The Impossible Mission Omni-Feed!

No, we don't talk like that in the episode. Yes, we have fully embraced the dark side... of clickbait. Then again this is simultaneously episode 100 and 83, so all the rules are off the table. I'll stop bringing that up after this episode, promise. In the first half of the show we talk about news. Specifically that clickbait title, Hideo Kojima, Dead Space, Silent Hill and loads more. My favourite part is when I call of Todd Howard out for his d*ck move of publishing an announcement trailer for Elder Scrolls 6 (VI), 3 years before bothering to start to make the game. Classy of me, that, I thought. Then in the back half it's the latest edition of the titular podcast itself. On which, we look at the recent revelation that PlayStation doesn't really do all that well by indie game developers. However, unlike other facets on the online content world - we look at it with this mysterious force called... balance. Perish the thought internet. Sarcasm aside, it is a good episode that looks at the bigger picture for indie games and their place on console store fronts. Join us on Patreon for more

Somehow we can be on episode 82 but 1 off our 100th podcast. The internet is weird. This week, we collect together the first news episode post-e3 on which we talk about the few news stories to slither from underneath the gargantuan heft of e3. Not that this episode totally escapes the electronic entertainment expo of youtube playlists. No, we take a good amount of time to talk about whether or not it made a successful return. Then in the second half, we talk about some games we have played recently which includes the like of the masterful Ninja Gaiden Collection and the metal detecting shenanigans of the magnificent truffle pigs. There's more, of course, there is, but you don't need me to explain everything. Those two northern scamps on the podcast can do that themselves. e3 trailer video one e3 trailer video two Patreon

As a final apology for my laxness in getting the podcasts out, not only are you getting the latest news trash a day early. You are also getting the next episode of Impossible Mission about a week early too. In the future, we'll try to stick to this and get episodes out on a Monday. Anyway. In the first half - we have a news trash. On which we talk about all the leaky susan's in videogame press and all the rumours they keep dropping. After which we have three stories on the bounce about members of the video game old guard either leaving or rejoining somewhere and more. And because all the trailers have ran for their nearest digital showcase, we have done something different. We talk about games we would like to see more of in this upcoming summer of games announcements, a concept which one Rob got completely wrong and ended up banging on about comic books or something.  Then, in the back half. It's a relatively simple concept for one of our hypothetical chats. China. They haven't impacted the video game industry yet, we talk about what might happen when they do. They are a sleeping video game giant, or dragon.  #podernfamily #videogames #news #e3 #rumours #gamingleaks 

All up to date now. Won't be making the mistake of forgetting to upload episodes to the podcast feed. My bad. My really bad. This week we collect a new trash and an impossible mission. We probably should rename this feed news trash weekly games blast or something, it belongs to news trash more than it belongs to impossible mission, these days. In the news trash half, we talk about the sony investor relations document, more EA ultimate team sneakiness, timesplitters, square enix going through their emo phase, netflix wanting more 'games', and more. Then in the back half, we talk about something we did a episode or two back. There was a story where Ubi Soft said they are going to simutanously do less and more free to play games. After we figured out that their statement was just corporate boggins, we decided to pounce on the idea of Ubi Soft, in fact, doing more FTP stuff and digged deep into that and The Division heartland. Enjoy. If you want to keep this podcast Absolutely Free from advertising, why not donate to our PATREON? Backers will get a monthly bonus episode of Pop Screen, as well as our other movie podcast Directors' Lottery and Graham's twice-weekly Doctor Who reviews. #podernfamily #gamingnews DYING LIGHT 2 TRAILER

