If you support us on Patreon , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/live/2YxzLNSRpL0 It’s A Real Dino Crisis Aftershow It’s an AI Rhyming Couplets quiz courtesy of MrMisterNelson. And an off-handed clearly wrong comment that Greg made during a previous quiz comes back to haunt him! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, ema...
Jul 11, 2025•21 min
This week! Layoffs at Microsoft and a lot of collateral damage, Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox, Switch prices up in Canada, Greg’s CO2 detector goes off (don’t worry, he’s OK, everyone’s OK), Expedition 33, Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, Peak, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/5IUCsB8iCFo Links of interest: Microsoft layoffs Everwild canceled Zenimax Online Studios MMO canceled Perfect Dark canceled, Initiative closed Romero Games shooter canceled, studio closed? Helldiver...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 971
If you support us on Patreon , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJA_KXGxpls Dizzy For Dizzy Aftershow In this week’s Aftershow we have a game of cinquains provided by hacker alias MrMrNelson and an AI helper. If you have a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at playeronepodcast@gmail.com! Thanks for supporting the show!...
Jul 04, 2025•36 min
This week! Mario Strikers to NSO, an Xbox Meta Quest 3S, plus Peak, To a T, Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut, iRacing, Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, Mario Kart World, and miuch, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/1cL_rKY7MY8 Links of interest: Mario Strikers coming to NSO Xbox Meta Quest 3S Drag x Drive out August 14 Peak Mario Kart World Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut Death Stranding 2 To A T iRacing Squeakross: Home Squeak Home Greg Sewart’s Extra Life Page Player One Podcast Discord Greg...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 970
If you support us on Patreon , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQNQCvLh7Y Ruffalo World Aftershow It’s an AI limerick quiz from MrMr Nelson! Listen in wrapt awe as Phil and Greg recite Ai-generated biographies of fictional characters in the form of limericks! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to ...
Jun 27, 2025•22 min
This week! Donkey Kong Bananza looks great, third-party estimates for Switch 2 game sales were off-base, we played Mario Kart World, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Yakuza 0 Diretor’s Cut, Tears of the Kingdom, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/d_f3FBoLqTw Links of interest: Donkey Kong Bananza Direct Third-party Switch 2 game sales have started off slow, with one publisher selling ‘below our lowest estimates’ Mario Kart World Ninja Gaiden Ragebound Yakuza 0 Director’s Cu...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 969
If you support us on Patreon , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W38dE59vLbM Yakuza Tony Sez Aftershow Well, what in tarnation do we have here? It’s an anime-themed Jeopardy quiz from hacker alias ScoopJessica. And don’t you worry, CJ has to use his Anime Prospector voice quite a bit in this one, so if you love that character, you’re ...
Jun 20, 2025•25 min
This week! We’re back from our one-week break and ready to talk Switch 2 launch. The hardware, the games, the battery life, the accessories. We dig into our impressions on all that stuff. Join us, won’t you? https://www.youtube.com/live/yAT63FVJ6F0 Links of interest: Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour South of Midnight Picross Juufuutei Raden’s Guide for Pixel Museum Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer Ninja Gaiden Ragebound Mina the Hollower Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut Greg Sewart’s Extra ...
Jun 17, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 968
If you support us on Patreon , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/live/E9Vc7F8e5aE Zero Prep Aftershow This week’s aftershow pits Phil against the devil in a review quiz that will decide the fate of all humanity! No, wait, it’s just Phil doing a voice, so he’s playing against himself. OR IS IT? If you have an idea for a game we can play in the...
Jun 13, 2025•36 min
This week! We recorded this episode BEFORE the Switch 2 launched, so there are no impressions in this one (that’ll be next week). Instead, we talk about what we’re doing with our Switch 1s, memories of the launch of Switch 1, stories of some of the other consoles we got at launch, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/KpsxxEuZAFA Links of interest: CJ at the PS2 launch in Japan (:40 in) Mr. Show: Pre-taped Call-In Show Phil’s Lupin III Pachislot machine Greg Sewart’s ...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 967
If you support us on Patreon , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9bLC7vORl0 As Direct As Can Be Aftershow It’s a grab-bag Jeopardy game from listener Zach Miller this week with special guest Benjamin Rivers of BancyCo fame! What kinds of answers will our hosts (and guest!) have? Find out! If you have an idea for a game we can play in...
