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Spectator Mode Gaming Podcast — 227 episodes
Ep. 231 - EA’s New Owners and Netflix’s Ridiculous GTA 6 Stunt
Ep. 230 – Marvel Tōkon Impressions, Xbox and PlayStation Go Down
Ep. 228 - Echoes of Aincrad, Lenovo Legion C700 & Digital Ownership
Ep. 227 - Let's Talk About All The Horrible Stuff Xbox Is Doing
Ep. 225: PlayStation Ending Physical Games? What Gamers Need to Know | Spectator Mode Podcast
Ep. 223 - What the heck is Xbox Doing By Raising Prices Again
Ep. 222: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, and Steam Machine Talk
Ep. 221 - Our Summer Game Fest 2026 Recap Was Worth The Wait
EP. 220 - Unreal Engine 6 Revealed, But Can It Fix UE5’s Biggest Problem?
Ep. 218 - Xbox Game Pass Changes, Steam Controller News, Legion Go 2 Sticker Shock
Ep. 216 - PlayStation Price Hike, Marathon Backlash, Mario Galaxy Movie Impressions
Ep. 215 - Epic Games Drama, PS5 Price Problems & Xbox Shifts Strategy
Ep. 214 - Jeff Kaplan Talks Blizzard, PC Gaming Woes & Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hype
Ep.213 - Mega Man Recast, Nagoshi Studio in Trouble, Project Helix Details
Ep. 212 - Nintendo Sues US Govt | Project Helix | PlayStation Exits PC Gaming
EP. 211 - Xbox Leadership Shakeup, EVO Controversy, Bluepoint Games Closed
Ep. 210 – Discord Goes Big Brother, Riot’s 2XKO Layoffs, Nioh 3 Isn’t Elden Ring
Ep. 209 - Xbox Developer Direct | New Dragon Ball Game | GDC 2026 Concerns
Ep. 208 - CES 2026 Impressions | Highguard Hype | Gaming & Media Layoffs
Ep. 207: GameStop Closes Stores | PC Gaming Just Got Super Expensive
Ep. 206: Valve’s Steam Machine, SteamOS, and PC Gaming
Ep. 205: Arknights Endfield Beta II Hands-On, PS Portal Updates & Steam Machine Take Two
Ep. 204: TwitchCon Security concerns, Xbox Ally Handheld Fumbles, Steam Next Fest
Special - We Talk with Milestone About Reviving Arcade Racing in Screamer (2026)
EP. 203: Is Xbox Game Pass Still the Best Deal in Gaming
Ep. 202: Wolverine, ROG Ally, Code Vein 2, Nintendo Shake-Up, and TGS 2025
Ep. 201: Marvel Fighting Souls Impressions, and Nintendo Direct Reactions
Ep. 200: PAX West 2025, Ninja Gaiden 4 and the ROG Xbox Ally X Hands-on
Episode 199 – Silksong Hype, PS5 Price Hike, & Xbox Ally Release Date
Ep. 197 - EVO 2025 Highlights, Dynasty Warriors 25th Anniversary & NSFW Games
Ep. 196 – Itch.io Purges NSFW Games, Sony Sues Tencent, and the Industry Fallout
Ep. 195 – Windows 10 Support Ends for FFXIV, NSFW Games Face Pressure
Ep. 194 - From Superman to Scams, and the State of Multiplayer in 2025
EP. 193 - Mindseye is a failure and does the FGC Need a Saviour
EP. 192: Xbox has a meltdown & the Stop Killing Games movement
EP. 191: ROG Xbox Handheld Price Talk, AMD & Xbox PR Hype and Our Beginnings
EP. 190: SGF 2025, Fighting Games, and Steam Next Fest Highlights
Ep. 189: Summer Game Fest 2025 & Witcher 4 Tech Breakdown
Ep. 188 - Stellar Blade PSN Woes | Nintendo EULA Nonsense | Gamers vs Expensive Games Again
Ep. 187: PS5 Price Hike Drama, Stellar Blade Hits PC, PAX East 2025 Recap
Ep. 186: Are $80 Games the New Norm? | GTA VI Delayed | Gaming Journalism Shakeup
Ep. 185: Capcom’s Back, Forza’s on PS5, and Sony Wants More Money
Ep. 184 - Tariffs Affecting Gaming, Switch 2 Drama, Tron is Back and All New Venom is Terrible
Ep. 183 - Our thoughts and impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct
Ep. 182 - Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, and the Return of Game Informer
Ep. 181 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 & Xbox Handheld Resurfaces
Ep. 180 - Let's Talk About That Fatal Fury: City of The Wolves Demo
Ep. 179 - Impressions and Controversy
Ep. 178 - How the PlayStation Network Outage Affects PC Gamers
Ep. 176 - PC Games PSN Requirements Slashed, and the Future of Xbox
Ep. 175 - Exclusive Hands-On with Assassin's Creed Shadows
Ep. 174 - We Went to CES 2025 and Were Blown Away
Ep.173 - Ending the Year on a High Note
Neptunia Being Scrapped | Elden Ring Nightreign concerns | The Game Awards favorite reveals and overall thoughts
Ep.171: How About Those Game Show Awards Nominations
Ep. 170 - Why Monster Hunter Wilds Will Blow You Away
Ep. 169 - Spider-Man 2 heads to PC & Twitter/X exodus to BlueSky
Ep. 168 - Game Expansions Should Be Considered for GOTY
Ep. 167 - PS Direct Store Issues + October’s Huge Game Releases
EP. 166 - Massive Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero Roster | PS5 Pro
Spectator Mode Podcast Special - Jay and Silent Bob Talk Chronic Blunt Punch with Justin Woodward
Ep. 165 - PS5 Pro Announced | Full PAX West 2024 Experience
Ep. 164 - More Xbox Games Heading to PlayStation and Black Myth Wukong is Doing Well
Episode 163 - We Don't Talk About Deadlock, No No No
Episode 162 - The End of an Era and Bungie Is in Bad Shape
Episode 161: Xbox has no cash for advertising
Episode 160 - Xbox Game Pass on Fire TV and Once Human Impressions
Ep. 159 - Summer Game Fest 2024 Recap
Ep. 158 - IGN acquires its competition, Hellblade 2 Frustration, X-Men '97 Season One -
Ep. 157 - Xbox kills off four studios including Tango Gameworks
Ep. 156 - Gaming industry layoffs and Helldivers 2 PSN Nonsense
Ep. 155 - Sony forces PSN Requirement on Helldivers 2 PC players
Ep. 154 - Interview with Tobey and Denzel of Dennel Cake's Creative Team
Ep. 153 - Gushing over Fallout and X-Men 97 and Ubisoft is screwing up Again
Ep. 152 - Triple-i Initiative Showcase favorites, Dead Space 2 Dead and Xbox Perseveration
Ep. 151 - Keith Reviews PAX East 2024 and What He Wants for Next Year
Ep 150: Passing of a Legend, Stellar Blade Demo Yanked, Contra Review
Ep. 149 - Nintendo Kills Yuzu | Sony and EA Layoffs | Toys for Bob Goes Indie | Sweet Baby Inc
Ep. 148 - Xbox Games on Switch and PS5 | PS5 Games on PC Day One
Ep. 147 - Xbox Doubles Down
Ep. 146 - State of Booty and is Xbox in trouble
Ep. 145 - Palworld takes over the world and gaming handhelds
Ep. 144 - Xbox Developer Direct 2024 Score Card
Ep. 143 - Ubisoft’s game ownership plan and Capcom’s DRM dilemma
Ep. 142 - Twitch, Bobby Kotick, and the Nintendo Switch 2
Ep 141 - Looking back at handheld PC gaming in 2023
Spectator Mode Podcast EP 140: GTA 6, Street Fighter 6 Skin Prices, Goku vs Superman
Ep.139 - Summer Game Fest Greatness and Twitch being Twitch
Ep. 137 - The PlayStation Showcase disappoints but not as much as Gollum
Spectator Mode Podcast ep. 136 - PlayStation Showcase, Fighting Games and more leaks
Spectator Mode Podcast ep. 135 - Your backlog and you, review bombing good games
Spectator Mode Podcast ep. 134 - Nintendo Hardware, Xbox woes continue, AAA games and game leaks
Spectator Mode Podcast - 133: CMA Blocks Microsoft's Acquisition of ABK, Asus Rog Ally
Spectator Mode Podcast - 132: Disney Speedstorm, Dead Island 2 impressions and AI in Gaming
Spectator Mode Podcast -131: Is releasing Redfall at 30fps a mistake?
