Episode 121: Cancel Your Pre-Orders
Jeff and Christian welcome Shawn Andrich from Gameswithjobs.com back to the show to talk about Quantum Break's disappointing PC port, new secrets revealed in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Heroes of the Dorm, and the questionable Oculus privacy policy. In the Playlist, Shawn has been playing Dark Souls 3 and Hyper Light Drifter, Christian puts more time into The Division, and Jeff has lots to say abo...
1hr 57m Apr 11, 2016
1hr 57m
Episode 120: My Own Opinion
Jeff and Christian welcome freelance writer from Gamecrate and Playboy.com, Paul Semel to talk about Final Fantasy XV's trans-media explosion, the usefulness of reviews, Oculus and Vive delivery problems, and more! In the Playlist, Jeff and Paul have played Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Quantum Break, and Christian has been throwing back to old times with the Doom closed beta. For Tabletop T...
1hr 50m Apr 04, 2016
1hr 50m
Episode 119: Rediscover Vanilla Ice
Jeff and Christian welcome Patrick Klepek from Kotaku and the Match3 podcast back to the show this week to talk about much of the news he has been reporting, including the fake NX controller, the real PS4.5 update, the people behind torrent uploads, and the debate over Let's Play videos. In the Playlist, Patrick talks about Stardew Valley and Dark Souls 3, Christian jams out on Rock Band 4, an...
1hr 44m Mar 28, 2016
1hr 44m
Episode 118: Tripping on VR
Jeff and Christian go without a guest this week, to deep dive into the week of huge announcements and game demos at the Game Developer's Conference! Jeff spent all week at GDC, trying as many upcoming VR experiences as he could, and Christian has lots of questions. The guys hit on Sony's PSVR announcements, Vive's The Lab, Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, The Climb, Eve: Valkyrie, Project Arena,...
1hr 38m Mar 22, 2016
1hr 38m
Episode 117: Do You Want to Go to Japan?
Jeff and Christian welcome Alex Albrecht from Half Hour Happy Hour to the show this week to talk about the cancellation of Everquest Next, Michael Pachter's forecasts for Nintendo's NX,a crazy person levels to 100 in WoW using a dancepad, and more! In the Playlist, everyone has lots to say about The Division, and Alex tells an epic story of attempting to play the Japanese version of Dragon's D...
2hr 2m Mar 14, 2016
2hr 2m
Episode 116: Everyone Wants to Fight Christian
Jeff and Christian welcome Anthony Taormina from Gamerant.com back to the show to talk about the cancellation of Fable Legends anf closing of Lionhead Studios, more big companies pulling out of E3, Epic Games scathing critique of Microsoft, and more! In the Playlist, Anthony platinumed Far Cry Primal, Jeff got hands-on with No Man's Sky and Raw Data in VR, and Christian was impressed by Hitman...
2hr 3m Mar 07, 2016
2hr 3m
Episode 115: And a Unicorn Too
Jeff and Christian welcome Kelly Wallick from the Indie MEGABOOTH and the IGF to the show this week to talk about the Hololens developer edition, new Nintendo NX rumors, a potential new Alan Wake game, and no microtransactions for The Division! In the Playlist, they discuss Cities Skylines, SuperHOT, The Flame in the Flood, Deadpool, Fallout 4, Life is Strange, and more. For Tabletop Time, Je...
1hr 43m Mar 01, 2016
1hr 43m
Episode 114: Episode Content Releasing Soon
Jeff and Christian welcome Ozzie Mejia from Shacknews.com to the show this week to talk about Street Fighter V's launch woes, the prince of the Vive, a delay on Hololens, Warren Spector's return to development, the DICE awards, and more! In the Playlist, they discuss Street FIghter V, Hearthstone's upcoming changes, Gigantic, Blade & Soul, Black Desery Online, and Atlas Reactor. For Tabletop ...
