The Escort Mission Podcast

We talk about some controversies in the gaming community that have been both burning for a while and just lit recently. In other news, Mike revisits an old, unplayed game after actually playing it, Josh continues to waylay fools in FFXIV, and Charles connects the Dots and is also Super. Hot. This week's podcast is […]

Our late Summer break is over and we're back with a podcast show of audio content digitally rendered for your enjoyment. Both Chaz and Mike went on trips recently and tell you all about them. Also, lots of media and industry news are present, discussed, and concluded upon. You know, just like you like it. […]

Unlike last time, no board games are mentioned this week on the podcast. However, we fill the airtime with plenty of speech upon things such as movies, TV, video games, and tech news. And since you never know what we're going to talk about, then it's basically like a rogue-like every time, randomly dungerated for […]

There is a whole world of games outside of the video realm. Board and card games have been around much longer than their digital brethren, and friend of the show Jawn knows this well. He visited The Escort Mission recently and brought a bunch of them to try out, and try them out we did. […]

Whether you perceive or accept it as a round number or not, fifty episodes is a sizable amount of episodes in our book. Thank you to all who have stuck around with us to this momentous occasion. For your troubles, we give you deep discussion on the mathematical properties of "roundness", obscure forest arrow battles […]

Have you ever put on a jacket in an interesting way? What about mounting a chair instead of gamely sitting in it like a normal person? We've wondered about these things, and much more, on this week's episode of The Escort Mission Podcast. Join us as we go unto the fray. Banal things done extraordinarily: […]

After a week break, The Escort Mission has once again returned with another lively council on the recent past's comings and goings. It's yet another remote episode as we pack the portable audio recorder (so, mind the quality) and hang together outside the studio. Activities included, but were not limited to, checking out a new […]

This week's lively discussion of all things cool that we three deign worthy of scuttlebutting are marked by various things: their cheapness, their goodness, their proximity to the beach, the side of the tracks in which they reside, and their ability to provide fresh Sculpin on tap. If nothing else, we can guarantee the aforementioned […]

Two special guests join us this week -- one isn't even in the room! -- to discuss their experiences with some recent hot technology we all wish we had first-hand experience using. The Escort Mission will have to settle for second-hand for now. Regardless, our discussion of media, games, and news continues unabated, so join […]

This week on the illustrious collection of audio bits known only as The Escort Mission, the trio of Mike, Josh, and Chaz impart language upon your ears. There are video games, movies, music, books, and a major console release to get all up ins, so grab the latest episode, however you go about doing that, […]

What do baked goods and crowd-sourced creative projects have to do with each other? They're both, uh, delicious. Along with such delectable selections, The Escort Mission brings you our time-honored and proven combination of wit and wizardry as we dish about the tough topics, like what games we played, what movies we saw, and what […]

Josh returns from his European extravaganza to give us all the low down on his worldly travels to start off this week's episode of TEM. The usual round of media, games, and new discussion continues like always, what with all that stuff that is occurring right now that is worth talking about. Also, we answer […]

Do you ever have a thought inside your head, and it tells you to do something, but you just kind of ignore it? Well, if the thought is "listen to the latest TEM podcast episode", we implore you to actually follow through this time! Josh is out this time, but Justin and Robyn more than […]

Hello to all and welcome! It's business as usual as we go back to the normal joyous banter between Mike, Josh, and Chaz this week. Allow us to discuss music, movies, tech stuff, games, and the issue of both jank and core in the industry. Yes, we do love the smell of jank in the […]

Lest ye think we had forgotten, lo! A special edition of The Escort Mission Podcast is here to crown the best game of the two thousandth twelfth year. Join us as we quickly lay down reasons why our favorite games are so awesome and why you should play them. Then, a bloody grudge match is […]

Casting pods, coming your way, yet again! The Escort Mission discusses things going in its life this week, which I don't think anyone everyone saw coming. Among muchas otras cosas, Jonathan Blow's love for Starseed Pilgrim is investigated, an ABC Family show prompts some deaf culture conversation, a few more movie reviews are added to the […]

Another (couple) week(s), another podcast episode from The Escort Mission. It is here! Friend of the show Dave, and iOS game developer, joins us in our roundtable this time. TressFX is new and different and awesome, and the recently released Tomb Raider employs it on the PC. Chaz and Josh checked it out and give […]

