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Lit Gaming Arena

Justin Mattiolilitgamingarena.com
Join us for a weekly dose of video game content and news, and hopefully a few laughs along the way. We will also be your number one audio source of the happenings around Lit Gaming Arena. Buckle your seat belts, it's another video game podcast!
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Episodes

LGAcast 068 - Paper Mario Sticker Star, Shapez.io, BNA, Unsolved Mysteries (TRUE CRIME!), Symbiotic Titan, and more Colony!

Not a ton of video game talk this week thanks to the upcoming holiday at the time of recording, but some amazing and hilarious discussion does happen! Marcus spends some time hating on Paper Mario Sticker Star and a little bit about Chibi Robo Ziplash being the worst game ever. He also talks about a cool new anime by Studio Trigger called BNA that everyone should check out. And for all you True Crime junkies out there, he talks about watching Unsolved Mysteries! Jusin doesn't have much more abou...

Jul 09, 20201 hr 29 minSeason 2Ep. 44

Terminal News July 6th, 2020 - MOBA games, Next Gen Console Pricing, Follow Up On Industry-wide Sexual Harassment, Twitch Banning Dr Disrespect, JK Rowling

Ever want to know the definitive definition of MOBA, and which games are and aren't considered MOBAs? Well we discuss just that on this episode, and as it turns out, it's a lot more broad than you'd think! And with the next generation drawing ever closer, we have some more rumors to discuss on the Playstaiton 5 and Xbox Series X pricing. What do YOU think they will cost? Along with console pricing, we have some details on a next gen game that will reportedly cost $70. Is this a mreited price inc...

Jul 07, 20201 hr 6 minSeason 2Ep. 43

LGAcast 067 - Spyro, Avatar The Last Airbender, More Mario RPG, Colony, Elite Dangerous, and The Lack of The Last of Us

Tonight Justin got hungry and spent the first half of the podcast eating, which means we got the hot dog minute on what's good and bad in the hot dog world. Guy Fieri would be proud. As far as real topics go, Marcus talked about his housekeeping, finishing up games so he can make room on his PS4, like the Spyro Collection. He also talked a bit about Avatar The Last Airbender, and a little more on Mario RPG. And finally we get to the topic everyone wants to hear, The Last of Us 2, except wait, ne...

Jul 02, 20201 hr 17 minSeason 2Ep. 42

Terminal News June 29, 2020 - Industry Equality, Mixer Diverts to Facebook, Skate 4, Cyberpunk 2077, Pokemon Unite, Animal Crossing

As with every week, there's a lot going on in the gaming industry. Once again we address the ongoing problems with inequality and sexual harassment/rape and provide our firm stance in the matter, which brings us Marcus's brand new catch-phrase, which I can't put here or else the episode may get removed from Apple! And if that news wasn't bad enough, we found out that the streaming platform we had a lot of hope in, Mixer, is shutting down and is diverting to Facebook Gaming. Can't say we're happy...

Jun 30, 20201 hr 20 minSeason 2Ep. 41

LGAcast 066 - She-Ra, Space Force, Mario RPG, Elite Dangerous

We have an awesome discussion-filled episode for you this week! The crew talks about She-Ra, Space Force, and F is for Family. After that Marcus goes into depth with Remnant From the Ashes, and Mario RPG; and Elite Dangerous sinks its claws into Justin! s usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join our Discord community! chat.litgamingarena.com We're also on Twitter! www.twitter.com/litgamingarena AND we are on Instagram! @litgamingarena And o...

Jun 25, 20201 hr 8 minSeason 2Ep. 40

Terminal News June 22, 2020 - Magic: The Gathering, Riot Games Executives, Mail Route Type Games, Tons of Indie Games

Welcome to Terminal News, your number one source for curated video game news! This week the topics covered range from Wizards of the Coast removing some racist Magic: The Gathering cards, a Riot Games executive has a bad take about George Floyd's death, we get hung up on the concept of a mail route game, and we go cover every game shown at the Guerilla Collective Showcase. It's gonna be another great year for indie games! s usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at...

Jun 23, 20201 hr 52 minSeason 2Ep. 39

LGAcast 065 - Paper Mario, Minecraft Dungeons, Avatar The Last Airbender, Stellaris, Space Force!

