Jocelyn is away this week, but Ryan welcomes Crofton from Dungeons & Diapers to guest host this week. Just returning from a vacation, Crofton details some of his vacation Nintendo Switch games with Golf Story and Into The Breach. Ryan watching the first episode of the Paramount+ Halo TV series, while Crofton returned to Valheim. Moving into the video game news, PlayStation has announced it's revamped PlayStation Plus, Nintendo has delayed the Breath of the Wild sequel to Spring 2023, and Epic Ga...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast We have a video game movie to talk about this week, and before you ask, it's NOT Sonic! It's actually Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. While Ryan chatting about the movie with his co-host on Zombies Ate My Podcast, we thought it would be a good idea to share the film with TGI as well! Plus, Ryan dove into Pokemon Legends Arceus, so we'll have some first impression thoughts to go over there as well. Moving into the news, Ghostbusters is getting a new video game from the devs behind Friday ...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan kicks off the show with a surprise for Jocelyn, before quickly pivoting over to Guardians of the Galaxy. While he's had the game since last year, we figured this was a good time to discuss it with the game arriving on Xbox Game Pass. We then move into Horizon Forbidden West, which does include some spoilers for the first half of the game (check the time stamps below). We'll have a full spoilercast for Horizon soon! After our slight spoiler chat, we move into the latest video game news inclu...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan returns and brings back Horizon Forbidden West to the show with him. After some minor early game spoilers (note the timestamps), we chat a bit more about the mechanics of Forbidden West. Moving on to new games, Ryan visits FAR Changing Sails and Jocelyn returned to the Beholder franchise with the third entry in the series. Moving into the news, we catch up with the new Pokemon, Amazon is looking to bring Kratos to the small screen, Blizzard confirms some upcoming Warcraft announcements, and...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan is away this week, but we've got Beau Schwartz of CORE fame here to talk all about Elden Ring, and why even those who didn't love previous FromSoftware titles might want to dig their teeth into this one. There's also a little bit of chatter about Forbidden West and Disco Elysium off the top. Enjoy!
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Horizon Forbidden West has finally arrived and we're ready to start chatting about it! That being said, if you're worried about spoilers, we have not made actually made it to the Forbidden West in the game, so that will give you an idea of where we're at. After a good introduction to the new Horizon, we move into the latest video game news. This includes the new Uncharted film performing well, Call of Duty may be skipping 2023, and Dead by Daylight may be getting a dating sim spin off.
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a brief video game TV/movie update brought to you by Paramount+, we move into a discussion of Death's Door. Afterwards, Jocelyn goes over her adventures in Lost Ark and Final Fantasy XIV. As we jump back into the news Horizon continues to invade Joce's shelf space with the newly announced LEGO Tallneck, Cyberpunk 2077 has received it's current generation console upgrade, the Wii U and 3DS eShop is being shut down, and a Bioshock movie is back on the table thanks to Netflix.
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jocelyn has completed her journey through Insrcyption, so we're ready to chat spoilers for this deck building game. But before that, we look forward to Horizon Forbidden West and Jocelyn's upcoming time in Final Fantasy XIV. In the news, there's a hint of more Warcraft coming to mobile this year, Google Stadia may be shifting to primarily a tech offering, The Wolf Among Us 2 has it's first trailer, and YES a new Nintendo Direct!
Feb 10, 2022•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast After we kick off the countdown of non-Horizon Forbidden West Gamers' Inn episodes, we move over to a fan favourite of 2021: Incryption. Ryan started his journey through the creepy card battler over the holidays, and finished before this episode, while Jocelyn is fresh on her path to defeating Leshy. We keep the conversation spoiler free, as we recommend going into this one fresh. In the news, we have our first full length trailer for the Halo TV series, Sony is buying Bungie for 3.6 billion dol...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan and Jocelyn return to share more of their thoughts on Nobody Saves The World. Plus, Ryan returns to the stealth strategy genre with Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice. Over in the news, there's more to dive into when it comes to the Activision Blizzard acquisition, which includes diving into the back catalogue of Activision franchises, and Call of Duty staying on PlayStation (for now). Finally, we close out the show with Blizzard's recruiting announcement for a new survival game based on a fresh...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast That's right, we're celebrating TEN YEARS of The Gamers' Inn this week. The celebrations include a Guess That Game segment with clips selected by listeners of the show, and some listener suggested topics to help us look back at the last 500 episodes. We chat about one new game called Nobody Saves The World, that's out now on Game Pass (more on the game next week). Finally, we close out the show with the bombshell news that Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for 70 billion dollars! This is a...
