Front Row Geeks Podcast

Today FRG listens to and comments on the Nintendo Direct debuting to us the Switch 2 and all its (questionable) glory!

Nintendo Direct Brings Exciting Surprises and New Gaming Features!The latest Nintendo Direct unveiled a treasure trove of announcements, from the mysterious Metroid Prime 4 to a revolutionary virtual game card system that transforms how families share their digital libraries. All before next week's Switch 2 Direct!Highlights include:- Metroid Prime 4 featuring new psychic abilities and alien races- A city-based Pokémon Legends game with the intriguing ZA Royale tournament- Dragon Quest 1 & 2 coming to Nintendo Switch- Shadow Labyrinth, a Pac-Man-inspired dark Metroidvania creative genre mashup- A family-friendly digital game sharing systemThe Direct also showcased creative genre mashups, including a Pac-Man-inspired dark Metroidvania and a rhythm-based roguelike, proving Nintendo's commitment to innovative gaming experiences.Tune in to hear our breakdown of these exciting announcements and more!

Join us as we dive in each others anime recommendations - it gets a tad heated.We go over and review our viewing of "Slayers" (the first season), "Appare-Ranman!" and "The Ravages of Time".Ready to explore these classic anime series and form your own opinion? Tune in to hear our complete analysis and discover why these shows continue to spark passionate discussions among anime fans but mostly just us this time around!Catch us stream Wednesday thru Friday. Check out our Twitch page @frontrowgeeks to see our current schedule and like and subscribe here for biweekly podcasts!

Dive into the heated debate surrounding Elden Ring Nightreign as players draw comparisons to Fortnite's battle royale format. Despite initial backlash, this episode reveals how the mode actually (likely) evolved from a popular co-op mod (citation needed), suggesting a natural progression rather than mere imitation.The discussion explores FromSoftware's experimental approach to multiplayer gaming, analyzing the shrinking map mechanics and resource management systems that set Nightreign apart. While acknowledging the need for more map variety, the speakers highlight how this new format could be novel for traditional Souls-like PvP experiences.Drawing fascinating parallels to Bloodborne's Chalice Dungeons and other multiplayer games, this conversation offers a balanced perspective on the mode's potential impact on the gaming landscape. Whether you're a die-hard Souls fan or new to the genre, this episode provides fun insights into this evolution of Soulsborne games.Ready to dive deeper into the debate? Listen now to form your own opinion on this exciting new chapter in the Elden Ring saga.

One of our favorite things to do! Review The Game Awards...from 5 years ago! Time to see what happened, what stood the test of time, what didn't age well, and what it makes excited for now.

The Geeks finally bring three new anime to the table to recommend to each other that we've slept on. We'll check back on those in the new year. We also go over some hot topics and other musings.

We return to take a look at yet another Sony State of Play, seeing some of our favorite announcements from the State of Play, as well as the Tokyo Game Show, and a couple of other news items we heard about

So missing all of us, apparently Sony had a State of Play to show off games coming for the platform. A few reached our eyes and ears in the last 24hrs, but there were some great and surprising games lined up for our viewing pleasure. But first, Eddie has to talk about transcoding media files...

Welcome to our latest slept-on anime episode, where we tell each other about anime we think others have missed or are underrated and then WE WILL watch them and come back in a later episode to discuss. We also get into some news from the gacha world.

Happy New Year from FrontRowGeeks! We kick off 2024 with a deep dive into The Game Awards....from 2018. That's right, a five-year retrospective to see just how out-of-touch the premier awards show for video games is, and what titles and trends stood the test of time!

The FRG crews runs down the games that defined their tastes in video games

While we start with a quick look at the new trailer for an upcoming Dragon Ball series, the rest of our discussion today goes into our thoughts on AI. It's all over the place. Enjoy!

What the title says - FRG watched all of Season 1 of the Netflix live-action anime adaptation of One Piece. Listen to know our thoughts and feelings.

So Unitt is acting up and Baron and Asher are joined by Itrio to talk all about it. We also dig into the Nintendo Direct and PS State of Play

On today's show we're going over our favorite (and no so favorite) announcments from the Nintendo Direct. We also talk a little about Starfield being locked at 30fps on consoles...scandal!