Just one more then we are all caught up. This episode is a twofer, collecting May's Marmalade and an episode of News Trash - meaning this is twice the episode.In the first half, we have news trash, on which the realisation that this semi-conductor shortage is real serious hits - why? because Nintendo is feeling the pinch, Sony has loads of ps5 exclusive buns in the oven, Xbox is hitting China and much more. Plus a truly evil trailer for Fatal Frame or Project Zero, I don't know, names are weird. Then in the back half, we have games to talk about. This includes what is either a nostalgia headache or Gloryhole in Narita Boy, abstract weirdness of two unique flavourings with Genesis Noir and Buildings have feelings too. Bookending all that indie is Rob's flirtations with GamePass in Sunset Overdrive & Star Wars: Fallen Order. Oooh, sexy times. If you want to keep this podcast Absolutely Free from advertising, why not donate to our PATREON? Backers will get a monthly bonus episode of Pop Screen, as well as our other movie podcast Directors' Lottery and Graham's twice-weekly Doctor Who reviews. FATAL FRAME #podernfamily

Two more episodes today, again, I cannot apologise enough for not keeping up to date with these episodes. I am a bad podcast producer, bad. No treats for me today. In this news trash solo episode we talk about the high price of digital PS games, Xbox not making any profit on any machine, discord to PlayStation in 2022, e3 steaming ahead, resident evil 7 was apparently too scary, and more. If you want to keep this podcast Absolutely Free from advertising, why not donate to our PATREON? Backers will get a monthly bonus episode of Pop Screen, as well as our other movie podcast Directors' Lottery and Graham's twice-weekly Doctor Who reviews. LOST JUDGEMENT TRAILER

Two in one day is probably enough for today, more new episodes will go live tomorrow so we will be up to date by Thursday - good fortune willing.In this episode, we harp on about 7.8 million PS5's in the wild, PlayStation investing more in exclusives, Xbox doing much better, EA being their usual sh*tbird selves, there's a hunger for socially responsible games, Konami is actually doing stuff, and much more. Including us waxing lovingly about the most adorable Japanese promotional campaign for Resident Evil Village. Give us a series and inject it into our veins. If you want to keep this podcast Absolutely Free from advertising, why not donate to our Patreon? Backers will get a monthly bonus episode of Pop Screen, as well as our other movie podcast Directors' Lottery and Graham's twice-weekly Doctor Who reviews.

Bit of a crunched up blast of trash, apologies, life sometimes gets on top of you and tasks get overlooked and forgotten - this is one such time. Sorry, after this salvo of NT, it won't happen again. Fingers Crossed.In this episode, Rob and Prob talk about Playstation Reversal, "Playstation Plus Video Pass" Xbox Dropping Xbox Live Requirement for Free to Play Online Games, Olympic VR eSports, ageing gamers, Assassins Creed Mr Men Crossovers, Ubi Soft and Blockchain sitting in a tree, Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO being cancelled, shocking CDPR red profit, Twitch growth (which is an odd statement) and the new Mortal Kombat movie. Of course, there is more - it's news trash we rarely stay on topic. If you want to keep this podcast Absolutely Free from advertising, why not donate to our Patreon? Backers will get a monthly bonus episode of Pop Screen, as well as our other movie podcast Directors' Lottery and Graham's twice-weekly Doctor Who reviews. 

This time on the Omni-feed, we collect April Games Marmalade and the latest News Trash.In Marmalade we look at Paradise Lost as well as some older titles and oddities. Part of which includes Rob just wrecking Donut County for Prob. Something which I make absolutely no apologies about - if someone presents an open goal like that. It's just wasteful to not make some jokes at its expense.  Then in the back half, we talk about Loot Boxes, Six Days to Fallujah, E3, Jason Schrier powering himself with the tears of Playstation fanboys, CSGO in trouble with the filth, Twitch records and a nice little chat about the gorgeous indie title, Harold Halibut, to round out a pretty negative video games week.HAROLD HALIBUT TRAILERPATREON

News Trash doesn't have solo billing this week, it shares the centre stage with an episode of Impossible Mission in which we totally don't get carried away about the fallout of the Sony PS3/Vita/PSP store closures. Nope. Not a jot of exaggeration or anything, no, not us, no sir-ee.Any-way.Now that we've totally convinced you of that, we have to kick things off with a news week that isn't quite as heavy as last week. Weirder? Yeah, for sure, there's just less of it. We have more on Sony's store cockup, in-app purchases boom, academic studies pointing out what we all already knew, Activision-Blizzard being Activision-Blizzard, Ar madness, and the unlikeliest of contenders to stop a global games cheat-ring.SUPPORT US ON PATREONAnd until next time, belly dance!

