Party Invite Podcast

This week's podcast was broadcasted live on Twitch! If you'd like to get in on that, just go to www.twitch.tv/partyinviteshow on Thursday nights and chat us up.  This week's Party Topic was inspired by Tegan's viewing of a stream by MortisTheSaurus - Twitch , who was playing the MMO New World's beta, which recently ended. Whenever a game or service ends, things get a little crazy, and it was...

The Annapurna Interactive Showcase happened on 7/29, and we saw a little more about some BIG upcoming indie games. If you have been looking forward to Solar Ash, Neon White, or Stray, this was THE showcase to see. Watch the whole Annapurna Interactive Showcase here: https://youtu.be/5ThnY5FFDOc For more Party Invite content, check out www.partyinvite.games, where you can find links to our Facebook...

Knockout City Season 2 was shown off at EA Play Live on 7/22, alongside the new character Seer and Season called Emergence...Battlefield Portal was also announced today, a Halo Forge-like custom game mode bringing back classic maps (even from Bad Company 2), classic weapons, and of course the 128 player matches that 2042 is touting.  The Ascent drops on July 29th, the 1-4 player co-op cyber-d...

Despite releasing our podcast about the state of handheld gaming literally days ago, Steam decided to come out with a banger of an announcement on Thursday.  Since the Steam Deck is opening reservations on 7/16, we thought we'd go ahead and air our thoughts on the topic on the same day.  To check out the specs and reservation options, go here: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck For...

In this episode, Thomas, Devi, and Vilos discuss the newly announced Switch OLED system, who it's for, and the alternatives to the console. Insight on Game Pass cloud services and mobile games is included. For more of our content and other links, please visit www.partyinvite.games!

Defined as "the behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one's own tribe or social group," gaming tribalism has been commonplace in the industry since the very first console war. Generations later, it's only gotten worse. The Party Invite crew discusses the effects of tribalism in gaming and how it hurts the discourse of so many important topics. As for What We've Been Playing, we g...

With all the major gaming news subsiding, it has been nice to finally PLAY some games! Chris, Devi, and Thomas talk about: Knockout City Flame in the Flood Labyrinth City For more of content, make sure to drop by www.partyinvite.games, where you can also find all our links to our community, which has a great following on Facebook and Discord. Drop on by!

Well, it appears that Nintendo had the last laugh for E3! This pod is all about our thoughts on both Day 3 and Day 4, since one day was a bit more eventful... Here, you'll find discussion on: Intellivision Amico Take Two Diversity Panel The Voices of Gaming Panel Indie Showcase Nintendo Direct For more of content, make sure to drop by www.partyinvite.games, where you can also find all our links to...

On today’s show, we’re going over some of the highlights of the second day of E3 2021 including the Xbox/Bethesda Showcase, Square Enix Presents, and more. We had Steve (https://twitter.com/OManSteveO) and Chelle (https://twitter.com/_Yupdatschelle_) drop by for their opinions on today's outstanding shows!   If you want to watch the entire Xbox showcase, peep it here: https://www.youtube.com/...

On today’s show We’re going over some of the highlights of the first day of E3 2021 including Wholesome Games Direct, Ubisoft Forward, Devolver Max Pass Plus, and whatever that Gearbox thing was.   If you want to watch the entire Devolver Max Pass+ Showcase, peep it here: https://youtu.be/viojUZ4gS5w   For everything you need to know about the Wholesome Games we saw, check here: https://...

The summer of gaming has begun! Join us as we explore the best of Day 1 of Summer Game Fest, where we laugh at Geoff Keighley, appreciate indie developers, and get hyped for A LOT of upcoming games.   For more involving Summer Game Fest and E3 shenanigans, keep an eye out here for new daily content: http://partyinvite.games/2021/06/03/e3-schedule-so-far/

OF COURSE we have the usual "What We've Been Playing" , but we also talk about some of our personal hardest gaming challenges that we've faced over the years, namely Ninja Gaiden (retro and reboot) and Bloodborne.  For all our social links including our community page, please check out @PartyInvite | Linktree !

