The Escapist Show

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick has been playing Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Jack is playing Inscryption, and then they discuss the latest update for Halo Infinite and how the last year of transparency compares to Cyberpunk 2077, considering the game just received further update delays to 2022.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick has been playing Metroid Dread, Jack's getting his butt kicked by his kids in Smash, we discuss God of War coming to PC and give our impressions on the Oculus Quest 2, which was provided by Oculus for a sponsored event this past week.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack's playing Tails of Iron, Nick's finally tired of Far Cry and, well, that's it.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick gushes over Psychonauts 2, Jack went back to Spookware, and we discuss the games we though we'd dislike, but ended up loving.

This week on The Escapist Show, both Nick and Jack are playing Hades, and then we took another look at Cyberpunk 2077...

This week on The Escapist Show, we discuss 12 Minutes, Hell Let Loose, The Wratch's Den, an update on Activision Blizzard and wrap it up with a discussion on online gaming and how there's a wealth of tools to help you find new friends that a lot of people probably don't know about.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack plays a mobile game, Nick plays some Halo and then we discuss the current situation with Activision Blizzard and how we as consumers can help push for change and accountability.

Nick and Jack discuss the past two years on The Escapist and what we're doing for Year 3.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack plays more weird indie games, Nick tries to find some love for Fallout and they discuss the Valve's new Steam Deck. Should Nintendo be worried about losing its title as the platform for indies?

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss Blue Fire, Final Fantasy VII Remake and the fear of missing out with side quest content.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick has been playing some Chivalry 2 and Ratchet and Clank, Jack is making Yogurt Commericals, and we discuss the weird cycle of cynicism in games post-E3 2021.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss the games they've been playing, and for the episodes main topic we briefly discuss E3 predictions and why E3 2021 is by far and away Microsoft's most important show yet.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick's making his way through Luigi's Mansion 3, Jack has nitpicks about Monster Hunter Rise and then we have a conversation about the games media and the never-ending debate about finishing games for review.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss the games they've been playing and then have a conversation about difficulty in video games, which was brought up again recently with lots of complaints about Returnal.

This week on The Escapist Show Nick and Jack discuss the games we've been playing and the controversy surrounding Days Gone.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss the games they've been playing and what The Last of Us remake potentially means for PlayStation going forward.

Today on The Escapist Show, Nick is joined by special guest Parris Lilly of GamerTag Radio and Kinda Funny to discuss their thoughts on Outriders and whether or not the industry has already moved on from E3.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss Sony's sudden closure of the PS3 and PS Vita's stores and their apparent disinterest in preserving PlayStation's history.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss how a subscription service like Xbox Game Pass could breathe life into games that failed to find an audience on their initial release.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack talk about the games they've been playing and discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda and what that overall means for Xbox.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss the Pokémon Legends reveal and ask: What does an open world Pokémon game actually look like?

Nick and Jack discuss their thoughts on the latest Nintendo Direct and why it was a bit...meh.

The latest gaming controversy involves...a digital butt.

Google just killed Stadia's first party studios, does that mean the end of the platform too?

Jack and Nick share their biggest gaming shames.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack breakdown the LucasFilm Games revival and predict what's next for Star Wars games...and hope that the MachineGames Indiana Jones title isn't a first person shooter.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack plays more Dark Souls and previews Loop Hero, while Nick is daydreaming about the future of established Xbox IP thanks to Game Pass.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack discuss the games we've been playing and get very hyped for Elden Ring.

It's time for our games of the year episode.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick discusses his journey to getting started with the Souls genre after years of trying and failing.

This week on The Escapist Show, we discuss the games we've been playing, the recent Halo delay, and the ridiculous discourse over Cyberpunk 2077 reviews and game reviews in generals.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick & Jack discuss how online presence ties into credibility.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack is back in Dark Souls, Nick finished Sekiro and we discuss the open world bloat problem currently plaguing the AAA games industry.

This week on The Escapist Show we discuss Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Spider-Man: Miles Morales and provide our first impressions on the PS5.

This week on The Escapist Show we finally have our hands on next-generation hardware, so I provide my first impressions of the Xbox Series X and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, while Jack has been spending more time in the cloud (Stadia) checking out Baldur's Gate III.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack and Nick discuss the games they've been playing and then breakdown the big Twitter controversy from earlier in the week about whether or not streamers should pay developers for streaming their games.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick and Jack both got to preview Ubisoft's upcoming Immortals Fenyx Rising game, and Jack finally tried cloud gaming...his response may surprise you.

This week on The Escapist Show, we talk a little bit more about Spelunky 2 and Star Wars Squadrons, plus new details on the Cyberpunk 2077 crunch situation and even more social media drama. We end the episode on some next-gen excitement, and promise that next week we'll be getting back to the fun stuff.

This week on The Escapist Show, we discuss our time playing Crash 4, Spelunky 2 and Star Wars: Squadrons, the Cyberpunk 2077 crunch news, the online toxicity surrounding it and being responsible with your platform.

This week on The Escapist Show, Jack has been playing some Breakpoint and Rocket League, while Nick took a little break from gaming. We also took a second look at Google Stadia after the ZP review earlier this year and Nick has some new thoughts on Cloud Gaming.

Microsoft bought Bethesda, Nick beat his first souls game and more in this week's The Escapist Show episode.

This week on The Escapist Show, Nick finally takes a crack at Bloodborne, almost destroys his office, and we discuss the latest PS5 event which showcased not only the games coming to PS5, but PS4 too apparently.

Nick, Jack and special guest Marty discuss their time with Marvel's Avengers and take a look at why Nintendo gets a pass in the industry when it comes to weird business decisions.

Nick and Jack both highly recommend you check out Spiritfarer, and we discuss all the new content coming to The Escapist.

This week on The Escapist Show we take a look at the Marvel's Avengers beta and discuss games as a service and how the industry is being bloated by it.

This week on The Escapist Show we take a look at a bunch of different games we've been playing, our thoughts on Sony dipping their toes back in multiplayer, the Facebook / Oculus controversy and our thoughts on all the delays currently happening around next-gen consoles.

Halo Infinite has been delayed to 2021, leaving Microsoft in a tough spot this holiday season with the launch of the Xbox Series X, but ultimately it's the right call.

This week we breakdown the controversial Polygon article about morality in video game narratives.

Microsoft still has a lot to prove after the lackluster July Xbox Games Games Showcase.

This week we discuss whether or not the industry is actually ready for next-gen consoles to launch in just a few short months.

This week on The Escapist Show Jack and Nick discuss the games they've been playing, along with an extended discussion on what 343 Industries needs to do to make sure Halo Infinite is a success with fans of old.