It’s time to kick off the best month in gaming news right with an episode all about Summer Game Fest. What is it, where can you watch it and why should you care about it? The weather is getting hot and the and the game announcements are getting hotter. We have been around a while and know the industry well so let’s get into what we think will be announced at the event that starts it all.

•Drinks and Life

•Latest News for the week

•What We've Been Playing

-Doom The Dark Ages

-Clair Obscure Expedition 33

•What is Summer Game Fest?

•When is Summer Game Fest?

•Summer Game Fest Predictions

•Thanks for Listening!

What the hell are these trophies and why do we care so much about them? We go onto our process of why and how we acquire these digital rewards on PlayStation as well as what makes it so fun to do. This episode is for all the fellow trophy hunters out there or those who are interested in learning more about the best meta game in the medium.

•Drinks and Life

•Colorado living

•Soundtracks and sound systems

•Latest News for the week

•Trophy Hunting

•Why we love Trophies

•The origin of Trophies/Achievements

•Our Key Based Game Experience

•What We've Been Playing

-DOOM The Dark Ages

•Thanks for Listening!

With the rise of games in the indie and AA space we talk about what makes a developer “independent” a game indie, why we love them so much and give you a list of some of our top favorite games in that space.

•Drinks and Life

•Video Game TV Shows

•Spoilercasts

•Latest News for the week

•Digital vs Physical

•MAGFest 2026!

•The rise of the independent developer
•What Indie games do we recommend?

•What We've Been Playing

-Civilization VII

-Wild Arms 2

-The Last of Us: Part II

-Clair Obscure: Expedition 33

•Thanks for Listening!

Oblivion Remastered is here! In this deep dive discussion we analyze this remaster and talk about how is stands up to the original.

• History with the Elder Scrolls franchise
• The story, factions and side quests
• Changes to the remaster
• Mods and the community
• The potential future of Bethesda remasters

What a year ahead! We talk about the games we are most excited for this year, our play schedule and how this year looks to be one of the best years in gaming. A look ahead in gaming for you all!

•Drinks and life

•Thunderbolts* & Movie theaters

•Saturday Morning Cartoons

•Pets, Ferrets & Studio Ghibli

•Trophy levels and E3 memories

•My PS5 HDMI issue

•Latest News for the week

-GTA, Gears and Destiny

•Games we are excited for in 2025

•What We've Been Playing

-Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered

-Clair Obscure: Expedition 33

•Thanks for Listening!

It begins. We talk about what we have played this year so far and what we think about the first quarter of 2025 for gaming. Catching up on our games and paving the way for an awesome new podcast for you all. 

• Drinks and life
• Reminiscing on childhood
• New Podcast Stuff!
• Pokémon
• Latest News for the week
• Switch 2 Preorder Madness
• How We Play Video Games
• Games we have played in 2025
• What We've Been Playing
-Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered
-Clair Obscure: Expedition 33
-Monster Hunter Wilds
• What this is all about
• Thanks for Listening!

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In this very short episode we go over why we started the Shapes of Gaming podcast, who we are, what it will be and when to expect it. Audio testing for publishing mainly and the episode that will start it all. Enjoy this bonus episode.