The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, rejected jokers will always lose.  Our month-long bracket elimination continues as we uncover the greatest sidekick in video game history. The Trivia Dungeon awaits our adventurers with some topical questions as we discuss and rank The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and rank it among the rest of this season's games so far. Episode Timestamps 8:00 - The Legend of Zeld...

This week on The Free Cheese, we take The JNCO test.  Let's explore one of Insomniac's non-PlayStation exclusives this week and rank Sunset Overdrive on The List. We also kick off the start of a month-long bracket to decide the best sidekick in video game history. Episode Timestamps 05:02 - Sunset Overdrive 26:48 - Many Years Ago Today 46:47 - Who Would Win in a Fight? 01:14:36 - Roundtable Questi...

This week on The Free Cheese, oooooooo. They really don't make them like they used to back in the PS2 era. We save the world with our dog and our friends using the power of music. We then build the sequel to Gitaroo Man that never happened and discuss games that change key right before the ending. Episode Timestamps 7:07 - Gitaroo Man 28:11 - A Proper Sequel 36:40 - Shopping for Somebody Else 01:0...

This week on The Free Cheese, a revolution. Our game this week launched the Nintendo Wii and truly became a household name. We talk about Wii Sports and its legacy, our own memories of the game, and how it holds up today. Additionally, on the tenth anniversary of the PlayStation Vita, we look back at our highlights with the game, discuss its entrance into the marketplace, and where it stands again...

This week on The Free Cheese, Blinx, go deep! How well do you know your arcade hardware by name? What were the launch prices of consoles entering the market? If you know these, you might survive this week's Trivia Dungeon. We also build a football team from Nintendo and Sega characters and review ESPN NFL Football from Sega. Episode Timestamps 03:36 - ESPN NFL Football 27:06 - Who Would Win in a F...

This week on The Free Cheese, building the Twisted Metal soundtrack. Extreme sports used to be the center of everyone's attention and it seemed like there was no shortage of video games to coincide with every major sport. With those days sadly long gone, we revisit SSX Tricky and see how it holds up twenty years later. We also figure out which video games need new mascots and help them to find the...

This week on The Free Cheese, water bed body. The journey through the Trivia Dungeon reveals more mysteries and asks more questions of our adventurers. We create new Demo Discs to give away with qualifying purchases. Finally, we discuss Valve's 2011 Portal 2 and find out where it ranks among the rest of the games from this season. Episode Timestamps 05:12 - Portal 2 26:43 - A Proper Sequel 39:14 -...

This week on The Free Cheese, final boss only on Genesis! Season 10 continues with a journey into the world of demonic pinball. We play Compile's classic virtual pinball title, Devil's Crush, read through some headlines from ten years ago to see how they hold up today, and build the ultimate crossover game. More inside! Episode Timestamps 06:09 - Devil's Crush 26:47 - Many Years Ago Today 51:14 -...

This week on The Free Cheese, good morning! We begin Season 10 with a discussion and ranking of one of the first major exclusive titles from SEGA on the Nintendo GameCube. We also discuss what a perfect sequel would be, take a stroll through the Trivia Dungeon, and cast our dream actors to bring this game to the silver screen. 06:28 - Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg 30:17 - Trivia Dungeon 47:42 -...

This week on The Free Cheese, what's the Game of the Year? We have decided to change up our regular end of the year show to fit our style a bit better. The three of us have never been able to play the same games each year. We miss out on a lot of releases in a single year because we play games from so many different platforms and eras. With this in mind, we opted to look back through 2021 and talk...

This week on The Free Cheese, future's bright man. Let's commence 2022 with a recap of last year's predictions and a look ahead to the next twelve months. We also share stories of trivial aspects of video games that turned us off. Finally, we each share our personal idea of what 2022 will mean for our gaming habits.

This week on The Free Cheese, the only remaining TV show confirmed. We share our plans for Season 10 of The Free Cheese and what 2022 has in store. We take a deep dive into when games take deep dives into themselves. Last, we discuss where the three major platforms stand at the end of 2021.

This week on The Free Cheese, Mario is a cop. We uncover the best Navi in video games, guess each other's top five, and figure out the video game equivalent of the worst Christmas song ever written. All that and more as we near the end of this podcast season.

This week on The Free Cheese, the next Halo promotional tie-in announced! We talk about how modern platforms have reduced the number of differences between consoles and handhelds. We bring Game of the Game of the Year to a close and play a game of "Who said this?"

This week on The Free Cheese, we're porting games to Switch. We discuss HD remasters, from the origins to present day and contemplate what makes a necessary port. We add one more game to our Game of the Game of the Year list before completing it and we talk a bit more about our fun with Halo Infinite.

This week on The Free Cheese, we save you from your aunt's mistake. What happens when someone buys you the wrong console for the holiday? We give you game recommendations for those untimely mishaps. We also check in with Halo Infinite and offer yet another solution for in-game rewards. Finally, we talk about moments in a game that made us shout, "Nice touch!"

This week on The Free Cheese, a few boxes turned twenty. We celebrate the twentieth anniversaries of Xbox and GameCube with twenty questions. We canonically murder Pokémon. Finally, we talk a lot about Halo Infinite and why playing video games shouldn't feel like going to work.

This week on The Free Cheese, say sorry to the Wii U. Is Wii Sports the most beloved game ever made? Will Forza Horizon 5 win Game of the Year? These questions and more answered inside! We also hear first-hand experience with Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda and decide which game we never want to see remade.

This week on The Free Cheese, what year is it? We add two more games to our Game of the Game of the Year list and then look ahead to predict the winner of Game of the Year 2022. We check back in after a full week with Pikmin Bloom and imagine what games would make great demakes.

This week on The Free Cheese, tell 'em you're playin' Pikmin! We talk about Darkest Dungeon 2 and discuss the best games that could benefit from going Rogue. We wander around to grow flowers in Pikmin Bloom and wonder what's next. Finally, we rewrite history by adding one mechanic to a game.

This week on The Free Cheese, April fools! We approach the end of our Game of the Game of the Year list with another title added. We talk about when gameplay from spin-offs finds its way back into the mainline series and then share stories about when box art led us astray or led us to play.

This week on The Free Cheese, gimme fuel, gimme five. We talk about the best fifth games in a series and see how many collectibles it takes before we break.  We explore the depths of Metroid Dread and talk about how Back 4 Blood has changed since it's initial beta.

This week on The Free Cheese, preparing for the hurt. Konami? Just ahead of Metroid Dread we talk about playing through classic games with modern conventions and contemplate when that goes too far. We share the least requested characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and figure out what gets us in the mood for the respective games we're playing.

This week on The Free Cheese, ruining birthday parties since 1996. We make some new changes to our Game of the Game of the Year list and reminisce on another from the best in 2016. We talk about revisiting PlayStation games in new ways and how the right combination of mechanics and systems can create an endless gameplay loop. We make our final predictions for a new Super Smash Bros. fighter and la...

We celebrate the 35th anniversary of Castlevania with some talking points around how to replay your favorite games and still keep them fresh. We let the Rot carry us deep into Kena: Bridge of Spirits and discuss (again) why PlayStation 2 is still the best of video games. Oh, and we're all playing Magic: The Gathering.