This week! We’re joined by Kevin Larrabee to talk typos in game code, more Mario Kart, the Dead Space 4 we didn’t get to play, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Donkey Kong, Sea of Thieves, Rocket Knight and so much more. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at heyscoops.com/scoopfestvegas . Early bird tickets are on sale n...
Jul 17, 2018•1 hr 34 min
This week! Kim Possibles, car crashes, actors who’ve played nerds in ‘80s movies, arcade memories, Xbox Elite controllers, and so much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Kim Possible influence Warframe Is Coming To Switch Broderick car crash Eddie Deezen Wargames clip Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Minecraft Rogue Legacy Voltron LEGO Pocket Rumble Limited Run Night Trap Switch Xbox One Elite Control Pad Sea of Thieves Waves of Change: Battling Social Anxiety in Sea of Thieves Cranston Mann...
Jul 10, 2018•1 hr 22 min
This week! Color-change clothing, Fortnite events/crossplay fun, Overwatch hamsters, Bloodstained Kickstarter reward pictures in-game, Adventures of Captain Spirit, exploding skeletons in Sea of Thieves, and so much more. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at heyscoops.com/scoopfestvegas . Early bird tickets are on sal...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 31 min
This week! Not much news so we dive into some EGM lore. Plus LEGO Incredibles, Minecraft, Paladins, Mario Tennis Aces, and Sea of Thieves. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at heyscoops.com/scoopfestvegas . Early bird tickets are on sale now. It’s going to be a great time. And if you book your hotel at the Orleans Hot...
Jun 26, 2018•1 hr 47 min
This week! It’s that time of year again - E3. We take some time and run down the press conferences and talk about whatever we think is worth chatting about. Apologies in advance if we didn’t talk about the game you are hotly anticipating in here. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: CJ’s Sea of Thieves cake Microsoft Bethesda Squenix Devolver Limited Run Games Ubisoft PC Gaming Show Sony Nintendo Sony’s statement re: Fortnite Buy tickets for Scoopfest 2018: The Scooptacular The Player One Podc...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 50 min
This week! Puke stories, green shampoo purchases, You Can't Do That On Television...oh, and there's been some early E3 news and video game stuff to talk about. Greg and CJ discuss/argue about ONRUSH. CJ waxes on about the positively enrapturous game Sea of Thieves (and he's writing this description right now, too). Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 201...
Jun 10, 2018•1 hr 34 min
This week! Ethan returns as a guest to talk more E3 leaks, new Pokemon stuff, pinball with dung beetles, bullet hell hate, God of War talk, Sega’s Genesis Collection, and a whole lot more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Ice Cream Social episode w/CJ guesting Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social Mario Lemieux Hockey for Genesis Leak suggests Fortnite is coming to Switch Korean Ratings Board Potentially Leaks Fortnite Switch Port PUBG Corp. Takes Epic To Court Over Battlegrounds Similar...
Jun 05, 2018•1 hr 54 min
This week! Japan gets a cheaper Switch configuration, some portions of the internet objects to Battlefield V's inclusion of women, Fortnite's made a lot of dang money, CJ's still playing Sea of Thieves (and roped Greg on for some sailing too), Greg's still on about LEGO Dimensions, and Phil teaches his son the meaning of the word "Bloodstained." Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It...
May 28, 2018•1 hr 25 min
This week! Star Fox racing rumors, Vita cart production and Gamers Club Unlocked ending, an Xbox One accessibility focused controller, Hyrule Warriors Definitive, Super Burger Time, Horizon Chase Turbo, ONRUSH beta and loads and loads of colonoscopy talk. Because you demanded it. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at h...
May 22, 2018•1 hr 38 min
This week! Bees, Seas of Thieves, E3 leaks, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure sequels, DKC Tropical Freeze, Trailblazers, our dream-team magazines, pricing on hypothetical retro microconsoles, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at heyscoops.com/scoopfestvegas . Early bird tickets are on sale now. ...
May 15, 2018•1 hr 44 min
In case you don't already know, we do bonus shows for Patreon supporters who pledge $5/month. Usually we do quizzes or chat about other stuff during those, and this week we chatted with Rich Grisham about the previous week's news. Because episode 600 was so focused on, well, US, we figured we should put this one out to the regular feed so our regular listeners could hear it too. We do some news and an abbreviated quiz with Rich using reviews from the May 2001 issue of EGM. Thanks for listening, ...
May 11, 2018•33 min
This week! This week! P1 superfan Rich Grisham puts the hosts and the show under the looking glass to find out what makes these folks tick and how in the heck did they make it to six hundred episodes of a podcast almost twelve years after they started. Thanks for being a listener no matter if this is your six hundredth episode or your first (if this is your first please go back to 598 or 599 and start there instead maybe?). We promise to keep doing this show as long as you promise to never stop ...
