Gamerage

Today's sidequest is a TROPE TAKEDOWN of overdone horror sequences! We've all heard the little kid laugh, the screechy violin strings, the creaking in the other room -- and we've got some BETTER ideas. Get ready for a whole new wave (of crap in your pants) this Halloween week, and break out your pen and paper to jot down some copyrighted ideas of your own! Also, we're excited to announce that we're packing up and moving on from our old server host, SoundCloud! You can now find all of our old and new content on podcast providers like PodBean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, and to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitch @gamerageclub to see our other fun shenanigans!

Don't blink. Don't look away. If you do, the creature will snap your neck like a Toblerone. You must escape. Ignore the cries for help. The old man is behind you. The skeleton bird is above you. The SCP Foundation could not have predicted that all of the artifacts would get free at once. And it just may happen that no one lives to tell the tale. Also, we're excited to announce that we're packing up and moving on from our old server host, SoundCloud! You can now find all of our old and new content on podcast providers like PodBean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, and to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitch @gamerageclub to see our other fun shenanigans!

Sometimes the songs in a video game are so good you have to make up a pretend award ceremony just to honor them! On today's main quest we pay respects to some of the best videogame music ever composed, and give your earballs a taste of the FLAVOR. Tune in and sing along if you know the words (humming is also acceptable). Also, we're excited to announce that we're packing up and moving on from our old server host, SoundCloud! You can now find all of our old and new content on podcast providers like PodBean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, and to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitch @gamerageclub to see our other fun shenanigans!

Sometimes video games ask you the big questions. What is your purpose? What if you made the wrong decision? What if the bad guys aren't actually bad guys? On STAGE 3-8 we dive into all the ways that video games introduce us to the idea of "existentialism" -- turning the mirror around and showing us the gun-toting, space-faring, sim-drowning creatures that we truly are! Also, we're excited to announce that we're packing up and moving on from our old server host, SoundCloud! You can now find all of our old and new content on podcast providers like PodBean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, and to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitch @gamerageclub to see our other fun shenanigans!

On today's main quest, we FINALLY remove our collective ball-gags about Naughty Dog's heartbreaking masterpiece, The Last of Us 2! Now that enough time has passed, we want to air out all of our praises and frustrations, and gush about the gameplay, characters, and soul-crushing conclusions. What does it all mean, where will they go next? Tune in and find out! Also, we're excited to announce that we're packing up and moving on from our old server host, SoundCloud! You can now find all of our old and new content on podcast providers like PodBean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, and to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitch @gamerageclub to see our other fun shenanigans!

Since Tampa Bay Comic-Con was a no-go this year, we decided to have our OWN convention! And since the convention center wouldn't let us book the whole building, we decided to accept an invitation to a haunted house instead. Follow along as we try to survive a HARROWING adventure in search of the ultimate prize -- a big old rent-free mansion (poltergeists included). Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Ok what if -- hear us out -- what if two popular video games got together... and FUCKED. What kind of game-baby mash-ups would you want to see? We each came up with some brilliant* ideas of our own, and are excited to unleash our monstrosities upon an unsuspecting world! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Back in the 80s when people still didn't know what to do with video games, they tried making absurd action titles about popular bands -- and it was gloriously awful. Now we've taken it upon ourselves to pitch our OWN ideas for fucktastic music video games, and still have time for everybody's favorite segment: Liz's Dad's Favorite Game! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Would you rather have game provide you with a character, fully developed with predetermined hopes, dreams, skills and appearance? Or would you rather create your own character from scratch? Each has heavy implications for how the story can play out, and what kind of character growth is possible. Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

How do you make a scary villain? Just make them cuh-raaaazyyy! It's time for an update to this tired old gaming (and movie) trope -- and we've got some ideas. Maybe not good ones! But ideas nonetheless. Tune in to turn up with us and our half-empty bottle rants on LEVEL 158! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Sometimes being saddled with an AI partner during a videogame can be a death-sentence. Whether they're no help whatsoever, or try TOO hard to be helpful and waste all your supplies -- there's a narrow line that these partners need to walk to keep the game from being frustrating. So on LEVEL 157 we run through some of our favorites and most-hated -- and also tease an upcoming game-stream we'll be doing later in the week! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