Jun 06, 2025•31 min
This week! We’re hyped for Switch 2 release week, EA shuts down Black Panther studio, a crowdsourced project to solve all possible 5x5 Picross puzzles, Playdate Season Two, South of Midnight, To a T, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/OehRTwpK7lM Links of interest: EA shutters studio making Black Panther game WRC returns to Nacon Crowd game to solve all 5x5 Nonograms To A T Playdate Dig Dig Dino Fulcrum Defender Blippo+ Sou...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 966
If you support us on Patreon, you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/live/Z-_ODpevUPo Grimace Turds Aftershow It’s an AI art quiz from our friend Mike! This time, with guests! We welcome Luke Lohr and Logun Keller from the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast to play this quiz which puts each of us artificially put into games. Can we guess which game we’re...
May 30, 2025•36 min
This week! Milo’s story, new NSO Game Boy games, Retro on Xbox, Diddy Kong redesigned, South of Midnight, Expedition 33, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/rLo-FExnwtg Links of interest: Peter Molyneux explains why his infamous Kinect game Project Milo was never released Gradius, Kirby Star Stacker, Survival Kids, and The Sword of Hope on NSO Retro Classics released on Xbox Sony confirms it’s ending its PlayStation Stars loyalty program Diddy Kong redesigned South ...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 965
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/live/1xh8hvWnI1E Meet And Beat Aftershow In the early ‘90s, EGM had a little text box in each preview that revealed “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” of each game. And this quiz from hacker alias mathman1024 has us guessing the games based only on those entries! If you have an idea for a game we...
May 23, 2025•37 min
This week! KI Gold on NSO, Kojima’s USB stick, “fully realizing” live service games, what we’ve been watching TV-wise, South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Expedition 33, Balatro, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/DbTHQnrNIlA Links of interest: KI Gold now on NSO Kojima’s USB stick TCM is “fully realized” Fallout Season 2 in December, already renewed for 3 Taskmaster South of Midnight Doom: The Dark Ages Walkabout Minigolf Silent Hill 2 Cl...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 964
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXMNJsSdRw Shake It In VR Aftershow We travel to the great white north for a quiz this week thanks to hacker alias knightattack09. It’s all about Canada, and it pits our American hosts against a sole Canadian. Will Greg reign supreme in knowledge of his homeland. Listen and find out! If...
May 16, 2025•38 min
This week! Giant Bomb bought themselves, we did and didn’t get Switch 2 invites from Nintendo, Ecco the Dolphin is returning, Gears is coming to PS5, more Expedition 33 and South of Midnight, and much, much more. https://youtube.com/live/0e66T349oxM Links of interest: Giant Bomb bought itself Ecco stuff Gears of War comes to PlayStation EB Games Canada is back GTAVI trailer 2 Gex? Lunar Eternal Blue Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Sea of Thieves Greg Sewart’s Extra Life Page Player...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 963
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIaFSx3JyI Satisfying Ball Physics Aftershow Friend of the show Mike has once again sent us a quiz involving guessing the game based on some AI art renditions of it! Because quite a bit of this quiz is visual you may want to watch the YouTube version instead of just listening—but we do ...
May 09, 2025•35 min
This week! Changes in the gaming press, a GTAVI delay, Switch firmware, Earthion, Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Silent Hill 2, Dave the Diver, South of Midnight, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/vKVEAGB50QE Links of interest: Giant Bomb goes bust Polygon bought by Valnet Microsoft increases prices, games to be $80 US GTA6 release slips to 2026 Switch firmware released, virtual game cards and more Nintendo makes eShop changes to prevent eSlop Balatro a PS Plus game ...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 962
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AL7d7e12XA Mounting Giant Space Chickens Aftershow AI has come for us once again. This time it’s a Chat GPT-4 quiz based on…wait, the hosts? That’s right—friend of the show Chris Baker has asked the AI to tell him about our hosts and then constructed a Jeopardy quiz where we need to fig...
