Dialogue Options-A Video Games Podcast

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Kyran talks about how much he enjoyed his evening at the Indie Symphony performed by Orchestra Victoria at Hamer Hall recently before diving into the Quest Log with some early impressions of Square Enix's latest mobile game, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, meanwhile Joel offers us his mixed feelings after a free weekend with Lego 2K Drive. Meanwhi...

Welcome back everyone! This week we were joined by Jesse to discuss From Software's latest smash hit Armoured Core 6: Fires of Rubicon and talk about our first impressions of the game. We also went in deep about the first proper look at Super Mario Wonder and what the Playstation Plus price hike means for our continued use of the service. Email:  enquiries@storymodegaming.com Story Mode AUS Yo...

Greetings listeners! Another year, another Gamescom Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley. We run through a majority of the headlines from the main show and pick a handful to focus on and offer our thoughts on the overall feel of the show after Geoff reminded everyone to keep their expectations in check last week. We also touch on some other news this week including the lay-offs at BioWare,...

Greetings listeners, On this week's episode of the show Kyran immediately lies by stating we have a lean Quest Log before proceeding to talk about Baldur's Gate 3 for nearly 30 minutes (and this is still only from being early on in the game's opening act) and Joel touches on a few of the titles he has been messing around with. Meanwhile over in our Bonus Round we run through the announ...

Greetings Listeners! It's time for a new episode of the Dialogue Options Podcast! This week, Kyran and Joel Talk Stray Gods: A Roleplaying Musical, Early impressions for Baldur's Gate 3 and Joel gives and update on his son's gaming adventures. We also break down a bunch of news from the week, including all the announcements from fighting game tournament EVO 2023! Email:  enquiries@stor...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we've got a Quest Log where Joel fills Kyran in on his latest deck-building roguelite addiction whereas Kyran gives some brief thoughts on Street Fighter VI's World Tour mode and goes on an audio adventure with some of the finest music in the world of video games in Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. Meanwhile we have a small Bonus Round where we ta...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show Kyran gives Joel his spoiler-free thoughts on Persona 3 Portable after finishing the re-released version of the PSP game for the first time and weighs it against his love of what Persona 3, 4, and 5 do best. Joel also checked out Fast and the Furious Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R for some reason. We also spend the start of the Quest Log tal...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show Kyran is back in better health and is here to give Joel his (mostly) spoiler-free thoughts on Final Fantasy XVI now that he has reached credits, all the while Joel is getting ever closer to rolling credits on his Tears of the Kingdom journey. Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we quickly move past Microsoft's victory after the FTC tried to...

Greetings Listeners! This week on the show, Kyran is taking a break so Joel has enlisted his wife Ashleigh to join him! Since The Sims 4 is getting a new Expansion Pack soon in the way of Horse Ranch, and since Ash is a big fan of the series, Joel sat down to get her thoughts on the new release, the franchise and the community around The Sims. They also broke down the Wholesome Games Direct 2023 f...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the podcast we spend a little too much time in the intro talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (since Kyran is re-watching them) before diving into a bit of a catch up Quest Log episode. Kyran fills Joel in on his time chasing Lilith through Diablo IV and enters into an end game grind that he isn't quite vibing with (but thankfully...

Greetings listeners, On this week's episode we break down the latest fashionably late Nintendo Direct that snuck in at the very end of a winter full of video game presentations. We run through all the games announced and talk about the ones that got us hyped, which means we definitely spend some time on Super Mario RPG and Super Mario Wonder (plus Kyran gets a bit annoyed at how brief Nintendo...

Welcome Back Listener! This week we checked out the demo for Final Fantasy XVI, and we couldn't do this one without getting our good friend and Number One Yoshi P fan Simon on to discuss what we played! We also broke down the Ubisoft Forward presentation in a fun round of Dope or Nope (And yes, we did talk about that Avatar game, much to Joel's distain). If you want to reach out to us feel...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Joel and Kyran are joined by Jesse to try and wrestle with the latest announcements and updates from 2023's Summer Game Fest kick off hosted by Geoff Keighley. The only way to do it was to force all of the games into the Dope or Nope arena, so come with us on a journey to try and get through this episode in one piece. We also make some time at th...

