The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, work it out. We've still got a little more to say about the Sega Saturn after spending a week trying out its library. As the year comes to its end, Matt is checking off the last few games from his list, Marc is exploring the black sheep catalogue of a favorite developer, and Joe is... trying new things. We talk about the absence of VR on the next generation of Xbox, t...

This week on The Free Cheese, it's a Sega console. We celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sega Saturn by remembering its history and sharing the limited experience we had with it. Matt watched several rounds of credits on the beaches of Norman. Marc can fly but doesn't know where his brother went because a guy is looking at a fridge. Joe spent a long time wandering the fields but is flying high...

This week on The Free Cheese, pull my devil trigger. We share stories about the weird stuff we did as kids and talk about game preservation. Matt returns from Nashville only to walk back to it, connecting us all as Sam "Porter" Bridges. Marc brings three goths together to take down the devil, lest he cry. Joe skips the tutorials and heads right into the open fields to catch as many as he can find....

This week on The Free Cheese, Runaway Toads. Marc and Joe try out a new format centered around three topics. First, we talk about which games deserve the Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VII remake treatment. Then, we discuss how we handle supporting games and developers we love when their publishers or others get in the way of the games. Finally, we close out talking about the best game of the d...

This week on The Free Cheese, something about knuckles or something. Matt spent Halloween with everybody's favorite Italian cousin and returns with stories of Las Vegas. Marc tasted a handful of games and sold his soul for water. Joe has too much leftover candy to take with him into the Raccoon City Police Department.

This week on The Free Cheese, yeah, fried garlic. Joe returns from the future with stories of subway gaming and the land of the rising sun. Marc learns how to listen to music and high five for bonus power. Matt brings combat to the current era once he can connect to the internet. We discuss the possibilities of a new Swery and Suda 51 game, the future of Xbox controllers, and Diablo IV. We also ha...

This week on The Free Cheese, can we count to three? Marc vacuums the dust off his 3DS to explore new mansions. Matt is still seeking the answer to his question of the month. We talk about next chapters for new and old games as well as admire Analogue's next retro product.

This week on The Free Cheese, whose voice would you put in your PlayStation? Matt has reached the end of a Dreamcast era masterpiece and still finds himself asking one question. Marc can't get the boulder out of the house but he got the Luigi out of the mansion. Joe is back in 1998 chasing an opera singer through the sewers. We talk about the PlayStation 5 and what game IO Interactive could be mak...

This week on The Free Cheese, like, Hey Scoob, what's new? We're all together now to discuss the changeups at Sony, new Brain Age, and why pugs make great aliens. Marc starts the month of spooky celebration with Luigi's Mansion. Matt travels to a far away land to experience the Dreamcast. Joe ventures to the dark side of the moon with the latest Destiny 2 expansion.

This week on The Free Cheese, we find out what sounds make our teeth hurt and share them with you. We're back with more talk about Link's Awakening and Session as well as reports on our first week with Gears 5 playing through a co-op campaign. We talk about The Last of Us Part II's multiplayer campaign as well as what we learned from this week's State of Play and Inside Xbox presentations. Finally...

This week on The Free Cheese, we campaign to get Frankie Muniz on the show. We're in the midst of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta and have reports from the battlefield. We also touch on the future of E3 and talk about the history of demo discs. Matt edges deeper into the world of Alan Wake while Marc sees the beginnings of Link's Awakening and Joe hits the streets in Session.

This week on The Free Cheese, speed run Sneak King! Joe and Matt discover how to take care of spiders in the basement and what's worth $3.88 at a faraway Target. We also put Astral Chain to bed and get excited about more Control. We stoke the fire of Gears 5 and hit the road toward professional Overwatch. We cover Apple Arcade and the new horror of the Ring Fit Adventure ad before taking some emai...

This week on The Free Cheese, oh, what you'll find on the boardwalk. We talk about Astral Chain and the growth of Platinum Games along with the news from the Nintendo Direct this week. Additionally, we checked out the Code Vein demo and saw the end of the annual Battle Pass. We learn about changing laws for gambling in Japan and how it definitely has nothing to do with a changing Konami business p...

