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The Thoughts & Players Podcast — 200 episodes

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1

Games We Thought Were Gonna Suck... But Didn't | Lvl. 163

2

David Tests Jeremy With Another Game of Guess Who?! | Lvl. 162

3

The Dynamics of Morality in Video Games | Lvl. 161

4

Looking Back and Celebrating Six Years of Thoughts & Players | Lvl. 160

5

The Triple-i Initiative and the Need for an E3 for Indies | Lvl. 159

6

Seeking the Perfect Playthrough | Lvl. 158

7

Gaming is Becoming Unsustainable | Lvl. 157

8

Games About Games: The Handheld Clue Edition! | Lvl. 156

9

What Does the Xbox Shake-Up Mean? | Lvl. 155

10

Indie Games That Would Make Great Movies! | Lvl. 154

11

Our 2025 Games of the Annual (GOTY) | Lvl. 152

12

Ubisoft is Burning & Bezos Wants To Kill Your Gaming PC | Lvl. 151

13

When Real Life and Video Games Meet | Lvl. 150

14

2025 Game Awards Winners and Announcements | Lvl. 149

15

Nobody's Buying Games Anymore | Lvl. 148

16

Corporate Greed and the Internet | Lvl. 147

17

The Game Awards 2025 | Lvl. 146

18

Is the Steam Machine a Dream Come True? | Lvl. 145

19

Halo: Campaign Evolved and the Age of the Soft Reboot | Lvl. 144

20

Game Franchises That Need New Life | Lvl. 143

21

EA is Bought and Xbox Finds An Ally | Lvl. 142

22

Goodbye and Good Luck Game Pass | Lvl. 141

23

Games that Crashed the Party | Lvl. 140

24

007 First Light and Bringing Games Back for Fans | Lvl. 139

25

Big Game Moments Where We Couldn't Care Less | Lvl. 138

26

Games Greedy Publishers Milk Dry | Lvl. 137

27

Fusion Frenzy and The Rise of the $50 Game | Lvl. 136

28

Is Xbox Really Starting to Crush It? | Lvl. 135

29

Revisiting Oblivion and Judging Game Adaptations | Lvl. 134

30

Oblivion is Back and So Are We! | Lvl. 133

31

Games We Want To Play Again For the First Time | Lvl. 132

32

What Will It Take For You to Buy a PlayStation 6? | Lvl. 131

33

Blaming Consumers For Your Bad Game Is A Dumb Move | Lvl. 130

34

Remembering Elusive Games and Who Got Us Into Gaming | Lvl. 129

35

Disputing Civ Leader Rankings & The Last of Us | Lvl. 128

36

Elon Musk Is A Fraud And Maybe We Are Too | Lvl. 127

37

2024 Games Of The Year | Lvl. 126

38

Marvel Rivals Arrives and Do Reviews Matter? | Lvl. 125

39

Free-To-Play Games Worth The Money | Lvl. 124

40

Subscription vs. F2P & Gaming Lies | Lvl. 123

41

We're Hoping These Games Don't Bomb | Lvl. 122

42

A Game of Fate and Failure | Lvl. 121

43

Enjoy Your Games... While You Have Them | Lvl. 120

44

Game Studios We'd Bring Back From The Dead | Lvl. 118

45

Nintendo Switch 2 Rumors Galore | Lvl. 117

46

The PS5 Pro Is Too Damn High | Lvl. 116

47

Games We've Given A Second Chance | Lvl. 115

48

Epic Boss Intros & Great Music | Lvl. 114

49

Sometimes You Just Don't Belong | Lvl. 113

50

When The Spiritual Successors Slaps | Lvl. 112

51

The Games of This Year So Far... | Lvl. 111

52

The Circus of Sequels and Personalities | Lvl. 110

53

Back Dat Assassins Creed Up! | Lvl. 109

54

Nintendo & Xbox Show-Off | Lvl. 108

55

Hellblade 2 and Giving Electronic Arts... Love? | Lvl. 106

56

David Has A Hater | Lvl. 105

57

Swagger Of A Black Samurai | Lvl. 104

58

Gaming Really Needs Innovation | Lvl. 103

59

Square Enix and Gaming Greed | Lvl. 102

60

Hype is a Dangerous Game | Lvl. 101

61

Keepin' This Thing 100 | Lvl. 100

62

The Dark Age Of Gaming Is Upon Us | Lvl. 99

63

Video Game Movies & Esports Galore | Lvl. 98

64

The Live Service & Console Con | Lvl. 97

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4 Greatest PlayStation Games of All-Time | Lvl. 96

