We've lost a man (for the moment - don't panic), but we've gained a glorious new system of recording! Jared and Chris harness the power of YouTube to record a 2-man episode covering all the games that have been burning our retinas and making us neglect the outside world: Neverwinter, Journey, Pokemon Go, No Man's Sky, Severed and The BioShock Collection all get their time in the sun, followed by an in-depth discussion of the state of Final Fantasy, an accounting of all the adorable reasons why e...
Sep 24, 2016•1 hr 30 min
After another of our trademark multi-month breaks, the boys are back! After catching up on life since our last episode, the boys tackle some of the biggest releases of the year: Mike gets kill-streaky with Overwatch, Jared witnesses a thief's end with Uncharted 4, and Chris gets another From Software butt-kicking courtesy of Dark Souls 3. Things wrap up with our government mandated discussion of the biggest bad game ever made, the infamous Pokemon Go. Side note: "Infamous Pokemon Go" is a crosso...
Sep 02, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Big games and a very big year for gaming! Chris spends waaaaaay too much time with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Mike spends even more time with Fallout 4, and Jared pulls a Goldilocks and spends an amount of time with Call of Duty: Ghosts that's juuuuust right. We wrap things up by putting a pretty bow on 2015 with our biggest surprises, disappointments, and personal picks for Game of the Year. Will The Used Gamers maintain their unbroken streak of having 2 people pick the same game whi...
Jan 20, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Adventure games, beat 'em ups, MMOs and Stormtrooper murder - we're all over the place with this one! Jared breaks his brain with Broken Age, Chris gets a hearty dose of nostalgia with Transformers Devastation, Mike gives even more of his life and his wallet to Bungie with Destiny: The Taken King, and we all dive in (and have mixed reactions to) the Star Wars Battlefront beta. Our theme song, "White Knighting," is made possible by Comptroller ( http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk ), The John D. and Cather...
Nov 23, 2015•1 hr 7 min
Games at the forefront in this gamey game episode. Don't believe us? The boys discuss Assassin's Creed 3 and 4, Flower, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Rocket League, Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition, Suikoden, Bloodborne, Destiny, Fallout Shelter, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Magic Duels....AND THAT'S JUST IN THE INTRO! After a brief wrap up of our E3 2015 highlights, we review Shadow of Mordor's DLC offerings, Batman: Arkham Knight and Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition. We wrap things...
Sep 06, 2015•1 hr 38 min
Nintendo fanatics Nick and Gabe return with their buddies Dan and Dylan to discuss the finer points of the new Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS, going pantless in Splatoon, beating up aliens on a big dead robot in Xenoblade Chronicles 3D and all the fun new game news that came out of this year's Nintendo Direct at E3. Our theme song is, and forever shall be, "White Knighting" by Comptroller. http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk.
Jul 22, 2015•59 min
We're all over the map with this one, kids! Chris gives yet another piece of his soul to Sony by picking up a PlayStation TV, Mike decides who dies now and who dies later with Telltale's Game of Thrones, Chris and Jared do an indie game review speedround (Olli Olli 1 and 2, Never Alone, Transistor and Axiom Verge), Jared and Mike discuss the many tweaks and changes of Destiny's House of Wolves expansion and Chris is as giddy as a murderous schoolgirl talking about his adventures beating Bloodbor...
Jul 20, 2015•1 hr 29 min
You know all those big games of 2014 that we missed out on? Well, we finally played 'em, and now's our chance to tell ya all about it! Mike crossed generational barriers with Assassin's Creed Rogue and Assassin's Creed Unity, Jared gets attacked by wild animals in Far Cry 4, Chris gets big, dumb, loud and fun with Wolfenstein: The New Order and Mike FINALLY gets to tell us all about how much of his lift he lost to Dragon Age: Inquisition. The theme song is "White Knighting" by Comptroller. It's ...
Jul 20, 2015•1 hr 12 min
The two-man fun continues as Mike and Chris recount their time with The Order: 1886 in a spoiler-filled podcast that's almost as long as The Order: 1886. We'll give you fair warning when the time comes, but know ahead of time that we leave no stone (or useless piece of paper) unturned. Our theme continues to be "White Knighting" by Comptroller. Get up on that at http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk.
Mar 18, 2015•1 hr 18 min
With Mike busy playing the game called "Life", Chris and Jared take time out of a busy week and sit down to discuss The Swapper, Brutal Legend, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, and Destiny's first expansion, The Dark Below. (Bonus content that didn't actually get recorded: Chris falling asleep on with his Vita on his chest while Jared beat the final boss of Infamous: Second Son. That's dedication to the hobby, people!) Our theme song is "White Knighting" by Comptroller. For Pete's sake, please go...
