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This week on The Free Cheese, the new year takes us back and then forward. Marc tries to find the rest of the orbs with his little buddy. Matt gets cold going for the gold—the real gold. Joe covers the world in icing while dancing in the moonlight. We talk about which new Capcom game is coming out next January, what to do in a thirty-minute demo, and try to figure out how we missed the news we wer...

This week on The Free Cheese, two surprises! Ben is playing Joy-con spread eagle from here on out, Marc breaks into the asylum to save us all, and Joe is selling crystal jelly. We talk about what remains after Game of the Year is over, announce the winner of the Reader's Choice Game of the Year, and use the holiday week to play some honest video games. We also talk about Flash game preservation, g...

The final day of our 2018 awards is here and with it comes our winner for Game of the Year. Thank you for hanging with us all week long and congratulations to all of the winners across all of our categories. Video games are what bring us all together and these awards are a way to celebrate what we love most about them. Enjoy: Best Score/Soundtrack Most Anticipated Hall of Fame Game of the Year

Only two days left in our annual awards ceremony and we've still got a lot of awards to give out. Today's categories are: Favorite In-Game Moment Best Game as a Service Most Surprising Favorite Free Cheese Moment

We've reached the halfway point in the week of awards. After a long debate yesterday, it's time we move into a few more categories: 2018's 2017 Game of the Year Best Remaster Biggest Disappointment Best Character Best Old Game That We Played This Year

Our second day of the week of 2018's awards begins now! Today we give the awards for: Best Story Best Spirit Best Multiplayer Best DLC/Expansion Best Switch Port

Welcome to The Free Cheese Game of the Year 2018. All week long, we'll be celebrating the best of this year in video games. To start, our first day of awards include: I'll Play It Next Year Best Mobile Game Please Don't Suck Favorite Industry Moment

This week on The Free Cheese, surprise! There was a bit too much news before we rolled into Game of the Year for us to ignore so we came together to capture our thoughts surrounding console sales, lawsuits, fake console nightmares, changes to Artifact, and exciting news for Halo Infinite. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is  "The Origin" by Legna Zeg .

This week on The Free Cheese, what does the start button do? With Matt and Ben away, Marc and Joe gather round the podcast table for the last episode before Game of the Year podcasts are recorded. We talk about where Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has taken us and what we're really enjoying. Then we talk a bit about Gris, a new game from Nomada Studio that leaves an impact in the short amount of time...

This week on The Free Cheese, everybody's here! In case you weren't aware, there's a new game in the Super Smash Bros. franchise and we're pretty excited about it. We detail the game's Adventure mode and highlight some of the things we've discovered on our respective journeys. We highlight new characters and talk about the changes made to the ones we love. Additionally, we talk a bit about Artifac...

This week on The Free Cheese, we revert our drivers. Like every great video game podcast, we start off talking about what to do with a two-dollar box of glass: break it. Matt finished up his adventures out west just in time to spread some cards out three ways and take out the Ancient. Marc leaves behind yesterday's travels to deliver a message across time and space. Ben takes out a champion before...

This week on The Free Cheese, yeah! We're all together again to talk about video games—and to slowly incite riots around the table. Between yelling about which games are or are not good, we find one thing we can all agree on. Marc returns to a mobile camp he can carry in his pocket but spends a while going on adventures with Pikachu. Matt gets lost in the open fields and forests as he tries to nar...

This week on The Free Cheese, where is Jack Tretton's money? Matt returns from his bedridden nightmares with tales of falling blocks, jumping girls, and cowboy criminals. Ben updates us on his spreadsheet of science documenting online fighting taunts while hanging out with death metal. Joe continues his journey to enlightenment but takes a detour into a reimagined world of pocket monsters. We disc...

This week on The Free Cheese, the fine makers of jelly bring you "horseradish." In between his adventures on the road, Marc grows his ever-expansive family of characters in Diablo III. Despite being the victim of what many would argue is unwarranted taunting, Ben still loves SoulCalibur VI. Joe sinks deeper into the comfort of vacation and loses a day to everything Destiny 2 can throw at him. We a...

This week on The Free Cheese, it's a hash brown vacation. After last week's reminiscing, we talk about the future of The Free Cheese with an overview of changes to the site and tease some secrets. Marc plays a bit of SoulCalibur VI while Joe finds himself back into Destiny 2. We both finished Halo: Combat Evolved and began the nightmare that is Halo 2 on Legendary. We also embarked on our portable...

This week on The Free Cheese, it ain't no soup. We celebrate the fifth anniversary of the website with stories and anecdotes from our adventures over half a decade together. We talk about some of the stuff you might remember, and moments that happened behind the scenes. We've all got Red Dead fever and share our thoughts surrounding the opening to Rockstar's latest release. Marc wraps up Lara Crof...

This week on The Free Cheese, we complete a scavenger hunt. Marc and Joe discuss recent adventures away from the podcast and talk a lot about the Analogue Mega Sg. Marc dives deeper into the catalogue of Rare's history while Joe goes back to a franchise he hasn't touched in a decade. We talk about 100-hour work weeks, what to do in Pokémon Let's Go, and another delay to a PS4 exclusive.

This week on The Free Cheese, we try grandma's gravy. As all video game podcasts go, we start things off yelling about soup again and designing marriage certificates. Then, Ben takes us into the world of The Forest one last time as he sees it through to the end. Matt makes a lot of money on Steam and spends his time becoming a part of something special with the CS: GO community. Joe is starting to...

This week on The Free Cheese, we find out what  really happens at the circus. Marc helps us to remember all of the details from Resident Evil 4 and checks in with the latest in the Halo: Combat Evolved cooperative adventure. Ben learns how to read and uncovers so much more than what the surface offers in The Forest. Joe watches the seasons change and uncovers what's new in Forza Horizon 4. We talk...

This week on The Free Cheese, now available with Spooky Vision. We're fresh into what the world would definitively state is the best month of the year and with it we've brought the fright into the night. Or, we talk about stupid energy drinks and koffee for a while and also some video games. Ben explores the great outdoors and the terrors that await below in the full release of The Forest. Matt cl...

This week on The Free Cheese, this seems about right. Matt is trying to figure out whether or not he likes Beyond: Two Souls. Marc is readying for mid-October while returning to Red Dead Redemption. Ben finishes a really good game and fights a spider mother in Resident Evil 7. Joe tries to figure out Nintendo Switch Online and plays Pokémon Crystal instead. We talk about tiny PlayStation and Genes...

This week on The Free Cheese, we're all chasing something, man. Ben makes his long-awaited return and brings with him tales of new fighting games and surprise characters inside, along with his journey as a detective in Her Story. Marc is over the halfway point in Banjo-Kazooie and busy tapping his phone through a neon pinball adventure. Matt brings us his first-hand experience with the latest in t...

This week on The Free Cheese, here's how you eat wasabi. We learn what it's like to become the one at the party with your Switch and how to properly sail the seas. Matt plays a lot of Into the Breach at a wedding. Marc saves the president's daughter in Resident Evil 4. Joe takes you inside of a real McDonald's. We talk at length about our recent experiences with both Sea of Thieves and Marvel's Sp...

This week on The Free Cheese, we're hydrated. Marc gives us the details on Xbox All Access through his firsthand experience. Matt is trying to solve a mystery chapter by chapter until dawn. Joe tries to find his game for a third time after mom hid it. We talk a lot about Halo: The Master Chief Collection after its big update and addition to Xbox Game Pass this week. We also hear about The Messenge...

This week on The Free Cheese, get in your lane. We finally see where the year's worth of terrible forced jokes have come to a head and celebrate the best in Dota 2. Then, we wander around more to catch Pokémon. Matt checks in with Dead Cells for a bit while Joe learns how to jump in Quake Champions. Marc spends a weekend traveling through four seasons in The Last of Us and its subsequent DLC. We t...