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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Autochess, reflect on which tabletop games are popular in Roll20, and ask you which game elements have the best game-feel. The Grind: Kole: Graveyard Keeper. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Slay the Spire. Looking at YouTube videos about Autochess. Dennis: Borderlands 2 VR. Deck of Wonders. David: Warframe. The Multiplayer: What game element has the best gam...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David dip into that dark energy and talk about some usual suspects, some irritating news stories, and we ask you which game villain you’d hench for. The Grind: Dennis: City of Heroes. Cities of Villains. Borderlands 2 VR. Wipeout VR. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. David: Fallout 76. Warframe. Kole: Graveyard Keeper. The Multiplayer: Which video game baddie would you become...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Graveyard Keeper, Elder Scrolls: Blades, and we ask you for your dream _____ Maker game. The Grind: Jala: Octopath Traveler. Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms. Apocalipsis. Elder Scrolls: Blades. David: Vermintide 2. Fallout 76. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Grim Dawn. Slay the Spire. Kole: Graveyard Keeper. The Multiplayer: What game would you like a Maker title for? T...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Grim Dawn, City of Heroes fan servers, and we ask you which games you most associate with summertime. The Grind: Dennis: Puzzle Quest 2. City of Heroes. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Grim Dawn. Risk of Rain 2. Kole: Final Fantasy Adventure. Graveyard Keeper. Multiplayer: What games do you most associate with summer? The End Boss: Warframe will send you to space,...

Kole, Ben, and David talk about Super Mario Maker 2, Fallout 76, and we do a Free-Play Multiplayer. The Grind: David: Fallout 76. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Kole: Super Mario Maker 2. Final Fantasy Adventure. The Multiplayer: Free Play. The Grind: Remedy re-acquires Alan Wake publishing rights. 1 Screen Platformer dev documents what it’s like to have speed runners break your game open. Sniper...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Cadence of Hyrule, Ace Combat 7 VR, and we ask you what games you’ve always meant to play, but never did. The Grind: Kole: Cadence of Hyrule. Collection of Mana. World of Horror. Ben: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Slay the Spire. David: Vermintide 2. Fallout 76. Dennis: Ace Combat 7. Overcooked. City of Heroes. The Multiplayer: What game or series have you alwa...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dauntless, Gladiabots, and we ask you about your favorite announcements from E3. The Grind: Dennis: Dauntless. Gladiabots. Borderlands 2 VR. Ben: Slay the Spire. David: Dauntless. Kole: Haunting Ground. The Multiplayer and the End Boss E3 2019 takeaways.

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Vermintide 2, ApeOut, and we ask you which threequel is your favorite. The Brief: Jala: Bird Story Plus. My Big Sister. Vermintide 2. David: Vermintide 2. Dauntless. Ben: Risk of Rain 2. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite third entry in a series? The End Boss: Don’t play Cuphead on your Tesla. Doom gets a new chapter, 26 years later. India gets a moral pani...

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Snakeybus, new Super Mario Maker 2 details, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Grind: Dennis: Snakeybus. Devil May Cry V. David: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Warhammer: Vermintide 2. Kole: Killer7. Pony Island. Lorelai The Multiplayer: Free Play! The End Boss: Devil May Cry V features capoeira. Super Mario Maker 2 looks legitimate. Good news for The Division 2?

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Xing: The Land Beyond, Tactical Breach Wizard, and we hypothesize about video game sports. The Grind: Ben: A Hat in Time. Xing: The Land Beyond. Risk of Rain 2. Jala: Zero Time Dilemma. The Company. Sniper Elite: Zombie Army Trilogy. David: Sniper Elite: Zombie Army Trilogy. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Kole: Killer7. The Multiplayer: What game should become a hy...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Sniper Elite Zombie Army Trilogy, Valve's Index, and we ask you about games and pets. The Grind: Jala: The Company. Zero Time Dilemma. Ben: Oxenfree. David: Sniper Elite Zombie Army Trilogy. Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Kole: Satisfactory. Killer7. The Multiplayer: What video game character would your pet be? The End Boss: There's a Pokemon region in your brain....

