The GAP Podcast

On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about creating their own Olympics.

The Games they’ve been playing this week include YAPYAP, Mewgenics, The Quarantine Zone, Freefall 95, Deadlock, Dead by Daylight 2, and Monster Train 2.

Over in the news an AI mistakenly issues a DMCA against Minecraft-like game Allumeria, Horizon Hunters Gathering is revealed, and PlayStation announces a new State of Play presentation.

This episode goes for 1 hour and 35 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the new movie based on a video game, Iron Lung.

The Games they’ve been playing this week include Highguard, YAPYAP, Absolum, Deadlock, Monster Train 2, Nullpoint Protocol, Dead by Daylight, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Arken Age.

Over in the news Take-Two provides an update on GTA VI and shuts down digital-only rumours, AMD teases next-gen Xbox hardware, Valve shares an update on new Steam hardware, and Overwatch 2 rebrands back to Overwatch.

This episode goes for 2 hours, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Nathan Lawrence talk about a couple of older games they've been revisiting.

The Games they’ve been playing this week include Dispatch, Red Dead Redemption 2, Batman: Arkham City (GOTY) / Batman: Arkham Origins, Highguard, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Metroid Prime 4, and Fallout 4 / Fallout: New Vegas.

Over in the news the Xbox Showcase shows off titles like Fable and Forza, Ubisoft announces a major restructure with layoffs and studio changes, and rumours suggest GTA VI may launch as digital-only.

This episode goes for 2 hours and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy return for another year of talking about video games.

The Games they’ve been playing this week include Dispatch, Death Stranding 2, Hades II, Dying Light: The Beast, Nonolith, Hytale, Cubic Odyssey, The Séance of Blake Manor, Quarantine Zone, Patient Zero: Pandemic Simulator, and Magic: The Gathering – Lorwyn Eclipsed.

Over in the news Meta lays off over 1,000 staff and shuts three VR studios, a new expansion is reportedly in development for The Witcher 3, GPU prices may spike due to hardware shortages, and The Division director Julian Gerighty departs Massive for DICE.

This episode goes for 2 hours and 25 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy look back at 2025 and talk about their favourite games that came out.

They discuss some of the biggest news of 2025, hand out a few genre awards, and then each list their 5 favourite games they played for the year.

This episode goes for 3 hours and 55 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about some of the games they want to get around to before the year wraps up.

The games they’ve been playing this week include Terminator 2D: No Fate, Re:Call, Death Howl, Diablo IV – Season of Divine Intervention, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Ball x Pit, and ARC Raiders.

In the news, The Game Awards wrap up for another year, Hollow Knight: Silksong – Sea of Sorrow is announced as a free expansion, Deus Ex Remastered has been delayed indefinitely with preorders refunded, and Bungie’s Marathon now has a release date.

This episode goes for 2 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about broken toes, and the purpose of a toe.

The games they’ve been playing this week include Metroid Prime 4, Wild Bastards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Toroa Skycall, and the Queen’s Domain.

In the news, Call of Duty developers say they won’t release back-to-back games in the same series anymore, Skyrim has somehow made its way onto the Switch 2, Netflix potentially buying Warner Bros for $83 billion, and The Game Awards are just around the corner.

This episode goes for 1 hours and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie, Joab Gilroy, and Jeremy 'Junglist' Ray talk about Fortress and Jung's singlet.

The games they’ve been playing this week include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Davy X Jones, Endless Legend 2, Wild Bastards, Tower Dominion, Kill the Crows, Effulgence, Wretch: Divine Ascent, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Monsters Are Coming!, ARC Raiders, and Fortress.

In the news, CD Projekt shared its Q3 earnings update and confirmed the next Witcher trilogy will release across six years, Cyberpunk 2077 has sold 35 million copies with 135 developers already working on its sequel, Tim Sweeney is under fire for saying developers should not need to disclose the use of generative AI on storefronts, and Helldivers 2 is working on a patch aiming to cut its file size by 85%.

This episode goes for 2 hours and 35 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talks about Joab being tricked by Darren Aronofsky's latest movie.

The games they’ve been playing this week include Vampire Survivors VR, Monsters Are Coming – Rock & Road, ARC Raiders, and SCP: Secret Laboratory.

In the news, Valve says Steam Machines will be priced like PCs rather than positioned as console competitors, a Far Cry TV series is in development from Noah Hawley and Rob Mac, Charlie Cox credits the motion-capture performer for his role in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, early sales data suggests Black Ops 7 is selling less than Battlefield 6, and rumours point to Destiny 3 entering early production.

You can support Joab and Nate's fundraising campaign for men's mental health which is running at the moment.

This episode goes for 1 hours and 40 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about Predator: Badlands and how Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 isn't on their list right now.

The games they’ve been playing this week include Deadpool VR, ARC Raiders, Megabonk, and The Seance of Blake Manor.

They also talk about Double Fine's The Making of Keeper video.

In the news, Valve has showcased new hardware (but still no Half-Life 3), Ubisoft abruptly postponed its earnings call amid buyout speculation, The Game Awards nominees have been announced, and Cities: Skylines 2 is shifting to a new development team.

You can support Joab and Nate's fundraising campaign for men's mental health which is running at the moment.

This episode goes for 2 hours and 15 minutes, it also contains coarse language.

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