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It’s a real rollercoaster of gaming experiences this week as we talk through our thoughts on the latest games including Atomic Heart, Octopath Traveler II, Sons of the Forest, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, and more! 3:10 Atomic Heart 30:38 Octopath Traveler II 56:02 Sons of the Forest 58:17 Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe 1:02:13 Redemption Reapers 1:07:20 HBO’s The Last of Us - Episode...

There are SO many games to talk about this week, so let’s jump right in! 1:45 Hangman: Video Game Edition 9:50 Like a Dragon: Ishin! 26:38 Wild Hearts 53:55 Theatrhythm Final Bar Line 59:37 Wanted: Dead 1:11:21 Blanc 1:18:05 Tales of Symphonia Remastered 1:21:34 Returnal (PC) 1:26:23 Pharaoh: A New Era 1:28:03 HBO’s The Last of Us (Episode 5) 1:43:29 Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania | Current s...

Hogwarts Legacy has arrived and boy howdy do we love it! We spend a lot of time talking about our first few hours with the game as well as Metroid Prime Remastered, our expectations for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The Last of Us episode 4, more thoughts on Hi-Fi Rush and Fire Emblem Engage, and a host of headlines including the latest Nintendo Direct! 1:49 Hogwarts Legacy 47:23 Metr...

This week we take a look at the hundreds of ‘2022 Best Game of the Year’ picks across the industry and identify the most tryhard selections in our new Tryhard Tracker segment. Also, we talk about a few small new games, the latest episode of The Last of Us on HBO, and a ton of headlines. 1:14 Hogwarts Legacy preview hype 7:00 Tryhard Tracker - Most Tryhard 2022 GOTY picks in the industry 32:15 Inku...

Be sure to go subscribe to the Current Cinema Podcast! https://anchor.fm/currentcinema You can find us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. Video versions available on Spotify and YouTube.  Welcome to Current Cinema Podcast, a spin-off of Current Gen that dives way deeper into movies, hosted by Jeff and Kyle from the main CG show! This week, Jeff recaps his expe...

2023 is off to a hot start as January closes with 3 major game releases: Dead Space, Forspoken, and Hi-Fi Rush. We give our spoiler-free impressions of all 3 games as well as the latest episode of The Last of Us on HBO. We talk about much more, so check out the time stamps below for details. 1:20 “Never Have I Ever…” (video game edition) 7:35 Dead Space 24:52 Goldeneye 64 29:42 Hi-Fi Rush 41:05 Fo...

Be sure to go subscribe to the Current Cinema Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. Video versions available on Spotify and YouTube. Welcome to Current Cinema Podcast, a spin-off of Current Gen that dives way deeper into movies, hosted by Jeff and Kyle from the main CG show! This week, we touch on the 2023 (95th) Oscar nominations, then review Dual, Sometimes...

The first big game of 2023 has arrived in the form of Fire Emblem Engage. The crew talks about their early impressions of that game as well as their thoughts on the premiere of HBO's The Last of Us. Also, Microsoft and Xbox seem to be dealing with quite a bit of drama early in the year, so we talk about that along with other major headlines in the industry and other games we are playing. 2:36 Fire...

Be sure to go subscribe to the Current Cinema Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. Video versions available on Spotify and YouTube. Welcome to Current Cinema Podcast, a spin-off of Current Gen that dives way deeper into movies.   In our first episode, Jeff and Kyle cover recent releases such as Women Talking and Triangle of Sadness, and older releases su...

2022 Game of the Year Debates (Part 3) It’s the most wonderful time of the year: GOTY debates! We will talk about a variety of Game of the Year categories over the next few episodes. 2:56 Best Remaster or Re-Release 15:30 Best Exploration or Open World 28:12 Best Music 1:48:53 Favorite TV Shows 2:06:35 Best Overall Games of 2022 We are on YouTube! Check out the video version of the podcast (includ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: GOTY debates! We will talk about a variety of Game of the Year categories over the next few episodes. 1:35 Best Visuals 1:16:47 Most Addicting Games 1:25:00 Best Performances (Voice Acting and/or motion capture) 2:03:08 Favorite TV Shows 2:12:50 Best Combat We are on YouTube! Check out the video version of the podcast (including more specific time stamps)...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: GOTY debates! We will talk about a variety of Game of the Year categories over the next few episodes. 1:14 Quick Hits & Headlines 7:10 Game of the Year Debates - THE RULES 10:18 Best Consoles / Platforms of 2022 28:30 Best Small or “Non-AAA” Game of 2022 1:35:34 Best “Swimming in 7s” Game (i.e. best under 80 on Metacritic) 1:49:12 Best Story or Narrati...

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and High on Life are the major new games of the week that we discuss in addition to the Witcher 3 update, Blacktail, and the highly anticipated movie: Avatar: The Way of Water. We also dive into a full preview for gaming in 2023 based on what we know right now. 3:10 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion 18:42 High on Life 35:45 Blacktail | Wavetale | River C...

