Praise The Pickle

This week it's Kevin's turn to host. He's decided that the gang will be talking about, the benefits and disadvantages of game development when releasing early access content. Praise the Pickle Podcast is a weekly topical discussion celebrating video game culture and design. Follow us on social media to get involved. Twitter: @Praisethepickle Instagram: @Praisethepicklepodcast Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com

That's right folks, the pickle squad is back with a bang! This week, we kick Season 2 off by deciding, through several arguments, what the best Indie Game of the previous decade was. Praise the Pickle Podcast is a weekly topical discussion celebrating video game culture and design. Follow us on social media to get involved. Twitter: @Praisethepickle Instagram: @Praisethepicklepodcast Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com

This week, Ben rants and raves about Doom Eternal's in-between bits, Dan makes some big claims about Animal Crossing and Kevin finally has the time to play a truckload of games thanks to isolation. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Master Good Job Blazing Chrome Resident Evil 3 demo World War Z Doom Eternal Animal Crossing: New Horizons The Forest The Pedestrian Bridge Constructor Portal Hollow Knight Inside Overcooked Surge 2 Monster Hunter: Worlds

This week, has been a slow week news wise, but we are still alive and kicking with a fun-size podcast from the dream team. Dan and Ben defend Epic Games from Kevins wild outbursts, while Kevin tries to insinuate that Google Stadia are the shiz. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle News stories: Sony slows download speeds, GAME UK closes arenas, Nintendo pull Mario creation from Media Molecules Dreams, new Epic games publishing deals, Nintendo direct mini, EGX rezzed digitalised, "Stadia Makers" launches, Bioware sequel?, National Video Game Museum under threat.

This week, Dan and Ben get into yet another heated discussion around Doom Eternal and Kevin has finally started pulling his weight! We have been diving into the steam game festival demo's and have tonnes to talk about this week. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Klang 2 Raji: An ancient epic Superliminal Indivisible Iris and the giant Bloodroots Carrion Slay the Spire Animal crossing Refunct Ori and the Will of the Wisps Doom: Eternal The Forest

This week, news is the name and next-gen is the game. We have the tech-man-Dan himself attempts to explain all the details from the PS5 and Xbox Series X announcements, with comparisons and verdicts. We also discuss everything coronavirus related from optimistically re-scheduled events, to the impact of the disease on the video game industry. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle News stories: GDC rescheduled, Masahiro Sakurai describes the impact of coronavirus on game development in Japan, FF7 Remake may be delayed, Develop:Brighton is still going ahead amidst coronavirus concerns, Steam Game Festival, Independent Game Festival Winners, Nintendo Indie Direct, Gamestop refusing to close stores during lockdowns, Next-gen console announcements.

This week, Ben has played tonnes of games making up for Dan and Kevins poor commitment to the pod. We also discuss the heavy hitters of this week including Ori and Call of Duty's new Warone mode. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Ori and the Blind Forest, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Black Mesa, Sayonara Wildhearts, Bleak Sword

This week, Dan attempts to wing the news and somehow succeeds as we discuss the effects of cancelled events as well as other major news stories. Ben chooses to play devils advocate yet again and Kevin turned up. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle News stories: Nintendo Playstation sold at auction; More developers leaving Geforce Now; E3 and EGX cancelled due to Coronavirus; Horizon Zero dawn PC port announced; Michael Chu leaves Blizzard.

This episode, Dan goes back to the first first person shooters, we talk about Kevin's latest exciting Ori stream, and Ben constructively critiques an interesting new game coming soon. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ori & The Blind Forest, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Neon Abyss, Hunt Showdown, Apex Legend, OG Doom, Enter the Gungeon, Indivisible, My Beuaitful Paper Smile.

This week, we talk about some recent e-sports funnies and failures, the reported reasons why developers aren't flocking to Stadia to publish, and the latest worries surrounding E3. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle News stories: BAFTA award nominees, Baldurs Gate 3 and the potential of Stadia, Stadia's failure to compensate developers, Valve Index VR headsets are finally back... for a while, the latest with E3 and whether or not it'll happen, the birthdays of Playstation 2 and the Switch, FIFA and Warcraft 3 E-Sports competitions have major problems.

