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It's time for our last show of 2024 - and the end of our Games of Year countdown! This week, we'll get into our top 5 favorites with a roster of guests including Trone Dowd, Steve Guntli, Brendan Hesse, Kevin Erhard and Phil Keeling of Pixel Lit, Emmett Watkins, Jorge Albor, and TL Foster! Did your favorite game(s) make the cut? Listen and find out! Question of the Week: What's your personal Game of the Year for 2024? Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne. There's a lot of chat this week, so here's a quick timestamp cheat sheet if you'd like to skip ahead to unveil each entry: 0:02:32: #5 with Trone Dowd and Steve Guntli 0:30:16: #4 with Brendan Hesse 0:45:12: #3 with Kevin Erhard and Phil Keeling 1:11:03: #2 with Emmett Watkins and Jorge Albor 1:28:47: #1 with TL Foster and Brendan Hesse
We're halfway through another year, so we've grabbed Brendan Hesse to help us take a look back through the past six months and pick out our five favorite games from 2024 so far. Then we'll get deeper into Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, rumors around upcoming additions to Mortal Kombat 1's roster, and your favorite games to come out this year. Question of the Week: Who should be the next Mortal Kombat guest character? Break song is Bosk on a Segway by MC Chris. Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne.
Super Metroid turns 30 in the US on April 18, so we're celebrating the genre it kick-started by inviting Brendan Hesse for a debate-style Top 5 about the best Metroidvanias. Then we'll get into Season 1 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Star Wars Outlaws, The Rogue Prince of Persia, and your favorite videogame x brand cross-promotions. Question of the Week: What's your favorite Metroidvania that we didn't talk about in the Top 5? Tell us what we missed. Break song is Regretroid by Starbomb. Vidjagame Apocalypse theme by Matthew Joseph Payne.
WHAT AN EPISODE! Brendan Hesse from the Crawl, a series regular, returns to talk a whole bunch of stuff with Murph and Bro.We talk about Shiren 6, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Arzette, Void Stranger, and Lysfanga! Then we ask ourselves the essential question: what was the first sin of gaming? The answer may surprise you!After that we talk about a game Bro always loves to yap on about, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. The real question is, does Murph like the game?Time stamps0:30 Brendan is back!!!!1:50 Shiren 6 (2024)15:00 Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (2024)20:30 Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (2023)26:30 Ed in Street Fighter 631:00 Lysfanga (2024)36:00 Void Stranger (2023)42:10 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)Variety Minute1:13:40 The Original Sin of GamingGame of the Week1:35:30 Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (2015)
The fellas are joined by KBash and Brendan Hesse as they chat about labor movements in gaming, what they've been playing, chat with Mikey and Alex from Black Salt Games about the making of DREDGE, and finish off with a discussion about Ape Escape 3! Check out our merch! ▶ https://pleasestopshopping.com/ Support the podcast on Patreon ▶ https://www.patreon.com/SirMeowMusic Join the PST Discord server! ▶ https://discord.gg/YNqTT65 Check out DREDGE! ▶ https://www.dredge.game/ Check out Black Salt Games! ▶ https://twitter.com/BlackSaltGames Links: Billy ▶ https://twitter.com/SirMeowMusic Cameron ▶ https://twitter.com/SuperSneakSheep Brendan ▶ https://twitter.com/Brendan_LH KBash ▶ https://twitter.com/KBashShow Podcast ▶ https://twitter.com/PSTPodcast Art by Yves ▶ https://twitter.com/hangingrabbit A key was provided to us for the following games: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Pacific Drive. News Sources: "Nearly 700 Ubisoft Workers Went On Strike This Week" ▶ https://aftermath.site/ubisoft-strike-france-pay-yves-guillemot "IGN Creators Guild recognised as a union" ▶ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-creators-guild-recognised-as-a-union "Latest Helldivers 2 patch raises server cap to 700,000 concurrent players to cut down on wait times'" ▶ https://www.tomsguide.com/gaming/latest-helldivers-2-patch-raises-server-cap-to-700000-concurrent-players-to-cut-down-on-wait-times
The boys talk AI in gaming, have a chat with Brendan Hesse about the games journalism landscape, and finish off with a discussion about Disco Elysium! Check out our merch! ▶ https://pleasestopshopping.com/ Support the podcast on Patreon ▶ https://www.patreon.com/SirMeowMusic Join the PST Discord server! ▶ https://discord.gg/YNqTT65 Check out Brendan Hesse! ▶ https://twitter.com/Brendan_LH Links: Billy ▶ https://twitter.com/SirMeowMusic Cameron ▶ https://twitter.com/SuperSneakSheep Mandy ▶ https://twitter.com/Lord_Mandalore Brendan ▶ https://twitter.com/BrendanielH Podcast ▶ https://twitter.com/PSTPodcast Art by Yves ▶ https://twitter.com/hangingrabbit News Sources: "Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees" ▶ https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/11/24034705/discord-layoffs-17-percent-employees "Report: Unity Cutting About 1,800 People In Company's Largest Layoff" ▶ https://kotaku.com/unity-layoffs-1800-people-jobs-25-percent-january-2024-1851150254 "SAG-AFTRA and Replica Studios Introduce Groundbreaking AI Voice Agreement at CES" ▶ https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-and-replica-studios-introduce-groundbreaking-ai-voice-agreement-ces "SAG-AFTRA's AI Voice Acting Deal Was A Powder Keg Waiting To Go Off" ▶ https://aftermath.site/sag-aftras-ai-voice-acting-deal-was-a-powder-keg-waiting-to-go-off
