Play This! is doing another LISTENER SUGGESTION EPISODE!This time, we are accepting suggestions for any video game that has had it's FIRST FULL RELEASE in 2018. "First" means that if the full version came out for one platform in 2018 but was available on another platform earlier (like Hollow Knight or PUBG), it is ineligible. "Full" means it has to…

Daniel and Sean talk about the rise and fall of Final Fantasy XV, play some cute little games like Minit and Puyo Puyo Tetris, and dig into the recent fighting game release, Soulcalibur VI. Also, the duo announce the next LISTENER RECOMMENDATION EPISODE!(This episode was recorded November 26, 2008. Some discussion may be out of date.)0:02:02 Video …

Daniel and AmyLee interrupt your usual video game recommendation programming... because they went to Day of the Devs in San Francisco last month, and have several cool indie games to share impressions of!0:05:16 A Memoir Blue0:15:25 Disco Elysium0:29:48 Eastward0:38:53 Gris0:51:15 Ikenfell1:04:40 Ooblets1:10:15 Untitled Goose Game1:16:35 Untitled P…

Daniel and Sean talk about some juicy gaming industry rumors, because it's not like anybody's making any official announcements right now. Daniel's discovered a quirky new RPG Maker game, and Sean still loves Spider-Man. The featured game this episode is Into the Breach, a game that takes the turn based strategy genre and reinvents it in many surpr…

Daniel and Sean may not be able to escape, but they've got a lot of catching up to do. The duo discuss a fun Tokyo Game Show announcement, a much less fun Telltale Games development, and a fun..ny pair of event updates? Sean's still in the honeymoon phase with Dragalia Lost, Daniel's lofty expectations were met by 428: Shibuya Scramble and Life is …

Here comes a new player! While Max is on paternal leave, Daniel welcomes Sean as Play This!'s first temporary co-host. The new duo talk about Gamescom announcements, Daniel's love of Wario, and Sean's love of Monster Hunter. Daniel and Sean then give their full impressions of Evoland 2, a celebration of gaming history that... overdoes the celebrati…

(This episode was recorded July 29th, 2018.)It's the episode you've all been waiting for! And by "you all", we mean Max! Alongside Daniel, Colin, and Sean, he finally gets to revisit one of his favorite gaming memories, as an extra-sized sendoff episode before he goes off to be a Dad. Also, Daniel scrambles to find news after a lackluster San Diego…

Max and Daniel try to make the best of a slow news week by talking about some smaller game announcements from Anime Expo, and Daniel tries the Sonic the Hedgehog movie much to Max's chagrin. Daniel dives deeper into the Life is Strange franchise, and Max still isn't sold on Octopath Traveler. Finally, Max and Daniel have a huge discussion about the…

Max and Daniel are back from hiatus, and boy do they have some catching up to do! In this bonus length episode, the boys gush over their mutual favorite games from E3. Daniel picks his Kingdom Hearts series playthrough back up, and Max checks out the Steamworld Dig franchise for the first time. Then at long last, Max and Daniel share their thoughts…

It's a nice big episode with a lot of exciting things! Max and Daniel discuss Valve acquiring Campo Santo, and their mutual excitement for a cute indie game called Eastward. Daniel brags about his Nintendo Labo creations and talks about his dates in Monster Prom. The two have a discussion about Life is Strange so long that Max Caulfield couldn't re…

Episode 10 of Play This! will have Max and Daniel reading video game recommendations from you, our readers, and picking a recommendation to play and discuss in Episode 11!Send your recommendation, along with your reasoning, to feedback@playthispodcast.com!ELIGIBLE SYSTEMS TO RECOMMEND GAMES FROM:PS1, PS3, PS4, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS (excluding N…

Max and Daniel are joined by Max's wife Stephanie and Daniel's girlfriend AmyLee to talk about their experiences with Kirby Star Allies, in an episode that is almost big as Kirby when he sucks up a bunch of food! The four of them also discuss Sega's latest announcements and Spyro's new look, along with the LATEST HOT GOSSIP on Meghan Markle and the…

Max and Daniel watch Ubisoft squeeze their way out of a hostile takeover, and get excited about upcoming niche localizations like 428: Shibuya Scramble and Zenki Zero. Daniel has two very different pirate-related experiences in Sea of Thieves and Curse of Monkey Island, and Max talks about his relaxing mini-break from video games. The two have a fu…

Max and Daniel express their excitement for Smash Bros. Switch, Mario Tennis Aces, and other highlights of the March Nintendo Direct. Daniel shows off his Dropmix tunes, Max sheds a single manly tear from playing Florence, and the two give their detailed impression of the beautifully drawn mess that is Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. Finally, Max tells Da…

Max, Daniel, and special guest Sean contemplate the herculean task of investing in Kingdom Hearts' story and look at some cute, but fake, Pokemon. The gang give their big beefy extended impressions of the slay-a-thon epic Monster Hunter World, and Sean gives Max and Daniel their first game recommendation from a guest.2:45 Kingdom Hearts III Reveals…

Max and Daniel get comfy as they catch up on all the January video game news that they missed, and then get... less comfy as they discuss their very complicated feelings about Daniel's recommendation of Persona 5. Then Max gets a really great idea: mix up the format of the podcast without telling his co-host about it!1:49 Nintendo Direct Highlights…

2017 has ended, and some amazing games have come and gone. Max and Daniel bring on guest panelists Colin, Sean, and AmyLee to talk about all of their favorite games of the year in this jumbo-sized special. From Zelda, to Mario, to Cosmic Star Heroine, to one of the most important digital card games of all time, they've got a lot to cover.(Apologies…

Max and Daniel look into 2018 and talk about which games they're looking forward to most. Max visits his sweet sweet radioactive childhood as he listens to Daniel's impressions of the old-school classic Fallout 2, and Daniel faces the hardest decision he's ever had to make: recommend Persona 4, or Persona 5?01:30 Nintendo Switch Beats PS2 First Yea…

Max and Daniel go over Daniel's Video Game Awards and PSX predictions from last time along with some personal highlights from those shows, and acknowledge how great Totodile is. Daniel squeezes out all of Max's Undertale thoughts like a big juicy JRPG-inspired grapefruit, and Max recommends one of his all-time faves to Daniel: the post-apocalyptic …

Max and Daniel are happy that Valkyria Chronicles is back, and talk about their hopes and dreams for Final Fantasy, PSX 2017, and The Game Awards. Daniel and Max go in-depth with their Pyre impressions, and Daniel makes his first recommendation: Undertale, the critically acclaimed RPG from Toby Fox.03:14 EA removes microtransactions from Battlefron…

In their inaugural episode, Max and Daniel talk about Paris Games Week highlights, get mad at EA, and gush about Super Mario Odyssey. Also, Max makes the podcast's first game recommendation to Daniel: Pyre, by Supergiant Games.Play This! logo by Kessi RilinikiPlay This! theme by Sean FrancisBy Video Game Podcast by Max Lando and Daniel Thoreson