More gaming converage! We go over the other game news coming out of the remaining days of the Summer Games Fest, and we see what XBox is serving up with their lineup, including Starfield!

FRG goes over some of their favorite announcements from the first day of Summer Games Fest 2023

The gang goes over some of what's been up in the last week missed out while Baron was watching wrestling stuff in Vegas

Today we bookend the episode with Tears of the Kingdom reviews, discuss isekai character referencing upcoming Fromsoft games, how ASUS has fallen from grace and more!

On today's pod, the FRG crew discusses some recent, horrid, releases in gaming and reflect aloud why we're seeing so many poor releases and what it means for gaming as a whole

Long time no podcast - technical issues keeping us from recording but we managed to get one out! Enjoy as we go over gaming news, studios getting, and what we think about the term "JRPGS" - enjoy!

A very anime-centric episode today as we start our talk with rants about the various stream services' failures to give us quality viewing experiences. We then get into what we thought about each other slept-on anime recommendations, going over Shadows House, Ouran High School Host Club, Tiger & Bunny, and Yowamushi Pedal.

On today's show, the Geeks talk about the phenomenon of analog stick drift, a small update on where we're at with our Anime Must Watch, and we react and give our thoughts to the recent news on how Game Pass effects game sales

This episode marks our first Anime Must Watch! This is where each of your regular panelists bring a beloved anime of theirs to the group they likely the rest haven't seen and the rest of us are tasked with watching it. A follow-up episode of our thoughts will come in time but today we make our presentations and petitions. Feel free to follow along at home. Here are our picks. Asher: Tiger and Bunny (Netflix) Fatesse: Ouran High School Host Club (fkn everywhere) Baron: Shadows House (Crunchyroll) MPX: Yowamushi Pedal (Netflix)

On today's episode, Baron5X goes over what he's been watching on TV, followed by the team having an in-depth conversation about the current state of Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, and our thoughts on continuing to consume content from them and other problematic elements like media associated with Justin Roiland and JK Rowling.

The team is back together this week having a lively discussion on whether the Fallout dystopia would be better to live in or would the Cyberpunk one be nice? We talk some news and Ubisoft's recent string of misforunte or poor performance, Eddie asks what's the deal with Attack on Titan having so many final seasons, and we speculate on what to expect from Nintendo and what comes after the Switch and when...

On today's episode - we discuss the "surprise-to-us" release of Final Fantasy XIV 6.3 release and get into some of the new season of anime

Hello everyone! It's been a while. Unless you've been following our streams, you haven't seen us in a bit. Well now that we've tamed Final Fantasy XIV (for now), we got more time to pod! Join Asher, MPX, and I was we catch up from the holidays and then do a deep dive on The Game Awards...from 5 years! We give our takes for our nominees and winners have lived on in the gaming zeitgeist since!

We didn't think it'd go that far but it did. After a bit of a hiatus, listen to us deep dive into the wide swatch of things we've watched and games we've played!

Hello again my friends, stay a while and listen. Today we dive into some of the shows and movie we've been watching, Baron5X finally gets a PS5, Skyrim is coming to said PS5 in honor of 10 years of re-releasing the game on every platform imaginable, we talk about the Star Wars Visions trailer, and how Fortnite is totally copying Among Us

We do also talk about Ghostbusters, Final Fantasy XIV, and the new Switch but ya otherwise it's mostly about Blizzard

We talk about how some things end, whether it's a band, game series, TV series, book series, or a favorite company.

You got PS5? We got PS5...topics! After getting into what Baron5X has been getting into, we discuss in-depth the latest announcements on the availability of the PS5 and everything around it, and we touch base with the ongoing court case between Epic and Apple.

Lots going on in today's episode. We talk some major movie releases, including box office toppers Mortal Kombat and Demon Slayer (what a time to be alive). Listen as we dive into new media, what Blizzard's personnel news means for them and video games as a while, and more!

We talk about proper game theory, Not the youtube channel. Participants: Davd/Asher, Mychyl/Fatesse, Eddie/Baron5x, Nick/Itrio, MPX.

Yep, turns out I was very wrong about the episode number. Well on today's episode we are joined by a special Front Row Geek, Itrio! He tell's us the latest in his Media Diet, Asher shares his experience with Monster Hunter Rise, we talk E3 going online and its future, Cyberpunk 2077, and more!

