This week Anthony's out, so we fill his seat with IGN's Marty Sliva as we talk about Sniper Elite 3, the Destiny Beta and more before closing out with letters — and some extended outtakes. This week's music, in order of appearance: Little Dragon - Paris; Death From Above 1979 - Train Wreck 1979
Jul 19, 2014•1 hr 34 min
Unfortunately this week's show has some pretty severe audio issues. It's listenable, we think, but it's not great - hence the delay in publishing. However, after a number of requests, here it is: we talk about Divinity, Dota, Thief and more, then close out with letters.
Jul 13, 2014•1 hr 20 min
This week we're joined by special guest Alexa Ray Corriea as we talk about Valiant Hearts, UFC, Shovel Knight, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, Sixty Second Shooter and more! This week's music, in order of appearance: Mastodon - Tread Lightly; Rise Agaisnt - I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore
Jun 28, 2014•1 hr 26 min
We're back from E3 with way, way too many games to talk about. We get into it over No Man's Sky, Shadows of Mordor, Evolve, Destiny, Battlefield Hardline, UFC and a hell of a lot more. This week's music: Banks - Drowning
Jun 21, 2014•1 hr 24 min
This week we've got a special episode with a special guest: the internet's own Dr. Nerdlove joins us for an all relationship letters cast! This week's music: The Postal Service - Nothing Better
Jun 07, 2014•1 hr 29 min
This week Anthony's out, but we're joined by IGN's Marty Sliva as we talk about Watch Dogs, Transistor and more. This week's music, in order of appearance: Charlie XCX - Nuclear Seasons; Uh Huh Here - Marstorm
May 31, 2014•1 hr 1 min
This week we're down to just two idiots in their apartments, so we talk Wolfenstein, a little Transistor, and then talk about the Retron5 before reading a couple of letters. This week's music: Alkaline Trio - Only Love;
May 23, 2014•1 hr 4 min
This week Mitch is out and we've brought in a sub in the form of errant world-wanderer Adam Sessler as we talk Super Time Force, and discuss what the Xbox One's change in strategy means for Microsoft and for the console race.
May 17, 2014•1 hr 31 min
This week's show is a short one, but we've got just enough time for Anthony to talk about Farsky, an argument about Child of Light, more Fract talk, some miscellaneous bullshitting, and a couple of letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Florence & the Machine - Breath of Life
May 03, 2014•1 hr 8 min
Our dear friend Matt makes his triumphant return as we talk about Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Fract, Hitman GO and more, then close with more letters about your abortive attempts at human relationships. This week's music, in order of appearance: Spoon - Two Sides Monsieur Valentine; Gonga (feat. Beth Gibbons) - Black Sabbath
Apr 26, 2014•1 hr 27 min
This week we've got a smaller cast and a a lot of PAX catch up as we talk about Trials Fusion and Frontiers, discuss a new build Evolve, talk about Hitman Go and The Evil Within and more, then move on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Alkaline Trio - Private Eye; Lana Del Rey - West Coast
Apr 19, 2014•1 hr 17 min
Greetings! This week it's a short show in the leadup to PAX East, as we talk about Monument Valley, Earth Defense Force, Broforce, Burial at Sea and more, then close with some letters.
Apr 11, 2014•1 hr 17 min
This week Matt's out hauling freight across America (or something), so we're joined by IGN's Marty Sliva. We talk Frictional's Soma, get more opinions on Alien Isolation and Infamous, talking about Amazon's new whatever-the-hell-it-is and FTL's new expansion. Then we answer some letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: The Neighbourhood - Now; Lykke Li - Youth Knows No Pain
Apr 05, 2014•1 hr 39 min
We're back after a long GDC week to talk about all the games: Infamous: Second Son, Luftrausers, Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, Batman: Arkham Knight, Alien: Isolation and more! Then we close with some letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Bastille - Pompeii; Broods - Never Gonna Change
Mar 29, 2014•1 hr 56 min
This week the usual crew is joined by wayward Polygon reporter Alexa Ray Corriea as we talk about Towerfall, Titanfall and more — then move on to relationship letters! This week's music, in order of appearance: Wye Oak - The Tower; Haim - If I Could Change Your Mind
Mar 15, 2014•1 hr 47 min
We're back! After a lost episode thanks to the wonders of Apple Inc's Garageband software, we're talking about Diablo 3's new patch, Bravely Default, The Walking Dead Season 2, how freaked out Anthony is over the movie Ravenous and more! This week's music: The Hundred in the Hands - Pigeons
Mar 08, 2014•1 hr 17 min
This week we're joined by the man of the hour on his farewell tour, formerly-of-IGN's-and-soon-to-be-of-Gearbox's Andrew Goldfarb. We talk Titanfall, Evolve, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Thief, Threes and more, then close out with letters. Also, Andrew wants to say hi to Alexandra Daddario. So. Hi Alexandra. This week's music in order of appearance: The Good Natured - Your Body is a Machine; The Everlove - Cities in Dust
