Party Invite Podcast

We're all familiar with big, epic game soundtracks, but what about when game composers create minimal music that lifts immersion to another level? Join Tegan and Vilos for this discussion and a few examples from some of our favorite games. For more content, visit our website at www.partyinvite.games!

This week's podcast is THE DROP, where we quickly go over the biggest gaming news of the week!    Here, you'll find our thoughts on Steam Deck's arrival, Pokemon's latest announcement, the newest Playstation State of Play, and more!   As for what we've been playing, we include Smelter, Elden Ring, WWE 2K22, and Multiversus!   For more content and links to our community, don't f...

There has been a resurgence in the open world genre, with the high profile release of Horizon: Forbidden West and Elden Ring. Now that we've played a bit of both, we must discuss the best and worst of the genre, and what we think about open world games moving forward.  For more content and links to our community, check out www.partyinvite.games!

The Party Topic for this podcast is all about the week full of goodness that is Steam NextFest (check it - Welcome To Steam Next Fest: February 2022 Edition (steampowered.com) We've had a ball getting into several new game demos, including Tinykin, Neon White, Gigabash, and MANY more! Listen to the pod and get just as hyped for these titles as we did.  For more content and links to our commun...

Lots of news this week, including the removal of the Wii U & 3DS eShop, gaming movie updates, and TONS more. Don't miss it! For more content and links to our communities, check out www.partyinvite.games!

100 million gamers who bought a Switch can't be wrong: Nintendo is bringing their best to the table, and the latest Nintendo Direct showed that. Not satisfied with a dozen ports and a handful of remakes, they brought out the big guns with announcements for a new Mario Strikers game and Xenoblade 3.  Listen here for our full thoughts on the wildly entertaining news! As usual, for more of our c...

Hey, so have you ever of this game called POKEMON?  Yeah, so we have plenty of things to say about Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well as a couple blips of industry news and of course, what we've been playing!

Welcome to The Drop for 1/28/22! Today we join Tegan and Vilos for some of the latest gaming news.   343 Industries nixed a map from ranked Halo Infinite, EA/Lucasarts announced 3 new games are in the works, SteamDeck got an official release date, and more!   For more of our content and links to our community, check out www.partyinvite.games!

The biggest news of the week was a doozy, with conversation and speculation still ongoing. We had to put in our two cents on the positive things about this burdensome business--the games!   [We discuss a few bright spots behind Microsoft's acquisition of Activision/Blizzard] Of course, we also discuss what we've been playing, like the precious Skatebird!

In this short and sweet podcast, Chris, Vilos, and Tegan celebrate three particular members of the Party Invite community and generally regale you with tales of shenanigans. Featuring a celebration for MortisTheSaurus , DemoDuo , and OdysseusNSJ (and other ppl we love)!

Welcome to the first Party Topic of the year! Of course, we had to go into detail on the games that we're most looking forward to this year--will it be greater than 2021? Chris speaks on Atomic Heart and a few others Thomas reminds us that Cyberpunk 2077's maybe going to have a PS5 version Devi can't wait for Nintendo's huge release list and a couple brawlers, perhaps Multiversus?! Vilos speaks on...

Welcome to our inaugural Faves List! Instead of "best of" awards, these are the games that we played this year (didn't have to be released this year) that we very much enjoyed.  We had over 30 categories to nominate, and added our community's voice to the nominations, so this is the longest podcast of the year--maybe listen over a couple of lunch breaks, yeah?  If you missed your chance...

For our Party Topic, we discuss the wonderful world of Halo reclaiming its place in multiplayer competitive gamers' hearts and the challenge of its Battle Pass.  As for What We've Been Playing, we get a little bit of everything, like Tales of Arise, Magic: The Gathering Arena, Battlefield 2042, and Darkest Dungeon 2. For more of our content and links to our community, don't forget to visit ww...