We somehow ended up locked in this recording booth for 3 whole years, churning out toxic garbage fumes for all the internet to suck on, while occasionally making a funny joke or two. We thank you for tolerating our presence for all this time, and look forward to the coming years of gaming nonsense, drunkenness, and rage! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

In order to know where we're going, it's important to look at where we came from! So on LEVEL 155 we take a close look at the last great Sega console, the Dreamcast. Full of weird peripheral ideas and a colorful library of risk-taking titles, the Dreamcast holds a special place in our hearts. So tune in to learn some fun facts, and honor one of the greatest to ever do it! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

In a brand new segment, our heroes undergo a brutal series of Pokemon-themed questions, with a couple of fun twists! Tune in to LEVEL 154 to learn which one of the Gamerage crew is the very best, like no one ever was! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Videogames provide a rare opportunity to BE somebody other than who you are. So how can they use that power for good? For one, they can show you what it's like to live life as a minority, or a different gender, or different sexual orientation. Some games do it well, others don't do it all! On LEVEL 153 we dive into all the ways that we think gaming could make the world a better place, one character at a time. Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

What makes an excellent remake of a beloved classic? Total adherence to the original story and execution, with updated visuals? Or exploration into new possibilities that were too complicated for past developers? On LEVEL 152 we get to the heart of that very question, and discuss some of our favorite remakes, and what made them great. Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

The Gamerage crew found a baby in a dumpster one fateful day, and vowed to give it the proper (gamer) upbringing it deserves! So what will the young prodigy's gaming diet consist of? How do you start a child out? When do they graduate to harder games? What games MUST they play to be a well-rounded (gamer) adult? FInd out on LEVEL 151! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

In an ALL NEW SEGMENT we each come up with our best idea for what Rockstar should do for RED DEAD REDEMPTION 3 (working title). Would it carry over with characters we know and love? Would it focus on past villains?? Would it even be a third-person shooter??? Find out on LEVEL 150! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Multiplayer games come in a variety of flavors -- mainly, co-op and competitive. Some gamers prefer working together with their friends to dominate together, and others prefer to dominate all the other players themselves. On LEVEL 149 we break down this preference, and delve into the styles and games we prefer. So how about it, are you more Overwatch or Battleborne?? Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Time for another of our favorite segments, Trivia Time! On this episode Liz doles out 10 punishingly nerdy questions about video game history, and the boys rack their booze-soaked brains to try and claim victory. Listen in and play along! (Watch the episode recorded in Red Dead Redemption 2 online by searching "Gamerage Level 147" on YouTube!) Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

In a fun new serial topic we examine and shit all over tired tropes in video games that badly need replacing or updating. Today's skeet-shooting target: audio logs! They were new and exciting ten years ago, but their flawed attempt at world-building hasn't budged an inch in just as long. Listen in to learn how we think that could be improved, and as always, let us know what ideas you think of too! (Watch the episode recorded in Red Dead Redemption 2 online by searching "Gamerage Level 147" on YouTube!) Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Tune in for one of our favorite segments, in which we create a gourmet videogame-themed restaurant to delight (or dull) your senses with nerdy appetizers, geeky entrees, and otaku cocktails from the deepest recesses of our goofy imaginations! Copyrights in the mail and patents pending!(Watch the episode recorded in Red Dead Redemption 2 online by searching "Gamerage Level 146" on YouTube!) Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

