Beards on Gaming

Coming in HOT after a short break, the Beards review the 1st half of FFXIV's Endwalker!

Coming in HOT after a short break, the Beards have plenty to discuss with the September Nintendo Direct and the FFXIV Job Action Live Letter

The beards are back and they've had a terribly uneventful couple of weeks. They went ahead and watched the 1st half of the MCU's new show, Loki, and would like to share some initial opinions. 

The beards are a bit late this week, but are here to give a quick update and talk about a new co-op adventure espionage game.

This week the Beards dive into the dark and horrific European (not Romanian) countryside in Resident Evil: Village

The Beards talk about FFXIV Fanfest 2021 and Mass Effect 1st Impressions!

After a short hiatus, the Beards have returned to take a look at Capcom's new Monster Hunter: Rise. After that, Mark talks a bit about his experiences with Evil Genius 2: World Domination.

The beards finally finish off and discuss Marvel's latest Romantic Superhero Science Fantasy Mystery Psychological/Surreal Horror Thriller Action Dramedy: Wandavision. And they have some thoughts

Welcome to a somewhat lazy week on the podcast. This week, the Beards discuss first impressions with Spiritfarer and move on to talk about the Nintendo Direct Pokemon reveals.

FFXIV news galore! The new FFXIV expansion, Endwalker, has been announced alongside patch 5.5. New classes, new areas, new relics, same great taste! The Beards are right on call to offer their opinions.

With nothing specific to discuss this week, the Beards look back on a few games that have made this past month bearable for them. Dave talks a bit about his first experience with Hollow Knight and further FF news, Mark talks about Outer Worlds and a few Failbetter games.

This week the beards talk about Deep Rock Galactic.

The beast is slain! 2020 has finally ended and its time to ring in the new year by closing out last year's lists. The beards each discuss their personal top 3 picks for 2020 games. No FFXIV this time. Promise.

The Beards close out the year by finishing up the final 2 episodes of The Mandalorian!

This week the Beards continue their coverage of Mandalorian season 2 with episodes 13 and 14. They also talk briefly about the FFXIV patch 5.4 live letter and at length about their shared experiences with Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

Once again, the beards decide to discuss the 2 latest episodes of The Mandalorian and a new Ubisoft game. Namely, Mandalorian episodes 11 and 12, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. They also briefly discuss some FFXIV content and the intro to Yakuza: Like a Dragon

And so, after an agonizingly long wait, a venerable franchise has released it's next installment to the cheers of it's many devoted followers. Also, Watch Dogs Legion is out.

Slappy Halloween to our listeners! This week the Beards dipped their toes into the popular whodunit simulator Among Us and also decided to take a retroactive look at 2 Halloween classics, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice.

The beards talk about the Bethesda buy out and new Disney Plus shows.

Delving once more into the world of older, not quite mainstream, not quite obscure movies, the Beards have used the power of trivia to narrow down their selection to "Frequency" (2000). A film about a firefighter father in 1969 and his detective son in 1999 who can communicate with each other using the same HAM radio.

In an effort to break up the monotony, the Beards have decided to start up a new mini-series: Movie Night! The Beards take turns quizzing each other on movie trivia in order to narrow down a selection of movies until one remains. Then, the Beards get together to watch and discuss the selected film.I see no possible way this could go wrong! For the 1st week? the not-so-classic lost Stephen King movie, Sleepwalkers!

And so the story of FFXIV's latest expansion comes to a satisfying and emotional conclusion with patch 5.3's story content. The Beards discuss their reactions and a few of the gameplay and quality of life changes that came along side it.

SWTOR has been newly ported to Steam, which the beards have taken as a good opportunity to replay the 9-year-old MMO and talk about Star Wars in general.

The Beards have had something of an eclectic few weeks. They have each finally watched Hamilton, and have dipped their toes in RDR2's Moonshine profession.

With an uneventful few weeks behind them, the beards decide to do a retrospective on the best and worst Final Fantasy XIV heroes and villains.

Recovering from a brutal work week and a slow release schedule, the Beards decide to delve back into Rare's Sea of Thieves, newly released on Steam.

The Beards *WITH GUESTS!!!!* blow off some steam away from the world with some Cards Against Humanity Games. We hope you all enjoy it and are staying safe!

The Beards *WITH GUESTS!!!!* blow off some steam away from the world with some Jackbox games. We hope you all enjoy it and are staying safe!

The Beards further discuss the Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the various things they played while isolated today.

"The Beards decide to spend Easter weekend in Midgar with the 1st part of the Final Fantast 7 Remake."

What a great week to be in quarantine! Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal have kept the Beards company through this trying time and now they'll keep YOU company.

The Beards discuss Final Fantasy XIV's newest crafting and gathering focused update, their 1st impressions of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake's demo, and the relatively new whodunnit: Knives Out.

The beards talk about the new FFXIV patch and what they think about the story so far!

Getting back on the fast track to gaming, The Beards go to see the new Sonic:The Hedgehog movie starring Jim Carrey and no one else.

After a brief hiatus, the Beards return in full swing to their discussions on not gaming. This week, they review Taika Waititi's latest film, JoJo Rabbit.

The Beards (well, Mark) have finished up watching Disney Plus's The Mandalorian and are eager to share their thoughts.

The Beards discuss the latest War of Stars. And its definitely..........a thing.

The Beards decide to wrap up their gaming year and put together a half-hearted Top 5 list of games. With some honorable mentions and some Star Wars ramblings on the side.

The Beards have a little treat for you Beardlings, today. In addition to talking about the newly released Pokemon Sword and Shield, they're also going commentary over a live match between the two of them!! Also some Star Wars stuff on the side.

The Beards have a catch up week in which they talk about whatever random crap they want to talk about. Including Mortal Kombat 11, YuGiOh, and PDXCon.

The Beards discuss Obsidian Entertainment's spiritual successor to the Fallout franchise: The Outer Worlds.

The Beards have a rambling discussion about Youtube and content creators in between discussing newly released Switch titles Untitled Goose Game and Heave Ho!

The Beards discuss Red Dead Online(again). This time they look into the latest update that adds player jobs and rewards.

The Beards watch and talk about the latest Nintendo Direct!

After finally getting around to finishing the series, the Beards discuss their opinions on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo. Dave also has a surprise for the listeners

The Beards talk more about Shadowbringers and Fire Emblem!

The Beards wanted to discuss the ending of FFXIV: Shadowbringer, but that didn't quite work out. So instead, the discuss 1st impressions of the new Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Find out whether or not Ultimate Chicken Horse is worth your time on Bearded Suggestions!

Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion, Shadowbringers, has finally entered early access for everyone who pre-ordered it. For Dave and Mark, this means it has effectively been released. They talk at length about first impressions with the new content. Including the new jobs, changes to existing jobs, the trust system, and the expansive new world: The First.

Find out whether or not Brawlhalla is worth your time on Bearded Suggestions!

E3 has come again, and it marks a new season for the Beards. This year's trailers and reveals promise even more than last year, and hopefully deliver on at least half of it.