1hr 29m Feb 22, 2016
1hr 29m
Episode 113: Muddy the Waters
Jeff and Christian welcome Justin McElroy from Polygon.com back to the show this week to discuss Destiny 2, the closing of Gametrailers.com, Quantum Break heading to Windows 10, the return of the PC press conference to GDC and more! For the Playlist, the guys discuss Firewatch, Lifeline iOS, Overwatch Beta, Hitman Beta, Layers of Fear, and Street Fighter 5. In Tabletop Time, it's fun party ga...
1hr 36m Feb 15, 2016
1hr 36m
Episode 112: Side Quest Guy
Jeff and Christian welcome Chris Bergman from Choremonster.com back to the show this week to discuss XCOM 2's exclusive support of the Steam controller, Titanfall 2's confirmed single player campaign, Unreal engine editing inside VR, another failed Kickstarter, and more! In the Playlist, Chris has been playing XCOM 2, Christian has been enamored with Unravel, and Jeff gushes about Firewatch. ...
1hr 45m Feb 09, 2016
1hr 45m
Episode 111: All-Star PAX South LIVE Extravaganza!
Jeff and Christian are joined by the most stellar line-up of video game personalities LIVE on-stage at PAX South, including Adam Sessler from X-Play, Scott Kutrz from Table Titans, James Stevenson from Insomniac Games, and Anthony Carboni from Rev3 Games. They talk about the Stories of the Week from PAX, the changing state of E3, their favorite games, and much, much more. This is an awesome sho...
1hr 34m Feb 01, 2016
1hr 34m
Episode 110: Dynamite Buckets
Jeff and Christian welcome Rich Grisham from the Press Row podcast and hitthepass.com to the show this week to discuss Her Story 2, new Zelda Amiibos, Nintendo NX rumors, The Witness spoilers, and more! In the Playlist, the guys talk Life is Strange, Mario Maker, Star Wars Battlefront, Fallout 4, Grow Home, and more! For Tabletop Time, Rich tries to deal with traffic in Rush Hour, and Jeff bu...
1hr 34m Jan 26, 2016
1hr 34m
Episode 109: Bought it... Not Gonna Play It
Jeff and Christian welcome the Community Manager for Armature Studio, Jason Heitman to the show to talk about their upcoming game, Dead Star. They also discuss ESPN starting dedicated eSports coverage, the upcoming Assassin's Creed Movie, The Division Beta, and more! In the Playlist, Jason has been playing Super Mario Maker and Rising Thunder, Christian is still working through Oxenfree, and ...
1hr 46m Jan 18, 2016
1hr 46m
Episode 108: Smitherhead Heads
Jeff and Christian welcome the co-founder of Night School Studio, Sean Krankel, whose game Oxenfree releases on Xbox One and Steam this Friday. They talk about the Oculus Rift pre-order price, David Brevik leaving Gazillion, the new products from Razor that may revolutionize PC gaming, Awesome Games Done Quick, and more! In the Playlist, the guys discuss Oxenfree, Disney Infinity 3.0, You Must...
1hr 45m Jan 12, 2016
1hr 45m
Episode 107: Games of 2016 - BOLD and CRAZY Predictions!
Jeff and Christian celebrate the show's second anniversary and kick off the beginning of the third year of DLC by looking back and looking forward. As is the DLC tradition, Jeff and Christian hold their own feet to the fire by revisiting their 2015 predictions to see what was right and was was wrong. Then it is time to get excited about all the great games coming in 2016! The guys pick their fa...
1hr 43m Jan 04, 2016
1hr 43m
Episode 106: (Favorite) Game of the Year 2015!
Jeff and Christian welcome Ben Hansen and Tim Turi from Game Informer to the show to help them work through their top 5 lists of Games of the Year. Is it possible for Jeff and Christian to come to a consensus about the absolute BEST GAME OF 2015? The episode starts with a rundown of the biggest trends and most important news stories of the year, then the guys talk about all of the very best ga...
1hr 45m Dec 28, 2015
1hr 45m
Episode 105: Stocking Stuffer
Jeff and Christian are off for Christmas week, but couldn't resist discussing a couple of quick stories before they go, including the impact of Star Wars in gaming and Hideo Kojima's new deal with Sony. Jeff and Christian wish you the absolute best for the holidays and hope you enjoy this tiny episode to tide you over to next week's epic GOTY discussion.