Greetings listeners, On this week's episode of the show Joel's been consumed by his need to catch up on Succession so witness one of the greatest shows to have graced our screens, so Kyran is bringing his Quest Log along for the show. Kyran tells Joel about the two demos he checked out, Alone in the Dark's prologue and Amnesia: The Bunker, and gives Joel the low down on whether or not...

Greetings listeners, On this week's episode of the show we've got a big ol' PlayStation Showcase to break down. To make the process a bit easier we turn it into a Dope or Nope and run down the list, apologies if we skip over a game that interested you but there was so much stuff we had to be a bit brutal for the sake of having an episode that wasn't over two hours! There were so ma...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we dive into our early thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (which Kyran talked about pretty extensively on Story Mode this week) from our very own Joel McDonald and very good friend of the show Broderick Gordes. Join us as we gush about what might very well be the new best game of all time, talk about how we find the opening hours a...

Greetings listeners! This week's episode is all about one thing, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Joel and Kyran are joined by Simon to geek out over what little we know about the highly anticipated sequel to 2017's smash hit that redefined open world games. We touch on things we hope to see carried over from the original game into the sequel, talk about the new abilities that Ni...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Joel and Kyran come together to give their (pretty immediate) impressions on the freshly dropped demo for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, it's a pretty short experience that we absolutely recommend checking out if the idea of a musical RPG sounds like something you'd be into. Kyran has also been spending a little time with HoYoverse'...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Jesse joins Joel and Kyran to work through a stacked Quest Log. Jesse offers up early hype for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and goes in depth on his love for DREDGE, Joel has been checking out Resident Evil 4 Remake and the Street Fighter 6 demo, and Kyran has been consumed by Xenoblade 3 once again with the Future Redeemed DLC. Additionally we have a sm...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show it's Joel's dream come true! We've got a new Indie World from the folk over at Nintendo to break down. Through the Bonus Round we'll cover a long list of cool and weird looking indies including titles like Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, Mineko's Night Market, and Rift of the Necrodancer plus new content coming to Cult of t...

Greetings listeners, This week on the show we've got a lean Bonus Round where we say our fond farewells to Media Molecule's Dreams as it wraps up after three years of support (the game will still function mostly, but Media Molecule is officially moving on to something new so there'll be some changes to how it functions you can read about here ), we wonder just what the hell Rocksteady&...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show Kyran and Joel kick things off with some spoiler-free thoughts on the recently released Super Mario Bros. Movie, you'll no doubt hear us talk about in more depth in the near future. Over in the Quest Log we've been spending some time with Black Salt Games' DREDGE, a fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Kyran keeps t...

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Joel and Kyran are back to fill out another Quest Log, this time documenting their collecting loot and killing monsters in the incredible addictive Diablo 4 open beta, plus some early impressions of the incredibly charming Tchia. Meanwhile in our Bonus Round we lament the loss of E3, talk about some of its highs and reminding ourselves that the ESA d...

Greetings listeners! We're back with another episode, this time Joel and Kyran are joined by Simon to play some Dope or Nope and then dig into some Nintendo speculation. In Dope or Nope we talk about the crumbs given to us by IO Interactive about their upcoming James Bond game, Joel gets excited about Lego 2K Drive (a freshly announced Lego racing game), Insomniac's Spider-Man 2 potentiall...

Greetings listeners! A bit of a weird episode this week with both Joel and Kyran recording in the same room, so if things sound a bit off it's because we're trying to feel out this temporary set up. We've both played the new demo for Resident Evil 4 Remake and even though the full game is just around the corner we couldn't help but find some time to talk about. Meanwhile in the Bon...