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Today we play the VR bridge simulator Star Trek: Bridge Crew.Command the bridge from the captains chair or assume one of the other bridge positions to manage and control a starship and become the ultimate crew member.Will UBISOFT get this game re-listed or have will this game become the undiscovered country?Join us as we nerd out on games and nostalgia!

For this episode we go back and re-visit the 2001 RTS, Star Trek: Armada II. Does the game still hold up today? Aaron and Trevor explore the game and after a round of multiplayer discuss if the game is still relevant in todays library of games!Join us as we nerd out on games and nostalgia!

Today we play an old Star Trek classic: Klingon Academy. Do Aaron and Trevor have what it takes to graduate from the academy, or will they bring dishonor to their houses?

Today we play the newly released Sintopia.Hire and manage imps to do your bidding while trying not to go bankrupt. Can you balance the world or will sin run rampant?

Today we take some time to play Project Zomboid and talk about the good, the bad and the **insert zombie groans here**.

For this episode we discuss MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. We revisit the nostalgia of the MechWarrior series and talk about what makes MechWarrior and mech games fun.Our gameplay video is available on our YouTube channel!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

For this episode we played the romantic Date Everything where we virtually date random objects in the house such as the fridge or the coffee machine!Our gameplay video is available on our YouTube channel!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

For this episode we played the Bethesda space RPG: Starfield!For an intro that yearns for the mines to tripping out on random metallic items we found in caves, Starfield is an interesting game with some breathtaking views.Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

For this episode we played the brutal survival RPG, Kenshi! If you have never heard of Cyber-Beep, then you need to play this game!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

With our first foray into 4K video, we wanted to do a game highlight on Alien Isolation. This horror genre game is a great combination of jump scares and delightful design.Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

As part of a new "Game Highlight" episode series, Trevor introduces Aaron to Orcs Must Die 2, one of his favorite tower defense games ever!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Tower defense games are certainly one of our favorite genres. In this episode we explore one great and one not-so-great tower defense game. What makes a good tower defense game? We delve into it!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Today we rolled the "Everything is Terrible" outcome, so we had to choose two games with mixed reviews or worse to play! Can we find a hidden gem amongst the trash?Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

We hosted a panel at Otafest this year to discuss the best and worst in anime and videogames! It was a real pleasure to attend Otafest and to meet some incredibly passionate gamers!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Quick announcement - We are hosting a panel at Otafest in Calgary on Friday May 16th at 10:30PM in the TELUS 103 room!Come join us! We'd love to see you there!

For this episode we take a full-dive into the immersive world of VR. Are we really all headed into a virtual world? Is it just a gimmick for people with a penchant for expensive hardware? What's the deal with VR?Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

For today's episode we land on the Sandbox genre where the world is your oyster (assuming you like oysters!). Many games have a Sandbox mode, but do they truly live up to the freedom and casual fun that sandbox games typically offer?Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Every ten episodes we take the opportunity to choose a game that we want to play together and have some fun! Today's game is Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, a mishmash of Dungeons and Dragons and Looter-Shooters based in the Borderlands universe. How does this unique game compare to other Borderlands entries? Come find out!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

While recording on Valentines day our random genre selector sent us on the journey of dating simulators. Did you know that KFC created their own Colonel Sanders dating simulator? Yup. They did. In this episode we see if we can capture the heart of Colonel Sanders and get our hands on that finger licking good 11 herbs and spices recipe. Come listen in on this madness!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

How many games have you purchased but never played? Our Zero Hour Steam Time category gives us the chance to play those pesky prolonged purchased procrastinated purposefully potentially perturbing properties. Today we take a crack at reducing the billions of dollars of games gamers have in their library and have never click "Run".Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

For today's episode we landed on the "Everything is Awesome" slot where we get to choose whatever we want to play together from any genre! We decided to give Volcanoids a shot in multiplayer to see what it is all about!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Not everyone has the time to play games for hours a day! Enter the Casual genre. Games that can be played in small doses as time is available are very convenient for the modern gamer. WereCleaner is a cute little game, come check it out!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Every X5th episode we like to look at the up and coming titles and releases in the near future! When will we get GTA6? Is Star Citizen every actually coming out? What titles are Aaron and Trevor excited about over the next couple of months? Tune in to find out!Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

From Street Fighter to Mortal Kombat, the fighter genre has been a staple of both consoles and PC gaming since some of the first arcades were established! Today Aaron and Trevor try their hand at some fighter games. What is this? They are using controllers?Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Deck building card games really took grip in the 90's and became very mainstream by the 2000's. With the digital age deck building and card collecting has tried to evolve into the video game industry. Today Aaron and Trevor play some deck building games to have some fun in an ever growing genre. Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

What do you do when you have a group of people together that love gaming? You play party games! Today Aaron and Trevor explore the Party Game genre and play both a good and bad game from the wide selection available! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

MOBA or Muliplayer Online Battle Arena is an extremely popular genre in gaming and E-Sports! In this episode Aaron and Trevor explore the MOBA genre to see what it has to offer! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Every ten (10) episodes we like to break from our usual format to do something fun together. For this episode we play the space survival exploration game Astroneer. The playthrough is also published on YouTube for your viewing pleasure! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

To all of our friends, families, supporters and listeners we would like to wish you a happy holidays and a happy new year! May your 2025 wishes come true!