This week on The Free Cheese, can you name them all? The video games have arrived and we have played them. We start things off with Blair Witch and talk about the ups and downs of getting lost in the woods. Then, we walk the line between two worlds in Control. Finally, we talk about Platinum's latest with Astral Chain and why it's good to play against your expectations. We discuss some new game co...

This week on The Free Cheese, who would eat a soft-shell crab? We're here in the year of our Hideo to talk about Gamescom and the full roster coming to Mortal Kombat 11. We also talk about Insomniac Games joining the PlayStation family and concept art from the cancelled WB Montreal Damian Wayne Batman game. Marc returns to Resident Evil 4 to prepare him to go further back into the original release...

This week on The Free Cheese, the rapper returns. Marc takes a dive into Ion Fury, a new game that uses the Duke Nukem 3D engine, while avoiding encounters with the fourth kind. Joe sees the end of one storyline in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and has some suggestions for approaching the game. Matt is grinning ear to ear despite his abnormal sleep schedule as The International 2019 is off to a start....

This week on The Free Cheese, we went to the movies. Join us for another episode where we talk about loot box percentages, full-time jobs, and what to do about WWE. We hear from Matt on his week with Wolfenstein: Youngblood and the narrowing road of the world of DOTA. Marc takes us on another adventure in Pokémon GO (now with 100% more ghosts). Joe traveled through time in Fire Emblem: Three House...

This week on The Free Cheese, you can pause us at any time. Marc survives a strange encounter in a parking lot with Team Rocket and maybe more. Joe starts to get heavy into tea time with his students in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Matt learns what video games look like on a new graphics card with Wolfenstein: Youngblood. We talk about how many millions of PlayStation 4 consoles have been sold, what...

This week on The Free Cheese, I found this in the backyard, you want it? Wolfenstein: Youngblood is adding a bit of the Arkane flavor to the hallway shooter and we detail what we're digging about the game so far. Fire Emblem: Three Houses is changing up the formula as well, adding in a whole lot of social elements to the game that are making us care about the characters even more. Finally, Marvel...

This week on The Free Cheese, we go down the river. With six months behind us, we take a look at what we like this year so far and which games we believe will end up in our annual conversations this December. We also talk about the slew of announcements from Nintendo this week along with id Software departures, Comic-Con announcements, and news of Tetris Effect on PC. Thankfully, the meta changed...

This week on The Free Cheese, what's after Mars? Marc is away but Matt and Joe come together to talk about the Sega Genesis and how it lives on in 2019. With the announcement of the Vita 2, or "Nintendo Switch Lite", we talk about what we want in portable gaming and where we think Nintendo should take its family of hardware next. Another week of Dota 2 and Underlords is in Matt's play record while...

This week on The Free Cheese, you want job? We're here to talk about another round of Q&A from a Nintendo shareholder's meeting that includes discussion about the future of Nintendo Switch Online and whether or not these poor shareholders can get to an amusement park. Matt only understands the ways of The Ancients these days as every screen must contain DOTA. Marc uses the absence of the internet...

This week on The Free Cheese, we walk like a dinosaur. It's the middle of the summer and we've got your tips on staying out of school and how to survive 6th grade. Marc dances through Hyrule a little bit more before getting engrossed in a childhood classic on the Nintendo 64. Joe finds his footing in the castle of Bloodstained leading up to the season of creation with the launch of Super Mario Mak...

This week on The Free Cheese, that's a veteran catch! Marc returns from Chicago to tell us what it's like to catch Pokémon with thousands of other people across three parks, as well as share the experience of Rare Replay and the arcade edition of Battletoads. Matt is collecting ears with his motorcycle as he begins the wandering within Days Gone. Joe is looking for a way to make things turn upside...

This week on The Free Cheese, you can do that in traffic? We're on the other side of E3 and we're tallying up the points to see who was the best at seeing into the future. After the dust settled, we also talk about the games that are still sticking with us that we're most anticipating. For the week, Matt played the beta release of Valve's latest video game: Dota Underlords and some of Ubisoft's ne...