Front Row Geeks Podcast

In another long line of summer showcases, we now see what Playstation and Xbox have in their respective pipelines

FRG takes a look at the various announcements and game trailers from Gamescon 2026

Up in the front row, we dive into Nintendo's latest, and storm-summoning, announcements during their latest Nintendo Direct

In light of the recent news of Sony pulling out of physical media in the coming years, the FRG podcast digs into their own thoughts and feelings about this industry-defining move by one of the biggest in the gaming industry.

Anime Recommendations are officially back after a (very surprisingly long) hiatus! After Asher helps Baron with computer woes, each of our hosts goes over what they want to bring to the anime binge table.

This round's recommendations include:

The Vision of Escaflowne

Kannazuki no Miko

Thunderbolt Fantasy

Baron5X is done being distracted by life so the pod returns! Asher shares the latest ShiftUp gossip which seemes to indicate I had even less to worry about when it came to a Stellar Blade sequel. Then we talk about the exciting Star Fox announcement last week.

We had other things to discuss last week, so this week we catch up on the PlayStation Partner Showcase to see what kind of fun third-party games we can look forward to from PlayStation.

We dive deep in today's episode, Asher starting us off with his thoughts and feelings on Metroid Prime 4, followed by looking over Hideaki Anno's (Evangelion) thoughts and words about not wanting Western and foreign influences over anime and its creatives, Netflix and Mappa's new partnership, and how different audiences are reviewing the new Jujustu Kaisen season.

The FRG Podcast is back for 2026, now that one of its hosts has gotten over his month-long ailment. And in our time-honored tradition, we take the time to review the Game Awards...from 5 years go. Why? To see how that year's nominees and winners held up against time. Did they make a splash and then wash away in obscurity? Or did they remain as staples in video game culture and iconography? We might not be qualified to answer any of that,t but we have no shame.

Lucky Episode 13 of the year, and our final podcast of the year. Today we go over some of the stories - cough cough controversies - that have sprouted from the 2025 Game Awards the week prior. Games winning too much? Studios caught red handed with their hand in the AI cookie jar? Another damn hero shooter?! Gacha games winning things!? Tune in!