The Free Cheese

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...

This week on The Free Cheese, we dream that we're clairvoyant. While Matt and Ben are away on assignment, Marc and Joe get ready for the next generation of Pokémon to hit Pokémon Go. We learn a little more about the Xbox One dashboard and then we talk about another black-and-white duck fighter candidate for the Marc™ GOTY. Joe gives an update on which dimension he's travelled to, then talks about...

This week on The Free Cheese, everybody's here. We recap the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct and share our excitement for what's to come. We also talk about what happened at QuakeCon 2018 and announce to you the next installer you'll be able to keep on your PC desktop. We spent some time this week playing fighting games and Hunt: Showdown. Marc tells us a bit about playing pinball on an i...

This week on The Free Cheese we haven't encountered that before. Our paths intersect this week as Marc and Matt dive into WarioWare Gold and Ben and Joe talk a bit of Street Fighter V. We've all been exploring the real world through Pokémon Go as the craze continues and Joe shares more stories from Ultra Moon. Matt finds himself on the ice again while Marc is taking things apart with a wrench. Ben...

This week on The Free Cheese, multiplayer online battle arena. To start things off, Matt buys a new car and Marc and Joe write a horror movie. Matt spends his time this week between two things he'd never expected years ago. Marc fights with two buttons and then learns how to be mega in new ways. Joe does some weird stuff and then keeps trying to catch them all. We talk about the next Xbox after so...

This week on The Free Cheese, welcome to Summer 2016! We catch up on Marc's birthday festivities and what's happening in San Diego. Then, Matt swears he's never playing Mario Tennis Aces again... Marc runs the gambit of game samples this week from 3DS demos to explosive chickens. Ben starts counting frames in Street Fighter V and gets really good. Matt hops on the bus for one more ride. Joe finds...

This week on The Free Cheese, I was walking with a ghost. Marc kicks things off with a journey into the real world of Kanto, Ben learns to stay on the ground while fighting, Joe rips and tears at 5K, and Matt doesn't want to talk about tennis. We talk a lot about Quake Champions as we continue to learn the game and fall in love with playing it more each day. We close out the show with a peek into...

This week on The Free Cheese, it's killing time. Matt becomes a god and is compared to the father of Nintendo as he destroys in Mario Tennis Aces (after deleting it). Ben begins to learn the terrifying truth of NieR: Automata. Joe uncovers the magic of Xbox Play Anywhere with his new computer and State of Decay 2. We all shared one big experience this week called Quake Champions—and we really fell...

This week on The Free Cheese, we consider early stage goths. Matt keeps playing Mario Tennis Aces and starts watching a TV show called Quantum Break. Ben hides things in the wrong chests around the mansion in Resident Evil. Marc doesn't want you to play Unreal Tournament but he's super stoked to be murdering dinosaurs again in Turok. Joe tries to stay alive in the darkest version of The Sims to da...

This week on The Free Cheese, we contemplate QuakeCon and then talk about vomiting at Slayer concerts. Matt talks about his anticipation leading into the release of Mario Tennis Aces and shares his thoughts on its final release, along with an update on the status of his controller. Marc explores a few of the eight paths in Octopath Traveler just before convincing us to play Fortnite. Ben continues...

This week on The Free Cheese, we figure out who the final Smash Bros. characters will be. Joe and Matt reconvene post-E3 to catch up on what we've been playing and why that answer is Destiny. We cover the release of Hollow Knight on Switch, the Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2, Prey's Mooncrash nightmares, and Donkey Kong on Switch. Following E3, we find ourselves asking the question "What's next" an...