The Game.Set.Match Podcast

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie and Boozer, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: In alcoholic induced #106, Rockstar gets our highlight developer of the week where we ask: is Grand Theft Auto V the greatest game of the current generation, and how will Red Dead Redemption 2's delay impact the 2018 release schedule? Plus, Nintendo puts together a steal for Splatoon fans, Mike Ybarra adds more context to the ambiguous Scorpio release, and the team goes over the 7 things you need to know for Destiny 2 this fall.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Boozer, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: On the heels of E3 2017, IO Interactive finds itself without a job, putting the future of the Hitman series in jeopardy. Plus, Sea of Thieves plans out its XBOX Play Anywhere structure, multiple reports claim EA is putting both BioWare and the Mass Effect series on indefinite hiatus, and a new generation of Sonic the Hedgehog gives players more creative freedom than they've asked for.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie and Boozer, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: #104 sees the crew begin the hype build for #E32017. South Korea's Presidential Election is over, but not until one candidate channels their inner Overwatch. Plus, Half-Life is now available in Germany, 5 games highlight the Class of 2017 entries into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, and Vince Ingenito overreacts to fanboy article on Polygon. Finally, the crew reflects on what they wish they would've known about the video game industry prior to being in it.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Kienan takes ahold of the GOAT of the Week, someone decides to end Overwatch's Uprising event early, and Nintendo reflects on the discontinued NES Classic Edition. Plus, Phil Spencer's perspective on Story-based games causes an uproar in the group as they try to align his views with the upcoming XBOX Scorpio reveal.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie and Boozer, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This Week: The crew seems to be back in stride as #102 sees the quartet debate the merits of buying Everything on Steam. Plus, Two Worlds 2 still exists, South Korean candidate, Moon Jae-In, does politics better than Hillary Clinton and Call of Duty: WWII tries to win over fans who are struggling to cope with the pricing of Modern Warfare Remastered's DLC. Finally, our Main Discussion wonders what features, mechanics, and other ways to play video games should be retired and which ones should come out of retirement.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Haylie & Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: After the 2 week hiatus, the crew struggles to find new ways to incorporate the word "Cyberpunk" now that it belongs to Witcher Dev, CD Projekt Red. Plus, Gamestop continues to struggle in 2017, Nintendo's opening sales numbers are released, and the team puts together their 2017 Predictions that are sure to go wrong.

Episode #100 sees the crew together in the same room to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: We reflect on 100 episodes and how The GSM Podcast has grown and progressed over the last 3 years. Plus, Kienan's deep revelation on his episode #1 attire leads to a wardrobe malfunction. Then, the crew continues their Destiny 1 reflection in preparation for Destiny 2.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie and Last Line Show Host, Boozer, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: In Penultimate #99, the crew dives into Playtonic's decision to remove Jon Jafari (JonTron) from their upcoming title, Yooka-Laylee (4/4). Plus, Nintendo finally responds to fans with Joy-Con issues, Christopher Judge seems to think God of War is launching in 2017, and after 5 years of ups and downs, the crew truly reflects on their time with Destiny 1 and just how Bungie gained and lost their trust along the way.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie and Last Line Show host, Boozer, discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: As the team rapidly approaches #100, they focus on the big name titles released in Q1 and give their honest reviews of the good and the bad from the highlight releases this year. Plus, Super Mario Run lands on Android, Mass Effect Andromeda is neck deep in drama, and mathematics saves the day as players crunch the numbers on For Honor's micro-transactions.

Joe and Kienan are joined by @lastlineshow host Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Haylie has the week off after her PAX East escapades, which leaves us with the original three. As the guys reflect on an amazing few years, they are reminded of their time spent with Tom Clancy's The Division, especially after Ubisoft's lackluster Year 2 Expansion announcement. Plus, we bid farewell to Colin Moriarty from KindaFunny, Breath of the Wild gets a bad review and a DDos attack, and Playstation counters XBOX's Game Pass announcement with one of their own, but why does this new generation come with so many hoops for fans of Digital Content to jump through?

