Game Junk Podcast

For our 200th episode, we dip into the mailbag to answer a bunch of your questions including our top 5 gaming memories, favourite video game soundtracks, game design ideas that make us jealous and mindblowing moments that stand out as massive leaps forward for the medium.

We discuss the increasing popularity of PC gaming and how it might affect the future of consoles plus we also talk Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition, Botany Manor, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, #BLUD, Polimines and Red Dead Redemption.

We offer up reactions to all of the announcements from the latest Nintendo Direct including Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Mario & Luigi Brothership and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom plus we also discuss Still Wakes the Deep, Another Crab's Treasure, Hauntii, Helldivers II and Smash TV.

We dig a little deeper into the 2024 Summer Game Fest season and countdown our 30 favourite games shown across all of the showcases plus we also discuss the System Shock remake, Dragon's Dogma II, Another Crab's Treasure and Hauntii.

We share our reactions to all of the major announcements from Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 including Doom: The Dark Ages, Gears of War: E-Day, Lego Horizon Adventures and Blumhouse Games plus we also touch on some of the potential gems from the indie showcases as well.

We recap everything announced during Sony's latest State of Play including the new Astro Bot game, Concord, Where Winds Meet, Marvel Rivals, Monster Hunter WIlds and a couple of PSVR 2 titles.

We give our honest thoughts after checking out the first few hours of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II plus we also discuss some other games we've been playing including Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Hauntii and Isles of Sea and Sky.

We discuss the first trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows and give our initial thoughts on Lorelei and the Laser Eyes plus we also talk Animal Well, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Cryptmaster, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and Mystic Pillars.

We sort through some recent game industry controversies including the Xbox studio closures and Helldivers 2 PSN linking backlash plus we also offer initial thoughts on Animal Well and discuss Hades II Early Access, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and Little Kitty Big City.

Greg joins us for another TV Junk / Game Junk crossover as we trek across the wasteland with our full recap and review of Fallout: Season 1. (Warning: This episode contains spoilers!)

Is 2024 shaping to be another amazing year for games? We give our honest first impressions of a handful of new releases including Stellar Blade, Another Crab's Treasure and Tales of Kenzera: Zau plus we also discuss Foamstars, Rooms of Realities and Escape Simulator VR.

We dive back into another indie showcase this week with the latest Nintendo Indie World and discuss new trailers for games like Cat Quest III, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Yars Rising plus we also talk No Rest for the Wicked, Max Mustard, Harold Halibut and Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express.

We break down all of the highlights from the new Triple-i Initiative Showcase including The Rogue Prince of Persia, Slay the Spire II, Cat Quest 3 and RKGK plus we also discuss the pilot episode for the Fallout TV series and Fallout 4, Deadly Premonition, Brotato, Diablo IV and Minishoot Adventures.

We ogle the demo for the upcoming PS5 game Stellar Blade and discuss a bunch of other games we've been playing including Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, Brotato, Pepper Grinder, Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, The Case of the Golden Idol: The Spider of Lanka and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

We discuss the new trailer for Amy Hennig's Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and breakdown some of the new tech shown off at State of Unreal 2024 plus we also share some initial thoughts on Rise of the Ronin, Dragon's Dogma 2, Lightyear Frontier, Marvel's Midnight Suns and qomp 2.

We share some more in-depth thoughts after spending a couple of weeks with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth plus we also discuss a bunch of other games we've been playing including Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, Balatro, Helldivers II, Bang-On Balls: Chronicles and the Princess Peach Showtime demo.

We check out the new documentary Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds and offer up initial impressions of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth plus we also talk Balatro, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.

We discuss all of the games announced during the latest Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and rumours of the Switch 2 getting delayed plus we also debate the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree trailer and the possibility of a Bloodborne remake then we talk Ultros, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Dead Island 2, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

We break down Phil Spencer's message about the future of Xbox business from last week's official Xbox Podcast and the Microsoft games rumoured to go multiplatform, plus we also discuss Helldivers II, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Doki Doki Literature Club! and PlateUp!.

We discuss everything shown off during Sony's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth State of Play plus we also talk Helldivers II, Playstation Portal, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Madden 24, some Steam Next Fest demos and Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo.

We FINALLY reveal our individual top 10 lists and look back at the best games of 2023 plus we also discuss a few honourable mentions and some of the games we just didn't have time to get to.

We break down all of the news and trailers from Sony's first State of Play of 2024 plus we also discuss Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Armored Core 6, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and Void Stranger.

We count down our most anticipated games of 2024 and touch on some of the games shown at the recent Xbox Developer Direct plus we also talk Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Octopath Traveller 2, Vertigo 2 and Void Stranger.

Our full group review / weenie roast of PS5-exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with special guest Jay Cheel from Film Junk. (Note: A separate spoiler discussion is also included at the end of the episode.)

We throw down and compare our Playstation Wrap-Up and Xbox, Nintendo and Steam Year in Review breakdowns (and yes even Meta) to see who gamed the hardest this year plus we also discuss a handful of games we've been playing over the holiday break including Asgard's Wrath II, Against the Storm, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Super Crazy Rhythm Castle.