This week sees TEM finally going over our collective decisions made in the recent Walking Dead episodic adventure. We go through each chapter, giving our thoughts on the tough moral and ethical dilemmas this amazing game pits you against constantly. Our friend Justin joins us on the 'cast this week to lend his experiences in […]

We are back! After being gone for a couple weeks. Again. And man do we really get into the talking about stuff that we experienced lately! For a goodly amount of time, even. Going around the horn: Josh watched a "few" movies lately, and tells us about them. Chaz brings several tech news tidbits to […]

We toss aside our joysticks and keyboards this week to go back to our early gaming roots. Jon Cox, a good friend from the Bay Area, came down last weekend to hang out and he brought with him many majestic bounties (otherwise known as a buttload of board games). He joins us on the podcast […]

Our first on-location show, coming at ya! We intentionally speed-cast at Josh's pad, post-gaming glut, breaking the world record for "quickest podcast recording done by The Escort Mission". This also means the audio quality is a little different as we try out alternate means of recording. A bunch of games are mentioned and discussed, and […]

The Escort Mission is all over CES news this time out. Guess what? There are a lot of TVs at that show. You need to buy a new TV. Seriously, HD is whack, you gotta check this 4K stuff. Whew, sorry, I was channeling the desperate pleadings of a shrinking industry for a moment there. […]

We're back from the holiday break! Are you? You better hope so, because if not, your boss is mad. Get to work for God's sake! Or just listen to the TEMsters Local 1337 chat about the Minecraft documentary, x-mas StarTrek, and lots of other pop culture-y goodness. We also played SpaceTeam, and recorded it! That […]

The show that we do has been done again! And boy do we hit it hard this week. The ur topic of gaming conversation gets a thorough going-over. ARE GAMES ART? Find out on this week's Escort Mission. Links: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something to say? Hit us […]

A new show has appeared upon the horizon! It rides majestically out of the rising sun, the light flashing in its eyes; pure victory. Links: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something to say? Hit us with your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email (mail[at]theescortmission[dot]com). Show notes: Duration: 02:16:20 Games Assassin's Creed […]

This week we talk about a car, a website, a song, a movie, a game, and Peter Molyneux. Peter Molyneux. Links: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something to say? Hit us with your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email (mail[at]theescortmission[dot]com). Show notes: Duration: 02:33:06 Games DMC: Devil May Cry Pid The […]

We get the show length back under control for this episode. No more three hour marathons for a while, we hope. Your loving guides chatter some more about all the good stuff you've come to accept: games, movies, TV, music, foxes. Foxes? YES! No, not really. Listen anyway, though. Links: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS […]

It's been many weeks, and there's some pent-up geekery about to go down. Get ready for face melting, brain bending, chat about things. We watched movies, we played games, voted in elections, read words, and other activities as well. Prepare yourself! Links: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something to […]

Welcome to The Escort Mission. It's a podcast, undeniably. It's also the only North American source of DJMax news. LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE. This week we've introduced a new weekly segment about memes called, "Meme of the Week." It'll be on each week, and is meme-focused. We also talk about stealth games. Quietly, with an […]

Another time period, another TEM 'cast. This week is another random roll grab bag for topics and we manage to hit on controllers again. Spoiler: Josh likes buttons. Also, Chaz saw a movie, and Mike listened to some music. So in all, it's NOTHING WHATSOEVER like any other episode. In other news, Ann Coulter still […]

On this week's Escort Mission, we argue the merits and dangers of free speech on the internet. And good news, we solve it! We resolve the whole issue in a way that's satisfying to literally everyone in the world. Oh wait, no we don't. Spoiler alert: it's a grey area. We do bring it full […]

The Escort Mission goes to the movies this week, and we watched Looper. SPOILER ALERT: we spoil the crap out of it. If you want to avoid said spoilers, jump to 58:06 once we start discussing the movie. We also played Asura's Wrath. Newsflash: Japanese games (and lots else about their culture) are weird. Chaz […]

There's never been an episode of The Escort Mission that's come off with more aplomb, more professionalism, more panache than this one. Never have we been more buttery, or less stuttery The three of us didn't play many games this week, but rest assured, we manage to argue about things anyway. In large part, we […]

The Escort Mission is here, queer, David Alan Greer, a steer, mere pier, quite dear, and sheer. This week we talk about Kickstarter's strengths and pitfalls. Why it's awesome and where it falls down. What project funders should know and how good a job Kickstarter does telling them. We played several games, read some books, […]

