We're back, though it's an episode underlined by a goodbye as we talk about Halo 4's second half of season 1 of spartan ops, Dead Space 3, and more. This week's music, in order of appearance: Now It's Overhead - Walls; Boyz II Men - End of the Road
Jan 19, 2013•1 hr 34 min
We're back in a new year and talking about ... well, not a lot new, though we make time to talk more about Far Cry 3 and Steam Greenlight, then move on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Now, Now - Prehistoric Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes
Jan 05, 2013•1 hr 45 min
2012 is drawing to a close and we're back again to talk about our favorite video game music of the year. This week we're joined by Ryan O'Donnell of Area 5 and Gamespot's Kevin Van Ord as we talk about music from Fez, Lumines, Journey, Darksiders 2, and so many more. Have a safe New Year's, and we'll see you in 2013! This week's music, in order of appearance: Fez - Adventure Fez - Puzzle Fez - Legend Fez - Sync/Glitch Fez - Home Journey - Nascent Journey - Threshold Journey - Nadir Journey - Apo...
Dec 29, 2012•2 hr 25 min
We're back this week with IGN's Mitch Dyer as we talk about FTL, The Walking Dead, Middle Manager of Justice and more, then move on to some letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Alice in Chains - Hollow; Alela Diane - Take us back
Dec 22, 2012•1 hr 37 min
We return this week with IGN's Mitch Dyer and so many goddamned games to talk about. We've got your metal gears, your DmCs, you Companies of Heroes, your Dragonborns, and, seriously, a lot more. This week's music, in order of appearance: The Hunts - Make This Leap; Baroness - Psalms Alive
Dec 15, 2012•2 hr 9 min
This week we're back from the long Thanksgiving weekend and talking about ... well, a lot of random shit, honestly. Which includes Planetside 2, Miasmata, Toejam & Earl, and what Black Ops 2 means for the future of military FPS games. This week's music, in order of appearance: Interpol - Public Perverts; Lana Del Rey - This is what makes us girls
Dec 01, 2012•1 hr 49 min
This week it's a three man show as we talk at length about the Wii U's launch and our thoughts about where the system is now, then move on to talk about Hitman Absolution, Far Cry 3, and more. This week's music, in order of appearance: The Sword - The Veil of Isis; Jesper Kyd - Title Theme
Nov 24, 2012•1 hr 51 min
We're back and man, all we can seem to talk about for a while is Black Ops Declassified and the Vita, but we manage to stop long enough to talk some Wii U and some other things as well before moving on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Deftones - Swerve City; Lana Del Rey - Cola
Nov 17, 2012•1 hr 35 min
We're back! We're here to KICK YOUR ASS OR SOME OTHER MASCULINE SOUNDING THING as we talk about Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3, Medal of Honor and more. It's all games ALL THE TIME. IN YOUR FACE. WE'RE ALL TIRED. (Ed's note: the track 117 was originally misattributed to Neil Davidge. It was actually composed by Kazuma Jinnouchi.) This week's music, in order of appearance: Kazuma Jinnouchi - 117; HIM - Salt in our Wounds
Nov 03, 2012•1 hr 44 min
This week we're back to talking about Dishonored, but not before talking at length about the new Borderlands 2 DLC. Then we talk toys and kids games with Skylanders Giants, and finish with letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Bat for Lashes - All Your Gold; Dragonette - Untouchable
Oct 19, 2012•1 hr 37 min
We're here, we're tired, but you're still getting a show, because we recorded one early, motherfuckers. We talk about the new project from the creator of Freelancer, and also talk about Dishonored, XCOM, and Far Cry 3. This week's music: Circa Survive - Get Out (safe camp sessions acoustic)
Oct 13, 2012•1 hr 10 min
Under the deadline gun and chained by embargoes, we still find time this week to bring you a shorter show, with some brief conversation of Resident Evil 6, NiGHTS HD, and more, then close out with letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Fuel - Hemorrhage; PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy
Oct 06, 2012•57 min
We're back and talking about so many things! We spend time talking about the WiiU launch announcements and the Vita's dire situation, gush at length about XCOM, talk about the legacy of KOTOR and more, then close out with letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Starship - We Built This City; Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Sep 29, 2012•1 hr 47 min
We're here to make you mad as we talk at length about Borderlands 2 and just how much it (doesn't) suck, and spend an ample amount of time talking about FTL before almost losing the entire podcast to wonderful technical issues. The day is saved and we close out with letters. This week's music in order of appearance: Foo Fighters - My Hero; Deftones - Leather
Sep 22, 2012•2 hr
We're back! We've been gone for a couple of weeks but we're back to kick your ass with lots of games talk, including extended conversations about Borderlands 2 and our thoughts (and launch predictions for) the WiiU. Then we close out with letters, and for those who missed it at PAX Prime, I've also included the panel I participated on with Dennis Scimeca, Kyle Orland, Kirk Hamilton, and Jeff Gerstmann where we discuss video game reviews — the good, the bad, and everything else we had time for. F...
