Episodes
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Episode 37 - Why are Men...
Boner culture. This week we spend some time chastising the folks who use boner culture without a hint of irony, while also delving into the Nintendo Direct, the eShop shutdown, and some truly bizarre quotes from Platinum Games' recent interviews. Alongside that we spend some time talking about...
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Episode 36 - The Great Video Game Conglomeration
Well...uh...didn't see that one coming. Not to be outdone by Microsoft, Sony dropped news last week that they'd acquired Bungie and had several more acquisitions on the way. As such, we took to talking about what this means in the wider scope of Sony's future efforts and speculate on their...
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Episode 35 - Tifa's Invasion of the Italian Senate
Monster Hunter Rise BABY! This week we discuss Tifa's brief invasion of the Italian senate, alongside Microsoft acquiring Activision. At the rate they're going, Microsoft is going to buy the whole industry and then everything will be an Xbox Console Exclusive. Also we answer a viewer question…
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Episode 34 - Breath of the Chungus: Souls Edition
You died. By some miracle, Steve played not one, but two different games he enjoyed. There's a lot of Dark Souls and Breath of the Wild talk, though not all of it's positive. We also took some time to bash NFTs (as you do) and briefly delve into PSVR2. As always, if you'd like to ask questions or...
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Episode 33 - GOTY Baby!
Yo, fuck 2021. Amirite? It's the end of the year, so we're doing a recap of our favourite games played. Steve has a handful of top tier 2021 games, while Jason covers a variety of games from the past several years. Can you guess what made our top cut? In addition, thank you all for listening to…
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Episode 32 - Angry Man Shouts At Discord
God damn it, Discord This week Steve completely loses his shit because Discord was giving him a hard time and we also cover games we're looking forward to in 2022! Also, there's something in there about Ubisoft and some nasty little NFTs. Game wise, we've got more Ys VIII, along with Disgaea 2…
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Episode 31 - The Canuck Definitive Experience
What a week. This week we decided to tackle the dumpster fire that was the GTA trilogy remaster and the disastrous launches of everyone's favourite annual military shooters. In that vein, Jason and Steve delve into if 60 dollar shooters are still viable and we briefly touch on The Game Awards. As...
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Episode 30 - Who the Fuck is Still Buying Skyrim?
Identify yourselves! WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE!? It's another flaming dump truck of an episode as Jason and Steve talk about Skyrim: the game that will not die and Marvel's Avengers. Unfortunately, the Avengers video game is about as exciting as watching paint dry, so Steve goes on a mountain of side...
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Episode 29 - Back 4 More Canucks, Eh?
Not a week goes by where Nintendo doesn't screw up something internet related. After our previous episode we received a viewer question asking for further elaboration on our thoughts regarding China's latest gaming related laws. Only time will tell how correct our predictions end up being, but it...
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Episode 28 - China's Judgment Call on Video Gaming Made Us Cry
Finally the China episode! As Steve said several episodes ago we've finally covered China's war on gaming as it pertains to their youth and what kind of long standing ramifications it may have for China being a growth market for much of the gaming industry. We also cover what makes rogue-likes…
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Episode 27 - A Nintendo Direct Adventure with Special Guest Ian from Adventure Rules
Smash players are the worst. Amirite? It's a Nintendo episode which we're contractually obligated to do (not really) because Nintendo held a big Direct in September. To help with our limited Nintendo exposure regular hosts Jason and Steve brought along Ian of Adventure Rules. We delve head first...
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Episode 26 - The Big Anniversary Question Extravaganza
I can't believe we made it a year. This week marks the one year anniversary of the Frosty Canucks podcast. Jason and Steve spend the majority of it answering a variety of user questions we collected from throughout twitter which relate to gaming and non-gaming related questions. As always we…
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Episode 25 - The Super Secret PS5 Cartel
They just dropped off the shipment! Update the website! This week Jason and Steve celebrate Jason's acquisition of a PS5 by debunking the PS5 cartel and also discuss the effectiveness of boycotts. Spoilers - we don't think they're terribly effective. We then dive into what we've been playing…
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Episode 24 - Canadian Geese are Arseholes!