Where's my Resident Evil 4 Collector's Editon Gamestop? - Ep. 130
The Outerhaven's Diablo 4 Open Beta Impressions
Nintendo officially skips E3 2023, Microsoft isn't selling Xbox - Ep. 129
Nintendo PlayStation and Xbox Abandon E3 2023 - Spectator Mode Podcast - EP. 128
Dead Space Remake is Amazing | DualSense Edge Mini Review - EP. 127
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #126
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #125 - Seeya 2022
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Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #123
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #122
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #121
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #120
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #119
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #118
Spectator Mode Podcast - Episode #117
Ep 116 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Death Stranding 2 Revealed, More Stuff Delayed
Ep 114 - Dark Souls PC Servers Still Down | Revamped PlayStation Plus Tiers
Ep 113 - Elden Ring Sold 12 Million Copies | Grand Theft Auto 5 Season Pass Revealed
Ep 112 - We're Back And Did Microsoft Just Acquire Activision-Blizzard
Ep. 111 - Taking L's and The Game Award Show Nominees
Ep. 110 - The worst gaming controllers of all time and even more gaming delays
Ep 109 - PlayStation games are coming to PC. Get over it!
Ep. 107 - New York Comic Con experience and Back 4 Blood randos
Ep. 108 - Emulation isn't bad but piracy sure is
Ep. 106 – No Twitch don't do that!
Ep.105 - 2021 PlayStation Showcase report card
Ep. 104 - PlayStation backtracks on Horizon Forbidden West PS4 to PS5 upgrades
Ep. 103 - Gamescom 2021 is over and Twitch is on Fire
Spectator Mode Special: Getting 15 Years of WoW Off Our Chest
Ep. 102 - I'll make a remake out of you
Ep.101 - Quite worried about this supposed Dead Space Remake
Ep.100 - Metroid Dread scalped to heck and back
Ep.99 - E3 2021 impressions and wrap-up
Ep. 98 - Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown Impressions
Ep. 97 - E3 2021 is right around the corner and No Starfield for PlayStation
Ep.96 - Days Gone PC Port Impressions And PlayStation On PC
Ep.95 - New Pokemon Snap and Returnal on the brain
Ep.94 - What went wrong with Outriders
Ep. 93 - Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Strive and Streets of Rage 4
Ep. 92 - Sony's lack of gaming preservation bothers us
Ep. 91 - Could Discord get gobbled up by Microsoft?
Ep. 90 PlayStation Now Owns The EVO Championship Series
Ep. 89 Why Outriders isn't coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC Day One
Ep. 89 Xbox & Bethesda, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and putting down the controller
Ep. 88 - Guilty Gear Strive and Outriders Demo, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Pokemon Games
Ep. 87 - CDPR Hacked, Digital E3 2021, Street Fighter V Winter Update and Guilty Gear Strive
GameStop Stocks and Xbox Live Gold Madness - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 86
Capcom's New Video Policy | Monster Hunter Rise Talk - Spectator Mode Episode #85
Cobra Kai Season 3 Spoilercast Podcast
Favorite Games of 2020 | Games We Skipped | Anticipated Games of 2021 - Spectator Mode Podcast #83
Let's talk some Cyberpunk 2077 Shenanigans
Spectator Mode Podcast - We Love the PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X impressions are hot and is Marvel's Avengers already dead?
Microsoft now owns Zenimax, Xbox Series X/S storage is expensive, and bots are pissing off fans - Episode 80
Microsoft has acquired Bethesda's parent company Zenimax
PAX Online interview with Chris King | 30xx DLC Characters, Mega Mode and More
Which Next-Generation Xbox Console is in Karl's Future?
