Dropped Frames

We made an executive decision on the spot and decided that Sundays will be our new show day! We then lock down our Game of the Year categories for our GOTY show on January 2, 2022 @1PM ET before moving on to the depressing news of the week such as ABK still on fire after a walk-out and a union busting e-mail, Sony exec fired after a sting operation exposed him and more. Then we spend the rest of t...

We have an announcement: We're moving to Sundays 1PM ET starting January 2, 2022 with our GOTY episode! The big news this week in the streamer world is Ludwig leaving Twitch for YouTube! What does that mean for the two competing streaming platforms and for other streamers and even viewers? Meanwhile Twitch is rolling out new tools to combat ban evasions. On the gaming side Zeke has been addicted t...

Cohh returns to catch us up on the life of a chicken owner, and also being a father. Then we weird story of Streamlabs as well as the bombshell investigation into Activision Blizzard & Bobby Kotick by the Wall Street Journal. We predict the winners of The Game Awards 2021 that are 100% correct. Then we talk about League of Legends lore, the surprise drop of Halo Infinite multiplayer and much more!...

The Elden Ring embargos are up so Maximilian joins us this week to chat all about it! What's different about Elden Ring compared to previous FROM Software souls games? What's the same? What's the deep lore on beach crabs? All that and more! Then in the back half we get in to the news of the week, streaming tech, as well as some of the other games we've been playing! See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Reporting in from England, GassyMexican joins JP and Zeke to contrast and compare various regional upscale supermarkets and convenience stores. Then we talk about the unexpectedly great Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy as well as the recently-released-into-early-access: Darkest Dungeon 2 and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Skinnedteen & Devolver Digital's SeriouslyClara join Zeke and JP to have a show all about indie games like the recently released Inscryption from Pony Island dev: Daniel Mullins. But first Elden Ring is delayed, God of War announced for PC, Persona 5 Royal rumors for Switch & Steam?! We also have lengthy discussions over the word "influencer" and what defines an Indie game in 2021. See omnystudio....

Maximilian_DOOD & JERICHO join us this week to talk about the Twitch leak that was all the rage last week. Then we get into a more in-depth review of New World and if it can last passed the initial release. Maximilian GUSHES over Metroid Dread and might be a GOTY contender for him, then lots of talk of Battlefield 2042 and the FPS competition this winter with CoD: Vanguard & Halo Infinite + more!...

Rami and Dodger join us this week to get right to the bottom of Hello Kitty. We then react to the ridiculous casting for the upcoming animated Mario movie & have a competition over IGN's GOAT tournament. Then we talk about Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Deathloop, and our first impressions of the MMO New World + more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is out on baby watch for a few weeks but we tagged in some ringers as JERICHO and GassyMexican join JP and Zeke for a catch-up on last week's Playstation Showcase. A bunch of rumored upcoming game delays are on the horizon, but which ones? Let the speculation begin! Then we get into our impressions on Deathloop, Life is Strange: True Colors, the Icarus beta, Tales of Arise and much more! See...

The big Playstation Showcase happens tomorrow (from the time of this upload) and there are surprisingly very little credible leaks coming out of the event. We try to make some educated guesses on what could possibly be shown (or not shown) before getting into how great Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We explain why Twitch streamers are in protest and how Twitch is failing them. Meanwhile, large Twitch streamers: Dr. Lupo and TimTheTatMan leave the platform for YouTube Gaming. After that we get into our glowing reviews of Psychonauts 2, our thoughts on the betas for Riders Republic & Icarus and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DansGaming joins us again for a stacked episode of games! But first Cohh has a lot of thoughts on the new Cyberpunk 2077 patch. Outriders devs don't know how much the game sold, our reactions to Pokemon Legends! We've been playing Voidtrain, Humankind, a bunch of mobile games (???) as well and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every few hours there seems to be another damning story about the work environment surrounding Activision Blizzard, we go through the timeline of events and wonder if they could even recover. New World delayed (again) and we go over the EA Play & Annapurna recent announcements. Then the games we've been playing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Strippin joins this week to give us some fresh perspectives on new games, because the rest of us haven't done much in a week! But first we talk about the updates to the new Twitch policies regarding DMCA! New Emotes! New World bricking GPUs, and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zeke took a 3 day "vacation" this last weekend AKA getting banned from Twitch. So he had a lot of free time to go outside and enjoy life. However, this opened up conversations about the lack of consistency with how Twitch handles bans. JP plays the DLC to Fire Emblem: Three Houses and it's hard! Cohh tried out a few games, but Final Fantasy XIV is all he can think about! See omnystudio.com/listene...