It's finally gonna happen guys -- a video game THEME PARK!!! Naturall we've already come up with a bumch of Nintendo game rides that need to happen, and we break them down in hilarious detail on LEVEL 145! Tune in to see what killer contraptions we've dreamed up, and shoot us a message with hopes and ideas of your own!(Watch the episode recorded in Red Dead Redemption 2 online by searching "Gamerage Level 145" on YouTube!) Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Lots of movies that get turned into games end up being a flop -- but through our COMBINED GENIUS, and with the help of a special guest, we've come up with a handful of titles that could make GREAT video game tie-ins! Tune in to share in our imaginary triumphs and hoards of licensing profits! (Watch the episode recorded in Red Dead Redemption 2 online by searching "Gamerage Level 144" on YouTube!) Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Coming to you live from the Moonshine Shack in Red Dead Redemption 2, LEVEL 143 is all about the pulse-pounding moments in action games that make you feel like you're gonna die IRL. Whether the game's in space or New Zealand, developers know how to make their scenes WAY more exciting than your average summer blockbuster. Watch the episode recording on our YouTube by searching "GameRage Level 143" to see our drunken antics in the Wild West! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Gritty remakes are popular in movies and sometimes video games that never need them get them too (looking at you, Bomberman: Act Zero). So we thought it would be fun to round up some other titles that would be hilariously inappropriate to remake in a gritty, Christopher Nolan type of tone. Tune in and turn up! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

It's easy to think that all fighting games get lumped into one category, but there are actually distinct genres that all fall under the umbrella term "fighting game." So how does one differentiate between a "beat-em-up" a "versus game" and a "hack and slasher?" Tune in to LEVEL 141 to find out, and to learn about some of our all-time favorites along the way! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

While we spend yet another week in quarantine we thought it would be the perfect time to reminisce on some of our favorite games about viruses! Whether they be human, zombie, or computer -- games have explored viral outbreaks in just about all the ways imaginable. So put on your gasmask and tune in for some fun callbacks to simpler, less infectious times. Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Well folks the apocalypse seems to have come for us and the only people that have been waiting for this time of bunkers and quarantine are doomsday preppers and videogame lovers. On LEVEL 139 we're loading everyone up with great game suggestions to fill your time stranded alone in your home! Everything from online games to play with friends, to immersive 100+ hour RPGs that will make the time pass before you know it! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

We all know about the major classics like Mario and Sonic, but what about the unsung heroes of the early days of console gaming? We dedicated LEVEL 138 to praising the forgotten gems of our childhoods, digging them up and admiring them like the nerdy diamonds that they are! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Ever read a book that was so damn cool you wish you could be part of it? Well that's JUST what we've got in mind on LEVEL 137! Some books would make for a PERFECT videogame and we dive into the titles we've got in mind, and all the cool ways they could play out. From time-tested classics to little-known novels, tune in and share your ideas as well! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

What would the "dark" version of you be like? How would they anticipate your moves? Use your weaknesses against you? On LEVEL 136 we explore all the ways our doppelgangers would strive to defeat us, and the terrible consequences that would come of such an encounter! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Lot of superheroes (and villains) have graced the gaming world with their presence, but being the brilliant savants that we are we figured we'd toss our two cents in about which ones should make appearances next! Tune in to hear our pitches for great superhero games that have yet to be made, and feel free to use your high-powered contacts to produce them and mail us our share of the profits! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

As gamers we love all video games for being what they are -- but that doesn't mean love to actually PLAY all of them. Each of us a franchise (or two or five) that we just fucking hate. On LEVEL 134 find out what game franchises bug us all the way up the ass, and feel free to message us with all the inane reasons you think that we're wrong! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Sometimes gaming teaches us real-life lessons! Not so much "how to bbq random assholes in rush hour traffic" but more like "don't judge an armor set by it's color" -- you know. On LEVEL 133 we dive into all the life lessons we've learned while raiding dungeons and hang-gliding over woolly mammoths. Fill up your cup and tune in, ya fucks! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

2020 has already had MULTIPLE delays in the videogame release schedule, some of them indefinite! So on LEVEL 132 we discuss what our hopes and fears are for the upcoming games we've been drooling over for the past year (or more) -- everything from Cyberpunk 2077 to DOOM Eternal. So grab yourself a drool bucket and a stress toy and saddle up! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Despite how awful some trolls in the gaming community can be, we are still a community! Connected by adventure, competition, and rich storytelling, gamers have a shared passion that sets us apart from many other communities in the world -- also, we've all finally finished Death Stranding, so tune in to hear about THAT whopper of an experience as well! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