Jan 20, 2022•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Were back with our first episode of 2022 as we hurdle ever closer to the big TGI 500. We kick off the show with some holiday game discussions as Jocelyn purchased Skyrim again, leading to her playing a bunch of Elder Scrolls Online. Also Dead by Daylight appears to be having some balance issues. Ryan finished up Halo Infinite over the holidays, and managed to squeeze in some time with The Gunk, both on Xbox/PC Game Pass. Finally, Ryan has been enjoying the devilish delights of Rogue Lords. We fo...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the annual Gamers Inn Game of the Year episode! We go over our top 5 video game experiences from 2021, which does include a few older games we played this year. We close our the show with some Honourable Mentions and Games We Missed. Wouldnt want to leave anyone out on this momentous occasion! Look forward to some of those games making a comeback in 2022!
Dec 22, 2021•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan welcomes back Jocelyn with a surprise ripped straight from The Game Awards. Then we move into our promised Arcane spoilers, where we discuss the first full season for the Netflix animated series. While Jocelyn was away she completed the entire main game of Control, including the Alan Wake expansion. Moving into our news segment, we focus in on The Game Awards, looking at the awards and the announcements.
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jimmy The "Play Trails" Shovel guests on the show this week with Ryan to dive into the latest anime experiences! Jim kicks things off with Scarlet Nexus, which he played on Xbox Game Pass for PC. Inspired by Ryan's time with Arcane, he checked out League of Legends: Wild Rift and Legends of Runeterra on iOS. Closing out our games section, Jim updates us all on the Doki Doki Literature Club Pus, an updated paid version to the free game. In the news, we have a large chunk of Activision Blizzard up...
Dec 10, 2021•2 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're soon to be all loaded up on current generation consoles as Jocelyn has successfully ordered a PlayStation 5! Plus, what should we do for our 500th episode to mark ten years of The Gamers' Inn? Moving into games that we're playing, Ryan is driving around in Forza Horizon 5 while thinking about Xbox Game Pass. Jocelyn on the other hand is crafting the superior dinosaur park in Jurassic World Evolution 2. Moving into the news, we have more on Activision Blizzard as Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo al...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan and Jocelyn take a break from video games to talk about a Netflix series based on a video game! That's right, we discuss the first three episodes of Arcane, the new League of Legends series. We discuss some spoilers for this first arc, so if you're looking to experience yourself, best skip ahead. Next up, Ryan had some time in Back 4 Blood with his ZAMP co-host. In the news, there's another damning update in the Activision Blizzard saga as WSJ has released a report on Bobby Kotick's actions...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a very successful Extra Life Game Day, Ryan and Jocelyn bring The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes to the inn. We go into full spoilers for the entire game, so if you're looking to experience the game for yourself be sure to skip ahead. Before closing out the show, we chat about the continuing adventures of video game movies where Nintendo is looking at their next film starring Donkey Kong, and Mass Effect 5 received new concept art for N7 Day.
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Both Jocelyn AND Ryan return this week to catch up on all the latest games and Chris Pratt news. Ryan brings a slew of games to chat about including his final thoughts on Metroid Dread (and a little Super Metroid thrown in for good measure). Plus a visit to the post apocalyptic sim builder genre with Endzone: A World Apart. Finally, we conclude what we're playing with the overpriced, but nostalgia driven N64 expansion to Nintendo Switch Online (and N64 wireless controller). In the news, there's ...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast While Jocelyn is away, Crofton from Dungeons & Diapers joins Ryan on the show to unpack Metroid Dread. We keep the conversation relatively spoiler free, so don't worry if you're avoiding story spoilers outside of the intro. Moving over to the news, Nintendo unveiled the final free update for Animal Crossing New Horizons, alongside details for a DLC and the final pricing for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. We also got our first look at the Uncharted movie with a new trailer!
