On this week's episode, we jump into our June 2025 book club game, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, for a deep dive review into one of Lauren's favorite games.

Also, we react to the news of a potential Donkey Kong movie being in the works, the Ghost of Yotei State of Play, and the Subnautica 2 drama.-

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On this week's episode, we talk major departures from HBO's The Last of Us, studio closures over at Xbox, and talk about our dream features for the next Animal Crossing game.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

01:43 - The News We Choose - Xbox Layoffs, Studio Closures, and Banjo Kazooie for Some Reason

15:23 - The News We Choose - Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross Leave The Last of Us

28:15 - Our Dream Animal Crossing Features

40:18 - Building Our Dream Animal Crossing Game

01:10:31 - What Have We Been Playing (or Tom Talks About the Death Stranding 2 Event in London for a Bit)

01:18:26 - Responding to your comments!

01:19:16 - Outro

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On this week's episode, we talk Borderlands 4 previews, a delay to Marathon, and an internal shakeup over at Warner Bros. Games (and what we hope to see from them next).

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

01:59 - The News We Choose - Metroid Prime 4 is Out Now?!

07:54 - The News We Choose - Borderlands 4 Sounds Promising

16:40 - The News We Choose - Bungie Delays Marathon Indefinitely

31:00 - Warner Bros. Games Has Changed its Internal Structure

42:15 - What We Want from WB Games' Franchises

01:16:52 - What Franchises Are Missing from WB Games' New Strategy?

01:21:35 - What Have We Been Playing (Doom: The Dark Ages, The First Berserker: Khazan, Rematch)

01:31:24 - Outro

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On this week's episode, we talk Death Stranding 2 previews, new castings for the Street Fighter movie, and what we hope to see from the Doom franchise in future.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:16 - The News We Choose - Death Stranding 2 Previews are Really Promising

12:00 - The News We Choose - Street Fighter Confirms More Castings

19:05 - Doom: The Dark Ages Spoiler Review Thoughts

38:06 - Our Hopes for the Future of the Doom Franchise

59:42 - What Have We Been Playing (or Tom Talks About the Undertale 10th Anniversary Concert for a Bit)

01:03:27 - Outro

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On this week's show, Tom, Klein, and Lauren are joined by Game Informer and All Things Nintendo's Brian Shea to review the Nintendo Switch 2 after one week with the new console. Listen in to hear our takes on Nintendo's latest gaming machine, the games on it, and why or why not you should pick on up.

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It has been a busy week of Summer Game Fest announcements, and we are finally ready to sit down and discuss our favorite news from the various events tied into SGF. Whether it was a Marvel fighting game at the State of Play or a Ninja Turltle in Tony Hawk, we talked about it.

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On today's show, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming as we dive into the news, reacting to the new James Bond game, Black Panther getting cancelled, a the first Zelda movie casting report; as well as give our predictions for the Summer Games Fest 2025 season.

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On this week's show, we are joined by a very special guest, Spawn On Me host Kahlief Adams, for our Last of Us Season 2 finale review.

Join us as we break down the last episode of The Last of Us' sophomore effort and take a peek at where the series will go in the future.

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On this week's episode, we are joined by special guest Shantelle Santos for a review of The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 6. Join us as we journey back to the post-apocalypse for some chit-chat about the hit HBO series' penultimate episode.

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On today's show, we break down The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 5, react to the GTA VI delay, and share our thoughts on the Until Dawn movie.

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