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“...” - Gordon Freeman, expressing his love for this podcast. Maybe... It's been a few weeks, and we're back at it with another Weekly Whadaya' Playin' for your earholes! This week: Travis dives back into the world of "Apex Legends" and has some different feelings towards it now, Kyle continues to push through "Cyberpunk 2077" and it's bugginess, & Preston wraps things up by "sticking his neck...

As time has gone on in the world of video games, so has the way we play those games with others. The days of sitting together on the couch or directly in front of the TV with your friends dwindled as access to faster internet and online multiplayer moved its way into each and every system. But on those occassions where you're able to be in the same room with your friends, the amount of games to pl...

"Praise this Podcast!" - Solaire, maybe... Welcome you beautiful, wonderful people to yet another Weekly Whadaya' Playin' from your boys, The NPCs! This week, Kyle is experiencing some crazy crash issues with "Cyberpunk 2077", Preston completes "Hitman 3" and is feeling the emotion in "Spiritfarer", and Travis completes the "Titanfall 2" campaign with some confusion on the ending with BT all while...

We're back at it to deliver yet another chaotic topic for you all. A great game should be comprised of a wonderful story, an amazing soundtrack, memorable characters, and in the case of good vs. evil: a great antagonist that you have the chance to take down and conclude the saga, right? But what if that final boss ends up being crummy? What if that final boss skews your impression of the game and...

"We all make choices in life, but in the end our choices make us. And I choose to listen to this podcast..." Andrew Ryan (maybe...) Welcome to another Weekly Whadaya' Playin' folks! We missed you. Really! It's true! Ask anyone! This week, Preston checks out the new Village: Resident Evil demo "The Maiden" and... yeah... it's a demo all right. Along with that, Kyle is disappointed by what Super Mea...

2020 has come and gone, and with it a lot of surprise, intrigue, concern, and downright confusion in the world of video games. We saw changes to the industry as a response to a global crisis, a new console generation ushered in, more and more games played with more time to spend at home,  and hype & disappointment at games released throughout 2020. Now with 2020 out of the way, it's time...

Now that the new year is out of the way and we've finally finished up our Best Of series, it's time to hit you with a good ol' fashion Whadaya' Playin'! This week: Preston checks out "We Are Billions" and gets our input on how we feel about skill tree progression in games, Kyle is building a gaming PC, spending his time dropping into "Warzone's" new Rebirth Island mini-royale, and rediscovers the...

Hello everyone, and welcome not only to a new year, but the last episode in The NPCs '...Of the Year' roundup for 2020! We've talked about Best New Game, Best Art Direction, Worst Game, Best Story, and Biggest News of 2020. The battles were hard, the wars were long, but we have finally reached the end! It's time to determine which title earns Best Game of The Year! Check us out on Social Media: Fa...

Extra, extra! Read all about it! The NPCs are doing yet another "...Of The Year Award" for 2020 podcast ! That's right folks, for the week of December 19th 2020, we are back at it to decide which of the items in this list earns one of our awards for the year. In this episode, it's time to rewind the news reels, review the breaking stories, and determine which Video Game News Stories were the bigge...

Welcome you beautiful people to the 5th episode of The NPCs "...Of The Year Awards 2020," for the week of December 19th 2020. It was only a few weeks ago that we sat here and deliberated over which video games throughout history had the best story of all time. Now it's time to hit the brakes, throw this ride into reverse, and do the same thing over again for this year's game releases. That's right...

Welcome everyone to the 4th episode of The NPCs ...Of The Year Awards 2020,, for the week of December 12th 2020. After the trials and tribulations of 3 episodes so far, you'd figure we would have learned our lesson and stopped doing this... but nope! Here we are! In this episode we torture ourselves, dig the game disks out of the trash, and force ourselves to give an award to the Worst/Most Disapp...

Welcome everyone to the 3rd episode of The NPCs ...Of The Year Awards 2020, for the week of December 12th 2020. Yes, that's right everyone, it's time for Preston, Kyle, and Travis to sit back and deliberate even more on the games released this year and whether or not they earn one of our Best Of awards. For episode 3, we plug in the headphones, crank up the volume, and immerse ourselves in these v...

Welcome everyone to the second "...Of The Year" Awards episode from The NPCs! We have finally entered the last few weeks of 2020, and as such, it is time for the 3 of us to sort out the massive list of video games released this year and determine what reigns supreme in several major categories. For the week of December 5th, 2020, Preston, Kyle, and I began our journey earlier by determining the Be...

