Well, it's finally here, ladies and gentlemen. After weeks of hyping up this installment of Drop In/Drop Out, it's finally time for you to see how we determined our Game of the Year for 2018 here at DualShockers.

As you might expect, this week's entire episode is dedicated to arguing over the merits of this year's Game of the Year. What game did we think was the most impressive? Which title will have the biggest impact on the industry moving forward? And why didn't anyone make a case for The Quiet Man for Game of the Year? All of these questions and more are answered. 

Here is a tease of some of the games you can expect to hear arguments for GOTY on the podcast:

The Messenger

God of War

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Marvel's Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Also, our full list of Game of the Year 2018 awards is already live on the website. You can click here to read our full list of honors for the year that was 2018. Be sure to keep an eye out for our individual staff top 10 lists which will be staggering out over the next two weeks.

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Lastly, if this is your first episode listening to the podcast, then thanks so much. We're still in the early stages of workshopping this show we'd love to hear your feedback in the comments below.

This week on Drop In/Drop Out, Michael, Steven, and Logan get together to talk about Sonic the Hedgehog and his deformed look in the upcoming 2019 film. Oh, and they talk about some video games along the way mere hours before Game of the Year discussions kick off. 

Episode 7 topics:

Kinda Funny Games Showcase Thoughts

Desert Child Impressions

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Opening Hours

Sonic the Hedgehog 2019 Film

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a Pretty Good Game

You can find Drop In/Drop Out on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, in addition to listening natively on Podbean. If you have time to leave a review on any of those platforms, it’d really help us out greatly.

Thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song “Liquor Store” as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

Also, be sure to follow Drop In/Drop Out, DualShockers, and this week’s guests to keep up with us all moving forward.

@DIDOPodcast

@DualShockers

@MooreMan12

@Super_Rooz

@No8Axel

We’re also always looking for feedback so if you tune in this week, let us know how we could improve in the future. Be sure to come back for the insanity that will be Episode #8 which will post on Monday, December 17 alongside our official Game of the Year list.

This week on Drop In/Drop Out, Michael, Max, and Logan all record together in person and the audio quality doesn't end up being all that great -- apologies in advance. 

The entire show this week is dedicated to The Game Awards and breaking down all of the announcements that came out of it. This includes Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Persona 5's Joker coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and the reveal of Mortal Kombat 11 among others. If it was something appeared or was revealed at The Game Awards 2018, we touch on it in this week's brief episode.

 You can find Drop In/Drop Out on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, in addition to listening natively on Podbean. If you have time to leave a review on any of those platforms, it’d really help us out greatly.

Thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song “Liquor Store” as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

Also for this week, we're finally on Twitter! Be sure to follow Drop In/Drop Out, DualShockers, and this week's guests to keep up with us all moving forward. 

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We're also always looking for feedback so if you tune in this week, let us know how we could improve in the future.

This week on Drop In/Drop Out, Michael and Tomas join Logan to talk about their thoughts on recent games such as Darksiders III, Pokemon: Let's Go! and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Before getting into predictions for The Game Awards next week, they also talk about Red Dead Online's new release and the failure that has become Fallout 76. 

Episode 5 topics:

Red Dead Online is Out Now

Fallout 76 and the Ramifications of its Failure for Bethesda Moving Forward

The Game Awards 2018 Predictions

You can find Drop In/Drop Out on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, in addition to listening natively on Podbean. If you have time to leave a review on any of those platforms, it’d really help us out greatly.

Thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song “Liquor Store” as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

If you listen to the show for yourself this week, please leave us a note down in the comments letting us know how we could do better in the future.

This week on Drop In/Drop Out, Logan returns and is joined by Lou and Grant to talk about the legacy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They also touch on Sony's new announcement to spurn E3 in 2019 along with Logan's initial thoughts after having played Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for a few hours. 

Episode 4 topics:

Thoughts After Playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Sony Skipping E3 2019 and the Ramifications of the Move

The 20th Anniversary of Ocarina of Time

Does it still hold up?

Will there ever be another game like it?

What makes it still special so long later?

You can find Drop In/Drop Out on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, in addition to listening natively on Podbean. If you have time to leave a review on any of those platforms, it'd really help us out greatly. 

Thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song “Liquor Store” as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

This week on Drop In/Drop Out, Logan is out sick so Michael picks up the hosting reigns and is joined by DualShockers Staff Writer Max Roberts for an intimate one on one chat. 

Here’s what is touched on in Episode 3:

More Red Dead Redemption 2 Thoughts

Tetris Effect Impressions

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Coming to PS4

Stan Lee's Death

Detective Pikachu Trailer

X018 Reactions

The Game Awards Nominees

You can find Drop In/Drop Out on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, in addition to listening natively on Podbean. As always, thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song “Liquor Store” as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

We’ll also be working on setting up a new email address and social media account in the coming weeks so that you can follow the show more closely.

If you listen in, be sure to give us your thoughts in the comments or let us know what you’d like to see us discuss in a future episode!

This week on Drop In/Drop Out, Logan and Michael are joined by Tomas Franzese and Chris Compendio to talk about all of the hottest topics in video games that YOU want to hear about. 

To open the show, the crew gives their thoughts on what they've played of Red Dead Redemption 2 so far before then getting into the week's news, which mainly dealt with heavy criticism that Blizzard received after revealing a new mobile version of Diablo. After touching on a few more stories, things are closed out by trying to predict this week's X018 event. 

Here's a full breakdown of what we touch on in Episode 2:

Red Dead Redemption 2 Thoughts

BlizzCon 2018 Reaction and the Diablo Immortal Backlash

Respawn Entertainment's mysterious (likely Titanfall 3) new holiday 2019 game

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct Reactions

Predictions for X018

Also this week, we're now on a variety of new podcast platforms! You can find Drop In/Drop Out on iTunes and Spotify, in addition to listening natively on Podbean. The show should also be on Google Play very, very soon, so keep an eye out. 

And as always, thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song “Liquor Store” as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

As for next week, we'll also be working on setting up a new email address and social media account so that you can follow the show more closely. Keep an eye out for more news on this next week. 

If you listen in, be sure to give us your thoughts in the comments or let us know what you’d like to see us discuss in a future episode!

Welcome to Drop In/Drop Out!

Starting today, Drop In/Drop Out will be a new weekly podcast hosted on DualShockers that features voices from a variety of its staff members. The show will mainly be laid back and conversational with usual topics focusing on games we've been playing while also discussing the recent news that has happened in the industry.

In this week's first episode, Logan, Michael, and Steven touched on the following topics:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Days Gone's delay to April 2019

PSN Name Changes

Jade Raymond Leaving EA

Intellivision Amico

We're still in the trial and error phase of Drop In/Drop Out at the moment, so please bear with us over the course of these first few episodes as we iron out the kinks and nail down the format of the program. We'll also likely be publishing every Thursday moving forward, so you can look forward to new episodes hitting at that time.

And a huge thanks to HTML for allowing us to use their song "Liquor Store" as the opening theme of the show. You can find their music over on Bandcamp.

Lastly, Drop In/Drop Out isn't on iTunes, Google Play, or a variety of other podcast services just yet, but it should appear soon. Stay tuned.