For The Players - The PopCulturists' PlayStation Podcast

Seasonal Paj returns!PlayStation Australia kindly invited Paul to their offices in Sydney to spend three hours with Housemarque’s upcoming title, Saros.With the release being one of Max’s most anticipated games of 2026, he had endless questions! If you would like to know more about Saros please leave a comment below and we will get you […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:13 Happy Easter6:34 What have we been up to?11:28 What have we been playing?11:33 Crimson Desert15:02 Max returns to the OG Harry Potter games17:43 PS5 Pro Enhanced – Ryan tests Oblivion, Returnal, Metal Gear Solid, and more30:13 Returning to Returnal ahead of Saros35:45 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)36:05 […]

Thanks to PlayStation Australia and Electronic Rebellion, Ryan and Max have been able to step outside their comfort zones and get back into the tech reviews! Ryan has been spending the last couple months with the Sony PlayStation Pulse Elite headset while Max has been diving deep into the PlayStation DualSense Edge.Ryan has also been […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:24 Don’t fall asleep…8:14 Ryan finally bought a PS5 Pro!20:50 What have we been playing?21:12 Max continues Crimson Desert30:28 #CollectorsCove (review code provided by #Keymailer)45:54 Other games46:23 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)46:30 Sony increases the price of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PS Portal1:04:44 PlayStation not looking good, according […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:16 PAIN!8:05 How has our week been?23:06 What have we been playing?24:14 Max’s Crimson Desert impressions51:33 Ryan finally tries Clair Obscur: Expedition 331:03:30 Retro Rewind1:13:17 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)1:13:77 PSN rebrand1:26:10 Resident Evil turns 301:30:04 Intergelactic adds new cast member1:32:03 Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls has a new […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:18 Beek week at Betson’s3:56 Kevin the Cat9:39 What else has been happening?11:36 What have we been playing?11:45 Ghost of Yotei Legends24:56 MLB The Show 26 first impressions (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)37:24 Thats a wrap on Resident Evil Requiem (review code provided by Capcom AUS and Five Star Games)44:44 […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro 1:13 No Public Holiday Paj1:39 How are we this week?10:57 More The Players this week – Tech!12:10 What have we been playing?12:48 Resident Evil: Requiem (review code provided by Five Star Games Oz)26:09 Marathon (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)37:24 #americancookingsimulator (review code provided by #Keymailer)45:34 WWE 2K26 (review code […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro Music1:18 Speakin’ Aussie5:30 How have we been?8:00 Jim Carrey – The Clone?14:15 What have we been playing?14:40 Marathon Server Slam32:47 Resident Evil: Requiem first impressions (review code provided by Five Star Games)1:03:53 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)1:04:23 Santa Monica making a Faye God of War spin off?1:13:22 […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro music0:18 Intro1:18 How have we been?9:30 What have we been playing?9:50 Max continues with Octopath Traveller 0 (review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)12:05 Pragmata Strorybook demo18:03 Ryan finishes up WWE 2K2523:25 Brooklyn 99 tangent31:36 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation News)32:08 Sony closes Bluepoint Games54:55 Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro music0:18 Intro1:13 The last Seasonal Paj3:34 How have we been?22:16 What have we been playing?22:56 CENSORED23:20 Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)34:22 More Yakuza Kiwami45:23 Max has been focusing on school46:49 Cash Cleaner Simulator on PS5 (review code provided by publisher)50:41 Inform The Players (This […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro music0:18 Intro1:24 Mr Pibbs?4:30 How have we been?17:20 What have we been playing?17:44 Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (review code provided to Player2.net.au by Bandai Namco Australia)27:40 Paul returns to The Last of Us Part I33:31 Max is still going with Octopath Traveller 0 (review code provided by Square Enix Australia)35:02 Nioh 3 […]

0:00 Intro music0:18 Intro1:19 No Max2:25 What’s been going on?17:12 What have we been playing?18:24 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (code provided by Double Jump Communications and Devolver Digital)26:03 Phoebe dips her toes into Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla34:25 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)34:53 Sony messaging people to upgrade to PS540:59 More God of […]