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Observer, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and we do more Free-Play Multiplayer cleanup. The Grind: Kole: Observer. Satisfactory. Ben: Call of Cthulhu. Oxenfree. David: The Division 2. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. Dennis: Devil May Cry 5. The Multiplayer: Free Play Cleanup. The End Boss: Firmament reached its funding goal. New console generations are coming. Secret...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Assassin's Creed Unity giveaway. Risk of Rain II, and we ask you about fourth-wall-breaking games. The Brief: Assassin's Creed: Unity gets positive review bombs after Notre Dame Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order won't have multiplayer or microtransactions. Full lineup of Castlevania Anniversary Collection revealed. The Multiplayer: What's your favorite time w...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Baba is You, the difficulty as accessibility issue, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Grind SNL makes fun of the Division 2 NPC dialogue, while Ubisoft makes NPCs less talkative. Someone made Mario Maker in LittleBigPlanet. Is difficulty an accessibility issue? The Multiplayer: FREE PLAY. The Grind: Ben: Gorogoa. Baba is You. Celeste. Jala: Cthluhu Chroni...

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Satisfactory, the 20th anniversary of EverQuest, and we ask you what game-related April Fools joke you would run. The Brief: Yager announces “The Cycle”, a PVE battle royale game. Skyrim Grandma will be in Elder Scrolls VI. EverQuest turns 20. The Multiplayer: What game-related April Fools joke would you run? The Grind: Dennis: Apex Legends. Slime Rancher. Kole:...

Kole, Jala, and David talk about the Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 announcement, The Division 2, and we ask you how you prefer to play games. The Brief: Apple Arcade announced. Valve scientists want to get into your brain, electronically. Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 announced. The Multiplayer: How do you prefer to play games? Portable? Console? PC? The Grind: David: The Division 2....

Kole, Dennis, Jala, and David talk about Devil May Cry 5, Surviving Mars, and we ask you about your favorite small details in games. The Brief: Google announces game streaming service at GDC. No Man’s Sky is getting a major multiplayer update this summer. German government allows Nazi imagery into games. House Flipper is getting Garden Flipper DLC. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite small detai...

Kole, David, and Jala talk about the end of the PS Vita, Immortal: Unchained, and we ask you what obscure game you wish people would stream. The Brief: British game devs launch POC in Play initiative. University of Texas adds game design curriculum. PlayStation adds remote play to iOS, which is a feature for nobody. Sony ceases production on the PS Vita. The Multiplayer: Which obscure game do you...

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about Apex Legends, Terra Tech, and we ask you what games make you the most anxious. The Brief: Lots of Resident Evil and Final Fantasy games are coming to the Switch very soon. Anakin Skywalker is still baffling, in Star Wars Battlefront II. Winnie the Pooh comparison gets horror game “Devotion” pulled from Steam. The Multiplayer: What non-horror game makes you the mo...

Kole, Ben, and David talk about the recent Nintendo Direct announcements, Sunless Skies, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Brief: Carlton dance cannot be copyrighted. Nintendo Direct brings us Super Mario Maker 2 and Link’s Awakening remake. Silksong is a new game by Team Cherry, set in the Hollow Knight universe. Stranger Things gets its own Dungeons & Dragons content. The Multiplayer: F...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Sunless Skies, Astroneer, and we ask you about your favorite game manuals. The Brief: Nintendo is taking steps to fight game addiction. Frostpunk adds a photo mode. Geralt comes to Monster Hunter: World. Capcom adds a bunch of game music to Spotify. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite video game manual? The Grind: Ben: Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze. Astroneer....

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about the release of Apex Legends, Frost Punk, and we ask you what your longest gaming session was. The Brief: Marshmello teams up with Fortnite, which is a thing people might know about. Respect announces and releases Apex Legends. There will be a Groundhog Day VR game. The Wii Shop closing down The Multiplayer: What was your longest marathon gaming session? The Gr...

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about the Steam/Epic/Metro controversy, Resident Evil 2, and we ask you about your favorite video game black sheep. The Brief: Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth is like Mansions of Madness with Hobbits. Valve doesn’t like that Steam has competition. GameStop cancels lots and lots of Kingdom Hearts 3 preorders. Metroid Prime 4 restarted, moved to Retro. Multip...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Hbomberguy’s fantastic streaming event, Desolate, and we ask you which game you thought you’d hate, but ended up loving. The Brief: Hbomberguy raises a tremendous amount of money for Mermaids, a youth trans rights organization. Amazon is getting into game streaming service (opposite Twitch). Lots of salt over EA’s canceled Star Wars game. Eximius DMCA drama, a...

Kole, Jala, and David talk about the Resident Evil 2 demo, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and we do a free play multiplayer. The Brief: Title of the Year 2018 results. The Multiplayer: FREE PLAY. The Grind: David: Grand Theft Auto Online. Deep Rock Galactic. Jala: Octopath Traveler. Kole: Resident Evil 2 Remake Demo. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Final Fantasy XII HD Remaster.