Fucking Geese. This week Jason and Steve spend some time looking at Sony's obsession with re-releasing older titles as well as how MLB The Show did releasing day and date with Game Pass. We also talk Herds, Pokémon, and two horrible disasters. You'll have to listen to find out which games we…
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Episode 23 - A Wild Steve Appears!
What would you attribute to Sony's success over the last several years? This week Jason and Steve cover the impact that third party exclusivity deals had on Sony's success with the PlayStation 4. There's a lot to unpack there so that takes the bulk of the episode before we transition over into…
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Episode 22 - Jason's Terrible Taste In Games Strikes Again
Nintendo never change. This week Jason and Frosti cover the recently announced Nintendo Switch OLED model, Assassin's Creed becoming a live-service title, and go over our top 5 games thus far in 2021. Then we delve into what games we've been playing which include Jason's foray into Dark Souls III...
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Episode 21 - Torturing Frosti with E3 News
Well E3 certainly happened this year. This week, Jay and Frosti do a wrap up on E3 much to Frosti's dismay. We go through most of our favourite announcements and rip on Nintendo because of course we did. After that we dive into the games we've been playing which includes the classic Gale of...
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Episode 20 - Crunch. A Multiplayer Only Experience.
Crunch? Get that shit outta here! This week on Frosty Canucks Jason and Frosti dive into crunch with the recent announcement that Insomniac developed Ratchet and Clank with no crunch. We've got some insider anecdotes that you'll want to hear. As well as that we talk about the strangely...
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Episode 19 - E3 Go Away, Let's Release the News Today!
Get your Doritos and Mountain Dew ready, gamers, cause it's once again E3! No but seriously, fuck E3. This week on the Frosty Canucks Jason and Frosti talk about news that has come out ahead of E3, but is still related to it. There will inevitably be a lot of game related announcements in the...
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Episode 18 - Patriarch Frosti Requires You to Wait Your Turn
We are once again asking for your full attention. This week on Frosty Canucks Jason and Frosti discuss the recent announcement that Yakuza will remain a turn based RPG. While we were disappointed, we took the opportunity to discuss some of the changes we'd make to spice up the combat. In…
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Episode 17 - Frosti has an Epiphany About Being Evil!
Spreadsheets! This week we didn't have as much to talk about so Frosti spent almost 10 minutes breaking down Sony's earnings over 2020. Then it's games, games, games. We got Caligula Effect, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Disgaea, Titanfall, and even a Turnip Boy. No frills this week - just games.…
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Episode 16 - The Ontario COVID Update... Oh And Some Video Games!
The government total sucks! This episode we've had no short supply of interesting topics to go through be it the launch woes of Outriders, Epic Games buying their market share, and Sony's decision to pivot into focusing on their blockbuster titles. Along the way we also talk about how game…
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Episode 15 - Breaking News: Sony is Going Out of Business! And Big Chungus!
Big Chungus. No really...Big Chungus. This week on Frosty Canucks we spend quite a bit of time talking about the closure of the old Sony digital storefronts and about the exclusivity that has plagued the SMT series for its entire history. There is also some chatter about April fools jokes and...
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Episode 14 - Rogers Almost Cancels the Podcast?
Fuck Rogers. Am I right, fellas? This week on Frosty Canucks we take a look at the March SquEnix presentation, developers being dumb, and the possibility of the whole EU banning lootboxes following in the footsteps of Germany. As always we also spend time talking about the games we've been…
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Episode 13 - The Trilogy of Disappointment and Craig's Final Betrayal
DIS-A-POINTED! This week on Frosty Canucks we delve into our takeaways from the Sony State of Play and Pokémon Nintendo Direct (spoiler: they weren't positive). We also discuss the recent death of Anthem and how we feel about shouting out smaller developers and their games. Frosti also lied and...