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:40 How have we been?12:48 What have we been playing?13:10 MIO: Memories in Orbit (review code provided to Paul by publisher)22:25 TMNT & Paul’s world of sports28:16 Max and Octopath Traveller 0 (review code provided by Bandi Namco Australia)35:11 Donky Kong Bonanza?40:07 More Arc Raiders43:06 Ryan FINALLY dives into Yakuza Kiwami57:52 Inform […]

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:27 Those damn no dark mode browsers2:22 How have we been?12:03 What have we been playing?12:22 Arc Raiders16:18 Batman Arkham City and Metal Gear Delta Snake Eater (review code provided by Five Star Games)21:58 TMNT: Splintered Fate30:10 Octopath Traveller 0 (review code provided by Square Enix Australia)35:01 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check40:14 […]

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:15 Happy New Year!5:00 What have we been playing?9:45 Octopath Traveller 0 and Dragon Quest 1+2 HD Remake (review code provided by Square Enix Australia)17:48 Two Point Museum continues to take over Ryan’s house (review code provided by Five Star Games)21:21 Ryan and Max collide in Arc Raiders37:42 Paul’s Completition Project50:20 Sony […]

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:30 Technical Issues5:51 How have we been?8:20 Ryan reflects on John Cena’s retirement17:44 What have we been playing?17:51 Skate Story (review code provided by Devolver Digital and PowerUP PR)29:55 Elden Ring: Neightreign – The Forsaken Hollows (Review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)37:57 Two Point Museum tricks Ryan42:31 Phoebe returns to Ghost […]

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:16: No open beverages2:25 How have we been?7:55 What have we been playing?8:00 Golf with Friends11:25 Buckshot Roulette and Fast Food Store Simulator22:10 #darkquest4 (Review code provided by #Keymailer)37:32 Octopath Traveller 0 (Review code provided Square Enix Australia)42:04 Sectori54:00 Elden Ring: Neightreign – The Forsaken Hollows (Review code provided by Bandai Namco […]

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:11 Just the two of us1:24 Betson tries to beat his cough3:26 What have we been up to?29:36 What have we been playing?29:42 Two Point Museum (code provided by Five Star Games)42:48 Sektori45:32 Tabletop Game Shop Simulator (code provided by publisher)53:06 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)53:51 What the hell […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:21 WHAT A WEEK!!!14:00 What have we been playing?14:15 Max hasn’t been playing much15:08 Ryan introduces Phoebe to Rock Band 420:00 Red Dead Redemption 2 returns22:46 Powerwash Simulator continues24:53 Ryan gets the Death Stranding 2 platinum27:34 Paul’s Octopath Traveller 0 preview30:40 Paul wraps up Dispatch35:00 Age of Empires IV on PlayStation39:00 […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro2:51 Phoebe’s PLATINUM Ghost of Yotei update5:48 How have we been?14:57 What have we been playing?15:00 Everyboday’s Golf 1 + 222:29 Dispatch27:35 Age of Empire IV32:05 Max returns to Fortnite for The Simpsons39:48 Battlefield 6 RedSec43:01 Tales of Xillia52:27 Ryan’s new love with Powerwash Simulator59:30 Contraband Police on PS5Hades II1:07:40 Ghost […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:23 Paul’s God of War controller3:10 Phoebe’s Ghost of Yotei quick update11:05 What havw we been up to?18:10 Nosferatu22:35 What have we been playing?22:46 Dragon Quest 1+2 HD-2D Remake29:39 Ryan returns to Crash N Sane Trilogy33:50 Powerwash Simulator37:30 Dispatch44:54 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)45:06 PlayStation Concert is a […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:14 TikTok2:20 How have we been?5:46 God of War 20th Anniversary Controller7:58 What have we been playing?8:20 Ghost of Yotei Review featuring Phoebe (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)39:52 Hogwarts Legacy on PC40:50 Hades II48:09 Dispatch51:45 Ryan has been forced to play off PlayStation54:54 Battlefield 6 (review code provided by EA […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:24 TRIPLE THREAT!3:32 Ryan’s time at WWE Perth5:50 PAX Aus 202532:05 What have we been playing?32:15 Ghost of Yotei (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)43:36 Battlefield 6 (review code provided by EA Australia)58:45 Little Nightmares III (review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)1:04:09 Two Point Museum and Yooka Replaylee1:07:31 Silent Hill […]

