Between The Joysticks

This podcast has been rated AO by the ESRB. You must be 18 and older to listen. We have a lot of M-rated content to cover including The Last of Us Part 1 and the Resident Evil franchise. It is also that time of the month for more PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium games. We talk about this and much more in this week's episode!

Intro: The Last of Us Part 1

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium October Catalog Update

- M-Rated Games

- Resident Evil Franchise

- Overwatch 2

- The Last of Us Part 1

- PlayStation Pals Franchise Madness

Outro: What Will You Leave Behind - Spritifarer by Max LL, Maude Plante-Husaruk

You can skip the wait as this podcast has zero queue times! We talk about how THE WHEEL keeps turning on us, the newly launched PlayStation Stars, reminisce about all of our gruesome deaths in Dead Space, and celebrate Sucker Punch’s 25th birthday. All this and much more in this week’s podcast!

Intro: Dead Space 2

6 Things:

- PlayStation Stars

- RUMOR: Horizon: Zero Dawn Remaster

- State of Blizzard Entertainment

- Sucker Punch Turns 25

- Dead Space Franchise

- Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Outro: Aviary Action - Cuphead by Kristofer Maddigan

As we inch closer and closer to a war with Asgard we take a look into what games we could be playing in October. Nick becomes a Cruise Director for spirits in Spiritfarer while Jon obeys the Wheel and tries to investigate a murder while battling his inner thoughts in Disco Elysium. We also discuss that amazing trailer for the upcoming HBO adaptation of the Last of Us. All this and much more in this week’s episode!

Intro: Disco Elysium

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Essentials October Games

- Games of October

- Disco Elysium

- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Beta

- HBO’s The Last of Us Trailer

- Spiritfarer

Outro: The Mountain Top - Chicory by Lena Raine, Emi Evans

We woke up with amnesia… and thankfully forgot about all those conferences. Jon keeps playing so many new games that he has to turn to an unlikely ally to help him decide… THE WHEEL! While Jon leaves his video game future to chance we talk about the new Iron Man game from Motive, the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks and Uncharted’s upcoming 15th birthday in this week’s episode!

Intro: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

6.5 Things:

- Iron Man Game from EA & Motive

- Chicory / Tales of Arise

- Grand Theft Auto 6 Leaks

- PlayStation Quiz

- Uncharted Turns 15

- ……THE WHEEL!

Outro: Hibana - Tales of Arise by Kankaku Piero

I’ve got good news and I've got bad news. Good news is that we got a Sony PlayStation showcase. The bad news is that it is a State of Play. We sunset the season of conferences by talking about the State of Play, Ubisoft Forward and Tokyo Game Show while checking out Netflix’s Cyberpunk anime series and a few games in this week’s episode!

Intro: Far Cry 6

6.5 Things:

- State of Play

- Ubisoft Forward

- PlayStation VR2

- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

- Far Cry 6

- Saints Row / Yakuza: Like A Dragon

Outro: Dragonborn by Jeremy Soule

There is still no showcase from Sony but don’t worry we have another showcase to talk about that fails to impress us. We talk about the Marvel & Disney Game Showcase, Sony purchasing a mobile developer and debate on the future relationship of PlayStation and Call of Duty in this week’s episode!

Intro: Spider-Man

6 Things:

- Marvel & Disney Game Showcase

- Sony Acquires Savage Game Studios

- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

- The Messenger

- Future of Call of Duty on PlayStation

- Toem

Outro: No Save Point by Run The Jewels, Yankee and the Brave

We are at Defcon 2 people! Announcement imminent! While waiting for that big showcase from PlayStation we talk about the games holding us off in the meantime including Cyberpunk 2077, Gran Turismo 7 and Saints Row. We also discuss one hell of a PlayStation Plus catalog update for September.

Intro: Cyberpunk 2077

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Essentials / Extra / Premium September Catalog Update

- HBO’s The Last of Us

- Cyberpunk 2077

- MultiVersus

- Gran Turismo 7

- Saints Row

Outro: The Rebel Path by P.T Adamczyk

Geoff Keighly was unable to wow us with any of the Gamescom Opening Night Live announcements but at least we are getting a new podcast from Hideo Kojima to listen to in our Pokemon themed Mini Coopers. We ditch the format to break down the PlayStation 5 price increase and all the news from this year's Gamescom.

Intro: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022

Breakdown:

- PlayStation 5 Price Increase

- Gamescom ONL Overall Thoughts

- Gamescom ONL Big Announcements

- Gamescom ONL Highlights

Outro: You Can’t Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones

Nick and Jon talk about the current and upcoming events hoping for that one bombshell of an announcement. We talk Gamescom, the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase, some of our Platinum Trophies and bid farewell to Death Stranding (sorry Wheel!) in this week’s episode!

Intro: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021

6 Things:

- Gamescom Opening Night Live

- THQ Nordic Digital Showcase

- D23: Disney & Marvel Games Showcase

- Will PlayStation have an event soon?

- Platinum Trophies

- Death Stranding

Outro: Don’t Be So Serious by Low Roar

Jon and Nick continue to tackle their back catalogs of games. We talk about the games we played, the PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium games for August and fixing the PlayStation Store in this week’s episode! A must listen for Platinum Trophy hunters with no morals!

Intro: The Artful Escape

6 Things:

- PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium August Catalog Update

- The Artful Escape

- Rocket League

- Yakuza: Like A Dragon

- Fixing the PlayStation Store

- A Plague Tale: Innocence

Outro: Plague Tale by Olivier Deriviere