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Well it's the Big Show (oh) it's the Big Bad Show tonight. Er, not tonight specifically, but maybe just on this episode?   E3 2018 looms over us like so many giant, muscular wrestlers, ready to slap us in the chest in a hard, loud, and frankly embarrassing fashion. Your hosts are here to give you a hardy Abdominal Stretch as they discuss the rumors (and promises) for this year's E3. Greg gives a B...

Don your best raid gear, fill up that cup of mountain dew, and cancel your plans because it's time for LTRT's MMO episode. In honor of MMOrial Day, your hosts have gathered to see just how many times they can raid wipe before they finally get sick of each other. Greg tanks like no one's business. Dave definitely has that DPS covered. Giovanni goes to jail for laundering money through the gold farm...

This episode is just what you've been looking for: a hand-crafted, artisanal, small-batch podcast containing locally sourced hosts and ethically harvested jokes. Enjoy your fully personalized auditory experience as the boys cover the wide-ranging topic of "Customization" in games. Colin weighs the pros and cons of destroying the sun. Dave freeboots over 1,000 Dry Bones mods for various games. Greg...

Dear listeners, it's time to start plugging things in! Get out yer old Guitar Hero controller. Fire up the GunCon. Bust out that Wonderbook. "Peripherals" are the topic of this episode. Dave discusses the worst massage he's ever had. Greg talks about the dangers of letting moose into your arcade. Colin thinks immersion is dead. Giovanni discusses the various games that can be played with balls. Ma...

Those aching muscles. That throbbing headache. Only one thing can soothe the tension built up after a long week: the latest episode of Left Trigger Right Trigger. Take four doses of your (surprisingly chill) hosts and their bad jokes. You'll feel the pain just melt away. "Tension" is the topic at hand and your hosts are ready to help you relax with an extended bit about NPR and the velvety sound o...

This is it, gumshoe! Today's topic is "Investigations" and wouldn't ya know, your hosts get  all up in your business about things you wish they didn't. Greg finds that hidden blog where you once wrote Pikachu fan fiction. Giovanni gets intimate with your secret diary about the Pope. Dave quietly pockets that disturbingly erotic poem about your former professor. Colin just wants to know who fucks t...

For best listening, please begin this podcast at 4:09:40 local time.   This is it - what remains of all human life. After the events in Antarctica brought about catastrophic climate change, we pinned all our hopes on the work being done at the GeoFront. Mankind survives because it has the will to do so - this is also the nature of Power, the topic of this episode. During this talk, Greg refuses to...

UPDATE : Thank you everyone for watching and supporting our 24-Hour Anniversary Stream. You raised over $1,100 dollars for Child's Play! You're amazing! Thank you so much, and make sure to check our YouTube for stream highlights coming soon. With that, on to the show!   Hey y'all, welcome to the first episode of Guy Fieri's American Video Game Dumpster. I'm your host, Guy Fieri, and I'm here to te...

Quick and important announcement:  LTRT is turning one year old! In celebration of getting away with this aural crime for a full year, we will be doing a 24-hour livestream to raise money for Child's Play on February 24th! We'll be live at https://www.twitch.tv/lefttriggerrighttrigger  from 10 a.m. 2/24 to 10 a.m. 2/25 (that's Eastern time, btw.) Give a few dollars and spend part of your weekend w...

Head's up y'all: Colin's audio is very  bad in this one. He apologizes for being harder on your ears than usual. That aside, this episode gets into the murky topic of Sequels in games. Your hosts tackle the big questions: what does it mean to have a sequel in the age of "games as service?" What is the cultural significance of "spiritual" sequels? Why are there so many horny hedgehogs on DeviantArt...

2018: The Year of  Miitomo  Waluigi! Your hosts kick off this discussion of "Simplicity" by pitching a Waluigi conspiracy theory that spins into a fully developed cinematic universe. Stick around to hear the show get back on the rails and get a pretty solid discussion on simplicity in games. Dave admits to earning every achievement in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Giovanni explores the subtle m...

The new year is upon us! Friend of the show Calvin Kasulke stops by to help your hosts work out their new year's resolutions. Listen in as we embrace 2018 with renewed energy, resolve to cut down on "onion" jokes, and create a copyrighted, legally distinct superhero who is fueled by anger. Also, there's some talk about "Transformation" or whatever.    Make it your resolution to review us on  Apple...