This week is a News Trash solo outing and there's a whole buttload of video games news to dig into. There's so much, in fact, that I'm not even going to bother trying to write it all down. Instead, I'll say just these few teasing sentences. Prob doesn't like the new Gollum Game; Playstation shutting down the PS3, Vita and PSP sucks hard; Sony is doing some movies, one of which we could do without; and, SEGA wins. The 8-year-old in me is bouncing off the walls at that last one.  SUPPORT US ON PATREONWe have all sorts of news stuff and plans regarding our Patreon, so follow us on social media to keep up with all that. I'll post it here on future episodes, but for more details check it out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Check out the George A. Romero Resident Evil Script HERE

This week on Impossible Mission, we open with the latest from the world of gaming news and a back half where we talk about the upcoming PS5 exclusive, Returnal. Come for all that, stay for the weird metaphors about the state of the gaming industry.We talk Square Enix Presents 2021 (in the future, we'll be releasing digital events like this on their own under the banner "trailer trash", which will also be under this heaving feed). PSVR 2, a new cloud gaming service, UK Games Industry smashing records like teenagers smash like buttons on youtube, Red Candle Games, and EVO. Plus Digressions, we have them too. Lots of 'em. SUPPORT US ON PATREON#podernfamily #returnal #gamesnews #EVO 

Time for another episode of your salty neighbourhood videogames podcast. This time out its a solo venture for News Trash, so let us hit you with the full weight of our news. Before any of that, though - you read that image and episode title right; we make some bold Xbox predictions but not the sort you might be thinking. The sheer tease of it all.This week's Stories include Microsoft's Acquisition of ZeniMax Bethesda, Microsoft testing a chrome based browser for the series X, Outriders Dev puts limits on their Demo, Roblox makes Astonishing Debut on Stock Market and the debut of TRAILER TRASH: where we talk about the Dynasty Warriors Movie Trailer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc1h9sOqyps#podernfamily @xbox #gamesnews

News and a nice old chat with two smug people who dared predict that the videogames industry wasn't robust enough to not be effected the the biggest elephant in the room since World War II. Yes, I'm happy enough to admit this episodes back half is fuelled by smug.Before that though, there's the small matter of news. There's a PSVR blowout, 2020 Console Sales Figures and Nintendo Switch Pro?, Square Enix plan to remake more of their old titles, Sony to Stop Selling and Renting Movies & TV shows on PSN Store & Ultimate Team Player gave lifetime ban after sending racist messages to Football Legend, Ian Wright. Of course, there's plenty of diversions too. This part of the show isn't called News Trash for no reason, after all. Then, we talk about the great games drought of 2021 - which we predicted way back in August last year. Amazed more people didn't see it coming, to be honest. #podernfamily #squareenix #sony #nintendoswitchpro #psvr #fifa21

Another solo outing for News Trash, focus on the trash - there. Despite the video version being beleaguered by issues of all kinds, this audio version was all rosy. Buttery smooth as all those Americans say on the Intertubes. The stories we look at in this episode include... the latest Playstation State of Play & Other PS News. An Update in the Apple Vs. Epic "War". Sony have decided to shut down and Assess Japan Studio 22:16​ Illinois Politician Tries to get GTA banned... in 2021!?Twisted Metal as a TV show!? and News from Uncharted Movie, and EA scrap plans for live-service Dragon Age. Of course, us being who we are, we don't exactly stay on topic. But come on, show me a podcast that actually does and I'll show you a liar. Podcasting is the medium of wafflers and we waffle with the best.Check out our PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/thegeekshow​ - Support our Network of Shows.#podernfamily #gamingnews #ps5 #stateofplay

