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Join Lucas, Matthew, Chambers, and Hyalet as they go down memory lane and draft THE MOST ICONIC GAMES THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER! What was first pick? Who cooked? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Chambers as they dive into the amazing open world sci-fi adventure game Outer Wilds! Let's find out if the game holds up after nearly 8 years! And is that DLC worth playing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt, and Hot Mickey as they dive into the big news of the Summer and catch you up on everything you may have missed – and stuff we missed! Are the hype trains still running for GTA? Are we still going to play Wolverine this year? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Hot Mickey as they talk about Season 1 of the latest World of Warcraft Expansion Midnight! Is the game in a good spot? How's the class diversity? How are the systems? Is the game even fun?? Find out now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Hyalet as they dive into the latest thriller from IO Interactive! From the developer of the beloved Hitman series comes a new James Bond game ready to dazzle us or let us down. Did IO Interactive pull off a game worthy of this IP? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Mickey, and Chambers as they dive into the classic game Roller Coaster Tycoon 2. Does it hold up 25 years later? Is it everything we remembered? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Matt as they talk about all the recent new announcements and hype from Summer Game Fest 2026! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, and Chambers as they dive into the entire history and cultural impact of HALO 3. One of the most iconic games ever made on one of the most iconic consoles to ever exist. Did this game change the landscape of online gaming or even gaming as a whole? Does the gameplay still hold up today? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt and Chambers as they give into the latest news from Xbox and their quest to right all their wrongs! Speaking of wrongs, did anyone else see this new Starfox game?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Join Lucas, Chambers, and Hot Mickey as they dive into some of the latest news out there. Private servers dying is always sad but this time does it mean something more? Is there a new golden age of emulation upon us? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt, Hot Mickey, and Chambers as they dive into the giant behemoth movie, the sequel to one of the biggest commercial successes of all time Super Mario Galaxy! Did it suck? Do we hate it? Is it the best movie of all time? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Hyalet as we talk with Grace Schroeder, who has been conducting research on the effects of videogames in the therapy/counseling space. How can video games enhance our ability to communicate freely with our mental health professionals and what can we learn from all of this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Matt as they give their official review of Resident Evil: Requiem! The latest and greatest in a long line of amazing survival horror games – some might say the great horror video game franchise ever! Did they love it? Was it too scary? Is Leon really that hot? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt, Chambers and Hot Mickey and they pick from one of the greatest and deepest catalogues ever – Mario games! Who will have the best lineup and who will pick the secret sleepers? And what really is the best Mario game of all time? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Thanks For Playing, we’re diving into a little bit of everything. We kick things off with our Oscars 2026 reactions, including thoughts on Sinners, Best Actor, cinematography, and why some of this year’s biggest nominees left us a little split. If you love movie talk with strong opinions, this one’s for you. From there, we jump into gaming and esports, including the new USA Esports Alliance and whether esports can ever really capture the same magic as traditional sports. We also get into Jeff Kaplan’s revealing comments about Overwatch 2, Blizzard’s messy decision-making, the rise of AI-powered graphics tools, the weird reality of Pokemon Go data helping train delivery robots, and the frustration around RuneScape’s latest membership price increase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Timurhan, and Lucas as they talk through the failure of Highguard and the future of hero shooters + Rumor has it Sony has been testing out dynamic pricing on their shop, how dare they! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Lucas as they dive into The Seance of Blake Manor. A surprise critical success visual novel mystery game developed by Spooky Doorway. Are visual novel mystery games back?? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Thanks For Playing, Matt and Hot Mickey run an abridged history of the console wars—from Atari’s boom-and-bust (yes, E.T.), to Nintendo’s NES “seal of quality,” Sega’s edgy Genesis era, Sony’s PlayStation pivot that changed everything, and Microsoft entering the chat with Xbox Live, LAN parties, and Halo nights. They also debate what console wars even look like now: fewer exclusives, crossplay everywhere, Steam remote play, and a future that might be more “subscription/cloud wars” than plastic boxes under your TV. Plus: first consoles, legendary gamertags, and one extremely dangerous Wii Tennis household memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt, Chambers, and Hot Mickey as they try to create the BEST video game character they can by drafting traits! Who will win and who will die? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Chambers as they dive into the latest and greatest about 2XKO, this whole Discord thing, and Overwatch 2 dropping that 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War... War Never Changes... Join Matt, Lucas, and Chambers as they dive into the Mojave Wasteland! What will they find out there in the wild wild west?? And how will they rate this game? Has it aged well? Is it clunky and ugly? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Mickey, and Timurhan as they talk NFL playoffs, Red Dead Redemption 2, and why is it Nintendo is still so successful, despite being the least tech forward of all the major developers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Chambers, Hyalet, Lucas, and Matt as they dive into the latest multiplayer extraction shooter ARC RAIDERS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Chambers, and Lucas as they cover some of the latest and greatest news coming around Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, Chambers, and Hyalet as they dive into everything they're excited about in 2026! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt, and Chambers are they dive into everything they played in 2025. The good, the bad, the slop. And a Happy New Year to everyone!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, and Chambers as they pick their favorite timeless Christmas characters from lore/canon. Merry Christmas one and all! Hope you got your favorite video game from a person you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, and Chambers as they jump into what they loved and what they hated about The Game Awards 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Timurhan as they dive into the new indie game Dispatch (also nominated for best debut indie game) by AdHoc Studio! Is it as good as they say? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Chambers, Matt, and Lucas as they dive into everything they've been into in this grab bag of topics on today's episode. Beware there are some Breaking Bad spoilers because Lucas just finished the show for the first time. Anyways hope you're all having a great day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Hyalet and Lucas as they dive into 1600s Ezo, Japan on a quest for revenge! Did this game live up to the hype?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come join Matt, Hyalet, and Chambers as they chat about the latest nominees from the Video Game Awards 2025! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Timurhan as they dive into the highly anticipated sequel to th award-winning masterpiece Hades. Does this game live up to its name?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, and Hyalet as they dive into the latest sad news of massive layoffs and what they mean for both gaming and the job market as a whole.d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, and Chambers as they descend into Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The start of the Let's Play revolution, the scariest game of all time, but did it age well or is it all hype? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow! Can you believe we've never done this draft before? Neither could we! Who will win, who will d*e in this insane draft of the greatest game developers of all time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Hot Mickey as they give the FINAL OFFICIAL VERDICT on Hollow Knight: Silksong! Was it worth the wait? Was it good? Or was it just too hard to be good? Find out RIGHT NOW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Chambers, Matt, and Lucas as they dive into the world of Revachol! It's been years since this game came out and the question everyone has been asking: Is it still that good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, Hyalet, Hot Mickey, and Chambers are they fight hard to draft their favorite sports games of all time! Who will win? Who will die? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas, Matt, Chambers, and Hot Mickey as they dive into the latest topical news, including Chambers's adventures in crazy corners of the internet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Hyalet as they dive into the latest Mafia game! Did they love it or did they absolutely hate it? Find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Mickey as they dive into the two greatest video games of our time: Runescape and Hollow Knight Silksong! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come hang out with Lucas as he digs deep into the crazy kinetic destructible world of Donkey Kong Bananza! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, Chambers and Hot Mickey as they dive into the incredible news and announcements to come out of Gamescom 2025 including HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Lucas as they jump into the history and structure of one of the most valuable gaming companies around and some of the insane economics of everyone's favorite thing: annualized sports video games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Chambers as they dive into a wide-ranging conversation about the current state and future of gaming, covering personal gaming updates, market trends, and industry challenges. Chambers shares his recent roguelite kick—moving from Crab Champions to RoboQuest and Slay the Spire—while Matt samples Mafia: The Old Country and experiments with quirky multiplayer titles like Majorina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt and Lucas as they dive into the SECOND strand-type game that Kojima though was TOO GOOD! What do we think? All hype? Sloppy mess? Should we have even connected? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lucas and Hyalet as they review the great Final Fantasy 6. Did you know this is the first Final Fantasy Thanks For Playing has reviewed? Crazy I know! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Matt, Lucas, Hyalet, and Chambers as they DRAFT their favorite heroes from video games!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices