CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

By Scott Johnson - Jon Jagger - Beau SchwartzLeisure Video Games

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CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers episodes

January 30, 2025 CORE 455: Afterbirth
We look ahead to the big games of February like Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Avowed, Monster Hunter Wilds, and more. We tackle your hard hitting questions on a slow news week. Plus more of what we've been playing with games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, UFO 50, No Man's Sky had another update, V Rising, Learning Factory, and more. We also have Dear Martha letters, dragon beef, strange asides, and somehow even more in store on CORE!

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2 hr 23 min
January 24, 2025 CORE 454: Ninja Guy Den
Microsoft held an Xbox stream, and showed off upcoming titles Ninja Gaiden 4, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and DOOM: The Dark Ages. Oh, and dropped Ninja Gaiden 2 BLACK out of nowhere. Plus other news like EA cutting expectations WAY back, Endless Legend II got announced. Gamepass getting Heroes next month? A'nd a load of other stuff. Including Dear Martha, and your feedback. Tuck in! It's a big helping th is week.

GAMES PLAYED

SHARED
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth

SCOTT
Ninja Gaiden 2 BLACK
Thank Goodness You're Here
Wall World
Lonely Mountain: Snowriders
Started Aliens: Dark Descent

JON
The First Berserker: Khazan - Demo
The Roottrees
Cat Quest
Resident Evil
More Dynasty Warriors: Origins

BEAU
V Rising 1.0
Witchfire
Age of Darkness
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2 hr 56 min
January 23, 2025 CORE Special: CORE XBOX Co-Stream Event Coverage 1-23-2025
Scott and Beau are here for the Microsoft Xbox stream, showcasing 4 BIG upcoming titles for Gamepass, PC, and beyond. Enjoy!
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1 hr 4 min
January 16, 2025 CORE 453: Switch-A-Roo!
Did we get a Switch 2 announcement? Maybe. Plus Suicide Squad is donzo. PGA Tour 2025 lets you play as Shooter McGavin. Someone made it so you can play DOOM from INSIDE a PDF file. We got a game finally coming from Bonfire. Dear Martha! The games we played and a load of your texts and emails. Also, who is Worm Person Jim?

GAMES PLAYED

SHARED
Dungeon Crawler

SCOTT
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
LEGO 2K Drive
WoW
Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones

JON
Dynasty Warriors: Origins
The Roottrees are Dead
Final Fantasy VII Remake
George A. Romero's Resident Evil

BEAU
Heroes of the Storm
BG3
WoW
Marvel Rivals
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2 hr 58 min
January 10, 2025 The Jason Schreier Interview: Games, Blizzard, and The Industry
If you pay attention to the games industry, then you know our guest’s work quite well. Jason was very nice to sit down with Scott for a one-on-one discussion ranging from his career in games journalism, to what made Blizzard what they were and what they would become. And lots more. Give it a listen!
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44 min
January 09, 2025 CORE 452: That's a LOT of G's
New year, who dis? Let's look at the games of January. Plus why there is no Doom and Halo combo in Secret Level. What Nvidia announced at CES this week. Steam OS coming to WAY more stuff than you thought. Ubisoft delays AC Shadows AGAIN. Say goodbye to that new Transformers game. More Yakuza pirate talk? Deart Martha on HARD MODE! Your emails texts and more!
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2 hr 38 min
January 03, 2025 CORE 451: 2024 is Out The Door
It’s our big end of 2024 BLOWOUT! All the best games we played, and our picks for loads of category winners, including best game of the year! Tune in! It’s a beast!

Here’s the full list of all our categories and winners! http://frogpants.com/corepicks
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3 hr 35 min
December 26, 2024 CORE 450: Replay & Boxing Day
The end of 2024 approaches, and with it our desire to look back! Well, a little anway. Think of this week as prep for our Best of Year episode coming in January! Anyway, lots of stuff troday including our Reply on Steam stuff, what games people played the most on various platforms, Steam in particular, Dead Space 4 was dead on arrival, Skibidi Toilet has entered the mainest of streams, Rocksmith back from the dead, and all the games we played! Plus your feedback, etc.

GAMES PLAYED

SCOTT
Windblown
Blasphemous 2
The Last Door
More Metaphor, Worms WMD, Rotwood, Tape to Tape, Mutant Football League 2, and retro games.

JON
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite

BEAU
Path of Exile 2
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2 hr 35 min
December 19, 2024 CORE 449: The Right Path...of Exile
We start with some 2x speed issues with how people listen to podcasts, and then dive right into this week's STUFF! Game Award afterthoughts, new Secret Level episodes dropped, Diablo 1 and 2 devs getting back into the ARPG world again, Gwent coming back in Witcher 4, Dear Martha, our week in games played, a call with a great game recc, and loads more!

GAMES PLAYED

SHARED
POE2

SCOTT
More Refantazio
WoW: Siren Isle
Gravity Circuit

JON
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
No Man's Sky

BEAU
Even MORE POE2
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2 hr 37 min
December 13, 2024 Audio Version of the Game Awards 2024
Scott, Beau and Jon doing live commentary over the game awards, like we do every year!
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3 hr 47 min

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Hosted by podcasting vet, Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger and Beau Schwartz. Weekly, on the frogpants network. Video games and the issues around them every week!

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