Trophy Talk Network

This week we’re joined by a very special guest, long time listener, community member and friend, Ray (Smackerly), host of the Platinum Achievements podcast. We have a packed episode full of gaming talk and trophy hunts. After hitting our favorite media, community updates and celebrating some of our listeners, we dive into the main topic of the show: - Ray’s take on balancing trophy hunting across...

Happy fifth Sunday Trophy Hunters! In this special Trophy Talk episode of more fireside chats Kevin gathers a handful of the dads in our Discord to share their experiences of what it's like being a dad who loves video games these days. This includes a variety of guests who all throw in their unique history and perspective as parents and gamers. Kevin also asks each of them to share any special mem...

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! This month Josh and Colin got the chance to sit down and play a horror franchise that has somehow eluded them for years at this point, that being Fatal Frame. Fatal Frame is a franchise that you hear about in the same breaths as things like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and other staples of the genre. Taking place firmly...

Colin joins Kevin to talk about Sayonara Wild Hearts. They start off the episode with the usual plat shoutouts and game overview. Then they get into a deeper discussion of what makes this game so special and how it was nothing like what either of them expected it to be. They also try to break down each of their own readings of the story, which shows how this piece of art can be interpreted in many...

Warmest of Welcomes everybody and apologies for the delay! This month on the Mooglecast myself and Zac sit down to spoiler the living hell out of the GOTY contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. In this unscripted episode we break down some of the story beats and characters aswell as discuss if final bosses should be a rite of passage. It is highly recommended that you play and complete the main st...

This week on Trophy Talk, Colin and Josh are joined by a special guest—longtime listener and fellow trophy hunter, Will aka Sqweezy! We kick things off with some fun updates from the Discord, including the ongoing raffle event, and share our favorite piece of media from July. Sqweezy gives us the rundown on how he got into trophy hunting and takes us back to some Halo 3 memories—shoutout to Guardi...

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Surviving the Horror! On this month's episode Colin and Josh are back to examine a perhaps misunderstood and underrated horror game of the Xbox 360 era. In 2008, Konami and Double Helix published Silent Hill: Homecoming. This game, positioned as the fifth main line Silent Hill title, was the first in the franchise to be developed e...

DISCLAIMER: THE MUSIC TRACKS USED IN THIS PODCAST ARE FOR DEMONSTRATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, NONE OF THE TRACKS USED ARE OWNED BY MOOGLECAST OR THE TROPHYTALK NETWORK. Warmest of Welcomes everybody, Episode 13 welcomes the return of patron Jordan Vickers in the guest chair as we discuss some of our favourite video game soundtracks that we feel are underrated or forgotten about. with a wide range of tr...

In this mammoth episode Kevin is joined by fellow “metroidvania” enthusiasts Jordan Vickers and Kade (@TheGreenGorillaGamer) to tackle the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Jordan warned Kevin and Kade the game is much bigger and longer than expected, but they had no idea how hard the story goes and the epic turns it takes. They all spend more than two hours gushing about it i...

Well hello there everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk! I (Colin) have stolen the proverbial keys back from Max and am back reunited with Josh to talk all things trophies and what we've been playing in the month of June. First and foremost a very special thank you goes out to Max and Josh for hosting the show while I was on vacation last month, they did a wonderful job. Sec...

For this month’s extra Sunday the Trophy Talk crew gathers around the virtual campfire to reminisce about some of their favorite trophy lists they recommended on Zac’s incredible project, The Record. We each picked three to highlight and covered why we suggested that more people should play them. Zac starts us off with some that really hit close to our hearts. Then Colin, Max, and Kevin each take...

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! This month, we've taken a break from covering a new game for the show and have decided to look back at what we're referring to as "Wave 1" of the show. The first 13 episodes, spanning over a year and a half covered not only some big AAA horror titles like Silent Hill 2 Remake, and Dead Space Remake, but also some smalle...

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Mooglecast! With holiday trips, and schedules being all over the place we have yet another episode for you all where the normally scheduled hosts get shuffled up a bit. This month on Mooglecast Zac is joined by none other than Colin Kolhoven, from Trophy Talk and Surviving the Horror, to discuss a topic that doesn't get enough love in our c...

Zac suggested that we include Cult of the Lamb again for our quarterly vote in the Trophy Talk Discord and it won despite no one else we know playing it (as far as we can tell). We cover our favorite weapons and spells to take on the crusades through the dungeons, what it’s like to build a community with the scarce resources we have, and why it feels terrible to leave our little followers alone wh...

Warmest of Welcomes everyone and SURPRISE! State of Play returned and myself (Max) and Kevin joined by special guest Heera couldn't help but have a very informal discussion about some of the meaty games that were shown during the mini showcase. Marvel Tokon looks awesome but has Marvel fatigue softened the impact this game could of truely had? Is 007 First Light going to be IO's biggest game ever?...

This week on the Trophy Talk Podcast, Josh and Max have the keys to the show while Colin is on vacation. The crew does their best not to get cancelled or have the show removed from air as they navigate this week's topics. Josh opens up during "Therapy Time" with Max and we discuss what we've been playing while probably announcing a GOTY pick far too early. Additionally, we tackle wild Patreon writ...

Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! Every once in a while a horror game franchise comes around and captures the zeitgeist of the time, causing streamers, content creators and the like to all get involved in examining it. In 2014, one such game came in to being. Following in the footsteps of indie horror darlings like Slender, Scott Cawthon's Five Nights a...

Jordan and Zac have finally convinced Kevin to play Untitled Goose Game and they all sit down to talk (and laugh) about it. They cover all of their favorite antics that the player can take part in as the goose wreaks havoc through this small “Sim-like” neighborhood. Zac makes a case for why this is a game that EVERYONE should at least try, and how it’s the perfect length for what it is. If you kno...

Warmest of Welcomes everybody This month on the Mooglecast, Max and Zac share a one to one episode with no guest chair, no scripts, just a general chat about a variety of topics including trophy hunting burn out (R.I.P Gary), Dissidia NT 7 years later and series of games we overlooked in our lives. for the pre show we discuss the mystery of socialising aswell as usual run of the show, plat shout o...

Well hello there everybody, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk. This month we're back to basics with just Colin and Josh so grab a beer , settle in and join them in some long and winding discussions surrounding a cadre of gaming topics. As we do these shows on a monthly cadence now a lot can happen between episodes, and this was definitely the case over the last four week...

Hello hello there everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror. This month, Josh and Colin are joined by resident lore expert for all things Dead Space, Kevin from the PlayStation Plus Game Club! Kevin is a massive fan of the Dead Space series in general, and after recording the episode last July on Dead Space Remake, it didn't feel right to venture further into the serie...

Warmest of welcomes everybody This month on the Mooglecast, Max and Zac are joined by Gary (TheSlyGCooper) for a half (maybe 1/4) failed attempt at a Mooglecast X PlatinumAchievements episode. For the preshow we discussed the streak of sickness over at the plattycheevs and spoke some more about game of the megacast showcase, Zacs Untitled Goose Game sequel. Of course we get into our usual run of t...

This time we are highlighting one of the best games of 2018, Celeste. It won awards from multiple outlets that year and has been a part of the gaming zeitgeist for long after that. Celeste has been hailed as one of the best 2D platformers to come out in decades and that’s all because of its classic-looking visual style, beautiful soundtrack, and very poignant story about coping with anxiety and de...

Hello hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk! Please welcome back for his fourth appearance on the show Patthetrophyhunter. Pat is a long time community member, content creator, and friend of the show and we're always pleased when we get a chance to sit down and discuss trophies and games with him. For this particular episode we chose to discuss a few more nuanced topic...

For this special 5th Sunday of the month all five of us got together for a special Megacast episode (term coined by Josh) where we make up our own dream Sony showcase. We bring to it some of our dream game ideas for rebooting a number of dead game IPs. Along with us you can imagine what it would be like to see Sony host a blockbuster game showcase on stage like they used to in years past. Many of...