It's one of the most exciting times of the year for gamers: E3. EA kicked things off with a flurry of announcements at its EA Play event, including new information about Anthem and Battlefield V, as well as reveals of new games like Unravel 2 and Sea of Solitude. The GameLuster crew gets together to give you all the news and hot takes from the first big conference of E3 2018.

Haley hosts another episode, and is joined by Christine and Rachael for a discussion of female representation in video games. They also talk favorite female heroes and villains. Highlights include excitement at the greater number of female characters now, cute old people streaming Skyrim, Lady Sylvanas, Darth Kreia, Tetra, Bayonetta, and reflections on how video games are for everyone. The GameLuster Podcast is for everyone, too, so no matter who you are, stop by for a listen!

Everyone is tired, but they bring energy to the GameLuster podcast, nonetheless. (The GL staff can do stuff like that.) Christine hosts, just back from Korea, and chats with Rachael and Austin about life stuff and video game villains. The crew's favorites include Arthas, Handsome Jack, and Andrew Ryan. Feel free to write us and let us know your favorite video game villain - we'd love to hear!

Sean hosts this episode and is joined by Rachael and Robert in a discussion of freemium games like Love Nikki, non-freemium games like Yakuza 6, God of War, and Pyre, and dark re-imaginings for Pokémon and Kirby ("an awful Kirby future" Rachael says). At the end, Sean also throws a question-of-the-week at his guests that concerns 100,000 dollars and Marley & Me. There's really no reason not to listen, so come on!

Haley hosts a wholesome podcast of E3 hopes, along with Austin and Mike. They have high hopes for more info on Death Stranding and Cyberpunk 2077 and high expectations for Nintendo, and also chat about God of War and great PS4 exclusives. There's also more, so why not listen? Hear Haley host for the first time!

The Fourth is strong with GameLuster. Editor-in-Chief Trevor, Editor Haley, and Staff Writer Brennan discuss God of War, Far Cry 5, Quake Champions, and Star Wars. Lots of Star Wars. There's a special Star Wars To-Be-Honest segment and a Star Wars Would-You-Rather, both timely for 2018's May the 4th. There are some other Would-You-Rathers, two of which may cause massive existential crises (at least in Brennan). So grab your shovel, shout "Boy!", hop in the X-wing, and listen to the latest episode of The GameLuster Podcast. May the Fourth be with you!

Sean returns as the host, and is joined by Christine and Trevor. Trevor talks Bonehoard, Christine talks Overcooked, Sean talks Golf Story, and they all talk Fortnite. There's also an egregious story involving real-life golf, and some stuff on ghost rats. So you're going to want to listen to it - and now!

Trevor, Brennan, and Haley wish you a belated April Fool's Day, with a discussion of Battlefront II, Ready Player One, and some truly sickening April Fool's pranks. Seriously - for some, they're simple jokes, for others, they're an art.

Video game soundtracks speak to us gamers in ways hard to put into words. Christine, Brennan, and Haley attempt the challenge as they talk about their favorite music tracks from games, including some from NieR: Automata, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and Night in the Woods. Though they admit to being at "a loss for words" while repeating superlatives, they nonetheless manage an engaging discussion on how game soundtracks can inspire us to learn music, play instruments, and become even more invested in our favorite hobby.

So just how many Gokus can there be, anyway? Robert hosts and is joined by Austin, in his second podcast, and by Michael, in his first. They talk about Dragon Ball FighterZ. Don't like Dragon Ball? Stay for the Sea of Thieves talk! Don’t like either? Come back for some stuff on Far Cry 5, like how you can throw rocks. You know…you could throw rocks in the original. I feel special for knowing that.