This episode marks the end of an era. Steven Hansen, host of Podtoid for the past year or so, is leaving Destructoid. Podtoid will go into remission for a bit, until it springs up again when you least expect it. On this episode, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, Darren Nakamura, and Ray Porreca talk about prison, weddings, Cuphead, Golf Story, horro…

Bungie's loved/hated shared world shooter series just saw its second full release with Destiny 2. How'd it turn out? Jordan Devore, Darren Nakamura, and Ray Porreca gathered around the broken fountain on The Farm to talk about luminous engrams, Dominus Ghauls, and Frumious Blue. Also, how Hunters are the best class, and Nightstalker is the best sub…

PAX West 2017 just finished, and we've got some tales to tell of our time up there. Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura talk a little bit about the best and worst of PAX West, including hanging out with Taco Bell PR and staying in a fake Airbnb. Game highlights include Final Fantasy XV, Celeste, Kentucky Route Zero, and Where the W…

Look, it's late, I still need to pack for PAX, and thus, I have no idea what's in this episode of Podtoid. The title was taken from the first soundbite I randomly checked. It's a grab bag! I'll hear it in full for the first time on my plane flight to Seattle. Hopefully it's good! But seriously I think Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porrec…

It's been a few weeks, so we're rolling four deep. You got your Steven Hansen, your Brett Makedonski, your Darren Nakamura, AND your Ray Porreca. It's 33% more Podtoid Boy for your ears. The crew mostly talked about recent travels to bachelor parties and Mexico. Darren hasn't been anywhere interesting lately, but he is going to the path of totality…

Another long summer week without much happening, another episode where the Podtoid crew kind of just shoots the breeze for 45 minutes before finally talking about a video game. Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porreca hit a potpourri of topics including ranking frozen pizza brands, how to make money on YouTube, The Mooch (who is already out…

Oh boy, it's a slow week for video games, which means it's a great week for just hanging out and talking about whatever comes to mind. These include topics such as Geoff Keighley being video games' press secretary and how being Twitter verified allows freedom to be an asshole. There was some video game talk, like our new YouTube Channel Dtoid Fight…

We're back from break! Or some of us are. In this episode, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porreca reminisce on the past month or so since they last got together and talked like good podcast boys. Some of the games they talked about were PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Micro Machines, Get Even, and of course, Rocket League. Get Steven and B…

On this episode of Podtoid, the crew gets a new nickname in "The Melty Boys," but mostly Steven Hansen and Brett Makedonski talk about their escapades at E3 2017. Darren Nakamura joins to inject how things looked from the outside, and also to bring his special brand of handsomeness and class. Games mentioned are Super Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids…

On this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porreca gear up for E3 next week. They give their predictions and hopes, and decide what the big three platform holders will have to do in order to "win" E3. Outside of that, there's also some discussion on bad science, conspiracy theories, Donkey Kong fanfic, and some probably sa…

In this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura talk about dental hygiene, Destructoid's E3 party, and Tom Brady's dietary restrictions. Some games discussed were Rime, Injustice 2, and a little bit of Rocket League The show caps off with some listener questions, a bountiful SATPOTPAQ, and a Podtoid Hot Dish focused…

On this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porreca talk about indie roguelike Dead Cells, the buzz around Battlegrounds, and some Prey Metacritic user reviews. Additionally, the crew hits on topics like Brett's karmic retribution, how good the city of Phoenix is, and fidget spinners. Of course, the episode caps off with so…

On this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura talked about the RompHim, avocado toast, making sandwiches, and also some video games probably. Some of the games were Prey, Mages of Mystralia, and Surviving Mars (along with other games at PDXCON). As usual we cap out the show with an aquatic-themed SATPOTPAQ and a P…

In this episode of Podtoid, independent developer Alex Rose joins Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porreca to talk about his recently released game Super Rude Bear Resurrection and game development in general. Additional topics include British swear words, a stolen lawnmower, a terrible bird pun, and the seemingly neverending saga of Brett …

