We kick things off by talking about PAX East (which Steph and Pat are attending) and Midwest Gaming Classic (which Stoy is attending) this month! After that we talk about Lance Reddick, Final Fantasy XVI's upcoming runtime, and are $70 Nintendo games worth the price tag? Steph plays Tchia, Pat plays Bayonetta Origins and Romancelvania, and Stoy plays the original Resident Evil 4 and spoils the hell out of the Forspoken ending. Here's what's coming out this week: Postal 4: No Regerts (PS4, PS5) 3/21 Tchia (PC, PS4, PS5) 3/21 The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution ( PC, PS2VR) 3/21 Not for Broadcast (PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 3/23 Omen of Sorrow (PS5, NS) 3/23 Rakuen (NS) 3/23 Atelier Rysa 3: Alchemist of the End & The Secret Key (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) 3/24 Resident Evil 4 Remake (PC, PS4, PS5, XBX) 3/24 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi!  Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Today we try to make up video games based off of three random video game genres, generated by a small box in Steph’s hands. Before that, we talk about games we’ve been playing like Dead Cells, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Wo Long Fallen Dynasty, and Dead Space. Man, some of the games we come up with are wild, like a FPS Waifu game…. Here’s what’s coming out this week: Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 3/6Romancelvania (PC, PS5, XBX) 3/7Oni: Road to be the Mightiest Oni (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) 3/8Figment 2: Creed Valley (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 3/9Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 3/9Metroid Fusion (NS) 3/9DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 3/10 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Stoy opens up about the comments he’s gotten about his article “Video Games Aren’t Art”, and explains a bit more about where the article is coming from. Read the article here. Other than that, the gang talks about that mediocre Sony State of Play, our worry about Suicide Squad, Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid 3 potentially making appearances at E3 this year, and Shinji Mikami leaving Tango Gameworks. Steph plays Dead Cells, and Metroid Prime Remastered, Pat goes all in on Like a Dragon: Ishin and all its weirdness, as well as Octopath Traveler II, and Stoy tells you to go back to Chrono Cross Remastered now, they fixed it! As well as Atomic Heart and Deliver Us Mars. Here’s what’s coming out this week: Destiny 2: Lightfall (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 2/28Scars Above (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 2/28Brok the Investigator (PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 3/1Bendy and the Dark Revival (PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 3/1Powerwash Simulator DLC : FF7 Midgard (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 3/2Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 3/3 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Stoy, Steph and Pat get together on a fine Sunday afternoon to talk about the Tetris trailer, and what video game locale would they LOVE to powerwash. Not to mention talking about have they ever called in sick to work to play a video game. Besides that, Steph gets on Nintendo Switch Online to play Legend of Zelda Minish Cap, and continues in Hogwarts Legacy alongside Pat and Stoy, and Pat beats Fire Emblem Engage and Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line, and Stoy tells you why they hell Wanted: Dead is so good it's bad, and why it's so bad that it's amazing.  Here's what's coming out this week. Watch your wallets: Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 2/21Atomic Heart (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 2/21PSVR 2 and all the games 2/22Metroid Prime Remastered (NS) 2/22Sons of the Forest (PC) 2/23Octopath Traveler 2 (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) 2/24Clive’ N Wrench (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) 2/24Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (NS) 2/24Kerbal Space Program 2 (PC) 2/24  We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Steph, Pat and Stoy talk about Hogwarts Houses to kick off this week's episode. After that we discuss everything announces at the Nintendo Direct from February, and the Witcher 3 having accidental vaginas in it. Oops. Pat, Steph and Stoy talk about their time and experiences with Hogwarts Legacy, as well as talking about the Sea of Stars demo for the Switch, and Metroid Prime Remastered. Enjoy the episode! Here's what's coming out this week: Blanc (PC, NS) 2/14Wanted: Dead (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 2/14Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (PC, PS5, XBX) 2/14Threatrhythm: Final Bar Line (PS4, NS) 2/14Cities: Skylines (PS5, XBX) 2/15Wild Hearts (PC, PS5, XBX) 2/16Rise of the Fox Hero (PC, NS, XB, XBX) 2/17Tales of Symphonia Remastered (PS4, NS, XB) 2/17 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

A gentle reminder at the start that words don't hurt as much as you'd think them to! Anyway, we kick things off talking about the controversy surrounding the upcoming "video game" The Day Before, and whether it's real or not, and what's coming up for E3 and what's being announced for the DC Universe over the next few years by James Gunn. Stephanie is still knocking out The Last of Us and prepping herself for DeadSpace by watching a let's play, and Stoy still enjoys Forspoken, all the while jumping into Deliver Us The Moon, and Goldeneye for the Xbox.  Here's what's coming out this week! Bumblebee: Little Bee Adventure (PC, NS, XB, XBX) 2/10Hogwarts Legacy (PC, PS5, XBX) 2/10Repentant (XB, XBX) 2/10Looking for Aliens ( XB, XBX) 2/10 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Anyway, we got a great episode today, and we start by talking about our thoughts on the internet trying to bully people into not buying Hogwarts Legacy, which isn't far really. Besides that, we talk about the Microsoft Developer Direct Showcase, Xbox's new "carbon aware" power saving mode, and more! Steph plays The Last of Us, Pat plays Lonesome Village, A Space For The Unbound, Dead Space, and Hi-Fi Rush, and Stoy (also playing Dead Space and Hi-Fi Rush) gives his honest take on Forspoken, and why he really likes it.  Here's what's coming out this week! Powerwash Simulator (& Tomb Raider DLC) (PS4, PS5, NS) 1/30Season: Letter to the Future (PC, PS4, PS5) 1/31Spongebob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake (PC, PS4, NS, XB) 1/31Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (iOS, Android) 1/31Fashion Police Squad (PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 2/2Deliver Us Mars (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 2/2The Pathless (NS, XB, XBX) 2/2 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Pat loves RPGs, and he brought on Emily (Orbalology) to the podcast to try and convince Stoy and Stephanie on what RPGs they need to play, and which ones they would be most interested in according to their play styles and interests. We start our episode off with a short interview with Emily, a cool show and tell with some of our pick ups, and then dive into what games we've been playing, like Lonesome Village, Fire Emblem Engage, A Space For The Unbound, and Haunting Ground for the PS2. Our main topic revolves around talking about RPG franchises like Xeonblade Chronicles, Atelier, Final Fantasy, Trails of series, and many MANY more. It's an educational episode, especially if you're interested in diving into RPGs but don't know where to start.  Follow Emily on YouTube and Twitter! Here's what's coming out this week: Forspoken (PC, PS5) 1/24Clunky Hero (Linux, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 1/25Startup Company Console Edition (PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 1/26Dead Space (2023) (PC, PS5, XBX) 1/27 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Pat, Steph and Stoy reconvene to talk about all the games they've beaten recently, as well as diving into some new ones like Ghost Song, ExZodiac, Lonesome Village, Eastward, Sports Story, FFVII Crisis Core, Vengeful Guardian Moonrider, and Plague Tale Requiem. We wrap up the show with our bold 2023 predictions for video games. Find out which one thinks Xbox is going to release a handheld system this year, or who thinks the Microsoft/Activision merger will go through!  Here's what's coming out this week: Persona 3 Portable (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 1/19Persona 4 Golden (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 1/19A Space for the Unbound (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 1/19Creature Lab (PC) 1/19Neverawake (PS4, PS5, NS) 1/19Monster Hunter Rise (PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 1/20Fire Emblem Engage (NS) 1/20 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

