Matthew (the host of The Dead Drop podcast) is back to talk about Hi-Fi Rush and Squidge’s intense GoldenEye sessions on the Nintendo Switch, the group dives deep into their recently played games. We also explore the potential for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play the next Doctor Who and the frustrating slow text speed in games. And Hi-Fi Rush. Did we mention Hi-Fi Rush?

• Asemblance
• Inscryption
• Doki Doki Literature Club!
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Resident Evil 2

We hope that you’ve had your recommended daily amount of pastel colours, spandex, and cocaine as we dove deep into the only game which has ever gone full-80s: Grand Theft Audio Vice City. Chief joined us for a long talk about our collective memories of this amazing title, what the heck Rockstar were thinking when they released Table Tennis, and just how 80’s we all are.

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
• Bully

Ginger of the Grand Rapidians Play Video Games podcast joined Squidge to discuss the Cupboard of Shame, the Bechdel Test, some passive-aggressive comments for GameStop, and strategy guides.

• Final Fantasy X-2
• Final Fantasy X
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Cyberpunk 2077

Squidge and Chief sit down to talk about some of the games that they both would like to store in The Cupboard of Shame, never to see the light of day again. They also discuss why they chose those games for hiding away. Chief also asks what’s with the obsession with the Legend of Zelda.

• Iron Man
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• Final Fantasy (series)

Steven is someone who hasn’t just written about the history of video games, he has lived it; meeting some of the biggest names in the industry. Steven was gracious enough to share some of his time with us. This week we discussed asked some more community questions, but which ones?

• Donkey Kong Country
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
• Guitar Hero
• Metroid (series)

Chief is back on the podcast. It’s been 62 episodes since he was last on, so we wanted to talk about what he’s been playing and finally yeet him into the Thunder Plains. Along the way we talk about whether reviewers can be objective and Jay explains ray tracing.

• Final Fantasy VII (2020)
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
• Total War: ROME REMASTERED
• Wasteland 3

We brought AndrewD and ZBoi into the (virtual for now) recording studio to talk about what we’re looking forward to in 2021. This is part two of the 6 host (?!) episode. We talk a huge amount about Resident Evil, Cyberpunk 2077 (and hour hopes that CDPR can pull a Hello Games), multicoloured hair (and whether Jay should dye his beard … or eyebrows?), working from home, and we play a game of "subtitle the Untitled Goose Game sequel"

• Resident Evil Village
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• Resident Evil 4
• Resident Evil 6
• Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

We’ve reached 100 episodes! Can you believe it? For this very special occasion, we reached out to Internet comedian, podcaster, corn maze enthusiast, and occasional bee impersonator Asterios Kokkinos for comment. ANd his comment was, "I WANT IN ON YOUR SHOW!" So this is our special episode with a special guest.

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Pokémon (series)
• Cyberpunk 2013
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Hyrule Warriors

We got together with both The_B and Stoo Cambridge to discuss what they’re looking forward to in 2021, in part one of a bumper episode featuring 6 (!?) hosts. We talk about game-breaking bugs (and not just about Cyberpunk 2077), Jay drops some development theory knowledge, Stoo tells us about his new shop, and there’s a tease of a Resident Evil 2 board game stream.

• Deathloop
• Resident Evil Village
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Far Cry 6
• Cyberpunk 2077

In part one of our WaffleFest special: we catch up with The B, discuss what we’ve all been playing recently, talk about the 5 big games of 2020 so far, and the idea of role-playing a specific goose in a specific game - neither of which are related to one another.

• Dead or Alive (series)
• Final Fantasy VII
• Tekken (series)
• Final Fantasy VII (2020)
• Street Fighter (series)

Dubstep mode, gadgets in games, grappling hooks; and that’s just in the first few minutes. Also in this episode are top things from the previous decade, and console exclusives we’d like to see brought back from the dead

• Goldeneye 007
• Half-Life 2
• Borderlands 2
• The Legend of Zelda:: Ocarina of Time
• Batman: Arkham

Chief returns for our first episode in 2020. We talk about the 2037 problem; how Squidge isn’t going to play Cyberpunk 2077 but also is going to play it; how I absolutely love ‘Til Death To Us Blart; and I drop some financial advice on how to buy video games

• Dead Rising 4
• Resident Evil Gaiden
• Fifa (series)
• Dragon Age (series)
• Borderlands 3

Chief is back. Back again. Yes he back. … RTS
Chief returns for the third part in his RTS episode, and we talk about DLC at the movies - which is something I hope never takes off.

• Yoshi's Crafted World
• Little Big Planet (series)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Medieval Total War 2
• Final Fantasy (series)

Chief takes us through some of the greatest hits and terrible misses of the post-Golden Age of RTS games; we discuss whether The Sims is an RTS game; and just what is wrong with all of the Total War games after Medieval 2?

• The Sims (series)
• Dune
• Command & Conquer (series)
• Sim City (series)
• Candy Crush

Part two of a three part special episode where we talk to long time fan of the show, friend of GaProgMan, and all round nice guy: Unaffiliated JZ.
This time we start out with some major league silliness, talk about JZ’s favourite controller, and he stumps us with Video Game knowledge. Then Squidgy finally drops a bomb that he’s been teasing for a whole year.

• Age of Empires
• Castlevania
• Contra
• Cybermorph
• Dance, Dance Revolution

Sadly, the final part of Lulu’s début episode is here. In this final part of her début she turns the tables on us and asks where we decided to stop playing Final Fantasy games

• Beyond Two Souls
• Call of Duty (series)
• Dance Dance Revolution
• Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball (series)
• Dead Space (series)

In part two of our conversation with Chief, we talk about some of the games that we’ve been playing, some of our ideas for video games, and Squidgey having accidentally unlocked an extremely rare drop on Diablo III

• Final Fantasy
• Alien 3 (SNES)
• Super Mario Bros.
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VIII

This episode (which is part one of three) sees Chief return after his 6 month hiatus, and he worries about the length of our intros; I drop a knowledge bomb on how the writers of MASH got around the network censors; and Squidgey confesses his love for arcade sticks.

• Resident Evil (series)
• Chaos Break
• Nights into Dreams
• Panzer Dragoon
• Burning Rangers