Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchClothes Make the Character with Aiden Strawhun
Episode 620
Plenty of games let you change your character's clothes, but in how many does it really matter, from a gameplay standpoint? At least five, which we…
1 year, 3 months ago
Games Set (But Not Made) In Japan
Episode 619
Assassin's Creed Shadows is out, and we've got IGN's reviewer - friend of the show Jarrett Green - on to talk about Ubi's massive open-world shinobi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Not-Quite-Marios
Episode 618
We just passed Mar10 Day this week, and that got us thinking about all the times console makers have thought, "Hey! What if WE had a cute, highly ma…
1 year, 3 months ago
Patent-Protected Features
Episode 617
Ever wonder why so few games include features like, say, Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system, or minigames you can play during loading events? It's be…
1 year, 3 months ago
Problematic Stars
Episode 616
Landing a celebrity to star in your game is usually a huge deal - but like a lot of things, celebrities can go bad over time, turning their games in…
1 year, 4 months ago
Spiritual Successors (By the Original Creators)
Episode 615
With Avowed's launch casting a spotlight on Obsidian this week, we got to thinking about the studio's unique trajectory, and so Trone Dowd — who rev…
1 year, 4 months ago
Get the Cables! with Welcome to the Thing
Episode 614
Mikel's away this week, so Matt and Chris (with accompanying soundboard) invited the Welcome to the Thing crew to break format a bit with a top 5 th…
1 year, 4 months ago
Clap if You Believe in Heroes with TL Foster
Episode 613
Hero-ing can be a thankless business (apart from all the improbable material rewards for rescuing hapless villagers or whatever), so it's uplifting …
1 year, 4 months ago
Angriest Heroes with Jesse Cox
Episode 612
Sometimes it's really empowering to embody a pissed-off rage junkie, the kind of human chainsaw who can charge wildly into every confrontation and …
1 year, 5 months ago
Origins Oranges Oregons
Episode 611
Last week's release of Dynasty Warriors Origins inspired us to spend this episode looking at five of the best games to bear one of the industry's m…
1 year, 5 months ago