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, are joined by Last Line Show host Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Episode #96 sees the crew celebrate 100 Followers on Twitch! As a token of their gratitude, they strip away all of the shine and give an honest review of the Nintendo Switch. Plus, Bolivia takes their case against Ubisoft to the French, Overwatch has a new character and potential PvE mode, and Bioware cancels their Tech Demo for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Finally, with a lighthouse run and claims of cultural appropriation, Joe wonders just how open the lines of communication are for both players and developers?

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie are joined by Last Line Show Host Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: In full-rendered episode #95, Haylie has officially transitioned over to XBOX One, just in time for Microsoft's XBOX Game Pass announcement. Joe begs to ask if this new streaming service apply to core gamers? Plus, Bioware's Lead apologizes for something that needs no apology, ZeniMax puts the pressure on Occulus, and Ubisoft lays out its compensation package for those left out to dry during For Honor's recent outage.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, are joined by Boozer and Tre to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: It's Super Week as we are less than 5 days away from the 2017 GSM Super Bash LIVE on Twitch! Episode 94 sees our crew as focused and ready as ever...for at least the first 9 minutes. With Breath of the Wild coming out in less than 10 Days, the crew is Joined by Jarrod Vasquez from BSLC Gaming to break down the potential placement of Link's newest adventure within the Hyrule Historia! Plus, Blizzards economy goes topsy-turvy, Crash Bandicoot has a release date, and Joe defends one politician's call out for Game Developers everywhere. Joe - @DiamondJAB Kienan - @ki3n3ybikini25 Haylie - @RequiemNyght Boozer - @Lastlineshow Tre - @GGxHandles Our Guest: Jarrod - @BSLCGaming

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, are joined by Tre Bellow to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: It's an adult episode as Tre breaks down the Humble Bundle deal of the week that contains no games. Nevertheless, we get back into the gaming talk to discuss GameStop's 1000 new Nintendo Switch preorders, EA's twitter Champion from the Madden Bowl, and Destiny 2's "Deep and Intricate" story arc. Plus, the crew dives into the pro's and con's of Early Access. Can gamers properly educate themselves when Early Access continues to appeal to the things they love the most about the service, while potentially failing them along the way?

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, are joined by Boozer and Travon to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This Week: The never-ending battle between video game retailers GAME UK and GameStop has come to sudden halt after Kotaku's revealing report on GameStop's internal Circle of Life policy and how stringent the experience has been for employees across the US. Plus, Niantic finds themselves in a legal battle against the city of Milwaukee, Blizzard redefines their Token system to allow WoW players expanded use of in game currency, and League of Legends player Faker takes twitch by storm with his first stream. Finally, developers have a little too much fun with the endowment slider in Funcom's Conan: Exile, and Nintendo gets a major win with a touching Vice report.

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, are joined by Last Line Show host Jonathan Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: The Post PAX lull begins to set in as the crew reflects on their time in San Antonio. Plus, PETA steps against the mini-figuring market, #SKATE4 hits the trending charts, and Yooka-Laylee finally goes gold after 21 months on Kickstarter. Finally, EA's earnings call sets a higher bar for FIFA and Battlefield, Star Wars: Battlefront to goes through a major narrative overhaul, and Capcom sees success and failure in the same game. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and catch our weekly livestream, Tuesday's at 7:00 PM EST on www.twitch.tv/gsm_podcast

Joe and Kienan, alongside Haylie, are joined by Terrell (Rex244), Maddie (shinycapn86), and Blake (Seph07) to talk about their experiences at PAX South 2017. From our hands on Nintendo Switch experience to Twitch's new Community platform, we highlight the best (and worst) things to appear at this major conference. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and catch our weekly livestream, Tuesday's at 7:00 PM EST on www.twitch.tv/gsm_podcast

Joe and Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer, and Travon to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: 10 Episodes away from 100 and the crew is ready to start some drama. Between Respawn's laughable response to the Nintendo Switch and Ashley Judd's jab at the game industry's misogynistic attitude towards women, Episode #90 is sure to be filled with serious and humorous conversation. Plus, EA Access players get a pleasant surprise, Overwatch starts the new year off right, and Leslie Benzies finds life without Rockstar in Scotland.

