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

This week Andrew Wolf takes over the show, and Brian is demoted to co-hosting duties! Brian is up to his elbows in his Octopath Traveler review, and the boys talk about great trailers, games that live up to the hype, and those that don’t.

Topics:

Video Game Trailers

Disappointing Trailers

HYPE TRAILERS

Video Game Development

Octopath Traveler

Party Games

Fibbage

Crack The Case

Nidhogg 2

Towerfall Ascension

Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

Mario Kart Hotwheels

This week Brian, Chris, and Josh talk about Vampyr, Moonlighter, West of Loathing, GuardianCon, TennoCon, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!

Topics:

Scooping up cows

Chris has a house!

Displaying video games and merchandise as an adult

Holding on to your old consoles

Emulation

Learning to read

West of Loathing

Deadpool 2

Antman and the Wasp

Monster Prom

Moonlighter

Stardew Valley

Chris gives up on his backlog

Raiden IV: Overkill

Vampyr

GuardianCon

TennoCon

Warframe

This week Brian, Chris, and Andrew talk about times they took a break from gaming, what video game difficulty means for approachability, games they played the most over the years, and much more. Enjoy!

Topics:

Wiping

Mario Tennis Aces

PS Vita Hacking

Original Xbox Hacking

Gray Dawn

The Thin Silence

Mental Wellness Games

Celeste

Nier Automata

Game Title Pronunciations

Watching Games VS Playing Games

Tiny Metal

Video Game Difficulty

Diablo

Diablo 3

Taking A Break From Games

Our Most Played Games

Buying Games On Multiple Platforms

Borderlands

World of Warcraft

Pokemon Ruby

Deus Ex

Video Game Covers

Brian’s Enthusiasm

Super Mario World

Baldur’s Gate II

Banjo Kazooie

Super Mario 64

This week we talk about Ys VIII, Mario Tennis Aces, rhythm games, Switch ports, controllers, the best original PlayStation games, going to the movies alone, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!

Topics:

The Division

Disney’s streaming service

AMC Movie Service

Cinemark Movie Pass

Movie theaters

The Devil Is A Part-Timer

Lumines

What is the best puzzle game?

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker

Shoot-em-ups

Vertical Switch

Just Shapes and Beats

Super Mario Cereal

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

JRPGs

Dragon Quest XI

Final Fantasy Tactics

The Best Original PlayStation Games

GameCube

Emulation

Xbox

Next Up Hero

Mario Tennis Aces

Party Games

Killer Queen

Switch ports

The Duke

Halo Infinite

Field of view in console games

Star Wars: Battlefront is actually good now

Darth Maul’s robot legs

Does becoming a robot make you stronger or weaker in Star Wars?

Chris doesn’t like Fortnite

Realm Royale

This week marks the 100th episode of The Platformers, and to celebrate, the crew makes some really big announcements! We really hope you enjoy it!

Topics:

Pokemon Fire Red Nuzlocke

Which Pokemon do we look like?

What is your Poke-Spirit Animal?

Dark Souls: Remastered

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Gloomhaven

Pokemon Go

Boston Cat

Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night

Persona 4 Dancing All Night

Persona 5 Dancing Star Night

Dragon’s Crown Pro

Guitar Hero

Rock Band

Rock Smith

Floor Kids

DropMix

Beholder: Complete Edition

Depressing games

#6GamesToBeat Take 2

Papers, Please

Superhot

E3

Jump Force

My Hero: One’s Justice

The Summit Of Power

EVO 2018

Marvel VS Capcom Infinite

Marvel VS Capcom

Marvel VS Capcom 2

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Bar Bingo

Chris’ Duke Silver

Chris’ Secret Bingo Obsession

Project Octopath Traveler

Josh Likes To Grind

Mario Tennis Aces

Shaq-Fu

Splatoon 2 DLC

Hollow Knight

Josh Is Absolutely Ridiculous

This week we talk about the most exciting announcements made at every press conference during E3 2018.

