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COGconnected's editors sit around a digital table, chatting video games and hurling insults. It's like a rowdy night with your cool Uncle who works at Nintendo.

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    • Dec 21, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 23m AVG DURATION
    • 153 EPISODES


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    7.23: Indiana Jones and the Elusive Geoffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 77:48


    Indiana Jones is an absolute banger, and Geoff Fest aka the Game Awards were pretty great too! We break it all down, from The Witcher 4 to Intergalactic and everything in between.

    7.22: Balatro and Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 86:30


    James explains Balatro to limited effect, but apparently it is very, very good in a way that belies the fact it is, in fact, just poker. Sort of.

    7.21: Is This Thing On?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 84:49


    Yeah, that was a break. But we're back! With games! Silent Hill 2, Astro Bot, Mario & Luigi Brotherhood, and more!

    7.20: The Legend of Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 88:16


    Echoes of Wisdom is out and about! It's a Zelda game, kind of.

    7.19: What Exactly Is Xbox Doing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 61:06


    We talk about Xbox's "strategy", Sun Wukong, and Elden Ring DLC!

    7.18: Layoff Day, Again, Again!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 75:36


    It's a midsummer mish mash of games!

    7:17: Game Pass ... Bad?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 70:20


    Hooooooo doggy Microsoft really stepped in it here - we really go deep on the yikes.

    7.16: Level 713

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 59:37


    Erdtree! It's out! It's hard, unless you're a turtle.

    7.15: Barret is the Meta

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 83:41


    All things Xbox and Ubisoft and Summer Games Fest, which had some pretty good stuff. Metal Gear Solid Delta, Star Wars Outlaws, Doom The Dark Ages, and more. But was it the best show ever like the internet is saying? No. Not by a long shot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.14: Captain Gun-a-rang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 49:54


    We dunk on State of Play, because it was sooooo weak. Destiny 2: The Final Shape seems cool though, and Guerilla Collection is the bees kness --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.13: Laser Robot Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 85:28


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    7.12: Greasy Green Layoff Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 60:50


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    7.11: The 4090 Chronicles

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 88:16


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    7.10: Let's Grease This Pig

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 76:40


    Stellar Blade demo, Princess Peach Showtime, and, again, more Chadley hate (or love?). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.9: Reverse Circ

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 98:19


    Everybody's finally into Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, so there's a lot to talk about there. Mainly, there's quite the controversy about Chadley. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.8: Pulsating Ninjas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 70:37


    Outlast Trials is cool, South Park Snowday is not, and there's a ton of other stuff in between. Like pulsating ninjas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.7: Swolena Gomez

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 78:05


    Dune 2 popcorn bucket - we're talking about it. Also video games like Unicorn Overlord and yes, still Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.6: Madame Web Watch Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 98:16


    Madame Web is worth seeing for under $5, but make no mistake: it's baaaaad. We also talk about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth now that the public can play it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.5: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 49:38


    An embargo lifted, so we talk about how Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth fits into the broader mythos of the series. Also, Helldivers 2 is still a great time AND breaking servers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.4: An Xbox Nothing Burger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 71:17


    The magical Xbox reveal revealed precisely nothing we haven't been saying on this podcast for YEARS, and James mysteriously teases the content of our next episode. Meanwhile, Rhett couldn't find Colt 45 (the beverage) at the store and that's wildly unacceptable. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.3: VR Love Is Real Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 82:13


    It's mostly tangents, as usual, but also mostly impressions of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Is the title a misnomer? Probably not. James also gets into the ... pitfalls? of VR based ... entertainment. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.2: Chinese Food Near Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 73:06


    HA! We win, Google SEO. Chinese food near me is ACTUALLY a podcast episode about video games like Death Stranding 2, Foamstars, Judas, and more. Subscribe now on Spotify: http://link.pressx.space/spotify & Apple: http://link.pressx.space/apple --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    7.1: The Gamening Begineth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 89:37


    Lucky season 7 of the cast kicks off with a look forward. What does 2024 hold? Probably fewer amazing banger games than in '23, honestly, but there are definitely signs of life. We talk about it all! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.18: Game of the Year 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 121:46


    What's to know? We argue about the best games of the year and come up with a DEFINITIVE top ten list. What wins? Does Gollum top the list? Maybe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.17: The Game Awards Debacle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 104:09


    The Game Awards garnered serious heat this year, for hardly any of the right reasons. We talk about the highs and lows, but also a bunch of great games: Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Wonder, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.16: Best Superhero Game Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 102:11


    Spider-Man 2! We talk about it. It's great. AC Mirage? Not so much. Elsewhere, Forza Motorsport is right around a seven on our patented 3 point scale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.15: An October More October Than Most

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 91:24


    We talk about some things that are happening like Starfield maybe not being QUITE as expansive as we thought, Cyberpunk 2077 finally getting to the state it should have launched in, Baten Kaitos for some reason, and October. 2023 has been ridiculous, and October isn't slowing down. Pray for us and our eyeballs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.14: Walgreens' MLB Team and Star Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 62:54


    It's all stars this time out, with extensive discussion of Starfield and Sea of Stars. Starfield is mid AF but still addictive and fun for RPG fans, while Sea of Stars is a brilliant example of making what's old new again. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.13: Human Pez Dispenser

