Good Enough Gaming Pod

Welcome back Good Enoughers, we are back with a very special guest tonight. We are so lucky to have the CEO of Shifty Eye Studios based in Calgary here tonight to discuss the journey and the dream of making wonderful, immersive and impactful games right here in our city. So get your conglomerate together, dial up the Operator 41 and get ready to Sail and Explore the Cursed Islands on this faithful...

We have spoken many times about what needs to come back into the fold, what we hold near and dear to our hearts and what nostalgic bliss we wish we could get back. Like a Phoenix from the ashes of a beloved series, We have been ever so spoiled with the newest Disney+/Marvel Series X-Men 97’. This show has been a Mastermold of a story so far, brewing up a Storm of emotions, and cards they are holdi...

The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are 5 years old now….yeah let that sink in for a moment, and we wanted to take a look at this half decade and appreciate some of the finest games we have played within that time frame. Now before you get upset that we haven't mentioned some of your favorites, and some highly rated games; these are only things we have played! Games being discussed tonight will only b...

Ever wondered what you would be like as a character in a game? What would your stats be, what class would you be, and how would you be perceived by others. No? Well we have been pondering this as a group and decided that we are going to give each other stats and classes that we think best suit each other. It's bound to cause some laughs, some hurt feelings and maybe a sprinkle of praise. Pleas...

First off we would like to take a second and thank our sponsor for this episode, Jim’s Limbs: the veterans choice! Now back to business. Alright you vault dwellers and surface people, get ready for a radiating critique of the newest video game franchise turned into a S.P.E.C.I.A.L television series. We are of course talking about Fallout! Is this series Cods-worth it to watch? Are we getting Siggi...

What happened to the games that gave us the match-ups of our dreams? Ryu vs Captain America, Scorpion vs Batman, Wolverine vs MegaMan, Akuma vs Kazuya. This week we wanted to take a look back at the greatest mash-up fighting games of all time and come up with our own dream mash-up games that developers can gladly pay us royalties for coming up with. Who else wants to see good crossover fighting ga...

Imagine the world is plagued with overconsumption of natural resources and corrupt governments pulling strings behind the scenes to further their own agendas, and subjugate the general populace. Guess that's not so hard to imagine…but this is about Gaia where we have Sephiroth breaking the rules of the Genova convention. That’s right we are here to discuss Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the latest i...

Welcome to the Plague you don't want to avoid. Well the game that is. You are still very much trying to avoid the plague, and all the various crazed rats carrying the disease, but this time the stakes are far less and you don't have to witness the global disaster that occurred in the 14th century, unless you really want to, you sick f*ck. So if you thought the Black Death was something you...

Ever wondered where Smash Mouth would be if they had more than one All-star track? Trevor does all the time, he has shed 96 Tears over it before. In the gaming world we have seen some games that could have been the next Barbie girl styled takeover franchise, but it just didn't find its Seasons in the Sun . What caused this Tainted Love for the games, and what games do we think could use a seco...

Ever wondered what would happen if you went to a new planet and tried to bring them the gift of democracy and they met you with nonstop universal attempts of violence and hostile planetary takeover? Well, the answer has recently been found. All you need to do is serve up the most bitchin’ cup of Liber-tea and spread Super-Democracy like its peanut butter on toast. Justice and democracy is apparent...

Welcome back to another season of the Good Enough Gaming Podcast! This first episode of Season six is sure to warm your Shadowhearts as we take a look at the game that took the world by storm in late 2023, and well into 2024 for many of us. If you Karlach the knowledge or available friends to play DnD, but have always had the Wyll to try new things, then we can't wait to talk to you about Bald...

Season Finale Part 2 of 2! Can you believe it? We made it to EPISODE 100! The Sweet 16 Games of 2023 were decided in the last episode and tonight we go through each of the bracket matchups to decide the final 4! We will need the audience's help with the overall winner that will be announced on our Instagram account next week! The Baldur’s floodgates have opened, and it's about to get real...

Season Finale Part 1 of 2!! If you like March Madness, Get ready for December Sadness,  because Santa is about to piss in your stocking this year with some of the most contentious arguments for game of the year you’ve ever heard. We need your help on whether or not we got this right, so feel free to let us know how stupid we are, what we neglected, or how much meat we did not ride for Legend of Ze...

