In what is *probably* the last regular episode of the year, we talk about the wave of big-ish releases in December, and ... a lot of other things with a very special guest. This week's music: Josh Homme, C.W. Stoneking - Silent night
Dec 21, 2018•1 hr 23 min
This week there's a lot going on as we talk about the Game Awards, Steam and the Epic Games Store, the disappointing difficulty curve and structure of Mutant Year Zero, how and why it's a terrible time to build a new PC, and a lot of other stuff to boot. This week's music: AFI - Trash Bat
Dec 08, 2018•1 hr 53 min
This week we're back from eating too much to talk about Darksiders 3, Artifact, Deep Rock Galactic, Black Friday underpants, and quite a bit more actually! This week's music: Alessia Cara - Nintendo Game
Nov 30, 2018•1 hr 31 min
Happy Thanksgiving, if you celebrate that kind of thing. This week it's just a couple of us talking memories of the Xbox 360 launch, Battlefield V, Parkasaurus, The Raft, some early thoughts on Artifact and the Dota 2 patch, plus a lot more. This week's music: Wax Idols - Stare Back
Nov 22, 2018•1 hr 24 min
This week we gather in the Area 5 offices to avoid toxic smoke. Meanwhile, after gorging on pizza we talk about The Quiet Man, Hitman 2, Artifact, Overkill's The Walking Dead, and some pretty neat board games. Look, it's a shorter episode but at least you got something. DUDE.
Nov 16, 2018•1 hr 23 min
This week it's an intimate, wildfire adjacent show as two of us dive deep into Hitman 2, Call of Cthulhu, The Quiet Man, give some early impressions of Battlefield V, and more! This week's music: She Wants Revenge - Big Love
Nov 09, 2018•1 hr 15 min
This week we're back, and live! As in, well, we recorded this live, while streaming for Extra Life! We talk Red Dead, Diablo for Switch, and honestly a lot of other stuff for a pretty long show — including many letters. This week's music: Slipknot - All Out Life
Nov 04, 2018•2 hr 3 min
This week we're back together to talk about Black Ops IIII, Halo CE and the MCC, the Xbox One X update to The Orange Box, Onrush, Destiny 2's new raid, Viscera Cleanup Detail and more! This week's music: Metric - Art of Doubt
Oct 19, 2018•1 hr 51 min
This week we've got a three person cast as we talk about Jettomero: Hero of the Universe, have a final bit of discussion after finishing Assassin's Creed Odyssey three main quests, Into the Breach, Soma, and more! This week's music: Royal Thunder - Time Machine
Oct 13, 2018•1 hr 30 min
Hello! This week we talk more about Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Destiny 2, the myth and compulsive behavior of the backlog, the prospect of a new Switch, Nimbatus, the experience of Rainbow Six Siege with randoms and Captains Mode, the state of battle royale and esports, your letters, and more! This week's music: Kim Petras - Close Your Eyes
Oct 05, 2018•1 hr 37 min
Hello! The world is a rage-inducing nightmare, but, video games, we guess! This week we talk Destiny 2: Forsaken's continuing content onslaught, some early impressions of Forza Horizon 4, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Alien Isolation (I know!), Black Ops Blackout, Rainbow Six Siege, and more! This week's music: Emma Ruth Rundle - Dark Horse
Sep 29, 2018•2 hr 17 min
This week, everybody's here to talk about Spider-man, Black Ops 4's battle royale mode, Destiny 2's DLC, and a lot more. This week's music: Architects - Hereafter
Sep 15, 2018•1 hr 58 min
This week we're down a James but still manage to talk about a LOT of stuff for a LONG time, with Two Point Hospital, Artifact's week of drama, Rainbow Six Siege, Rust, Strange Brigade, Destiny 2's Forsaken expansion, Battlefield V's multiplayer beta and more! This week's music: Against Me - Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart
Sep 07, 2018•1 hr 56 min
This week we're all back, albeit remotely, to talk about games! Games like The Messenger, Rust (seriously), The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Cyberpunk 2077, MCC, WoW, Guacamelee 2, The Kings Bird and more! Apologies for audio issues - some people don't turn down their headphones when they record : | This weeks' music: Bring Me The Horizon - Mantra
Aug 31, 2018•1 hr 22 min
It's only Matt and Anthony this week as the rest of the cast is off sacrificing babies to the Dota 2 gods, their prayers going unanswered as they ask to be relieved of their mortal coils so they can stop playing the same game for thousands of hours in a futile attempt to git gud. This week we talk new R6 Siege Operators, Not Tonight, Gamescom stuffs, and more.
