Spawn On Me with Kahlief Adams: A Video Game Podcast

Episode 204 is hot and ready! Kahlief and Cicero chat about Nintendo's newest creation, Nintendo Labo. They dig into why Overwatch League is kicking the NFL's butt in ratings. Then they talk about how some new features on Twitch that might make Youtube obsolete. After the break, we talk 2018 predictions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kahlief rocks this episode solo while everyone is away. With a light news week, we dig into the idea of PUBG going multiplatform, and Nintendo selling breaking record sales. We also share information about our charity event Spawn4Good happening this weekend!

Leigh Alexander returns to Brookago to talk about what it was like to write Reigns: Her Majesty, how US politics looks from across the pond, and why taking time away from games meant so much.

You only hit 200 episodes once, so you have to do it in style! For us that meant bringing back io9 geek culture, TV, & comic critic, Evan Narcisse! Evan talks about his newest endeavor as writer for the upcoming Marvel comic book Rise of the Black Panther! He talks about how he was offered the gig, and where he plans on taking the character. Blackness quotients are raised as we continue to discuss...

With the holiday season quickly approaching, we give you our gaming buyer guide to help you make it through rough shopping waters. We also share thoughts on Geoff Keighley's Game Awards, and the nominations for the show.

Cicero and Kahlief are taking over the show this week and giving some Xbox One X impressions. We chat a bit about EA buying the studio that brought you TitanFall. Kahlief gives a quick review of Horizon Zero Dawn's Frozen Wilds DLC and we round things out with a discussion about Gamestop's new rental service.  (We had some technical difficulties this week that affected our audio quality, things wi...

This week we have the amazing SimplyUndrea on with us to recap TwitchCon. We also give our impressions on Assasin’s Creed: Origins and Destiny 2 on PC. We wrap up with a discussion about the temporary shutdown of NeoGaf due to sexual harrassment claims.

Destiny raids, RUINER, and Cuphead all get covered in terms of what we’ve been playing. We talk about whether controllers have hit their peak and...is playing Pac-Man in the casino wrong?

Ben Haumiller, Associate Producer from EA's Madden team, joins us this week to talk about the new game and its FANTASTIC new story mode, “Longshot”. We dig into NFL politics and ask about if Madden could ever #takeaknee like Colin Kaepernick did.

This week, we go hard in the paint on not friend of the show PewDiePie and his latest racist episode. We give our PAX recap, talk about some new Xbox features, and dig into some of what we've been playing.

Cicero and Shareef are back to talk about their early impressions of Destiny 2. Is it the cultural phenomenon we all thought it would be? Reef gives us his report from DragonCon. Later we find out that South Park decided that they can make a statement with their game before you even play it. Plus, what tricks do game developers employ to make the games you play fun?

Reef and Cee hold down the fort and find that everyone is playing Destiny 2. Shareef has had a chance to play the PC beta. Was it good enough to make him wait until the PC release? Destiny doesn't have an eSports scene so it won't be in the Olympics but what games will be on display in 2024? Also, Shareef gives his impressions of Mario + Rabbids! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Waypoint Editor in Chief Austin Walker returns to Brookago this week to talk about all the happenings since his first appearance. Austin shares his love of PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds and shares some thoughts on Charlottesville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew jumps into the show this week with lots to talk about. NBA Live brings in the WNBA, Pyre is a must buy, Kah talks about what he did last week (OUCH!) and we share that our show is going to be live on Twitch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tanya Depass joins Cee and Reef to discuss how we feel about a Call of Duty shoutcaster getting kink-shamed, and if that's really a thing. We discuss the success (or lack thereof) for the most recent Pokemon Go event. After the break, we give our impressions of Splatoon 2 and Dream Daddy. Dad jokes and blue jokes abound on this episode of Spawn On Me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

It's a fountain of information this week thanks to the Destiny 2 Beta dropping. We give some impressions on what we've played and what we're hopeful for. EVO also wrapped up this past weekend, and we got displays of Black love that we didn't expect. We wrap up the show discussing why Nintendo is making chat so hard for its players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katy Jo Wright, Director of Xbox's Gaming For Everyone, joins us this week to talk about how diversity and inclusion is the future of the Xbox platform. After the break, we give some love to the Metal Gear series on its 30th birthday, talk about the 2000(!) characters already created for Fire Pro Wrestling World, and we close out the show with a special announcement! Learn more about your ad choic...

This week, the crew jumps down a bunch of rabbit holes with guest host Tanya Depass. We get a recap of the Game Developers of Color Expo from Tanya, discuss Overwatch's newest character Doomfist (and stereotypes), and we wrap up the show with a great debate about whether Marina from Splatoon 2 is black. Also check out our review of ToastMade's wood console covers. Also check out our review of Toas...

Shiver Me Timbers! We snag Executive Producer Joe Neate and Design Director Mike Chapman from the Sea of Thieves team to share what's going with one of the Xbox's most anticipated titles. We return from the break with stories of newfound bounty from our trip to E3 as well. No skeletons were harmed during the recording of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finally get to share the awesome fireside chat audio from GDC 2017! Tanya Depass, Gordon Bellamy, Tramell Ray Isaac & Craig Campbell sit down with Kahlief to talk about how they are all making our gaming spaces better. Knowledge, laughs and fun get passed around during this stellar compliation of major players in the gaming industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Chris Algoo joins us this week to give us the lowdown on the Game Developers of Color Expo. How and why did GDOC come to be? What amazing developers and games will be shown? How many brown folks can they fit in the Schomburg? All those questions get answered on this very special episode of Spawn On Me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rohan Rivas (Marketing Creative, PR & Community Communications Manager) from Bosskey sits down with us to talk about the latest happenings with Lawbreakers. How do you balance community, content and badassery? What has the team learned from making the jump to PS4 with their new title, and has the beta made the game better? These questions and much more get answered in this interview that you'll on...

We snagged an exclusive interview with Aaron Greenberg (GM of Xbox Games Marketing) and talk all about the Xbox One X! We dig into how this console will lead the way into 4K console gaming. Hear what it's like to interact with fans and get some juicy tidbits regarding the console itself that you might only hear about on our show. No new power brick? ...Capture gameplay in 4K? All this and more in...

Microsoft is next up to bat for our E3 coverage, and there was A LOT to see in the Xbox presser: 42 games, with 22 of them exclusive to Xbox One. "Project Scorpio" is no more, and the "Xbox One X" is born. We run down all the news and give answer (for now) the question "Will the most powerful console known to humankind move the needle and push Sony back on its heels?" Keep it here for more E3 cove...

In our first E3 2017 mini-episode, Kahlief and Shareef recap the EA conference and EA Play event. Shareef shares his experiences with Battlefront 2, Need For Speed, Battlefield 2’s DLC, and the much-anticipated return of NBA Live! Keep your eyes on your podcast player and our YouTube channel for more coverage live and direct for E3 2017! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...