is submitting himself to Far Cry 6, in spite of his own admission of not liking it very much. Chance is still playing Metal Gear Solid 5. The game is still good, Quiet is still b...

Happy Thanksgiving (if you are in the US), and if you are Canadian, a general congratulations is in order. No Alex this week, he is busy doing important family (and future family) related things. Chamberlain is here, fighting the good fight in the hostile retail environs of the fourth quarter, so all he has to offer is some tiny progress in Far Cry 6 and the knowledge that Halo Infinite is going t...