The Gamers’ Inn is a weekly podcast focused on all things video games! Each week Jocelyn and Ryan discuss what they’re playing, go over industry related news, and cover topics that have peaked their interest.
Jocelyn and Ryan discuss the plethora of game announcements from the recent PlayStation State of Play, Summer Game Fest, and Xbox Showcase, highlighting intriguing titles like Sea of Remnants, Blighted, No Ghosts at the Grand, and Clockwork Revolution. They also share initial impressions of the newly launched Nintendo Switch 2 and its launch title Mario Kart World, alongside updates on Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and plans for The Elder Scrolls Online's new expansion.
Jocelyn and Ryan dive into a spoiler-filled review of HBO's The Last of Us Season 2, discussing pacing issues, character portrayals, and comparing it to the video game adaptation. They critique the show's decisions regarding revealing key information and character development. The episode also covers gaming news, including Discord's proposed Orbs currency, a tentative contract for Bethesda QA union workers, and CD Projekt RED's impressive Witcher 4 tech demo.
Jocelyn and Ryan discuss their gaming week, including Ryan's completion of DOOM: The Dark Ages and his thoughts on its mechanics and lore. Jocelyn shares her first impressions of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, comparing it to Elder Scrolls and exploring its Arthurian narrative. They also cover the latest gaming news, including announcements from Warhammer Skulls, the Elden Ring live-action film, Fortnite's return to the US App Store, Xbox's Retro Classics service, the Pokemon Legends Z-A release date, and the cancellation of EA's Black Panther game.
Jocelyn shares her extensive note-taking system for the massive, RNG-heavy puzzle game Blueprints, while Ryan discusses his experience with Doom: The Dark Ages, highlighting its shield/parry combat and approachability. The hosts also cover gaming news, including the leaked Mario movie title, rising industry prices due to tariffs, a controversial CEO comment, and the Apple/Epic dispute alongside the problematic Fortnite AI Darth Vader implementation and resulting SAG-AFTRA lawsuit, concluding with a look at the latest Helldivers 2 update.
Jocelyn and Ryan discuss roguelikes, including Blueprints and Crab Champions. They dive into gaming news, covering the delay of Marvel 1943, rumors about Horizon 3, the Fallout TV series, and unionization at Activision Blizzard. They also touch on the potential price increase of the Switch 2 due to tariffs.
Jocelyn and Ryan discuss Ryan's impulsive Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order and the broader implications of rising game prices across Xbox and other platforms. They recap their Star Wars-themed Extra Life event in Fortnite, highlighting the game's successful integration of the Star Wars universe. They also cover news including GTA VI's delay, Epic's potential reconciliation with Apple, the sale of Polygon, EB Games' return to Canada, and Gears of War's arrival on PlayStation.
Ryan and Jon discuss Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a French RPG, and Jon's Ghost of Tsushima completion. They also cover Frostpunk's revamp, Nintendo Switch 2 pricing, Blizzard's mobile plans with Nexon, and EA layoffs. The conversation touches on game design, industry trends, and consumer-friendly practices.
Jocelyn and Ryan discuss the roguelike puzzle game Blueprint, focusing on gameplay mechanics, puzzle-solving strategies, and the importance of note-taking. They also delve into news topics including Discord's move to becoming a public company and pricing concerns for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, sharing their thoughts and opinions on these industry developments and upcoming game releases like Star Wars Zero Company, Oblivion Remaster, and Ghost of Yotei.
This episode features discussions on the puzzle roguelike Blue Prince, South of Midnight, and gaming news. Jocelyn shares her deep dive into Blue Prince and Ryan discusses his playthrough of South of Midnight, praising its unique art style. The episode also covers the cancellation of Mythic Quest, Bungie's Marathon, and PlayStation Plus price hikes.
Jocelyn and Ryan discuss the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, including Ryan's experience with Astro Bot, thoughts on the Minecraft movie, and concerns surrounding the Switch 2's pricing, tariffs, and game costs. They also delve into the announced games, GameCube on Virtual Console, and the From Software exclusive, examining the economic factors and potential impact on consumers' purchasing decisions in the gaming market.
