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Noob Talk Radio
by Bush League Games
Josh and Tieg deliver the latest video game nonsense directly into your earbuds.
Episodes
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#117: So Long, And Thanks for All The Fish
The Boys have come together for an occasion both bitter and sweet. We’ve decided to put the podcast to bed for the time being, which doesn’t mean we’ll never be back, but it does mean that we will be taking a break from podcasting for at least the near future. For this love letter to all of our...
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Fireside Chat: The Indie Game Episode
Your favorite co-host Tieg Henderson is on vacation, but fear not, loyal noobs, for it is our great pleasure to bring you a very special, just-in-time-for-Christmas collaboration with our esteemed friend Escape Vector from the Escape Vector Podcast! One thing we have in common is our mutual love…
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#116: Arc Raiders
We take a break from our regularly scheduled news episodes to bring you an extra special, just-in-time-for-the-holidays Arc Raiders discussion cast. It’s a rare gaming occurence indeed when both of your friendly neighborhood Noob Talk Radio hosts are playing the same game at the same time and...
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#115: A Little Testy-Poo
Arc Raiders has released and seems to have been met with a delightfully surprising amount of commercial, critical, and consumer acclaim. The Boys discuss sales numbers, the game, and the company’s roadmap. Meanwhile, Elden Right Nightreign has announced the imminent arrival of DLC for its...
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#114: Console Wars Evolved
Are the end days upon us? Is the rapture near? Or has Microsoft just finally announced Halo’s imminent arrival on PlayStation? We discuss. Meanwhile, Mexico announces sin tax on violent video games, storied developer Quantic Dream reveals free-to-play multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles…
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#113: A Wandering State of Play Draws Near
The Boys are back with a breakdown of Sony’s recent State of Play (spoilers, Saros is looking great), as well as some news! The government turns to Pokemon in a divisive move to promote its interests, creating much shock, some horror, and also a not-inconsequential level of laughs, while we…
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#112: Gamescom 2025
Where would we all be without a little Gamescom in our lives? In a typically incomplete yet heartfelt attempt to answer this age-old question, the Boys are back to discuss all the hottest new titles from our favorite video games showcase. Mina The Hollower, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Valor Mortis,...
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#111: We’ll Be Back After These Messages
The Boys return from hiatus to discuss the most important news of the entire year in gaming, which is by virtue of clear and democratic unanimous vote the announcement of Stalker 2’s imminent release on PlayStation platforms this very fall in the glorious year of 2025. In other, much more...
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#110: Summer Games Fest 2025
In a charmingly enthusiastic yet inevitably dangerously incomplete fashion, your Noob Talk Radio hosts are here to try and make sense of the cornucopia of games advertised and announced at this year’s Summer Games Fest. Pioner, Holstin, Mina the Hollower, ILL, Dying Light The Beast, Onimusha,...
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#109: Niflheim
It would appear Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 developer Games Workshop is both highly-profitable and nice to its employees? We discuss. Newswhile, Sony is struggling to get its fledgling live-service forays to come to fruition with Marathon’s marketing allegedly canceled alongside art theft…
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#108: It's A Conversational Podcast
Doom: The Dark Ages is out and with new inside baseball details emerging regarding Elden Ring: Nightreign’s character development, the boys sit down for a nice fireside chat. In other news, new information regarding Microsoft’s dominance of the PlayStation world, Sony announces new studio…
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#107: A Bit of A Mishmash
After taking a sick day, Noob Talk circles back to you for a conversation on the recently released Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, as well as titles we are eagerly anticipating such as Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, and indie weirdness…
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#106: Assassin's Creed Shiitake
Monster Hunter Wilds does numbers while Ubisoft seems to be on the verge of change by securing its most valuable IP behind a new subsidiary funded largely by Tencent. Newswhile, two tantalizing Nintendo Directs have brought new information to light regarding Switch 2 and Miyazaki's next magnum…
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#105: Hell Is Us
While having a chat about recent events in the video game world, the Boys discuss Dragon Age: The Veilguard going free on PS+, the release of AC Shadows, and Atomfall on the horizon. Newswhile, Star Wars Hunters plug is pulled, Indiana Jones imminent on PS5, Death Stranding 2 gets a proper banana...
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#104: Cheesy Naan
Multimedia giant Warner Brothers gets cold feet, cancelling in-development Wonder Woman property and closing three studios, including storied Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions and MultiVersus developer Player First Games. In other news, Bloober Team signs another deal with Konami...
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#103: State of The Nightreign
In a minor deviation from our usual routine, Noob Talk is very happy to bring you some hands-on impressions from the recent Elden Ring Nightreign Network Test. In other news, the Boys discuss Sony’s February State of Play, whether or not the largest PSN outage since 2011 really matters, Marvel...
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#102: Unlikely Allies
As recent financial reports emerge, what exactly will 64% of Microsoft’s total December game sales occurring on PlayStation mean for the future? We discuss. Otherwise, Warhammer Space Marine 2 publisher prepares for tomorrow, Sony back-pedals again on required PSN account linking on PC, more...