It's time for a look back at all the great games that didn't get the recognition they truly DESERVED! Whether they release at the same time as a bigger title, or get produced by a small developer, lots of games fly under the radar when truly they are gems that everyone should experience! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Lots of people have New Years resolutions about working out or eating better, but ours are all about -- you guessed it -- video games! In 2020 we all have things we want to change about the way we play video games, so if you haven't come up with a resolution of your own, tune in to LEVEL 129! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

With the PS5 and Xbox Series X on the horizon we can definitely expect to see VR being incorporated more heavily into our gaming experience -- so what do we want to see these new peripherals used for? And how can they improve on the often clunky experience VR has in games right now? Find out on LEVEL 128! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

The 20-aughts were a great decade for videogames and we want to celebrate the changing of the calendar by wading back into the most notable titles and crowning one of them GAME OF THE DECADE! Don't miss the breakdown and let us if you disagree so we can tell you why you're wrong! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

With Rise of Skywalker hitting theaters like a herd of force-sensitive elephants we thought this would be the PERFECT time to pitch our ideas for a Star Wars game like none you've ever seen before! (This episode does not contain any spoilers for Episode IX) So cuddle up to your plush Baby Yoda, grab some Blue Milk, and imagine a galaxy far, far away with us! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Games love throwing us into grassy, desert, water and other levels -- but with the winter season upon us we want to talk about some of our favorite ever SNOW levels! From Zelda to Death Stranding, pour up a mug of (boozy) hot cocoa and chill with us on LEVEL 125! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

In another bonus mini-sode we're presenting a few of our favorite segments -- from Finish That Tune to Rage Match, LEVEL 122.5 is chock full of fun games, play along and see if you can figure out the answers before we do! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Do you remember waking up Christmas morning and opening a big heavy present with a BRAND NEW GAME CONSOLE INSIDE? We do -- and there are few things more exciting (besides maybe the rest of your presents being new games for your new console!) So pour up the egg nog and let's reminisce around the fireplace, peeps. Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

There are only so many genres of video games, and in order to stand apart from the crowd, a great game has to have what's called a "Unique Selling Point" -- for instance a shooter can add crazy weapons that let you shrink your enemies, or a platformer can give you the ability to manipulate time as you speed along. On LEVEL 123 we highlight some of the greatest USPs we've seen to date, all while doing simultaneous kegstands (as far as you know)! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Video games are known for giving you infinite tries at lots of things, so you know it's serious when a character dies FOR GOOD. Some of these deaths are so heartbreaking you can never forget them, and on LEVEL 122 we break out the tissue boxes and reminisce about the most poignant character deaths we remember -- so come cry with us! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

We've all been submerged in the twisted alternate-reality America created by the wacky genius behind Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima! On this special episode we dive deep into all the star-studded craziness that's been teased since all the way back in 2016! All aboard! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

No matter what world a game is set in, there always seem to be just a handful of different types of characters. You've got your cunning rogues, your burly tanks, your wise healers -- and on LEVEL 121 we delve into the types we've seen across the gaming universe, and which ones we tend to gravitate toward ourselves! Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode!

Sorry we we've been MIA! We're back next Tuesday with exciting new content, including a few never-before-seen mini-sodes! Be sure to tune in on Tuesday, Nov 12th at 12pm to learn more!

Why do we seek out horror games (or movies for that matter)? Why do we like to be scared out of our wits now and then? On LEVEL 120 we try to figure that out -- are we just demented? Or is there something deeper to our thrill-seeking at this spooky time of year? Follow us on all social media @gamerageclub to see behind the scenes photos, videos, fan art and more! You can also send us your ideas for what would make a great topic for our next episode! And visit Gamerageclub.com to see some of our sweet, original products!