We're back with a very "normal" episode and teach you how to load a horse properly. Twitch has new follower & animated emotes. The pros/cons of the recent Twitch x Final Fantasy XIV collab event, Magic Legends shutting down before releasing. EFT has a new patch and wipe, Zeke has played a ton of great indie games, Cohh has played SCARLET NEXUS, and JP is back into Fire Emblem. See omnystudio.com/l...

In the first half, we chat about the latest news bits and rumors possibly a Dead Space remake? Then our impressions on Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, Ratchet & Clank and a charcuterie of demos from Steam Next Fest such as Death Trash and Terra Nil! Then XBOX's Phil Spencer joins us for a candid interview of all things XBOX, Game Pass & Snowboarding. BREAKING NEWS: Phils loves to shred. See omn...

We're back with a normal episode of Dropped Frames! We catch-up on some smaller news bits including more CDPR drama, the Steam Next Fest & ID@XBOX began offering first look demos on a ton of upcoming video games and much more. Then we get into the games we've gone through including The Last Spell, FF7R Intergrade (no spoilers!) Ratchet & Clank and many more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

E3 is imminent and who better to chat with than Rami Ismail? We go through each and every event planned over the next few days, what we expect, what we want, and obviously what we don't want! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DeeJayKnight joins us this week to give us the lowdown on what Elite Dangerous is and the new expansion that just released: Odyssey. But first Twitch clarified their policy on advertisements and particularly hot tub streams. They also rolled out a new stream tagging system that seems awesome but may be wide open to abuse. Afterwards we get the rundown on Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, our first impress...

Dan S. Gaming joins us on a very contentious week on Twitch. We dive into Twitch rolling out localized subscription prices. Continuing the Twitch news: Twitch demonetized popular streamer: Amouranth's ad revenue with zero communication. After that we get to the games: Subnautica Below Zero, Dan's thoughts on Returnal and Resident Evil Village, Zeke has been playing Demon's Souls for PS5, JP & Cohh...

Maximilian_DOOD joins us this week to bring us to Galaxy Brain Level 5 as we breakdown what actually happened in Returnal! But first: Playstation 5 supplies continue to be low, AAA games moving away from single-player games? Then we get into Resident Evil Village and why it may be the best RE game despite not being as scary as RE7. Also Guilty Gear Strive and how its netcode may reach a wider audi...

GassyMexican joins us this week to deep dive into the Apple vs. Epic Games trial currently happening as well as the behind-the-scenes information that it has given us about Sony. Then we do a non-spoilery review of Returnal; a game that we enjoy considerably. NieR: Replicant, Oddworld, and Cohh and Gassy sell JP and Zeke on Chivalry 2 plus much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

This week NorthernLion joins us to discuss the new expansion for Binding of Isaac and how an 8 year old game stays so fresh! Then in the back-half we react to the recent news of Jeff Kaplan's (from the Overwatch team!) sudden departure from Blizzard as well as the recent controversies surrounding Path of Exile over the weekend. Cohh has a revelation about Warhammer, and we dig in to some more indi...

This week Path of Exile expert: Zizaran joins us to go deep into the Path of Exile 2 reveal as well as all the wild changes coming in the new league: Ultimatum! There may also be some comparisons with Diablo 2: Resurrected, a game everyone has also played recently! Then we get in to some news and even more games we've played in the last week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.