D.J.'s Dishonored game meets its non-grisly end. For the second week in a row, Paul doesn't transform into a gun. And Randy prays a looming voice actor strike doesn't take Nolan North away. Bonus: A no-spoilers barred discussion of The Beginner's Guide.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro01:40 - Extra Life11:40 - Transformers: Devastation24:35 - Dishonored38:25 - Voice actor strike59:20 - The Beginner's Guide (SPOILERS)88:10 - Outro

We play Super Mario Maker and Transformers: The New One and don't talk about movies. Well, maybe a little. Randy takes time off from Animal Crossing but has mixed feelings about his new career as a Happy Home Designer. D.J. lives the Laserlife.Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro01:20 - Weather & 90s TV Chat11:05 - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker15:50 - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer24:05 - Super Mario Maker46:25 - Transformers: Devastation59:40 - Laserlife66:30 - Outro

D.J. reaches the end of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and it's about time. Paul climbs tall things in Ubisoft's latest Art™, Grow Home. Nobody plays Super Mario Maker. Randy reads some books.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro02:20 - Randy's existential summer vacation16:40 - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer/Amiibo cards35:40 - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker44:15 - Grow Home58:55 - Outro

Paul and D.J. compare notes on recent Metal Gears and come to the conclusion that maybe The Phantom Pain was Peace Walker all along!? Randy remains strangely silent. Also, how to cheat at Dishonored.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro04:50 - Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain VS. Peace Walker Ultimate Showdown Substance Subsistence VR Missions EXTREME44:48 - Dishonored65:12 - Outro

It's the spiritual sequel to episode 211 that everyone demanded: Your favorite characters return to talk about familiar games--like Metal Gear Solid V, and Ghost Trick, and Until Dawn--but in new and exciting ways.Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro

05:50 - Until Dawn

22:48 - Qube

29:50 - Final Fantasy XIV and Ghost Trick

36:05 - Anthology sequels

50:08 - Metal Gear Solid V

74:35 - Outro

Paul regales everyone with his Metal Gear Solid V antics, like: Attaching balloons to animals! Improper cardboard box use! Cassette tape theft! Meanwhile, Randy makes questionable vacation plans in Until Dawn and D.J. is still attacking his backlog.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro01:45 - Metal Gear Solid V28:50 - Ghost Trick35:30 - Dishonored46:50 - Until Dawn70:35 - Outro

PAX Prime is over and we're all still alive! D.J. has early impressions of Dragon Quest Heroes, Final Fantasy Explorers, Thumper, and Star Fox Zero. Randy raids some kind of tomb in Lara Croft GO and Paul is pleasantly confused by Metal Gear Solid V.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro01:40 - PAX Prime13:25 - Dragon Quest Heroes16:12 - Final Fantasy Explorers22:10 - Star Fox Zero28:30 - Thumper37:40 - Lore Live45:55 - Backlog Attack wrap-up53:30 - Metal Gear Solid V59:30 - Lara Croft GO59:30 - Viewer Mail63:15 - Outro

John de Lancie joins us this week to chat about his favorite games like Dishonored, Tales from the Borderlands, Volume, and updates us on his Backlog. Also: Randy sounds like Bob Ross having sex to Jazz music, whilst eating Fig Newtons. Wat.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro01:40 - PAX Primer13:25 - Taco Tuesday Update16:12 - Mark of the Ninja 22:10 - Dishonored28:30 - Volume37:40 - Tales from the Borderlands45:55 - Vanquish53:30 - Backlog Attack Winner and Recap!59:30 - Fig Newtons74:50 - Outro

Paul and Randy are stuck in Fallout Shelter while D.J. tap dances on somebody's face in Final Fantasy XIV's Frontlines. Also: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Mark of the Ninja, Dead Rising 3, and Super Mario Maker.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro06:55 - Fallout Shelter18:58 - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture31:05 - Final Fantasy XIV40:45 - Community Backlog Update49:50 - Dead Rising 359:30 - Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes65:50 - Mark of the Ninja73:05 - Super Mario Maker87:50 - Outro

The gang discusses the best reasons out of Gamescom to get an Xbox One, none of which are Mafia 3. D.J. wonders what would happen if Perfect Dark and Halo fought each other. Paul binges on episodes of Galak-Z. Randy spells seven words.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro02:30 - Gamescom excitement!!!!!!!!!06:20 - Crackdown 312:20 - What would happen if they made a first-person shooter that was every first-person shooter18:32 - Random Games!!!!!!29:40 - Galak-Z42:45 - Life Is Strange Episode 450:45 - Seven Little Words59:50 - Outro & Uncharted 4 Ending chat