Dear friends,    We are gathered here to pay our respects as we banish 2017 back to the land of wind and ghosts. In this retrospective episode we examine the year in detail and each of your hosts brings forward a game that symbolizes their experience of 2017. Giovanni looks for the one positive outcome of this trash year. Colin vows to keep moving forward. Dave takes a moment to find calm. Greg wo...

2017 is nearly over and that means it's time to party down as we slam dunk this garbage year straight to hell! All things party adjacent and tangential get covered in this episode: arcades, barcades, Dave & Buster's, Charles Entertainment Cheese, and Charles Entertainment Cheese ripoffs that scar children for life. There's also some talk about video games, deleting scripts as people try to read th...

It's a very happy and demented Thanksgiving special here on Left Trigger Right Trigger. "Food" is the topic at hand, but you probably wouldn't know it from the discussion in this episode. Giovanni finds a slug on his ceiling and freaks out. Greg spends half the episode watching movie trailers. Colin admits to eating human beings. Dave pitches a new Wario franchise. All of them confess to committin...

You put your headphones on your head and turn on your favorite podcast app. When you hit play, the mellifluous voices of nerds fills your ears. "Choice" is the topic at hand: who will you listen to first? Will it be Dave, the spookiest host? He questions the value of choice when the rewards are always the same. Maybe you'll go with Greg, the drunkest host? Listen to him explore the pressures of ho...

Welcome, dear listeners, to the spookiest episode yet! Dapper tentacle monster Andrew Zucosky joins the crew to discuss "Horror" in videogames. Mad scientist Greg puts his latest experiment on display. Beppo, the murder clown, comes for your blood. The ghost of Young Sheldon (Praise Be) blesses us with his terrible dreams. Scary Maguire stops in to reanimate jokes that died over two decades ago. I...

He is Risen! The boy-king Sheldon has arrived and a new age is upon us! All shall quiver at the recitation of his holy word: Bazinga! The hosts discuss "Luck" in this episode, but we all know luck is irrelevant when Young Sheldon walks beside us. Giovanni explores the world of mobile games, now irrelevant since all people will be streaming episodes of Young Sheldon during their commute. Dave discu...

WARNING: This episode, in which the boys discuss the topic of "Excess," contains lewd content in the form of a pug that distracts Colin by performing lascivious acts on a pillow. No pugs, pillows, or hosts were harmed in the making of this podcast. Also, it turned into an anime podcast in the last five minutes. No one is sure how that happened. Listen in as Dave explores the controversy around gol...

"What is this, a crossover episode?" That's exactly what it is! Settle in for this aural  Reese's Cup as the hosts discuss the topic of "Crossovers" in video games. Get lost in the decadent mint chocolate chip flavor of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Crack into the sweet and salty combo of Battletoads & Double Dragon. Struggle to gulp down the Turducken of Yu-Gi-Oh! card mechanics just straight u...

Friend of the show  Josh Perault  from  Taking Initiative  joins the boys as they finally wriggle free of Double-O August with this episode's topic: "Hooks."  You won't have to go fishing for good content in this one! Giovanni casts off the show by addressing his puzzle game addiction. Josh follows that line and pulls in a prize-winning discussion on exploration in games. Greg recounts how one gam...

The hellacious "joke" of Double-O August continues, this time covering the topic of "Books." Books: what are they? How do people use them? How can they be stopped? These are all terrible questions that go unanswered in this (very quiet) episode, recorded on-location in a library (SHHH!!). Rather than provide practical advice on how to defend yourself from rogue librarians, the hosts cover essentia...

Strap in for the launch of "Double-O August," (Augoost?) a special month full of topics with two Os in them. "Why are they doing this?" you might ask, to which we will reply "Doon't yoou mean, 'why are they dooing this?'" We're kicking off this "moonth" with a discussion on "Loot." Greg goes over some of the pitfalls of the "Loot 'n Shoot" genre. Giovanni talks about how we can get trapped in a lo...

Welcome to the official launch of season two of Left Trigger Right Trigger! We're cranking the drama up to eleven! Friends become enemies! Enemies become lovers! Acquaintances become... well actually they mostly stay the same. Listen in as  the podcast you know and love breaks under the pressure of this episode's topic: "Competition." Colin attempts to explain how Smogon University works. Dave str...

After last episode's bombshell announcement, we decided to follow up with a theme that involves actual   bombs ! Revolution is the topic at hand. Whether that means Dance Dancing yourself to fitness or pursuing prisoner 24601 until you jump off a bridge (for whatever reason) we've got all the game discussion you need for this independence day. You know what they say: If we can't [play video games]...