May 08, 2018•1 hr 32 min
This week! Legality of loot boxes challenged, the numbers show Sea of Thieves is doing pretty well, the Switch has been hacked, Greg gets his feet wet with cardboard games, and so much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Aggretsuko (Netflix) Shadow of the Tomb Raider Trailer Belgium Classifies Loot Boxes As Illegal Far Cry, Sea Of Thieves, And Kirby Sail To The Top Of March U.S. Sales Sony Braces For PlayStation 4 Sales To Slow As Install Base Hits 79 Million Microsoft Gaming Business G...
May 01, 2018•1 hr 21 min
This week! We folded a little cardboard, played a little Yakuza 6, a little God of War (no spoilers beyond the first hour), relationships with games PR back in the day, the benefits of Xbox One’s backward compatibility strategy and so much more. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at heyscoops.com/scoopfestvegas . Early...
Apr 24, 2018•1 hr 43 min
This week! Lotsa news - Billy Mitchell Ban, Bioshock Secrets, More OG Xbox Back Compat, Sega makes some retro announcements, PS5 is a thing to speculate on, God of War got great reviews (and sparked a meme), Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, Tales From the Borderlands, an Ethan update and so much more. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more ...
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 30 min
This week! Greg and CJ are joined by Sean Capri and talk Spider-Man, OG Xbox Back Compat, Far Cry 5 (the game AND its sales), LEGO Dimensions, Mega Mans 1-10, A Way Out, Sea of Thieves, best gaming sounds, backlogs and so much more. Join us, won’t you? ALSO! We are happy to have been invited back to Scoopfest this year by the fine folks at Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social. It takes place October 11-14, 2018. You can get more information at heyscoops.com/scoopfestvegas . Early bird tickets...
Apr 10, 2018•1 hr 49 min
This week! DQXI gets a date, PSVR gets a price drop, we played a buncha hot new games like Sea of Thieves and Far Cry 5 (don’t worry, no spoilers outside of the intro), and lotsa old-school magazine deadline talk. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Final Fantasy III Hayaku Kaku guide Rose Colored Gaming Phil Game & Watches PSVR gets permanent $100 price drop Dragon Quest XI coming out in September LEGO Incredibles game coming this summer Moon Patrol Punch-Out!! Jeremy Parish Tate Mode Fa...
Apr 03, 2018•1 hr 41 min
This week! Some Nindies are announced, Vivendi stops trying to buy Ubi, the Wii Shop Channel is shuttering, Sea of Thieves is a fun time (without a lot of content and no tutorial), and a lot more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase Spring 2018 Every Game And Release Date Announced In Today's Nindies Showcase Pool Panic Pinball Quest Wizorb Ubisoft Avoids Vivendi Takeover PUBG on mobile! Darwin Project March 26 was the last day to buy points for the Wii Shop M...
Mar 27, 2018•1 hr 27 min
This week! We mourn the closure of Toys R Us by sharing our (and our listeners’) memories of the debt-straddled merchant’s brighter days. Then we talk a little Sega, a little Sonic, a little Microsoft, lament how old we are that we don’t know what words mean in the age of influencers, and we chat about Kirby Star Allies, LEGO Dimensions and more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Toys 'R' Us will close or sell all US stores - Mar. 14, 2018 - CNN Money Update: Sega Confirms Genesis Collectio...
Mar 18, 2018•1 hr 41 min
This week! Video game violence is back in the headlines, Nintendo announced a whole buncha stuff via a Direct, Fortnite goes mobile, Microsoft tries to do their own Direct, and we talk about Crackdown, Metal Gear Solid Game Boy Color, Burnout Remastered and a whole bunch more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Ready Player One promo posters White House Video Game Violence Video Report: Here's How President Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry Transpired Nintendo Direct 3.8.2018 Nint...
Mar 13, 2018•1 hr 41 min
This week! Phil buys an Xbox One S, Crackdown added to Xbox One back compat, we talk about the year of Switch and what we want to see in the future, then discuss the games we’ve been playing - Dragon Quest Builders, Burnout 3 Takedown, Radiant Silvergun, Rare Replay and more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Microsoft adds Fable, Witcher 2, Crackdown and Forza Horizon to back compat Xbox Update adding new Mixer features and 1440p support Yakuza 6 demo is accidentally the full game Detroit ...