66

Palworld Is Better Than Pokémon | Lvl. 95

67

Our Top 4 Original Xbox Games of All-Time! | Lvl. 94

68

Nintendo Switch 2 & Rising Game Prices | Lvl. 93

69

New Year & Nightmare Steve Harvey | Lvl. 92

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2023 Games of the Annual | Lvl. 91

71

The Day Before & Racist Grandpas | Lvl. 90

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Thinkin' Bout The Holidays | Lvl. 89

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2023 Game Awards Predictions | Lvl. 88

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Mount Rushmore of Nintendo Gamecube | Lvl. 87

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Grand Theft Auto & Spiderman 2 | Lvl. 86

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Mount Rushmore of Sega Genesis | Lvl. 85

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Dying Game Franchises | Lvl. 84

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Mount Rushmore of Nintendo Gameboy | Lvl. 83

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Pure Uncut Gaming Heroin | Lvl. 82

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Mount Rushmore of Sega Dreamcast | Lvl. 81

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Starfield's Here & Shadow's Racist | Lvl. 80

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Mount Rushmore of Nintendo 64 | Lvl. 79

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Beefin' With Applebee's | Lvl. 78

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Keyboard and Mouse is Embarrassing | Lvl. 77 - PvP Edition

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Ubisoft is the Worst | Lvl. 76

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Peanut Butter Bacon Time! | Lvl. 75 - PvP Edition

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Norland & Non-Human Biologics | Lvl. 74

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David Hates the Elderly | Lvl. 73 - PvP Edition

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Ready Player None | Lvl. 72

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David Is Wakanda A Wildcard | Lvl. 71 - PvP Edition

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Black Down Memory Lane | Lvl. 70

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The Nice Episode | Lvl. 69

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Starfeelin' It Right About Now | Lvl. 68

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We're Gaming By the Kilo | Lvl. 67 - PvP Edition

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More Zelda and Fat Guy Pride | Lvl. 66

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We're Gatekeepin' it Real | Lvl. 65 - PvP Edition

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Zelda is so Over... Watch | Lvl. 64

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Making Sense of Gamestop and Xbox | Lvl. 63

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Xbox is RedFallin' Apart | Lvl. 62

100

Split Screens & The Cody of Honor | Lvl. 61

101

Gaming For the Past & the Future | Lvl. 60

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Josh, Jury, and Executioner | Lvl. 59 (PvP Edition)

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Chat GPT Possesses David | Lvl. 58

104

Jeremy Makes a More Terrible Mistake | Lvl. 57 (PvP Edition)

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Achievements, Awesome Moments, and Good Vibes | Lvl. 56

106

Xbox's Future & The Best Controller Ever? | Lvl. 55 (PvP Edition)

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Dynasty Warriors is Dead to Us | Lvl. 54

108

David Makes a Terrible Mistake | Lvl. 53

109

Hogwarts Arrives, Marvel Overstays, and The Last of Us… Last | Lvl. 52

110

We're Back! | Lvl. 51

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The Pains and Aches of Invisible Walls | Lvl. 50

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Gaming is Overrated... or Underrated | Lvl. 49

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IGN's List is Worse Than Any Elden Ring Boss | Lvl. 48

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Don’t Play Crossfire X | Lvl. 47

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Lvl. 46: The Land Before Time: Arceus Edition

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Lvl. 45: Mowing Grass and Buying Games... Companies

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The 2022 Worldwide Video Game Draft - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 44: Draft Recap, Halo Wins, and Loophero Saves the Day

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Lvl. 43: 2021 Games of the Annual (GOTA Awards)

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Lvl. 42: Cry of Obligation (Also F*ck EA)

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Replay Cafe - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 41: The Game Awards... Infinite Mistakes

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The BIG BLACK Friday Bonus Level

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Lvl. 40: Age of the Giveaway!!!

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Lvl. 39: Best/Worst Game Delays... and Metroid Dread

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David's Top 5 New Games to Try | Bonus Level

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Lvl. 38: Back 4 A Bloody Good Time?