After being off last week, we return to discuss the conclusion to Ryan’s adventures in the Living Lands as he’s completed Avowed. In the news, we kick things off with AI, specifically Microsoft’s plans to bring Copilot to Xbox. Also, we have Game Informer returning with all of its previous staff. Kayden and Ryan watch Minecraft Live, and we share our thoughts on the Dreamhaven Showcase.
We kick off the show with our thoughts on the return of BlizzCon in 2026, followed by Jocelyn's split screen adventures in Split Fiction. After discussing our TGI Game Club for The Legend of Zelda: Twlight Princess for a bit, we move into the last week in video game news. We know a bit more about some functionality of the Nintendo Switch 2 thanks to an FCC filing, The Last of Us Season 2 has a new trailer, LEGO reveals a new Mario Kart set for your shelf, and reports detail plans for what's next...
The first half of the show has a weirdly Sonic feel as Ryan watched Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Jocelyn found Sonic in her Two Point Museum. Quickly moving away from the blue blur, Jocelyn finds a lot of fun in this business simulation game from Two Point Studios. Ryan continues his movie thoughts with George A. Romero's Resident Evil, a documentary about the failed Resident Evil film adaptation from legendary zombie director George A. Romero. Closing out what we played, Jocelyn started her adventu...
Ryan welcomes Jocelyn to the world of Avowed and how if you loved Skyrim like we did, Avowed is an excellent follow up! You know, since a certain fellow Xbox Studios isn’t bringing Elder Scrolls 6 anytime soon. After a quick update on TGI Game Club, we move over to the news, where WB Games closes down three studios, Fable slips to 2026, LEGO Horizon Adventures gives us an affordable Horizon LEGO set, Yuri Lowenthal says Peter Parker will be off the couch in Spider-Man 3, and Pokemon GO is up for...
Jocelyn returns with tales of technical and gameplay woes for Civilization VII, add another one to the dreaded Skyward Sword list. Ryan on the other hand has been really enjoying Eternal Strands and finished it up this week. Plus we have a few weeks worth of news from Warner Bros continuing to flounder with games, Nintendo makes some changes to Gold Points and the Voucher system for Switch 2, and our favourites from the latest PlayStation State of Play.
Jocelyn is off sick this week, so Kayden jumped in for a TGI Mini talking about Minecraft! He’s all in on the game, and has thoughts on survival and creative modes, Super Mario Minecraft Edition, plus some Minecraft books, and the Minecraft movie coming soon. We close out the show with a quick fire reaction to the latest PlayStation State of Play (with more thoughts next episode when Joce returns).
Jocelyn travels back in time with The Sims Legacy Collection from EA, and finds managing friends in the early 2000's was actually pretty complex! Joce also shares her quick thoughts on the Heroes of Starcraft Mini-Set in Hearthstone. Ryan on the other hand checks out Eternal Strands, which is from the previous Dragon Age Creative Director. In the news, PlayStation is dropping PS account requirements for certain games, EA says a bunch of OOF stuff about Bioware, and MultiVersus will be shut down ...
We kick off the show with our adventures in registering for the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Toronto, which sadly ended with no tickets. Ryan finished up Arcane Season 2 while out on the road, while Jocelyn continues her Laser Eyes search with The Roottrees are Dead (Game Jam version available on Itch.io). Over in the news, Resident Evil is getting another movie reboot, Microsoft shows off the next 6 months or so of Xbox games, and The Sims 1 & 2 may be making a return.
We promise this isn't going to turn into a Fortnite podcast, but let's start the show with Godzilla invading Fortnite. Ok, now as we move away from Fortnite, Ryan completed his adventures in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and has final thoughts to share. Over in the news, the Until Dawn movie got it's first trailer, Nintendo finally reveals the Nintendo Switch 2 and those leaks were spot on, PlayStation cancels two more unannounced live service games, and Marvel Snap gets caught up in that TikTok mes...
After discovering the next entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology will release later this year, Ryan and Jocelyn check out The Devil in Me, which they missed when it released in 2023. Until Dawn released its movie first look, which leads nicely into Ryan’s thoughts on Secret Level on Amazon Prime. In the news, Nintendo announces a LEGO Game Boy, Nintendo sent their lawyers to Genki’s CES booth over their Switch 2 mockup, we got a whole bunch of leaks for the Switch successor reveal, and Assassin’s...