Here you go, loyalists. A compact ninty-one minutes of TEM goodness. 'Nuff said. We have our first ever multi-letter mailbag segment, and a surprise alterna-performance of the mailbag jingle. Also, Josh likes Guild Wars 2, and we all like Mark of the Ninja. Give it some gas: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the […]

One more TEM podcast unto the breach, dear friends; one more. Or close up the wall with our gaming dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility: but when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the Tiger. Because we're serious about this […]

Welcome loyal listeners! We took a week off because reasons. Now we're back, though, and we're playing some games that are out of our wheelhouse. Wheelhouses? Regardless, it's not the stuff that we typically go in for. So buckle in for a TEM cast such as you've never known, in the most specific sense of […]

We played a few games this week, and watched a lot of the Olympics. Some games were good, some bad. Some Olympic events are fun to watch, some not. There, no need to listen to the show! Game theory, tournament structure, and rulesmaking. All these could have been topics in our discussion of the Olympic […]

Some of us watched the Olympics this week. Team Handball and Micronesia feature prominently. Then, Josh and Mike talk about music for OMG LIKE THREE YEARS AMIRITE? Also we mention quite a few mobile games and the best piece of advertising ever. Then we get down and dirty with the "bad guys" of gaming - […]

I punch a guitar twice this episode. I'm not sure why I can't manage to make it through a show without doing that, but there it is. Just Cause 2 gets the Best Game Ever treatment. I'll give you a hint - we like it. Also, we discuss the Nexus 7, Louis CK, and TNGHT. […]

TEM crew is back and better than ever. Actually, we're probably not better than ever. Let's say we're on par with ever. Josh is back, though, and we hear about his trip to Oregon. Comicon happened in our fair city, so there's some talk of that. We also get into a long discussion about the […]

No Josh this week! In his absence, we conscript two guest hosts, Matt and Robyn. (See! Proof that we know women.) They fill in admirably and we have some good discussions in another random grab bag show. We also played Cards Against Humanity (great title) before the show, and that's fun, yo. Also, the mailbag […]

This week we take on women. Can they be allowed to drive cars? Pants, are they merely inflammatory or the downfall of civil society? And is childbirth really that big a deal? Actually, we have the kind of nuanced discussion about gender and games that we wish occurred in more developers' offices. Also, we played some games, […]

Guess who's back? That's right, TEM's back. Our two-week break did us good. Or at least it did us no harm. It's Hippocratic in that respect. We watched another movie this week, and let me tell you, shit's tough in the FP. Also, Portal and Portal 2 put up their respective dukes in the Best Game Ever […]

We're in the double digits! Woooooo! This episode count is only going one way, baby! Higher! Up! It will increase. As we record more episodes it will continue to increment by one. Next show'll be number eleven. Escort Mission fever, CATCH IT! This week we three hosts watched a movie film picture show and then […]

Yo dawg, we heard you like escort missions, so we put an escort mission in your escort mission so you can escort mission while you escort mission. Meme! In the face! The topic of the week is eponymous, and we'll leave it at that. Also, we talk about how internet flamewars (like conscience) make cowards of […]

It's a long one today, listeners, but probably our best show yet. Lots of meaty discussion, not only about games, but about their place in society, and what we want them to be. Not to mention the usual tomfoolery, horsin' around, grab-ass, foolishness, and triviality you've come to know, expect, and love. Now, show notes […]

Extry, extry, read all about it! A new episode of The Escort Mission, for your listening pleasure. 22-skidoo! This week we further randomize the show with a rapid-fire selection of gaming topics. Arcades! Emulation! Indie v. AAA! And suchlike! Get down, get down: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something […]

Mini-sode, guys! A quick mid-week ep. to make up for missing our regular weekend cast-a-thon. (By which I mean, a 2 hour show like all the others. The best laid plans, and all that.) Also, Josh wins the dice roll yet again. You're not going to believe this but we hardly mention Mass Effect and […]

Wherein we learn that there's a fine line between Churros and Donut Holes, largely arbitrated by the quality of one's pastry bag. Guess what? TEMcrew like Fez and we talk about it more. It's the last time, for SURE this time. Mike played a buncha crazy demos, most of which he didn't like. Chaz listened […]

Another fun show from TEMcrew. Josh finally gets to host (or should I say, anti-host) by rolling the third natural 20 we've had in four shows. His style isn't so much Ryan Seacrest as it is Ryanair. (That's a joke for all you overseas flyers out there.) We talk some more Fez, we talk some […]