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Lvl. 37.5: Biggest Franchises We've Never Played | Bonus Level

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Lvl. 37: Deathloop-the-loop!

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Games WTF #5: BoneTown - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 36: Black Guys, Black Guys, Women...

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Emika Games vs. Steam's Return Policy - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 35: David is Back, and Video Game Prices

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Genre Swapping- Bonus Level

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Lvl. 34: Far Cry is a RPG, right?

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David's Expanded Horizons - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 33: Franchises We Wish Never Existed

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The Next Gen Experience - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 32: Desert Isle Games & The Darkest of Times

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5 Favorite Art Styles in Games - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 31: Tourney Finale & Cory Struggles to Have an Opinion

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Reflecting on Twisted Metal - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 30: Overpowered and Underwhelmed

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Games WTF #4: Have It Your Way Edition

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Lvl. 29: A Returnal to Form

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E3 PREDICTIONS EXTRAVAGANZA!! BONUS LEVEL

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5 Worst Game Sequels - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 27: New Year, New Ideas... Same Idiots

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David's Top 5 Remakes and/or Sequels - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 26: Spooky Fights, Outriders, and Kratos Can Get It

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Games That Deserve A Remake or Sequel - Bonus Level

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Lvl. 25: Clash of the ShooterZ

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Reflection: How Rockstar and EA Said Something... Kinda: Bonus Level

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Lvl. 24: Bethesda... Bethesda Games Never Change

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Five Video Game Songs That Soothe David's Soul: Bonus Level

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Lvl. 23: V for Valheim & The Video Game Character Tourney

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Ep. 01: Madison Williams - Captain Contraband | An Indie Story

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Best Side Modes in Video Games: Bonus Level

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Lvl. 22: Worst Game Weapons & The Falconeer w/ Steve Harvey

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Games! WTF #3: MTV Edition

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Lvl. 21: It All Started With A Dead Stonk

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Left Back 4 Blood... With Blood: Bonus Level

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Lvl. 20: Game Worlds We Don't Want To Live In

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Bonus Level - The World Official 2021 Video Game Draft!

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Lvl. 19: We Got Cyperpunk'd & Engineering Space

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Bonus Level - Games! WTF #2

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Lvl. 18: Our Top Ten Games of the Annual!

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Bonus Level - A Day With Zayden

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Lvl. 17: Game Worlds We'd Live In & Black Teen Swagger

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Bonus Level - A Next-Gen Discussion

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Lvl. 16: Best Game Mechanics, Series X & Phasmophobia

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Bonus Level - Games! WTF #1

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Lvl. 15: Worst Game Mechanics & Not Watching the Legion

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Bonus Level - Taught By Daylight

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Lvl. 14: Cory Likes Shorts... and the Nintendo DS

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Bonus Level - Things that DEFINED the Eigth Gaming Generation

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Lvl. 13: AMD's Rise & Mafia

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Bonus Level - Jeremy's Top 5 Mobster Video Games

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Lvl. 12: Best Nintendo Console... It's The Wii

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Lvl. 11: The Great Clusterf*ck of 2020

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Bonus Level - Xbox Series X & Series S Specs and Prices Announced

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Lvl. 10: It's Totally A-Mawzing!

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Bonus Level - So You Wanna Start A Board Game Collection?

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Lvl. 9: Xbox... Let's Try To Be Positive

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Bonus Level - Representation in Gaming: Grand Theft Auto 5

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Lvl. 8: New Microphones, Who This?

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Bonus Level - David's TOP 5 Resident Evil Games

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Lvl 7: Seein' Ghosts, Halos... and Chaos

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Bonus Level - Gaming with Bae

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Lvl 6: Love For The Little Guys

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Bonus Level - A Civilized Conversation

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Extended Thoughts | The Last of Us: Part Two

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Lvl 5: We're Here At Last

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Bonus Level - Overwatch & FF7

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Thoughts & Players Podcast Trailer

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Lvl 4: Black Lives & PS5

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Bonus Level - Pleasantly Surprising Games

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Lvl 3: Living In A Warframe Of Mind

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Lvl 2: Our Streets Of Rage

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Lvl 1: Gamer Origin Stories