Impossible Mission has returned to the impossible mission podcast feed. Fancy that? Also. Fancy that it's debuting here instead of over on youtube. The first half of the show is given over to News Trash, our weekly look at news from the big, bold and beautiful world of video games. Well... it's big and bold. Some of the news we look at includes... Updates on the PS5 DualSense court case, Apple Vs Epic Continues, EA and their Codemasters Acquisition, e3 and pals, and a Konami rumour blowout. On that last thing, we have to apologise to any Hideo Kojima fanboys, sorry, but also not sorry as it's our opinion and everyone is welcome to their opinion as long as they don't ruin other peoples lives with it. Looking at you here, Internet.  Then, in the back half, Impossible Mission returns!On that episode of Impossible Mission, we talk about the problem of having access to more games than you can possibly ever play. You know? The Games Pass model. Then, at the back end of the show, we try out a new closing feature... GAMES FIGHT!#podernfamily #xbox #EA #GamesFight #Konami #GamesNews

Apologies about the audio quality. We tried a new recording method and the kinks have yet to be worked out. Still, News has to go on. There's no stopping for any audio interference. If it's good enough for news broadcasts, it's more than good enough for YouTube. Still, we apologise and are working hard to fix these issues.Right. The stories.PS5's DualSense is the latest controller to suffer from "stick drift"CD Projekt Red hacked source code has apparently been bought at auctionWarner Bros. Games have patented the nemesis system from the Shadow of War/Mordor GamesKingdom Hearts is going multi-platform by making its PC debutThere is going to be a 25th-anniversary pokemon concert, featuring Post Malone of all people. And Tangents. Good Tangents. Bad Tangents. And Tangents in between.www.patreon.com/thegeekshow#podernfamily #PS5 #GamingNews

Another Twofer on the podcast feed. First up is News Trash on which we talk about some of the following hoo-haa. AMD "demand for their gaming chips has exceeded supply, and this is going to continue to be the case for the first half of 2020"; 99% of Video Games Sales in Japan (so far in 2021) have been for the Nintendo Switch; Google Stadia closes Games and Entertainment Studios; and More. Then, some games we've been playing. Like Morbid: the Seven Acolytes, in which Prob spends too much time detailing which way the camera points and Steamworld Dig 2 which made Rob tired. DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL A FEW DAYS AGO. TAKE THAT INTERNET GODS!If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #googlestadia #nintendo #PSplus #AMD

In 2021, Impossible Mission is three shows; Impossible Mission (Obviously, which is going fortnightly), The Monthly Games-we've-been-playing Chat, Marmalade And, New boy, News Trash, a weekly show in which we cover the less exposed video games news story. In the first episode, we talk about:  EA set up new Studio to make the upcoming Skate Game; Amazon Spent Nearly $500 million in a year on its gaming division; Netflix and Legendary Pictures to Produce animated Tomb Raider Series; Ninja Theory to halt updates for Bleeding Edge After a Year; and, Riot Breaks out and police are called at PS5 event in Japan.Then in the back-half, instead of doing a boring, predictable best games of 2020 video, we thought it'd be more fitting for us to talk about some of the highlights of our video game backlog that we played through 2020. Hollow Knight, Paradise Killer, The Last of Us Part II and much, much more... What about you, what are some of your highlights of the past 12 months that you finally got around to?DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE JANUARY 2021 - AND WITH THAT, UP TO DATE. EPISODES WILL BE RELEASED AS AND WHEN APPROPRIATE. WE WON'T BE LEAVING THIS FEED ALONE THOUGH, NOT AGAIN. SO, APOLOGIES FOR THAT.If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #ps5 #videogamenews #videogames #EA #netflix #NinjaTheory

This is a deeply cynical episode for the most cynical time of the year. I mean festive. How could I possibly confuse the two things? How very bad of me. Controversial opinions thy name is Impossible Mission. This week we talk about video game music. Then we do a 2021 videogames preview a.k.a. 8-ish games that we are looking forward to in 2021. Not much else to say about this one, it's a "does exactly what it says on the tin" type of episode. It is the last one of 2020, mind you, so hope you had a happy Christmas and have a good (& safe news year), we will *see* you again in 2021. DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE, DECEMBER 2020If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.

