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Gamer Friends
by Gamer Friends
Gamer Friends is a podcast about gaming and the gaming community from a Black, queer, and lefty perspective. If you’re looking for more melanin or rainbows in your gaming life, you’ve found your people!
Episodes
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109: Bungie Shenanigans: Journey to The Final Shape
Hello Gamer Friends, As we start to blow the dust off our microphones, we're coming back with a two-part episode featuring our Canadian Gamer Friend Stanley, that's all about Bungie's road to The Final Shape for Destiny 2. Get those exotics ready to go back in time as Stanley and Big Nick take us...
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108: The Skrulls Are Cancelled (feat. Jay)
Hello Gamer Friends! We've got a double spoilercast for two shows that are well past the need for any spoiler warnings. First up, we talk with our MCU Correspondent Jay to talk Secret Invasion and close out with season 2 of Loki. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate…
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107: The Worst Year In My Adult Life
We're alive! Your Gamer Friends return to share some updates. Basically, last year was the worst year of our lives. Everything sucks! Not even two Spider-Men could save 2023. But, we're back, and we're going to talk about it all, including a very informal recap of our gaming adventures last year…
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Almost A Triple Spoilercast: How Y'all Doing?
Your Gamer Friends Return! Finally! After an unexpected and unplanned hiatus, Big Nkrumah and AudioNerd64 explain what they've been up to before diving in to spoilery reviews of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, Across the Spider-Verse, and John Wick 4. We're recording again the weekend this...
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Quantumania Spoilercast: The Revolution Will Be In The Quantum Realm
Your Gamer Friends are back with a spoilercast for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Discord, or Instagram, support us on Patreon, and tell your gamer...
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106: Rip-Roaring Mad
We're back, this time with another deep-dive into the wild world of D&D drama! This time, your Gamer Friends are joined by friend of the show and D&D correspondent, KetracelBlack, to get caught up on the recent OGL drama between Wizard's of the Coast, pretty much every other tabletop game…
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105: 2022's Games of the Year
Our 2022 recap is here, and we have plenty of surprises in store for our favorite games of the year. This year we're giving flowers to our favorite backlog experiences, indie games, the coveted top three, and an extra special category. Love our list? Hate it? Big Nick is off Twitter so feel free…
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GotG Christmas Special Listen-Along
It's a Christmas miracle! We've got one more surpirse for our Gamer Friends, come listen along with us as we watch the Guardians of The Galaxy Christmas Special. These are usually for our patrons but the Christmas spirit called us to share it with everyone. Hope you enjoy and we'll see you next...
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104: A Banger of a Start
We're back with a huge episode to close out the year! Big Nkrumah's favorite Cities: Skylines content creator, Few Candy, is here to discuss her hugely successful first year on YouTube, her next big project, and what it was like being contacted by Colossal Order, the game's developers. Please…
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Negro Cat 2: Negroes Forever Spoilercast
Your Gamer Friends are back to recap and discuss Wakanda Forever and Phase 4 of the MCU! Well, minus AudioNerd -- he got a fancy new job making the official Black Panther: Wakanda Forever podcast, so he doesn't want to be associated with our foolishness on this one. Thank you so much for…
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103: THIQUE
Happy Halloween! To close out spooky season, AudioNerd and Big Nkrumah are talking about the horrific allegations surrounding the imminent release of Bayonetta 3 and the scary (not really) prospect of James Gunn taking over the DC film universe. Also, have you noticed how queer Apex Legends and...
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She-Hulk by Night Spoilercast
Yeah, our spoilercasts are just episodes now! This week, your Gamer Friends are joined by friend of the show @JenYetAgain to discuss the joy that was She-Hulk, and what she represents for a lot of different Marvel fans. We also dig our claws into Werewolf By Night, the new Halloween special. We...
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102: Committed To The Occult
It's that time again! Your friends in gaming Big Nkrumah and AudioNerd64 are joined by Enya (Edna) to discuss the payment for goods and services that led Big Nkrumah, notorious for being against all dark-sided games, to screaming his way through Phasmophobia and Dead by Daylight. If you're a...
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101: Racist Space Monkeys
Join your Gamer Friends as they embark on the first episode with the new format! This time, we're joined by friend of the show and Dungeon Master @KetracelBlack to discuss the recent Dungeons & Dragons controversy surrounding the Hadozee, a race of space monkeys that some claim to be racist...
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100: One Hundred Things Are Percolating
We've made it to 100 episodes, and we have some big plans to share for the future of Gamer Friends. Shoutout to all of our incredible listeners for getting us to this milestone! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Discord…
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Marvelous Ms. Thor: The Ms. Marvel and Thor 4 Spoilercast
The recquisite amount of time has passed, lets get into the spoilercast for Ms. Marvel and Thor: Love and Thunder! Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Discord, or Instagram, support us on...
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099: No Man's Skyrim
Hey Gamer Friends! This episode we're "Logging On" with the releases of Sniper Elite 5, Roller Champions, Industria, Mario Strikers: Battle League, The Quarry, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. We also cover the successful unionization of Raven QA at Activision Blizzard King,...