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer and Travon to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Kojima has his sights set on his old employer, the whole crew lets their reactions to Nintendo's treehouse event settle, and Gamestop has a successful week before crush Nintendo fans' hopes and dreams! Plus, BioWare reveals its synchronized Single Player and Multiplayer in Mass Effect:Andromeda, Brexit's impact on the UK App Store makes Super Mario Run a tad bit too expensive, and PAX South will see your favorite Podcast crew in all of its ridiculousness!

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer, and Jessie to give post-show reaction to Nintendo's livestream event for the Nintendo Switch: From the price point to the launch date, the releases and the delays, Nintendo's Treehouse livestream was one for the history books. The glory and gimmicks aside, did the Switch impress our panel of gamers, or are Nintendo's hardware days numbered?

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer, and GG_Tray to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This week: Q1 releases have a tendency to be very peak and valley, but this year's early highlights might be some of the best this decade. Plus, Mass Effect: Andromeda has chosen for forego the Season Pass approach. How does their decision to individualize their DLC impact gamers and their wallets? Finally, Microsoft has parted ways with PlatinumGames and their exclusive ScaleBound, bringing their 2017 exclusive number to 8. Meanwhile, Sony has 36 exclusives with a TBA 2017 attached date. We dare to ask the question: Will Quantity or Quality win out in the latest chapter of the console war?

Joe and Kienan are joined by Haylie and Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Happy new year to all of our supporters! CNN takes hacking to another level and another Oculus VR Head is in hot water, this time with the authorities! Then, 30 minutes in and already the crew is trying to figure out if Nintendo's new console, the Nintendo Switch, is creating a false sense of quality for its fanbase as it attempts to avoid competing against the current-generation of consoles. Finally, 2016 was full of disappointing games, so with a fresh year and a fresh start in mind, what could developers have done to make their products better for their buyers?

From all of us here at The Game Set Match Podcast, we would like to wish you a Happy Holiday's! From Boozer's audio problems, to LB "Joe", to Cloris Leachman, and back to Boozer's audio issues, the fall of 2016 was full of craziness that's been condensed down to 20 minutes of pure gold. Our gift from us to you... - The GSM Crew

Joe & Kienan are joined by Boozer, Haylie, Travon and special guests Felix and Neo from The Emergent Gamer Podcast to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Welcome to the 1st annual GSM Awards where the best in the business grade and critique the years biggest video games! From open worlds to open hearts, successes and failures: every game brought us the best the gaming industry has to offer! We'll dissect which RPG represented the best in player choice, which narrative drove its story into the hearts of millions, and which Multiplayer game best represents competition and cooperation! Plus, which story took our #GOAT of the Year award?

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer, Haylie, and Travon to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Spending $1 Million on Game of War is one thing, but not paying your staff is another as the crew breaks down the problems taking place at Crytek. Plus, stick around for next week's episode as we're joined by The Emergent Gamer Podcast to hand out our awards for Game of the Year!

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer, Haylie and Tre to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: From the nominees and winners of the 2016 Game Awards, to the winners and losers at the Playstation Experience, the crew this week has a lot to tear apart. Plus, the return of The Duke, Destiny's new update "The Dawning", and we prepare for the year end show next week with some awesome news you will want to stick around for.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer and Haylie to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: We hope everyone survived their Black Friday rage fest as Call of Duty owners might be a little angry at the temporary price tag. Also, a research study shows revealing statistics on how women face objectification on Twitch every day. Plus, Ubisoft v. Vivendi, Molyneux breaks his silence on the Fable series, and we prep for the Playstation Experience next week.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer and Haylie to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there, including our #GSMArmy as Deadrising 4 has an interesting way of keeping their fans excited! Plus, Survival is on the minds of both Ubisoft and Naughty Dog fans as we get the scoop on two very different modes for two very different games! Finally, The Golden Joystick Awards took place last week! Who took away the first Game of the Year award, who surprised, and who disappointed?