18m Dec 21, 2015
18m
Episode 104: No Rave Problems
Jeff and Christian welcome Alexa Ray Corriea from Gamespot.com to the show this week to talk about Oculus coming with Eve: Valkyrie, EA forming an esports division, the System Shock 3 announcement, Steam accounts being hijacked, and more! For the Playlist, Alexa Ray has been playing Final Fantasy 7 and a new Ace Attorney in Japanese, Christian is rocking multiplayer in Uncharted 4 beta, Splato...
1hr 35m Dec 14, 2015
1hr 35m
Episode 103: The Meat Circus
Jeff and Christian welcome Russ Pitts from takethis.org to the show this week to discuss the massive amount of news that came out of both The Game Awards and the Playstation Experience. Game announcements, VR, and more! In the Playlist, they discuss Uncharted 4 multiplayer, Fallout 4, Just Cause 3, Rainbow Six: Siege, and more! For Tabletop Time, Jeff goes crazy for one of the best games of t...
1hr 43m Dec 07, 2015
1hr 43m
Episode 102: Wanna Ruin a Memory?
Jeff and Christian welcome Chris Watters from Gamespot.com back to the show this week to talk about his book The Gamer's Bucket List: 50 Video Games To Play Before You Die, which can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gamers-Bucket-List-Before/dp/1633531317 The guys also discuss Black Friday trends and the Avengers FPS that never was. In the Playlist, there's discussion of Fallout 4...
1hr 30m Dec 01, 2015
1hr 30m
Episode 101: Go Home, Superdata, You're Drunk
Jeff and Christian welcome Steve Tilley from the Toronto Sun and EP Daily to the show this week to debate the sales prospects of VR, the state of gaming journalism, the Payday 2 dev apology, and more! For the Playlist, the guys discuss Star Wars Battlefront. Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout 4, Rocket League, Guild of Dungeoneering, and more! For Tabletop Time, Steve remembers his Steve Jackso...
1hr 49m Nov 23, 2015
1hr 49m
Episode 100: Downloadable Centennial
Jeff and Christian welcome Julian Murdoch from the Gamers With Job Conference Call podcast to the show this week to discuss Fallout 4's amazing week, Nintendo's Zelda announcements, the Game Awards nominees and more! In the Playlist, there's lots more Fallout 4 discussion and debate, Rise of the Tomb Raider love, Star Wars Battlefield insight, COD Black Ops 3 enjoyment. Plus Julian discusses D...
1hr 44m Nov 16, 2015
1hr 44m
Episode 99: Fallout over Fallout 4
Jeff and Christian welcome Scott Johnson from Frogpants Studios to the show this week to talk about Blizzcon announcements, Activision's new movie studio, Xbox One backwards compatibility list, and more! Then it is FALLOUT FALLOUT FALLOUT as Jeff and Christian debate their time in Fallout 4 over the last week. Christian also talks Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and Scott discusses Overwatch and Rebe...
1hr 48m Nov 09, 2015
1hr 48m
Episode 98: Vomiting Out Of Your Eye Holes
Jeff and Christian welcome Ify Nwadiwe from Geek and Sundry to the show this week to discuss all the news from Paris Games Week, including debuts of Boundless, Wild, Dreams, Detroit, and the Uncharted 4 multiplayer, as well as a release date for No Man's Sky, and Nintendo's first cell phone game. In the Playlist, the guys discuss the Overwatch Beta,Halo 5, Darksiders 2: Deathfinitive Edition, ...
1hr 36m Nov 02, 2015
1hr 36m
Episode 97: Jingle This!
Jeff and Christian welcome Phil Kollar from Polygon.com back to the show this week to talk about PayDay 2's bungled micro transactions, Destiny's bungled launch, Sony's bungled Vita, and much more! The Playlist is huge this week, as Phil discusses Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, Jeff finishes the Halo 5 campaign, and Christian roll around in Yoshi's Wooly World. ...
