Otaku Brothers

In the milestone twentieth episode of Otaku Brothers, Ryan and Rusty (regrettably?) play through the horror-adventure game Until Dawn on PS4. They are forced to make gut-wrenching, split decisions that alter how the rest of the story plays out. Ryan chooses to shoot a squirrel and his PS4 turned into an acorn. After talking about Until Dawn for nearly 30 minutes, the guys take lots of listener que...

In the nineteenth episode of Otaku Brothers, Ryan talks about his business trip to Mexico. He neglects Pikachu in Pokemon Yellow in the process, and takes quite a bit of time ranting about microtransactions in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Well, both of the guys rant about microtransactions. A lot. Rusty played more Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of the Elusive Age and also explored ancient Egypt for a few h...

In the eighteenth episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty finally delves into Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of the Elusive Age. Ryan and Rusty proceed to talk about the game without spoilers for nearly 45 minutes. Ryan also sneakily buys a game for PS4 and shares his opinion. HINT: It’s a new release and a series both Rusty and Ryan haven’t played in years. After Game’s They’ve Been Playing Recently, the gentl...

In the seventeenth episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty gets back into the video game groove, playing the N64 classic Goldeneye, starring the ruggedly handsome Peirce Brosnan. He beat the game in 2 sittings. Someone alert Borris for help. Ryan on the other hand went back to Bloodborne and proceeds to make Rusty drool as he goes deep into the lore of the game. Someone out there will [also probably not]...

In the sixteenth episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty passes the time watching Atypical and strange horror movies while his wife is in Japan. Ryan on the other hand has put 44 hours into Dragon Quest XI…35 of which were spent in the Casino playing slot machines. After that they take a trip back to Diagonally. Friends of the show Travis and Alec write in to tell the guys everything they ever wanted to...

In the fifteenth episode of Otaku Brothers Rusty and Ryan of course talk about the games they’ve been playing recently. Rusty has greatly been enjoying the SNES Classic while Ryan…Well, as Rusty types the show notes he really can’t recall what Ryan played. Let’s go with Final Fantasy XIII? One of Ryan’s personal favorites. Per usual, listener mail derails the Hogwarts Express to the 9 ¾ degree. Th...

In the fourteenth episode of Otaku Brothers Rusty and Ryan of course talk about the games they’ve been playing recently, but not before they share some of the recent happenings in gaming news! They tried to stay on track with listener questions this week, but as most Otaku Brothers trains go, they derail real fast. Ryan plays a new game on Switch called Dead Cells, while Rusty talks to the great m...

In the thirteenth episode of Otaku Brothers Rusty and Ryan of course talk about the games they’ve been playing recently, and got on even MORE (can you believe it?) wild tangents during the listener mail segment. Rusty also talks about his plan to watch 100 movies over the course of the next year, calling it his “Quest for 100”. Just when you thought he couldn’t get more weird.  In the main topic o...

In the twelfth episode of Otaku Brothers things get a little crazy. Rusty tweaked his back mid episode and the guys had to record the second half of the episode a week later. But no worries! They still talked about the games they’ve been playing recently, got on wild tangents per usual during the listener mail segment, and even gave a nice shout out to Carrot Top and Dr. Phil. In the main topic of...

In the eleventh episode of Otaku Brothers Rusty and Ryan of course talk about the games they’ve been playing. Ryan is still playing click games on his iPhone but also started a new game on PS4 called Nioh. Rusty continues to dig through his backlog of PS2 games with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but spent the bulk of his time in piecing back the world of Dark Cloud. Definitely want to t...

In the tenth (10 already?!) episode of Otaku Brothers we have another special guest…Rusty’s wife and Ryan’s sister Lauren! She shares her first experiences playing video games as well as some of her favorite games. We of course talk about the games we’ve been playing recently and not much has changed since last week. Ryan is still playing click games on his iPhone while Rusty continues to dig thro...

The ninth episode of Otaku Brothers is something quite special, and one Rusty in particular is proud to share. Pete Dorr joins Rusty and Ryan as a guest to cover a slew of topics. Pete kicks off the episode sharing how he first starting playing video games, his time on YouTube, podcasting, and more recently Twitch.tv (see all links below!) We then of course get into the games we’ve all been playin...

In the eighth episode of Otaku Brothers Ryan and Rusty of course kick it off as always with the games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan continues his adventures with Dark Souls, farming for new armor with multiple character builds. With Rusty on vacation, he stuck to some of his favorite portable systems, playing games like The Lion King: Simba’s Mighty Adventure and Land Before Time. He also su...

In the seventh episode of Otaku Brothers Ryan and Rusty of course kick it off as always with the games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan delves further into the pits of Blight Town with Dark Souls Remastered and also turns to Darkest of Dark sides by downloading the eBay app on his phone. Big spending is in his future. In traditional fashion Rusty plays too many games. From Peggle 2 to one of th...

In the sixth episode of Otaku Brothers Ryan and Rusty of course kick it off as always with the games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan got too caught up in RL business this week so his time was limited to just a bit of MineCraft. Rusty in traditional fashion played a smorgasbord of things. From raging due to little 12 year olds in Rainbow Six Siege to taking a trip to 10,000 B.C. in Far Cry Prim...

In the fifth episode of Otaku Brothers Ryan and Rusty of course kick off the episode with the games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan continues to punch down them trees in Minecraft, but also returns to Kanto in Pokemon Yellow Version. Rusty has a whole slew of games to talk about from N64 classics, to Rainbow Six Siege and Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below. Then, we...

In the fourth episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty and Ryan kick off the episode as usual talking about the games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan continues the Minecraft train, punching trees and building the New World. Following up on Yooka-Laylee, Rusty played what some would consider a PS2 Classic with Naughty Dog’s Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. After that he talks about what he would arg...

In the third episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty and Ryan kick off the episode as usual talking about the games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan plays more of the same with Minecraft and Bloodborne, while Rusty went off the deep end. Not only did he collect too many Pagies in Yooka-Laylee, but he also played the legendary train wreck that is Life of Black Tiger. You don’t want to miss hearing abou...

In the second episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty and Ryan kick off the episode discussing games they’ve been playing recently. Rusty tries to convince the audience to play a gem of a platformer, Yooka-Laylee, while Ryan enjoys the scenic and family friendly Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3. Later on we dive deep into all things Star Wars – First experiences watching the movies, ranking all of the films,...

In this debut episode of Otaku Brothers, Rusty and Ryan discuss how they first got into playing videos. They then go through each of their Top 10 Video Games of all time. Enjoy the show! I also wanted to personally thank Jason Heine for creating the intro to the show. He's creating excellent stuff over on YouTube, and has his own podcast on iTunes called Music, Games, and Gear. PLEASE check out hi...