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer and new contributor, Travon Bellow, to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: Travon details his love for the fighting genre as the crew breaks down the top 15 XBOX games of all time! From Halo to Castle Crashers, Forza to Mass Effect, our team lands on 4 different titles in their top 5! Plus, Ubisoft has another rough week as Watch Dogs 2 hit the shelves, and Nintendo's debut on the iOS app store has a price tag.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer and Travon to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: N7 Day has come and gone as the crew sifts through all of the news on BioWare's upcoming Space Odyssey. Plus, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare sends mixed signals on launch week, Titanfall 2 might become the highlight shooter if their long term plan sticks, and an ex-2K developer spills the beans on the cause of the struggles 2K has seen with some of their outsourced titles like Evolve, Mafia III, and many others.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer, Haylie, Jarrod, and special Guest Travon "Magic" Bellow to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: We are 80 episodes in and the news of No Man's Sky and its fall from grace continues after Sean Murray tweets how he really feels about his team's space odyssey. Plus: Final Fantasy XV introduces multiplayer (with one caveat)! Evolve is officially old news to 2K! It might be awhile before we see any more God of War! Finally, the crew dives deep into successful game designs, the impact of Random Number Generators, and how has the recent chapter in the history of gaming been defined by sizable patches, incessant balancing, and ludicrous micro transactions?

Joe & Kienan are joined by Boozer and Haylie to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This week: Safe to say without a conference, the last two weeks have been full of "Conference Level" Announcements! From Red Dead Redemption to the Nintendo Switch, we get you all caught up on the need to know! Plus, UK Retailer GAME is charging for in-store PSVR Demo Sessions, Gamestop is asking for your really old shit, and the crew scratches the surface of the Voice Actors Strike against Video Game developers.

Joe & Kienan are joined by Boozer, Haylie, and Jarrod to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: Destiny: Rise of Iron is still hot on everyone's mind as the crew dives a little deeper into the last scheduled expansion for the shooter. Plus, they look at Playstation VR's devil inducing instruction manual, Mafia 3's horrid start, Call of Duty's teeny-tiny storage problem, and with Star Wars: Battlefront and Mirrors Edge: Catalyst joining the EA Access ranks within 1 year of their original release, why do we even bother buying games on launch day anymore?

Joe and Kienan are joined by Last Line Show host Jonathan Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: After a week of grinding, bounty hunting, striking, and raiding, the crew has their official Destiny: Rise of Iron Review. While it's one expansion forward, is it literally two expansions back for the last entry in the shooter's tenacious time on the shelves. Plus, No Man's Sky has entered Evolve territory, Rhode Island finally gets their money from 38 Studios, and VR Devs try to force Palmer Luckey's hand.

Joe & Kienan are joined by Boozer and Haylie to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: The gang has morphed into an 8 person escapade as the entire crew of The Emergent Gamer Podcast joins us to discuss the Playstation Meeting in all its success and failures. From the PS4 Pro, to the landscape of console gaming, this roundtable discussion sets the table for what the fall will look like with 3 Sony consoles on the market. PLUS: The GOAT of the Week goes to the man who predicted the prototypical pushback we've waited for, and we discuss what amazing games got left behind by the fall launch lineup of years past.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer and Corwyn to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: It's a full news week and happy Thursday to everyone as th crew preps for Sony's PlayStation Meeting! Plus, they talk refunds, Call of Duty, and Pokémon Go finds itself as the GOAT of the Week again!

The NFL season is just about to kickoff so Joe and Kienan decided to sit down and do a preview and make some predictions on the upcoming NFL season. This is Part 2 of 2 in which the crew tackles the AFC. We were able to land on the same page of which team we think is at the top- will be right at the end of the season?

The NFL season is just about to kickoff so Joe and Kienan decided to sit down and do a preview and make some predictions on the upcoming NFL season. This is Part 1 of 2 in which the crew tackles the NFC. After all of this there is one question that still remains - is this the year of Dak?

Joe and Kienan are joined by Boozer and Haylie to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: #74 is full of fun as the Queen returns from her 3 show break to rail on EA's Patrick Soderlund and the derailment of Frontwire's Galaxy in Turmoil. Plus, we hand out another GOAT of the Week, Tekken 7's swimsuit characters are a "difference in culture", is Sony to blame for unreal expectations set for No Man's Sky, and XBOX's Alberto Penello attempts to vaguely define what the XBOX Scorpio could do to the Console Industry.

Joe & Kienan are joined by Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This Week: No Man's Sky hit store shelves this week to a host of online features that don't include online play! Joe breaks down the good and the bad of the Space Odyssey, Kienan's experience under the cowl has him loving Batman: A Telltale Series, and Sony's conference is just a few weeks away, but the PS4 Neo seems to want no part of Project Scorpio.