2hr Oct 26, 2015
2hr
Episode 96: Dindustry Leading Chips
Jeff and Christian welcome Aaron Morales from EW.com back to the show to discuss the PS4 price cut, Nintendo NX rumors, the NES turning 30, Kinect use, and much more. In the Playlist, Jeff and Aaron have been playing Halo 5, Aaron enjoys Yoshi's Wooly World and Forza 6 with a wheel, and Christian experiences Minecraft Story Mode and thinks Nathan Drake is a jerk. For Tabletop Time, Jeff descr...
1hr 37m Oct 19, 2015
1hr 37m
Episode 95: Combat Dance
Jeff and Christian Welcome Zach Lowery from BossKey Productions to the show this week to talk about Far Cry Primal, Back to the Future DLC in Rocket League, CoD: Black Ops 3 campaign unlocks, and more! In the Playlist, everybody has been playing Star Wars Battlefront Beta, plus discussion of Rocket League, Rock Band 4, Mario Maker, Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection, Transformaers Devastation,...
1hr 36m Oct 12, 2015
1hr 36m
Episode 94: No Man's Face
Jeff and Christian welcome Kahlief Adams from the Spawn on Me podcast back to the show this week to talk about Gamestop's belief in discs, No Man's Sky on Colbert, Kickstarter controversy for Star Citizen and Shenmue 3, Deus Ex cancelling its pre-order augmentation, and more! For the Playlist, Kahlief is impressed with NBA2k16's story mode and is still taken with the Taken King, Christian is e...
1hr 42m Oct 05, 2015
1hr 42m
Episode 93: Destiny and Chill
Jeff and Christian welcome Chris Bergman from Chore Monster to the show this week to talk about Oculus Connect 2 announcements, a possible VO actor's strike, no successor for the Vita, and more! For The Playlist, everyone is back playing Destiny, Chris playing Rocket League and Rivals of Aether, Christian still loves Shovel Knight, and Jeff has face-on with Land's End and Narcosis in VR, as we...
1hr 41m Sep 28, 2015
1hr 41m
Episode 92: Outside the Box
Jeff and Christian welcome Danny O'Dwyer from Gamespot.com to the show this week to talk about the Tokyo Game Show, Konami stopping AAA game production, Star Fox Zero delayed, Shenmue 3 returning to Kickstarter, and more! In the Playlist, the guys discuss Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Soma, Rocket League, Shovel Knight's Plague Knight DLC, Pro Evo Soccer, the Heroes of the Storm Americ...
1hr 39m Sep 21, 2015
1hr 39m
Episode 91: Knick-knacks for Your Paddy-Wagon
Jeff and Christian welcome Chris Watter from Gamespot to the show this week to talk about announcements of Pokemon Go, Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void, the new President of Nintendo, and a settlement against a delinquent Kickstarter. In the Playlist, there is lots more Metal Gear Solid V discussion, as well as Mad Max, Rocket League, Lara Croft GO, Armello, Geometry War 3, Crastle Crashers Rem...
1hr 36m Sep 14, 2015
1hr 36m
Episode 90: Hall o' Shadows
Jeff and Christian welcome Gamerant.com (http://gamerant.com) editor and writer Anthony Taormina back to the show to talk about Apple's upcoming TV "console", Pikmin 4 being "almost done", Bungie's settlement with Marty O'Donnell, and Ubisoft's Malaysian theme park, and more! In the Playlist, the guys all hash out their feeling for the biggest release of the week, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phant...
1hr 37m Sep 08, 2015
1hr 37m
Episode 89: LIVE from PAX 2015: Hyper-real Plastic Bottles
This special episode was recorded in front of a LIVE audience at PAX 2015! Jeff and Christian reunite with their old Weekend Confirmed buddies, Garnett Lee and Andrea Rene, to talk about all of the news coming out of PAX, including the announcement of Lawbreakers, the Shovel Knight Amiibo, the Divinity 2 Kickstarter, and much more. In the Playlist, they all discuss their favorites from the PAX...