Mar 18, 2015•1 hr 7 min
After one of their signature multi-month hiatuses, the gents are back to talk all things 2014: new consoles, games both good and bad, news, and our personal picks for Game of the Year! Our theme is "White Knighting" by Comptroller. More at http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk
Jan 29, 2015•52 min
There is only one game. It is called Destiny, and it owns our souls. Listen in to find out more about the game that has caused us to lose sleep, pour over gaming rumor sites and neglect our XBoxes. And possibly our families. It's that good. Our theme song is "White Knighting" by Comptroller. Do yourself a favor and listen to more of his kick-butt music at http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk.
Nov 04, 2014•1 hr 42 min
The boys return from a work-induced hiaitus to bring video gamey goodness to YOU! Mike dives head-first into the current generation with Infamous: Second Son, Chris falls down a deep DC rabbit hole with Injustice: Gods Among Us, Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Origins, and Jared grinds for levels in Brave Frontier. Our theme song rocks. It's by Comptroller. It's called "White Knighting." For more information, make your way over to http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk.
Nov 04, 2014•52 min
It's another Triple Tech episode as our hosts combine forces to tackle the Destiny beta on PS3! After a significant amount of gushing we jump to Used Gamers Future (i.e., the present) as Mike tells us all about his shiny new PS4. We wrap things up with a segment we like to call "Why Do You Hate Me???" wherein the hosts discuss games that we've forced each other to play. Mike finally chokes down Portal and Portal 2, Chris rots his teeth with Eternal Sonata, and Jared starts a journey down a deep ...
Aug 19, 2014•1 hr 35 min
The boys celebrate their 25th episode by devoting the whole show to our love of arcades! After some quick news about some Hearthstone ridiculousness, we dive into a discussion of our favorite arcade games, our favorite places to play and attempt to make some estimate of the number of quarters we've sunk into X-Men cabinets over the years. In the back half of the episode we sing the praises of the many great local establishments that allow us to get our gaming fix as adults in a post-arcade world...
Jul 27, 2014•1 hr 8 min
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 2008-2011! In this all-games-all-the-time episode, the boys dive into a bevy of titles that are new...to us. Chris barely avoids motion sickness with Mirror's Edge, Mike tries to pay back the state of Rhode Island in his own way by buying a $5 copy of Kingdoms of Amaleur: Reckoning, Jared braves the zombie apocalypse in Deadlight, Mike discovers his secret love for Kayne West with Saints Row: The Third, and Chris marathons the pseudo-retro Shovel Knight. Remem...
Jul 10, 2014•47 min
The boys sit down for a good old fashioned American podcast wherein Chris discusses the retro charm of Wayward Souls, Mike tells us whether or not Watch Dogs lives up to the hype, Jared waxes nostalgic over the recent Thief reboot, and Chris beats the system and offers his thoughts on the controversial Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. One of these games gets a lot of love. The others? Well, they can't all be gems, now can they? Our theme song, "White Knighting", has been graciously provided by...
Jun 25, 2014•1 hr 1 min
The three man crew is back and we attempt a rundown of all the notable announcements from the Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Sony E3 media briefings in an hour. We fail. But we get pretty close! Our theme music is, as always, "White Knighting" by Comptroller. It rocks. More chiptune goodies await you at http://www.cmptrllr.co.uk.
Jun 11, 2014•1 hr 26 min
With Jared out on baby-birthing duty (congratulations buddy!) and Chris sidelined by spinal surgery, Mike and Chris harness the magic of the Internet to record an episode that dives deep into our obsession with the Dragon Age series, discuss our experiences with the single player DLC for The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite, and dig into recent updates to Microsoft's online and Games with Gold policies and their announcement of a Kinect-less XBox One. Our theme music "White Knighting" by Comptro...
May 17, 2014•1 hr 18 min
No news. No small talk. Just games. Chris bathes in the wonderous glory of Puppeteer, Jared takes advantage of Games With Gold and digs into Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Mike goes back to The Old Republic once more with the recent release of the Galactic Starfighter expansion, Chris gets (Mine)crafty with Terraria, and Jared sticks to the shadows (most of the time) with Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Some old, some new, all fun. That's kind of our thing, no? Theme song is "White Knighting" b...