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098: Pride Month Throwback
We're taking it easy for this episode. A little too much is happening in the world, and it's Pride! While we recalibrate, enjoy this throwback to our infinite optimism in our Avengers: Endgame spoilercast. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to...
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097: Yes Yes Y'all
Gamer Friends is back with a new episode! We're "Logging On" with the releases of Trek to Yomi, Evil Dead: The Game, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, Square Enix's massive selloff, Bethesda's major delays for Starfield and Redfall, FIFA and EA beef, some absolute devilry via Dead Space and...
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096: Playing Every Game
Hey, Gamer Friends! We're back with a brand new episode (and some corrections from our recent spoilercast, lol). "Logging On," we're discussing The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Nintendo Switch Sports, the Playdate, Sega reboots (including Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio), Skull & Bones, a new Star...
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Let Go and Let Khonsu: the Moon Knight and Dr. Strange SpoilerCast
She really done did it now. Your Gamer Friends recall their experience with Moon Knight and Dr. Strange while dipping their toes into the MCU discourse. This episode goes out to all of the moms out there. We see you, even if your kids live in another universe!
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095: A Burden To Bear
We're back again with a lighter episode! This time we're "Logging On" with the releases of MLB The Show 22 and eFootball 2022, the official release of Unreal Engine 5, E3 2022, the Game Developers Conference (and related award ceremonies), Microsoft and Sony's plans for ads in gaming, and...
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094: Everybody's Wet
After a long recovery, AudioNerd's illness has abated enough for the return of your Gamer Friends! We're "Logging On" with the releases of WWE 2K22, Tunic, Shredders, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Weird West, GhostWire: Tokyo, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, LEGO Star Wars, and the Ukraine Bundle. We're...
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Egyptian Cough Penance
A limited time Patreon exclusive! Your Gamer Friends couldn't record because of a sick AudioNerd, so we did something with a lower lift to make up for it. Enjoy our ignorance. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review,...
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093: Crow Has Two Hands
It’s that time, Gamer Friends! Friend of the show and co-founder of Dual Wield Studio, Rowan, joins us to talk all things Witch Queen, Destiny 2’s new expansion. And by all things, we really just mean the vibes. But before that, we’re “Logging On” with Elden Ring, Martha is Dead, Roguebook, Grid...
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092: Critical Nintendo Theory
Your Gamer Friends have returned to discuss one of the most packed gaming months in recent memory! “Logging On,” we saw the release of CrossfireX, Lost Ark, Horizon Forbidden West, and Destiny 2: Witch Queen. There was also a Nintendo Direct, drama in the Cities: Skylines modding community, the...
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091: The Cigarette After
Welcome to Gamer Friends, fourth anniversary edition! After some celebratory housekeeping, we’re “Logging On” with releases for Dying Light 2, OlliOlli World, Sifu, and Pokémon Legends Arceus, Bungie’s acquisition by Sony, GTA VI’s bland announcement, Watch Dogs Legion, Respawn’s triple Star Wars...
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090: (Resurrections) P*** C****
2022 gets started with a bang! “Logging On,” we’re talking all aspects of the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard (and King) including unionization, monopolies, and exclusivity. We also saw the releases of Cities: Skylines – Airports, The Anacrusis, Democracy 4, Nobody Saves the World…
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089: 2021’s Games of the Year
Who could have guessed that 2021 would be, in many ways, worse than 2020? Well, at least the video games were great. It’s been another year, so your Gamer Friends are cataloguing their favorite video game experiences from 2021. Will 2022 be any better? Probably not until capitalism falls, but…
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088: That Book Is Racist
For our final full episode of the year, we’re catching up on The Game Awards, the latest union busting efforts from ActivisionBlizzard, Bungie’s own culture problems, Battlefield 2042’s ongoing issues, a Splinter Cell remake, and Sony’s answer to Game Pass (kind of). We’re skipping These Past Two...
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Hawkeye: A Christmas SpoilerCast
Gamer Friends! We’re fresh off of our excitement from Hawkeye’s season finale and ready to spoil it as a Christmas present. Happy holidays from your Gamer Friends. “Where are my background singers?!”
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No Way Home: An Abolitionist SpoilerCast
Gamer Friends, we’ve got a true holiday treat for our Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilercast. We’re bringing back Kenji (@afreshmind) to discuss the movie as an abolitionist text. But don’t worry! We still get into our usual fanboying and nerdery too.
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087: Something Funny
Happy (late) Thanksgiving! Your Game Friends are “Logging On” with Guardians of the Galaxy, GTA Definitive Edition, Age of Empires IV, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Rider’s Republic, Mario Party All-Stars, Forza Horizon 5, Skyrim (again), Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, Battlefield 2042, Halo…
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The Eternals SpoilerCast: Not Good Enough
Hello gamer friends! We’re coming at you with a spoilercast of Marvel’s The Eternals. We sat down with filmmaker and content regurgitator @Boringstein to talk about the film, being an MCU crank and the overall state of movies. You can check out some of their work here.
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086: Accent Walls!!!
