The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: Joe returns to Gotham... his town in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and changes some things around since his town was still dressed up like Halloween. Marc tries to ace Hotline Miami in anticipation for the sequel. Kyle beats LEGO Marvel Super Heroes in a day and tries to stay interested in the post-game content. We share our thoughts on The Legend of Zelda coming...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: We're playing  EarthBound for our Game Club . Kyle breaks his gaming rut (hopefully) with LEGO Marvel Superheroes and a bit of the Animal Crossing: New Leaf daily grind. Marc returns to Borderlands 2 albeit briefly and then adopts a wolf in Torchlight 2. Joe completes Mother 3 and cries for hours, then rediscovers Resident Evil in the HD remake, while also exp...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast, Joe sits down with Marc and Kyle to discuss MAGfest and Nintendo's new console. Marc continues on his quest to complete the Kid Icarus games. Kyle professes his love for breakfast foods and his current disdain for his 3DS. Joe struggles to keep interest in Pokemon Alpha Sapphire but lets Mother 3 consume his life.  We try to find a game for Kyle to enjoy on hi...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: Joe, Kyle, Marc, and newcomer Troy sit down to recap last week's Nintendo Direct after we lost part of our recording from episode 104. We discuss the death of Club Nintendo and share our hopes for what replaces it. We talk about the disappointment of Civilization: Beyond Earth and the fun of Nidhogg. We give some early impressions on the new EarthBound-inspire...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: Joe and Marc are joined by new best friend Mike DeMarco to talk about Destiny, Kid Icarus, and Metroid among other things. We spend some time discussing the faults of the Halo 5 Beta, the joys of inexpensive eShop titles, and why Tetris Ultimate could ultimately be a little bit better. We learn about Mike's relationship with the brotherly band Hanson, why Marc...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: We look back at our predictions for 2014 to see how well we guessed, and then we make some new predictions for 2015. Joe, Kyle, and Dan read last year's predictions from members of The Free Cheese and tally up the scores, then follow up by sharing a bit of the plans and ideas for The Free Cheese in 2015. After a break, we share our predictions for the year, in...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: We decide on our choices for game of the year. Through heavy debate, oration, or in some cases the toss of a coin we voted on the best games of the year across multiple categories. Joe, Marc, Sandeep, and Kyle spend a few hours talking about the best console, soundtrack, developer, story, and of course the best game of 2014. We each stated our choice for the c...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: Joe and Marc sit down to talk about  Shovel Knight  and why it is one of the greatest games of the year. We talk about playing  Super Smash Bros. for Wii U ,  Batman: Arkham Origins ,  Payday 2 , and  Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker  among other things. Then we share our favorite gaming moments involving Christmas, and tease a bit of what is to come for next we...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: We celebrate our 100th episode of the podcast. Joe, Kyle, Sandeep, and Ako sit down to talk about our favorite memories from the podcast since our first episode. We discuss our impressions and feelings about the Video Game Awards that happened in Las Vegas the previous weekend, and what excites us coming out of that show. After Kyle heads out, we continue shar...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: We celebrate our 100th episode of the podcast. Joe, Kyle, Sandeep, and Ako sit down to talk about our favorite memories from the podcast since our first episode. We discuss our impressions and feelings about the Video Game Awards that happened in Las Vegas the previous weekend, and what excites us coming out of that show. After Kyle heads out, we continue shar...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: Join Joe, Marc, and Kyle as they discuss their latest adventures in video gaming. Kyle just bought a PS4 and is utilizing the brand new system to play year-old games, while testing the grounds in  Minecraft  to see what it's all about. Marc dove into a SEGA Humble Bundle sale and has been experiencing the joy of  Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed  in all of...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: Join Joe, Kyle, Tyler, and for the first time in a few months Chris & Dave to talk about video games. Kyle has been antagonizing children in  GTA Online  once again. Chris has been spending the little free time that he has by exploring the world of  Dragon Age: Inquisition . Dave is still grinding away in  Destiny  and joining Chris in  Dragon Age . Tyler has...

