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Welcome back to a rare Fireside Chat episode of Player’s Club!

This episode, Emmett solos to talk all about the overwhelming amount of video game showcases that have happened in the last few days. From Summer Game Fest and the Woman Led Game Showcase, to the Future Game Show and the Mix Summer Showcase. Plus, he also talks at length about the Splitgate 2 controversy, all of the tomfoolery going on that makes it hard to celebrate games right now, and he even discovers some cool new games in the middle of the show!

Plus, in the Whatcha Playin segment, Emmett talks about Splitgate 2’s Battle Royale mode and Terminator: Resistance.

• Timecodes:

• Start 00:00

• TOTS: Summer Game Fest was a MESS    4:18                              

• Summer Game Fest Showcase    10:48                              

• The Splitgate 2 Tomfoolery    17:08                              

• Day of the Devs    32:26                              

• More Showcases    36:12                              

• Woman Led Games Showcase    36:50                              

• The Mix Summer Games Showcase    40:52                              

• Wholesome Games Direct    44:46                              

• Future Games Showcase    46:42                              

• PC Gaming Showcase    51:24                              

• Frosty Games Showcase    1:00:39                              

• Xbox Showcase    1:01:53:00                              

• Showcases Suck, but we need em?    1:09:38                              

• WHERE IS SHE DREAMS ELSEWHERE?    1:12:45                              

• Too Much Going On rn    1:15:31                              

• Final SGF Thoughts    1:25:00                              

• Reach    1:25:30                              

• Love Eternal    1:27:04                              

• Whatcha Playin    1:31:56                              

• Terminator: Resistance    1:32:32                              

• Splitgate 2 Battle Royale    1:44:28                              

• Housekeeping    1:51:02

• Housekeeping:

• Vidjagame Apocalypse : Most Powerful Nintendo System Launches - Vidjagame Apocalypse 630

• Quan Millz fan club by Welcome to the Thing

• Metal Eden | VGU Test Drive - VGU.TV

• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die | VGU Test Drive - VGU.TV

• Splitgate 2 | VGU Test Drive - VGU.TV

• Mostroscopy | VGU Test Drive - VGU.TV

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Welcome back to the Club!

This week, Graydon joins Al and Emmett to talk about the best games of PAX East 2025. Graydon saw a lot of cool indies, and at least one exciting AAA game as well, and he spends the entire episode telling us all about them. Plus, we talk about the Giant Bomb revival and get into some other random shenanigans as well. Tune in to hear all about them all!

• Timestamps:
• Start 00:00
• TOTS: PAX East 2025    6:47
• Desktop Survivors 98    20:41
• In Full Bloom    33:10
• Fresh Tracks    40:11
• Nocturne    46:38
• Airframe Ultra    51:17
• Overpower    1:02:32
• RIP Giant Bomb (Long Live Giant Bomb)    1:06:11
• Fighter's Forge    1:23:59
• Militsioner    1:25:44
• Crimson Desert    1:28:01
• What's Next?    1:35:05
• Gori Cuddly Carnage Shoutout?!?!?    1:40:57
• What games did Al buy?    1:43:05
• Housekeeping    1:48:39
• Housekeeping:

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  Desktop Survivors 98 on Steam

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  In Full Bloom by obleak games, anchiyis | Charisse, LisaBach

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  Fresh Tracks on Steam

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  Nocturne on Steam

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  Airframe Ultra on Steam

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  Fighters Forge on Steam

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  Militsioner on Steam

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  Crimson Desert on Steam

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  Blades of Fire | VGU Test Drive

• Captain Blood Review: Blood Tinted Glasses - VGU.TV

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Welcome back to the Club!

This time, Emmett and Al are talking about how to keep gaming at the end of the world. We’re on the verge of massive tariffs causing price hikes all over gaming, and we're amid a Boycott against Microsoft. Both of these things restrict what we’re able to play, but this episode will discuss a few ways to keep playing through everything that’s going on right now.

