It's all Fallout, all of the time, unless it is still post-revolutionary war America and Chamberlain is still busting ghosts with a surprisingly effective sword and solid Scottish accent. Chance and Alex are both thousands of years past that, just not is the same place, with one in Fallout 4 and the other in New Vegas. You know which is which. Also…

Except for Brotherhood of Steel, but we won't talk about that. The Fallout love fest continues, with Chance and Alex making impassioned cases to Chamberlain that he should obtain a Prime subscription. He will not. He will instead continue on with the flawed but affable Banishers. Alex has deserted Dragons Dogma 2 for Fallout New Vegas (along with j…

Alex has fallen victim to Chance's hype over Dragons Dogma 2, purchased it, and proclaimed it 'ok.' Chance is appalled and is taking revenge by continuing to enjoy the game he was already enjoying, only now out of spite, which makes everything better. Alex has also declared the Fallout series worth your time and done so without the spoilers that Ch…

Chance has finished up Dragons Dogma 2 and immediately turned around and starting playing it again, something that not even Spider-Man 2 managed to illicit. It's that good. Alex started playing Citizen Sleeper, remember a better game, and finally finished I Was a Teenage Exocolonist instead. And Chamberlain played a bunch of little games while in r…

(yes, the title is an HTML joke based on the episode number, nerd) Alex continues to reject all things new in favor of games that run great on the Steam deck. This week it is Days Gone, that other open world zombie game. You know, the one with the bikers. Chamberlain was going to come prepared with a full game breakdown of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth…

Despite there being literally too many new games to play Alex has decided to dive way, way back into his backlog and sample a game he missed the first time around: Devil May Cry 2. He makes no promise of finishing it, but he did try to make Dante do things. Chance tries to enjoy Unicorn Overload, fails, and runs back to Elden Ring. And Chamberlain …

While not technically a holiday (at least in the western hemisphere) the release of a new Final Fantasy game is almost always cause for celebration. Or usually. Or sometimes. Okay, once in a while a good Final Fantasy game comes out. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is one of the good ones and Chamberlain is thrilled. Also this week, Alex puts an incredib…

You would never guess why, but two thirds of the podcast is playing Elden Ring again. Alex has joined the Balatro card cult, and he is playing Elden Ring. Chance continues to do his part to spread democracy throughout the known universe, and he is playing Elden Ring. And Chamberlain finished up Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, and he has never nor …

Important work is done this week. Chamberlain, Chance and Alex each pick their top four games OF ALL TIME. Each brings their own criteria for selection and no one names more than four games. No one at all. Also this week, Chamberlain continues to shill for Ubisoft, swearing up and down that Prince of Persia The Lost Crown is actually good. Alex fin…

Chance is doing his part, killing giant insects with democracy. He promises that it is exactly as good as you have heard. Alex crowns Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth one of the three best JRPGs he has ever played (without encouraging debate on what the other two are). And Chamberlain looks past the amazing environments of Avatar and finds that there …

In an unprecedented turn of events, all three of us play (relatively) new games! Alex in not skipping the cut scenes in Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, loving the good natured Japanese mafia and all the good that they do. Chance is mourning the tragedy that is Suicide Squad, specifically that it is only when you are pushing buttons that it gets bori…

It wasn't really a soulslike, but Chamberlain is still proud of himself for finishing The Last Faith. He is less proud of himself for buying Tekken 8, not because it was a bad game, but he is not looking forward to patching the drywall again. Chance finished The Last of Us Part II, and it is just as if not more emotionally draining as the first tim…

Chamberlain continues to play new(ish) things, finishing up El Paso, Elsewhere, a game everyone slept and missed out on, and The Last Faith, another overly difficult metroidvania. Chance plays a new version of something old, finding a new appreciation for The Last of Us 2. And Alex plays an older new version of something old, revisiting Persona 4 G…

What's indy as all get out, ugly as your favorite tiktok dog and a blatant homage to Max Payne? El Paso, Elsewhere, and Chamberlain is absolutely in love. Chance refuses to sully his eyes with games built of so few polygons so he is playing Baldur's Gate 3, again, and Cyberpunk 2033, again. And Alex lost his save file for Inscryption, then instead …

It's the first episode of the year! In which Chamberlain meets two games half way and enjoys them in spite of their obvious weaknesses. Chance buys Baldur's Gate III for the second time and starts a new character in Cyberpunk for the 100th and Alex does something absolutely unthinkable: he finishes an Assassin's Creed game.…

There is nothing left to do in 2023 but catch up on missed games and worry about how few games are slated for 2024. Chamberlain got into the Skull & Bones closed beta and can confirm that it is indeed a game that can be played. He also enjoyed the free Valhalla expansion to God of War Ragnarök more than expected and Super Mario Wonder about the cor…

Yes, this is another game of the year list show. Ours is better. Why? No sponsorships, no external money at all, and very few, if any, fucks given. No Keighley, no Kojima, Alan Wake 2 gets nothing and Spider-Man 2 does not get ignored. It is also less then half the length of the Game Awards, so much more respectful of your time.…

