Jeff and Christian welcome game critic, Veerender Singh Jubbal back to the show this week to discuss a huge recasting on the God of War TV show, the on-going physical media debate from Nintendo's perspective, and GTA VI debuting its next trailer exclusively on Netflix.

The Playlist:
Veerender: Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, Pokemon Unite, Pokemon Go, Pokemon Pocket TCG, Fairy Tail Dungeons, Slime Heroes, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World
Christian: Quake The Dawn of the Machine
Jeff: Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, Big Walk, Gears of War E-Day Horde Mode Beta

Parting Gifts!

Jeff and Christian welcome Zack Zwiezen from Kotaku to the show this week to discuss the pushback against Sony on physical discs, the four pillars of the new XBOX strategy, the Game Industry Hardship Bundle, and more!

The Playlist:
Zack: GTA Online / Splatoon Raiders
Christian: Hitman: Absolution
Jeff: Halo: Campaign Evolved

Tabletop Time:
Zack: DND online
Jeff: Alice is Missing

Parting Gifts!!

Jeff and Christian welcome Sean Capri from Carpool Gaming to the show this week to discuss an early '27 release for God of War Laufey, a delay for Tomb Raider into the "no physical media" zone, and ten Atari classics that could become movies.

The Playlist:

Sean: Pragmata, Splatoon Raiders, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced 
Christian: Splatoon Raiders 
Jeff: Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, Slumber Realm

Parting Gifts!

Christian welcomes Jordan Epstein and Phillipe Bosher the show this week to discuss more Fallout games getting announced, a casting change for Amazon's God of War TV show, the Call of Duty movie teaser, and more

The Playlist:
Jordan: 007: First Light; Palworld 1.0; Fire Emblem Awakening; Mixtape

Phillipe: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Trauma Center: Under the Knife; Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Christian: Denshattack!

Parting Gifts!

Jeff and Christian welcome Brendon Bigley from Into the Aether back to the show this week to discuss the "most significant restructure in Xbox history", Sony first party games declaring their physical disc status, and Lego potentially doing another arcade cabinet set.

The Playlist:
Brendon: Wax Heads, Backyard Baseball 2026, Meccha Chameleon
Christian: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Jeff: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

Parting Gifts!

Jeff and Christian welcome Steve Watts from Gamespot to the show this week to discuss the ramifications of Sony ending support for physical media on Playstation, the latest Games Done Quick feats, and the outcome of the legal battle over Subnautica 2.

The Playlist:
Steve: Splatoon Raiders, Rhythm Heaven Groove, Dave the Diver: In the Jungle, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
Christian: Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Jeff: Geometry Dash

Parting Gifts!

Jeff and Christian welcome Youtuber Jakejames Lugo back to the show this week to discuss the strike at Quantum Dream, a 28-year old mystery in Resident Evil 2, and lots of chaos around the industry, including GTA 6's price and details, another price increase for the Xbox, more layoff, and abysmal hardware sales for May.

The Playlist:

Jakejames: Star Fox on Switch 2, 007 First Light , LEGO Batman LOTDK
Christian: Forza Horizon 6, Star Fox 64, Star Fox (2026)
Jeff: Dark Scrolls

Parting Gifts!

Jeff welcomes Adam Leonhardt from Mega Dads and Anthony Taormina from Gamerant to discuss Xbox studios coming under the axe, Grand Theft Auto 6's pre-order price, and all the AI going into the next version of the Unreal Engine.

The Playlist:

Adam: 007 First Light, Dave the Diver

Anthony: Destiny 2 RIP, Pokemon GO, Control Resonant

Jeff: Steam Next Fest: Echoes of Mystralia, Ascenders Beyond the Peak, Blood Dungeon, Grass Chopper and Don’t Stop the Pop, Order of the Sinking Star, Furyball Rogue Revenge

Parting Gifts!

This is the episode that almost didn't happen! Power outages, guests dropping, and technical maelstrom... yet despite it all, Jeff and Christian give you their takes on Nintendo's latest Direct, 30 minutes of Fable gameplay, Xbox's dire straits, and more!

The Playlist:

Christian: Star Fox Switch 2 demo; 007 First Light
Jeff: As We Descend, Lost Castle 2

Parting Gifts!!

It's that time of year again! Jeff, Christian, and Lana run down all of the huge announcements from the biggest week in video games!

Sony State of Play, Summer Games Fest, and Xbox Showcase! Which games hit the top of our lists?

Jeff and Christian welcome Zach Barbieri from Pixel Byte to the show this week to discuss XBOX delaying Fable, Infinity Ward's big reveal of Modern Warfare 4, a huge price hike for Steam Deck, and more!

The Playlist:

Zach: Mina The Hollower, 007: First Light, inKonbini, Coffee Talk Tokyo, Planet Zoo, Tales of Arise (NS2)

Christian: 007 First Light

Jeff: 007:First Light, Froggy Hates Snow, Mina the Hollower

Parting Gifts!