This week, Kevin's dream comes true, and we discuss tonnes of "shooting" games. Dan also speaks about his favourite game of the year, The Convenience Store and Ben boogies down to the addictive OST of Crypt of the Necrodancer. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Hunt: Showdown, Sector's Edge, Apex Legends, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Ori and the Blind Forest, The Convenience Store, 7th Sector, Two Point Hospital

This week, the hosts get into a heated discussion regarding GOG's new refund policy, Kevin finds out he can finally play Half life with the new Black Mesa mod and we discuss the implications of cancelling this years gaming conferences over coronavirus concerns. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle News stories: Companies pulling out of GDC conference; China pulling Plague Inc from the app store; GOGs new refund policy; Konami code creator dies aged 61; Platinum games announces new self published IP; Black Mesa Release; Hideo Kojima Bafta fellowship award; FIFA pro banned from EA services; Nintendo's 95 year old fan; XBOX Series X specifications revealed.

This week, we've played a lot of new indie games, some atmospheric masterpieces, some eye melting platformers, and Kevin even throws himself into some more artistic adventures. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Dreams, The Gardens Between, Void Bastards, Lightmatter, Florence, The Suicide of Rachel Foster, A Short Hike, Lazr - A Clothformer, Bleeding Edge, Modern Warfare, Journey to a Savage Planet, Witcher 3, Wolcen Lords Of Mayhem

This week, we cover a range of news stories from a busy week in the gaming world. We talk about the chances of Anthem's redesign being a success, look to the past in light of Sony's problems with keeping the PS5 price down, and reflect on what E3 was, and what it will become. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Twitter: @praisethepickle Games Mentioned: Stoneshard, Journey to a Savage Planet, Wolcen Lords Of Mayhem, Children of Morta, Disco Elysium, Life is Strange, Anthem, Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, Modern Warfare, Bleeding Edge, Outriders Special mention: Blaqk swan (YouTube)

This week, the trio discuss this weeks major news stories and discover some new indie delights. We unwrap Blizzard's inability to admit to their own mistakes, some top dogs in the game development world leaving their posts, and Nintendo's failure to meet the basic expectations of the modern consumer with the much hyped Animal Crossing sequal. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Twitter: @praisethepickle

In our second moonlight special, we do a deep dive review of this months game, Dark Souls 3. We break down gameplay mechanics, visuals, audio and story as we collectively establish our overall score for the game. This episode is SPOILER HEAVY. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

This week, the trio are joined by Adam! We test our new structure and discuss some major news stories from the last week including Blizzards Warcraft 3 "Refunded" distaster, Stadia's response to the disappointed community, and Nintendo's stance on refunding pre-orders. Later in the episode, some thought provoking questions spark some conversation of a deeper nature. Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. This week, Ben pretends to be listening to Dan's news story, Kevin badly describes a game he has been playing (again) and Dan uses his exceptional journalism skills to dismantle Kevin's news story. This weeks random game recommendation is "Little Nightmares" As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

Praise The Pickle is a podcast about video games - game development, the latest stories from the industry, and talk of what we love, hate and find incredibly mediocre about what we've played of late. Nothing here but exceptional journalism and top class professionalism. This week, the trio get stranded on a desert island, so Kevin takes the opportunity to practice his child entertainment skills. Ben radiates sunshine and builds a hammock, and Dan decides it's the perfect opportunity to explore the world of teledildonics - the true driving force behind virtual reality. This weeks random game recommendation is "#IDARB (It Draws A Red Box)" As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

The boys are back in town. Ben and Kevin touch eachother whilst Dan does his best to summarise several weeks of gaming news. This weeks random recommandation is "Detention" As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast Happy New Year to all of our wonderful listeners!

