The Great Game Debate Podcast

It's the end of the year and that can only mean it's time once again for the GGD GOTY discussion! Join the crew as they go round-robin style through their personal top 5 games of the year in the final podcast of 2021. But it wouldn't be a Great Game Debate Podcast without a debate, so before the GOTY excitement, Jonah steps in to make his debate debut against Steven in the ultimate debate of skate...

Who says video game movies are all bad? Not our panel! Special Guest Tokyo Slim drops in this week to bring the pain with his cinematic expertise in our video game movie debate. Will Mortal Kombat (1995) perform a fatality on Resident Evil (2002), or will the T-Virus prevail? Later in the pitch, the panelists are moved by indie tearjerker Before Your Eyes, before discussing mysteries in Japan with...

We ratchet up the chaos on this episode of the show as Steven Beaumont returns to throw a wrench into Jonah's plans for an orderly debate alongside guest panelist Travis McGaughey of The Draft Punks. After a contentious group debate over Zelda items, the group cools off with pitches on Breath of The Wild-alike Immortals Fenyx Rising, open-world extreme sports-mashup Riders Republic, and indie acti...

Grab your whip and some holy water and prepare to enter Dracula's Castle on this episode of The GGD podcast. This time, Bradley Ellis of The Easy Allies joins to panel for a bloody good debate with classic Castlevania games vs. Igavania games. The panel also shares their excitement for the new Elden Ring gameplay and pitches new indie action exploration game, Unsighted, as well as underrated survi...

We flip the script on this episode of The GGD Podcast as guest panelist Preston Wilke of Level Zero squares off against Kaedhen to argue what game is a bigger atrocity: Knack or Anthem. Afterwards the crew pitch new indie card-based rogue-like Inscryption, beefy CRPG Pathfinder: Wrath of The Righteous and Furry filled Metroidvania F.I.S.T. Finally we wrap it up with a speed round of 20 questions....

Are you ready for a wickedly good podcast? Game Informer's Kim Wallace joins the crew this time to share her insights on great anime and her recommendations for where to visit when traveling in Japan. Oh, and also to determine who's the true face of evil in our JRPG villains debate! Is Suikoden 2's Mad Prince, Luca Blight, the most monstrous or is FFVI's killer clown, Kefka Palazzo, the more unhol...

This episode of the Great Game Debate Podcast sees the crew taking on the most contentious debate yet - the Playstation vs XBOX console war itself, with guest Daniel Dash from NXS gaming! If that's not enough heat for you, the crew also pitches new indie hit Eastward, Arkane's sensational immersive sim, Deathloop, and murder simulator Hitman 2! Add in a riveting game of 20 questions and you have o...

This week we have our awesome Friends Ryan from Spelunkers and Rob from Draft Punks! this week we talk a bit about or top moments from the PlayStation event. Our guests duke it out in an all out debate about Destiny Vs. Borderlands. Try and guess what the game is that Kaedhen brings to the pitch and, we close out the show with some fantastic community questions.    Email:  podcastgg...

On this special bonus episode of The Great Game Debate Podcast the panel celebrates the return of the Saucy Aussie himself, Steven Beaumont! And what better way to highlight the return of The Derailer than with a classic game debate! This time Steven reps Banjo Kazooie against Kaedhen who triple jumps in for Mario 64! It's the retro 3D platformer debate you never knew you needed! Afterwards the cr...

What better way to celebrate the return of two amazing friends to The Great Game Debate Podcast than with our very first group debate? This episode The Luminary himself, Brad Russel, returns to duke it out alongside Wes against Kaedhen and the Nergigante Nemesis, Jimmy Good, in the Dragon Quest vs Monster Hunter debate of the century! Afterwards, the panelists do their best to sell The Ascent, Ys...

We have a doozy of a show on this episode of The Great Game Debate Podcast. Special guest Crystal Smith faces off with Wes in a firecracker debate to determine who reigns supreme in The Last of Us Universe - Ellie or Abby. Afterwards, the crew bring a new segment (The Pitch) to the show and discuss Hyper Light Drifter, Cyberpunk 2077 and Jonah's new passion in life, Destiny 2. Finally they wrap it...

