Casey and Cody are back with their replay through of the Gears of War franchise. This time playing the second entry in the series, Gears of War 2. Hear about how it's just okay, and just Gears of War but more two-er. 

That's right! Casey and Cody are back with a short little update about the Gears of War: E-Day announcement at the X-Box Showcase! Listen as they talk about where they've been and what's in store for the future! Is this enough exclamation points!!!!?

Just a heads up, we had a bit of a hardware failure in this episode, and the audio is a little scratchy and static-y in some places. It doesn't last too long, so we hope it doesn't ruin your enjoyment of the episode. Saying that this episode we go back to the start, and by that we mean the remaster of the start of the series with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. Where we start our journey on the planet Sera and find out if the extra levels that were added in the original PC port of the game were really worth playing through. (They were not). Enjoy!

Cody traveled the multiverse through various means, and has returned with the knowledge of the Gears of War TV show that aired in May of 2022. (Any resemblance to the television program "Halo" of Paramount+ is pure coincidence brought about by the infinite randomness of the multiverse. 

Are you looking for the ultimate crossover between Gears of War and a table-top roleplaying game? Well this is the one and only podcast episode for you! Casey, Cody, and very special guest Kevin Cole sit down and roll up some character sheets to represent our favorite Gears of Delta Squad!

Kevin created the amazing table-top roleplaying game "Space Kings" that our hosts love so much they decided to ask Kevin to come on the podcast and talk about it! Knowledge will be shared and cards will be flipped! Cody will reference a book several times! How many more sentences can we end with an exclamation point?!

Check out Kevin Cole at:

Space Kings: spacekings.space

Twitter: @RealKevinCole

Video Games: supertry.itch.io

Patreon: givekevinmoney.com

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Casey and Cody dive into the black sheep of the Gears franchise, Gears of War: Judgement. Do they have anything to say about the forgotten entry in the franchise? You're just going to have to listen and find out! But we know one thing for sure, it's go time baby!

Casey and Cody revisit the beginning of the new Gears trilogy with Gears of War 4. Will they suffer through the sound of silence as they face the new threat from the swarm? Or will they somehow make the entire conversation about random Halo development trivia, and bring up every single AAA gaming franchise from Mass Effect to Borderlands, with a splash of Watch Dogs and Dead Space to really spice things up. Needless to say this is a necessary listen as the two hosts continue on with their "Most obnoxious way to replay the Gears franchise" journey. Stick around for the Hammerburst minute! 

Casey and Cody discuss the most important part of game development: marketing. Starting with the humble, yet groundbreaking, eponymous "Mad World" trailer, followed by how we want all the kids on Twitter-dot-com to watch a video about how cool Gears: Tactics is. And of course, we talk about how we would market Gears 6.

(Yeah I know what the word eponymous means, it was a part of clue in a crossword puzzle, the answer was "RoboCop" btw)

Below you can see all the trailers we watched, and perhaps figure out what our final rankings are, because we mention that as an idea, but then completely throw it away.

Gears 1: Mad World Trailer: https://youtu.be/wy8LRlS1SCc

Gears 2: Bear your teeth https://youtu.be/lMYJEjW725g

Gears 2: Last Day Trailer https://youtu.be/qdPR6Y7UFRw

Gears 2: Rendezvous with Death https://youtu.be/rXIjDzlGc5I

Gears 3: Ashes to Ashes https://youtu.be/n7Te5fcnrUA

Gears 3: Dust to Dust https://youtu.be/86QvTlQ5ziY

Gears Judgement: E3 Trailer https://youtu.be/vBwB5JBMILA

Gears Judgement: Launch Trailer https://youtu.be/R9Jof28jANY

Gears 4: Sound of Silence https://youtu.be/mu2RsEUOA3M

Gears 4: Launch Trailer https://youtu.be/XrfVfRV0zSg

Gears 5: Campaign trailer https://youtu.be/APqBWniRQbQ

Gears 5: Billie Ellish trailer https://youtu.be/pxVzYPcag_8

Gears 5: The Chain trailer https://youtu.be/h35_KOgslkM

Gears Tactics: Launch Trailer https://youtu.be/M5eYR5Pu4Io

Gears Tactics: Gameplay Trailer https://youtu.be/PXMZoMluCi4

Casey and Cody begin tackling the task of replaying and retrospective-ing the Gears of War franchise. Starting with Gears of War 3, the third game in the series, and the end of the first trilogy. Why do they start half way through the series, you may ask? Well you're just going to have to listen to their explanation as to why. 

Casey begins the now famous "Hammerburst Minute", and shares his love-affair with Baird. Cody is convinced that the entire plot of Gears of War 3 was plagiarized from a Pokémon game only he has heard of, and shares some details of Gear of War 3's development he learned in about in a book, and there's a lot more involvement from Jimmy Fallon than you would be expecting.

It's time for another episode of It's a Mad World: A Gears of War Podcast! 

Casey and Cody introduce themselves and talk about their experiences with the Gears of War franchise. They then move onto their plans for being hired by The Coalition as either voice actors in a very minor, forgettable cameo, or as salaried executive producers, or you know, somewhere in between. Join us in our very first episode of "It's a Mad World: A Gears of War Podcast"!