Wow. It's that time of year again. The Top 100 is back. Listen into a behind-the-scenes conversation about how PC Gamer determined which games made the cut and which got the boo in this year's big list.
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr
This week, Steven and James talk about how their new, unexpected obsession with Warhammer 40k, then Morgan sneaks into spill the beans on Sam Fisher's new cameo in Rainbow Six Siege as a playable operator.
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 3 min
On this week's show, Tim Clark talks Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy expansion and it's deeper rather than wider growth pattern before venting about Destiny 2's slowed pace. Then Rachel Watts busts down the door with five new indie games you probably haven't heard of. Homework! Go play 'em.
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 22 min
On this week's show, Chris Livingston talks up the simple, goofy pleasures of Fall Guys' gameshow-style battle royale, then Steven Messner comes through to breakdown all the big, bizarre Warframe news out of TennoCon 2020.
Aug 07, 2020•59 min
On this week's show, Jorge Jimenez has a lot to say about that bizarre Halo Infinite gameplay reveal, then Andy Kelly flies by to talk about his time with Microsoft Flight Simulator, one of the best looking PC games ever made. We read some answers to this week's PC Gamer Q&A to break things up. To submit your own answer head to forums.pcgamer.com, register, and get to writing. It might appear on the show!
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 6 min
On this week's show, Rachel joins James to talk about Ooblets, the latest farming, life, and forest spirit dance battling sim. It's a lot, and quite nice. Next up, Steven joins James to talk about the latest World of Warcraft expansion Shadowlands, which takes the player to hell. You can throw fancy vampire parties there. It might be time to resubscribe.
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 23 min
On this week's show, Wes talks about his time as a viking in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Chris plays the handiest construction worker ever in Watch Dogs Legion, and Andy K. tells us all about his time hiking across Kojima's America in the PC version of Death Stranding.
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 28 min
On this week's show, Morgan Park joins James Davenport to talk about his time with Hyper Scape, Ubisoft's new battle royale shooter. The two then dive into a deeper chat about the genre as a whole.
Jul 13, 2020•35 min
On this week's show, Andy Kelly stops by to talk about his recent 4-hour hands-on session with Cyberpunk 2077. Head to PCGamer.com for the full preview or stick around while James asks Andy 20-something rapid fire questions about all the new footage and news coming out about CD Projekt Red's next big thing.
Jun 25, 2020•35 min
On this week's show, Wes Fenlon comes through to talk about the surprise Persona 4 Golden PC port and the appeal of the series overall, then Morgan Park says hello and breaks down why breaking down spaceships in Hardspace Shipbreaker is so appealing.
Jun 20, 2020•59 min
This episode is all about the big Destiny 2 news that dropped earlier this week. Tim Clark joins James Davenport to talk the Season of Arrivals, this fall's Beyond Light expansion, and everything planned for the next couple years of Destiny 2.
Jun 11, 2020•33 min
It's the big two-hundo and a bigger episode than normal. On the docket: we're talking about Minecraft Dungeons, the guy making Elden Ring fan art every day (with nothing to base it on), an excellent Dark Souls 3 mod that refreshes the game in some fascinating ways, and five rad indie games you probably haven't heard of.
May 30, 2020•1 hr 21 min
On this week's show, Wes stops by to talk about Terraria's journey from simple 2D survival game to its final state as a massive, amorphous fantasy adventure. Then Tyler and James walk through some of the best GTA 5 mods for new players.
May 22, 2020•1 hr 12 min
On this week's show, Rachel Watts makes her podcast debut by talking about five of her favorite Stardew Valley mods, then Wes and Jorge reminisce with James about Halo 2, which just hit PC.
May 14, 2020•1 hr 20 min
On this week's episode, PCG contributor Lauren Morton explains why Fallout 76 is good now, actually, and Chris Livingston joins James to work through their impressions of the recently announced Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
May 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min
On this week's show, Wes and James get into a heated debate over whether RE4 needs a remake or not, then they make up and gush about how rad XCOM: Chimera squad looks. There's also a little Final Fantasy 7 Remake talk at the beginning, impressions from someone that finished the game on PS4 and didn't play the original (no spoilers, don't worry).