Mar 06, 2018•1 hr 38 min
We normally reserve these Aftershows for $5/month Patreon backers . But...because maybe you're the type who wants a demo/sample before you commit, it's your lucky day! This is the Aftershow audio from Episode 590: I Had a Huge Collection. We talk a little bit more about Phil and Greg selling off some of their games, then we delve into CJ’s horrific first steps in writing about video games (he was 14 though which was 26 years ago for those of you keeping count!), and we talk about the teaser for ...
Mar 02, 2018•28 min
This week! Phil gets rid of a lot of video games, we chat about old school game magazine stuff, our kids ask us about the naughty things media has taught them, and CJ & Phil tell Greg which Parks & Rec season to start with. The answer is Season 2. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Unofficial SNES/SFC Compendium Burnout Paradise Remaster Nintendo allowing user reviews for eShop games Sonic You Can Do Anything Half-Life content in Final Fantasy XV for some reason? Phil sells off a TON...
Feb 27, 2018•1 hr 36 min
This week! CJ goes all-in on 4K, we discuss pirate pets (in the context of Sea of Thieves’ microtransactions), Bayonettas, and a whole buncha other stuff. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Black Panther Ready Player One Pure Imagination trailer Tommy Tallarico “Cybertek” Cheer Up Charlie Xbox One party chat via smartphones Rumor: Spyro Remaster Collection coming THQ Nordic buys Koch Media (Deep Silver) Sony discounting PSVR bundles by $100 Rick and Morty Virtual Rick-ality coming April 10 S...
Feb 19, 2018•1 hr 20 min
This week! Friend of the show Chris Baker joins CJ and Greg to talk about Metroid Prime 4 rumors, Activision making a whole lotta money on microtransactions, Switch ownership, arcade classics, comic book games, PlayStation VR, audio design in games with shooty-shoot, and so much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Superhero Video Games with cbake76 CBake on Twitter Bandai Namco is working on Metroid Prime 4 Star Fox Assault (yes by Namco) Activision made $4b from microtransactions Googl...
Feb 13, 2018•1 hr 33 min
This week! This week! In this Super Bowl Special, we talk about who Microsoft is buying (aka EA maybe?), Nintendo’s save troubles, world record score fabrications, Sea of Thieves, Xbox One X, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: The Cloverfield Paradox Solo trailer Microsoft buying EA? (Probably not) Greg’s shelf of Sega fun Switch officially outsells Wii U LTD Nintendo Online service in September 2018 Mario Kart announced for mobile Mario movie announc...
Feb 06, 2018•1 hr 27 min
This week! Set sails for Xbox talk, mateys. We chat about the changes coming to Xbox Game Pass, PSN having issues, Paragon and Miitomo shutting down, Anthem being delayed, Dragon Ball Fighterz, the Sea of Thieves Closed Beta, and so much more. Y'arr. Join us, won’t ye? Links of interest: Game Pass to include first party games Muppet Babies is coming back God of War releasing on April 20 New God of War story trailer PlayStation Network had issues this week Epic is shutting down Paragon Miitomo di...
Jan 29, 2018•1 hr 27 min
This week! SpaceKappa Joe Walker joins us to chat about Nintendo introducing gamers to cardboard, PlayStation immortalized as figures and shoes, Fortnite killing it, Xbox doing really well in December and a whole lot more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Joe Walker on Twitter Space Kappa on YouTube/The Backlog Did Pornhub Actually Plow Snow In Boston? Hawaii’s Porn Usage Tanked After Missile Alert, Though It Spiked Later Michael Pachter Cardboard Prediction Comes True Nintendo Labo Micros...
Jan 22, 2018•1 hr 25 min
This week! Retro controllers coming back, Remaster/ports aplenty, Nintendo Direct Minis, more on Doki Doki Literature Club, Ethan buys a new micro SD card for the Switch, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Howard the Duck trailer Lea Thompson IMDB Helen Slater IMDB Retro-Bit doing Sega peripherals Duke coming back Disturbing Secret of the Original Xbox GameCube Menu Music Sped Up 16x PUBG Xbox over 3 million Sea of Thieves closed beta January 24 Join the Player One Podca...
Jan 15, 2018•1 hr 37 min
This week! Burnout’s a-coming, Kinect’s a-dead, buncha Nintendo speculation about an upcoming Direct, Greg gets lost in the moé world of Doki Doki Literature Club, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Burnout Paradise Remake Coming in March? Burnout Dominator (PSP) PlayStation Top Downloads of 2017 Microsoft stops making Kinect adapter Revert to Xbox commands on Kinect Switch fastest selling console ever EA leaks Nintendo Direct? Amazon lists then pulls 18 SKUs Fake Switch...
Jan 09, 2018•1 hr 15 min