The first half of the show has Rob & Prob talk about some of the games we've been playing - otherwise known as Monthly Games Marmalade on YouTube, because Games Jam, geddit?. Which includes the likes of Katamari Damacy Reroll, Thumper & Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition. Then, we hop on over to a more traditional impossible mission episode for this collected feed. On which we do this. Capitalism! Isn't it great? Join us as we discuss how those sneaky games publishers have put full-blown adverts in our games and in some cases, turned games into the actual adverts. Ah, the 90s, they were the worst.DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE DECEMBER 2020, NEARLY UP TO DATE NOW...If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #gamesjam #katamaridamacy #productplacement #judgment #ps5 #xsx

This week on Impossible Mission, we talk about a simple question but one with tentacles that reach far and wide... Do Genres Matter in Videogames?And then, we talk about the Dual Sense and what it means for immersion in upcoming PS5 games. Leading on from that, we segue into a conversation into VR - which is very much related and totally not a tangent, thank you very much. DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE NOVEMBER 2020If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #ps5 #cyberpunk2077 #dualsense# #gamingpodcast

This week we talk about something that should be a bigger deal in gaming but it just isn't - games for adults. We don't mean sexy, sexy games either, we mean the way games tell a story. Although, we do stop off for a bit on sexy, sexy games. You know? to cover the bases. Then we talk about something that sounds simple but reaches far and wide within the world of video games. Aesthetics, specifically Art Design Vs Photo Realism. Sounds complex but it really isn't.DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOVEMBER 2019If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #lastofuspartII #demonsouls #ps5 #gamingpodcast

On this episode, we talk about some of the games we've been playing which include Yakuza-Like detective-'em-up Judgment and Housemarque Bullet hell glee in Nex Machina. Then in the back half of the show, A fairly simple concept as we talk about those games that should by all rights by in a strike zone. Those games that are right up our dirty alley but fail. Or, to put it a less filthy way, games that we should like but we don't.DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE NOVEMBER 2020If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #marvelsavengers #tonyhawks #judgment #ps4 #videogames

Halloween is upon us so join us on Impossible Mission for a one-two punch of horror crunchiness. In the first episode, we talk about a concept that might sound alien to a lot of people - horror games for kids. This comes from us kids of the 80s and 90s, where movies made horror and horrific movies and TV for kids with frightening and awesome regularity. So, we ask where the same stuff is for games... We conclude our horror-themed double-bill with a chat about games that scares us. Nothing more, nothing less.DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE OCTOBER 2020If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.#podernfamily #horror #halloween #videogames #scarygames

In the first half of this episode, there's no dancing around this one as our eventual opinion may upset some people - so, all we can say is we intended no offence. That being said, we ask the question - Was the PS4 and Xbox One Generation a Good One? Then, in part two. Every time a new console generation rolls around the question is always asked, is this new machine back-compatible? This week on Impossible Mission, we talk about why back compatibility is more important than you think, especially for the future of games.  DEBUTED ON OUR YOUTUBE OCTOBER 2020If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.

With the news that Bethesda/ZeniMax has been acquired by Microsoft, the internet media have been agog at who the Redmond titan could buy next. We address the theories surrounding Sega and Konami, before looking at some of the other developers out there in videogame land. After which we talk about the games we've been playing for the last month, which in this case was September. Again, sorry for the long radio silence on this feed. Games that include the likes of Judgment, Night in the Woods and Unravel. Yeah, they aren't very current, but to be perfectly fair... Yeah, I have no explanation. Originally on YouTube October 2020If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.

We are back, 2021 is going to be a year of much change. One of which is ensuring that the podcast version of Impossible Mission and the youtube version has some degree of consistency with one another. As such, we are back to double billing episodes until we've caught up.A new type of topic on Impossible Mission this week, this is a hypothetical discussion. On this one, we ask the question - if you had to play only triple-A games or high profile Indie titles exclusively for a year, which would you pick? This is part 1 of that discussion, in which we look at the benefits of Triple-A Gaming.Originally on YouTube, September 2020.If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video games chatter.

