The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, your mama don't dance. We're here to get excited and get you excited about Animal Crossing. We recap the Direct and talk about everything there is to do on a faraway, desert, island after you've been kidnapped. Matt finds a victory and a bit of confidence as the third journey continues. Meanwhile, Joe rediscovers an old classic and finds new meaning in it. Read about...

This week on The Free Cheese, which ports are left? Matt cracks open another round for celebration after becoming a full ninja, plays some Xtreme football, and cuts to Camera 2. Joe slashes his way through a sequel spin-off to a game he never finished and finds a new anime puzzle game to get lost in. We talk about the future of E3 without its past, changes to Rockstar and The Coalition, and the lo...

This week on The Free Cheese, Syndicate mobile. Matt edges closer to the platinum trophy in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and spends a few hours creating religion in Frostpunk. Joe feels the beat in Patapon 2 and finds himself deep in the streets of Kamurocho in Yakuza Kiwami. We talk about rumors of Silent Hill games and a new horror IP at Sony, check in with Nintendo's financial briefing, and predic...

This week on The Free Cheese, can I finish first? Matt and Joe talk about Ninja Theory's new projects and celebrate #Sonic2020 right along with you. Joe failed to keep things going for long in Frostpunk but found better luck in Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2. Matt figured out the best way to get over finishing Sekiro is to play more Sekiro.

This week on The Free Cheese, we need a vowel. We talk about the latest addition to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster along with a recap of the recent string of game delays that struck this week. Matt beat Sekiro and finds himself lost looking for the next thing. Marc pulls out the purple to play Phantasy Star Online while waiting on its sequel. Joe enters the depths of hell in Sigil after the...

This week on The Free Cheese, keep rollin'. We have another week of GTA Online stories to share along with the debut of a new game that you can play along with at home. Matt got through the wall in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Marc plays as someone else in Onimusha, and Joe got into Shovel Knight: King of Cards. We hit some headlines from the week and recap the Pokémon Direct.

This week on The Free Cheese, learn the history of the year 2020. We fell back into Grand Theft Auto Online and started to build our digital empire on the backs of Steve Winwood songs. Marc learns the ways of Onimusha while Matt takes his special friend to the championship and Joe rolls credits on the world of dreams. We tally up the scores of our 2019 predictions and etch in stone our declaration...

This week on The Free Cheese, it's all about games. With Game of the Year behind us we spend the podcast talking about everything we've been playing in the last few weeks. We touch on Code Vein, Madden 20, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, Wattam, Shadows of the Damned, Demon's Tilt, and so much more. We learn some new phrases and prepare for our annual predictions show next week.

The conclusion to our Game of the Year 2019 Awards arrives with the induction of another game into The Free Cheese Hall of Fame and of course, our Game of the Year. Listen in to hear our final day of deliberations and read below to see the winners. Thank you for spending your time with us this year. Enjoy your video games! Hall of Fame - Super Metroid We started inducting games into The Free Chees...

The fourth day of Game of the Year 2019 has arrived and with it another round of awards. Listen in to hear us deliberate and select our winners as we reminisce on the moments throughout the year in gaming. Read on below for the list of winners. Don't forget to vote for Reader's Choice Game of the Year 2019 ! Most Surprising This game came out of nowhere. Sometimes this is actually true in the even...

Welcome to or third day of awards for 2019. Today we debut some categories and celebrate the best games that don't stop. Listen in for our deliberations and read below for the winners. Don't forget to vote for Reader's Choice Game of the Year 2019! Best Gameplay We're debuting this category despite the obvious need for it in previous years. What we do in a game is ultimately what hooks us in the f...

2019's awards continue with our next wave of awards. Once again we are gathered on a podcast to deliberate each award and grant one winner with two runners up. Listen in for the full debates and surprises, then read below for the winners. You can also still vote for your Game of the Year 2019 in our Reader's Choice Award. Best Multiplayer This category awards the best use of multiplayer in a game...

Welcome to the beginning of our Game of the Year 2019 awards. Each day this week, we'll have a new podcast episode where we worked out the details of every award and agreed upon a winner and two runners up. You can listen in to go on the journey with us and read on to see the winners. You can also vote for your Game of the Year 2019 right now ! Out of Time We wish we could play everything and that...

This week on The Free Cheese, a city above the sea. Marc and Joe reconvene after The Game Awards to talk mostly about the Xbox Series X and what a new BioShock game could be. We recap the State of Play and highlight our favorite headlines of the week. We also talk about Resident Evil 2, Magic: The Gathering Arena, Death Road to Canada, and Shovel Knight. We check in with a ™ game based on some cre...

This week on The Free Cheese, we celebrate 25 years of PlayStation. With our Game of the Year awards looming in the near future, Matt spends a week beating every game that came out this year. Marc plays a Kojima game about wandering in the woods and fighting monsters. Joe finally found the pinball game. Our topic of the week has us thinking about what happens when creators lose control of their cr...

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...