In episode 65 listen to Marcus talk about his experiences playing Plague Tale, Paper Mario, Minecraft Dungeons, Severed, and Remnant From The Ashes. Minecraft Dungeons is pretty polarizing, and there are quite a few bugs on the Xbox One version of Remnant From The Ashes. Justin talks about Xbox One parental controls, Stellaris, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Space Force. Does Stellaris meet his expectations of a space game? Is Avatar just as good as he remembers? And how does he feel about Spac...

Jun 21, 20201 hr 19 min

Terminal News June 15, 2020 - An Unexpected Brief Absence, Racism, Black Lives Matter, Return To Form

Sorry for the unexpected hiatus everyone! We are back in full force today with new and relevant topics. The backlog episodes will be put out in due time for your listening pleasure, but we didn't want to delay what we're going to talk about for potentially weeks, especially with the state of the world right now. We have very important things to discuss this episode, starting off with the Black Lives Matter movement and protests happening around the world right now. It goes without saying that we...

Jun 16, 20201 hr 32 minSeason 2Ep. 37

LGAcast 060 - That Tiger King Is So Hot Right Now

You aren't ready for this episode. This week we are joined by frost who wnats to dicuss playing Don't Starve Together, Towerfall, and Overcooked, all great same screen co-op or competitive type games. Justin plays the usual, and Marcus talks extensively about Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and rightfully so, because he got the platinum trophy for it! In other parts of the podcast we discuss the GOGP show talking about us chin-waggin' on his show, we discuss the Jeff Lowe AMA on Reddit from The Tiger Ki...

May 19, 20201 hr 47 minSeason 2Ep. 28

Terminal News April 20, 2020 - You Say Some Gamer Words You Pay The Gamer Price

We have a multitude of news topics for you in this episode! The usual Coronasphere updataes, Valorant anti-cheat driver, Crysis coming to Switch, and a new This Week in Lawsuits: Selena Gomez is suing a mobile fashion game! Additionally if you want a blast from the past, Homestar Runner is releasing an album of all their music! Also Nvidia's real time ray tracing beta build of Minecraft is out! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join ou...

May 12, 202054 minSeason 2Ep. 27

LGAcast 059 - 2020 Took a Corona to the Knee

Welcome to another LGAcast episode! Right at the top Justin complains about being an essential worker, setting the mood for the whole show. As far as games, he talks more about Crossout and getting the Rocket League Season Pass. Marcus covered serious ground and played Nioh 2, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Doom Eternal, and he talks for nearly a half hour alone just about Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Shart Select came up with a new challenge called the Doom Difficulty challenge and Justin and Marcus ...

May 07, 20201 hr 37 minSeason 2Ep. 26

Terminal News April 13, 2020 - What Would a Hunchback Whale Look Like?

It's getting harder and harder to call all this news right now since our release schedule is behind! But we still gotta pump this out so here it is! In this episode we discuss April fools pranks, The Last of Us 2 getting delayed, Frost hating on old people, and Asmodee delaying board games Additionally, Gamestop is closing a whole pile of stores, totalling around 600 stores in the last 2 years! HQ returns thanks to an anonymous investor, our thoughts on the first look of the Playstation 5 contro...

Apr 27, 20201 hr 24 minSeason 2Ep. 25

LGAcast 058 - We're Living in Crysis Times

Welcome to episode 58! In this installment, Justin goes over the beginnings of his Crossout addiction and how much he's been playing. In fact, you might say it caused him to neglect editing and that's why all of our episodes have come out late the last month! That lazy piece of crap should get his act together, right? Marcus, in typical fashion, is the star of the show, having played some more games! This week we go a little more in depth with Animal Crossing New Horizons. We round out the video...

Apr 08, 20201 hr 11 minSeason 2Ep. 24

Terminal News March 30, 2020 - When You Put a Crowbar in a Gamer's Hands, They Become Gordon Freeman, That's the Bottom Line

The Coronasphere is leaking! We're back with more outdated news for y'all but our conversations rule so you still need to listen! There's a bit of coronavirus news this week, we cover that right at the top, as usual! The big stuff that happened was all Nintendo! Nintendo had a "mini direct" where they announced or talked about a bunch of games: Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, Catherine: Full Body, Bravely Default 2, Bioshock Collection, Borderlands Legendary Collection, XCOM 2 Collectio...

Mar 31, 20201 hr 10 minSeason 2Ep. 23

LGAcast 057 - The Chickens! They Sell The Eggs!