Hello again, Gamer Friends! We’re “Logging On” with Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Metroid Dread, Sable, New World, Hot Wheels Unleashed, eFootball, FIFA 22, NHL 22, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Far Cry 6, Nintendo Direct and Animal Crossing, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Twitch’s leak, Steam’s NFT ban…
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A SpoilerCast Double Feature: Star Wars Visions and Marvel's What If...
Gamer Friends! We’ve got another double feature spoilercast for you! We’re getting into Star Wars Visions and What If…! The spoilers come in hot and fast for both so only listen when you’ve watched both (or don’t! We care about keeping you all unspoiled but ultimately, that decision is up to…
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085: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
It’s been a minute, huh? On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with an absolute truckload of releases, including Humankind, Quake, Myst, Life is Strange: True Colors, Splitgate 1.0, SkateBIRD, and Deathloop to name about half. We’re also discussing the latest Activision Blizzard...
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Shang-Chi SpoilerCast: The Legend of the Top 10 MCU Films
Hello Gamer Friends! We are hard at work on our next full episode but we’ve got a spoilercast to hold you over until then! We’re getting into Shang-Chi so PLEASE don’t listen if you haven’t seen it yet!
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084: Pathfinder Is Black
On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with Second Star, Tribes of Midgard, The Ascent, The Sims 4: Cottage Living, Pokémon: Unite, Activision Blizzard, the console wars, EA Play 2021, and XDefiant, lol. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” we caught up on Harley Quinn, are acutely…
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083: He Platted It
On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with Palestine, post-E3 news, Switch OLED, Valve’s Steam Deck, Scott Cawthon, Xbox Streaming, Apex Legends, Sony’s State of Play, Assassin’s Creed Infinite, Robocop: Rogue City, Player One, Blue Box, and Anthony Bourdain and The Witcher 3.…
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Black Widow and Loki SpoilerCast: Minimal Ramifications
Gamer Friends! We’ve got a Double Feature with our latest Spoilercast. We’re getting into Black Widow AND Loki, while also quickly devolving into our theories for what’s next to come in the MCU. If you haven’t watched these two IN THEIR ENTIRETY, check this out when you do because we’re diving...
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082: E3 Summer Max Plus Extravaganza Fest Part 2
We’re back with Part II of our E3 Extravaganza and with our gamer friends at Player 2 Has Entered The Podcast, MCPaperstacks and Full Metal Murk. For Part II we’re getting into Microsoft/Bethesda and Nintendo’s presentation. Check out the links to the full presentations below: Links: Check out…
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081: E3 Summer Max Plus Extravaganza Fest Part 1
For our 4th year talking all things E3, we’ve invited some guests! From our gamer friends at Player 2 Has Entered The Podcast, MCPaperstacks and Full Metal Murk are joining us for a full two-part recap on E3 and the Summer Games Fest. For Part I we’re getting into Summer Games Fest, Ubisoft…
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080: Happy Pride!
We’re back! This episode we’re “Logging On” with Skate City, Knockout City, Hood: Outlaws and Legends, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Resident Evil Village, Biomutant, Horizon Forbidden West, Far Cry and the Division, Ubisoft’s new free-to-play strategy and upcoming games, Bethesda & Microsoft,...
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079: Noir!
On this episode of Gamer Friends, we’re “Logging On” with Super Meat Boy, Neir Replicant, MLB The Show ‘21, Returnal, New Pokémon Snap, Sony’s State of Play, Apple vs. Epic, Discord, Outriders, and corporate greed. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” we saw Godzilla vs. Kong and Mortal Kombat, but...
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TFATWS SpoilerCast: (Black) Captain America
TFATWS SpoilerCast: (Black) Captain America Gamer Friends Podcast Hello Gamer Friends! We’re coming at you this week with a full-length spoiler cast for Falcon and The Winter Solider and we’re bringing a guest along with us for the ride? Who is that guest? You’ll have to hit play to find out!…
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078: The Arrival Of Video Games
This episode we’re “Logging On” with It Takes Two, Monster Hunter: Rise, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, Outriders, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Narita Boy, Genesis Noir, Xbox Network, Sony and Evo, E3 2021, and CD Projekt Red. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” drama at...
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077: Restorative Justice (League)
Your Gamer Friends are back! This episode we’re “Logging On” with Pokémon’s 25th Anniversary, Sony’s State of Play, Square Enix Presents, E3 2021, Bethesda, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles revival. “These Past Two Weeks in Nerdom,” Big Nkrumah eats major crow on The Snyder Cut (fine -- it…
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Wandavision SpoilerCast: I'll Save Kathryn Hahn
Hello Gamer Friends! We’re back with a SpoilerCast for Wandavision before our next regular episode. Before diving into this one, we recorded this before the violent attack that took place in Atlanta, Georgia. We decided to leave this episode as-is so we can spend the time to listen to our AAPI...
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076: Give You This Fire Flower
Your Gamer Friends are back, “Logging On” with Persona 5: Strikers, Brethedge, and the Outriders Demo. Also on the agenda is Blizzconline (yes, we make fun of the name), the long-awaited Nintendo Direct, Microsoft’s FPS Boost, Destiny Universe, Hogwarts Legacy, Saudi Arabia (!?!?), and finally,...
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