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#101: The Wonderful Episode
Sony is cancelling live-service projects like it's going out of style, meanwhile more Xbox games appear to be on their way to PlayStation, the Marvel Rivals bot controversy, and Nintendo Switch 2 is finally revealed (for real!). In other news, Beyond the Ice Palace is the 27-years-later sequel...
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#100: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2025
The Boys ring in the new year with a delightful discussion about what is sure to be another fantastic year in the world of video games. Please do enjoy a sure-to-be riveting amalgamation of Noob Talk Radio’s ten most anticipated games of 2025.
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Fireside Chat: Noob Talk Radio’s Christmas Vacation
In this Super Special Holiday Bonus Episode, the Boys go through their respective lists of the Top Five Games of This Year That We Wish We Could Play But Can’t. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and please do enjoy. We’ll see you in 2025.
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#99: Loud Slurping Noises
The Boys discuss Ubisoft’s uncertain future with a buyout from Tencent under consideration, while Diablo IV competitor Path of Exile 2 launches into Early Access with alarmingly high player counts, Sony’s foray into the portable space rumored to be a PS5 console on-the-go, Cyberpunk still getting...
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#98: Cooking With Gasoline
As Sony contemplates an acquisition of FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa, the boys discuss the potential implications of such a deal on our beloved and dare I say favorite studio. In other news, we speculate on what a PlayStation Portal cloud streaming update could mean for the portable gaming...
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#97: A Divisive Game Draws Near
What the heck is going on with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? No one seems to be able to agree! We discuss. Newswhile, Last of Us Season 2 release date solidified, GTA VI release window confirmed, Private Division gets sold, Switch 2 is backwards compatible, Stalker 2 approaches, Death Stranding...
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#96: Spook Talk Radio
Kamala Harris’s campaign advertises to Fortnite while juicy details immediately emerged regarding Nintendo’s mysterious online playtest that the company very politely asked everyone not to discuss. In other news, The Day Before attempts a comeback, Call of Duty adds “Pay to Hear” to its latest...
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#95: First Mission Back, Part Two
A wandering news episode draws near! After US court ruling, Microsoft boldly goes directly on to Google’s Android store, Nintendo asks players to please not discuss their super secret online playtest, Alien: Isolation 2 in development, Six Days In Fallujah releases its first documentary story...
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#95: First Mission Back, Part One
After being on hiatus, the Boys return to your (somewhat) regularly scheduled programming for a look back on some highlights from this year’s Gamescom show, as well as a few titles from Sony’s September State of Play. Please be excited.
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#94: We'll Be Back
John Carpenter is working with Boss Team on a new Halloween game, a small indie developer figures out a cunning workaround to SAG-AFTRA’s voice actor strike, Borderlands bombs, rapid fire-while, Replaced and Terminator: Survivor delayed (teardrop tattoo), Chernobylite 2 announced, River City…
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#93: Welcome To The Internet
Your friendly neighborhood podcast hosts discuss Ubisoft’s statement regarding Assassin’s Creed Shadows, video game voice actors on strike over AI protections, unions at Blizzard and Bethesda, a new report regarding in-app purchases in freemium titles, Green Hell PS5, BioShock movie, Stalker 2...
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#92: Awakening
The Boys have a meandering chat about the very intriguing recent Dune: Awakening Direct put out by Funcom for their upcoming survival MMO. In other news, Microsoft partners with Amazon for a no-console Xbox bundle while hiking GamePass prices, Capcom talks Dead Rising Remaster and teases Resident...
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#91: Summer Games Fest 2024
Is Summer Games Fest too monumentally gargantuan to even have the most pathetically inadequate hope of covering every meaningfully tantalizing game announcement and showcase in one podcast episode? Yes. Yes, it is. That said, from the new and sometimes out-of-left-field like Mighty Morphin’ Power...
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Fireside Chat: Video Games & TV
The Boys sit down for a whimsical fireside chat to discuss Josh’s recent overwhelmingly positive experiences with the System Shock Remake on console, Tieg’s enjoyment of the Halo TV show's Season 2, as well as some recent video game into TV adaptation news, including Yakuza: Like A Dragon live...
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#90: Pretending We're Mad
The Boys have a meandering chat about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, IGN Entertainment acquires multiple news outlets, former XCOM director Jake Solomon making a next-gen “life-sim,” Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert making new game that is a cross of Diablo, Zelda, and Thimbleweed Park, China’s laws...
