The guys talk about the latest Hearthstone patch, 9.1, looking over key changes that took place.

On this week's episode of Last Checkpoint, Ryan, Patrick, and Chris start off by getting into the debate topic, "FPS's will always be the most successful game genre" (2:30). Then in the what are we playing segment (16:30), we discuss the RTS, 'Sudden Strike 4' by Kite Games (17:33), the 2D MOBA 'Hyper Universe' by Nexon (22:50), and then we give our day 1 early impressions on Bungie's 'Destiny 2' (27:26). Finally we round out the show discussing Chris's experience at this years PAX West 2017 (28:46).

This week Patrick and Chris look at a number of topics relevant to the past couple weeks beginning with the new Overwatch free-for-all mode, Deathmatch. Other topics covered are the new Shadow of War’s microtransactions, Nintendo Switch sales numbers, and updates to the Pokemon Go scene. Lastly, the guys talk about Valve’s new Dota2 based card game, “Artifact”, and the recent surge in games trying to emulate Hearthstone’s success.

On this week's episode, Patrick and Chris talk about the two games they've been playing, Paladins and Splatoon 2. The two then recap the events of the main games during this year's EVO tournament, touching on the results of Smash Brothers, Injustice 2, and Street Fighter V.

This week, we bring on pro gamer Max Leon to talk all about his game, CS:GO. We go over the game Counter Strike, and its transformation over the years, his story as an extremely high ranking player, and how CS:GO stack up as a top tier eSport. Then later in the cast, Chris, Patrick, and Max explore eSports as a whole, and discuss what the new investor scene in the upcoming Overwatch League, could mean for the future of competitive gaming.

This week on the cast, Patrick and Ryan debate on if the success of Nintendo's future is reliant on a new IP. Then, the cast discusses the latest changes to Blizzard's popular digital card game, Hearthstone. The cast then recaps the biggest reveal of the past couple weeks in the SNES Classic, and laments over the lineup of games that the console is being released with. And finally, the main topic of the show is a review on the new Nintendo Switch fighting game Arms.

It's E3 week and the Last Checkpoint podcast is here to walk you through what each of the big conferences had to offer. The guys discuss their likes and dislikes from this years big gaming event.

Patrick talks about the game he's been obsessing over, Nier Automata (1:15). Moving into the debate, Ryan and Patrick argue over whether or not "Esports pros should have a say, in how their respective game competitions are run" (4:32). Finally, during the main topic (15:06), the cast discusses issues brought up in a recent Compete article (http://compete.kotaku.com/burnt-out-smash-pros-are-talking-about-unionizing-1795513509) that talks about the pros in the Smash 4 competative scene. Chris, Patrick, and Ryan talk about what makes Smash 4 different from other eSports environments and the difficulties that come with it.

Patrick takes us back to the very first E3, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 11, 1995. The panel, which includes guest Randy Tong, talks about the highlights of the first E3 and how today's conventions have been effected by it.

The cast gives their impressions on the new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch and also on a brand new game from Epic Games, that is in its alpha stage called Fortnite. Also on this cast, as we are recording on May 4th, we welcome special guest Randy Tong to celebrate Star Wars Day! Each cast member reminices about their favorite star wars video game and we close out with a little trivia game based around the Star Wars video game franchise.