Al talks about their time with Greedfall and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Emmett talks about his time with God of War Ragnarok Valhalla and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

• Timestamps:

• Start: 00:00

• TotS: Tariff Price Hikes    10:59                              

• Microsoft Boycott talk    27:01                              

• Emulation & Classic Games    32:25                              

• The PC Echosystem    1:00:25                              

• Focusing on your Backlog    1:20:03                              

• Whatcha Playin?    1:48:56                              

• God of War Ragnarok Valhalla    1:52:16                              

• Greedfall    1:58:36                              

• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance    2:09:24                              

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild    2:18:38                              

• Housekeeping    2:31:18

• Housekeeping:

• Episode 4 - Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam - VGU.TV 

• Songs That Still Resonate With Us Through The Years - VGU.TV

• OK Go and the Adjacent Possible Review - A Decade in the Making - VGU.TV

• Thoughts on The Microsoft Boycott- VGU.TV 

• ARC Raiders | VGU Test Drive

• Star Overdrive | VGU Test Drive

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Welcome back to the club!

Been a lil while, but Allan Muir and Emmett Watkins Jr have returned to talk about what they’ve been playing the last few weeks, as well as the final Nintendo Direct for the Switch 1. Did this Directg finally convince Emmett that the Swtich 1 isn’t mid? Did they announce any features we could look forward to in the upcoming Switch 2? Did anyone on the show purchase a different new handheld recently and fall so madly in love with it that they may never touch their Switch again? Who knows? Find out on this episode of The Player’s Club Podcast!

Also, in this episode, Al talks about their time with Fallout New Vegas, Atomfall, and Avowed, while Emmett talks about his time with the ROG Ally X, Sniper Eliete V2, and The Finals.

• Timestamps:

• Start 00:00

• ROG Ally X Impressions    5:49                              

• Atomfall    26:20                              

• Sniper Elite V2    49:16                              

• Fallout New Vegas    1:07:08                              

• The Finals    1:25:16                              

• Avowed    1:41:32                              

• Final Switch 1 Nintendo Direct Thoughts    2:03:17                              

• Housekeeping    2:26:49 

• Housekeeping:

• To Pimp a Butterfly: 10 Years Later - VGU Blind Review

• Maze Mice | VGU Test Drive

• Wheel World (But Cursed!) | VGU Test Drive

• AFTERBLAST | VGU Test Drive

• Liminalcore | VGU Test Drive 

• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon on Steam

• The Big VGA Crossover Episode by Welcome to the Thing

• Ninja Gaiden Black II Review: Back in Black...Again! - VGU.TV 

• Games About Letting Go

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Welcome back to the Club!

Hope you enjoyed the GotY podcasts because the proper show is back on! Emmett is back with Al and Graydon, and we are all looking forward to the new year of 2025 and asking…Is Gaming Cooked? Everyone has their hopes resting in the games of Grand Theft Auto VI and Switch 2, but will they be enough to stop layoffs and corporate greed running rampant in the games industry? We’ll ask that and more in this week's episode.

In the Watcha Playin segment, Emmett talks about his time with Eternal Strands and Alien Rage, Al talks about their time with Avowed and Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Graydon talks about his time with Epic Mickey.

• Timestamps

• Start 00:00

• TotS: Is Gaming Cooked?    11:12                              

• Sony in 2025 (State of Play Recap)    11:41                              

• Nintendo (Switch 2)    54:27                              

• Microsoft (Xbox AI)    1:14:00                              

• Games Were Looking forward to in 2025    1:40:07                              

• Al Bought Too Many Games Again (ft. Josh Miller)    1:57:46                              

• Whatcha Playin?    2:10:28                              

• Eternal Strands    2:10:38                              

• Alien Rage    2:17:46                              

• Avowed    2:20:56                              

• Halo: The Master Chief Collection    2:37:54                              

• Epic Mickey    2:43:40                           

• Housekeeping    2:56:49

• Housekeeping:

• VGU.TV Game of the Year 2024

• The Crush House | VGU Test Drive

• Episode 2 - Mobile Suit Gundam III (1982) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam - VGU.TV

• Episode 1 - Mobile Suit Gundam I & II (1981) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam - VGU.TV

• Episode 3 - Char’s Counterattack (‘88) & Hathaway (‘21) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner's Guide to Gundam 

• Dreamcore l VGU Test Drive

• The 24 Best Video Essays of 2024 - VGU.TV

• It's A Little Thing: It's What the Writing's Feeling

• Welcome to the Thing: We recorded this before the Super Bowl

• Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust by Andy Robertson — Kickstarter

• Valve E3 2014 The Musical

• Xbox Pushes Ahead With Muse, a New Generative AI Model. Devs Say ‘Nobody Will Want This’ | WIRED 

• How Halo: CE Convinced Me to Start Collecting Retro Physical Media Again 

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Welcome back to the club, for the first time in 2025!

