Controlled Interests links:

http://controlledinterests.com 

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/cipod.bsky.social 

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4TnmMPgjXXTPgjiyoXQdxZ?si=2e7f3d2ffb2f4464 

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/controlled-interests-gamecast/id1148234533 

Jerrad Wyche

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/jerradw.bsky.social 

Dominic Orlando

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/obi-domkenobi.bsky.social 

TIMESTAMPS:

Intro - 00:00

Welcome - 0:12

Anniversary Pop-Quiz - 03:29

TOTS: Our Top 10 Games of the Last 10 Years (2016-2025)  - 18:05

Closing - 156:06

The Controlled Interests Gamecast is a video game podcast focused on good vibes, thoughtful criticism, and a focus on celebrating the things we love. Hosts Jerrad Wyche and Dominic Orlando enjoy playing across various genres on multiple platforms, but share a love of FromSoftware, gripping narratives, and well-crafted Metroidvanias.

Controlled Interests links:

http://controlledinterests.com 

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/cipod.bsky.social 

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4TnmMPgjXXTPgjiyoXQdxZ?si=2e7f3d2ffb2f4464 

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/controlled-interests-gamecast/id1148234533 

Jerrad Wyche

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/jerradw.bsky.social 

Dominic Orlando

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/obi-domkenobi.bsky.social 

TIMESTAMPS:

Intro - 00:00

Welcome - 0:12

Quickie News - 01:02

Pokemon Presents 2026 Recap + Review  - 08:29

What We’ve Been Playing - 29:14

Closing - 30:43

Logan’s Podcast: Chapter Select

https://open.spotify.com/show/4f1TLZXbwtSX7uHROe9KlS?si=83162e19ec544bfe 

TIMESTAMPS

Introductions - 00:00

Fast Five - 05:14

Your First Steps - 09:00

The Core Memory - 24:30

The Elite Four - 29.39

Team-Building Exercise - 52:00

Forced Evolution - 01:06:32

Return To Sender - 01:12:54

Closing - 01:23:40

Xalavier Nelson thread:

https://bsky.app/profile/writnelson.bsky.social/post/3metmilikns25 

The Very Best Ep. 1 w/ Max Roberts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IILmZa9jsSI 

The Controlled Interests Gamecast is a video game podcast focused on good vibes, thoughtful criticism, and a focus on celebrating the things we love. Hosts Jerrad Wyche and Dominic Orlando enjoy playing across various genres on multiple platforms, but share a love of FromSoftware, gripping narratives, and well-crafted Metroidvanias.

Controlled Interests links:

http://controlledinterests.com 

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/cipod.bsky.social 

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4TnmMPgjXXTPgjiyoXQdxZ?si=2e7f3d2ffb2f4464 

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/controlled-interests-gamecast/id1148234533 

Jerrad Wyche

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/jerradw.bsky.social 

Dominic Orlando

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/obi-domkenobi.bsky.social 

In this episode, Jerrad and his guests recap the brand new PlayStation State of Play, discussing what the highlights and lowlights of the presentation were. The topic of the show centers on gaming blindspots as the guys discuss which games or franchises they haven’t touched, for one reason or another. Lastly, covering what they played this week, Max and Mike discuss their experience with Highguard and how they’re feeling after learning that almost the entire development team was laid off earlier this week. Jerrad quickly provides impressions and explanations of Drop Duchy, Winter Burrow, and the newly released critical darling, Mewgenics.

The Controlled Interests Gamecast returns after 3 years, as host Jerrad Wyche discusses his most anticipated games of 2026. Titles discussed include Fable, Marvel's Wolverine, Mina The Hollower, and Control Resonant.

Jerrad and Max discuss everything from Steelix vs. Scizor, to whether the remakes of Gen 2 are the best games in Pokémon's history. They also build Napoleon Dynamite's perfect Pokémon team and share traumatic stories about childhood bus drivers.

With GDC 2023 taking place this week, there was plenty of news and information in the world of gaming occurring. The topic of the show centers on The Future of Unreal Presentation by Epic and their partners and how Unreal Engine 5 is being utilized in jaw-dropping projects such as Senua's Saga: Hellblade II and the Unreal Editor For Fortnite. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are officially getting the AAA game treatment via an adaptation of the beloved The Last Ronin comic book story that saw the return of original creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. Other news this week includes Tarsier Studios teasing their next non-Little Nightmares game, and new details regarding Arkane's Redfall hit the internet. Featuring hosts Jerrad Wyche and Dominic Orlando.

Despite a slow news week the guys find an interesting way to merge the world of video games the the super popular NCAA Basketball March Madness Tournament into a fun back-and-forth game. In terms of actual gaming news there seems to be new details emerging about Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Codename Red. Techland, the developers of the Dying Light series have also unveiled concept art for their next AAA franchise. Featuring hosts Jerrad Wyche and Dominic Orland.

Bethesda finally announced that Starfield will be releasing on September 6th, 2023. In addition to the release date, Todd Howard also revealed that the Starfield Direct presentation with take place on June 11th, following the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase. It's a pretty superpowered focused week in quickie news with rumors about who will voice Wolverine in Insmoniac Games' upcoming Marvel's Wolverine, and it seems that Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League may have been delayed out of 2023 entirely. Featuring hosts Jerrad Wyche and Chris Nunes.