For our first official episode of 2025, we catch up on The Game Awards announcements that we haven’t had a chance to discuss. Which nicely leads into a look forward towards the next 12 months of video games! Over in the news, Secret Level is getting a second season, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will arrive in Spring 2027, Sony announces multiple movie and TV projects for their video game properties at CES 2025, and Nvidia unveils the next generation of their graphic cards.
It's that time of year again, as we close out the year with our Games of the Year episode! What makes this episode extra special this time around is that we recorded LIVE to conclude our Extra Life campaign. We kick off the episode by catching up on The Game Awards and their Game of the Year winner, and will have more thoughts on the announcement next week. Moving into our Games of the Year, we start with our Top 5, followed by Honourable Mentions, then plan for the future with Games We Missed. ...
Jocelyn is off this week, so Crofton returns to the Inn with his new favourite past time: Playing as Spider-Man in Marvel Rivals! Ryan on the other hand goes on an adventure with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Wrapping up what we’re playing, Crofton shares his latest family co-op game with Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. In the news, Valve may have some future Steam OS software and hardware surprises, publishers aren’t ready to commit on 2025 until GTA VI does first, and Rocksteady wraps u...
You read that episode title correctly, Ryan finished Lorelei and the Laser Eyes! Without delay Jocelyn and Ryan dive in to a spoiler filled discussion surrounding the game. Afterwards, they do a quick recap of Extra Life events from the past few weeks, while previewing what’s to come before the end of the year. In the news, Valve lays out some ground rules for how a season passes work on Steam, PlayStation brings game streaming to the Portal without a PS5 (and possibly has a handheld version of ...
We kick off the show with a chat surrounding the nominees for The Game Awards. Then Ryan travels back in time for the 20th anniversary of Half Life 2. But worry not, for Ryan did get some time in with Lorelei and the Laser Eyes much to Jocelyn's relief. Over in the news, Secret Level gets a second trailer, Blizzard celebrates 30 years of Warcraft, Microsoft confirms an Xbox handheld is in the works, and Mythic Quest Season 4 confirmed for January 2025.
Jocelyn has come to bargain in exchange for Ryan playing Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, which oddly leads to Jocelyn possibly watching all of the Knuckles series for Extra Life? Anyways, Jocelyn keeps up her end by playing Doki Doki Literature Club and Slay the Princess. Ryan continues to delay Laser Eyes with a 20 year old book by Chris Kohler titled Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life and his continuing adventures in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In the news, Nintendo kee...
With Extra Life Game Day 2024 behind us, it's time to recap our awesome 12 hour stream! We go over our time in Fortnite, Dead by Daylight, and Sea of Thieves from our November 2nd event. After our Extra Life chatter, Ryan wraps up his time with Alan Wake II after completing The Lake House DLC (not to be confused with the movie). Plus, we kick off our Dragon Age: The Veilguard content as both Ryan and Jocelyn take their first steps in this new BioWare adventure. In the news, Microsoft says Call o...
Extra Life Game Day is just around the corner, but we manage to squeeze in a new episode with our hype for the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Ryan's continuing adventures in Alan Wake II with the Lake House DLC. Over in the news, Ubisoft disbands the Lost Crown team and moves them to other projects, Sony closes Concord studio and cancels game, Animal Crossing Pocket Camp lives on, and Xenoblade Chronicles X may just be the sunset for Nintendo Switch.
After a false start, The Gamers’ Inn regains it’s footing a little later in the week to discuss Jocelyn’s new found obsession in Fortnite, while Ryan recaps his AvenDaDs Extra Life event and his descent into madness with Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut. Over in the news, Xbox hosted a Partner Showcase, Vampire Survivors says the quiet part out loud with it’s Ode to Castlevania DLC, that Nintendo play test leaked IMMEDIATELY, and Netflix shuts down it’s AAA game studio before it has a chance ...
Ryan returns to Diablo IV for the Vessel of Hatred expansion, with thoughts on completing the main campaign and first impressions on the new content including the Spiritborn class, Mercenaries and his first steps into Seasonal content. Over in the news, Nintendo announces an alarm clock, then a few days later sets up a mysterious Nintendo Switch Online test, Xbox will start selling Xbox games in their Xbox app on Android, and we have our first look at Sunderfolk from Secret Door and Dreamhaven.