Mar 19, 2014•39 min
The numbered episodes continue as the gentlemen play catch up on all the nifty games we've been playing: Final Fantasy XIII, Heroes of Dragon Age, A Link Between Worlds, Bravely Default, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and Sleeping Dogs all get their moment under The Used Gamers Microscopetm. Chris announces a ridiculous plan involving a certain alliterative JRPG series, we look ahead to games we're looking forward to in 2014, and we wrap up with a head-scratching discussion of Valve's entry into ...
Mar 02, 2014•1 hr 1 min
We welcome back Chris' nephews Nick and Gabe for a very special Nintendo-centric episode of the Used Gamers Podcast! Chris and the boys check in on the Big N with a discussion of the 3DS, Wii U, and our wishlist for the company's recently teased new console/handheld hybrid hardware. We dive deep into the new batch of Miiverse titles, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Wind Waker HD, and the Wonderful 101. Pro tip: towards the end of the episode the boys reveal...
Feb 17, 2014•1 hr 2 min
Our second annual year end wrap up finds our hosts reminiscing about the good, the bad, and the ugly in the past year of gaming. We all agree that The Last of Us is amazing, we all missed out on Arkham Origins, we're all are excited about an indie-game-driven future, we agree that not investing in either a PS4 or an XBox One so far was a good idea, and we realize that recording a podcast in three different cities is not without its stumbling blocks. We discuss the origins of both our theme song ...
Jan 22, 2014•58 min
Reviews galore, because SO MANY GAMES! Chris makes the 1991 version of himself happy playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Mike and Jared get back on the Borderlands 2 train with the recent Headhunter DLC releases, Chris does his best to talk about Gone Home without actually talking about Gone Home, and Mike and Jared return to Thedas with Heroes of Dragon Age. We close things out with a lengthy discussion about whether or not games have gotten easier in recent years (consensus: th...
Jan 05, 2014•1 hr 20 min
We...still...function! It's been over three months but the boys are back with a vengeance to give YOU a barrage of gaming goodness. Mike runs us through the recent VGX Awards, Chris gives his early impressions of the PS4 and the XBox One, and we discuss the relative strengths and merits of PlayStation Plus and XBox Games with Gold. We then dive into our reviews, covering just about every last gen platform we can: Mike gets all strategic with X-Com: Enemy Within, Jared avoids microtransactions wi...
Dec 29, 2013•1 hr 49 min
The boys sit down for one reason and one reason only: an in-depth, SUPER SPOILER HEAVY discussion of The Last of Us. Seriously, DO NOT listen to this episode if you haven't beaten the game or have any interest in doing so in the future. Which you should, because it's friggin' amazing. We'd love to hear your thoughts about the game, too! Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook and let us know what you thought of Naughty Dog's PS3 swansong. Our theme is "White Knighting" by Comptroller. We like it a lot....
Aug 26, 2013•1 hr 38 min
The boys jump into a discussion about some of the smaller releases of late: Chris gushes over the Nintendo's recent eShop release of GBC Zelda titles Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, all three of us scratch our heads and try to make sense of the grid-based insanity of Capcom's 3DS title Project X Zone, Mike gives us updates on Neverwinter and Marvel Heroes, and we continue our march towards the new generation with updates on both the PS4 (good news!) and the XBox One (good news?). Our theme...
Jul 24, 2013•1 hr 8 min
Chris plays host to a discussion of some of the bigger titles that we've been playing lately: The Last of Us, Tomb Raider, and the latest DLC for Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep. All this dovetails nicely into a discussion of the changing face of female characters in games, from the helpless damsel sprites of yesteryear to the fully-rendered 3D badasses of today. Girl power! "White Knighting" by Comptroller is our theme. Rocking your face off is his mission. http://www.cmptrllr...
Jul 19, 2013•1 hr 17 min
The E3 goodness continues! In this follow up to our last episode, we wrap up our look back at E3 2013 with a discussion of The Big N's E3 Nintendo Direct, and we marvel at the crowd-pleasing show stopper that was Sony's press conference. After the smoke clears we discuss what we loved (a lot) and what we were disappointed with (very little), and lament the fact that we're not going to have an extra $1,000 laying around come new console launch time later this year. For our thoughts on the press c...
Jun 30, 2013•1 hr 9 min
The gentlemen launch into a lengthy discussion about E3 2013. Because we care about you and don't want your minds to explode from too much newsy goodness, this episode will act as the first half of TWO FULL EPISODES (!!!) dedicated to the topic. Here we tackle the press conferences from Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft - check out Episode 12 for our in-depth discussion of the offerings of Nintendo and Sony, as well as a wrap-up where we try to make sense of the whole thing. As always, our theme song i...
Jun 30, 2013•1 hr 2 min