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Episode 12 - Nintend'oh Direct and Double Dating in HuniePop
Space hookers. This week on Frosty Canucks we talk a ton about the recent Nintendo Direct which happened a day before recording (lucky). In addition, we also spent some time talking about Warner Brothers successfully patenting the Nemesis system and about which games we believe would still hold…
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Episode 11 - Riding Stonks to the Moon!
We riding stonks to the moon, gamers! This week on Frosty Canucks we cover Nintendo's success with the Switch by way of the recently announced lifetime sales, yet another nail in Staida's coffin, how stacked May is this year, and Thomas Mahler's outcry about shady shit within the game's industry.…
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Episode 10 - Frosti ain't broke so don't fix him. Oh and F the Clutch Claw!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! This week on Frosty Canucks we take a dive into the recent EU ruling regarding Geo Blocking, which games shouldn't have sequels, and we also talk about the pros and cons (mostly cons) of shaking up an established formula in a beloved franchise. Also Frosti goes on…
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Episode 9 - Patriarch Frosti Requires Your Attention
What came first? The overhyped fans, or the overhyping developers? This week on Frosty Canucks we have a special treat for you all. We discuss how your host and cohost came to know one another (it's not that special) talk about our New Year resolutions, and discuss who is at fault for overhyping...
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Episode 8 - Cyberbunk 2077 is not GOTY so here's ours instead!
Cyberpunk may be cyberbunk, but there were a ton of other great games in 2020. As mentioned on previous episodes, we took to talking about our games of the year. Unfortunately due to time constraints Frostilyte wasn't able to finish his, so consider what's here a preview of the full list which…
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Episode 7 - Attack on Nintendo: Cease and Desist
God damn it, Nintendo. This week on Frosty Canucks we spend some time looking at Nintendo going full nuclear for a week and Cyberpunk 2077's bullshit launch. Along the way we also take time to answer two viewer questions, one pertaining to the viability of a music game renaissance and the other…
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Episode 6 - The World Ends with the Game Awards
The world is ending! Not really, but after we talked about the World Ends With You a sequel was announced. Isn't that weird? And just ahead of Geoff Keighley's annual awards show we took a stab at guessing who we think the winners will be. We're inevitably going to be super wrong, but guessing...
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Episode 5 - We love Sonic Butt-Rock! (and other songs for your consideration)
Or at least Frosti does. This week on the Frosty Canucks we usher in the new generation and then spend a long time talking about how video game music impacts the play experience as well as our favourite soundtracks. We also spend an unnecessarily long time dismantling what we both consider to be...
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Episode 4 - Looking Back, Looking Forward, and Pokémon
Delays, Delays, Delays. Well...rather one delay. This week on the Frosty Canucks we chat about yet another Cyberpunk 2077 delay, the October Nintendo Direct, Pokémon, and Jason's ill-fated attempt to pre-order the PS5. Alongside that we had our first two viewer questions and ended up spending a...
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Episode 3 - Gatcha'd by Genshin Impact and the Free to Play Throw Down
This week on Frosty Canucks Jason takes us through the new hotness Genshin Impact and we talk about the broader strokes of the free to play business model. In addition, we spend some time debunking the infamous industry analyst Michael Pachter's latest predictions. Plus, as per normal, there is a...
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Episode 2 - Xbox Series One XXL and the Great Bethesda Buyout
You remember how the Wii U confused some people? Well Microsoft didn't. This week we sit down to discuss Microsoft's recent acquisition of ZeniMax (most importantly Bethesda) and Yakuza as Jason is eagerly anticipating the release of Yakuza 7. We also talk about the games we've been playing...
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Episode 1 - The PS5 Router Cannot Be Preordered
This week two frosty men sit down and talk about the PS5 and Nintendo's Mario 3D All-Stars. Skip to episode 3 if you cannot stand Jason's mic (I'm sorry) as that has been fixed. Thanks for listening and stay frosty. Show notes to follow: 0:00:00 - Introduction to the Podcast and Frosti's hate for...
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Two frosty Canadians bicker about video games among other things.New episodes every other Wednesday. Give us a follow at https://twitter.com/FrostyCanucks
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JAVM and Frostilyte
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