This week we're all over the place with new indie games like Clickolding, Home Safety Hotline, and Chained Together, but we also talk about the ROG Ally X, and even Deadpool and Wolverine and our favorite controllers. This week's music: Alice in Chains - Nutshell
This week we're awash in Game Pass releases, starting with the glimmers of hope and general headscratchiness of Flintlock, the cozy hack and slashing of Dungeons of Hinterberg, spooky baking in Magical Delicacy, the misadventures of a unique theatrical experience with Twisters, and more. This week's music: Saosin - It's Far Better to Learn (Live)
It's the dog days of summer and the game releases are sparse, but we've still cobbled together a little show for you consisting of some Star Trek, some Ghost Recon, some Deep Rock, and a little bit more here and there. This week's music: Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
We're back! Finally! But the games aren't, so we're talking about Galacticare, Elden Ring, Assassin's Creed Nexus, and a handful of other things before reading some emails. This week's music: Chokecherry - Afterglow
This week we dig in to Still Wakes the Deep before talking at length about Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erd Tree expansion, explaining what all those video game production terms mean, what it means to be in the business of making games, plus a lot more, including your emails. This week's music: Bring Me the Horizon (feat. Underoath) - Bullet With My Name
We're finally back, and we've got lots to talk about from Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Showcase, including everybody's surprises from the show, impressions of Star Wars Outlaws, Astrobot, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and so, so, so much more. This week's music: Tanerelle - Let Me In
This week we're talking about all sorts of things, like how movie theaters have gotten out of control, what people should expect out of Summer Game Fest (and PlayStation next week), Hellblade 2, Fabledom, the Fortnite patch, and more! This week's music: Coheed & Cambria - Deranged
This week we go into service games and what success might look like and how Diablo 4 is maybe, finally, thankfully moving away from the forever game mentality with its new update, plus we talk about Mullet Mad Jack, Sunshine Heavy Industries, the Werecleaner, and more! This week's music: The Plot in You - All That I Can Give
We're once again forced to dive deep into the why of video game layoffs and studio closures, and go into the unpleasant realities of video game development and funding in 2024 ... but also there are video games, like Crow Country, and Animal Well, and even the first Hellblade. This week's music: Ari Abdul - Don't
This week it's hard not start off by talking about the Helldivers/PSN/Steam cavalcade of miscalculations, but we also make time to talk about games like Indika, Rotwood, and more. This week's music: Bad Omens W/ So Wylie - The Death of Peace of Mind (So Wylie Patch)
We're back! And we've got a few things to talk about, including Tales of Kenzera, OLED monitors, lots of board games, Death Must Die, and a lot more. This week's music: AFI - The Prayer Position
We're here for an intimate show rubbing each other's shoulders and chatting about the Fallout tv show (no spoilers!), and also Pepper Grinder, The Planet Crafter, Shinkasen 0, whether a new GPU makes more sense than a PS5 Pro, and more! This week's music: Architects - Curse
It's a slow week release wise but we still find a lot to talk about, including Suika game, Dragon's Dogma 2, Autoforge, Interior Worlds, Millenia, and more - including some mild ranting about who's ultimately responsible for game consoles struggling at the moment. This week's music: Nirvana - All Apologies (unplugged)
We're back and mostly intact from GDC as we dig into the industry trends and trajectories that have got publishers, developers, and us nervous, but we also talk about games, including Death of a Reprobate, Darkwebstreamer, Hyper Light Breaker, The Axis Unseen, and a lot more, plus we talk Dragon's Dogma 2 and read some of your emails. This week's music: ZHU, BANKS, bludnymph - Praise
We're late, we're sorry, but we're here now, and we love you. We've got chit-chat about Rise of the Ronin, the new Outcast game, James Cameron's new 4K Blu-rays, and even answer some emails. This week's music: Scowl - Opening Night
We're back! And we've got games to talk about, including Dragon's Dogma 2, Return to Grace, Summer House, and more. This week's music: Amanati/Roniit - Slow
