The Save Room

The Save Room boys have actually left their respective rooms! We regale you with our PAX West adventure and how we survived being surrounded by that many gamers at once. Also in this episode: Wolverine is diced up by reviewers, Sony tried to make Physint... isn't (but it still is), Ocarina of Time remake brings all the millennials to the yard, Capcom impresses with Onimusha, and Game Freak depresses with Beast of Reincarnation. It's such a stuffed episode, you would not believe we wasted the first 30 minutes NOT talking about video games. Whoops!

We plunged into id Software's New Doom Trilogy and discovered an indelible truth: Microsoft doesn't deserve them. Also: Halo Campaign Evolved feels more like a de-evolution without its iconic versus modes, but it's still pretty fun regardless (you're welcome to quote us on the digital box). Also also: what the hell was going on with that episode of the Rugrats where the babies shrink down and swim inside of Chuckie? Body horror for kids!

Xbox's big corporate reset resulted in 3200 layoffs, but Asha says we have to clap because they didn't close any studios. Hey! Don't mockingly clap. That's bad for the algorithm. We discuss how this latest round of cuts impacts long-running studios like Obsidian, Double Fine, and id Software (who was rewarded for releasing a phenomenal piece of DLC with severe down-sizing). Ain't gaming grand? Also: Daniel lists his top 10 wishes for the upcoming Ocarina of Time Remake and Kevin wishes Steve Burnside is deleted from the Code: Veronica Remake!

Sony has declared they will no longer put their games on physical discs starting in 2028. And that's fantastic news! As long as you enjoy news about corporations encroaching on consumer rights and shrinking what little ownership we have over our purchases. And, by golly, who doesn't?

In other sordid news, Xbox (i.e., XBOX) plans to "reset" their business in clever, never before seen ways... Oh, wait, it's just more layoffs. Jesus. We swear there's some fun to be had in this episode under all the rubble. For example, we talk about the N64 being our sexual awakening! Um. Maybe listen to this one with earphones.

The Geoff Solstice has hit us once more and it brought the heat this year. We have Sephiroths, clawed Canadians, and goddesses of war. Nostalgia wins again and we're getting Ocarina of Time... again! We have a gosh darned Code: Veronica remake! (Although, due to tariffs, we couldn't keep the "Code" in the title). Geoff has learned from his prior errors and gave us what we really want: corporate IP, baby.

Join the fellas as we unpack this cooler of game announcements!

Does Saros cuckold the player? Can Pragmata make you paternal? Is Mixtape even a video game? These are all very stupid questions that we don't answer and, instead, we just talk about all three games like normal people. I know, it doesn't drive the clicks, but we're already well-funded industry plants.

Come November, the PlayStation 5 will have been out for six whole years, and if you ask the internet, Sony doesn't have a single game to show for it. Of course, you shouldn't ask the internet anything because it'll melt your brain and then you'll drip brain all over your controller. Join us as we determine whether Sony's ninth generation console has lived up to PlayStation's legacy so far or left us with a terminal case of joystick drift.

Capcom has finally had their peanut butter/chocolate moment and mixed white-knuckle survival horror with no-holds barred action horror. The latest entry in their long running horror franchise sees the return of Leon "Dad Jokes" Kennedy alongside Grace, a new protagonist, who holds a sought after secret (while struggling to hold it together). Requiem is a celebration of the franchise's 30 year history, but does it nail its split genre balancing act? Enter the world of survival horror podcasting to find out.

The ritual is complete. The definitive video games of 2025 have been named. This painted world comes to an end. (Also, a certain three letter organization requires a judicial warrant -- signed by a federal judge or magistrate -- to enter your home. If they present an administrative warrant, don't let them in. Just some fun gamer tips to keep you playin' smart!)

The time has come to put 2025 to bed, gamers. It's a year that saw us go on doomed expeditions, brave the dark ages, hunt monsters, and look at super-dicks (I mean, we did; no idea how your year went). In this first part to our overlong, and over-great, Game of the Year podcast, we rail our bottom five picks for 2025.