To wrap up the year, the gang discuss their favourite games of 2019 and decide Praise the Pickle Podcasts final GOTY for 2019. Thank you to everyone that has listened this year! It has been a glorious birth of the podcast and you are the ones that make it possible. As always, leave feedback, rate, review and get involved on our social media! Twitter: @Praisethepickle Facebok: facebook.com/praisethepicklepodcast Instagram: Praisethepicklepodcast Email: Praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com

On this weeks spandangly episode, Dan Dan the news man is back, Ben may have been correct about the Outer Wilds? And Kevin is beaten by Sekiro again. We also announce our contenders for our Game Of The Year special! Check out our social media channels. Our poll is still live for our Super Duper Deep Dive Moonlighting special game for January so get voting! As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

On this weeks fantabulous episode, Dan is practising ice fishing in Switzerland so Ben and Kevin try and scrape together a two man pod. Check out our social media channels! Our poll will be going live this week so you can decide our Super Duper Deep Dive Moonlighting special game for January! As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

On this weeks wonderful episode, Dan teases some upcoming podcast lore, Kevin puts down his MC mic and Ben has a controversial opinion on some of this years biggest games. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

A love triangle becomes a square. Joined by the wonderful Adam, the team do a deep dive into their game of the month: The Outer Worlds. We talk gameplay, visuals, sound, story and value, and finish by giving our overall score. This is a SPOILER HEAVY deep dive into Obsidian Entertainment's latest release. Please show your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback. Response guaranteed. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

On this weeks episode, the trio stare lovingly into eachothers eyes for the first time, and summon a new creature... Player 4 has entered the game. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

On this weeks glorious episode, Ben kills off an entire segment of the podcast in cold blood, Dan imagines a world consisting of only Norman Reedus’s and Kevin introduces special guest ‘K-dot’. As always, continue showing your love and support by leaving ratings, reviews and feedback! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

In this weeks episode, Dan perfects the English language, Kevin gives rapping a go and Ben reminisces about Arnold Schwarznegger's most iconic role... Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle Instagram: praisethepicklepodcast

We give our thoughts on the latest Microsoft Xbox event - "X019 London". We talk about everything they announced, our first impressions, and the future of Xbox game pass. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

Kevin shows his creative side, and think gets a bit heated between the other two. As always, we love responding to feedback, so drop us a line. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

The news man is back! Kevin describes Bioshock in detail, Dan shows his dedication to game of the week and Ben gives Kevin the floor. As always love and appreciate on all the social media tings and send in your feedback for a shout out. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

On this glorious occasion, Dan is unfortunately MIA so super special guest, Charlotte, swooped in to save the day! This week Ben realises why Dan is the 'News guy', we allow Kevin to talk about FIFA, and Charlotte hijacks the feedback section. Please continue contacting us, and your feedback will be read out next week. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

Dan & Ben discuss their experience of EGX2019 London, the games they tried, and their pick of the bunch. We experienced some incredible indie games from a range of talented teams. We talk about everything we played, and decide on our favorite 6 at the end. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

This week we discuss our most wanted game to movie adaptations (of the past...), talk about video game news and controversy, and discuss mental health portrayals in video games. Please continue contacting us, and your feedback will be read out next week. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

In this brief podcast, Ben reviews his game of the week, Kevin masters the art of journalism, and Dan's cat lifts some weights. This week we discuss the best video game soundtracks of all time, talk about video game news and controversy, and stand by our great nation of China. Please continue contacting us, and your feedback will be read out next week. NOTE: We experienced some technical issues which have caused a dip in sound quality this week. It will be fixed for next episode and we've done our best to clean it up. Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

Ben addresses some elephants in the room, Kevin gets ripped off by a racing game, and Dan plays the new R2D2 simulator. This week we discuss the games that disappointed us the most, talk about video game news and controversy, and throw gang signs at a terrible AAA publishing company. Please continue contacting us, and your feedback will be read out next week. We tried to make this one shorter - and failed miserably. We're sorry. Some plans have been put in place to bring down next weeks runtime significantly - promise! Twitter: @praisethepickle Email: praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/Praisethepickle

Ben reminisces about that Far Cry game where you take viagra, Kevin plays a game where you're a duck, and Dan lives up to his promise. This week we discuss our favorite gaming moments, talk about video game news and controversy, and dive deep into our first feedback emails. Please continue contacting us, and your feedback will be read out next week. As requested, we have tried to keep this one shorter, and improved our sound quality. Major spoilers for: Brothers: Tale Of Two Sons Gears Of War 3 @praisethepickle praisethepicklepodcast@gmail.com

Having fun, discussing games. We introduce ourselves with our favorite games of all time, then talk about recent news in the video game world. May contain spoilers for older games.