This week on FourPlay: Joe and Marc sit down to talk about video games. Marc talks about Counter-Strike ripoffs, the mundanity that is The Legend of Korra, and the insane deployability of The Binding of Isaac. Joe begins his first journey through Chrono Trigger, and tries out (and LOVES) the new Mario Kart 8 DLC. Together, we both play a bit of Super Smash Bros. for 3DS in order to prepare for the...

This week on FourPlay: Marc picks up the DualShock 4 to try out the port of  Hotline Miami  and gets excited for the sequel. Additionally, he dove into the latest creation from Edmund McMillen in the form of  The Binding of Isaac Rebirth . Dan continues his time with  Super Smash Bros. for 3DS  as well as  Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel , but he joins Kyle in  Grand Theft Auto Online  to torment and...

This week on FourPlay: Dan discovers the fine line between  Borderlands  and  Borderlands 2  that is  Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel . Marc excites us all with a gorgeous pop culture filled beat 'em up called  Devil's Dare . Kyle torments children in  GTA Online . Tyler misses Halloween in  Animal Crossing: New Leaf  because he was busy playing  Super Smash Bros. for 3DS , and Joe struggles to enjoy ...

This week on FourPlay:  Dan plays Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and loves it just as much as he did before he played it. He becomes obsessed with Ice , and he still needs to unlock the rest of the roster in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS .  Kyle revisits GTA V Online one year later only to discover that everyone is a mean and horrible person, so he finds solace in the NES classic Castlevania because digi...

This week Joe & Marc are joined by Tyler to talk about Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and how this game just keeps getting better and better. Then, we talk about the demise of survival horror and what truly defines that genre (and why we aren't scared of anything anymore. Finally, we talk about Tyler's first experience with EarthBound and sing a lot of Yoshi songs. 

In this week's episode, we hear from Marc about his final thoughts on Super Smash Bros. for 3DS just before his review is published, Dan begins his journey into Dracula's Castle in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for our monthly Game Club, while Kyle is still trying to figure out his way to the top of the castle in the original Castlevania and watching his Marill die in Pokemon Emerald. Finally...

Sometimes we say that "This is our best episode ever," but I think that seriously, this might be our best episode ever. Ever. We begin the show by detailing what we've been playing and a lot of it is Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. We share some impressions on the game including our favorite characters and we ask why Kyle hasn't bought it yet. We learn a bit about Kyle's experiences with starting a tow...

This week on FourPlay Marc, Joe and Dan talk about Hyrule Warriors and how it compares to Dynasty Warriors. We discuss a little about Animal Crossing and Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. Dan likes Destiny a whole lot more, and Borderlands for PS Vita a whole lot less. Joe got fed up watching Kyle struggle in Castlevania that he had to play through the game himself to remember that it isn't that difficul...

When the normal gang is unable to make it to the podcast, Joe and Dan take it back to their roots to talk about what they've been playing since last week. Dan's continued stay in the world of Destiny leads him to play some more Borderlands 2, but he also spends some time methodically playing The Wolf Among Us. Joe gives up on Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance to dive into Castlevania: Aria of Sor...

This week on FourPlay, we dive right in and talk about the problems that lie within Bungie's Destiny, but why Dan and Dave are still keen on playing the game. We share our thoughts and experiences with the Super Smash Bros. demo for 3DS, and we give our answers to the question of the week surrounding HD remakes for Nintendo games.    We also fire off some lightning round questions and present a ne...

During another thrilling episode of FourPlay, you can hear us discuss Velocity 2X, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, The Walking Dead, and The Last of Us. We also take a moment to reflect on the 15th anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast, leading us to discuss gaming's odd console endeavors and underdogs.  Join Joe Dix, Marc Augustyniak, Tyler Block, and Kyle Muehlberger as they yell...

This week on the show, Joe and Marc reconvene to discuss the difference between childhood and adulthood gaming, taking into consideration the advent of the internet to spoil everything before its release, as well as the availability of information and of games.  Marc shares his experience with a game called Contagion, the successor to Zombie Panic Source. He also reminds Joe that Halloween in Anim...

This is where Marc, Kyle, and Joe gather to discuss what has been going on with each of their lives and which states they have been traveling to. We also discuss Marc's continuing journey through the history of The Legend of Zelda, Kyle's reemergence into The Last of Us, and Joe's discovery of "Castle B" in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. Then, the trio discusses Konami's P.T., or "Playable Te...