The Free Cheese

This year, we're changing a bit of how our awards are chosen and announced. We're limiting the entire process to a single, shorter episode. We've worked behind the scenes using a spreadsheet and some math, with a bit of wiggling one way or another to determine the winners of each category. As we read through each category, we'll name the winner and two runners up. Then, we'll share some of our exp...

This week on The Free Cheese, another anniversary? We hear predictions from our friend Ako and celebrate NieR Automata's final secret. We learn about how Miis integrate into Breath of the Wild and figure out how to sleep inside of Gengar.

This week on The Free Cheese, twenty twenty-one. We look forward to what we expect in 2021 with our latest run of predictions after reflecting on what we expected from 2020. We also take some time to share positive outlooks on Sonic Forces and hear all about brand new Game Gear games from M2. Finally, we get the final word on Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

This week on The Free Cheese, Matt writes Sonic fanfiction. More of what you love: conversations about video games. We're talking Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Deep Rock Galactic, with a trip through some fighting games along the way. We also check out Umurangi Generations, slowly uncovering its layers beyond a simple photography game.

This week on The Free Cheese, money please! We check out the demo for Bravely Default II and wave goodbye to Cyberpunk 2077. Matt takes over a small town in Yakuza: Like a Dragon while Marc finds the true successor to a 3D Sonic game in Crumble and Joe grabs the Wii Remote for Samus' final first-person adventure in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

This week on The Free Cheese, and the award goes to... We recap some of our favorite announcements from this year's Game Awards along with a rundown of headlines from the week including the new release timeline for Halo Infinite and an upcoming Digimon wearable. Marc and Matt take the first steps into Cyberpunk 2077 and share the good, the bad, and the buggy. Meanwhile, Joe readies himself for Bre...

This week on The Free Cheese, Mario Paint. Together, we discuss the stack of industry shakeups that were announced this week along with a brief and literal pulse check for the PlayStation Vita. Catch up on what it means to complete your first palace in Persona 5 Royal, what it feels like to finish Demon's Souls, and how to survive on the Oregon Trail in 2020.

This week on The Free Cheese, excuse me, Princess! Marc closes the curtains on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity while opening a box of Digimon cards. Matt discovers the roots of FromSoftware as he edges deeper into Demon's Souls. Joe finally learns what it means to steal a heart with Persona 5 Royal's first dungeon. We also make it to the end of our own dungeon as we wrap up another ongoing segmen...

This week on The Free Cheese, don't give him Sonic. During a slightly slower week of news we dive a bit deeper into Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Hades, and Pokémon Sword: The Crown Tundra. We also share our first impressions with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and how it fits into the lore of The Legend of Zelda.

This week on The Free Cheese, push to puff! It's new console week and we have Matt's first impressions with both as well as a series of rapid-fire questions that get to the bottom of what we really want to know. We also talk about Marc's first week with Genshin Impact and Joe's time with Tekken 7 and its fourth season.

This week on The Free Cheese, did we find Brittfaceyo? With the launch of next generation consoles only moments away we make sure to catch up on all of the vampire news you could ever ask for. We also bring a close to our ongoing segment, "Who Would Win in a Fight?" and continue with the second round of "Another Night, Another Dream" in between a heavy week of news. Finally we check in with Pokémo...

This week on The Free Cheese, Happy Halloween! We share our ideas for other game franchises that could learn from Breath of the Wild and try to figure out how to name new Final Fantasy characters. Marc keeps things spooky with Phasmophobia and Handy Harry's Haunted House Services, Matt enters a Rocket League tournament, and Joe returns to the world of Pokémon.

This week on The Free Cheese, someone remembers to unmute his microphone. A slower news week lets us explore some different topics. What's a positive example of a game that feels like its from the PS2 era? Name a game that was overshadowed by something when it initially released? We also discuss Halloween events in video games and how to catch a ghost.

This week on The Free Cheese, where's Okami? Listen in as we talk PlayStation 5 UI and the new initiative from the Video Game History Foundation. We look back on where we were a year ago and close out on some of the games we've been playing recently. Also, it's the final round in the quarter finals of our ongoing segment chronicling the best of the bad in video game's greatest villains.

This week on The Free Cheese, we figure out how to save the Switch. We talk about which purple character should have ended up in Mortal Kombat and run down all the PlayStation 5 news from the week. We also check in with the recently released Pikmin 3 Deluxe Demo.

This week on The Free Cheese, Steve blocks the way! Gather around and listen to tales of surviving when not playing video games. We talk about Super Mario Bros. 35 and checking in with the weird side of the 3DS library.

This week on The Free Cheese, taste the cumin! We're here to talk 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and Rocket League's entry into the free-to-play space. We check in with Tokyo Game Show 2020 and a new company from old Blizzard folks. Also, it turns out Microsoft bought something else.

This week on The Free Cheese, we believe in generations. It's finally time to discuss the full launch details of the PlayStation 5 and the games launching alongside the new platform on November 12. Matt checks out Hypnospace Outlaw, welcoming the comfort of a late 1990s internet in favor of a chilly campground. Joe continues with Xenoblade Chronicles while exploring Super Mario 64 as part of the 3...

This week on The Free Cheese, tell me your tire fantasy. We finally have a release date and details for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. We weigh in on the best way to buy and our favorite designs of this generation's new consoles. We also check in with Mario Tennis Aces, step closer to the finale of our recurring segment "Who Would in in a Fight?", and talk about the first tenth of a 100-hour...

This week on The Free Cheese, old is new is old again. We're excited by the release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 and with the announcement of Super Mario 3D All-Stars it feels like we're back in the late 90's all over again. We also check out Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, get ready for the release of new video cards, and follow up to last week's game recommendation. All that and so mu...

This week on The Free Cheese, did Madden call Snoop Dogg a cop? Another week, another Nintendo Direct mini brought to you by Lunchables. We finally get an official spill of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War details and Matt is fresh from the fields with a look at Madden NFL 21. We recap some highlights from Gamescom, figure out what Joe will play next, and try to imagine what new Switch hardware wi...

This week on The Free Cheese, oops! All superheroes! We discuss the reveals of both Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Gotham Knights, along with some other excitement from DC Fandome. We also check in with Microsoft Flight Simulator and Battletoads during their launch week and get ready for what's next in Call of Duty and NHL.

This week on The Free Cheese, let's celebrate Quake. The days of not having any skateboard video games to play are long gone. We take a trip through time and go shopping, while planning the future of video game television. We both lament the fun of PC gaming and weigh in on the battles of billionaires.

This week on The Free Cheese, unlock another episode when you buy the Battle Pass. We share our first impressions of Fall Guys and detail the latest changes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone. Additionally, we close the book on A Plague Tale: Innocence and look forward to whatever Rocksteady is up to with Suicide Squad. We talk about this week's State of Play and the news th...

This week on The Free Cheese, we talk about good game feel.  We kick things off with news from Activision and a look at Modern Warfare just before the season ends. We compare and contrast it with Halo and discuss the move for Halo Infinite to have free multiplayer. We travel back in time to France during the Black Plague and learn how to fight rats with fire, then further back to feudal Japan to f...