1hr 28m Aug 31, 2015
1hr 28m
Episode 88: I Laugh When I'm Uncomfortable
Jeff and Christian welcome France's own Patrick Beja to the show, from Pixels, the Instance, and Daily Tech News Show podcasts, to talk about Hearthstone potentially getting co-op, MGSV's early hype, the Taken King's revamped XP system, Mario Maker's best per-release levels, and more. For the Playlist, Patrick has been playing lots of Destiny and Hearthstone, Christian tried the COD: Black Ops...
1hr 40m Aug 24, 2015
1hr 40m
Episode 87: A Very Special Episode with Greg Miller
Jeff is away on vacation, so this special episode was recorded in advance. Friend of the show Greg Miller from Kinda Funny stops by to chat with Jeff and Christian about games he loved growing up, and where the industry is today. Fueled by listener questions, the guys delve into what makes Metal Gear such a popular franchise, game genres that they like and don't like, ways to improve console UI...
1hr 36m Aug 17, 2015
1hr 36m
Episode 86: A Game of Shooty-Shoot
Jeff and Christian welcome their old buddy from the Weekend Confirmed days, Indie Jeff Mattas to the show for the first time to talk about all of the big news from Gamescom 2015, including the Mafia 3 trailer, Microsoft's press conference with Scalebound, Quantum Break, and Crackdown 3, Blizzard's new expansion for World of Warcraft, Star Wars Battlefront Fighter Squadron mode, and much more! ...
1hr 41m Aug 10, 2015
1hr 41m
Episode 85: Love's Great, but so's Lunch
Jeff and Christian welcome the Community Manager for The Odd Gentlemen, Nikole Zivalich to the show this week to talk about Gears of War backwards compatibility, Summer Games Done Quick raising $1.2 million, playing Iron Man in GTA, Windows 10's release, and more! In the Playlist, everyone discusses the new King's Quest, Christian gets ont he 3D bandwagon with Streets of Rage for 3DS, and Jeff...
1hr 39m Aug 03, 2015
1hr 39m
Episode 84: Fantasy vs Sci Fi
Jeff and Christian welcome freelance writer Gita Jackson from the Match3 podcast to the show this week to talk about the new Hearthstone expansion, The Grand Tournament, the debut of Doom multiplayer, a patch for a 10 year old game, Summer Games Done Quick, the ESL adopting drug testing, and more! In the Playlist, Gita is playing Love Live, Christian loves Not a Hero, and Jeff confesses his Ba...
1hr 39m Jul 27, 2015
1hr 39m
Episode 83: Real Now-Time Fun
Jeff and Christian welcome Jeff Green, of Computer Gaming World, 1up, and GFW Radio fame to the show this week to talk about all the highs and lows of EVO 2015, Shenmue and Star Citizen's crowdfunding challenges, Odin Sphere's remake, and more. In the Playlist, everyone is talking about Rocket League, Jeff Green is still hooked on Hearthstone and has been trying Oculus Rift demos, Christian co...
1hr 39m Jul 20, 2015
1hr 39m
Episode 82: Do Honor to the Lore
Jeff and Christian welcome Anrea Rene from Gamestop and Gametrailers back to the show this week to remember Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and talk about the delay of Batgirl DLC, Marvel's plans for AAA games, the Transformers Devastation trailer, Jade Raymond's new studio and more. In the Playlist, Andrea and Christian talk about getting stuck and unstuck in Arkham Knight, and Andrea explain...
1hr 42m Jul 13, 2015
1hr 42m
Episode 81: Dog Food Sounds
Jeff and Christian welcome the Senior Sound Designer at Naughty Dog, Robert Krekel, to the show this week to talk about creating sound in video games, Nintendo's NX hitting next year, a potential Superman game, the 2015 Spiel Des Jahres winners, and Final Fantasy 14's Mac woes. In the Playlist, Rob and Christian discuss Arkham Knights, and story in general, while Jeff describes the new Eternal...
1hr 29m Jul 06, 2015
1hr 29m
Episode 80: Cannons Aren't Canon
Jeff and Christian welcome the Cheap Ass Gamer himself, CheapyD David Abrams to the show to talk about Arkham Knight's embarrassing PC launch, Destiny's embarrassing DLC pricing, and Uncharted 4's full E3 demo debut. In the Playlist, it is in depth Batman talk, as all of the guys share their experience playing the newest effort from Rocksteady Games. Plus, Jeff raves about his time with Her St...