Bear with us as we catch up on some of these pre-recorded episodes! However late, we promise the content is always top notch! on this week's LGAcast listen to Justin talk about the animation style of Beastars makes him wanna vomit, Marcus goes in depth on Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Animal Crossing New Horizons, and Justin discovered a new game that's about to devour his life. A free to play Mad Max vehicle combat style game called Crossout. Will Frost ever play games again? Will Marcus fi...

Mar 26, 20201 hr 9 minSeason 2Ep. 22

Terminal News March 23, 2020 - He Dies To Some Pooping Disease

We still have some catching up to do in this backlog! This episode is full of hilarious insight into the gaming news that nobody in their right mind can afford to miss out on! Stuff covered in this episode includes Covid-19 related stuff, The Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 teardown, the Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing release, and a hilarious prank that Valve almost pulled on speed runners! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join our ...

Mar 24, 20201 hr 13 minSeason 2Ep. 21

LGAcast 056 - Synthwave Needs A Champion

On this episode of the LGAcast Marcus and Justin cover lots of topics! If you love ship-building games or voxel games, you're gonna love From The Depths, Justin has been hooked on this game for a long time! After Party is briefily mentioned, it didn't really catch either of our attention that well as Justin hasn't played since this episode. As always, Marcus covered a lot of games! In anticipation of Ori and T he Will of The Wisps, he plays through Ori and The Blind Forest and gives us his revie...

Mar 19, 20201 hr 37 minSeason 2Ep. 20

Terminal News March 16, 2020 - Where Gamers Go To Smell Their Own Kind

This episode is a bit behind because of a ton of different issues, so there's a bunch of stuff that you've already heard about. But you know what you didn't hear about? Our discussion of how you dry your butt if you don't have toilet paper and an endless converstaion on that. There's even a guest appearance! Obama shows up in the middle of the show! And you defintely don't want to miss out on Justin's ugly laugh. All of that and all the news you already heard last week, like Reggie getting appoi...

Mar 16, 20201 hr 45 minSeason 2Ep. 19

LGAcast 055 - The Adventures of Kid Covid in a Post-Covid19 Society

Join the LGA crew this week as they discuss all the coolest games they've been playing, such as Ori and the Blind Forest, From the Depths, and Plague Tale. We have quite a variety for you on this episode! Plus the usual community engagement segment where we feature the comments YOU send in on Twitter! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join our Discord community! chat.litgamingarena.com We're also on Twitter! www.twitter.com/litgamingar...

Mar 12, 20201 hr 17 minSeason 2Ep. 18

Terminal News March 9, 2020 - I'm Gonna Shoot the Coronavirus

Welcome to the one and only Coronasphere, you're one stop shop for everything in the video game industry affected by COVID-19! Just kidding, but seriously, it's impacting a LOT!!! This week we bring you the best gaming content, such as dad jokes, Alex Jones, Speedy Gonzales, and Viva La Bam! But there's still plenty of game stuff to talk about, like that one dude from FaZe who shot a gun live on stream and got BANNED! Also, there's a ridiculous $500 NT Mini to play NES games. Why does it cost so...

Mar 10, 20201 hr 31 minSeason 2Ep. 17

LGAcast 054 - We Need A Character That Goes Through Some Sh--

This week is off to a super start with an amazing intro. The whole crew has stuff to talk about, even Justin! Frost talks about playing Plague Tale, Marcus talks Mega Man Zero, and Justin gets further into Neon Chrome AND got into Ubisoft's Steep. It quickly went downhill and Marcus and Justin caused Frost to straight up fall asleep on the show! But after that it picks back up with us filling out the March Nerdness Bracket from the 30 and Nerdy Podcast, and we wrap up with the community engageme...

Mar 05, 20202 hr 32 minSeason 2Ep. 16

Terminal News March 2, 2020 - All EA Does is Cancel Star Wars Games

It's another non-game heavy news week! Just kidding, there's still tons of video game news to cover but this time with mayonaise singles that are very much remeniscient of George Costanza's Pudding Skin Singles. We have a Corona Corner this week because the COVID-19 virus seems to be spreading like a wildfire and is causing all sorts of meyhem in the gaming industry. In the midst of the chaos, Microsoft showcases a bunch of Xbox Series X details, plus we cover the new free games for PS+ and Game...

Mar 03, 20201 hr 20 minSeason 2Ep. 15

LGAcast 053 - Special Guest Sedg of Gaming Casual Podcast, How Many Knuckles Deep...