In this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura get together to talk about What Remains of Edith Finch, Scanner Sombre, machinima, Juicero, and circumcisions. Darren still holds a commanding lead in this week's SATPOTPAQ, but perhaps Brett will begin to strike back. Then we end the show on a Hot Dish full of very ba…

On this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Ray Porreca talk about eating ass. Lots and lots of eating ass. Also, Field of Dreams/ejaculation pun. (More like Field of Creams, am I right?) Also, the gang touches on The Sexy Brutale, the correct pronunciation of "brutale," Persona 5, the Wii U's best games, and sauerkraut. Of cou…

In this special episode, Jordan Devore, Steven Hansen, and Brett Makedonski talk about the recently released mascot platformer Yooka-Laylee. How does it hold up to the Banjo-Kazooies and the Super Mario 64s? Did the crew love it, or were they more looka-warmie on it? Could we possibly do an hour-long podcast where it's all mascot gibberish? (The an…

This is Podtoid number 365, which means you could listen to one episode of the show for every day of the year, not counting leap years. But there won't be another leap year until 2020, so that's not a worry. In this episode, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura talked about Snake Pass, Yooka-Laylee, volcanoes, car chases, and gangba…

Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura are around for this episode of Podtoid, in which we talk more about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, talk more about Mass Effect Andromeda, and talk more about Rocket League's new mode Dropshot. It's like a sequel to the last episode. Additional topics include corn dogs, movies, and the h…

In this rousing episode of Podtoid, Brett and Steven recount their time at GDC, while newcomer Ray Porreca talks about what he saw at PAX East. The team also talks about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, discusses Nier Automata, and fumbles through an eighth grade math problem. Also they make a plan to sabotage Darren even though he's the on…

Look, if you're hang gliding, wing suiting, or dog walking, you're just inviting trouble. In this episode, the Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura talked about trees, Prey, Fire Emblem Heroes, sleeping caps, Resident Evil 7 DLC, chinchillas, and more. Of course, we segued seamlessly into listener questions and rounded out the whole…

Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Zack Furniss chat with Capcom's Associate Brand Manager Tim Turi about all things Resident Evil 7 biohazard. It's a full spoilercast, so don't listen if you haven't finished the game! As a bonus, you can listen to Steven's roommate cook and eat in the background.By Destructoid.com

In this, the final Podtoid episode of 2016, the usual gang of Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura get together to talk about their favorite games from the year. After that, it's only some holiday-themed listener questions, a rousing SATPOTPAQ, and an Xbox 360 focused Hot Dish. Thanks to all of our listeners for making this a great …

It's time for The Game Awards predictions! Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura gather to prognosticate on what will win at Geoff Keighley's trying-to-be-respectable award show, and to lament what should actually win. Then we hit some listener questions, do a SATPOTPAQ, and finish off with a Hot Dish word game involving dropped lett…

Halloween just happened, and the Podtoid crew got together to talk games and things. Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, Darren Nakamura, and Myles Cox talked about World of Final Fantasy, Polish indie games, Guilty Gear, and surreptitiously taking photos of strangers. The episode caps off with listener questions, SATPOTPAQ, and a skeleton-themed Hot …

In this episode of Podtoid, Brett is away, so Kenny Redublo and Myles Cox join Steven Hansen and Darren Nakamura to talk about the big news in games today. We touch on Thumper, Watch Dogs 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Nintendo Switch, and the viability for any and all of those things to exist inside the anal cavity. We round out the show with a surpris…

In this rousing episode of Podtoid, the usual crew of Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura gather 'round to discuss Dishonored 2, Gears of War 4, cat vomit, and Steven's contempt for the smash hit Broadway musical Hamilton. Brett makes a terrible Clockwork Orange pun at one point. Of course, we close out the episode with SATPOTPAQ a…

Kenny Redublo joins the usual crew of Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura. The gang talks about Overcooked, ReCore, Forza Horizon 3, and the latest Twitter fiasco. The show caps off with a classic SATPOTPAQ and a Podtoid Hot Dish centered on the Tokyo Game Show.By Destructoid.com

