SALUTATIONS DEAR LISTENERS! This week we spend a fair amount of time talking about the two indie titles Towerfall, and Threes (which we both highly recommend. Mike also talks about his experience with Mass Effect 2 thus far (mild spoilers). In the news, a really rad thing called the Super Game Jam is happening, Myo is going to bring us even further…

Greetings! We kick off this week with a pretty long discussion on the first Mass Effect game (because Mike recently beat it) and I briefly talk about why you should give Spellchain a try (it's a free mobile game, go download it). In news, Twitch has finally beaten Pokemon and we give an almost unbelievable stat run-down of the event, this also spar…

Greetings, listeners! This week we're joined by star of the documentary, Duct Tape Dave, and good friend, David West! This week I totally screw up and say the wrong episode number RIGHT OFF THE BAT. So that's a solid start. We talk about what we've been playing (Machinarium, Pid, KOTOR, Don't Starve), we explain and discuss the games that have been…

Hey everyone! Sorry for the recent hiatus, but once again, in proper FPBSim fashion, we've returned from the foggy ether to give you a new podcast! The range of things we cover on this show TRULY knows no bounds. To sum it up though, we talk about the whole King issue, there's some Flappy Bird news recap, Twitch Plays Pokemon is the best, I had to …

Happy post-Christmas and a Happy New Year! It's the usual this week. Since we've had a lot more time to play games, we talk about what's been keeping us busy over the last week or so, some of which are titles acquired from the Steam Sale. We talk a little bit about what we got on Christmas (because we are jerks), Mike and I discuss how in love we a…

WELCOME TO THE FPPSIM CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR! We start off talking about how relaxing and nice our Winter breaks have been and move right on to games that we've been playing. I've been OBSESSED with Spelunky (and I poorly describe what makes it so great) and have grown to hate FTL. Mike completed A Link Between Worlds and talks about how tough Hotli…

Hey there folks! If you're guessing that we talk about how busy we've been since the last time we've podcasted, CONGRATS. YOU WIN. Really though, we discuss our overwhelming school schedules, my trip to San Francisco, Mike's super rad producer job, his new spiffy A Link Between Worlds 3DS (as well as the game). We keep on gabbing and reveal that Mi…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Unfortunately, we hadn't considered the chance that the podcast would be released on/close to this spooky day, so we didn't do anything particularly Halloween-ey this episode. SORRY, DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT ONE. This week we talk about what life is like on "New Earth", how our lives have been going, what games we've been playing (…

Hey there listeners! This week we start off talking about the technical problems that led to the mysterious lost podcast we did a couple days ago (spoooooky). Mike talks about a couple games he's recently acquired through the Moblie Humble Indie Bundle, I briefly discuss how sweet it'd be to work for Adult Swim as well as gab about an Edmund McMill…

Been awhile, hasn't it?! We apologize for the several week break, but as you'll soon find out, we had some very serious life things to attend to. We're certain you'll understand. Other than that though, we spend around the first half hour or so talking about what we've been up to, school, work, accidentally injuring ourselves, skipping work because…

HEY KIDS! Gamescom is a cool thing that happened recently, so recently in fact that Mike and I started podcasting immediately after Sony's press conference. So needless to say, we start the show off talking about that. Later we move onto our games of the week which consist of Mercenary Kings, Borderlands 2's most recent DLC, and FTL. In our news ch…

Hey everyone, ready for video game talk?! This week we start off talking about Kerbal Space Program and Payday 2 (also I went to the Renaissance Faire!), Mike gives a hilarious dramatic reading of a potentially ridiculous game called Betrayer, Microsoft talks a new reputation system with Xbox One Online, we find out that Left 4 Dead 3 might be a th…

What's that? Oh... So you didn't want us to spend the first couple of minutes talking about our mundane lives? THAT'S A SHAME. In addition to that, I talk about the ways in which Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time doesn't translate well to a handheld, we discuss how the Ouya's been doing after a month in the market, briefly talk about the Earthbound …

Mike and I pick it back up this week with some talk about the Summer Steam Sale and some oldish news! We kick it off with our Steam Sale acquisitions, I shamefully discuss the rabbit hole that is Steam's Trading Card meta game, our video review for the Adventure Time game is finally complete, Mike rubs the fact that he has Mercenary Kings all up in…

