The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast

In this episode, Brian Barnett is joined by Joshua Mobley and the pair dig deep into Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Blazing Chrome, Vambrace: Cold Soul, and much more! Enjoy!

Rejected Episode Titles:

None this time, sorry!

Topics:

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 0:30

Underlords, Magic, and Destiny: Shadowkeep - 25:47

Paladins and Overwatch - 37:48

Diablo III - 47:23

Blazing Chrome - 49:21

Vambrace: Cold Soul, Darkest Dungeon, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and storytelling in mechanics - 55:00

Bless Unleashed Closed Beta - 1:04:36

Sonic Mania - 1:16:29

In this episode, Brian Barnett is joined by Joshua Mobley and the pair talk about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Disneyland, Void Bastards, demos, and more.

Rejected Episode Titles:

It’s Not Just Confirmation Bias

Julyteenth

What Happens At The End Of Titanic?

Metrosekirols

Josh’s Vampire Express

Nobody Expects The Inquisition

Topics:

The Titanic - 0:18

E3 - 4:19

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 6:31

Disneyland - 6:59

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 - 11:10

Bloodstained & Castlevania - 14:17

Void Bastards - 17:56

Code Vein: Network Test - 31:58

Josh’s Vampire Session - 37:55

Bloodroots Demo - 38:58

A Plague Tale: Innocence - 42:18

Brian’s Recent Nintendeal Reviews- 47:41

Crystal Crisis - 48:06

Muse Dash - 50:26

Children of Morta Beta Demo - 51:50

Evangelion- 53:07

The Simpsons and Matt Groening

More Evangelion, Gundam, and Mecha talk!

Magic The Gathering: Arena - 1:03:54

In this episode, Brian Barnett is joined by Joshua Mobley and Lily Zaldivar (GameSpot) and the trio talk about Brian’s continued journey through The Simpsons. They also talk about Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter: World VS Dauntless, Josh’s obsession with card games, and the newly-revealed handheld gaming device; PlayDate.

Rejected Episode Titles:

Hot Take: The Simpsons Is Good

Wreaking Havoc On The Monster Community

Life Is A Roguelike

I’m In The Game Already

Let's Make A PlayDate

Topics:

The Simpsons & Simpsons Video Games - 1:40

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 22:50

The Pokemon Card Game - 35:51

Yu-Gi-Oh! & Magic: The Gathering - 42:02

Villainous - 48:27

Yoshi’s Crafted World - 54:37

The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse - 58:39

Monster Hunter: World & Dauntless - 1:09:05

Mortal Kombat X - 1:21:33

Marvel VS Capcom Infinite - 1:25:55

PlayDate - 1:36:42

Game Shell - 1:46:05

In this episode, Brian Barnett and Joshua Mobley talk about SteamWorld Quest, Magic: The Gathering - Arena, Borderlands 3, Mortal Kombat 11, and much more. Enjoy the show!

Rejected Episode Titles:

Hanging Out In The Krypt

It’s In The Computer

“You F*&$ed Me!”

“A Lot Of People Are Like Jesus Christ”

“Kevin Doesn’t Care About The Army”

You Guys Know What Stories Are

Topics:

Reigns: Game of Thrones - 2:19

Golf Peaks - 8:01

Horizon Chase Turbo - 10:49

Hob: The Definitive Edition - 15:35

SteamWorld Quest - 17:00

Magic: The Gathering: Arena - 24:03

Keyforge

Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark - 57:45

The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse - 1:07:43

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 1:14:51

Borderlands 3 - 1:15:52

Mortal Kombat 11 - 1:39:56

In this episode, Brian Barnett and Joshua Mobley talk about the recent DC superhero film, Shazam! The episode begins with a spoiler-free impressions segment, and ends with a full spoiler-filled discussion and commentary on the current state of superhero films as a genre. Enjoy!

Rejected Episode Titles:

Shazzum!