The Podtoid crew went to PAX West 2016, where we saw video games, planned a party, and were nearly strangled to death by a stranger on the street. A street stranger strangler. It was a weird trip. Jordan Devore joins the usual crew of Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura.By Destructoid.com

In this episode of Podtoid, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura discuss console revisions, system sellers, and breakfast foods. But mostly, Steven decides he is now racist, and he really doubles down on it. SATPOTPAQ focuses on U.S. Presidents and the Podtoid Hot Dish never asked for this.…

The Podtoid crew gets together to talk about minigames that surpass the games they're in, glasses, classes, eating snakes, and skyscrapers.By Destructoid.com

Jordan Devore, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura get together to talk about the procedurally generated space exploration game No Man's Sky. What is it? How cool is it to fly to a planet, land on it, and start walking around? How did it get so hyped up? The answers to these questions and more are all up in this episode's guts.…

Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura talk about No Man's Sky, science fiction games, and boners in space.By Destructoid.com

Brett, Steven, and Zack talk in-depth (water pun!) about Abzu and how they're some of the only people in the world that think it's not the best game ever.By Destructoid.com

Destructoid editors Brett Makedonski, Darren Nakamura, Kyle MacGregor, and Steven Hansen discuss Starbound, Soylent, regretful 10/10 review scores, Harambe, Matt Duffy's cat, bad Italian food, living in outer space, and Kyle's departure from Dtoid.By Destructoid.com

While the Kyle's away, the rest of the guys talk about sex toys. Also, their least favorite games they've had to review during their time in the gaming press.By Destructoid.com

On this episode, Dtoid editors Brett, Darren, Kyle, and Steven discuss some of their favorite underappreciated games of the PS3-Wii-Xbox 360 era.By Destructoid.com

On this week's episode of Podtoid, the gang chats about Pokémon Go, JNCO pants, the NES Classic Mini, and whether or not the Nintendo 64 has more than a handful of games that are worth playing.By Destructoid.com

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Destructoid editors Zack Furniss, Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Darren Nakamura make their best guesses at what surprises E3 2016 holds.By Destructoid.com

Darren returns to Podtoid to tell us about his adventures at MomoCon, an anime convention in Atlanta, Georgia -- home of Major League Baseball's Barves.By Destructoid.com

Destructoid editors Steven Hansen, Brett Makedonski, and Zack Furniss have a round-table discussion about the new Doom game from Bethesda and id Software.By Destructoid.com

The Podtoid gang discusses Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, pre-E3 judge's week, and other inane topics.By Destructoid.com

Destructoid editors Kyle MacGregor, Jordan Devore, and Zack Furniss have a round-table discussion about Blizzard's brand-new multiplayer shooter, Overwatch.By Destructoid.com

The Podtoid crew discuss Mass Effect's new theme park ride, Valkyria Chronicles Remastered, the Uncharted 4- Washington Post review debacle, Maize, This Little War of Mine, and how to properly pronounce the word "pecan."By Destructoid.com

The Podtoid kids talk Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinity Wardfare, Battleborn, Overwatch, Pokemon Sun and Moon, and more.By Destructoid.com

Destructoid editors Brett, Darren, Kyle, and Steven talk about Uncharted 4: A Thieves End and other video games.By Destructoid.com

On this week's Podtoid, the boys have a nice chin wag about Star Fox Zero, Hitman, Severed, the Mirror's Edge Catalyst beta, the Nintendo NX's release window, and the new Zelda's delay, and Harry Potter.By Destructoid.com

Kyle, Steven, and Darren talk Star Fox, PS4 Neo, MLB 15 TheShow, and more.By Destructoid.com

The Podtoid crew discusses the Overwatch pose controversy, the lack of Donut Drake in Uncharted 4, Final Fantasy XV, Stephen's Sausage Roll, and more...By Destructoid.com