Kurt and Jean-Luc reflect on the Xbox shutdowns and their overall disillusionment with console publishers. But it's not all doom and gloom as this week's also seen the release of some amazing indie titles! Kurt raves about Animal Well and Jean-Luc gives their impressions on the 34th Nancy Drew game.

Welcome to episode #1 of the Gaming Magical Mystery Tour. This week Jean-Luc's been playing No Rest for the Wicked, Jake reviewed Indika, and Kurt's been playing Oblivion again.

Jean-Luc and Jake are joined by the new Tech Reviews editor for IGN, Michael Higham! This week we chat about Stellar Blade, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Sand Land, and Final Fantasy XVI's The Rising Tide DLC.

Its a Kurt-and-Jean-Luc-only episode this week! They give their final update on the Fallout TV show, and dive into some major spoilers (skip to around 27:32 to avoid). Kurt discusses his thoughts on Harold Halibut, Jean-Luc gives their first impressions of Hades II, and gets excited about the upcoming hottest release of the year.

This week we discuss the hottest topic of the week: the Fallout TV Show. There's also The Rogue Prince of Persia, Children of the Sun, Everybody's Golf and the Stellar Blade demo. Also we find yet another excuse to bring up Persona 3 Reload and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

This week we're joined by special guest Kyle Hilliard, magazine content director at Game Informer, to chat a little bit about their new standalone subscription!

This week Lucy and Tam return to talk about their time at both GDC and PAX East, plus the whole crew has been playing the hottest game of week Dragon's Dogma 2.

It's been a busy week in video games with lots of new releases and GDC here in San Francisco. Jean-Luc has been playing Alone in the Dark and Princess Peach. Jake didn't care much for Rise of the Rōnin but did enjoy his brief look at Wild Bastards. And Kurt previewed a bunch of games including Harold Halibut, Tales of Kenzera, and the Sinking City 2.

This week on After Dark we pour one out for Rooster Teeth, Michael has been playing Unicorn Overlord, Jake loves Queen's Blood, and Jean-Luc's playing the Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster.

This week on GameSpot After Dark: Jake has gotten into off-road trucking, Kurt is deep into the HOPA genre, Michael's got a love/hate relationship with Balatro, and Jean-Luc finally got around to playing Homebody.