Welcome everyone to the first "...Of The Year" 2020 Awards episode from The NPCs. We have finally entered the last few weeks of 2020, and as such, it is time for the 3 of us to sort out the massive list of video games released this year and determine what reigns supreme in several major categories. For the week of December 5th, 2020, Preston, Kyle, and I will work out which game of 2020 earns the...

Welcome to another wonderful episode of The NPCs weekly topic, for the week of November 28th 2020. Last week, we spent 2 hours breaking down and debating 21 video games we felt were worthy of the final 10 spots for Top Stories in Video Games. Now, this week, we've taken the time to look at the stories further and are ready to finish the fight & settle this topic. Welcome to Part 2 everyone! Ch...

Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high... take a look, it's in a book... or is it? Games have evolved greatly over the last 20-25 years, from the sprites of yore to the dynamic, ray-traced environments that make you wonder if you're looking at a game or if it feels like it could be real life. One of those parts that has also evolved with video games have been the stories. From the comically...

"Would you kindly (listen to this podcast)?" - Fontaine, somewhere in Rapture (we think)... It's another week of your favorite boys behind the mics, The NPCs, playing those sweet, sweet video games! This week, we start out with discussing Dr. Pepper and how they got their degree... Also: Preston continues to push through Assassin's Creed Valhalla and isn't really sure how he feels about the story...

Alright, Game Shark is connected up! Let's see how this works out. Cheat code to bypass topic intro: Up, up, down, down, left, right, B, A, select, start! [Cheat Accepted: Bypass Topic Intro] Welcome to this week's topic episode, Top Video Game Cheats! Check us out on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheNPCsPodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thenpcspodcast Intro: Run by J+...

"Must construct additional pylons... to listen to this podcast!" - A Protoss general somewhere maybe... In this week's Whadaya' Playin': Travis goes crazy with the Xbox Series X and the completion of the Modern Warfare campaign, Preston isn't so sure at this point in time about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and Kyle and Preston talk more hacker-speak with Watch Dogs Legion! Check us out on Social Med...

Welcome to another stimulating topic from The NPCs for the week of November 7th, 2020. You're so set in stone that this game is going to play out just as you expect: the story, the characters, the environment, and you feel like you know everything like the back of your hand. But wait! What is that character doing? Is that environment real? The happy-go-lucky sidekick is the bad guy? Whoa! What a t...

"N... P... C's..." - Persona 4 Protagonist calling on his NPCs Persona (maybe, idk). In this week's Whadaya' Playin', Preston and Kyle give Travis the rundown of Watch Dogs Legion and get into the nuance and charm that is Ubisoft's newest open world game. Along with this, Kyle talks more on Deep Rock Galactic, and Travis brings to light the world of Stonecraft 2. Check us out on Social Media: Face...

Welcome to a terrifyingly wonderful Weekly Topic episode from The NPCs, for the week of October 31st 2020. The scary, the spooky, the all together ooky doesn't just belong to the Addams' Family nor does the slashing, the blood, or the jump scares belong to just Michael Meyers or Jason Voorhees. Video games can also be just as terrifying. In this week's topic episode, we sit in the darkness of the...

"Wahoo!" - Mario describing this podcast (maybe)... In this week's Whadaya' Playin', Travis spends most of his time fighting zombies in Warzone's Halloween event and in 7 Days to Die, Preston works through Layers of Fear and explores London in Watch Dogs: Legion, and Kyle also finds himself hacking amongst the people in Watch Dogs: Legion, too, along with getting his feet wet in the lava and pits...

What happens when a franchise is either not doing too well, or seems to have fallen behind the times due to competition? Well, those devs and publishers hit that magic red button and BOOM! The series is brought back to life... Or, is it a different life? This week, we see our beloved franchises torn asunder like a house blown up on Extreme Home Makeover, put back together again in some fashion sim...

"Use the boost to get through!" is a perfect way to say it's a quick Whadaya' Playin' this week! In this week's episode, Travis, Kyle, and Preston discuss toxicity in gaming as Travis brings up some chaos from CS:GO, Travis and Preston talk about the merits and misgivings of Night In The Woods, Kyle and Preston talk Katana Zero (which Travis downloads and preps during the talk), and Preston gives...