This week, we're discussing our favorite games of this century going all the way back to the year 2000.

This week, we're talking about the continued focus on digital releases as opposed to retail in the upcoming generation of consoles.

This week, we're talking about the times a video game franchise managed to kill our love for it.

This week, friend of the show Tank Rodriguez returns to talk to us about video games and video game related stuff.

This week, we're talking about Microsoft's acquisition of Zenimax Media, which includes its subsidiary Bethesda Softworks and all the games under their umbrella. We discuss what we think it means for the future of games like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls along with what we imagine the fate of Arkane Studios will be if Deathloop under-performs.

This week, we're talking about themes we've observed in various video games and how those themes might have resonated with us.

This week, we're discussing the newly released Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, along with a broader conversation about the merits of releasing remade or remastered entries in other stagnant franchises.

This week, we're talking about our favorite rhythim and music video games

This week, we're talking about lesser-known video games that we love.

Due to some time constraints on this weeks episode, we didn't get to elaborate as much as we would have liked on our thoughts about the games we brought up. We're sitting down again to talk some more about the open world games we love.