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 83:48


    Rhett continues to berate James until he gets Baldur's Gate 3 on PC. Meanwhile, James played Immortals of Aveum (it rips) and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (also rips), and Paul 'played' Fort Solis (it does not rip). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.12: Canadian Shield Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023 54:06


    James fondly reminisces about classy purple bags that can hold golf balls, cash, and occasionally adult beverages. Rhett likes Baldur's Gate a whole bunch. Paul and James can't talk about their games, but think FF XVI is swell and Starfield damn well better be. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.11: Press XVI to Fantasy, Finally

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 75:26


    So Final Fantasy XVI happened, and the fellas are mighty impressed. To quote one podcaster, "Game of the last few years". And he might be right, we spend this entire podcast discussing how and why FF XVI works, and inevitably plan for a spoilercast in the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.10: Xbox Showcase Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 102:27


    Now it's Xbox's turn to show off cool stuff like Fable, Forza, and a bunch of videos that might eventually turn into games like Bioclockwork. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.9: PlayStation Showcase Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 78:54


    We discuss all the cool and uncool things about the PlayStation Showcase 2023. Spider-Man 2? Great! Phantom Blade Zero? A nice surprise! PSVR 2? Sad trombone. Join Paul and James for all their well formed opinions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.8: So, Zelda Happened

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 78:10


    Unfortunately, Redfall also happened. It's the good and the bad, and the bad is also the ugly, but the good is PROBS game of the year? Maybe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.7: Where Money?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 86:23


    Can Xbox get a solid W someday? For gaming's sake, please use that infinite cashflow to NOT F it up for once. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.6: Put a Thing On It!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 89:47


    It's videogames and stuff, what more are you looking for? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.5: SpiderMan vs. Starfield, Lock It In

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 89:34


    Destiny 2 Lightfall, PSVR2, and more Octopath Traveler 2 are rocking - or something - our worlds. Also, we're calling it - Starfield and SpiderMan 2 will go head to head this fall. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.4: The Bill O'Reilly Files

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 84:37


    Octopath Traveler 2 and some video game stuff, but more importantly we were doin' it live. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.3: Reggie! NOOOOOOOOO!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 70:26


    The Nintendo Direct consumes our discussion because heck, there was just so much good stuff! Elsewhere, James talks about Octopath Traveler 2, and Paul think Kirby's Return to Dreamland could be a sleeper hit. But will the Switch GBA project finally give us an English Mother 3 release? Nope. Not if Reggie has anything to say about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.2: The Post PT Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 87:57


    We're just fools living in a post PT era where scary stuff is more boring than scary. But HiFi Rush is surprisingly delightful. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    6.1: We Know How To Podcast, OK

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 79:21


    We're back for another year of casting our opinions out into the ether, in pod form. Paul, Rhett, and James talk about Elden Ring, Fire Emblem Engage, and preview the year in gaming. Spoiler: it might be a gooooood one. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.18: The Best Games of 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 145:34


    We decide on a top ten, and we promise, it doesn't go as you're expecting. We get weird up in here. Opinions are created, changed, destroyed, and rebuilt repeatedly in the space of seconds. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.17: 2022's Best Games of the Last 2 Weeks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 84:53


    It's exactly what the title says. Game of the year? Forget it. At least until next time ;) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.16: Some Developers Apparently Aren't

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 74:58


    We played God of War Ragnarok, Pokemon, and more, and were shocked how clunky a game from a bazillion dollar franchise can be. The game is rad as hell though. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.15: The Episode That Got Left Unpublished

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 73:46


    Hey what can we say. This is an excellent, insightful, and mostly also excellent podcast from the day before Dad of Boy 2 came out. We just... didn't publish it. It's great though. You should listen to it repeatedly. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.14: The First One We Did Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 87:50


    HEY WE WERE LIVE AND TALKING ABOUT THE VIDEO GAMES. Bayonetta 3, NHL 23, Splatoon 3, AC Valhalla, AND MORE. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.13: Henry Cavill Is My Witcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 67:14


    What? No, no, you're mistaken, we didn't go on a massive hiatus because the job market was in turmoil. Oh, we did? Yeah you're right. Anyway, we still play HOT new games like Middle Earth: Shadow of War and Session: Skate Sim. Meanwhile, Rhett got a party light and modded The Witcher 3 until it was held together by a single Dandelion song and the hopes of the Skelligan people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.12: Driving Off Into The Forza Horizon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 99:28


    Slap on your virtual mustaches for heavy discussion of Top Gun Maverick, but also video games like Live A Live, Shredder's Revenge, Gran Turismo 7 (which is better now), and much much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.11: Diablo Immoral

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 72:59


    Diablo Immortal is exactly as slimy as you feared, and then some more just to be sure. Elsewhere we discuss State of Play, the upcoming not-E3, and games like Mario Strikers Battle League. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.10: Everything's Good

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 72:38


    Everything's good this time with Trek to Yomi, Shredder's Revenge, and of course Sniper Elite 5. We also hear Rhett's pipes. Subscribe on Apple: https://ift.tt/omQW2wZ or Google: https://ift.tt/l7KYVfA Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pressxtopodcast Intro music from streambeats.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

    5.9: Factory Fresh Salt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 66:23


    Let the salt flow free as the hottest takes on earth land directly in your ear holes. Lego Star Wars is the bomb, Elden Ring seems to have no end, and the game pass has games, be they good or not. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressxtopodcast/message

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