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jocelyn returns to the show having finished up Alan Wake Remastered, and is ready to continue on with the Remedy-verse. To prepare for this journey, you may want to check out our Inn-side the Game episode of Quantum Break. Ryan keeps the Alan Wake track going with the Control DLC for Alan Wake title AWE. Ryan also received Metroid Dread a little late, so we tease next weeks discussions on the game. In the news, we offer an update on the Twitch hacks (including reports from Eurogamer and The Verg...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast We kick off the show with Jocelyns experience playing Alan Wake Remasteted on Xbox Series X. The shadow people are here and were nearly out of batteries! Ryan returns to Life is Strange: True Colors one last time for the release of the Wavelengths DLC (part of the Deluxe Edition, provided by review code). In the news, we have confirmation that The Game Awards will return to an in-person show on December 9th, Smash Bros. Ultimate final DLC character is Sora, and Twitch suffers a HUGE breach with ...
Oct 08, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Two brand new games to discuss this week, with Ryan bringing Tales of Arise to the main show from the TGI Patreon Mini Update Corner, and Jocelyn checking out the new Amazon MMO New World. In the news, we have yet another Activision Blizzard update where a lawsuit was filed and quickly settled (but there's some weirdness to this one), plus we break down the highlights from the latest Nintendo Direct (yes, including the Mario movie casting).
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast We kick off the show wondering what we should do for episode 500, but ultimately decided we should leave it up to the community! Be sure to let us know in the Discord! Ryan then moves into his final thoughts on Life is Strange: True Colors after completing the game (Special thanks to Square Enix for providing a review code). Jocelyn on the other hand has jumped into the sequel to I Am Bread, titled I Am Fish. In the news we have another Activision Blizzard update where the SEC is investigating, ...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast We kick off the show with some thoughts on the launch of Deathloop. While we haven't had a chance to play, we react to the positive reviews on PlayStation 5 alongside the rocky reviews on Steam. Moving over to what we have played, Ryan received a review code for Life is Strange: True Colors on Xbox Series X and has some initial thoughts on the first chapter. We also confirm the next focus for the TGI Patreon Mini Update Corner, which will be Tales of Arise! In the news, we have another Activisio...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast We return a little later this week, for good reason, as we wait for PlayStation to finally showcase their upcoming games. But before we breakdown the latest exclusives from the house of Kratos, Ryan and Jocelyn introduce listeners to their Extra Life plans! As of now, we'll have multiple streaming events, first starting in October. If you can donate, please do so at bit.ly/tgiextralife2021, or share our team page. Every little bit helps! Over in what we're playing, Ryan recounts his multiplayer ...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast As promised, we kick off the show with our 12 Minutes spoiler discussion. After an extra week with the game, we've got some thoughts to get off our chests. If you're avoiding spoilers, or want to avoid discussion on the game (as it goes PLACES), check the time stamps below and skip ahead. Following 12 Minutes, Ryan has returned to Square Enix's Marvels Avengers with the latest content drop: War for Wakanda Expansion. In the news, we have the latest Activision Blizzard update with the planned ren...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Looking forward to our thoughts on Twelve Minutes? Ryan has some non-spoiler points to share, but were going to wait until next episode for a full spoiler discussion. So head on over to Xbox Game Pass and play! What have we played? Well, Jocelyn and Ryan both played HUMANKIND, a brand new 4X game from Amplitude Studios. Heavily inspired by Civilization, the game really took hold of Jocelyns sleep schedule, as most 4X games tend to do. One more turn? Yes please!
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast We return to the inn with not one, but two brand new roguelites to discuss! Ryan brought Dreamscaper to the show, while Jocelyn completed Boyfriend Dungeon. Both innkeepers entered the world of Pokmon Unite on Nintendo Switch, and share some thoughts on the new MOBA from Pokmon Company and Tencent. In the news, we cover the latest on Activision Blizzard and how they've treated QA and CS contract staff, FROSTPUNK 2 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED (and we're excited), Fortnite absorbs the Among Us gameplay sty...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan welcomes Jocelyn back to the show with talk of the Sonic movie sequel casting Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna. In her time off, Jocelyn purchased a new curved monitor to up her spreadsheet game. Moving over to games played, Jocelyn rolled the dice with a new resource management simulation game out of early access called Atomic Society. Ryan on the other hand took Jocelyn's recommendation to heart and played A LOT of Imagine Earth. Moving over to the news, we update everyone on the Activi...
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