Workforce Gaming Podcast

Brad goes back to the early years of the Yakuza (Like A Dragon) series to fill in the one spot he is missing, Yakuza 3. We look at how this game fits into the Yakuza series as a whole and what The Yakuza Remastered Collection looks like on PS5.

With the Dead Space remake out now, we take a look at the game trying to take it's space horror crown. The Callisto Protocol takes its best shot at becoming the next Dead Space style game, but ultimately comes up just short.

We check in on the follow up to one of our favorite games Until Dawn with The Quarry. After several Dark Pictures games we take a look at what is really the true next massive game from Supermassive. 

Gameboy games have come to the Nintendo Switch. We dive into one we have really fond memories from growing up and see if we were crazy in thinking Super Mario Land 2 is one of the best 2D Mario games out there. 

It’s 2023 which means it’s time to look at the best games of 2022! We walk though all our favorites and end up with our personal Game of the Year picks for 2022.    0:00 Intro 3:28 Best (Insert Thing Here) 7:53 Best Setting 11:20 Best Game We Didn't Like 16:10 Best Game We Didn't Finish 20:11 Best Game Not Released in 2022 27:32 Top 3 Games of The Year

We go back in time to the mid-2000s to check out the newest release of the shoot'em up Raiden IV with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix. We see if we are still quick enough to make it through this incredibly difficult SHMUP.

We jump on our bike to explore the world of Season: A Letter To The Future, and try to document the potential end of the world. We talk through all the heavy thoughts we had in this very unique indie game.

We were shocked when we heard The Evil Within follow up was here. We were even more shocked to see Hi-Fi Rush the bright colored rhythm action game. Is this a better direction for Tango Gameworks than the horror genre?

We take some time to check out a couple interesting upcoming games from TGS. Valkyrie Elysium, the action RPG from Square Enix & Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty a follow up to Nioh from Team Ninja.

We dive into the supernatural world of Ghostwire Tokyo to find out if there is a hidden gem here that was passed over here. 

Doug jumped into the universe created by Enigma Studios to follow the fantastic sci-fi horror story told through the games The Enigma Machine, ECHOSTASIS, Mothered, & Mothered Demo.

We get back to the 2002 version of the 1930s crime world in Mafia: Definitive Edition. Does this hold up as a great crime thriller or have the last 20 years really shown it's age? 

In the continuation of one of the best JRPG series around, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 does it's best to subvert our expectations of what this game really can be.

Red Dead Redemption 2 showed up on PS+ Premium and Doug decided to give it a try final. 60 hours later, here is his explanation of why he truly believes it is one of the greatest games of all time. 

We jump into mobile games and check out the newest addition to the Final Fantasy vii universe with The First Solider.

Brad finally finds time to fit in the "greatest game of all time" aka The Last of Us Part II. However, you may not always get what your promised...

Anime Inspired, JRPG, with stylish action combat... Scarlet Nexus seems like it should be a perfect fit for the type of games we normally like. Does it actually do all these things well though is the question?

We've been waiting a long time for the follow up to Horizon Zero Dawn, one of our all time favorite games. We look at Horizon Forbidden West and see if it stands up to our sky high expectations for it.

With Doug gone for the week Brad breaks into sports games and talks about the now highly under rated Mario Golf Super Rush. After a year of updates Mario Golf Super Rush may finally be the game people really wanted.

Doug continues down his path of playing through the souls series after Elden Ring with Dark Souls 3. It was his least favorite last time we visited it, has it grown on him over time?

We jump into the wild and crazy world of Nier Replicant to see how the remaster of the original Nier. How does this compare to the incredible Nier Automata, and is it a worth follow up/prequel to it.

We jump back in time with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the glory days of Beat 'em Up games and check out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge on Switch. This game instantly transported us back to the 90's!

Doug runs through the unusual but highly impressive Neon White.   Code provided by Annapurna Interactive

We take a look at what is one of the best and most interesting games of 2022 so far, Norco. This old school Point-And-Click adventure game takes us all through near-future New Orleans.

With the new PS plus premium tiers we jump back to the beginnings of Playstation with Jumping Flash. How on earth is a PS1 game one of our favorites of the year so far?