Between Players

Metroid Dread is a well designed, challenging edition to the series that attempts to push the narrative arc of Samus in a new direction.

Evan and I wrap our interview, and roll through the second half of this list of greatness in art and digital story telling.

Evan is a brilliant illustrator and friend, and his enthusiasm for gaming has me reconsidering my positions and experiences all the time.

This is a series of recordings with my friends and family on the topic of the only games they need to play ever. The challenge here is compress years of gaming into a list of the Only 20 to play.

Ghost of Tsushima is a masterpiece. The gameplay was an amazing refinement of previous open world adventure games, the writing gives you a sense of belonging seldom seen in its genre, and the scenic environment design is a feast for the eyes and salve for the heart.

The Outer Worlds is a short and smart 60's pulp sci-fi fever dream, that wears its influences on its sleeve and doesn't have any problem being self-aware while doing so.

We spent 120 hours in Rivellon on a journey through Divinity 2 by Larian Studios. A meaty, co-op, tactical RPG.

Episode 019 Transcript In April of 2020, I finished a play-through of Red Dead redemption 2. I know I’m terribly late to the party but this review is partly my thoughts on the game itself, and partly what I would have done to change it.  I’m a huge fan of open world games and if […]

Episode 018 Summary The Borderlands series is near and dear to my heart. And my brother Rob and I took some time to dig into the parts of the game that we found awesome and what wasn’t so great. We played Borderlands 2 for countless hours and between all the expansions we were ready to […]

Episode 017 Summary Final Fantasy is so apart of the cultural zeitgeist that it can be hard to talk about it with fresh appreciation. Danh and I come from slightly different experiences with the Final Fantasy VII, but our reactions are nearly the same to this revision. There are changes from the source story that […]

Episode 016 Summary If our hobbies carried a title that was analogous to a job, ours would probably be something like, “Inventory Manager.” Mari Kondo would find our compulsion to hoard digital items found in games like Diablo, or Torchlight to be, “of great concern.” Danh and I take a dive into the deeply addicting […]

Episode 015 Summary In 1996, a small team of developers, who would later become Blizzard, created something dark, difficult, and addicting. Diablo feels like something more than just a game about fighting in a dungeon as one of three archetypical character classes. It’s an action RPG, but it established something new. Players love loot and […]

Episode 014 A Review 2017-2018 were years of plenty when it comes to open world, sandbox-y, AAA action adventure games. Amidst this sea of excellence, we were hit with Insomniac Game’s take on Spider-Man. A game I didn’t know how much I needed until I finally got my hands on it. Much like the Arkham […]

Avalanche Studios has been making the Just Cause games since 2002, but Just Cause 3 marked a turning point in the series' cycle, in which stunting became the primary goal of the mechanics for getting around the islands of Medici.

Ubisofts Hack-tivist Sandbox Adventure WatchDogs 2, is bigger louder and a lot more fun that its predecessor.

Kratos is axing his way through Midgard with his son to fulfill the last wishes of his wife.

The earth is filled with killer robots who are searching for meaning and purpose but are left wanting.

Your avatar, the on screen representation of yourself. They leap over pitfalls, deflects lazer blasts, can dual wield any handgun.

Games have their ups and downs but in the current age of monthly blockbuster hits, we still find little things that break the joy of time well wasted.

Episode 006 Transcript Howdy friends, this is Zach, with another Single Player episode as I attempt to promote the value of a game that you should sink some of your hard earned dollars into. Today I am your virtual sherpa to what I see is the best multiplayer shooter of 2016 and 17, even though […]

Looking back on the smash hit team shooter from 2016 to now examining some of the things that make and break the title.

I talk through my expectations and reactions to Fumito Uedo's The Last Guardian. A game that many, including myself, never assumed would ever see the light of day.

Dave Rupert guests to talk about how to make time for games even when a full time job, two kids, marriage, and general adult life start to eat into game time.

When games were younger, it seemed like there was one level of difficulty. And apart from secret codes, there wasn’t much you could do to improve your chances of success other than practice.

Gender representation, and more specifically, the portrayal of women is a big topic right now in video games. Within the vast library of content we have to pick from, how is it that the portrayal, roles, and playable options for female gamers and game characters appear to be so narrow?