May 02, 2025•28 min
This week! Switch 2 pre-orders happened—find out how we fared amongst the chaos. Plus: Ghost of Yotei, Outrun and Split Fiction movies, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dave the Diver, South of Midnight, Silent HIll 2 and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/pBRAZBQFk3k Links of interest: Switch 2 pre-orders were a mess Every physical third-party Switch 2 game seen in Japan so far is a Game-Key Card requiring a download Ghost of Yotei release date announced Outrun movie Fire...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 961
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/live/P_3N5WbCEkc Fuse It Or Lose It Aftershow Today courtesy of friend of the show Mike we have an AI-generated quiz.This time based on the artwork an AI has generated based on certain games and artistic style prompts. You will probably want to watch the video version of this one, linked here. I...
Apr 25, 2025•42 min
This week! We have a date for Switch 2 pre-orders in the US and Canada, Paul Rudd comes back to hawk Switch 2, the Mario Kart Direct reveals some new info, Lunar Remastered Collection, Dave the Diver, Split Fiction, Silent Hill 2, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/6WWBfuD7XuQ Links of interest: 7UP Zero Sugar Endless Summer Reese’s Cups with Spring Sprinkles Switch 2 pre-orders for US/Canada start April 24 Paul Rudd plays with super power Nintendo posts OG Paul Ru...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 960
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://youtube.com/live/crvLl-1pcgI Pass On The Pass Aftershow Hacker alias Sir Alexander has challenged us with a Mexico Jeopardy. It’s not going to be pretty. But you can listen and see how well we did and compare it to how well you might have done. Did you beat us? If you have an idea for a game we can play in the ...
Apr 18, 2025•25 min
This week! Switch 2 preorder woes, pricing, Genesis NSO additions, Blue Prince, WIldgate (beta), South of Midnight, Mario Golf GBC, Time Gal/Ninja Hayate HD Remasters, Katamari Damacy Rolling Live, Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/gicKy8UWWLA Links of interest: Switch 2 preordering delayed in US and Canada Mouse Work from Nitrome is the mouse game I expected Nintendo to make Nintendo defends pricing Genesis NSO additions TLOU ...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 959
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Performance Issues Aftershow On this week’s Aftershow we hand over the keys to the AI for a little video game guessing game—with AI-generated box art, too! You’ll have to listen (or watch) to get a grip on this madness. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to playeronepodcast@gmail.com!...
Apr 11, 2025•44 min
This week! We talk about everything Nintendo Switch 2. What we thought of the Direct, the games, the pricing, what (if anything) we’re going to be picking up on day one (preorder pending), and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/fez6U-FiNX8 Links of interest: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Launch Date/Pricing June 5, $449/$499 in the US ($630/$699 CAD) Multi-language Switch in Japan Game pricing (MKW $80 ($113 CAD), DKB $70, S2Es) Pre-ordering Pre-ordering directly from Ninte...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 958
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-fiJyjaGQo Top of the Yarn Ball Remake Aftershow Shake off the cobwebs in your noggin, folks. Today we have an EGM Review Quiz from the April 1998 issue of the magazines. Can Phil and Greg guess the games being described in these reviews? Listen…if you DARE! If you have an idea for a ga...
Apr 04, 2025•21 min
This week! The Switch 1 Nintendo Direct, C button speculation, Switch 2 hype, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Picross S Doraemon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, some Star Trek, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? https://youtube.com/live/po7Qzp8OW48 Links of interest: Sour Patch Kids Glow-Ups Nintendo Direct Everything announced at the Nintendo Direct Everybody’s Golf and Patapon coming to Switch Virtual Game Cards Nintendo Today app Zelda movie announced via Nintendo Today (Ma...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 957