Feb 22, 2014•1 hr 47 min
This week Anthony returns from crunch hell to talk about his first self-built gaming PC — but first we talk about Starbound, Octodad, Pac-man Battle Royale, Fable Anniversary and more. This week's music, in order of appearance: Nine Inch Nails - Last; Paul Leonard Morgain - Mega City One;
Feb 08, 2014•1 hr 49 min
Greetings! We're back this week to talk games! Wolf Among Us! Walking Dead! Loadout! Strike Vector! Then we slowly peter out and slink back into our holes. This week's music: M83 feat. Susanne Sundfør — Oblivion;
Jan 31, 2014•1 hr 31 min
This week we're joined by a very special guest whose twitter follower count is so high the margin of error is higher than yours will probs ever be — Revision3's Adam Sessler. We talk at length about the new Thief and and Shadows of Mordor, then move on to a little OlliOlli before answering your letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Silversun Pickups - Cannibal; Bastille - Laughter Lines
Jan 24, 2014•1 hr 40 min
This week, we delve into the deepest, darkest recesses of humanity with special guest Shawn Elliott as we talk at length about the horrors, the appeals, and the confusion of Rust. Then we read some letters while Shawn shovels snow. Literally. This week's music, in order of appearance: The Soggy Bottom Boys & Dan Tyminski - Man of Constant Sorrow; The Black Angels - Young Men Dead
Jan 19, 2014•1 hr 43 min
We're back! After a new year's break and travel for everybody, we return to talk about lots of games — Forza 5, Ryse, the Room 2, and others — but the lion's share of talk this week is about Rust, everyone's favorite sociopathic playground. Then we do some letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Oscar Isaac and Marcus Mumford — Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song); Andrew Bird — Three White Horses
Jan 11, 2014•1 hr 22 min
We're back and just in time for 2013's Christmas Miracle — another Rebel FM Game Music Spectacular! We talk about some of our favorite game music of the year, much of which appears in full for your enjoyment. Happy Holidays, and we'll see you (hear you?) next year! This year's music, in order of appearance: DMC - Combichrist - No Redemption Strike Suit Zero - Main Theme Strike Suit Zero - Thule Research Station MGRR - Rule of Nature MGRR - I'm My Own Master Now Tomb Raider - The Descent Tomb Rai...
Dec 25, 2013•2 hr 5 min
On this, our 200th episode, we reminisce about the console generation just passed — what it meant to us, what we remember most, and how it brought us together, all before closing with letters. This week's music by Brian Altano, from his new album Misanthrope: Misanthrope; Take It All
Dec 14, 2013•2 hr 1 min
This week it's a three person show as we have an extended conversation on DOTA 2 and the places we see esports going in the future, Peggle 2, Dead Rising 3, Ghosts multiplayer, AC4, and more. This week's music, in order of appearance: Cold Cave — The Great Pan is Dead Mansions — Not My Blood
Dec 07, 2013•1 hr 54 min
We're back, and have wrangled an Anthony long enough to talk about... a shit load of games, actually. We cover Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Super Mario 3D World, and even more. This week's music, in order of appearance: Crosses - Bitches Brew; Ghost - If You Have Ghosts
Nov 30, 2013•1 hr 34 min
This week we're joined by Idle Thumbs alum and co-founder of the Fullbright Company, Steve Gaynor. We talk about Gone Home, game writing, the Xbox One, and at least a few other things before closing with letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Sneaker Pimps - A Lack of Color; Death Cab for Cutie - Walking Zero
Nov 23, 2013•1 hr 57 min
Last week, we got together to talk all about the PlayStation 4 — the launch lineup, the hardware, the features, and where we think it's going. Be wowed by our psychic proclivities, and enjoyed extended conversations about Killzone: Shadow Fall and more.
Nov 16, 2013•1 hr 10 min
We're back and we've dragged Anthony into the fold again, technology issues be damned. We force the internet communications infrastructure to work for us long enough to talk about Battlefield 4, Arkham City Origins, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and talk at length about The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. This week's music, in order of appearance: Chvrches - Recover; Inverse Phase - Something You Didn't Ever Have
Nov 09, 2013•1 hr 24 min
This week we're down a developer but up a Marty Sliva as we talk about Device6 before moving on to lots of talk about next gen versions of Battlefield 4 and Assassin's Creed 4, and about our couple of weeks playing next gen consoles. We also talk about our plans for this year's Extra Life! This week's music, in order of appearance: Lorde - 400 Lux; Janelle Monae - Primetime
Nov 02, 2013•1 hr 37 min