We had a wild weekend Nov 5-7th, and we cannot move forward without thanking those in our amazing community that made it all happen!   If you missed the weekend, this recap goes over what happened, the great games we played, and some of our favorite moments from a weekend that made several memories.   For more on Extra Life 2021: http://partyinvite.games/2021/11/11/extra-life-2021-recap/

For this Party Topic, we wanted to cordially announce the HUGE Extra Life event weekend we are running from 11/5-11/7 across our community, alongside a look back at some of our favorite moments since Party Invite's inception.   For more on the event (including links to JOIN or DONATE), check out https://www.extra-life.org/team/PartyInvite. Please don't hesitate to share anywhere you'd like! &...

This episode features What We've Been Playing, The Drop, AND the Party Topic of Spooky Games (cuz we enjoy them and have too many to recommend to only do it for one pod).  You'll hear about: Metroid Dread A Plague Tale: Innocence Into the Pit Lamentum Resident Evil 4 VR (Oculus) and MORE! For more of our content, including links to our wonderful community, please check out www.partyinvite.gam...

Since "Gaming Twitter" has exploded with conversation on Metroid Dread, we figured we'd go over our thoughts on it, including the discussion of genre accessibility! Not only that, but we discuss what we've been playing and briefly mention a few spoopy titles that we recommend playing during this Halloween season (look for more next week).  For more of our content and links to our community, p...

We streamed three games on Twitch during the Steam Next Fest last week, and were amazed by the potential by all three demos!   Here, you'll find info on:  Inscryption  Into the Pit  The Bookwalker  Flynn: Son of Crimson  The Artful Escape When our podcast has some content that is more newsworthy and impactful in the gaming industry, we've decided to create the segment...

It feels like it's been a while since every Party Member was available for the pod, but we were able to come together and discuss a lot of this week's news as well as what we've been playing. We get into some Halo Infinite Technical Preview talk, Deathloop, Lost in Random, and Valheim for What We've Been Playing. Then the Party Topic is some poignant news topics, from Netflix's acquisition of Nigh...

For this week's party topic, we had to discuss all the greatness that came with that outstanding Nintendo Direct on 9/23! With new reveals, new Nintendo Switch Online updates, and a handful of release dates, this may have been the best Direct presentation of the year.   A snippet of the games we discuss here:   Monster Hunter Rise  Animal Crossing New Horizons  Kirby and the Fo...

We didn't really expect the Playstation Showcase on 9/9 to be as awesome as it was, but Chris and Vilos spend our Party Topic talking about the rundown and what we liked most from the show.   We enjoyed plenty, whether that's Project Eve, Forspoken, Gran Turismo 7, or God of War: Ragnarok. Lots to discuss here.  What did you enjoy most?   *Sorry in advance for the echo, I tried...

2021 is a banner year for games, and we just had to stop to talk about the ones we're most excited about. We talk Kena: Bridge of Spirits , Trek to Yomi , Back 4 Blood , Metroid Dread , Deathloop , and Mario Party Superstars ! Of course we get into what we've been playing as well, like Returnal , Pokemon Unite , and an extended discussion on Boyfriend Dungeon .  For more content, visit www.pa...

On this pod, we have the illustrious Nerdmeat joining the party. We have to talk about the constant stream of remakes, reboots, and nostalgia-driven releases we've been accustomed to recently. Will this cycle ever end? What can we expect when the present is considered retro? Of course we also go over what we've been playing, like 12 Minutes, Oblivion, Splitgate, Red Dead 2, and AGAIN Pokemon Unite...

It's that time of year again--when all the games are releasing and frankly, we're just trying to keep up. Suffice to say, we decided to talk exclusively about what we've been playing this episode. Our discussion includes: Curse of the Dead Gods, Madden 22, Splitgate, Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Starbound, Pokemon Unite, Back 4 Blood, New Pokemon Snap, and more! We also had to shout...

This week (our second live-streamed pod), we talk about cancelled games that we either wished we could play, or definitely appreciate being cancelled, as well as the ugly situations leading to games being cancelled in the industry. We speak a bit about: Duke Nukem Prequel Scalebound Power Rangers Open World Beyond Good & Evil 2 For more content and links to our community, check our www.partyin...