Infinite Respawn Podcast

This week both Oak Tree & Grif have something to fan over. The new Lord of the Rings game Shadow of Mordor announces a portion it's A-List voice cast which happens to include Troy Baker and Nolan North. Oak Tree got his hands on Wolfenstien: The New Order this week and has plenty to say about it. The new trailer for Batman Arkham Knight has everyone drooling over the chance to play with the Batmobile. Valve introduces a new streaming system that may eliminate the need for Steam machines. Evolve rolls out some new characters and gives more information on how they play. And the Oculus Rift is making its debut at Chuck E. Cheese. Would you visit the kiddy pizza wonderland to try one out? We discuss all this and more on this week's episode!

Oak Tree and Grif talk to Jump Core Studios' Cameron Petty about his game Undead Overlord.  Grif battles with Oak Tree over his opinion on co-op play and Halo. Sony says Watchdogs will be in 1080p on their system and Ubisoft had to set them straight.  Microsoft decides to make a Kinectless Xbox One.  We discuss weird things you'll see on PS Twitch streams.  The Nvidia Shield will now have two good games that are several years old, would you want to buy one now? Do you even know what a Shield is?  Phillips is suing Nintendo over 9 year old technology.  Why did they wait this long and why not sue other hardware companies?  This and more!

Oak Tree shares his experience with the Outlast Whistleblower DLC. Would you play an FPS in which you're a monochromatic box? Would you even be willing to pitch such an idea to a publisher? Oak Tree theorizes how you could pitch just such an idea. How is Troy Baker making Grif play Call of Duty? Speaking of Mr. Baker, how many BluRay discs will the remastered version of The Last of Us need? Is Sony leaning too heavily on Indie games for their PS4 line up or are they correct in thinking the smaller devs are the heartbeat of gaming? Oak Tree & Grif share their thoughts on these topics and more on this week's Infinite Respawn!

Grif and Oak Tree bring in Johnny Chiodini, formerly of GameSpot, to talk about his table top game that he and Joe Ewens are working on, called Kay-Pacha.  Johnny and Oak Tree discuss the possibility of a Choice Chamber/Dark Souls hybrid.  Grif and Johnny discuss their love for Borderlands.  Esports are making it on ESPN, EA and Comcast are making a deal, Console wars, Star Wars Day, and more!  Will Johnny and Oak Tree be able to get Grif to try their new favorite sandwich? Listen and find out!

Join Chicken, Grif, Oak, and Baka on their weekly journey into all things gaming. We talk PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and everything in between!

Community manager Elite Chicken stops by and talks about his favorite games, his picks for this year's Super Smash Bros title, and his thoughts on the future of VR. Do we need the Omni Treadmill if the VR headsets they're made for aren't available yet? Will virtual reality replace real human interaction one day? Do you want it to? Should there be microtransactions for items and features that should have been in a game to start with? And is the Free-to-Play model one every gaming company should adopt? We discuss all of these questions and more this week on Infinite Respawn!

Is "pre-sequel" a legit thing? Borderlands says YES! We talk about the upcoming chance to play as Claptrap in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Grif is reading S. by Abrams & Dorst and Oak Tree manages to find a way to liken it to a video game... And he's right! Shaq needs your money to fund his (likely awful) game! Are you interested in a Shaq-Fu reboot? Enough to spend $35,000 just to mess with Shaq? The Evil Within has Grif all giddy and Oak Tree is already dreading streaming it. We share our thoughts on ConConnectFix's The Fix for controllers. And who's being overly talkative in the gaming community now? Find out on this week's show!

We've got an April Fool's day round up of hilarity from around the net. Grif spent the week playing table top games. Has she failed on her quest to be a pirate?  Oak Tree defends Amy Hennig's move to EA. We discuss whether or not a company's future games should be judged based on their past works. And is there a rise in the horror market? We talk scary games and spiders!

Grif and Oak Tree interview the guys from Battery Staple Games about their Mega Man style game Echoes of Eridu!  Grif believes she is slowly becoming a pirate as she continues her voyage on the Jackdaw in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.  Oak Tree finished Outlast twice on the Sunday stream that has now been renamed Demand & Conquer and discusses what he is playing next.  Oak Tree and Grif get in a heated battle over the Oculus Rift acquisition.  They express their thoughts on the EA CEO, the way girl gamers are treated online and much more!  Can you write the words to our new song idea "Nerdy Paradise?"

This week Grif and Oak Tree talk about whether plot is important for gaming.  Oak Tree talks about his play through of Metal Gear Solid 5 and Grif has been playing pirate in Assassin's Creed 4.  Sony reveals their new design for a VR headset called Project Morpheus.  Is women's clothing in games getting ridiculous?  Is EA going to win the worst company award again?  Wal-mart is going to start selling used games, find out what we think about it.  As modern tech advances, are game reviews still important?  Cheeky Sprite is running a character name competition for their game The Secret Cove. Find out what new things IRPC is adding to get you more involved!