For this month’s extra Sunday the Trophy Talk crew gathers around the virtual campfire to reminisce about some of their favorite trophy lists they recommended on Zac’s incredible project, The Record. We each picked three to highlight and covered why we suggested that more people should play them. Zac starts us off with some that really hit close to our hearts. Then Colin, Max, and Kevin each take turns in sharing some of theirs. One of Colin’s picks is an excellent entry point for a series that ...
Jun 29, 2025•3 hr 14 min
Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! This month, we've taken a break from covering a new game for the show and have decided to look back at what we're referring to as "Wave 1" of the show. The first 13 episodes, spanning over a year and a half covered not only some big AAA horror titles like Silent Hill 2 Remake, and Dead Space Remake, but also some smaller indie titles like Crow Country, and Fear the Spotlight. It seemed like now was a great time to rev...
Jun 22, 2025•2 hr 17 min
Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Mooglecast! With holiday trips, and schedules being all over the place we have yet another episode for you all where the normally scheduled hosts get shuffled up a bit. This month on Mooglecast Zac is joined by none other than Colin Kolhoven, from Trophy Talk and Surviving the Horror, to discuss a topic that doesn't get enough love in our community, Xbox. Both Zac and Colin have a long history with the ecosystem and consoles, dating back ...
Jun 15, 2025•2 hr 20 min
Zac suggested that we include Cult of the Lamb again for our quarterly vote in the Trophy Talk Discord and it won despite no one else we know playing it (as far as we can tell). We cover our favorite weapons and spells to take on the crusades through the dungeons, what it’s like to build a community with the scarce resources we have, and why it feels terrible to leave our little followers alone while rampaging through another ancient god’s lair. Then we get into the weird, funny, and sometimes d...
Jun 08, 2025•1 hr 28 min
Warmest of Welcomes everyone and SURPRISE! State of Play returned and myself (Max) and Kevin joined by special guest Heera couldn't help but have a very informal discussion about some of the meaty games that were shown during the mini showcase. Marvel Tokon looks awesome but has Marvel fatigue softened the impact this game could of truely had? Is 007 First Light going to be IO's biggest game ever? Max is truely surprised by the unexpected revival of Metal Gear Online 1 originally released as a m...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 11 min
This week on the Trophy Talk Podcast, Josh and Max have the keys to the show while Colin is on vacation. The crew does their best not to get cancelled or have the show removed from air as they navigate this week's topics. Josh opens up during "Therapy Time" with Max and we discuss what we've been playing while probably announcing a GOTY pick far too early. Additionally, we tackle wild Patreon write-ins (VR crotch shots?!) and give platinum shoutouts to the communities stand-out hunters. A fun, a...
Jun 01, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! Every once in a while a horror game franchise comes around and captures the zeitgeist of the time, causing streamers, content creators and the like to all get involved in examining it. In 2014, one such game came in to being. Following in the footsteps of indie horror darlings like Slender, Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's released in August of 2014 and quickly became a cult hit. With ports in the same year for...
May 25, 2025•2 hr 12 min
Jordan and Zac have finally convinced Kevin to play Untitled Goose Game and they all sit down to talk (and laugh) about it. They cover all of their favorite antics that the player can take part in as the goose wreaks havoc through this small “Sim-like” neighborhood. Zac makes a case for why this is a game that EVERYONE should at least try, and how it’s the perfect length for what it is. If you know what you’re doing, you could even finish it in the time it takes to listen to this podcast, but we...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Warmest of Welcomes everybody This month on the Mooglecast, Max and Zac share a one to one episode with no guest chair, no scripts, just a general chat about a variety of topics including trophy hunting burn out (R.I.P Gary), Dissidia NT 7 years later and series of games we overlooked in our lives. for the pre show we discuss the mystery of socialising aswell as usual run of the show, plat shout outs and a Tomb Raider focused entry of The Record. As Max over explains Tomb Raider has multiple era...
May 11, 2025•2 hr 35 min
Well hello there everybody, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk. This month we're back to basics with just Colin and Josh so grab a beer , settle in and join them in some long and winding discussions surrounding a cadre of gaming topics. As we do these shows on a monthly cadence now a lot can happen between episodes, and this was definitely the case over the last four week period. Not only did we have the major reveal of Bungie's new extraction shooter Marathon, but we we...