The GGD Crew welcome special guest Alex Stadnik from Game Informer to answer the age old question: which trilogy is better - Dark Souls or Mass Effect? After that we talk the Halo Infinite Beta, indie classic Oxenfree, new time twisting RPG Cris Tales and the fantastic Death's Door! Then we wrap it all up with a fun game of video game quotes! There's something for everyone in this episode of the G...

You asked and we listened! We're putting the Debate back in Great Game Debate with the debut of our icebreaker debate! In this first head to head rumble Wes takes on guest panelist Ryan Stabell (Spelunkers, Ask a Locksmith) talking PC vs. Console gaming. Afterwards the panel discusses Okami, Dead Space 2, Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart,  Doki Doki Literature Club, Scarlet Nexus and Dark Soul...

On this episode of the show the panelists welcome back Zac Pearson plus very special guest & Dragon's Dogma megafan, The Hashtagonist! The group then chats about games PR and Marketing, new indie darling Dark Deity, The Hashtagonist's love for Genshin Impact, under-appreciated gem  The Evil Within 2 and Insomniac's latest, Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart. Oh yeah, and Wes hosts the show t...

Post-E3 excitement ensues as the panelists, with guests Sal and Justin (Justin's Gaming Corner), count down their highlights from E3 and Summer Game Fest. But only after a brain-racking game of video game 20 questions. It's a good time all around soaking in the announcement hype! Discord: https://discord.gg/zBpGsEnuhY Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatGameDeb8?s=20

The panel is fired up and ready for E3 as they share their hopes and dreams for the show along with special guest, Rob Hudak, of the Draft Punks. But before that they talk Dying Light, Mass Effect, Call of The Sea and Griftlands. Plus Jonah shares a special story from his recent camping D&D escapades. It's the whole package on this episode of The Great Game Debate Podcast.

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Join the GGD panel along with special guests Hunter Pearson and BeatenDownBrian for the very first Great Game Debate Spoilercast! We’re talking the newest entry in Capcom’s lauded horror franchise, Resident Evil Village and we leave no details, story point or spooky castles unexplored. So join us for a grand conversation. Just watch out for tall vampire ladies! Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatGa...

On this week's episode of the GGD Podcast the panelists are overjoyed to welcome to the show the multi-talented and always wonderful Ian Hinck of The Easy Allies to discuss Resident Evil, Picross, Subsurface Circular, Returnal, synth music, the best environmental storytelling in games, our E3 hopes and dreams and our most memorable camping trips. It's a great conversation so we hope you enjoy it!...

Another week and another awesome episode of the Great Game Debate Podcast. This time the GGD Crew are joined by community members Danial Dash and Salvador Viesca to cover new games and old favorites including Housemarque’s new Rogue-like game Returnal, spooky co-op game Hunt: Showdown, jolly co-op experiences in Hazelight’s It Takes Two and a whole lot of talk about Respawn’s under-appreciated cla...

SHOW LESS We made 10 whole episodes! And to celebrate we have special guest panelists Brad Russell and Kai Hale on to discuss game collecting and to share some of the most interesting items in their collections. After that the panel assembles their dream teams for game development, talks about their favorite twists and secrets in games and tests their luck in a game of back of the box trivia. Who...

In this episode the GGD crew draft Brian Keese of Draft Punks fame to join the panel for discussion about Josef Fares and Hazelight Studio’s new game, It Takes Two, as well as some hot takes on Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise and a lot of thought’s on Metal Gear Solid. All that plus a riveting game of video game 20 questions, the saddest moments in cartoons, our desires for Bluepoint Studios next gam...

Please Welcome Joey to the podcast! In this episode we have a deep dive discussion on the Halo franchise and cover a heap of community questions, this includes anything from excited releases to brownies? Joey's Halo Paper: https://medium.com/@joeysisco/halo-then-and-now-eab930f462f6 Discord: https://discord.gg/j44k9JpTju Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatGameDeb8?s=20

Welcome our special guest from Critical Reviews Jimmy Good! Join us as we Talk to Jimmy about what he does on his You Tube channel and a special game about video game bosses designed by Wes. on the back half we have a very special surprise for Jonah and answer our amazing community questions. Discord Link: https://discord.gg/Yb5cYXKUYP Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/GreatGameDeb8?s=20

Join us as we do a quick recap of HITMAN 2016! We played this game with our community and had an amazing discussion. If you would like to get in the discussion and also help us decide the next game we play and discuss please join the discord in the link below. Discord: https://discord.gg/Yb5cYXKUYP