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

This week Brian and Chris are joined by Andrew of Nintendeal.com and AbiiboAlerts fame! Together they dive deep into the best games that came out in 2017. There are some obvious picks, but some games you may not have heard of as well. Enjoy!

Topics:

Making rain sounds with your hands, in Kindergarten

Amiibo

The Super Mario Bros. Timeline

Brian: Industry Insider

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone

Floor Kids

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Owlboy

The Wii era of Nintendo

To grandma, every handheld is a "Game Boy"

Switch sales

Super Mario Odyssey

Banjo Kazooie

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Super Mario Bros. Cereal

What Remains of Edith Finch

Rime

Firewatch

Tacoma

Ghostbusters Reboot

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Guerilla and the Killzone franchise

Persona 5

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

DOOM

Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment

SteamWorld Dig 2

SNES

Tetris Attack

Bloodborne

Dark Souls

Cuphead

Nioh

Pyre

Hollow Knight

Crawl

Switch indies selling better

Splatoon 2

Hearthstone

Battle Chef Brigade - Time Stamp - 1:24:00

Colorblindness

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Davide Soliani, the World's Sweetheart

Switch has incredible games in every genre

Which indie game would you want to come to Switch?

Games we missed

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)

Fortnite

Thimbleweed Park

Adventure games

NieR: Automata

Stardew Valley

Animal Crossing

Night In The Woods

Farpoint

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Pokemon: Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon

Metroid: Samus Returns

Prey

This week the guys talk about waiting forever for fast food, Pyre, Crawl, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. They also talk about Star Wars: Battlefront II and A Hat In Time. Happy Holidays everyone!

Topics:

Being awakened by cats

Not rinsing a glass after a beer

Jake The Dog, The Cat spending his three wishes

S.W.A.T. Cats

The Last Jedi spoilercast reactions

Bad fast food experiences

Pyre

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

Prey

Splinter Cell

Snowfall in Philly

Star Wars: Battlefront II

The Dark Forces franchise

Favorite Star Wars games

Chris' very bad sunburn

Coheed and Cambria

Disgaea

Season passes

Crawl

Bridge Constructor Portal's stealth release

Brawlout first impressions

A Hat In Time

3D character platformers

Christmas movie marathons

The Crown

Donald Trump's Email List

SURPRISE! The boys recorded a spoilercast talking all about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Hit them up on Twitter to talk about it, and there IS a spoiler-free segment at the start of the show. Enjoy!

The boys talk about PSX, The Game Awards, and their wildly conflicting opinions on Assassin's Creed: Origins. They lavish praise upon What Remains of Edith Finch and Pyre, and mourn what is lacking in Hellblade. Winter is here, so get a cup of hot cocoa and pull up a chair for this week's episode of The Platformers!

Topics:

Assassin's Creed Origins

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor / War

Hellblade

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Reveal

Dreams

Super Mario Odyssey

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Battle Chef Brigade

What Remains of Edith Finch

Pyre

PlayStation Experience 2017

The Game Awards

Brian and Chris talk about the state of Destiny 2, and the crazy documentary Jim and Andy, about Jim Carrey's method acting during filming of Man On The Moon. Chris finally frees himself to play what he wants, the guys outline their plans for the Game Of The Year episode. Brian waxes poetic about My Hero Academia and Rime.

Topics:

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris

My Hero Academia

Man On The Moon

MLB: The Show

Rime

Brian played way too many games this week. (He earned over 3k achievement points this month!) and Chris talks about Mario Cereal. Brian waxes poetic about Doki Doki Literature Club, Tacoma, and What Remains Of Edith Finch, and the boys do a spoilercast about Justice League.

CONTENT WARNING: This is BY FAR the episode with the most potentially offensive material in it, so if you have a sensitive stomach for sexual content or profanity, this might not be the one for you.

For those of you who enjoy that kind of sordid entertainment, step right up as we discuss burger festivals, the situation with microtransactions, Thor Ragnarok, Justice League, and a whole lot more. It's Episode Sixty NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!

This week the guys talk a LOT about Xbox, Halo, Wolfenstein II, and Stranger Things Season 2, and we get to experience the glory of Chris's new cat, Jughead! (He causes havoc, just like Finn and Jake would if Brian let them in the recording room)

This week the boys have a grand old time talking about some of their favorite games of the year so far, Call of Duty: WWII, and Assassin's Creed: Origins. They also go on rants about Stranger Things, breakfast joints, and the Xbox One X. Stay spicy, everyone, because like Rob Thomas always says, it's gonna be a hot one.

This week Brian and Chris talk about Paris Games Week, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed: Origins, and the World Series of Baseball!