Two weeks have passed since BAD END 41, and much has happened. Josh has continued his descent into Apex Legends obsession. Devotion, a Taiwanese horror game, became the hottest sensation on Twitch and was promptly "cancelled" for including a satirical asset that flared up some geopolitical conflict. Sad, since it might be the best walking simulator ever made. We launched a Patreon, which you should totally check out. Oh yeah, and Trials Rising came out.

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4:00 - Apex Legends

14:11 - Devotion, new videogame storytelling methods, review bombing

51:52 - Trials Rising

Music is TABOO by Seiho

Squad up and join us on this week's BAD END for the new Battle Royale that's sweeping the nation: Apex Legends! We talk about the game's gunfeel, online play, the rapid proliferation of Apex culture, and meme appeal. Then we discuss Kingdom Hearts 3, which, for Josh at least, was a bit of a disappointment. To end things, we've got reader mail about next-generation gamers and the potential death of single-player games.

7:30 - Apex Legends

50:36 - Kingdom Hearts 3

1:10:55 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

1:17:55 - Single player games are over (?)

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by SEIHO

Josh is gallivanting in Japan so Caty and Kyle take the time to finally talk about videogames for adults, like Fortnite. Caty is playing hella Kingdom Hearts 3, Kyle is finally playing the game he gave the GOTY to, and they both reflect on getting older. Rounding out the podcast, they discuss "surprise" releases in games and music, and look at EA's new game Apex Legends along with the needs-to-be-a-hit Anthem.

5:45 - Kingdom Hearts 3

17:17 - Gamer Merch

22:12 - Dark Souls

23:57 - Resident Evil 2

26:59 - Return of the Obra Dinn

28:06 - Begin Obra Dinn Spoilers

30:16 - End Obra Dinn Spoilers

32:49 - More Kingdom Hearts 3

34:33 - "We're getting older"

36:37 - Fortnite

49:00 - Apex Legends

57:21 - Anthem

1:11:12 - "Surprise" Game/Album Releases

Music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

As "mature" gamers, we miss out on a lot of big gaming trends. In order to correct that, we've recruited Josh's little brother to talk with us about what today's teens are into. We discuss the future of single-player games, esports, speedrunning, high school gaming cliques, and the elephant in the room: Fortnite.

0:44 - High School Gamers

17:31 - Single player games and the next-gen gamer

22:35 - League of Legends

31:25 - Where kids find out about games

34:12 - Fortnite

45:00 - Speedruns

57:25 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Happy New Year everyone. Bad End is back. This week, we're talking about Smash Bros and the continual out-of-touchness of fighting games. We're talking about Sunset Overdrive and one of the most obnoxious aesthetics to ever show its face in a videogame. We're talking about books, and comparing readtimes with playtimes. Listen, share, and give us some input! [email protected], @badendpodcast on twitter.

4:30 - Obra Dinn

9:00 - Sunset Overdrive

17:05 - Leaked PS4 player counts

26:20 - Tetris, Lumines Remastered, Love Nikki, Superstar BTS

37:50 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

50:27 - Reading books, "Might as Well" syndrome, and the pitfalls of videogame systems creation

Music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

It's Bad End's game of the year awards 2018 edition!!! We're talking about our favorite games of the year, with a Bad End Twist. Our GOTY categories include: Oh That Came Out?, Bad End Award For Wokeness In Games, Best Game We Couldn't Get Into, Best DtF, and more.

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho

Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

It's cuffing season, so on this episode of Bad End we're talking about perhaps the greatest card game ever made - Tinder! Then we discuss another trading card game that just came out called "Artifact," and RDR2 and a new Tetris game.......... [dear future people who date Josh. If you've come here by means of extremely thorough online stalking, please bring this up with Josh and he will explain in full]

2:00 - Artifact

22:13 - Thronebreaker

27:17 - Tetris Effect

38:40 - Tinder and other dating apps

56:08 - Red Dead Redemption 2

Intro/outro music is TABOO by Seiho

Break music is Connected (Yours Forever)from Tetris Effect Original Soundtrack

THE COWBOY GAME CAME OUT. We talk Red Dead Redemption 2, our love/hate relationship with open world games, Lucas Pope's new game Return of the Obra Dinn, and a little more (Kyle sneaks in Maple Story 2 talk).

Music is TABOO by Seiho

Well here we are, playing videogames and talking about them again. This week, Josh is out due to being busy, but we do some #cartalk about Forza Horizon 4, then we talk about the Maple Story 2 grind, and then that new big boy on the block: CODBLOPS4. Hell yeah sequels.

Start - Forza Horizon 4

18:20 - Maplestory 2

23:18 - BLOPS4

42:10 - Reader mail

Music is TABOO by Seiho

There's a lot of games coming out this month, but you know what? Sometimes... even we gamers lose that spark in our hearts that tells us we MUST GAME 24/7. We burn out. We cruise along. We play one game on-and-off for months at a time. We stare slack-jawed at our Steam backlogs wondering if we ever enjoyed games at all. We worry that our love for games is dead. This is an episode dedicated to that feeling.

Music is "TABOO" by Seiho