The wait is over! We continue with the second half of the GOTY countdown we started last week, and reveal our Top 5 Games of 2023! We've once again invited a rotating panel of guests to help out, including Jesse Cox, TL Foster, Tony Wilson, Brendan Hesse, Ryan Harig, Steve Guntli, and Jorge Albor. Did your favorite game make the cut? Listen and find out! Question of the Week (Month?): What's your personal Game of the Year for 2023? There's a lot of chat this week, so here's a quick timestamp cheat sheet if you'd like to skip ahead to unveil each entry: 8:48: #5 with Jorge Albor 29:33: #4 with Brendan Hesse and Steve Guntli 48:08: #3 with Steve Guntli and Anthony Abatte 1:09:29: #2 with Ryan Harig and Brendan Hesse 1:33:52: #1 with Jesse Cox, TL Foster, and Tony Wilson
A fantastic year for games is nearing its end, which means it's time for us to look back at the past 12 months and anoint our top 10 games of the year in a discussion so big, we had to split it into two shows. This week, we're joined by a rotating panel of guests including Tony Wilson, Brendan Hesse, Chris Baker, Steve Guntli, Woody Ciskowski, Jorga Albor, and Johnny Brandon. Check out our picks for 10 through 6 this week, and stay tuned for next week, when we'll kick it off with #5 and count down to our Game of the Year.
Working in the gaming industry is a dream for so many people. You get to play games for a living, what's not to love, right? Hosts Casey, Jason, and special guest Brendan Hesse from The Crawl all have unique experience writing and creating video game content like reviews, social media posts, YouTube Videos, and more. With their powers combined, they bring the inside scoop on what it's like to work as a journalist in the gaming industry, how the job can feel tiresome and rewarding at the same time, and some of their favorite (and least favorite) aspects. Also, listen in to see how the group rates and reviews older, classic games. Will Chrono Trigger retain its prestigious status without host Patrick there to defend it? Find Brendan: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCrawl/ https://www.twitter.com/Brendan_LH https://www.twitch.com/eyeamahab https://direct.me/hessebrendan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rpgaymer/support
ROCK AND ROLL! Brendan discusses visions of the future, Murph talks about the best Yakuza game yet, and Brogan schpiels about Tears of the Kingdom with the others for like an hour.Then, we cover famous licensed needledrops in games, then we cover our game of the week: Brutal Legend. Double Fine, Tim Schafer, Jack Black. The list goes on, but this is one epic tour. Be sure to tear down that shitty merch booth on your way out.
Brendan, Murph and Bro team up to go over the summer game schedule, it's STACKED bruh.
The clock's running out on 2022, so let's cap it off with part 2 of our GOTY show, with our Top 5 Games of 2022 and a roster of guests including Brendan Hesse of The Crawl, Kat Bailey of IGN and Axe of the Blood God, Tony Wilson of Framework, and Wii Universe's Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski! Which games claimed our top honors this year? Jump in and find out!
Number fifty? Where does the time go? Bro seems MIA, but Murph cobbled together a rag-tag team of Brendan Hesse, and Oliver (Yep)! Oliver talks about games he hasn't finished, such as Bayonetta 3 and Live A Live. Brendan talks about Gundam Evolution and Crisis Core Reunion (and we get some juicy JRPG final fantasy kingdom hearts bullshit lore.) Murph talks about Wavetale and Yakuza 0 (a game Yep also didn't finish.) and then they talk about the game of the week: Vagrant Story! A creative masterpiece that feels dynamic and impressive, even with all of its warts.And there's a surprise guest at the very end, I wonder who it could be?Whatcha Playin'3:00 - Bayonetta 3 (2022)6:30 - Gundam Evolution (2022)14:00 - Wavetale (2022)21:25 - Live A Live (2022)29:45 - Crisis Core Reunion (2022)41:30 - Yakuza 0 (2017)Variety Minute54:30 - JRPGs of the PlaystationGame of the Week1:30:00 - Vagrant Story (2001)
2022 is almost over, but wait! There's still DLC to talk about! So let's grab Brendan Hesse for a look at five of our favorite pieces of DLC to launch this year, after which we'll get into the Game Awards, High on Life, Crisis Core: FFVII Reunion, Lil Gator Game, God of War going live-action, and your favorite remasters/remakes of 2022.