This week, with the announcement of the influential GiantBomb crew's loss of 3 founding members, we decided to take a look back at some of the content creators that have inspired us to take part in the gaming industry. Frankly, the 2020s have proven to be cruel and ever-changing, and a lot in gaming is happening right now. We're glad you've come by to hear our opinions! For all our social links in...

This week, we are very excited about the state of the gaming industry, which usually ramps up with announcements this time of year--this time, it's releases that are hitting just before summer hits. OF COURSE we have the usual "What We've Been Playing", but we also talk about these topics: Returnal, New Pokemon Snap, and an abundance of limited edition physical copies of Switch games. Our Communit...

Carlos, Devi, and Thomas talk a bit about the change from Covid-era isolation to the resurrection of IRL gaming events, now that Devi has first-hand experience at LevelUp Arena in Overland Park, KS! For all the other links to our community and content, check out @PartyInvite | Linktree

Thomas and Carlos discuss the games they're excited about from Nintendo's Indie World presentation on 4/14. Featuring discussion on these games: The Longing Aerial Knight's Never Yield Road 96 GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon Oxenfree II: Lost Signals Aztech Forgotten Gods House of the Dead Remake For all the other links to our community and content, check out @PartyInvite | Linktree

This week's party topic for Podcast #20 was our choices for games to watch during the "early summer" release season, from now through June.  We include World End's Club, Smelter, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Biomutant, Knockout City, New Pokemon Snap, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and Solar Ash in our discussion. For all other places to find our community or content, click here: @PartyIn...

A whole lot of new releases are taking over our lives right now, so we had to kinda get them out of our system a bit.  Games we discuss: Monster Hunter: Rise, Everhood, Outriders, Unto the End, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Knockout City, ESO For more content and our socials, check here: @PartyInvite | Linktree

The Party Invite community has a very unique and impassioned member that you may know as Sovereign Syd or +1 Empress in Ninjala, Devi Hill!   Since Devi has some really cool things going on that show off her competitive gaming side, we thought dedicating this episode to her backstory would show you just how a gaming star is made.   We talk about gaming history, GGPR Esports team news, Ni...

We have an in-depth discussion about the Square Enix Presents event announcements, Game Pass, and where we go from here with further digital events.    Yupdatschelle also dives into why survival games are her thing.   Mentions of Life is Strange, The Wolf Among Us, Rogue Company included.   To further explore Party Invite on the web, check us out here: https://linktr.ee/PartyIn...

This week, "Scary Gary" Cooper joins us to discuss the new Pokemon announcements and work that nostalgia out of our systems!   We talk Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, Legends: Arceus, Unite, and more! For more content, please visit us at our website partyinvite.games or any of our links here: https://linktr.ee/PartyInvite  If you'd like to support our growth as content creators...

Our very own community has a trailblazer in the local Esports scene, so we had to ask him to talk about his passion!   For more content, please visit us at partyinvite.games or any of our socials here:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/partyinviteshow?s=20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/partygameshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/partyinviteshow/ If you'd like to support our grow...

Because of Valheim's immediate success, we thought we should get to the root of what makes it different than its contemporary survivor-genre brethren. For more content, please visit us at partyinvite.games or any of our socials here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/partyinviteshow?s=20 Facebook: Party Invite | Facebook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/partyinviteshow/ If you'd like to support our...

On this week’s show, our Party Members explore what it means to be a video game collector in 2021. Physical or digital, one thing is certain: we’re all paying collector prices.   For more content, please visit us at partyinvite.games or any of our socials here:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/partyinviteshow?s=20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PartyInvite Instagram: https://www.instag...

Our party members have some recommendations for your upcoming Valentine's day, whether you're going solo, playing with a partner, or just getting into your emotions with games on this complicated holiday. For more links: @PartyInvite | Linktree