HEY HEY! This week we actually talk A LOT about video games we've played (spoilers, we played quite a few) including Fez, Bioshock Infinite, Little Inferno, Anyodyne, Don't Starve, and more! We also talk about Nintendo fans wanting Zelda to star in her own game, how Ubisoft's planning 10 years of Watch Dogs, Mike whips out a nice top 12 3DS games l…

Happy belated America Day everyone! Mike and I kick the show off with our completely accepted obsession with Hotline Miami, we talk a little bit about a few of the other Indie Bundle titles, briefly talk about Google's developing of an Android console, we potentially sell our kidneys, debate whether FTL is a "rogue-like" or not, cry over both Googl…

HEY KIDS! This week we briefly talk about being vegetarian (kinda), how we sort of miss physical media, the new Deus Ex game and movie, some new games we've acquired/have been playing, Microsoft's reversal of the Xbone policies, and Mike does another dramatic reading. HOT. DOG. THAT'S A LOT OF JUNK!

AND SO E3 WEEK IS UPON US We run through a couple of the major conferences (Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo mostly), praise Sony, bash Microsoft (per usual), and talk about all the cool new trailers and gameplay bits for titles we're excited about, find out Mike's dark secret, and I almost get invaded by a clan of raccoons. We'll probably have more E…

HOLY EPISODE 10, BATMAN! WE MADE IT! But really, overly proud that we've made it this far. We start off by talking about Mike's super cool trip to New York where he got to go to the Nintendo Store. Later we grieve the loss of Oculus rift co-founder Andrew Reisse, Mike does a dramatic reading of Bungee's Destiny, we learn about how I suck at Let's P…

Hey everybody! This week we FINALLY get around to talking about the Metacritic issue, how Nintendo hates your Let's Plays, discuss the reveal of the Xbox One and I accidentally talk about feminism for like 2 minutes towards the end of the show and make myself look like an ass probably. Also I went to an arcade! For anyone who's interested, here's t…

This week I talk WAAAYYYY too much (sorry Mike). I discuss my new apartment in Chicago and Mike talks about the awesome documentary he just finished. We gab about why the OUYA's being pushed back, some new games that have come out between now and the last podcast, EA's new acquisition of the Star Wars games, and my series of sad games. This is our …

Hey guys! Sorry that we haven't been posting recently, blame school, education, our futures, yadda yadda. We spend the first 20 minutes talking about our lives and junk then promptly move onto games. We gab about the Dragon's Crowd "controversy", EA laying off dudes, some Game of Thrones, tastefully done costume DLC, our thoughts on the new Link to…

Game Companies Galore! This week we gab about Square Enix's bad budgeting, EA and Microsoft and how they are kind of garbage, new additions to Netflix, the initial reviews on the OUYA and crack some pretty bad jokes. Sorry about the delay! Life got all up in our grills and was like, "Nah, don't edit that podcast."…

WE ARE BACK. This week, we realize that we are definitely not funny. I (Zac) realized that I took the worst week off, so we recap Pax East and some GDC news. We also talk about the Ouya, the Playjam Gamestick, Fez, Nintendo getting intimate with Indie Developers, and we get interrupted by dogs. Also, mild spoilers for the first episode of House of …

This week we are EXHAUSTED. Also, my eyes fall out of my head too much. We talk about two new features that'll be thrown up on the blog soon, how EA continues to look shittier in the public eye as the week goes on, the Valve Capcom crossover, a few new games, Valve breaking up with its Piston girlfriend. We spend the beginning talking about a few t…

Sup ya'll. This week we briefly touch base on the free-to-play Banner Saga (and our experiences), as well as Anita Sarkeesian's new Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series. Egan recently celebrates his Youtube channel's 2nd birthday, we jab about the head-mounted Occulus Rift and Star Citizen, Torment: Tides of Numenera, the Simcity debacle, a first…

This week on FPPSim, we are exhausted from our busy lives as college students. We touch on how crazy the next console generation is going to be, Valve's Steam Box, the Ouya, but most of our discussion is taken up by the topic of cinematic video games. Cryamore, Pokemon: Black 2, Starwars: 1313, and The Banner Saga, and Skyrim are mentioned. We also…

Hey there guys! Welcome to the first ever podcast of the First-Person Blog Simulator. We talk about the Sony's PS4 conference, handheld vs. mobile gaming, Google Glass, and some other odds and ends. The Verge's Google Glass feature: http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/22/4013406/i-used-google-glass-its-the-future-with-monthly-updates We apologize for th…