Videogame-industry veterans Mikel Reparaz and Chris Antista rally their colleagues for weekly discussions about games, the industry, and the circus of egos and information that surrounds it all.
Last week, the world lost an iconic and unique talent with the passing of Lance Reddick, an actor who – in addition to a number of film and TV roles – lent his voice and face to a handful of… Read more
John Cena is the cover athlete for this week’s launch of WWE 2K23, and his silly catchphrase is enough of a reason to invite Ryan Harig of Zanzeezee podcast to talk about five games that give players cool invisibility powers…. Read more
Sometimes, wrapping a trilogy leaves developers without a clear path forward – and sometimes, their follow-ups are weird outliers that are quickly forgotten once the series either fades away or finds its footing again. A certain 10-year anniversary this week… Read more
Wrestling and videogames have been closely intertwined since the early days – and this week, Jarrett Green of IGN and Welcome to the Thing joins us to talk about five non-wrestling games that nevertheless let you crush your enemies with… Read more
Now that Super Nintendo World is bringing videogame aesthetics to Universal Studios, we’re marking the occasion by inviting Emmett Watkins Jr. for a chat about five games set entirely in theme parks — specifically the kind that characters are usually… Read more
UFOs have been in the news a lot lately, and while they’re most likely of the non-extraterrestrial variety, it seemed like a good time to grab Mike Williams of Fanbyte for a chat about five games themed around UFOs and… Read more
Open-world games, at their best, can be detailed portals to places we’ve always wanted to visit, whether real or fictitious – and this week, Anthony Abatte joins us for a look at five sandbox games that offer prime opportunities for… Read more
Last week, the games industry defied licensing issues and rivalries to bring back GoldenEye 007 – and its banger pause-menu music, which inspired us to grab TL Foster for a quick Top 5 about our favorite pieces of music that… Read more
January is traditionally the dumping ground for movies that studios don’t expect to do well, so before it’s over, let’s grab Chris Baker for a look at five movies that got game adaptations in spite of being obscure, deeply weird,… Read more
There’s a lot of overlap between the videogame and animation industries, but it’s always a big deal when a big name in 2D cel animation decides to apply their talents to something interactive. This week, we’ll look at five standout… Read more
The Sega CD (or Mega-CD) turned 32(!) last month, and it remains the home not just of questionable FMV games and music-video makers, but of some of the best and weirdest versions of 16-bit games that were popular on other… Read more
As a new year dawns, it’s time to look ahead to the next 12 months (with help from Anthony “BruceWayneBrady” Abatte) and the five games we’re most excited for. Will any surprise you? Probably not! But they’ll be fun to… Read more
The clock’s running out on 2022, so let’s cap it off with part 2 of our GOTY show, with our Top 5 Games of 2022 and a roster of guests including Brendan Hesse of The Crawl, Kat Bailey of IGN… Read more
As another year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the past 12 months and pick our top 10 games of the year, with help from special guests including Alex Faciane, Kat Bailey, TL Foster, Chris Baker,… Read more
2022 is almost over, but wait! There’s still DLC to talk about! So let’s grab Brendan Hesse for a look at five of our favorite pieces of DLC to launch this year, after which we’ll get into the Game Awards,… Read more
This year has seen some excellent revivals of old games on new hardware, so let’s kick off awards season a little early and take a look at our five favorite remasters and remakes of 2022, after which we’ll get into… Read more
Against all odds, we’ve somehow made it to 500 episodes, so we’re celebrating by inviting a Secret Mystery Guest and digging into the five videogame franchises we’ve talked about the most over the past 499 episodes. Then we’ll break format… Read more
Some games based on movies try to faithfully adapt the events of the film; others invent new scenes to pad out their runtime. And a select few throw the script in the garbage and invent their own version of events,… Read more