Apr 16, 2020•56 min
This week, Morgan Park rolls into town and hops off his finely tuned FPS car (metaphor) to break down how he's been feeling about Valorant, Riot's Counter-Strike inspired shooter. Steven shows up on a massive spider made of wood to talk Last Oasis, an early access survival game that's actually worth playing.
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min
This week, Steven drops by to give us some early impressions of the long-awaited Mount & Blade sequel. This one's only in early access, but it's already shaping up to be one hell of a medieval life and warfare sim. Emma shows up in the back half to explain why she likes the Resident Evil 3 Remake, even if it didn't get the most favorable reviews. If you're on the fence, it's worth a listen.
Apr 03, 2020•56 min
On this week's episode, James and Chris have a long, spoiler-free discussion about Half-Life: Alyx and the series' transition to VR. The back half of this 'sode is all about Gears Tactics. Wes talks with James about how the third-person cover shooter makes for a surprisingly good squad-based tactics game.
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min
On this week's episode, PC Gamer's Doom Eternal reviewer James Davenport and newcomer Emma Matthews discuss the faster, more panicked campaign, and how the multiplayer hews closer to what makes Doom Doom.
Mar 19, 2020•41 min
Tyler Wilde reviewed Ori and the Will of the Wisps this week, so he joins James to get into the weeds of good metroidvania design. Ori holds up pretty well and comes highly recommended, but for genre fans there are still a few nits to pick. James - https://www.twitter.com/my _beards Tyler - https://www.twitter.com/tyler_wilde
Mar 12, 2020•34 min
On this week's episode, Wes and James break down the Baldur's Gate 3 gameplay reveal, Halo: CE's surprise PC release, and all the best games from PAX East.
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 5 min
On this week's episode, it's preview heaven, baby. Tyler's talking about his time with Chivalry 2 and Amazon's MMO, New World. But Chris is coming in hot with the two kinds of spaceships—the kind you take apart and the kind you birth from an egg—talking about his time with Hardspace: Shipbreaker and No Man's Sky's organic ship update.
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min
On this week's episode, we talk about our earliest memories of The Sims, from our first intentional pool drowning to our latest intentional pool drowning. Talking heads: James - twitter.com/my_beards Joanna - twitter.com/JLNwrites Chris - twitter.com/screencuisine
Feb 12, 2020•52 min
On this week's show, James, Wes, and Steven discuss their time with Monster Hunter World: Iceborne and the massive WoW 8.3 patch.
Jan 16, 2020•57 min
On the first episode of 2020, James, Chris, and Steven take some time to talk about all the big winners in PC Gamer's GOTY awards.
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 29 min
We close out the year with our favorite PC game music of 2019. Featured artists: Floex, Orbital Jay Tholen Andrew Prahlow Bill Kiley Stephen Barton LudoWic, Irving Force Theodor Bastard Casey Edwards Daniel Olsén, Jonathan Eng Woody Jackson British Sea Power Kings of the Rollers Copilot Music + Sound, Ross Tregenza Justin E. Bell Gabe Cuzzilo, Matt Boch Joe Hisaishi
Dec 21, 2019•1 hr 15 min
This week's a little different. I'm (James) joined by Justin Vasquez of Elastic Games to talk about how the sudden closure of the Discord Store drastically altered the future of what was meant to one of the shop's flagship titles. Last Year is a 5v1 teens versus monster horror game deeply rooted in B-movie aesthetics, a charming and unique take on asymmetrical competition that I personally prefer to the easy, but not entirely accurate comparison, Dead by Daylight. But Last Year hasn't had the ea...
Dec 13, 2019•48 min
On this week's show, the gang shares what they're thankful for in PC gaming, everyone chimes in on their favorite games of the year, and Baby Yoda comes up, like, way too many times.
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min
On this week's show, Tom talks about how much he loves the intense lightsaber combat of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Joanna breaks down everything Stadia, and we watch the Half-Life: Alyx trailer the minute it's released.
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 6 min