Thanks to PlayStation Australia, while at PAX Aus Max was able to sit down with Rob Davis to chat Ghost of Yōtei.As the Campaign Director at Sucker Punch Productions, Rob was able to share about his trip to Japan to scout the environment, building the Yotei Six, intergrating new weapons, Have a question PlayStation or […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:28 It’s Paul!12:03 What have we been playing?12:10 Ghost of Yotei impressions and initial review (code provided by PlayStation Australia)56:20 Final Fantasy Tactics, Two Point Museum, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, and more1:05:38 Inform The Players (This Week in PlayStation News)1:06:00 The end of PS4 is near? Services get sunsetted1:10:45 New […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:15 What a week it has been!1:52 PAX Aus and WWE15:20 What have we been up to?17:35 What have we been playing?17:50 skate. (Founders Edition provide by EA Australia)23:12 Baby Steps (review code provided by Devolver Digital)37:10 Returning to Returnal43:10 Before Exit: Gas Station (review code provided by #Keymailer)52:26 Aethermancer (review […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:15 How have we been?8:45 Commissioner Betson14:00 Betson has a job!18:06 What have we been playing?18:17 Borderlands 4 (review code provided by 2K ANZ & Double Jump Communications)How we play games these days36:05 skate. (code provided by EA Australia)48:40 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)48:53 State of Play?49:57 PlayStation […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:15 Nailed the timing1:39 Nothing major of note happened this week…16:10 What have we been playing?16:28 Waterpark Simulator (review code provided by #Keymailer)19:42 Cash Cleaner Simulator22:19 Borderlands 4 (review code provided by 2K ANZ and Double Jump Comms)41:26 Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots (review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)47:50 DEATH STRANDING […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:18 Happy Father’s Day6:45 PlayStation Australia media event20:25 What have we been playing20:46 Hollow Knight: Silksong24:21 Metal Eden (review code provided by PLAION ANZ)28:42 Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots (review code provided by Bandai Namco Aus)36:25 Other games43:21 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)43:45 007 First Light State of Play49:22 […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:22 Betson and his streams4:22 How have we been?7:37 PlayStation Event10:36 What have we been playing?10:40 skate.16:06 Lost Soul Aside demo20:05 Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater review coming (code provided by Five Star Games)23:30 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)27:20 Hollow Knight38:48 Pillars of […]