We brought back some special people for this episode! Josh and Dan are back and join Stoy, Steph and Pat to share their best games of 2022. We give awards to categories like Best Action/Adventure, Best Worst Game, Best Tool/Nerd, Game of the Year, and many MANY more categories, and fight over who wins. Not only do we share our choices, we also share the picks from our team at the Boss Rush Network! Welcome to 2023 everyone, this is gonna be a big year for video games. Hopefully. We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Do you want to hear the timeless tale on how Kirby fought xenomorphs, necromorphs, found himself a maiden, and rode on the back of a motorcycle in order to save Christmas? Well, sit down by the ol yule log and roast a fire up, and drink some egg nog or whatever you want and have a look and listen to this story about Kirby, the boy wonder who saved Christmas. Leron, Steph, Pat and Stoy whip up a tale like buttermilk, so enjoy! See you all in 2023!  We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Short episode, and one of our last episodes of 2022, Stoy, Pat and Steph are joined by Leron from The Cross Roads Podcast, a podcast within the Boss Rush Network of podcasts! All we really talk about in this episode are the Final Fantasy XVI collectors editions, preordering the Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remasters, and playing games like Pokémon, High on Life, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, Callisto Protocol, and River City Girls 2. Enjoy the episode! We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Stoy, Steph and Pat start about debating what a shacket is. Weird. Other than that, we share news stories like the FTC suing over the Microsoft/Activision merger, Yuji Naka getting arrested AGAIN, and everything that happened at the game awards; the announcements, the winners, the stars and the duds. Steph plays more Pokémon Scarlet and Choo Choo Charles, Pat plays some Dragon Quest Treasures, Chained Echoes, and his impressions of the Forspoken demo, while Stoy talks about Gungrave G.O.R.E and the anime Dragon Age: Absolution.  Here's what's coming out this week! Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 12/13Gris (PS5, XBX) 12/13Neon White (PS4, PS5) 12/13High on Life (PC, XB, XBX) 12/13The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition (PS5, XBX) 12/14Blacktail: A Witch’s Fate (PC, PS5, XBX) 12/15River City Girls 2 (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 12/15Grime (PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 12/15Aka (PC, NS) 12/15My Hotel (PC) 12/15 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Stephanie wrote an editorial recently about Princess Peach maybe getting her time in the lime light with the new Super Mario Bros movie, and why we haven't seen more of her in the past. The three of us talk about what we want to her more in, what kind of game she should have, her history and the history of female roles in video games. We get deep with this one bro.  Here's the article: https://bossrush.net/2022/12/03/has-nintendo-finally-done-right-by-princess-peach-in-the-super-mario-bros-movie/  We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

The trio are back to talk about that survey we put up last week, and BOY do we have some interesting answers, and not in the organized and productive way. Otherwise, we share our hype of the new Super Mario Bros movie trailer, the Last of Us series trailer, and talk about games like God of War (Steph finally plays it), Pokemon Scarlet, Soccer Story, Front Mission Remake, Callisto Protocol and NFS Unbound. Enjoy the episode! If you're honest, fill out our survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGntAZRGpM0L7wcLbKMJnW276ALwvXJZ0ShFOwnXioaw_n_w/viewform  Here's what's coming out this week: Divine Knockout (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 12/6Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 12/6Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Wave 3 (NS) 12/7Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (XB, XBX) 12/7Terror of Hemasaurus (PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) VariousChained Echoes (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 12/8Samurai Maiden (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) 12/8The Rumble Fish 2 (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 12/8Dragon Quest Treasures (NS) 12/9Choo-Choo Charles (PC) 12/9 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Be sure to fill out our survey and let us know how we're doing, and offer us your open and honest suggestions about how we're doing. You'll get a chance to win a $20 gift card if you fill it out by 12/14/2022. Survey is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGntAZRGpM0L7wcLbKMJnW276ALwvXJZ0ShFOwnXioaw_n_w/viewform?usp=sf_link  The trio talks about how to order a McFlurry at McDonalds without being judged, and Stoy tries to explain the World Cup like you're five. Besides that, we talk about how players are getting refunds for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Callisto Protocol getting some content like death scenes locked behind a season pass, the Microsoft/Activision merger is in trouble, and a Kid Icarus: Uprising port maybe. Stephanie plays Legend of Tianding, and Pokémon Scarlet. Pat plays Evil West, and Stoy plays Signalis and JoJo Siwa Worldwide Party. Yes, that's correct.  