The Free Cheese

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...

This week on FourPlay, Marc goes for the second quest in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Dan gets bored in Puppeteer, Tyler tries to find the heart in Valiant Hearts, and Joe tries to memorize combos as he falls back in love with Injustice: Gods Among Us.  Everyone laments the experience of Metroid II: Return of Samus but find solace in exploring what could come of a Lord of the Rings...

This week, Dan explores the Game Boy Advance library and relearns how to play Advance Wars 2. Chris plays a lot of Rogue Legacy, or "the Dark Souls of Vita games." Dave joins Kyle and Joe to discover Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! via PlayStation Now. Topic of the week leads into discussion about the recent string of HD remakes or "Definitive" editions of games. 

This week on FourPlay, Marc plays Smash Flash, Dave journeys into Dark Souls II again, Kyle continues to Nuzlocke, and Joe falls back in love with The Last of Us- now on PS4.  Then, a ten question lightning round ensues that stretches the history of gaming. The topic of the week was based on our cover story this week "...And We Never Heard From Them Again," so we talked about the loss of local mul...

This week on FourPlay we wish our good friend Ako a super rad birthday. Dave tries to get better at Mario Kart 8 while drifting through Drifter. Marc feels inspired by our recent string of articles to go revisit Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Battletoads. Chris dies in Dark Souls II's new DLC and revives himself inside of Divinity: Original Sin. Kyle slowly falls in love with Samus Aran and then disc...

This week on FourPlay, we discuss our recent trip to the arcade amidst a week's worth of playing games. Then, we spend the rest of the episode talking about Super Smash Bros. and why we are excited for the new games, who we want to see added to the roster, and so much more. 

This week on FourPlay: Dave continues his adventures in Skyrim with the first set of DLC, Chris and Joe argue about Shovel Knight's difficulty, and Kyle feels indifferent toward Sly Cooper 4. Chris plays a little BlazBlue to keep his sanity and Joe tries out Insomniac's free-to-play iOS game Outernauts.  Kyle, Dan, and Joe talk to Andy Hull about programming Spelunky, moving to Baltimore, and his...

There is a lot crammed into this week's show. Marc gets addicted to the Pokémon online card game, Chris and Joe fall in absolute love with Yacht Club Games' Shovel Knight, and Kyle and Joe talk about their trip to Mohawk Games to try out their debut title: Offworld Trading Company.  There's a new segment introduced called "What's In Daddy's Mouth?" and everyone is sorry about that, but you can joi...

This week Joe teases his time with Yacht Club Games and their debut title Shovel Knight. Everyone except Dan shares fond memories of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and attempted murder of villagers. Dan tries to stay alive in Don't Starve and learns to love Transistor. Chris and Dave fight each other and then team up in Donkey Kong. Chris doesn't play Pikmin 3 but Dave beats Skyrim, then Kyle beats Dav...

We have totally redesigned thefreecheesedotcom and that means the podcast is getting a makeover as well. Starting with this episode, we are ditching the news segment and adding some new features. We will start every episode with a conversation about what we have been playing, answer some lightning round questions, then wrap up with a topic of the week. This week we discussed our overall feelings a...