May 04, 2025•2 hr 31 min
Hello hello there everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror. This month, Josh and Colin are joined by resident lore expert for all things Dead Space, Kevin from the PlayStation Plus Game Club! Kevin is a massive fan of the Dead Space series in general, and after recording the episode last July on Dead Space Remake, it didn't feel right to venture further into the series without his input. The result is that the three of us had an over three hour discussion, breaking ...
Apr 27, 2025•3 hr 24 min
Warmest of welcomes everybody This month on the Mooglecast, Max and Zac are joined by Gary (TheSlyGCooper) for a half (maybe 1/4) failed attempt at a Mooglecast X PlatinumAchievements episode. For the preshow we discussed the streak of sickness over at the plattycheevs and spoke some more about game of the megacast showcase, Zacs Untitled Goose Game sequel. Of course we get into our usual run of the show with Platinum shoutouts and a Resident Evil focused entry of The Record. Although the recomm...
Apr 20, 2025•2 hr 20 min
This time we are highlighting one of the best games of 2018, Celeste. It won awards from multiple outlets that year and has been a part of the gaming zeitgeist for long after that. Celeste has been hailed as one of the best 2D platformers to come out in decades and that’s all because of its classic-looking visual style, beautiful soundtrack, and very poignant story about coping with anxiety and depression. We hope you enjoy our discussion covering everything about Celeste and we tip our hats to ...
Apr 13, 2025•1 hr 38 min
Hello hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk! Please welcome back for his fourth appearance on the show Patthetrophyhunter. Pat is a long time community member, content creator, and friend of the show and we're always pleased when we get a chance to sit down and discuss trophies and games with him. For this particular episode we chose to discuss a few more nuanced topics that have been kicking around in our brains lately. With the most recent Nintendo Direct and the a...
Apr 06, 2025•2 hr 38 min
For this special 5th Sunday of the month all five of us got together for a special Megacast episode (term coined by Josh) where we make up our own dream Sony showcase. We bring to it some of our dream game ideas for rebooting a number of dead game IPs. Along with us you can imagine what it would be like to see Sony host a blockbuster game showcase on stage like they used to in years past. Many of these might seem like lofty ideas, but this is the showcase of our dreams after all. Over the two an...
Mar 30, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Hello there everyone! Welcome back to Surviving the Horror. In this month's episode, Josh and Colin are delving back into the world of Resident Evil with the community voted game of Resident Evil: Code Veronica X. Originally meant to be the true sequel and follow up to Resident Evil 2, Code Veronica later became a non-numbered title due to development time and another project moving more quickly (this project would later become Resident Evil 3: Nemesis). Code Veronica follows the story of Claire...
Mar 23, 2025•3 hr 8 min
Warmest of welcomes everybody. In this months Mooglecast; Max and Zac are once again reunited with Josh to continue through our premium classics catalog wishlists focusing on the Playstation Portable (PSP). This time around around the crew took a more focused look at some of the handhelds exclusives that flew under the radar for many folks. whilst gamers had fond memories of Dissidia Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Acid and GTA, many of us had no idea that games such as Chilli Con Carnage, Infected, B...
Mar 16, 2025•2 hr 16 min
Zaclre from the Mooglecast in the Trophy Talk Network joins us for a journey to AR-Y26, a new planet that the Kindred Corporation has sent us to in order to assess if it is viable for colonization. Unfortunately they didn't plan a return trip for us, so it's up to the player to find a way home while exploring and cataloging everything on the planet. It's still nice though that Kindred sent us a lot of entertaining commercials for us to watch. We share stories about our favorite animals and antic...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Hey there folks, and welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk! This week Josh and Colin and joined by none other than Skrilus, hot off of his recent acquisition of the Devil May Cry platinum, to discuss all things trophies, statistics, and PlayStation. We start off the show talking about the recent news surrounding WB Games and the closure of three of their primary studios including Monolith. What does this mean for the future of the IP under the WB banner and do we think the clos...
