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Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Tetris Effect, Stellaris, and we ask you what was the worst game you ever beat. Be sure to vote in our Title of the Year 2018 poll! The Brief: Nintendo Switch and 3DS games added to Humble. Berlin’s LGBTQ games exhibit. The Multiplayer: What’s the worst game you’ve ever beaten? The Grind: Kole: Beat Saber. Tetris Effect. Parasite Eve. Ben: T.I.M.E Stories. Mansions o...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Gravity Rush 2, the Kingdom Hearts 3 leak, and we ask you what your personal game of the year was. The Brief: Kingdom Hearts 3 leaks. Google is giving out copies of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, kinda. Danganronpa creator’s next game, Zanki Zero: Last Beginning comes out in March 2019. Afonso Ribiero sues Epic over the Carlton Dance being included Bayani is a f...

Kole, Jala, and David talk about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Game Awards trailer reveals, and we ask you which single player game you’ve put the most time into. The Brief: Game Award trailer reveals. South Korea cracks down on dodgy eSports practices. Soulja Boy releases a hilarious console and handheld. The Multiplayer: What single player game have you put the most time into? The Grind: Kole:...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Bethesda’s bag controversy, Penumbra: Requiem, and we ask you which games deserve a sequel (or a better sequel). The Brief: Nvidia is demoing AI video rendering. Rocksteady isn’t making a Superman game. Bethesda gets in trouble for nylon bags. Nintendo takes action against YouTubers who upload leaked Smash Bros. soundtrack. The Multiplayer: What game deserves...

Kole, Ben, Jala and David talk about the Golden Joystick award winners, The Company, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Brief: Golden Joystick Award winners announced. More game accessibility good news. Banks are hiring Fortnite developers. There’s going to be an Eevee Tamagotchi. The Multiplayer: FREE PLAY. The Grind: David: Fortnite. Jala: Goetia. Vampyr. The Company. Ben: Octopath Traveler....

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Detective Pikachu trailer, Goetia, and we ask you to write personal ads for game characters. The Brief: Microsoft buys Obsidian. A hero has a bionic arm based on Adam Jensen. Detective Pikachu gets an upsetting trailer. Sunset Overdrive is coming The Multiplayer: Write a personal ad for your favorite game character. The Grind: Jala: Heroes of the Monkey T...

Kole, Ben, and David talk about Red Dead Redemption, the Diablo: Immortal backlash, and we ask you about your favorite game dialogue. The Brief: Blizzard upsets fans with Diablo: Immortal, a mobile game. Ubisoft censors Rainbow Six: Siege for the Chinese market. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite line of game dialogue? The Grind: Ben: Red Dead Redemption 2. Left 4 Dead 2. Kole: Call of Cthulhu....

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the PlayStation Classic lineup reveal, Super Mario Party, and we ask you about the dumbest ways you’ve died in video games. The Brief: The PlayStation Classic game roster is underwhelming. Harmonix is working with Twitch to make a streaming karaoke game. No Man’s Sky goes under water with The Abyss. Resident Evil 4, the REmake, and Resident Evil 0 are coming...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about the Rockstar labor controversy, 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, and we ask you about your favorite open world games. The Brief: Onimusha is getting an HD re-release. Rockstar’s 100 hour faux pas. Are open world games getting too big? The Multiplayer: What is your favorite open world game? The Grind: Ben: No Man’s Sky. Kole: Resident Evil 7. Jala: Nine Parchment...

Kole, Jala, and David talk about Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the strange Telltale saga, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Brief: The live action Mega Man movie has two directors attached. The Walking Dead is going to finish, after Telltale’s shuttering. Madden devs respond to requests of visually impaired players. The Multiplayer: FREE PLAY! The Grind: David: Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Kol...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Hand of Fate 2, Bowsette, and we ask you what retro game you’d like to see a modern remake for. The Brief Honour of Kings goes to great lengths to stop kids from playing for too long. Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer makes it look huge. There’s a Metal Gear Solid sneak room that looks very fun. We let our hair down to talk about Bowsette well after it’s no longer...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about some followup to that Spider-Man proposal, Ratchet and Clank, and we ask you about your favorite times that games have honored your unexpected choices. The Brief: Followup: The Spider-Man Proposal. Lots of board game adaptations are coming to the Switch. Horizon Zero Dawn board game Kickstarter succeeds wildly. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite way a game has h...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Spider-Man, curious AI, and we ask you what your favorite modern local multiplayer game is. The Brief: Spider-Man has the saddest easter egg in it. Project Awakening is suspiciously similar to a lot of other games. Blackout is Call of Duty’s battle royale mode. Research on curious AI. The Multiplayer: What’s your go-to current gen local multiplayer party gam...

Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about Donut County, the atlas of video game cities, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Brief: Subnautica expansion announced. Spelunky 2 announced. Virtual Cities is an atlas of noteworthy video game cities. The Multiplayer: Free play! The Grind: Ben: Donut County. Black: The Fall. Jala: Shin Megami Tensei IV. Kole: Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Man of Medan announcement, Detention, and we ask you which video game critter you’d like to be. The Brief: Until Dawn studio announces their new game series. Biofeedback, biometrics, biohazards. The different kinds of gamers. Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay video makes Dennis mad. The Multiplayer: Which video game creature would you most want to be? The Grind: Ja...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Sekiro release date announcement, Dead Cells, and we ask you which sequels most improved on their predecessors. The Brief: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice releases March 22, 2019. Amazon Prime changes things (for the worse) for gamers Yakuza games are a front for game preservation. Monster Hunter World is very inefficient. The Multiplayer: Which sequel most im...

Kole, Jala, and David talk about the Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, the real price of fake real estate, and we ask you which game worlds you’d most (and least!) like to live in. The Brief: The real cost of fake real estate. Bethesda bullies someone selling one of their games. Americans own less. The Multiplayer: Which game worlds you’d most (and least!) like to live in? The Grind: Kole: Mega...

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about Mega Man X Legacy Collections, Valve’s new Artifact details, and we ask you about your favorite tutorials. The Brief: Hire Fortnite tutors so your kids can get scholarships. Watch streams to thwart your backlog. Lords of the Fallen 2 scrapped. Valve announces more details about Artifact. MGS5 adds Quiet to FOB missions. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite tu...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about No Man’s Sky Next, the Overwatch League season finale, and we ask you about the scariest sounds in gaming. The Brief: Overwatch League season one ends. Picross S2 is coming out on August 2. Labo vehicle kit announced. NYU researchers develop AI to make you better at video games. The Multiplayer: What’s the scariest sound in gaming? The Grind: Ben: Octopath T...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Octopath Traveler, the Culling 2 catastrophe, and we ask you what your favorite treatment of death is in a video game. The Brief: Fortnite has made over $1 billion in in-game purchases. The Culling 2 pulled from the market. Gwent Standalone is in peril, gets a non-announcement. Raiders of the Broken Planet renamed Spacelords. Stardew Valley multiplayer updat...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Absolver, the Uncharted fan film, and we ask you about your favorite barks in games. The Brief Nathan Fillion stars as Nathan Drake in an Uncharted fan film. Octopath Traveller sells out world ‘round. The Aliens in Colonial Marines are dumb by mistake. Fortnite’s success is changing the Unreal asset store. The Multiplayer: What are your favorite barks in gam...

Kole, Jala, and David talk about Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the Sonic Toaster, and we ask you what game’s pre-release hype tricked you most. The Brief: Warframe revealed new expansions, and surface-to-space combat. Camden Park Appalachia Fallout ’76 meetup. The Sonic toaster will be ruining breakfasts in October. The Multiplayer: What game’s advertising or pre-release hype tricked you hardest?...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the WHO’s recent report on video game addiction, FAR: Lone Sails, and we ask you what your most useless game skill is. The Brief: The WHO establishes video game addiction as a mental illness. Bethesda sues Warner Bros. over Westworld game. Final Fantasy VII remake director admits they announced the game too soon. Sims 4: Seasons lets you boink St. Nick. The M...

Kole, Dennis, and David talk about the remaining E3 news, ask you what headlines you wished you’d seen, and camp out talking about Rime. The Brief: What E3 stuff are we actually excited about? The Multiplayer: Share the E3 headlines you wish you’d seen. The Grind: David: Nioh. Cultist Simulator. Kole: The Park. Dennis: Realm Royale. Rime.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about some general E3 news, Realm Royale, and we do some free-play multiplayer cleanup. The Brief: CD Projekt Red shows more Cyberpunk 2077. Metal Wolf Chaos XD is being published by Devolver. Fallout 76 is an online prequel. Elder Scrolls Blade is a thing, so is Skyrim Very Special Edition. The Multiplayer: Free Play cleanup. The Grind: Dennis: Realm Royale. Starb...