We are once again joined by Sedg for this episode! We discuss many gaming topics and what we've played! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join our Discord community! chat.litgamingarena.com We're also on Twitter! www.twitter.com/litgamingarena AND we are on Instagram! @litgamingarena And of course Facebook www.facebook.com/litgamingarenaCO Sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com Give our Podchaser list a BIG heart! https://www.pod...

Feb 27, 20201 hr 56 minSeason 2Ep. 14

Terminal News Feb 24, 2020 - Papa John Ate 60 Pizzas, Special Guest Sedg Gaming From Gaming Casual Podcast

This week the crew found out that Papa John lied. He claimed he didn't eat those pizzas, the truth is, he ate DOUBLE that amount of pizzas, and Marcus set the record straight. Witnessing these events unfold is Sedg of the Gaming Casual Podcast, joining the crew this week for an action packed round of shotgun video game mayhem. There's literally too much news to list, but here's an attempt: Sony is backing out of almost every event because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Activision is up to their ...

Feb 25, 20201 hr 26 minSeason 2Ep. 13

LGAcast 052 - I Stick My Finger In The Pie, And I Lick It

Welcome to big episode 52! If we had kept to a regular schedule the ENTIRE year like we did for the second half of 2019, this episode would have been the one yer mark! But that's okay, we're on track with TWO weekly episodes! How we manage that, who knows?? So come on in, sit down, and enjoy the absolute madness that is the LGAcast. This week Justin had bad jokes, Ringo Starr wouldn't leave us alone, and Frost is a video game boomer and didn't know the difference between Games with Gold and Xbox...

Feb 20, 20201 hr 57 minSeason 2Ep. 12

Terminal News Feb 17 2020 - Slim Bob is Like Tall Mario

This week got off to a weird start with Marcus talking like he was Ringo Starr, but guess who's back!? Our good friend Frost is back for the show! Please share her return with your friends!! In news, the crew discusses Dragonball Z, Activision Blizzard pulling games from Nvidia's streaming service, E3, Kirby being the evolution of Pacman, and much more! This is your weekly concentrated dose of last week's news, don't miss it! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our websi...

Feb 17, 20201 hr 49 minSeason 2Ep. 11

LGAcast 051 - Hobby-Grade Podcast Weaponry: Going Super Sandler With Backyard Railguns

Things got off to a great start this episode with Marcus and Justin already uncontrollably laughing in the beginning. Stay until after the credits to hear what had them in stitches! Shortly afterwards, DISASTER STRUCK. Justin opened his can of Game Fuel and it sprayed E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E! It got on his laptop, on his mic, on his face, on his hands, shirt, you name it, it had Game Fuel on it. But after recovering the podcast got back underway! Justin has more thoughts on Nightflyers having finish...

Feb 13, 20201 hr 39 minSeason 2Ep. 10

Terminal News Feb 10 2020 - You Haven't Lived Until You've Tasted a Switch Cartridge

Join Marcus and Justin for another week of video game news, hating on Ninja, and Justin's petty problems! The most notable things that happened this week was Netflix allowing us to turn auto-play trailers back off, The drama surrounding the EVO lineup, bizarre kickstarters, and so much more! Marcus even teases a special guest appearance for the next episode so stay tuned for the official LGAcast! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join ...

Feb 11, 20201 hr 38 minSeason 2Ep. 9

LGAcast 050 - Yes It IS Mondo Cool

Celebrate big episode 50 with Marcus and Justin as they dicuss all your favorite gaming topics, like What Did Jack Do, Nightflyers, SyFy, Audiobooks, and Reading! But there's even more fun to be had, Marcus has more complaints about Dragonball Z Kakarot, and Justin has amazing news about the game he's been playing all year, Demon's Tilt! And to top off the show, Community Engagement with the most responses the show has gotten yet for "what was your longest gaming session." Also Justin recants a ...

Feb 06, 20201 hr 19 minSeason 2Ep. 8

Terminal News Feb 3 2020 - When You're Esports You're Family

In this week's Terminal News, Marcus and Justin go over the new free games coming to the various platforms for February. Also, join them diving deep into the metric ton of Nintendo news that came out of their shareholder's meeting. Plus a lot of Blizzard and esports related news. All that and much more. If you want to be in the know, you better listen! As usual, here are all the links you need in life: Check out our website at litgamingarena.com Join our Discord community! chat.litgamingarena.co...

Feb 04, 20201 hr 50 minSeason 2Ep. 7
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