How do you make a shooter MMO work? What to love and hate about Destiny 2, angry Destiny fans come at us with pitchforks, and our Destiny impressions are void? Plus a gaming headset question from Twitter and a voice-mail with a scary game suggestion for Halloween! Little Nightmares?
We LIVE commentate over the Nintendo Mobile Treehouse Direct featuring Animal Crossing Pocket Camp! Trailer trash, micro-transactions, and more wholesome fun!
Evil Within 2 PS4, Destiny 2 PC review, Gran Turismo Sport, Call of Duty Zombies / Documentary, and Super Mario Odyssey hype. Plus your voicemail, the death of single player games, and more gaming news!
This week Michelle goes back into the VGO archives to take a look at some old questions which are still very relevant today. Offline mobile games, how to find adults to play games with, starting your own podcast, girls who game, how the podcast will end, the impact listeners have on us, and shooting old ladies with BB guns?!?! Plus e-mail us contact@videogameoutsiders.com with your calls for advice!
John recaps his UK trip, performs God Save the Queen on guitar, and talks more Arcade Club gaming!
We go over some of the best Halloween updates, events, and games. Plus John shares more stories from his UK trip, and shits on Destiny 2, again.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth Expansion, SOS: Closed Alpha, more on Golf Story and Butcher, plus Survios Game Dev Mike McTyre joins us to talk about the future of VR, a Raw Data Giveaway, and Sprint Vector. Also, John tries VR, shares details from his UK trip, and claims he met the President of Sega in an airport bathroom?!?
Michelle answers the most common concern from the listeners, and issues a gaming challenge! Plus all of the stuff you guys loved and hated from the week.
A special theme song, Destructoid guy gets fired for voicing concerns about gaming companies going political, Hellblade devs go "mental", Nazi drama in Wolfenstien, Amazon is coming for YouTube, and more "deep" topics.
Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Star Wars Battlefront 2 Beta, Stranger Things RPG game, Golf Story, Butcher, Overwatch Halloween event, John says "I'm drinking tonight". Details on the UK meetup this weekend. Plus pay to win, gaming news, LAYING PIPE, "Job's Done", and the worst rendition of Bel Biv Devoe's Poison you've ever heard.
John is sick, but that doesn't stop him from doing the John Show. Find out what he watched on Netflix, what games he played, and fake gaming news? Plus his old arcade e-mail archives.
What happened to GREAT games? We also head over to the e-mail box and read about what you guys have been loving and hating this week. Plus John in the UK?
We go over the Half Life 1/2 lore (and even a little Portal). Who is "The G-Man"? Will we ever see Half Life 3? And more!
Cuphead review war, SNES Classic issues, Planet Coaster: Spooky Pack, Lawbreakers revisted, Fortnite: Battle Royale flip-flop, OJ is Free song, Paragon, and YouTuber Austin Evans joins us to talk about "building the ultimate ps4" and more gaming news! Nintendo did what?
John and his buddy Matt talk about skateboarding, Tom Petty, games, and other random stuff from the week.
What does AI love and hate about video games? Michelle talks to her Google Assistant about everything from Call of Duty, to the Nintendo Switch, to John's secret film making career? Note: Have no fear, there are no phone/home prompts!
Do game companies own genres? BlueHole vs. Epic games, Fortnite Battle Royale makes PUBg cry, John and Michelle are mad at a games "journalist", and game dev calls gamers toxic (again).
Double round-table reviews of Fortnite: Battle Royale and SteamWorld Dig 2! We're also giving away a game, talking tons of gaming news, and opening up an actual video game MAGAZINE!?! Atari box details, Nintendo take-downs, and RAW ALMONDS?!?
John and his best switchies bud talk gaming and stuff.
Another ALL COMMUNITY show featuring everything you loved and hated from the week: PlayStation Network, Titanfall 2 revisit, Divinity Original Sin 2 Trailer, bad voicemails, 8k VR headsets, forcing your co-workers to listen to VGO, PC builds, good gaming shelves, guest hosts, MAGs PS3, and iJustine. If you want to be a part of a community show, Tweet us @vgopodcast / @coastalmichelle, e-mail us contact@videogameoutsiders, or call us 520-FEEL-VGO
Should gaming companies babysit the community and players? Blizzard vs. Valve. Overwatch players need to take a... deep look inward? Plus a voicemail and e-mail from you guys about last week. Heated discussions abound! Stop using the word TOXIC!
Metroid: Samus Returns 3DS, Knack 2 PS4, Forza Motorsport 7 Demo, Mario's nipples, Divinity Original Sin 2 PC, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Overwatch: Junkertown and Mercy update, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Fog, and The Hole's Rob Sprance on RiotCast.com joins us to talk about 4k TVs vs 1080p Proectors, Naughty Dog games, wireless headset woes, and a gaming chair on roller-blade wheels?!? Visit MackWeldon.com and use promo-code "vgo" for 20 percent off your first order!
A new theme song. John talks about his buddy Matt's visit (t-bone steaks and beer). Toys R US woes. And games?
In defense of game stores! GameStop's website. A heat-changing cult mug for FarCry? Zelda plushies? Destiny 2, Cuphead, and keeping your expectations in check. Assassin's Creed trailer, game sales, PlayStation 5 wishes, and unique console experiences! Plus some love/hate feedback from you guys, a few upcoming VGO teases, what's on Michelle's desk, and a call for comments about gaming safe spaces!
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