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Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge and the GGR Podcasting Network! Jess and the "Opaque Senator" Russ discuss all things gaming. They go over their current favorites, retrospectives on older games they love, and you may even see a spe

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    • Jan 21, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 8m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    The Gamer Den S2E6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024


    Russ and Cris return from hiatus to discuss their gaming wins and fun or 2023, highlight some of the gaming awards from the year, including a deep cut on Baldur's Gate 3, what we are looking forward to in 2024, and a send off to MattPat. We hope you enjoy!

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 75:36


    Russ and Cris return from their hiatus and bring the world up to date on some of the interesting gaming releases on the horizon. Russ talks about his experience at the TooManyGames Convention he attended, his recent gaming purchases with a quick review of Crisis Wing, while Cris talks about Baldur's Gate 3, CyberPunk 2077, and God of War among other games he's excited for. Plus, a quick look at the Steam Summer Sale and some of the titles they find worth taking a look at.

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 79:47


    Russ and Cris talk about StarCraft 2's new world champion, the Tetris movie trailer, the rumored MGS1 remake, new skins in Mario Kart 8, our thoughts on the best death scene in a game, plus more!

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 89:09


    The Gamer Den introduces it's newest co-host...Cris! Cris gives us a bit of information about himself, including his top 10(ish) favorite games. We also talk about some of the latest stories in gaming news, including the F.E.C.'s lawsuit against FortNite, PS Plus' amazing February line up of games, Cocaine Beat...the game? And last but not least, the famous All Your Base meme game, Zero Wing, gets its Steam release.

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 65:28


    This week, our fearless Senator is joined by special guests James “the Professor” Rambo and MC Brooks. We talk about their gaming histories, a story about an amazing project involving PS2 game manuals, the Bayonetta 3 controversy, an interesting study on video gaming and its effects on children, and our impression of Chris Pratt's introduction as Mario.

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 34:56


    Welcome back to the Gamer Den where Russ and Jess kick off Season 2 and catch up! We discuss new releases, upcoming games, and what we were playing over the break!

    Episode 17 - Season 1 Finale!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022


    Join Jess and Opaque Senator Russ as we wrap up our first season of The Gamer Den! We talk about “boring” daily tasks that would make the worst video games, what we're currently playing, some updates on Pokemon Arceus and MORE! Thank you for all of the support so far on the podcast, and we will see you back for Season 2 on September 12th!

    Episode 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 47:08


    Join Jess and Russ in The Gamer Den where they talk about movies they'd love to see as video games and play a new game where they describe a game horribly and try to guess what the game is! Play along with us and let us know how you did!

    Episode 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 37:18


    Join Jess and Russ in The Gamer Den where they're talking about their experiences with their first play through of Run Legends by Talofa Games, and other games they're currently playing!

    Episode 14 ft. Andy Frank | Talofa Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 84:06


    Join Jess & Opaque Senator Russ at The Gamer Den! This week we get an exclusive sneak peek at an upcoming game Run Legends by Talofa Games from one of the developers, Andy Frank! Transform walking and running into a cooperative multiplayer battle game. Find out how to sign up for Early Access!

    Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the “Opaque Senator” Russ discuss Stray, DnD, Pokemon, and play a Pokemon 20 Questions game! See if you can GUESS THAT POKEMON! Before we do!

    Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 55:15


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the “Opaque Senator” Russ discuss DnD, Kingdom Hearts, and we see if our gaming opinions are popular or unpopular. We also introduce a new segment “The Gaming Deep-dive”!

    Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 51:55


    oin us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the “Opaque Senator” Russ discuss Sonic, DnD, League of Legends, Blizzard, and MORE!

    Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 64:14


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the “Opaque Senator” Russ discuss Sonic Origins, Final Fantasy updates, Fall Guys, and much more!

    Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 60:33


    This week, Jess and Russ discuss rumored game releases, official game releases for 2023, and much more!

    Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 78:04


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the "Opaque Senator" Russ discuss upcoming releases: Sonic Frontiers and updates to Pokemon: Scarlet and Violet, and MORE!

    Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 79:39


    Welcome back to the Gamer Den! This week Jess and Russ discuss Jess' move, the current games we're playing, and MULTIVERSUS!

    Episode 6 Featuring Uncle Silver

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 115:08


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the "Opaque Senator" Russ welcome our friend and streamer, Uncle Silver! We discuss recent news for Sonic, Uncle Silver lets us know his favorite games, and we talk CHEATING! Check it out and more.

    Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022


    Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 84:52


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the "Opaque Senator" Russ discuss recent news for Amazon Games, Steam on Chromebook, and more. As always, we'll be talking about current games we're playing and what we're looking forward to. Russ brings up the interesting topic of aging up your favorite video game characters! What would it feel like to play Link as an old man? Will Sonic be going as fast when he's 80? Tune in to hear our take!

    Episode 3 Featuring Natalie AKA LaterBae

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 80:25


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the "Opaque Senator" Russ welcome our friend Natalie, also known as Twitch streamer, LaterBae! We discuss recent news for Atari and MobyGames along with Starcraft's newest Patch. As always, we'll be talking about current games we're playing and what we're looking forward to. Natalie joins us in a game of This or That Gaming Edition where we debate Majora's Mask vs Ocarina of Time, Mario vs Sonic, Halo vs COD, and MORE!

    Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022


    Join us in The Gamer Den, part of the Great Geek Refuge! This week, Jess and the "Opaque Senator" Russ discuss the recent news for Pokemon and Elden Ring. We also piggyback off of our "At the Diner" friends discussion on video game movies, and what we like and dislike of what is out there. We also have some fun rumors on a possible "Bioshock" series in the works, and as always what we are playing at the moment. We hope you get to relax with us! Available on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Audible, and iHeartRadio! 

    Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 53:20


    The premiere episode of "The Gamer Den!" Join your hosts Jess and “Opaque Senator” Russ as they talk about how they got into video games and talk about what they are currently playing.

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