This week we zag where the video game industry zigs. Yeah, you'd think we'd do an episode on PS5 and the pre-order debacle. No, we say. Impossible Mission isn't like that, Impossible Mission is counter-programming. In this episode, we talk about games we shouldn't like but do. That isn't guilty pleasures, by the way, Guilty pleasures are something altogether different that warrants its own episode.

Games are big, much too big. That fact is probably why we all have such big game backlogs. This week we talk about things on the opposite end of the spectrum with short games and why they are much more satisfying as well as some longer games that'd be better if they were shorter.  

What games have you been playing this last month?

We've had chat recently about what a next-gen game is and what a next-gen game isn't, especially you - Gaming YouTube. So, in this episode of Impossible Mission, we talk about what we hope next-gen actually means. Is it bigger and prettier, or does it mean something else? 

A bold prediction this week on Impossible Mission. With COVID affecting every aspect of modern life, the Rob's predict that there's a rather significant games drought heading our way over the next 18 months or so. In this episode, they present their case.

With recent worries of people thinking Cyberpunk 2077 is going to inspire waves of cheap knock-offs, we take to Impossible Mission to say, "yeah, obviously". Well, kind of, anyway. In a grander sense, this new episode is about how Games Copy Games. No need to dress it up as something fancier than it actually is. 

Impossible Mission, so-called because it's impossible to talk about games without making someone angry [on the internet]. It's important to bring this up this of all weeks, as we are talking about Fanboys and the Playstation Bias. Oooh, controversial. 

Following up from last week's episode, where we discussed the recent Xbox Games Showcase - this week on Impossible Mission, we talk about Launch Games. Along the way, we discuss Tetris being the business, Nintendo being the GOAT of Launch titles and Playstation needing more work. For all this and more... Impossible Mission!. 

This week on Impossible Mission, we talk about how we feel the recent Xbox Series X Showcase went and given how much it focused on game pass and how little it focused on the Xbox Series X. From that, we ask whether the idea of Console Wars is now a thing of the past

This time on Impossible Mission, we follow up last week's discussion on the price of games by talking about the future of games ownership. Which, of course, becomes another episode of Prob Predictions. Still, as it's a very interesting time to be a gamer as we discuss in this 'ere episode. Check it out.

With news that Xbox Series X and PS5 could go for £70/$70. We talk about what that could possibly mean for the video games industry going forward.

The title of this episode says everything, really. What is the perfect length for a video game? We ask this question from two ends of the spectrum, first its the turn of longer, more open-ended games. Then, we look at tighter more linear experiences before we ask you, dear viewer, what games you've played that are perfectly paced and are exactly as long as they need to be.Not as many as you'd think they'd be...

Very simple question this week. Is it worth the bother getting the next big game on day one? Is it worth playing a broken or overpriced game just to be "part of the conversation"? The same questions are also asked of new consoles, especially when the two big dogs are coming out before years end. 

We all hit that time where games just don't do it for us anymore. We hit that point where we are just tired with the idea of gaming, that is gaming fatigue. If you've been playing video games for long enough, you'll have experienced it at least once. In this episode of Impossible Mission, we talk about times we've experienced and a few tricks for how to come back from it.

Why do we Love(?) is a series within Impossible Mission where we talk about a specific style of game and discuss why we love them. Does what it says on the tin. This time, we talk about the humble and historied Platformer. 

 Apologies about the delay in between this episode and the last, but I can guarantee you that normal service will be resuming here on Impossible Mission.In the first half of the show, we talk about what sort of company SEGA have become since the Dreamcast bombed. And how they do more than ride on the coattails of a certain world-famous hog. Then, in the back half, we discuss the switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Specifically, who exactly are they for? Because, let's be honest - there's no such thing as a console for every single type of gamer. Never has been, never will be, and if there is it would truly be awful. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode? Email me at info@thegeekshow.co.uk, we'd love to hear from you.   