Close your eyes, imagine a simpler time in life, you just got home from the video rental store with a couple VHS tapes, a DVD and a couple games in hand (now on disc!), you also picked up a couple piping hot grease wheels from your favorite pizza place, you finally got your hands on a case of cherry coke, and your buddies are coming over to shred some couch co-op games with you. Life is good! How...

Van-Guard (En-Garde)! There is going to be a fight, a Cardfight! Well not really, but we will be talking to someone that might be a bit more familiar with the premise. We have a genuine Voice Actor on the pod with us today, to put us all to shame in sound and accomplishments in life. Nancy Situ, a Canadian Voice actor extraordinaire has graced our presence to talk about all things that go on in th...

A new Turbocharged successor has entered the unorthodox tracks of the gaming universe, and quite honestly it is making us look at all the Kart racing games of old as well as the new, and just questioning; whats next? Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged hit the market on Oct.19th and just like the previous game, it has set the bar for what these arcade racers can do and bring to the wide age of ga...

Well web-heads, it's finally here the next installment from Insomniac games and the web-slinging franchise, Spider-Man 2! So you know we got all tangled up in the intricate gameplay and story for sure, but more importantly we got trapped by… Photo mode! I shutter to think of what this game would have been like without the ability to capture some of the greatest moments in this continued story...

Start your engines, strap in, get your hand on the wheel and the other on the shifter, put the pedal to the metal and get ready for the ride you’ll never forget. This week we are taking a detour with some games that have you driving in some of the sexiest and fastest vehicles on earth, that's right back to black top and all things that go Vroom Vroom. It's time to talk about two of the new...

Halloween is coming! What better way to get into the spirit than play a spooky game that will give Trevor and Kyle nightmares. You know, like a futuristic space traveling scenario gone horribly wrong where you end up incarcerated on a Jovian Moon and fight for your survival once the prison is overtaken by a strange sickness. Feel familiar? Then you’re probably familiar with; The Callisto Protocol....

Whether you are a Lone Wolf, a Tactical Assassin, fan of all things firearms, a passionate gamer or someone called Legendary Larry, you are going to love today's episode. Much to our delight and excitement today is all about Mobile games, but more specifically the inner workings and development of mobile shooting games. Who better to come and chat with us about this than the actual Legend hims...

The weekly forecast is out, you can expect Rain, Smoke, lightning, fire, and Time Sandstorms. So build your Barak-ades and get ready to weather the storm, it's going to Brutal, but you’ll love every bloody minute of it. Darrell has long Shang Tsung the praises of the Mortal Kombat franchise and now we get to Lui-K forward to hearing all about the latest installment into the series with Mortal...

Looking for a Wyrd, nostalgic feeling game with a bunch of Klee’Shae’s, but also some new and innovative approaches to the Top down RPG world? Well look no further lads, the Ferryman has ushered in a game that will make you Gasp-ar. Joining us again, is our resident expert and lover of all things retro, the one True Kyle, RetroEdgeArt. So get a LeJugg of your favorite Zale and get ready to have a...

What up dudes, ready for some Mayhem?! I'm sure everyone else was Shell-shocked with the amount of rad TMNT fun we’ve been able to indulge in lately! Certainly got our Fillet (fill-eh)? The new TMNT Movie Mutant Mayhem and Shredders Revenge DLC go Mondo e Mondo in our latest tubular episode all about the sewer surfing, pizza loving, butt kicking tortoises. You know we couldn’t do this without...

The landscape of gaming is always changing and adapting with the ways we use and create new technology and forms of entertainment. Recently we have seen a rise in getting something tangible, girthy and substantial in our hands with lots of RAM, yeah that's right, we are talking about a handheld gaming rig . So what is with the rise of these handhelds? What does this mean for the future of cons...

Have you ever gotten to the point of creating a character and been stumped on a badass name to call them once you have finished all the cosmetic features, and just thought to yourself, I don't even want a name, I want to be unnamed!? better yet, can I just be named after my profession or what people perceive me as? What could possibly go wrong with that? Well, let's find out together as we...