Sep 15, 2012•2 hr 40 min
Greetings! This week we talk about a fuckton of games, including an extended argument about CounterStrike: Global Offensive, more on Kerbal Space Program, Rock Band Blitz, and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Then we end with letters, after which you may suffer an 80s childhood boner.
Aug 25, 2012•1 hr 38 min
We're back, and we've brought a dirty sort of tea with us as we talking about Fall of Cybertron, Darksiders 2, Sleeping Dogs, Simcity and more, then move on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Jesper Kyd - The Corruption (Darksiders 2 Soundtrack); 30 Seconds to Mars - Capricorn
Aug 18, 2012•1 hr 51 min
We're back and talking about a ton of games. What games, you ask? Well smartass, how about Sound Shapes, Darksiders 2, Sleeping dogs, Deadlight, New Super Mario Bros 2, and a whole lot more? Jerk. Then we move on to letters. This week's music is via Sound Shapes, which you should probably buy.
Aug 11, 2012•1 hr 32 min
Greetings! This week we talk about several games and spend quite a bit of time talking about KOTOR 2 and the recently finished fan patch, which spirals into a conversation about the legacy of Black Isle studios. We talk about some other stuff too. Then we move on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Baroness - Take My Bones Away; Inverse Phase - Atarible Lie
Jul 28, 2012•1 hr 30 min
Arthur's out this week so Tyler, Matt and Anthony join forces to talk about all kinds of nonsense, including a few iOS and indie PC titles. Enjoy!
Jul 21, 2012•1 hr 48 min
This week we argue about Blacklight, opine further about Civ V Gods & Kings, bask in the warm, epileptic light of Dyad, and talk about even more games. Then we take some of your letters, including one missive inquiring as to the future of Area5's Co-Op. This week's music, in order of appearance: Chevelle - Point No. 1 Oasis - The Masterplan
Jul 14, 2012•2 hr 3 min
We're back and talking games, games, and more games, as we discuss Spec Ops, the Mass Effect 3 DLC, Gods & Kings, The Secret World and more, then move on to a few letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Fiona Apple - On the Bound; Death Cab for Cutie - A Lack of Color
Jul 07, 2012•1 hr 23 min
We're back again with Gamesradar's Sterling McGarvey in tow as we talk about Civ V: Gods & Kings, Lollipop Chainsaw, sports games, the games that got us into games, and GAMES GAMES GAMES GAMES. This week's music, in order of appearance: Blood Red Shoes - Lost Kids; Gnarls Barkley - No Time Soon
Jun 23, 2012•1 hr 57 min
We're back from E3 and feeling almost human as we talk about our thoughts, good and bad, about a kind of strange E3. We talk about Watch Dogs, Halo 4, The Last of Us, AC3 and way, way more for most of the show. This week's music, in order of appearance: Sevendust - Disease; MYSTERY SUMMER JAM
Jun 16, 2012•2 hr 29 min
Greetings! This week we talk a bit about Diablo 3 and Hell difficulty and then Tyler goes on for a while about ARMA II mod DayZ, but after that, it's tweets, it's emails, it's all about E3. And maybe a couple of other things. This week's music, in order of appearance: Dredg - Ode to the Sun; Now It's Overhead - Dark Light Daybreak
Jun 02, 2012•1 hr 40 min
We're back! After a Diablo 3- forced break, we're back to talk about the long-awaited lootfest, along with Max Payne 3, Company of Heroes 2, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and more. Then we close out with some letters. This week's music in order of appearance: Freestylers - Cracks (Flux Pavillion mix); Skrillex - Kyoto
May 26, 2012•1 hr 45 min
Tyler is back this week as we discuss a metric fuckton of games – Max Payne 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Mechwarrior Online, Minecraft XBLA, Starhawk, Tribes (AGAIN), and even more, and then move on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Blood Red Shoes - In Time; Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)
May 12, 2012•1 hr 54 min
It's Arthur, Matt, and Anthony this week talking about Black Ops 2, Super Monday Night Combat, Diablo 2, and a few other games, then plenty of letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Galaktikon - Prophecy of the Lazer Witch; Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
May 05, 2012•1 hr 21 min
We're back this week and talking about all of the games, including Super Monday Night Combat, Tribes Ascend, Diablo 2 (yep), Bloodforge and more. Then we move on to letters. This week's music, in order of appearance: Mastodon - The Wolf is Loose; Opeth - Ending Music
Apr 28, 2012•1 hr 50 min
With a time crunch and scheduling issues, we tried to experiment this week with some portable recording solutions. As such, the audio quality is less than usual, but still: video games! This week we talk about Blacklight, Tribes: Ascend, Fez, The Witcher 2, Spec Ops multiplayer, and more! This week's music: The Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Apr 21, 2012•1 hr 4 min