Gamer Book Club

The usual XP Grind crew is joined by the one, the only, the man with the iconic Knuckles beanie himself, MCKNUX! We spend a while getting to know our guest, then hop straight into his recommendation for this month's Gamer Book Club: Mega Man Legends for the PS1/N64! The game was a delight, and the guest was even better! Hope ya'll enjoy listening as much as we did recording!

UserUser_NameName, Big Henny, and Jabin get together to discuss their favorite reveals from the Sony State of Play and the Xbox Games Showcase! After that, the trio hop into a deep dive on a GBA JRPG classic, Golden Sun! ...But does it live up to its legacy? Hit play and find out!

It's the halfway point for this month's Gamer Book Club game! They're still plugging away at the game, but Useruser_Namename and Big Henny link up to react to a sweet ol' grandma getting arrested because of trolls, Star Citizen hitting a billion dollars in crowdfunding, and other gaming news, topics, and questions. Everything from NBA playoffs to Leon Kennedy's cocktail order i...

In an extra large, jam-packed episode of Gamer Book Club, your favorite gamers who game talk through another month's game swap. On one hand — the foundation of the modern rogue-like, one of Jabin's favorite games of all time, The Binding of Isaac! On the other — one of the most hopeful and heart-breaking, thoughtful and personal, beautiful and ambitious JRPGs of al time, Nier: Automata! We...

It's a slow news week—but the gamers who game still find plenty to talk about! From User (poorly) explaining tariffs to Big Henny, to Big Henny's biggest discovery of the year: Gamer Athletic Apparel! Throw a few uncalled for strays at the Assassin's Creed gamers, and you have hell on your hands with this one!

Due to a scheduling conflict, Jabin is out this week... :( But User and Henny are here to hold down the fort, and talk about this month's games: Pokemon Black & White, and Tony Hawk's Underground! From Bethesda games sucking, to Call of Duty voice controls, to shootings over Pokemon cards... we're bringing you some wild news and some even wilder takes!

The XP Grind gamers were still powering through their games for this month, but still wanted to kick it with you! So we decided to record an episode talking about some gaming news, such as a controversy involving AI artwork in Crimson Desert, the DLSS 5 announcement, and more! After that, we talk through the games on our backlog, our favorite MMOs, and our favorite stories in gaming!

In the second episode of Gamer Book Club, User and Jabin team up to recommend the rogue-like juggernaut of 2024, Balatro, to Big Henny! In return, he makes us live out his fantasy of owning a Symbiote Suit in Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)! We also talk retro console classifications, the big release of March 2026, Slay the Spire 2, and how to be objective while rating and reviewing a game! Thanks for...

The first episode of Gamer Book Club! In this one, we each reach way back into the memory bank and recommend some important games from our childhoods! Tune in for a discussion about some underrated 2000s gems!