We talk about some recent games we’ve been playing including the Forspoken demo, Neon White, and Valheim’s new Mistlands update. 0:40 Chained Echoes 3:00 Forspoken (demo) impressions 16:55 Emancipation (movie) 24:47 Valehim - Mistlands update 30:35 God of War Ragnarok - more thoughts 36:00 Bayonetta 3 | Mario + Rabbids 37:09 Food talk 37:50 Vampire Survivors 43:44 Neon White 56:12 Marvel’s Midnigh...

In this episode, it’s all about The Game Awards. We talk about the winners, our prediction results, the MANY announcements, and our highlights & surprises of the evening. We are on YouTube! Check out the video version of the podcast (including more specific time stamps) along with other videos on our Current Gen Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CurrentGenPodcast Each week, the Curren...

We’ve got games and movies to discuss as the first few days of December have already delivered a ton of new stuff for us. Marvel’s Midnight Suns, The Callisto Protocol, Need for Speed Unbound, Willow, and Violent Night headline a ton of other content we’ve been diving into. We are on YouTube! Check out the video version of the podcast (including more specific time stamps) along with other videos o...

We make our predictions for who will win the Game Awards 2022 major categories and then dive into games & movies including Evil West, Star Ocean, Gungrave, Knives Out 2, GOTG Holiday Special, and more! 2:00 More games to catch up on in 2022 & Callisto Protocol preview 5:12 The Game Awards - Predicting the Winners 47:45 God of War Ragnarok 49:50 Evil West 58:00 Derek loves 8K 1:02:55 Star O...

Obsidian’s latest game takes a very different turn than what you might be used to from that dev, but it’s a breath of fresh air. Pokemon, on the other hand, isn’t feeling as fresh with its major performance issues. Is the core game fun enough to overcome the tech struggles? Also, we talk about the nominees for a number of Game Awards categories and how our predictions fare. Other games/movies we d...

KRATOS. SONIC. GEOFF KEIGHLEY. That’s the gaming holy trinity, right? No? Well in any case, that’s the focus of our episode this week as we spend the first hour or so talking about God of War Ragnarok. Then we talk about more games & movies like Sonic Frontiers, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and more! 3:37 God of War Ragnarok impressions (spoiler-free) 1:00:51 Sonic Frontiers 1:09:38 The Gam...

Game Pass has some gems that are worth a look, and we’ve been playing more Gotham Knights, Resident Evil 8, and retro streaming with Dan. Also, Kyle may or may not be dead. We don’t know. 0:20 Most Re-watched TV Shows 2:09 Kyle Might Be Dead 3:30 Tim dealing with real life adult stuff 6:25 The Banshees of Inisherin (movie) 12:14 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (movie) 18:46 Enola Holmes 2 (movie) 24:...

WE DID SOME DIGGING. (Listen and you’ll get it) We’ve finally gotten a chance to play Bayonetta 3 as well as the new Resident Evil 8 Village DLC, Marvel Snap, Call of Duty multiplayer, and a lot more! 2:20 Bayonetta 3 19:27 Resident Evil 8 - new DLC 30:05 Star Ocean: The Divine Force 33:33 Persona 5 Royal 36:24 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II 44:55 A Plague Tale: Requiem 51:39 Gotham Knights 1:17:...

The deluge of games has begun, and we do our best to give you impressions of the major games & headlines this week! Timestamps below: 0:27 A few superhero video game memories 2:45 Final Fantasy XVI - new trailer impressions 15:30 Microsoft Layoffs | More Activision Acquisition Drama 18:22 Spider-Man 2 on track for 2023 | Sonic Frontier Expectations 21:12 Splinter Cell Remake director left | Cy...

We talk about our impressions of Scorn, Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, and the new movie, Halloween Ends. We think one is great, one has great style but is pretty niche, and one is absolute trash. Listen to find out which is which! Here’s a full breakdown of what we discuss this week: 0:27 Derry Girls 2:29 History of Video Games Quiz 20:16 Scorn 32:06 Unusual Findings 37:15 Trifox 43:00 Asterigos:...

We are officially past the 75% mark for the calendar year, which means it’s time to take a look at how things are shaping up for the Game of the Year debates for 2022. We go through a big list of games already out in 2022 and a number that are slated for release over this last quarter and decide which games are Contenders and which are Pretenders. Also in this episode: Overwatch 2, Werewolf by Nig...

Kyle & Jeff got their Steam Decks, so they share their impressions of the hardware as well as the games that do (and don’t) work well. Also, we talk about a few recent games & movies including Moonscars, Despot’s Game, Valkyrie Elysium, Bros, Greatest Beer Run Ever, and a lot more! 0:30 - Dapper Chocobo visits the show 4:20 - Bullet Train 7:14 - History of the Sitcom 14:12 - Everything Eve...