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Allen and Gerald discuss the recent onslaught of delays that have cleared up the spring gaming schedule, Doom Eternal's latest trailer and its apparent narrative-heavy direction, that PS5 logo reveal, Xbox Series X non-exclusives, and the runners-up from their top 10 games of the decade lists (which can be found on the Mushbrains Media YouTube channel).

Allen and Gerald discuss initial impressions of Google Stadia, the Resident Evil 3 Remake reveal, the Half-Life: Alyx reveal, and much more. (Previously unpublished episode.)

Allen and Gerald discuss the future of game streaming, Microsoft's push for the Japanese market, Resident Evil 2 Remake winning a GOTY award, and their own experiences playing Death Stranding and Jedi: Fallen Order.

Allen and Gerald try desperately to catch up with the news they've missed these past couple weeks, and discuss the review controversies over Death Stranding, and try to define what really makes a game a game.

Allen and Gerald are joined by frequent collaborator EJ Moreno to discuss their favorite horror games. But first, a bit of news, including the bipartisan condemnation of Activision Blizzard's censorship in regards to China, Fortnite: Chapter 2, Google Stadia's questionable release, Capcom's desire to revisit old IP, and much more.

Allen and Gerald discuss Mark Cerny's info dump on the PS5, Blizzard's censorship foibles, Doom Eternal's four-month delay, Allen's obsession with Dusk, and much more!

Allen and Gerald welcome Dan Jobson to the podcast to discuss The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and go hands-on with the Nintendo Switch Lite and the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Mini. We also speculate on the quiet turmoil at Sony's Playstation division, attempt to suss out which game developers we think Google will acquire to create exclusive games for the Google Stadia platform, and much more.

Allen and Gerald discuss the Oculus Quest and the future of VR gaming, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's PS4 exclusive mode, The Last of Us 2's release date, Mario Kart Tour, and to kick off October, discuss the moments in games that most creeped them out.

Allen and Gerald discuss The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for Switch, Sayonara Wild Hearts, E3 possibly changing formats, Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass, and the potential for Sony to offer two separate PS5 models at launch.

Allen and Gerald discuss the scant news from Tokyo Game Show 2019, the games they're playing, and their least favorite things to ever happen to video games.

Allen and Gerald discuss a little bit of news, spending a great deal of time on the Super Nintendo games that have come to the Nintendo Switch, Allen is disappointed by the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and the guys discuss their favorite video game soundtracks.

Allen and Gerald discuss all the news from the recent Nintendo Direct, a little bit on Cyberpunk 2077, some Gears of War 5, a Resident Evil leak, and the games that have them excited for the month of September.

Allen and Gerald discuss the paltry video game news offerings from the past week, find themselves on strange digressions, and reconvene to discuss their favorite indie titles!

Allen and Gerald discuss Gamescom 2019, Loot Crate's bankruptcy, Sony's purchase of Insomniac, and so much more in gaming news. Plus, this week's big discussion is games that disappointed us. These takes are fiery.

Allen and Gerald discuss the renewed blaming of violence on video games, Rockstar granting full-time positions to their game testers and the state of labor in the video game industry, 2K Games' harassment of a Borderlands 3 leaker, the coming shift of the loot box model in the wake of an ESA meeting on the subject, as well as more on Ninja's move to Mixer and the allegedly spiteful response from Twitch. As always, the games we're playing, and the topic of the week finds us giving our thoughts on retro gaming and collecting.

Allen and Gerald discuss the Playstation 4's 9-digit milestone, Outerworlds coming to Nintendo Switch, and what role Nintendo and the Switch could possibly play in the 9th generation of consoles, as well as Ninja's departure from Twitch for an uncertain future with Microsoft's Mixer platform. Also on offer, Respawn Entertainment's commitment to develop a Triple A, full-length first-person shooter exclusively in virtual reality, the upcoming Games with Gold and Playstation Plus offerings, and a lengthy discussion on micro-transactions and the shady business practices that are sucking the fun out of modern games.

Allen and Gerald discuss the latest gaming news, including QuakeCon, the "25th anniversary" of Doom, and the stealth launch of the first three games in that series for modern consoles. The guys also discuss their favorite consoles of all time, with a shockingly mutual top slot.

In this episode, Allen and Gerald discuss their favorite games of all time, the departure of Tim Willits from id Software, the newest revision of the Nintendo Switch, the class-action lawsuit against Nintendo over Joy-con drift, the sad state of the Playstation Classic, and much more!

Allen and Gerald return to discuss the latest hardware announcement from Nintendo, the Nintendo Switch Lite, a portable-only variant of the usually hybrid console. Allen discusses his growing distaste for Nintendo's online services and the technically brand new game, SolSeraph, an ActRaiser clone 25 years too late. Gerald takes a trip down memory lane with Parasite Eve, and the guys discuss what's important to them in video games and try not to damage their friendship in the process.

Allen Christian & Gerald James convene for the inaugural episode of the most ethical gaming podcast in the business. Gerald discusses his Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night review, Allen is the snootiest critic of Super Mario Maker 2 levels, and some wild speculation is indulged about when Nintendo (and others) might crackdown on the newest monetization model on Twitch.