Josh, the Shafan

Kazoozles

Topics:

SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION

Shazam (Obviously)

Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam

Wonder Woman

Green Lantern

SPOILER DISCUSSION - 28:16

ScreenX

4D films

In this episode, Brian Barnett and Joshua Mobley talk about Star Wars Celebration, BATTLLOON, The Simpsons, Jedi: Fallen Order, and much more. Enjoy!

Rejected Episode Titles:

This Tube Of Farts

Too Much Work, And Dumb

A Six-Hour Chest

Kondo Ren

Darth Maul Talks To Rocks

#ILoveButts

Topics:

“The Windy City”

Star Wars Celebration - 06:10

Galaxy’s Edge

Jedi: Fallen Order - 11:09

The Mandalorian - 13:48

Marvel Unlimited

Star Wars novels

The Simpsons - 29:41

Vader Immortal - 41:40

eShop Explore 007 - 47:45

BATTLLOON

Towerfall: Dark World - 55:07

The Elder Scrolls: Blades - 57:20

Microtransactions in Games

Cuphead - 1:30:38

Interesting Characters in Star Wars - 1:31:09

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Reaction Video - 1:43:52

In this episode, Brian Barnett and Joshua Mobley talk about video game burnout, Jedi Fallen Order, new and upcoming Switch indie games, upcoming coverage, Star Wars Celebration, and much more. Enjoy!

Rejected Episode Titles:

Jedi Gonk Droid

“Cool Boy” Plo Koon

Haircut Bros.

We Perform A Little Bit Bigger

Topics:

Jedi Fallen Order - 0:50

Getting Burned Out On Video Games - 5:50

Brian’s Next eShop Explore Feature - 8:00

Odallus: The Dark Call - 8:34

The Red Strings Club - 9:21

The World Next Door - 10:58

Overwhelm - 15:22

Ape Out - 23:28

Revisiting Borderlands - 33:28

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition - 43:28

Upcoming Coverage - 49:30

Random Thoughts - 51:21

Warframe - 57:34

Shazam - 1:05:03

Star Wars Celebration - 1:08:14

In this episode, Brian Barnett and Joshua Mobley talk about the Google Stadia announcement, dive deep into The Division 2, and detail the recent Nintendo Nindies Showcase. Enjoy!

Rejected Episode Titles:

Google Stevia

Sleeping Dragons

Resting On Your Laurels

Señor Warframe

Division 2 Has Excellent Brain Drug

That Wizard Came From The Butt!

Gok2

Warning: You Are 120 Hours Into Anthem

The Eight-Fingered Man

This Is The Moon Landing

Topics:

Google Stadia

(Correction: It wasn’t Tom Marks or Dan Stapleton Brian picked up “Google Stevia” from. It was Jason Schreier. Thanks, Jason!)

What Does Stadia Mean For The Next Console Generation? - 7:38

Master Chief Collection - 1:00:30

Xbox Hype / Sony and Microsoft at E3 - 1:03:00

Nintendo Direct - Nindies Showcase - 1:11:16

Dragon Ball FighterZ Updates - 1:18:00

The Division 2 - 1:20:10

In this episode, Brian and special guest Audrey Barnett talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Captain Marvel.

We begin with a spoiler-free discussion, which includes our thoughts on the film and how we feel it compares to some other recent Marvel films, then we crack it wide open in a spoiler-filled discussion. Enjoy!

You Freaking Div

Budget Vader

Tuna Pancakes

The Story Is Like A Cat

Grass Monkey

Yoda: A Goblin With A Laser Sword

Enjoy The Velveeta

Popsicle Monks

Brian, The Lich

Riku: The Vegeta of Kingdom Hearts

Anthem

Star Wars: Battlefront II - 40:28

More Anthem Talk!

Dark Souls Is The Ikea Of Video Games - 1:15:11

Pokemon Sword & Shield - 1:22:30

Pokemon Detective Pikachu - 1:29:02

THQ Nordic - 1:31:42

Various News: - 1:34:26

New Overwatch Hero

New Destiny Content

Our Jump Force Review

Kingdom Hearts 3 Spoilercast - 1:43:38