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#89: Podcast Reborn
While musing over the implications Early Access may or may not have had on Miyazaki’s seminal hit Dark Souls, the Boys discuss Microsoft’s tumultuous course of studio closures (which we don’t like) and the recent strong performance of Xbox games on PlayStation (which we do like), as well…
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#88: Little Devil Inside
The Boys discuss the vagaries of revisionist history via Lara Croft’s pin-up poster removals in Tomb Raider, while the voice actor behind Three Dog expresses enthusiasm in joining Fallout Season 2, Fallout 4 PS5 edition releases, and Little Devil Inside attempts to rise from the grave. Newswhile…
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#87: Outlaw Country
While a disturbance in the force causes a wandering Fallout TV show to draw near, the Boys go over the Star Wars Outlaws almost too-soon-to-believe release date announcement, Hollow Knight Silksong Xbox Store listings indicating a release date around the corner, and Saber Interactive’s mildly...
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#86: The Stupiderest Episode
The Boys discuss a slice of gaming news covering the System Shock Remake console release date announcement (finally!), new Black Panther and Captain America game from Amy Hennig, Bungie’s Marathon Director shakeup, Star Wars: Jedi director announcing new studio, Dragon’s Dogma gets mixed…
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#85: Shadow of The Podcast
Now that regularly scheduled programming has resumed, the Boys discuss the ever-so-tasty concrete details that have emerged regarding the upcoming Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC package. Newswhile, Dune: Awakening, the new survival MMO from Funcom, gets its first ever gameplay trailer. We...
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#84: Coming To Grips
As the Boys wrestle with the existential question of “What is Palworld and why should we care?”, an Elden Ring mobile game is in development, Xbox games are seemingly coming to PlayStation, Vampire: The Masquerade’s new gameplay trailer fails to impress, Elex II developer is struggling…
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#83: A Province Far, Far Away
In a very special Noob Talk Radio episode starring special guest co-host Mr. Michael Evans, we discuss recent duelling comments from Ubisoft and Larian Studios regarding the state of subscription services in our beloved industry, meanwhile layoffs occur at Eidos Montreal along with the new Deus…
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Fireside Chat: And Most Anticipated Games of 2024
The Boys are back from vacation and it's time for Noob Talk Radio to discuss the year to come. Is there any possible chance that the coming year will bring us as many delectable gaming goodies that are sure to titillate the sense as the previous one did? Who knows! We discuss. Please be excited.
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Fireside Chat: Our Favorite Games of 2023
In what may just be one of the greatest years in video gaming for at least the past decade, Josh and Tieg sit down to have a post-holiday fireside chat about the most stand-out games of 2023. We each made a secret list of our Top Three (along with a few runner-ups), and we discuss our choices as...
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#82: A Very Loot-y Christmas
The Boys sit down with a healthy dose of video game news to light your way through the holiday season. Embracer may be losing its grip, while E3 is finally dead, The Day Before implodes spectacularly, and Disney insists there is hope for our beleaguered Knights of the Old Republic remake. In…
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#81: The Game Awards 2023
As 2023 nears the finish line, the Boys sit down for a long and winding road through all the exciting new game announcements to come out of this year’s Video Game Awards, which we will be honest, were a pretty unique and fascinating slice of games. Please be excited.
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#80: No Carry
Returnal director leaves Housemarque, GTA VI announces it’s being announced, and what the heck is going on with the new Call of Duty launcher? Meanwhile, the Boys discuss what they’ve been playing (Diablo IV & Star Wars RPG?), as well as Steam curioso Lethal Company, Astral Ascent’s very positive...
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#79: Localized In The West
After regaling you with tales of their gaming exploits, the Boys discuss a recent recruitment drive at FromSoft, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 narrative details, and PS5 Slim disc drive’s necessity to handshake with online servers in order to work. Meanwhile in the rapid fire, Banishers:...
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#78: Cold Open
As the spooky time draws near, the Boys discuss the intriguing offerings on display at Indie Horror Showcase 2023, then recent layoffs at Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes, as well as Epic’s spicy new incentives to draw in developers to their ecosystem. Meanwhile in the rapid fire,...
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#77: Dad Jokes
The Boys are back with an action-packed, missile salvo of news for you with the PS5 Slim here in time for the holidays, Silent Hill 2 Remake likely imminent, CD Projekt working on live action Cyberpunk show, and renewed concern circulating for Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Remake. In…
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#76: Nice, Bite-Size Chunks
Unity brings division (but not that Division), while in other news, The Division 3 officially enters production, Callisto Protocol’s Striking Distance Studios isn’t doing so hot, FTC Court leaks lead to Fallout 3 Remaster plans, Sony’s State of Play offers Helldivers 2 release date, System Shock...
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#75: Face Diapers
The Boys are back with your regularly scheduled news! We discuss the PS+ price hike along with tasty September games, Starfield’s success, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2’s re-reveal under new developer The Chinese Room, and The MIX Showcase 2023 (Holy Indies, Batman!). Meanwhile in rapid...
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#74: Gamescom 2023
The Boys are back with their Gamescom 2023 hot takes! We’re here to bring you our deepest ruminations on this year’s slew of offerings, including but not limited to Killing Floor 3, Stalker 2,#Blud, Nightingale, Mortal Kombat, Alan Wake, Lords of The Fallen, Off The Grid, and more! Also…
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