We're here and we're talking about all the service games, like Helldivers, and Enshrouded, and Nightengale, and ... Princess Peach Showtime? Ok they aren't all service games. We also talk about Ripout and the new Contra game, and a bit more. This week's music: Ari Abdul - DFHMPU
It was a week full of news for just about every console manufacturer and believe it or not, it's all probably related. We go deep into Xbox news, PlayStation news, and some last-minute Nintendo news, plus a couple of games to boot. This week's music: Coheed & Cambria - A Favor House Atlantic
This week it's a bit of a shorter show, but we still find plenty of time to chat about Helldivers 2, Steam Next Fest, why building PCs sucks, and, yes, a bit about the Xbox stuff. This week's music: Imminence - Continuum
This week the big topic of conversation is, obviously, Suicide Squad - what's good, what's bad, and how the hell this happened, plus where we think the game is headed. But we also find time to talk a lot about the awesome indie roguelike-strategy game Quasimorph, and plenty more. This week's music: Alkaline Trio - Bad Time
This week we're pretty bummed out and also pissed off about layoffs and the costs of acquisitions, but we're here, so we might as well talk about some games, including Palworld, Enshrouded, Go Mecha Ball, Lords of the Fallen, and more. This week's music: Sunny Day Real Estate - Novum Vetis
It's a quieter week release wise, but we still find plenty to talk about, including Xbox's upcoming slate (and the rumors that just refuse to die), Turnip Boy Robs a Bank, First Cut: Samurai Duel, and a lot more. This week's music: Chelsea Wolfe - Everything Turns Blue
This week we're back with a lot of CES to talk about, including some hands-on time with MSI's new Claw handheld, lots of up close impressions about new monitors and that fancy new transparent OLED, plus Matt chats about the making of the just-announced Grounded 2 documentary charting the 7 year journey of The Last of Us Part 2's development (and we also talk about Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, The Gnorp Analogue, and more). This week's music: Royal Blood - Supermodel Avalanches
It's that time again (actually a little past, but hush): we're here to chat about our favorite video game music of 2023, so grab a decent pair of headphones and get comfy as we dive into over five hours and almost 90 tracks featuring some of the best scores and soundtracks from a banner year for video games. If you feel so inclined, you can tip for the episode at ko-fi.com/aegies. Happy new year! Pizza Tower (Ronan "Mr. Sauceman" de Castel, pseudonymous ClascyJitto) It's Pizza Time! Oregano UFO ...
This week we don't have too many games but still manage to talk a lot, about things like Death Must Die, movies this year, what big leaks should tell gamers about the industry and what to expect, and we share a personal moment too. We hope you have a happy and safe new year and an amazing 2024
This week we manage to talk about a ton of games, because in 2023, even December can't stop the games from blasting us in the face. This week that includes Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Witchfire, Against the Storm, While the Iron's Hot, Clone Drone in the Danger Zone, and we talk about rumors, who you can believe, and read some of your emails. This week's music: Of Mice and Men - Castaway
We're together again to talk a lot about The Game Awards - the good, the bad, the absolutely unsurprising, and what we might change if we could. Plus we talk about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and more. This week's music: Elvis Drew - Make Me Feel
This week we're just two guys digging in to Steamworld Build, and some other stuff as well — but mostly Steamworld Build. We also debate the definition of indie games and studios with the viewpoint of someone working at a studio that was independent but is now owned by a major publisher, plus plenty more! This weeks music: Allie X - Girl With No Face
We're back and largely on time as we dig in a little more on the gaming handhelds after some extended traveling, the new PS5 (and maybe a little about what it might mean for the PS5 Pro), go back in time with Stellaris, Dave the Diver, Dredge, and more. This week's music: Muse - Map of the Problematique
This week we're fresh off extra life and talking about Jusant, Robocop, the brand new OLED Steamdeck and how it stacks up against Lenovo's Legion Go and the Rog Ally Extreme, plus a fair bit more! This week's music: Linkin Park - Crawling
