Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back for some conversations regarding the Nintendo eShop closures for the WiiU and 3DS, as well as some potential announcements for Street Fighter 6, Dragon Age 4, a ne...
Feb 21, 2022•54 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back for some chatting and opinions on the latest Sony acquisition of Bungie and the first Nintendo Direct of the year! It was a pretty meaty showing for the first half...
Feb 13, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back for the first episode of 2022 with the results of our Fantasy League from last year, our new Draft picks, our Top 5 Games list of 2021, and some hot news like the ...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back with a recap of the PlayStation Showcase from last week, a discussion about the main characters of Tales of Arise so far, as well as a spin on the usual Side Quest...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back with a lot of excitement for the upcoming PlayStation Showcase, as well as a spin on the usual Side Quest Michael brings to the table. Hope you all enjoy! As alway...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 27
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back with some of our hottest takes about video games (as you may have guessed from the title), as well as some talk about game genres that we don't vibe with as much a...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! So this weeks episode is another Solo episode, With Mike as your host. It's part two of Mike's early years of his Sonic fandom and he goes into detail on the impact Sonic Adventure and ...
Aug 15, 2021•23 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! So this weeks episode is another Solo episode, But this time it's your host Mike. It's a look at Mike's early years of his Sonic fandom, through Sonic the Hedgehog, to Sonic the Hedgeho...
Aug 08, 2021•22 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This week we have some updates on game delays and the ongoing Activision/Blizzard lawsuit, as well as some talk about emotional video games that brought us to tears! Hope you all enjoy,...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This week we talk a little bit about a heavy topic that deserves mention due to its importance, as well as some lighter ones revolving around if it's possible for old games to age well ...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This week we've got some delays and new game announcements to share, as well as the reveal of the Steam Deck, and pre-orders going live for the OLED Switch model! Ready for a wild ride?...
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 21
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This week we've got updates on the recently announced newest Nintendo Switch OLED model, the rundown on the Sony State of Play, and we've started to dig into some awesome JRPG-style gam...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This week we've got some time to talk about remakes vs remasters, Sony acquires some new studios, and even a Dead Space remake is in the works! Let's talk all about it, (and maybe throw...
Jul 03, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 19
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! It's been about 2 weeks since official E3 things ended, but now Mike and I are back together to talk about our favorite announcements from the conferences, as well as Michael's impressi...
Jun 26, 2021•2 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! So this weeks episode is another Solo episode, But this time it's your host Michael. Now I wanted to try something a little different this week. A mini retrospective on my favorite Vide...
Jun 20, 2021•20 min•Season 6Ep. 17
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! It's been quite a while since I've done a solo episode, so sorry for the slight change in our recent episode flow! But we're still in the thick of E3, which means lots of exciting news ...
Jun 14, 2021•54 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! It's been quite a while since we've been able to do one of our annual prediction episodes because of E3 being cancelled last year and our hiatus during the shutdowns, but we're excited ...
Jun 06, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we talk about the bevy of new announcements and short showcases that happened this past week, including ones for Dragon Quest, Sonic, Dying Light 2, and even Horizon Forbi...
May 29, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we talk a bit about some recent smaller news items like Starfield being basically confirmed as an Xbox console exclusive by Jeff Grubb, Overwatch 2 changing from 6-person ...
May 23, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we talk a bit about a range of topics, such as the PS5 stock being in short-supply possibly until 2022, Ubisoft rebranding their studios under an umbrella name, more PSVR ...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we had a pretty light news week overall, so we catch up about the games we've been playing and Nathan rants a little about some awful mini games within other video games. ...
May 10, 2021•52 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we had a pretty light news week overall, so we go over a couple main topics of discussion instead, and Michael brings his A-game in the quiz making this weekend! Which see...
May 01, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we're happy to report about the reversal of the closure of the PS3 and Vita stores, a new triple-A multiplayer endeavor backed by Sony from Firewalk Studios, and a special...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode we go over announcements from the recent Nintendo Indie World, as well as the breakout for the Resident Evil Village Showcase (RE8). Also, Nathan had some issues with Bulle...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode we go over Sony's announcement within the last couple weeks of impending digital store closures for the PS3, PS Vita, and PSP, as well as word of The Last of Us getting a r...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Hey everyone, welcome to Ready and Waiting -- our review-centric mini-series for the Bros and Consoles podcast! In the past, Michael and I may have given longer impressions of games we've finished/completed within our normal episodes, but it felt right to start breaking out the reviews into their own specific episodes to really give these games and the teams behind them the recognition they deserve. Hence, a brand new mini-series! (Kinda, haha) This episode, I review Paradise Lost, by the dev te...
Apr 05, 2021•15 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode is a bit more chill than usual, since we've both done a lot of gaming since our last full episode together (March 28th makes one year exactly since our last proper 2-person...
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Hey everyone, welcome to the Solo Gaming Updates -- my quarantine mini-series for the Bros and Consoles podcast! I still wanted to put out episodes for you all while Michael and I are currently unable to record normal episodes together, so in 2021 these mini episodes will be coming out every Thursday until the normal weekly series can come back in all its gaming glory! Be on the lookout for new episodes to pop up likely in the afternoon on those days, and check my Twitter for updates (or listen ...
Mar 22, 2021•44 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Hey everyone, welcome to the Solo Gaming Updates -- my quarantine mini-series for the Bros and Consoles podcast! I still wanted to put out episodes for you all while Michael and I are currently unable to record normal episodes together, so in 2021 these mini episodes will be coming out every Thursday until the normal weekly series can come back in all its gaming glory! Be on the lookout for new episodes to pop up likely in the afternoon on those days, and check my Twitter for updates (or listen ...
Mar 14, 2021•48 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Hey everyone, welcome to Ready and Waiting -- our review-centric mini-series for the Bros and Consoles podcast! In the past, Michael and I may have given longer impressions of games we've finished/completed within our normal episodes, but it felt right to start breaking out the reviews into their own specific episodes to really give these games and the teams behind them the recognition they deserve. Hence, a brand new mini-series! (Kinda, haha) This episode, I review Journey of the Broken Circle...
Mar 09, 2021•45 min•Season 6Ep. 3