1hr 43m Jun 29, 2015
1hr 43m
Episode 79: E3 2015 Part 2: Is it really, though?
Jeff and Christian welcome Ben Silverman from Yahoo Games back to the show for a very special E3 wrap up episode. The guys start with a sneak peak of Batman Arkham Knights, and then launch into a discussion of the most impressive games of the show, including No Man's Sky, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Street Fight V, Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted 4, Halo 5, Cuphead, Wattam, and much much more. Plus, t...
1hr 44m Jun 22, 2015
1hr 44m
Episode 78: E3 2015 Part 1
Jeff and Christian welcome Xav De Matos back to the show for a very special DLC from E3 2015! The guys run down all of the major press conferences from Microsoft and Sony, to Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, and Bethesda with excitement for the biggest games and surprises of the convention as well controversial opinions galore! Don't miss this episode! Sponsored by lynda (http://lynda.com/dlc) (Visit th...
2hr 16m Jun 17, 2015
2hr 16m
Episode 77: E3 Hype Train, All Aboard!
Jeff and Christian welcome their buddy Garnett Lee back to pocasting for this very special E3 predictions edition of DLC! The guys discuss the Fallout 4 trailer, the Dark Souls 3 leak, Amazon's ambitious PC game, Hearthstone getting real money skins, and more. Then the E3 Hype Train takes off, as the guys run down what to expect fcrom Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, as well as their anticipated...
1hr 47m Jun 08, 2015
1hr 47m
Episode 76: I Blame the Internet
Jeff and Christian welcome the AnnoyedGamer himself, Marcus Beer to the show this week to cheer EA adding females to FIFA, rant about Ultra Street Fighter 4 not working, debate the hype train starting up for XCOM 2, rail against 5,000 more attendees to E3 this year, and more! In the Playlist, Marcus has been playing Witcher 3 and Marvel Heroes 2015, Chrisitan finally got into Witcher 3 himself...
1hr 44m Jun 02, 2015
1hr 44m
Episode 75: Need For Reboot
Jeff and Christian welcome Andrew Reiner, the executive editor at Game Informer Magazine to the show this week to discuss a new lawsuit for the Oculus founder, Ultra Street Fighter 4 compatibility, League of Legends' immediate banner policy, Microsoft and Sony's E3 press conference plans, a new Need For Speed, and Star Citizen. In the Playlist, Andrew described his frustrations with the Witche...
1hr 46m May 26, 2015
1hr 46m
Episode 74: Mood
Jeff and Christian welcome writer, director, and comedian J.D. Amato to the show this week to discuss the Oculus Rift's PC requirements, The Division being delayed, Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition, the new Doom reveal, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, bricked Xbox Ones, and much more! In the Playlist, Jeff has started playing The Witcher 3 on PS4, J.D. loves Hearthstone and Don't Starve Tog...
1hr 45m May 18, 2015
1hr 45m
Episode 73: We're Not Talking About That
Jeff and Christian welcome Jaycie Gluck, Gillyweed herself, from Starcraft Craftstars, Table Flippin' Board Games, and much, much more to the show to talk about Kael Thas in HotS, Bloodstains: Ritual of the Night, Oculus' release date, Nintendo theme park rides, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 screen shots, Lego Dimensions getting all the IP, and more! In the Playlist, Jaycie talks about getting into H...
1hr 40m May 11, 2015
1hr 40m
Episode 72: Play as a Lightsaber
Jeff and Christian welcome Xav De Matos back to the show to start up that E3 hype train with news of a PC centric press conference, a new game announcement from Rare, teases of Mass Effect 4, and more. Plus, current news of Arkham Knight's $40 DLC season pass, Yooka-Laylee tearing up Kickstarter, and MS-DOS games formerly playable inside tweets. In the Playlist, Christian finishs Arkham Origin...
1hr 42m May 04, 2015
1hr 42m