The most puzzling thing about puzzle games is finding a solution! With so many random games cast throughout the genre, can Trevor and Aaron find a fun puzzle game to play? Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

In this episode Aaron and Trevor delve once again into the pit of despair and torture that is the souls-like genre. Elden Ring is one of the most heralded games of 2022 versus Hellpoint which was a freebie that Aaron randomly obtained. Do they have what it takes to face their most feared genre? Find out here! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

In today's episode we rolled the "Dealers Choice" genre, so we get to play whatever we want! Aaron chose Enshrouded, a new survival game for 2024. Trevor chose to re-visit a bad game that Aaron tried a few episodes back to compare notes! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Today we foray into the point-and-click genre for a hint of nostalgia and days long past. We play Star Trek: Judgement Rites and Sam and Max Hit the Road. These old-school classics really helped define the point & click genre for us. Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

This episode we take a look at new and upcoming games that we are excited about. We discuss what we are looking forward to and highlight a couple of our own hopefuls including: Core Keeper (1.0) DragonBall: Sparkling Zero Showa American Story Worshipers of Cthulu Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Happy Halloween Folks! For today's episode we visit the horror genre while we try our hand at eating hands in this cannibal simulator called Sons of the Forest! You either die the hero, or live long enough to become the cannibal. We even included our play session on our YouTube channel if you want to watch our shenanigans! We hope you enjoy! Come the the gaming, stay for the Greg Stew!

For today's episode we go back in time to visit some retro games from a bygone age. Some games look retro, but some really truly are. Do they still hold up? Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

City builders have been around since the dawn of the Super Nintendo. How to modern city builders shape up compared to the golden oldies? Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Have you ever played Supreme Commander? No? Well today we try our hand at this nostalgic entry from 2007. Do we have what it takes to dominate the AI? Come join us for a great conversation about this legendary RTS game. Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

We're back after a nice summer break! Today we try our hand at the infamous "Visual Novel" genre. What is good? What is bad? What is ugly? Come with us as we try on new superhero names for size and use cats to save our friends from depression! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Every 10 episodes we like to change things up a bit and enjoy some of our favorite games together. This episode is a Sci-Fi / Space game where you cooperate as a crew to control a vessel and conquer the universe one step at a time! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Did you collect cards as a child? Well have we got games for you! Today we look at the deck building game genre for the first time on our podcast! Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

The best strategy will always triumph over the best effort. Tactics games are a lot of fun but there are both good and bad games in every genre. Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Who would have thought that educational games could be fun? We take a look at some of the educational games available from yesteryear to today! Can learning be fun? Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Join us as we dive into the wonderful world of automating all the things! Do these games have a point? What is their story? Why is the game loop sO aDdIcTiVe!? Come along as we chit chat about nerd culture, play and review games, and navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer!

Aaron and Trevor dive into the side-scroller genre. Do they know their rights from their lefts? Stop scrolling through the list and listen in to this one! Come along as we talk about some random things while we navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer.

Aaron and Trevor dive into the Rouge-Like genre to discover the pain and suffering that they provide! Is it fun to lose over and over and just keep going anyways? Come along as we navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer while we attempt to carve out our niche in the podcast SpAcE!

Aaron and Trevor dive into the RTS genre to try out games they have never played before. Do these older RTS games stack up against the new hotness? Join us for for conversation! Come along as we navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer while we attempt to carve out our niche in the podcast SpAcE!

Aaron and Trevor check out some of the games they have purchased, but never played! Darn those Steam sales and their temptations! Join us as we navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer while we attempt to carve out our niche in the podcast SpAcE!

Aaron and Trevor delve into the platformer genre and explore games that neither of them have played! Platformers are literally about jumping from platform to platform, how hard can it be? Join us as we navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer while we attempt to carve out our niche in the podcast SpAcE!

Aaron and Trevor survived 10 episodes! To celebrate they decided to play some of their favorite Survival genre games! Join us as we navigate the best and worst that gaming has to offer while we attempt to carve out our niche in the podcast SpAcE!