Here's what's coming out this week!: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (PC) 11/28The Knight Witch (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 11/29 Steam Deck VerifiedSoccer Story (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 11/29Front Mission 1st: Remake (NS) 11/30Warhammer 40K: Darktide (PC) 11/30Sword of the Vagrant (PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 11/30Excavator Simulator (PC) 12/1The Callisto Protocol (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 12/2Marvel’s Midnight Suns (PC, PS5, XBX) 12/2Need for Speed: Unbound (PC, PS5, XBX) 12/2 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Steph, Pat and Stoy dissect most everything that was revealed for the Video Game Awards happening this December 8th. We go through most of the categories and share discussions. Besides that we talk about Pokémon Scarlet, Finding Paradise, Sonic Fronters, Somerville, and Pentiment.  Here's what's coming out this week!: Reknum: Fantasy of Dreams (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 11/21Gungrave G.O.R.E. (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 11/22Evil West (PC, XB, XBX, PS4, PS5) 11/22Just Dance 2023 (XBX, NS, PS5) 11/22Primal Light (NS, XB, XBX) 11/24Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - Title Update 3 (PC, NS) 11/24Animal Shelter Simulator (XB, XBX) 11/25 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on their bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

What a title huh? Apologies for the technical difficulty in the beginning of the episode, a few things happened that caused us to lose 15 minutes of recording, so we start with the news RIGHT AWAY. We talk about the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Prince of Persia Remake canceling preorders, the Dragon Age anime coming soon, and the Mick Gordon/Doom Eternal OST fiasco that we just hope works itself out and we won't pick sides on. Anyway, besides that we played games like Procession to Calvary, God of War Ragnarök, Sonic Frontiers, and The Chant. Enjoy the episode!  Here's what's coming out this week: Somerville (PC, XB, XBX) 11/15Pentiment (PC, XB, XBX) 11/15Do Not Open (PC, PS5) 11/15Figment (XB, XBX) 11/16Goat Simulator 3 (PC, PS5, XBX) 11/17Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (NS) 11/18Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 11/18Finding Paradise (iOS, AND, NS) 11/18 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on their bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Steph is in the building with us today, recording this episode IN PERSON as she visits the crew in Milwaukee during Extra Life weekend. We talk about the PSVR2 price and release date, everything Kojima is working on, and not working on, and every bit of news about Final Fantasy 16 up to this point! Steph plays Procession to Calvary, Concrete Genie, and Mario + Rabbids, Pat plays Plague Tale Requiem, Yomawari, Harvestella and Star Ocean, and Stoy plays Gotham Knights, Resident Evil Village Shadow of Rose, Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, and Splinter Cell Blacklist. We end the episode talking about what we did at Extra Life, a charity event where a bunch of us sat around playing video games for 24 hours (not everyone made it that long!) and raising money for Children's Wisconsin. It was a great time, and we raised just over $3,000 as a team! Thanks to the guys at the Gaming Outsider for the support too!  Here's what's coming out this week: Sonic Frontiers (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 11/8Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising (PC, PS4, PS5, NS, XB, XBX) 11/8Sifu (NS) 11/8God of War Ragnarok (PS4, PS5) 11/9Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (PC, PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 11/10Kaiju Wars (PS4, PS5, XB, XBX) 11/10Tactics Ogre: Reborn (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) 11/11 We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on their bossrush.net, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.

Steph is going a bit crazy buying collectors editions for video games and she needs to talk about it. Today her and Stoy share some of their favorite collector's editions, and what they feel is worth dropping almost a couple hundred dollars for. Video games are expensive... We are part of the Boss Rush Network, a network of like minded podcasts and content creators. Follow them on their website, Twitter, and Discord. We have a room in the Discord, so come say hi! Where can you follow us?: Anchor  Facebook  Twitter Instagram YouTube Patreon Website Help us grow by leaving reviews and ratings on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Reason.