That’s right, we’re back after taking January off. Well, that’s not quite true, because that entire time we’ve been recording these Game of The Year deliberations! This is part four, the final one!, where Graydon, Al, Josh, and Emmett discuss the following categories:

Best Soundtrack

Games as a Helping Hand

Best Moment

GAME OF THE YEAR

We also give an update on our ongoing Fantasy Critic battle!

• Timestamps

• Start 00:00

• Best Soundtrack    5:26                              

• Games as a Helping Hand    47:39                              

• Best Moment (SPOILERS)    1:06:24                              

• GAME OF THE YEAR 2024    2:18:25                              

• Fantasy Critic Update!    2:43:11 

• Housekeeping:

• VGU.tv's 20 for '25

• Dreamcore l VGU Test Drive

• Episode 1 – Mobile Suit Gundam I & II (1981) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The 24 Best Video Essays of 2024 - VGU.TV

• Episode 2 – Mobile Suit Gundam III (1982) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The Crush House | VGU Test Drive

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Welcome back to the club, for the first time in 2025!

That’s right, we’re back after taking January off. Well, that’s not quite true, because that entire time we’ve been recording these Game of The Year deliberations! This is part three, where Graydon, Al, Josh, and Emmett discuss the following categories:

Best Character

Most Fun

Best Debut

Most Wholesome

Better Together

• Timestamps

• Start: 00:00

• Best Character    5:55                              

• Most Fun    36:09                              

• Best Debut    47:28                              

• Most Wholesome    1:12:52                              

• Better Together    1:37:00      

• Housekeeping:

• VGU.tv's 20 for '25

• Dreamcore l VGU Test Drive

• Episode 1 – Mobile Suit Gundam I & II (1981) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The 24 Best Video Essays of 2024 - VGU.TV

• Episode 2 – Mobile Suit Gundam III (1982) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The Crush House | VGU Test Drive

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Welcome back to the club, for the first time in 2025!

That’s right, we’re back after taking January off. Well, that’s not quite true, because that entire time we’ve been recording these Game of The Year deliberations! This is part two, where Graydon, Al, Josh, and Emmett discuss the following categories:

Best DLC/Expansion (new content for old/current game)

Best Re-Release (Remakes, Remasters, or Glorified Ports)

Best Narrative

Best Performance

Best Ensemble Cast

• Timestamps

• Start 00:00

• Best DLC/Expansion    6:05                              

• Best Re-Release    21:40                              

• Best Narrative    52:12                              

• Best Performance    1:31:19                              

• Best Ensemble Cast    2:00:45      

• Housekeeping:

• VGU.tv's 20 for '25

• Dreamcore l VGU Test Drive

• Episode 1 – Mobile Suit Gundam I & II (1981) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The 24 Best Video Essays of 2024 - VGU.TV

• Episode 2 – Mobile Suit Gundam III (1982) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The Crush House | VGU Test Drive

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Welcome back to the club, for the first time in 2025!

That’s right, we’re back after taking January off. Well, that’s not quite true, because that entire time we’ve been recording these Game of The Year deliberations! This is part one, where Graydon, Al, Josh, and Emmett discuss the following categories:

What Took So Long? (Older games we played in 2024)

Biggest Gaming News

Seitguest of the Year (game with the most buzz and activity in 2024)

Biggest Fumble (most disappointing game)

Best Look (for excellence in visual design and style)

• Timestamps

• Start 00:00

• What Took You So Long?    6:40                              

• Biggest Gaming News    48:03                              

• Zeitgeist of the Year    1:13:14                              

• Biggest Fumble    1:30:05                              

• Best Look    2:03:55 

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• Housekeeping:

• VGU.tv's 20 for '25

• Dreamcore l VGU Test Drive

• Episode 1 – Mobile Suit Gundam I & II (1981) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The 24 Best Video Essays of 2024 - VGU.TV

• Episode 2 – Mobile Suit Gundam III (1982) | O Say Can UC? A Beginner’s Guide to Gundam

• The Crush House | VGU Test Drive

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You ready for this, Playa?

Welcome back to the club! This week, ⁠⁠Al ⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Emmett , ⁠⁠Graydon⁠ and Josh converge to celebrate the great Episode 150!

Not only are we together for this joyous occasion, but we're about to draft our teams for the Fantasy Critic showdown of 2025! Join us as we dive into the world of sports betting and plan our epic battle for the year to come!

TOTS: 2025 Fantasy Critic!       7:37

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