Last Chalice: A Video Game Podcast

There have been a straight fire release of games over the last month. We've been playing them, but can we finally rest?

It doesn't matter how much you love something if seemingly no one else does. Thus, Halo Studios (and 343 prior) are no more. The question is, will Activision run the franchise any better? Only time will tell. We share our impressions on 007 First Light and Onimusha as well!

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to video game review scores and we're no different. The question this time is, "Is Wolverine really a 6/10?" We haven't finished it yet, but we've looked high and low and it sure doesn't seem so.

The biggest challenge video games have at becoming your favorite today is that they're competing with nostalgia. Here we give our top 5 games of all time. Let's see who makes the cut.

Who knew the most exciting game at Gamescom would be a remaster of an 11 year old title and its new expansion pack? We can't say we're too upset. What is upsetting however, is the leaks that have transpired over the last week. It seems that for every amazing video game announcement there has to be one bit of news that hits like a gut punch.

We're not sure how to handle being in the year 2026 where we are blessed with copious amounts of stellar video games to play while simultaneously noticing that 2027 will be even better. In today's news we cover some solid Elder Scrolls speculation, new Kingdom Hearts announcements and the sad state of discourse over what is likely to be another banger in Insomniac's Wolverine.

Bryan can't stop playing Halo, shocker. Meanwhile Michael dives into the recently released fighter Marvel Tokon. We're currently in the calm before the storm as far as new releases go. The big question is, we're old games just...better?

It's been almost 25 years since Halo: Combat Evolved changed the FPS landscape forever. We've had celebrations in the past...most notably Halo: CE Anniversary, but while that was a mere coat of paint...Campaign evolved is a total overhaul. The question is whether or not this is the definitive way to play one of the most iconic releases in video game history, or a speed bump while we wait for something more worthwhile. The fight is never truly finished.

You know that little dog that's sitting in a room surrounded by fire that says, "this is fine"? Well, that is basically the gaming industry as we know it. While corporations continue to layoff and increase their anti-consumer policies tenfold that's done nothing to stop the litany of quality games releasing one after another. This episode we zero in on the positive. There's a ton we're looking forward to the rest of the year, so let's get right into it.

We knew a storm was coming. As a part of the Asha's major resetting of the Xbox division 3,200 jobs will be cut. Join us as we speculate on the future and say goodbye to the past. For every decision that makes sense there is an equally baffling one to meet it.