Baron5X is Team Edward? Say it ain't so! Also joined by Asher and Fatesse, we discuss the new Monster Hunter Rise, Disney+ movie releases of Black Widow and Cruella, Discord up for sale (likely to Microsoft), and PSN store closure potentially incoming, our excitement for the upcoming Biomutant, and more!

On today's episode we go over Eddie's Media Diet (Mushoku Tensei, Raya the Last Dragon, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Resident Aleine), Cyberpunk 2077 news, Rust EU servers burn, Roblox goes public, two anime movies coming our way soon (Eva 4.0 and Demon Slayer) and more!

We discuss the differences between Exclusivity and Contractual Obligation.

New segment on the show! A Media Diet Round Robin this time brought to us by AsherOmega and his dive into Bravely Default 2. We also go over some Cyberpunk news, breakdown the announcements from Final Fantasy and Pokemon, an overview of the upcoming Redwall adaptation, a surprise appearance by Elden Ring, a preview of Wandavision and Raya views, and perhaps more!

We talk about streaming in general and all it can entail.

On today's show, in Baron5X's new home, we discuss even more Cyberpunk 2077 news, fans wanting to buy out DC Comics, Ubisoft cooling off on AAA gaming, major Final Fantasy XIV update incoming, and you know, Wandavision. Shout out to the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" meme for it's 20th birthday.

Ya we'll get to the part about Gamestop and wallstreetbets but we are gonna talk about Cyberpunk 2077 first because that's just what we do. Then Some Fallout New Vegas topics, Resident Evil lady, the new Syfy show Resident Alien, the casting news for the Borderlands movie, and get into it about Godzilla vs Kong.

Did you know you screen time is a problem? Well consider it! And listen to us discuss it! Besides that, we tap on a quick update about Cyberpunk happenings, Asher brings us in on the latest in Audio AI research and technology, and the (re?)creation of Lucasfilm Games. This week's FRG media diet: Mushoku Tensei (Jobless Reincarnation) I'm A Spider, So What? Star Trek Discovery S3 American Gods S3

We talk about the various entertainment monopolies which hold some of our dearest IPs as well as a few that just exist.

We've made it! A new year! And maybe a little new-ness in our recording? Gonna have to listen and find out. We revisit Cyberpunk 2077, Baron5X talks about hunting for a PS5 and that he finally watch Demon Slayer, Asher gives us some info on the newly released Persona soundtracks on Spotify and the "Final Secret" discovered within Neir Automata. We touch on the Mandalorian, Pixar's Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, and more!

You want Cyberpunk 2077, then we'll give you Cyberpunk 2077! And if you didn't want that, well then we can give you a little of Death Stranding, movie reviews of New Mutants and Tenet, and maybe a little more on top of that. Enjoy!

We're just days away from the release of Cyberpunk 2077 and certainly, there's a little techno-electricity in the air. We talk of its anticipation and some of the news we've heard on it. We also get into the very fresh and recent controversy that has come upon the Chinese release of the Monster Hunter World movie. Baron5X has a Stadia and talks about how he got it. New Mutants is out but we've haven't watched it yet (but Baron5X will). All this and more!

So it's the time of year again! Where we think about all the games in 2020 and how they speak to the year. So we get a taste of awards already presented with the Golden Joystick Awards, we talk on the latest from the new console releases, and we take a look back at the 2015 Game Awards to see if the nominees and winners speak to where we are now in gaming.

The next generation is here! Just not for everyone. From delays to missing shipments, bugged consoles, clicking sounds and smoke, there's a ton to maybe not look forward to at the start of this new generation. But games are always the bright spot like Demon's Soul, Borderlands 3 DLC, and more! Join us for a new episode today!

On today's episode we actaully finish our topics list for once! We talk about the new season of the Mandalorian, touch on the new Adam Sandler movie Hubie Halloween, talk about the coming generation of video games set to arrive this week with the release of the PS5 and XBox Series X, an upcoming Mass Effect collection, a review of the new season of Re:Zero, Borderalnds 3 DLCs, and more! Also, please consider donating to Extra Life via the efforts of Lorde1323: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/lorde1323