Thanks to EA Australia, Ryan and Max were kindly invited to an early preview presentation for skate. where they got to see the latest in the beloved franchise and go hands on ahead of it’s September release date. The next evolution of the award-winning skate™ franchise is releasing in Early Access September 16th. Experience improved […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:30 Tiktok3:18 How have we been?23:59 What have we been playing?24:30 Discounty (review code provided by #Keymailer)31:34 Mortal Kombat 139:26 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach45:45 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)46:00 PlayStation price hike in the USA53:45 Pete Parsons “retires” from Bungie57:40 Opening Night Live 20251:18:00 QUICKBITS1:21:40 Upcoming […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:33 How have we been?2:37 Ryan’s Hard Times9:01 What does he do now?15:50 What have we been playing?Max’s games19:38 Echoes of the End (review code provided by PLAION ANZ)22:05 Fragpunk24:35 Ryan bring his son into WWE2K25 MyGM27:41 Mafia: The Old Country (review code provided by 2K ANZ)38:15 Inform The Players (This […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:17 How are we going?1:43 Max’s school update and more11:38 What have we been playing?11:47 Battlefield 6 Open Beta impressions23:16 Max talks more Elden Ring Nightreign25:42 Ryan’s trip into Roblox and playing games with our kids44:02 Mafia: The Old Country first impressions (review code provided by 2K ANZ and Double Jump […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro2:27 Max’s school update15:27 Ryan talks WWE SummerSlam27:51 What are we playing?27:57 Wuchang Fallen Feathers and Elden Ring Neightreign33:21 Roblox47:14 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)47:28 PS6 leaks1:06:36 Console exclusives are dead1:43:49 China Hero Project1:50:02 QUICKBITS1:55:41 Upcoming PlayStation games1:57:12 Thank you1:58:12 Outro Have a question PlayStation or gaming related […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:28 Back to Sundays5:26 What have we been up to?14:04 What have we been playing?14:26 Shadow Labyrinth (review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)15:50 Mario Kart World16:21 Wuchang: Fallen Feathers impressions33:18 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)46:35 Farmer’s Life53:41 Soulframe57:06 Inform The Players (This week […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:21 Changes to FTP6:18 What have we been playing?6:22 Max returns to Anthem12:51 Shadow Labyrinth (review code provided by Square Enix/ Bandai Namco Australia)23:50 Max breaks up with Destiny 226:06 Betson’s Simulator Spot – Farmer’s Life, #techmarketsimulator, and #FigurineShopSimulator32:13 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+436:09 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:13 400 episodes and reflection11:32 What have we been playing?11:40 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+420:09 Max gets medicated22:20 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)31:40 Other games37:00 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)37:15 State of Play – Ghost of Yotei41:00 SPOILERS Astro Bot gets […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:30 School Holidays5:09 What have we been playing?5:19 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH (Review code provided by PlayStation Australia)17:58 Elden Ring Nightreign (Review code provided by Bandai Namco Australia)21:22 Max returns to Baldurs Gate III27:44 Anger Foot (Review code provided by Devolver Digital and PowerUp PR)35:58 Farmer’s Life (Review code […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:25 New audio mixer!3:36 Turns out WWE Perth is QUITE expensive9:18 How have we been?9:25 Max returns to school18:40 What have we been playing?18:50 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH First Impressions (review code provided by PlayStation Australia)56:39 Other games1:00:38 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)1:00:49 1.7 million Dutch […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:18 How has our week been?10:49 What have we been playing?11:50 Mario Kart World13:21 Elden Ring Neightreign16:32 Ryabn’s return to Death Stranding22:53 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)23:00 Let’s catch ujp on those NVIDIA leaks28:50 Sony thinks competition “pushes us to innovate”… but does it?33:24 PlayStation Studios change “review […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:14 What a week!2:01 Max and the Switch 212:42 Elden Ring: Neightreign15:23 Mic quality16:33 WWE 2K2522:55 Inform The Players (This week in PlaySatation news)23:55 PlayStation State of Play June 20251:03:55 Summer Gase Fest 20251:34:30 Xbox Showcase June 20251:47:48 Upcoming games1:49:05 Outro Have a question PlayStation or gaming related you want Ryan […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:18 Beards and other news4:58 Max’s week14:58 What have we been playing?15:48 Blue Prince20:56 Death Stranding31:27 Elden Ring Nightreign impressions (review code provided by Bandi Namco Australia)52:42 Cash Cleaner Simulator (review code provided by publisher)1:05:05 Max returns to battle royales1:13:56 Dead as Disco1:17:39 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation news)1:17:52 […]

TIME STAMPS0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:16 Sickness6:06 Whats been going on?10:03 What have we been playing?10:15 Max is getting a Switch 2 and subscription services15:50 More DOOM: The Dark Ages22:40 Other games30:30 Inform The Players (This week in PlayStation)30:40 Bungie steals art… again… again…38:18 Jade Raymond leaves Haven Studio46:42 Shuhei Yoshida chats game pricing56:41 QUICKBITS1:04:48 Upcoming […]