Aug 24, 2018•1 hr 13 min
This week, we're not sure if we have very little to talk about, or a decent amount, but either way, we talk. About stuff. This week's music: Carah Fayes - Watch ME
Aug 11, 2018•1 hr 12 min
It's a game-light week, but we still manage to drag out for a while talking ranked multiplayer, Resident Evil 6, Chasm, Artifact, and quite a bit more, including some of your (strange) emails. This week's music: Strawberry Girls - Shadow of the Moon (feat. Sarah Glass, Jenna Fournier & Kathleen Delano)
Aug 04, 2018•1 hr 38 min
This week despite having just three hosts, we drone on for quite a while, talking more Astroneer, Warframe, the complication of multi-generational digital game libraries, No Man's Sky, esports, and a lot more. This week's music: Gunship ft. Tim Cappello, Indiana - Dark All Day
Jul 28, 2018•1 hr 56 min
This week we've got a collection of old and new as we talk Astroneer, Mothergunship, the continuing adventures in Warframe, the tragedy and redemption of No Man's Sky and a lot more. This week's music: Alkaline Trio - Blackbird
Jul 21, 2018•1 hr 54 min
This week we're back and talking about a menagerie of random crap, as Anthony finally tries Destiny 2, James is ass-deep in Warframe, we examine whether Red Faction Guerilla holds up, and a fair bit more. This week's music: Architects - Doomsday (Piano Reprise)
Jul 13, 2018•1 hr 42 min
We're back to close out June and a terrible week of news by ignoring most of it and talking Splinter Cell: Conviction, Mutant: Year Zero, The Hunter: Call of the Wild, Squad, Oxygen Not Included, Lumines, Destiny 2's Warmind content, plus some letters and a fair bit more. This week's music: HIM - Pretending
Jun 30, 2018•2 hr 5 min
This week we're all back and ready to blow out E3, Cyberpunk 2077, why stuff at E3 is behind closed doors, how Sony's press conference was weird when it wasn't good, how fantastic Resident Evil 2 Remake is, and a LOT more. This week's music: Florence and the Machine - Big God
Jun 23, 2018•2 hr 5 min
This week it's a more intimate show as we talk E3 leaks, Vampyr, Yoku's Island Express, Trailmakers, Realm Royale, and a few more things too. This week's music: Thrice - The Grey
Jun 09, 2018•1 hr 19 min
This week we start out with a long talk about the realities of E3, then move on to talk about games like House Flipper, State of Decay 2 (probably for the last time for a while!), Matt's opening thoughts on God of War, some big Dota 2 competitive scene drama and the nature of rooting for esports teams, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and more! This week's music: Ghost - Miasma
Jun 02, 2018•1 hr 52 min
This week we're a three-man crew as we talk Wizards of Legend, Far: Lone Sails, Quarantine Circular, World's Adrift, State of Decay 2, Deadpool 2 (no spoilers), Battlefield V and more! Also some letters! This week's music: Ghost B.C. - Dance Macabre
May 26, 2018•1 hr 42 min
This week we're talking about Frostpunk, State of Decay 2, Conan Exiles, Call of Duty's big announcements this week and a lot more. This week's music: Now, Now - Set it Free
May 19, 2018•1 hr 46 min
This week we're all back, and we're talking about Subsurface Circular, City of Brass, The state of Rainbow Six: Siege, the new battle pass for Dota 2 (and speculation about the game's upcoming battle royale mode), a new update for Slay the Spire, and honestly a lot more because it's a long episode with long outtakes and a bit of E3 chat. No, seriously, it's a fucking long show this week. Nearly three hours. STRAP IN. This week's music: Childish Gambino - This is America
May 12, 2018•2 hr 37 min
This week we're all back and we're here to talk about games, like Battletech, God of War, Prey, The Forest, the likelihood of a return to Destiny 2, and a lot more - including an "outtakes" section consisting entirely of 40 minutes of Infinity War spoiler talk (with lots of warnings). This week's music: Meg Myers - Numb
May 05, 2018•2 hr 8 min
This week we talk about a lot of stuff, including Maelstrom, the likelihood of a new Halo this year - we and also put a finger on the key differences between Sony and Microsoft's first party offerings this generation (it's not what you're thinking) - the last take on Far Cry 5 you're probs going to hear from us, more on God of War (spoiler-free), Panzer Dragoon Orta, Dead Cells, and more! This week's music, in order of appearance: Tinashe - Joyride; Bishop Briggs - River
Apr 21, 2018•1 hr 49 min
This week, somehow, we've got a really long show for you as we talk about Far Cry 5 and Far Cry Arcade, Radical Heights, and there's a LOT of (generally spoiler-free) discussion about God of War. Also some emails! This week's music: Chvrches - My Enemy
Apr 14, 2018•2 hr 7 min