Joe and Kienan are joined by our good pal Boozer to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This Week: The crew decides that all this editing is for the birds. A special Uncut episode of Game.Set.Match sees the team discuss Batman's legacy on PC, Destiny's upcoming DLC, No Man's Sky and its inevitable demise, and how to properly plug in a Yeti Microphone. Plus, what remasters are too far gone to bring back?

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer, and Corwyn to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This Week: Kienan takes the reins as the team gauges whether No Man's Sky will succeed or fail as we approach the "exciting" fall lineup. Then, with Microsoft seemingly making moves on companies still using Win32, does the UWP pose a threat to the PC master race? Then, all jokes aside, our G.O.A.T of the Week spent way too much money on a game coming out next week, Sony's VR announcement sounds eerily similar to Microsoft's Kinect reveal, and Niantic seems to be ignoring their fans with every pokéball throw and gym battle. Has Pokémon Go lost steam already?

Crack open bottle or pour yourself a pint, and join the Co-Creators for another episode of Happy Hour! This Week: Kienan has the Orlando Magic on his mind after watch ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary on Nick Anderson's missed free throws and what could've been in the sunshine state. Then, UFC 200 came and went faster than a first round K.O. as subpar replacements, lack of star power, and unfulfilled promises led to an event very different from Dana White's expectations. Finally, they decide its time to make some way too early NFL predictions.

Joe and Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer, and Jarrod to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: The full crew dive into the news and notes of the week including: Mafia III's 60+ Awards coming out of E3, Evolve's 1,000,000 online players since going Free-to-Play, and Breeding Season seems to be dead and buried as they look at how Patreon's most funded title wound up tearing itself a part. Plus, Sony is backtracking after 2 leaked reports suggest the price, package, and specs of the upcoming PS4 Neo. How does it stack overall?

Joe & Kienan are joined by our good pal Boozer to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: From Yahoo, to Pokémon Go, the GOAT of the Week is chalk full of funny! Plus, the guys dive into Evolve's new Free-To-Play structure and if that will actually change the opinion of the masses of the former E3 Best of Show Winner. Then, YouTube stars are deep in another scandal as the guys discuss the CSGO Lotto report and with Adr1ft ready to hit shelves soon, is the first wave of VR games enough to purchase the hardware?

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie and Boozer to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: After the 2 week break, the crew comes back to new Division content, a new memorial in Lijiang Tower, and a collage of Jaden Smith tweets. Plus, Fallout 4 seems to be the topic of drama as another Polygon article debates the balance between a world that's too open, and a world of sustainable quality. Do Open Worlds lack the definition needed to be memorable?

The OG is back by Popular Demand! After the long wait, The Co-Founders have brought back the Sports Desk in this hour-long, monthly exclusive for iTunes. From Euro 2016, to Copa America, to the NBA Finals, we got you covered!

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie, Boozer, and Corwyn to talk the biggest news is Gaming! This week: The crew gets together before the two-week break to celebrate E32016. We have our Best & Worst of Show, the Winners & Losers of the weekend, and why Final Fantasy XV had such a bad E3?

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie and Boozer to discuss the biggest news in Gaming! This Week: The crew reacts to all of the leaked #E32016 reveals and EA Kicks off the week with kinda-sorta excitement. Then, they talk Warcraft, Call of Duty starpower, and Mafia 3's attempt at showing players what it truly feels like to be a Black Man in the South in the 1960's. Plus, Felix Hergood from The Emergent Gamer Podcast stops by before his trip to E3 to discuss T.C. Sottek's article in The Verge that dives into how EA's "Celebration of Violence" is a stark contrast to the sad events that took place in Orlando, FL on the same day.

Joe & Kienan are joined by Haylie and Jarrod to discuss the biggest news in gaming! This week: #E32016 is here so the crew sets the stage for what you can expect to see from the stage in California. Plus, our Overwatch review sees a great foundation with some borderline game-breaking flaws. Then the crew pays homage for Muhammad Ali, The Division takes to the big screen, and do some games belong to a certain generation?