You heard us. (Recorded during the first hour of The Game Awards, so be prepared for random outbursts, mostly by Chamberlain) Different things satisfy different people. The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer more than sated Chance's and Alex's desire for open world, booty filled ultra-violence but Chamberlain was left out in the cold. Chamberlain finds hap…

With a week off there is much to talk about and unfortunately Alex is not here this week. Instead of making the world a better place, Chamberlain finished up Assassin's Creed Mirage, the first Ass Creed game in ages that had an actual ending. He also died an obscene number of times getting to the end of Ghostrunner 2, yet still says he had a good t…

Based on Chance's recommendation, Chamberlain watched one episode of Blue Eye Samurai. Alex watched all of it. You can predict how this discussion will go. This does not meet Chamberlain's complaint quota, so he also says a few choice things about Assassin's Creed Mirage. Chance travels far, far away, back into Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Alex frui…

This week, good Overwatch games stir Chance's creative juices, leaving time for little more than plays of the game and more Spider-Man 2. Chamberlain remembers that, once upon a time, he liked Star Trek, and he liked Telltale Games, and those past proclivities (on top of having nothing else to play) made Star Trek Resurgence inescapable. And Alex t…

There is a spider shaped hole in all of our hearts and the only thing that can fill it are spoilers. Spoilers of Spider-Man! GET ME SPOILERS OF SPIDER-MAN, PARKER! Ahem. Against their better judgement both Chance and Alex purchased Alen Wake II. While neither can understand the reviews, at least one of them is enjoying it enough to finish it. Chanc…

Spider-Man 2 is out, meaning that 2023 has officially peaked and it is all downhill from here. Everyone has played it, Chance and Alex have finished it, and Chamberlain took time out from the new AAA hotness to spite finish Blasphemous 2. Seriously, just go back and play the first one. Mild Spider-Spoilers throughout. Serious Spider-Spoilers next w…

Good news everyone! The soundalikes for Chamberlain and Chance have arrived and they are indistinguishable from the real thing. Without Alex here to defend it, Chance is able to lay into The Fall of the House of Usher, saying it is so slow a burn that it actually goes out before the end. He also returns to Hyperlight Drifter and Dead Space after su…

SEE! Chamberlain bounce off of another souls-like and then settle for a pale imitation of an excellent game! FEEL! Alex forget enough about Elden Ring to fall in love all over again, then mess up his build in the first 15 minutes! HEAR! Chance enjoying a Dairy Queen blizzard before disparaging Phantom Liberty and talking about a whole bunch of good…

It doesn't happen often. Chamberlain, Chance and Alex all consumed the same piece of media, at the same time, and feel roughly the same way about it. Castlevania Nocturne came out, and in a vacuum, it is quite good. Not as good as the first series, but still better than most of the other anime lurking in the dark corners of Netflix. Also this week,…

We missed a week, so prepare for a double episode! Or 1.5 times, whichever comes first. It is Starfield spoiler season. Chamberlain has yet to finish it, but has suffered through more than enough crashes to have something important to say. Alex has finished it, and started a new game plus, but has left the universe for the friendly confines of Dogt…

Chance is sick this week, something that can only be explained by him not playing Starfield. Alex is not sick because new game plus mode is so good the endorphins rushing through his system prevent infection (I assume this is a thing). Chamberlain is not sick because the hourly crashes of the console version have increased his cardiac fitness ten f…

There can be no excuse for what Alex has done. He paid to play a game, a big, important game, early. For shame. This was of course Starfield, a game that Chamberlain is also enjoying. A game that Chance is very much not enjoying, as he has chosen a very specific hill to die on and will not be purchasing it on PC, much less purchasing a new piece of…

Chamberlain and Chance have both at least sampled Armored Cored VI, and neither liked it, just for different reasons. Chamberlain's critique is limited to 'THE FIRST BOSS IS TOO HARD,' but have faith that Chance will have a more nuanced response. Chance has also finally had enough Baldur's Gate 3, as has Alex, who is attempting to not pay for Starf…

Once upon a time this was the Overwatch podcast. For a little while recently it was the Diablo IV podcast. For now, and for the foreseeable future, around two thirds of this podcast will be the Baldur's Gate III podcast. So crushed was Chance by the inevitable demise of his tall, red waifu that he started over, this time with a monk. Then he starte…

Alex and Chance continue to do the impossible: they are having fun playing a videogame. This in spite of Chance knowing that his chosen romance in Baldur's Gate III will either literally explode or literally go to hell. Not much of a choice but they will enjoy the time they have. And Alex has decided that moving on from Act I is for chumps, opting …

Chamberlain finished Final Fantasy XVI, cannot recommend it, and is immediately overshadowed by how much Chance and Alex love Baldur's Gate 3. It is almost cute how hard they, along with the other 630,000 concurrent Steam players, have fallen for it. Be forewarned: there is going to be a lot of D&D themed horniness in the ensuing weeks, centered ar…