In this episode Brogan and Brendan venture into parts unknown!Because Murph was at PAX for so long Brogan recorded another ep with another guest! This time, it's gaming journalist and freelancer Brendan Hesse. In this episode Brendan gives his personal experience and views regarding gaming, RPGs, and most specifically: what he's playing. Xenoblade Chronicles 3, No Man's Sky, and Soul Hackers 2. After, we look into how games transitioned into the third dimension and discuss some essential franchises. Topping it all off, we look at Mega Man Legends for the Sony Playstation!Whatcha Playin'20:45 Soul Hackers 2 (2022)30:15 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)39:00 No Man's Sky (2016)Variety Minute43:30 Video Game Franchises jumping to 3DGame of the Week1:29:30 Mega Man Legends (1997)
It's time once again to look back on another great year for games and pick our favorites, and this year we're breaking from tradition: Instead of one gargantuan show to mark the end of the year, we're splitting our top 10 across a more digestible two episodes, with this week's show covering entries 10 through 6. But don't fret - we're still going big on these, with a rotating lineup of guest hosts including Brendan Hesse, Steve Guntli, Woody Ciskowski, John Brandon, Anthony Abatte, Jorge Albor, and Tony Wilson. And come back next week, when we'll tear through 5 through 1!
E3 came back! Holy crap! And don't worry, we'll get deep in the weeds about it on this week's show, but first we welcome PNB's Brendan Hesse and take a look at our favorite episodes of Conan O'Brien's Clueless Gamer, which recently took its last gasp. Then it's on to Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, a MASSIVE spate of E3 news, and the save-related memories that defined you.
E3 came back! Holy crap! And don’t worry, we’ll get deep in the weeds about it on this week’s show, but first we welcome PNB’s Brendan Hesse and take a look at our favorite episodes of Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer,... Read more
Dylan and Robert are joined by frequent PNB guest Brendan Hesse to talk about podcast advertisements, Pokemon back and forths, and the auto-battler genre.
Dylan and Robert are joined by frequent PNB guest Brendan Hesse to talk about podcast advertisements, Pokemon back and forths, and the auto-battler genre.
Author of The Everything Store Interview starts at 16:31 and ends at 28:37 “I'm resuming the story. It's the story of Alexa and the Amazon Go project, their international expansion, and AWS and the explosion in the Amazon Marketplace and then of course society coming to grips with this technology giant in its midst.” News “E Ink is working on new color e-paper solutions” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - August 31,2019 Digital Book World 2019 tickets sold out in Nashville Tech Tips Fintie Slimshell Case for All-New Kindle Oasis - $10 at Amazon.com Prime Reload “Alexa Can Help You Find Lost Items Around Your House” by Brendan Hesse at Lifehacker 0- August 30, 2019 Interview with Brad Stone Books by Brad Stone: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon and The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World Comments Sticky Notes podcast Next Week's Show David Peach will be covering for me at Digital Book World 2019 Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Outro Music for this episode is performed by my niece Fran Betlyon. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
In the first official Grind Forever: Side Quest, host Brendan Hesse sits down with Dan Kaplan of Nine Circles and host of First, Last, Always to chat about how the Nintendo Switch helps Dan balance a full-time nursing career by day with writing, podcasting, and completing JRPGs like Final Fantasy VII by night. Support us! Patreon.com/PNB
In the first official Grind Forever: Side Quest, host Brendan Hesse sits down with Dan Kaplan of Nine Circles and host of First, Last, Always to chat about how the Nintendo Switch helps Dan balance a full-time nursing career by day with writing, podcasting, and completing JRPGs like Final Fantasy VII by night. In the full, Patreon-exclusive version, Dan shares more anecdotes about growing up with the Final Fantasy series, and we hear Dan and Brendan chat about the music they've been listening to and the game's they're looking forward to. Support us! Patreon.com/PNB
Dylan is joined by Grind Forever veteran Brendan Hesse to talk about their favorite game of all time.
Dylan is joined by Grind Forever veteran Brendan Hesse to talk about their favorite game of all time.
Dylan is joined by friend of the show and Dragon Quest evangelist Brendan Hesse to talk about why Dragon Quest XI is a game no one should sleep on.
Dylan is joined by friend of the show and Dragon Quest evangelist Brendan Hesse to talk about why Dragon Quest XI is a game no one should sleep on.
Dylan and Kayla are joined by Grind Forever alum Brendan Hesse to talk about Justice League, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and more.