Another week of quarantine, another multiplayer meme game to stave off debilitating loneliness. This week it's the social deception game Among Us, but we're also playing a VN/RTS with beautiful art, a tactical shooter that everyone seems really good at, and a puzzle game that might just be better than Portal.

This week, we're joined by Matt Margini, author of a new book about western classic Red Dead Redemption. We discuss the overwhelming complexity of Crusader Kings 3, the ahead-of-its-time '90s RPG moon, and the legacy of RDR.

This week, we discuss the "casual battle royale" of Fall Guys and whether that's a self-contradicting concept, as well as the tonal disconnect of multiplayer shooters like CoD/Valorant and... for all the anime lovers out there... SHOUNEN BABY

Between following an internet league sport, getting yelled at by teens for not aiming well, and sticking aliens with plasma grenades, it feels like we're going back to high school in episode 79 of BAD END podcast.

Ghost of Tsushima is out, and we're joined by Matt Kim (IGN) and Emma Kidwell (Gamasutra) to talk about the game ~~as Asian Americans~~. Join us as we wrestle with ideas on representation, intersectionality, appropriation, and Asian-American identity, all while answering the most important question: is the game fun and/or worth 60 bucks?

We're not gonna lie, we spent a chunk of this episode talking about TLOU2 again. But it's spoiler-free! And on top of that, we're answering listener questions about summer gaming.

After a one-episode hiatus, we're joined by friend of the show Emma Kidwell in a full-length episode where we ONLY discuss the new Last of Us game.

We're joined by critic/streamer/podcaster Bijan Stephen to talk about streaming as a platform, the videogame press, battle royale games, and the future of games criticism.

We're discussing Xenoblade Chronicles and the new beat-'em-up Streets of Rage 4, while catching up on a bunch of reader questions.

We're playing all the big games of the moment and diving deeper into the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Call of Duty Warzone, and Animal Crossing New Horizons.