The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast

This week Marty begins his slow takeover of the show. We talk about Dishonored, Ghost in the Shell, and Chris' PC gaming woes! Get ready, because The Platformers 20th episode is here! WE'RE SO OLD (but not as old as our resident Ancient, Brian)!

This week we spend the first 15 minutes talking about the election, and then Brian tries to explain the Zero Escape series, we debate the best way for Blizzard to handle releasing Overwatch characters, and we talk about Doctor Strange and luxury theatres!

This week we talk about the voice actor strike, Mass Effect, The Flash, strange tombstones in Pillars Of Eternity, Civilization VI, Kingdom Hearts, and learn that there may be hope for Marty after all!

This week, we talk about the new Nintendo console (which is called Switch), we talk Battlefield 1, Batman, DC vs Marvel, the new Dark Souls III DLC, and we learn a little bit about wasabi along the way! Caution: Chris had some issues with his normal mic, so we had to use a very unconventional backup, so his voice quality is a bit lacking this week! Sorry!

This week we talk about PlayStation VR, Red Dead Redemption 2, Chris' Xbox trouble, Star Wars, some of our favorite anime shows, the impending NX announcement, and Chris apparently had Boston clam chowder when he spent a weekend in Guantanamo Bay...?

What sort of a pickle defines you as a person? Can you get a good Philly cheesesteak outside of Philly? Does The Legend Of Zelda hold up to the video games of today? Does Brian's immortal body and ageless wisdom give him an advantage in #6GamesToBeat? We go on a journey today to find the answers! Also, Chris says "poop" a lot, and it's starting to freak me out.

This week, we are joined by Josh Mobley of IGN.com and THE GEEK TANK/WIREFRAMED podcast, and we talk about how Marty hates everything we love, we ask when VR will bring us the open world games we crave, and Josh tells Brian he looks like he's eating provolone cheese during his review of INSIDE.

"Here's the thing... at the end, they take all of your bacon away and THAT'S why everyone is sad!" - Brian This episode represents new highs of absurdity as we discuss Bioshock 2, Banjo-Kazooie, Twitch, #6GamesToBeat, Africa, turkey vultures, and the best way to get your chili on. Also, according to Marty, wizards are way cooler than erasers or bacon.

This week, we talk about our #6GamesToBeat lists, and what we think of our selections so far. We talk about Red Dead Redemption, Batman: Arkham Origins, Monument Valley, Final Fantasy 7, WoW, and rant for WAY too long about Twilight, The Kingsman, The Wizard of Oz and books by H.P. Lovecraft and Ernest Cline! Also, Marty is found to be a slacker!

This week we talk about Oceanhorn, Battlefield 1, dreaming about being Batfleck, other games, and discover that George Takei* has been crashing at Chris' place! This one is off the rails, so get ready...

This special episode is a breakdown of, and reaction to the PlayStation event held in New York on 9/7/2016, announcing the PS4 Slim and the PS4 Pro.

This episode has us talking about Battlefield 1, pegging, the ancient Roman Republic, our progress on #6GamesToBeat, and the Nintendo Corporation Worldwide Limited Multinational Global, and more!

This week we talk about the World of Warcraft: Legion expansion, Brian's review of The Banner Saga 2, and develop a new initiative to BLAST THAT BACKLOG! #6GamesToBeat You could say the motif of this episode is "things that are awesome".

This week we get HEATED about the PS4 Slim/PS4 Neo, we talk about the glut of shooters coming out in the coming months, and we talk about some older games that deserve some love. There's also tons more, because this episode is over 2 hours! Pace yourself!

This week we talk about No Man's Sky, Darkest Dungeon, and how your brain is training you to be better while you sleep!

This week, Brian was in a car crash but he still made time to play Telltale's new Batman game, and Marty tells us all about No Man's Sky!

This week, we talk about a ton of things, including Destiny VS Halo, what games to play on a vacation, how to hack your PlayStation Vita, and which one of us talks most like a dad on the podcast! Also, one of us dies* halfway through the podcast! This episode has it all!

This week we talk about rumors/leaks on the new Nintendo console and World of Warcraft changes!

Today we talk about the Nintendo NES Classic, how much Marty loves using the word "super" and a bunch of awesome games we got on the cheap!

This week we talk about Pokémon Go, Overwatch, DOOM, and a grab-bag of other goodness!