Check the temperature in hell because Chance is playing a PC game. On purpose. And enjoying it. After bouncing off of Remnant II he was seduced by Baldur's Gate 3. Amazingly, this infatuation has blossomed past a video card driver update into full blown love for his gnomish bard and the seven foot tall red woman he intends to seduce. Chamberlain, o…

Both Alex and Chamberlain have finished their time with Diablo 4 and moved on to other things. No real complaints about the game, just not worth devoting one's life to. Alex has chosen Revenant 2, along with the rest of the Steam community, and has succeeded in wooing Chance along for the ride. Chamberlain opted for Final Fantasy XVI and have convi…

We regret to inform you that A. Alex is missing this week, and B. Chamberlain is still playing Diablo 4 and Chance is still playing Cyberpunk. But there is so much else to talk about! Chamberlain calls into question the isometric viewpoint. Chance gets a cat. Chamberlain laments wielding the same bow for the last ten plus hours. Chance expresses in…

Blizzard has a firmer than usual grasp on our luxury time. Alex, who is good at Diablo, is on his second or third character, efficiently cruising through nightmare dungeons in world tier 3 with his undead entourage. Chamberlain, who is bad at Diablo, is playing it like an Assassin's Creed game, delving every dungeon and visiting every icon he comes…

Alex returns to us in spite of canceled flights, full New York hotels and old racist Spaniards and brings with him tales of Diablo 4. Chamberlain has also failed to resist Lilith's call and is chasing along, about 50 levels behind, with his beginner level Rogue, screaming 'look at me, I'm a big boy now!' Chance, on the other hand, has principles. H…

Alex is away on very important (drinking) business which leaves only two options for this episode: bitching or reminiscing. Never wanting to let you down, Chamberlain and Chance do their best to bring you both. Chance continues his new Cyberpunk 2077 run, crushed by the fact that inflation has invaded the game world and the good motorcycle now cost…

Ok, Microsoft didn't actually win, but they did put on a better not-E3 show than either Sony or Ubisoft did. Starfield looks like an actual game now! Forza has a date! Chamberlain is still the only one who will ever own an XBox Series X! Speaking of selling out, Alex bought Diablo 4 and assures everyone that it is very good and that he doesn't feel…

One of us finished Tears of the Kingdom but you will need to wait to the end of the episode to find out who it was, what he thought about it, and just how moving it was. In the meantime, Chamberlain endorses Street Fighter 6 but has even more to say about Bramble. Alex fights the good fight (of not giving Blizzard any more money) and gets Diablo 3 …

Last week Chamberlain took a long, hard look at his life, his free time, and what may or may be making him miserable. Then he stopped playing Tears of the Kingdom, picked up several little games that no one else had heard of, and he felt better about everything. Gamer hipster, indeed. Chance continues to have the audacity to enjoy a very well craft…

Sony had a thing. It was mediocre when compared to old E3 offerings, missing both the surprise announcements and arrogant pomp that used to be the norm. There was a lot of Spider-Man 2, which looked great, but we already knew that. Chance and Chamberlain continue to play Tears of the Kingdom, just in very different ways and at different levels of e…

Tears of the Kingdom has arrived and one of our heroes is not exactly pleased with it. He is frankly fed up with what sees as a double standard, that Nintendo is allowed to make 'fugly' games while Sony and Microsoft are not. You get no points for guessing which of them feels this way. Also this week, Alex has finished Jedi Survivor, Chance is call…

No Zelda yet, what are our heroes to do? Chamberlain was (and is) in a disagreeable mood, so he took his frustrations out on Afterimage by dropping it and then Redfall by hating it before finding surprising solace in a several years old PC RPG that was just barely ported to console. Bards Tale IV is good. Who knew? Chance and Alex are as steady as …

Surprising: Chance has played two good games in a row that are not Overwatch. This time it is Star Wars Jedi Survivor, a game made better by developers listening to the complaints about the first game. Not surprising: Redfall is bad and Arkane should feel bad. Surprising: Chamberlain had minor complaints about an otherwise good Metroidvania, Afteri…

Dead Island 2 came out and it's good? No really, Chamberlain and Chance agree that Dead Island 2 is a silly, gory, albeit shallow experience that is far better than either expected from a game that spent more time in development than most Fornite players have spend being alive. Chamberlain is also very late to the party with Roguebook, the sequel t…

Some people play games because they are enjoying them. Octopath Traveler II is what Alex has been looking for from Square Enix for many years. He has only scratched the surface of its content and is looking forward to the long haul. Some people play games as an almost meditative experience. Chance has returned to Red Dead Redemption 2 just for the …

Welcome to the space between releases, during which we fill time in just about any way we can. Chamberlain did something very strange: he returned to a game that he felt he did not give a fair chance the first time around. Chained Echoes was abandoned after a scant twenty minutes several months ago. This time he has made it much further, though Ale…

Why submit yourself to the horrors of fishing or being near water when Dredge is happy to give you the same feelings of existential dread in digital form? Alex has braved this angling nightmare and lived to tell the tale. Chamberlain is still not done with the Resident Evil 4 remake, but he has seen more than enough to complain about. And Chance th…