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All games are slowly becoming one: looters, shooters, and some old booters. The Division 2, Anthem, Ghost Recon, and now this Outriders game that may or may not be like the rest. It's hard to tell! Some of them are getting rewritten from the ground up, some are getting big expansions that add to the thin story, and others are getting cancelled. You'll have to listen to see if you can figure out which is which.

Is there an RPG mechanic that you just do not understand? One that it seems we've "moved on" from, but still see in games? Well we have nothing else to talk about, apart from Byleth and a new Kickstarter, so I guess you'll hear Jeff and J.D. talk about which of those make sense and which are still fun! Also, Ghost Recon DLC (despite the game still being a bit of a mess).

It's officially dulldrum season. Awards are over, release parties have dried up, and now all of the winter animals have gone into their hibernations while they wait for the onslaught of games releasing in the spring. Wait, they all got pushed back? Well, crap. What will Jeff and J.D. talk about? I guess that new Pokemon thing. And that new Konami rumor (not that they have much in the way of substantial news ever). So stick around! It's a short episode!

Remember those Smash Bros character predictions last week? Trash! All trash. Luckily we can live and die and live again in the latest Dark Souls-like sidescroller--or is it at all like Dark Souls? Jeff elaborates while J.D. raves, some more, about Lara Croft's hair. Everything else is cancelled or delayed in the upcoming crater Animal Crossing will leave in our lives.

It's a silly goose game, alright, and an untitled one, at that. Jeff finally sat down to give this the ol' playthrough, while also stepping back in time to the mid 2000s for some old fashioned GTA. J.D., of course, didn't sit down at all, and has more Beat Saber experience up his sleeve than a Jedi. What does it all add up to? An upcoming Smash Bros character reveal, of course!

Sure, you've read other top 5/10/100 lists on other sites, but you know what those sites don't have? Yo bois, J.D. and Jeff. That's right! It's time to round up the games we thought were notable or at least did something interesting this year, because boy, is the news busy not being notable or interesting. Jeff has delved into that mysterious Mansion de Luigi, and has his own echoes, and J.D. got a Christmas present that wraps over the eyes. What could it be?

Last Thursday was one of the biggest events in gaming, which seems to be getting bigger each year: The Game Awards, hosted by the Dorito's Pope himself. Jeff and J.D. tuned in and have OPINIONS, man. There weren't enough Smash Bros characters announced, for one! Plus, a review on that new Star Wars game you've heard about, and some news from the Weegee front.

Dang, that end of the decade is approaching right fast, and Jeff and J.D. are barely prepared for it. Top 10 games? Top 10 disappointments? These and more are ready to be, well, sort of mumbled about. But meanwhile there are two dudes with backpacks running from ghosts, and your boys are ready to give their final (or semi-final) verdicts. Plus: what's with Xbox Scarlet? Where is Ghost Recon Breakpoint? And what happened with that Egyptian-themed game?

Turns out Xbox has their own weird annual conference thing? Don't worry, we forgot, too, but that's okay: that means more weird oddities and fun announcements to talk about. Flight Simulator, a game neither Jeff nor J.D. really cared about before, will be free! Age of Empires is back! And Kingdom Hearts finally makes sense in an Xbox world. In not-quite-news yet hands, there's a new Game Awards coming down the pipe, and a handful of fun games are in the running. What are our opinions? Listen, why don't you.

You probably remember the horrific man-creature that graced our computer screens earlier this year, spinning, blue, and smart-mouthed. Now he's back, and looking, strangely, better--by looking less realistic. But before we can gab about Sonic, Jeff needs to tell you about his experience in Kojima's latest fever dream. Not that you haven't heard anything else. J.D.'s ghosts, meanwhile, are a little less... umbilical-y.