The DreamHack Download

Introducing the man of lightning rods, cats running his production, and building a community that actually matters: Steven Spohn is a streamer, gamer, and the COO of Able Gamers. Learn about his journey through video games, his passion for supporting all gamers, and why you should never play among us with him. Also uh... disclaimer, we don't actually advocate any playing with lightning rods. Don't try that at home. Hosted by ReinessaGaming.

With Joe Rogan's 'hot take' dominating headlines, we had to cover it - and ask our special guest Smash professional player MVD his thoughts! We also talk Xbox showcase, anime you apparently HAVE to watch, and check in with SimplyNUC to hear about some of their BYOC LAN friendly PC builds! Welcome to the DreamHack Download, everything gaming under one podcast. Special thanks to SimplyNUC, Astro, Razer, and Blue Microphones for supporting our show. 

Bad balance can ruin a game, and good balance choices can redeem one. What does it take to make the casual and competitive player happy? How should devs handle cheating and bans? Does AI have a place in balancing games? This week, it is everything video game balance. Welcome to the DreamHack Download, everything gaming under one podcast.

Welcome to the DreamHack Download, everything gaming under one podcast. On this episode, we talk a little about LEGOs and their incredible new kits coming out - but then, it is everything nostalgia games. SirActionSlacks joins us for nearly the entire hour with tales of his formative years being heavily influenced by Sailor Moon, his escape to Diddy Kong Racing, and even a deep and dark secret about how he first felt about Dota 2. Special thanks to Blue Microphones for and Simply NUC for supporting this podcast. 

Welcome to the DreamHack Download, everything gaming under one podcast! On this episode, we're hitting the new fallout show, looking at adjustments to esports leagues, and taking a moment to discuss what we can do at DreamHack to make our shows safer in the long run. Special thanks to Blue Microphones for supporting this podcast - like how we sound? Make sure to check them out for all your audio needs!

This is our FIRST episode we are recording after the launch, and we dive right into all the meat of what is currently happening in the gaming space. From a Happy Birthday to JV, to tons of new games coming out (like a Star Wars esport and a Pokemon MOBA), to the end of Mixer, and ending with discussing harassment in the gaming space and how we at DreamHack can help mitigate it at our festivals. Special thanks to BLUE microphones for sponsoring our podcast! Stay a while and listen to everything gaming under one podcast. 

We are going back in time to an early episode in the production process. Though 2020 has not been the year a lot of us hoped it would be, there is one thing that even a pandemic couldn't stop, NEW CONSOLES! We hear from JV as he tells us how he ended up at DreamHack (grab some snacks it is long), the jaw-dropping new engine from Unreal, and where this next generation of hardware will take us. 

We are going back in time to an early episode in the production process. In this episode, we discuss the rebrands that came in from the old guard of esports organizations and gaming companies across the industry. We have Steve Sampson on to talk about his obsession with Funkos and Counter-Strike. 

We are going back in time to an early episode in the production process. The DreamHack Download team discusses SPACE! The outer kind, the esports kind, the where Reinessa came from kind. We dive deep into the DreamHack Showdown, "Unethics" in gaming (smh Kyle), and the space games we love.