Welcome back to Impossible Mission, the Geek Show Video Game podcast in which two YouTube videos combine to make one mega podcast. Or something like that...This time out we open the show by talking about the upcoming TV adaptation of the Last of Us and the Netflix version of The Witcher. We expand that topic to talk about Video Games that'd make good TV Shows too. We even remember some of the games we've played in this section too, lucky us. Then, in the back half, we talk about Videogames as a form of relaxation. It was originally sold as VideoGames Chewing Gum, but upon further SEO investigation that turned out to be an ASMR thing - which is an internet kink too far for us; thank you very much.  If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode? Email me at info@thegeekshow.co.uk, we'd love to hear from you.  

This time out on Impossible Mission we talk about games that have long been lost to the history vaults, Rob and Prob talk about games that we'd like to see make a return - whether this is for next-gen or not, we just want them back. When we aren't calling the gaming gods cowards, we also talk about terrible games with bold control systems, extreme sports, the PSone JRPG landscape and much, much more. We should probably bring back the geek show drinking game at some point, huh?If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode? Email me at info@thegeekshow.co.uk, we'd love to hear from you. 

Impossible Mission confirmed by YouTube commenter? You bet your sweet **** it is.This episode would've been out a week earlier, but we delayed it on account of the coronavirus/ e3 episode we did already dating horribly. Stay safe everyone. So instead, we laser-focused this latest podcast around the specs drop that we've recently had for both the Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X.The console war has officially kicked off. In the first half, we focus on Microsoft's new powerhouse of a machine, then, we jump ship to Sony for their fifth station of play. Where does the sand lay at this point in time? Tune in to find out what we think.For all this and more check it on Impossible Mission, 'cause it is impossible to talk about video games without p*ssing someone off. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode? Email me at info@thegeekshow.co.uk, we'd love to hear from you.

People are so territorial when it comes to video games, so join us as we jump right in feet first to this impossible mission with little care.In the first half of this latest episode, we talk about Yakuza. From its origins as a game that climbed out of the shadow of Shenmue to the dadding antics of today. Its been a rocky, weird road and we tell you just why it's one of our favourite stealth AAA titles. Then in a complete change of direction, we follow that up by talking about balls, wheels, more balls and how all games developers are cowards that will totally play into my obvious ploy. Maybe? Probably? Hopefully? Enough of that, in the back half of the show we talk about sports games in all their many different guises and just why we keep coming back to them over and over again. For all this and more check it on Impossible Mission, 'cause it is impossible to talk about video games without p*ssing someone off. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Press X is dead long live Press X. There's a new king in town, Impossible Mission - and going forward that is what we will forevermore be known as. Now that's out of the way, what games are we talking about on this episode?In the front half, we talk about weird names for games as well as games that changed their names for some reason or another. Not looking at Legend of Zelda in any way shape or form here, no way, no how. *Cough*Cough* Then in the back half, we look at Media Molecule's LONG anticipated game-em-up, Dreams. We talk about whether the Playstation exclusive developer has made something their own genre and much, much more.  For all this and more check it on Impossible Mission, 'cause it is impossible to talk about video games without p*ssing someone off. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Sorry for bombarding and putting out so many episodes so quick, but when you are excited about relaunching a podcast - you have to cross all the Ts and dot all the Is.In this triple bill, to close out Press X's tenure we have one eye trained on the past for all of them. In part 1 we talk about the nostalgia of Shenmue III and the new Bard's Tale. In part 2, we talk about pure gameplay in games. None of this story nonsense, thank you very much. And, in part 3, we talk about when a golden age for games could conceivably be.  Which, obviously, we don't answer properly. Instead, we give you three different answers.If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

South Park's Kyle Brofolvski is always learning things and this week on Press X, we are too.We open this episode of the geek show's exclusive video games podcast by talking about the games that have helped us discover something about ourselves or something new and cool that we didn't know existed beforehand. Games can be great like that. Then in the backend, we dig into why we have always loved the point and click adventure game. Simple answer? They're awesome, no, but seriously. there's much more than that to dig into. Just one more episode of Press X before the relaunch and its a big episode. Turns out, E3 screwed us just as much as Sony has screwed them - two years on the bounce now. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk