Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers

We made it, episode 150 is in the bag! We take a look back at the past year of episodes and YouTube videos and talk about the highlights, what we've learned and more! Then, we answer questions that our awesome community submitted to us on Discord! It was a lot of fun and we greatly appreciate everyone who submitted questions for the episode! Here's to another 150! WEBSITE  https://www.fn...

Welcome back to "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers"! In this exciting episode, hosts Andrew Kimball, Aubrey Sommer, and Dylan Wren are joined by special guest Joe Sommer (KhazakDK) from Wowhead. Strap in as we dive deep into the ever-evolving world of World of Warcraft (WoW), with insightful commentary and nostalgic reflections. What We Cover: Joe's journey into writing for Wowhead,...

On the final episode in the FN Game Swap month, we're talking about Yakuza: Like a Dragon! Listen as we discuss the interesting combination of the whacky gameplay mixed with a serious character driven story. We also discuss the turn-based combat system (a series first) along with the many side activities the game has to offer.  Thank you so much for listening to our Game Swap this month, we h...

For part 2 of the FN Video Game Swap, we're talking about Lost In Random! Lost in Random is an action-adventure game developed by Zoink and published by Electronic Arts. Part of the EA Originals program, the game was released 10 September 2021. It was the final game developed by Zoink prior to their consolidation into Thunderful Development. It received generally positive reviews from critics...

On the first episode of the FN Game Swap, Aubrey takes over the hosting seat as the crew discusses a Gameboy Advance game, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team! The conversation includes talk about this game being one of the earliest roguelike games, the interesting twist of playing as a Pokémon, who the target audience of Pokémon games actually is, nostalgia affecting your opinion of a game a...

On this episode, we are kicking off our Game Swap Month! We took the game swap idea that we tried a while back and blew it out into something bigger and hopefully better! Each of the hosts brought a game to the swap that the other two hosts will have to play. Then, we are going to dedicate the rest of this month to doing full episodes on those games.  In this kickoff episode, the hosts are announc...

Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan are joined by Joe, Delaney, and Abi to talk about the most recent game from Supermassive Games (not counting the Until Dawn Remake), The Casting of Frank Stone! The reason there are so many voices on this episode is because the whole gang played through the game together! Listen as they discuss minimal gameplay, pointless collectibles, a lackluster story, the ties to Dead...

Continuing our month of spooky Halloween themed episodes, Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan are discussing their top three favorite spooky/scary video games on this episode! First, our hosts talk about what qualifies a game to be on our scary/spooky lists. Then, they give their honorable mentions some time in the spotlights and discuss why they didn't make the cut.  After that, it's finally time...

In this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers we ask the question, "which characters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would last the longest in popular horror movies?" To determine this, we each picked a character from the roster and let AI decide which one would come out on top! Additionally, we asked our Discord community to give us their picks for which character would survive i...

It's finally time to talk about the weird world and gameplay from the mind of Kojima, Death Stranding. Dylan has finally finished the game that he had to play for losing the predictions bet at the start of the year. Now, he and Andrew are gonna talk about it.  The spoiler-free first half of the conversation covers hiking mechanics, half-baked stealth and gunplay, interesting online components...

In this  episode of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers," Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan delve into the complex world of live service games.  This discussion takes a critical look at the highs and lows of this controversial gaming model. Failed projects like Anthem are dissected to understand how poor execution derailed games with promising potential. The hosts touch on historical MMO failures,...

On this episode of The Neighborhood Watch, Andrew and Aubrey are joined by friend of the show and host of The Video Game Lounge podcast, Jon Haig! Andrew talks about the new, stylish, 2D roguelite game Elsie that he reviewed on our YouTube channel (shoutout to Playtonic for the review code!) while Aubrey discusses $2.00 search and find games that she finds on the Nintendo EShop. Jon has recently b...

Andrew and Aubrey aren't here this week so Dylan calls in his sister Delaney to help out. On this episode, they discuss the recent updates to Diablo IV and the things they are enjoying along with  a few areas the game could improve. After that, it's time for the main topic! Our hosts pick a handful of Olympic events and decide which characters should compete. Then, they ask AI which of t...

On this episode of the show, Aubrey and Dylan have to decide who will be named the best side character of all time! Andrew created a list of beloved side characters from the games that we all know and love. Then, he created a bracket and put all of those characters in it. Aubrey and Dylan were then tasked with with deciding which characters would move forward and which ones would go home.  Who do...

In this episode of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers," hosts Dylan Wren, Andrew Kimball, and Aubrey Sommer dive deep into the world of spoilers. The conversation navigates through the challenges of avoiding spoilers, the socially accepted time periods for discussing spoilers, and the differing impacts within friend groups versus on social media. The hosts share personal stories of how s...

**Some Night in the Woods spoilers at 44:26** On this episode, Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan do a video game swap! Each host brought a game to the table that the other two had to play and now they are going to talk about it. Aubrey brought Night in the Woods, Andrew brought Sunset Overdrive and Dylan brought the Dead Space Remake. Listen to find out what the crew thought about the games they were force...

** Spoiler Warning** 19:49 - Hades Spoilers Welcome back to the neighborhood! On this episode, Aubrey officially joins the show as a permanent member of the podcast! We are very excited about the perspective she will bring to our content! This episode is packed with fun conversations about a bunch of games we've been playing recently including, Hades, The Chant, The Last Faith, Dead by Daylig...

On this special episode of the Friendly Neighborhood Gamers podcast, Andrew, Dylan and Aubrey each host a trivia game for the others to compete in.  Andrew hosts a game called I Got It From ChatGPT, Aubrey hosts a game of Synonym Roll and Dylan hosts a simplified version of Got It From Google with a bonus How Many Smash Bros. Characters Can You Name? at the end! WEBSITE  https://www.fngamers.com/...

Welcome back to the neighborhood! On this episode, Andrew, Dylan and Aubrey revisit their game of the year lists from 2020 and then remake them. They discuss the new games that made their way onto the list as well as the ones that didn't quite make the cut. They also discuss what a wild time 2020 was and how Animal Crossing took over the world! Want to share your 2020 game of the year remake...

Rise Tarnished! and welcome back to the neighborhood! On this episode we are returning to the Lands Between so we can enter the Lands of Shadow in pursuit of Kindly Miquella. So hop on Torrent and collect as many Scadutree Fragments as you can because it’s time to talk about the massive expansion to 2022’s game of the year, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree! And we couldn't do it alone, we ha...

On this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, hosts Andrew and Dylan discuss the recent price increase for Xbox Gamepass. This leads to a deep dive into Xbox as a company and all of the recent headlines they've been making.  After that, the conversation turns to the new expansion for Destiny 2, The Final Shape! Dylan finally has the chance to share his thoughts on the ending of a deca...

On this very special episode of the podcast, Andrew and Dylan are joined by Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros and Phil and Eric (and Stefan) from The Wait For It Podcast to talk about the 2024 Fantasy Critic League! They crew discusses the victories and heartbreaks that have occurred in the league so far as well as looking forward to the rest of the season. Then they shift their focus beyond 2024...

This week, Andrew, Dylan and Aubrey discuss the topic of video game genres. The conversation explores some of the faults in how we as a community choose to define games. It also covers some potential solutions and advice for people who take these categories too seriously.  In a crazy turn of events, Aubrey prepared a closing trivia game for Andrew and Dylan to compete in. She based it off of the t...

On this episode of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers," Aubrey Sommer and Andrew Kimball delve into the world of "Senua's Saga: Hellblade II." They explore the sequel's narrative, characters, and gameplay mechanics, expressing disappointment with the ambiguous storytelling, lack of satisfying conclusion, and downgrade in gameplay. They express their disillusionment wi...

On this episode Aubrey is back in the Neighborhood and Dylan is down with the sickness. Our hosts discuss all the games they've been playing lately and share the things that they like and dislike about them. Aubrey talks about Sea of Solitude, Venba and Open Roads. Three indie games that she played over the course of an afternoon. Are they worth your time/money? Listen to find out!  ** The Op...