Mar 01, 2025•2 hr 45 min
Warmest of welcomes everybody and surprise! In this special rawdoggin style episode, Max and Kevin give their high level thoughts on the February state of play and name off some of the games they're most excited for! We're all excited for Tides of Annihilation and the beautiful women within the game, does Lost Soul Aside deserve a second look despite its stiff looking gameplay? is a Days Gone remaster a win in the era of PS5 remasters? No need to drag this write up out, please enjoy the rambling...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Warmest of welcomes everybody, This month on Mooglecast, Max and Zac are back to the series they know and love as they attempt the mammoth task of creating their very own Final Fantasy masterpiece, Final Fantaay XVII. Armed with years of knowledge and experience, they will attempt to establish a world, make characters and write a skeleton storyline that would impress even the greatest of literary minds. What will they summon up? There is only one way to find out. With platinum shoutouts from the...
Feb 15, 2025•2 hr 2 min
Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror. In this month's episode, Colin and Josh sit down to discuss yet another indie horror game from a two person development team. There seems to be something in the special sauce that shines with this combination. Fear the Spotlight marks the third game we've done for this show developed by a two person team, and inspired by the aesthetic and horror games of the PS1 generation. We've covered Crow Country, Signalis, and n...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 11 min
Rachel Saalfeld from Critically Tipsy joins the Game Club to talk about Bee Simulator, an endearing indie game that was surprisingly educational at points. We talk about the many ways it gamifies bee activities and tries to show life from their perspective. We also fly by a few of the buzz-worthy facts the game tries to teach. Did you know that bees can fly at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour? Or that they have five eyes on their head? After a few plat shoutouts from the Trophy Talk Discord we ...
Feb 05, 2025•57 min
Hello everybody! Welcome back to another exciting episode of Trophy Talk! In this episode, Josh and Colin break down the news and game release information from Xbox's most recent Developer Direct, as well as other news of Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5. What does this mean for your trophy statistics and backlog? Well, namely there's a shit ton of trophies coming our way. If games from Xbox Studios are any indication, the coming titles like Forza and even Master Chief Collection will keep their ex...
Feb 02, 2025•2 hr 20 min
Most of the time in the survival horror genre, we're dealing with the supernatural. We're dealing with normal everyday humans trying to explain and deal with being presented a very non-normal problem such as zombies, vampires, or monsters. But it's rare in the genre to have a game that focuses just as much on these supernatural elements, as it does on the larger philosophical questions of existence, sentience, memory, and love. In fact, I can think of only one other major example we've played fo...
Jan 26, 2025•2 hr 46 min
Warmest of welcomes everybody, This month on Mooglecast, Max and Zac are taking a trip down nostalgia lane to revisit one of Nintendo's finest home systems, the Nintendo 64. A special console requires a special guest, so this time they have brought in two! The host of the PlayStation Plus Game Club (right here in the Trophy Talk Network), Kevin Garaventa and host of Finished Game Review on Spotify and long-time guest of the PlayStation Plus Game Club, Jordan Vickers. Launched worldwide across 19...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 54 min
Max (MaXximumCARNAGE) from The MoogleCast and the Trophy Talk Network has picked Cursed to Golf as the game to cover. Armed with a few clubs and some incredible luck, we both describe our unique journey golfing our way out of purgatory. Even though neither of us tend to jump into rogue-like games, we both talk about what made this different enough to eventually win both of us over. We introduce a new platinum shout-out segment since we are now part of the Trophy Talk Network. Then Max talks abou...
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Hello there everybody and welcome to the first episode of 2025! We hope that you all had a wonderful and restful holiday season with your family and friends, and got to enjoy some quality relaxation and gaming time. If you haven't heard our announcement episode / dispatch from a week or so ago, there are lots of fun and exciting changes in 2025 for Trophy Talk and the other shows under the Trophy Talk Network. One of the not so fun things, in fact very bittersweet things though is that this epis...
Jan 05, 2025•2 hr 34 min
Hello everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Trophy Talk! This time, Josh and I (Colin) come together for our last recording of 2024 to go over the statistics and information presented in PlayStation's 2024 Wrap Up. These end of year reviews have become customary over recent years from PlayStation, and we always have an absolute blast recording them. If you're thinking that there are some pretty big differences in the number of games played, or trophies earned between Josh and I you'd...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 50 min
Hey All! We've been quietly working behind the scenes on something for the last 6 months or so here at Trophy Talk and it's finally time to unveil what that is. Please enjoy this 20 minute or so update from myself, Josh, Max, and Kevin. Thank you for listening and have a wonderful holiday season.
Dec 20, 2024•23 min