Topics:

What we predicted last week

Xbox

EA

Bethesda

Sony

Ubisoft

Nintendo

Fallout 76

Battletoads

Cuphead

Crackdown 3

Cyberpunk

Gears of War 5

Halo Infinite

Jump Force

Kingdom Hearts 3

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

The Last Of Us 2

Spider-Man

Ghost of Tsushima

Death Stranding

Resident Evil 2

Control

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Super Mario Party

Hollow Knight

Fortnite

Smash

Amiibo

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Overcooked 2

Skyrim Alexa

Doom Eternal

Mario Rabbids DLC

Skull and Bones

We Happy Few

Metro: Exodus

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

The Division 2

Children of Morta

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Session

Devil May Cry 5

Tunic

Gears Tactics

Star Wars: Jedi Dark Something, Or Whatever

Unravel 2

Sea of Solitude

Anthem

Prey

Quake Champions

Wolfenstein Youngblood

Fire Emblem: Fates

Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu

This week we are talking about the impending arrival of E3, and what we think might happen, what we really want to happen, and what we are really concerned will happen.

Topics & Predictions (and some predictions which didn't make their way into the episode):

Chris’ E3 Predictions:

Goku and Vegeta in Smash - MAYBE Crash Bandicoot (tie in with launch trailer)

Star Fox Grand Prix

We see Metroid Prime 4 - Summer 2019

Yoshi gets a release date - September 2018 (it will die by the hands of peter parker)

Fortnite - Available now on Switch

Pikmin 4 is teased

A new IP from Nintendo

Splinter Cell will be shown - will not be given a release date - is not coming to switch

A Fire Emblem game is shown - I still won’t give a shit

Destiny PC/PS4 Crossplay/CrossSave announced

Halo Master Chief Collection is fixed and available on PC - Battle Royale is included/added - looks better than I expect it to.

Microsoft shows two games that they make a huge deal about, no one cares

Crackdown 3 is shown again, it’s available immediately after the show on Xbox Game Pass, Public Release later

Links Awakening remake

Devil May Cry

Halo 6 is teased - not coming this year

Gears of War 5 teaser

VR tie in courtesy of Oculus (Oculus 2?)

Cyberpunk 2077 shown at Microsoft Conference

Remedy’s new game is shown

We get another fucking Death Stranding trailer. It makes even less sense.

Rocksteady Superman/Justice League game

Kingdom Hearts 3 gets a release date (it’s then moved to 2019)

Sony will tease the Resistance HD collection (no one but me and Colin Moriarty will buy it)

BANJO KAZOOIE THAT ISN’T SHIT

A new Wario game is announced/shown. It’s memey af.

Brian’s E3 Predictions:

Games will be shown

Most will be lame

A few will be pretty neato

More than a few will be LAME-SAUCE

This week, Brian, Chris, and Andrew talk about Solo: A Star Wars Story. A brief spoiler-free discussion is followed by an in depth discussion of the entire movie, filled to the brim with spoilers! Enjoy!

This week the boys are talking about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paella, clam chowder, and go on one of the craziest rabbit holes of all time. This might be one of the our most absurd episodes yet, so strap in!

Topics:

Heavy #2

Collegiate ESports

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary “RBG”

Wild Wild Country

Banner Saga

Hyrule Warriors

Toki Tori 2+

THE BIGGEST SIDETRACK OF ALL TIME

Game Boy Color

Game Boy Advance

Neon Advance

Nintendo 64 Mini

Destiny: Warmind

Grinding In Games

Borderlands 3

Games We Have Purchased Numerous Times

[Almost] All Of Brian’s Borderlands Platinum Trophies (Forgot To Mention His 1000g In Borderlands 2 On Xbox 360 And Xbox One Via The Handsome Collection)

Input Lag

Rage 2

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle

That 70’s Show

Topher Grace

Ocean’s 11

Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC Pack 2 Release Date

Mario Tennis Aces

Persona 5 Dancing

Clam chowder

Paella

Foodies

A Way Out

Mega Man X Collection

Moonshake Records

Thrift Shops

Brian Apologizes For Dumping On Banjo

Video Game Statues, Figures

This week, Brian and Josh talk a lot about the Destiny: Warmind expansion and Battle Chasers: Nightwar, as well as shonen anime, Call of Duty games, reading comic books, their great love of socks and fans, and much more. Enjoy!

Topics:

Socks

Jackets

Marvel: Strike Force

Amazing Spider-Man

The Buyarchy of Needs

“What If” Star Wars Stories

Fire Mario

Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 on PS Vita

Digital Games

Video Game Preservation

Battlefield

Call of Duty

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Destiny: Warmind

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Darksiders

Monster Hunter

Nier: Automata

The Zero Escape Games

Shonen Anime

My Hero Academia

One Punch Man

Cowboy Bebop

Star Wars Celebration