Gotham Knights | Gamescom 2020 | PS5 Shortage | The Passing of a King - Spectator Mode Podcast #75
Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 73 - Epic Games vs the World
Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 72
71: The Great Xbox Game Pass Debate - 71
70: Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 70
69: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 69 - What a week
68: Spectator Mode Podcast Live Ep. 68 - Star Wars Squadron has us hyped
67: Spectator Mode Podcast EP. 67 - Crappy Game Shows
66: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 65 - We're tired of Racism
65: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 64 - Fanboys gotta fanboy
64: Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 63 - Totally Unreal
63: EA is the end game Villain of the video game industry - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 62
62: The Last of Us Part II Leaks and Vikings - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 61
61: Striving to be guilty - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 60
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is too good! - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 58
60: PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X, who cares - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 57
59: Destiny 2 chat, E3 gone forever and Horizon Zero Dawn PC - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode #56
58: The Last of Us Ghost of Beer Virus Remake - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode #55
57: Until You Fall Fantasy Sword Fighting VR Game is amazing - PAX East 2020 Interview
56: Foregone takes the best of Dead Cells and Dark Souls - PAX East 2020 Interview
54: Cant stop the PAX East train, Games that need to make a comeback (Ep. 54)
55: PAX East 2020 - 30xx Interview with Chris King of Batterystaple Games (Ep. 55)
54: PAX East 2020 - Panzer Paladin Interview with Tribute Games Lead Animator Justin Cyr (Ep. 53)
53: PAX East 2020 - Magic: Legends Interview with Adam Hetenyi (Ep. 52)
52: Coronavirus Gaming Woes - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 51
51: Xbox Series X and PS5 Pricing | Overcrowded Loot Shooter Genre - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 50
50: We've waited 8 years for this - Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 49
49: Switch Pro Rumor squashed and Stadia continues to disappoint - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 48
48: PSVR 2, Kojima Productions buyout and Remakes - Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 47
47: PlayStation games on the PC isn't a bad thing (Ep. 46)
46: No Xbox Series X Launch Exclusives | Mike Ybarra wants a PS5 (Ep. 45)
45: Welcome back, Favorite Games of 2019 (Ep. 44)
44: What we thought about The Game Awards Show (Ep. 43)
43: Xbox Lockhart, PlayStation 5 Pro and State of Play Announcements (Ep. 42)
42: Special Interview with Brian Volk-Weiss of The Toys That Made Us
41: Stadia woes and not quite Half Life 3 | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 41
40: Bugs, busted expensive controllers and happy impressions | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 40
39: Death Stranding & Need For Speed Heat hands-on, RDR2 PC issues | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 39
38: Death Stranding reviews, Hands on with Halo Reach PC | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 38
37: Shroud moves to Mixer, Fallout 76 subs and WWE 2k20 is Broken | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 37
36: Disco Elysium, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Google Stadia | Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 36
35: Episode 35 - You got politics in my gaming
34: I rather be playing Anthem (Ep. 34)
33: Episode 33 - Call of Duty and VR Shenanigans
32: Episode 32 - Ground Wars and Goose Games
31: Episode 31 - What's in your backlog
29: Episode 29 - Play Control there's no slot machines in it
28: Episode 28 - Our house is a full house
27: Episode 27 - So many games so little time
26: Episode 26 - Blame Video Games For Everything
25: Episode 25 - The ESA E3 2019 Leaks and You
24: Episode 24 - What's your favorite game of 2019?
23: Episode 23 - EA and G2A are the bad guys this week
22: Episode 22 - Epic Games and the future of Crowdfunded games
21: Episode 21 - Ys Net to offer Shenmue 3 Kickstarter Backer refunds
20: Episode 20 - The Google Stadia woes continue to pile up
19: Episode 19 – The Twitch Edition
18: Episode 18 - A Loot Box by Any Other Name - 6.21.2019
17: Spectator Mode Podcast Episode 17 -Shenmue 3 The Epic Games Store and You
16: Episode 16 - Happy Fathers, Day Michael Pachter Talks PS5 Pricing And Google Stadia
15: Episode 15 - E3 2019 Thoughts and Impressions
14: Episode 14 - Pre E3 Special - 6.7.2019
13: Episode 13 - Can gaming influencers be trusted?
12: Episode 12 - No matchmaking no raid
11: Episode #11 – The Goverment Wants To Help Regulate Microtransactions?
10: Episode 10 – People Are People Not Bots
9: Episode 9 - The Next-Gen Console Wars Begin Now
8: Episode 8 – Does cheating ruin the gaming experience?
7: Episode 7 - That Git Gud Mentality is Crap and Needs to Stop
6: Episode 6 – Just Some Guys Talking About Video Games
5: Episode 5 - Stadia For You And Me
4: Episode 4 - Chimera One Games Interview Special
3: Episode 3 - We're Spoiling All Of Devil May Cry 5
2: Episode 2 - Who's excited for Pokemon
1: Episode 1 - We're back, did you miss us?