The Inner Gamer Podcast

We jumped into an Early Access game this week called Risk of Rain 2. Published by Gearbox Publishing, this is the sequel to a side scrolling rogue-like shooter. Now it's in full 3D and it's incredibly fun! 4 player co-op has you picking a character and fighting through hordes of bad guys as you level up all the way to HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (yes that's a level.) We also play A Fisherman's Tale in Virtual Reality. It's a really unique and innovative game within the VR space. Blizzard screwed up again and released Warcraft 3 Reforged pretty broken. The graphics weren't as good, we were missing ladders, modders give up their IP to Blizzard and more. Hear the full story here. We also talk about Atari opening video game hotels and Ninja getting $20-30 million to move from Twitch to Mixer.Our discussion topic is all about what we want to see from the Switch this year. We know Animal Crossing is coming, but what else will we see? We predict everything from Breath of the Wild 2 all the way to Wave Race returning to Nintendo. Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:2:03 - Risk of Rain 214:27 - A Fisherman’s Tale24:11 - Gaming News1:05:33 - What to Expect from the Switch in 20201:25:27 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is the first big game of the year and with it comes a new take on the action RPG genre in the Dragon Ball Z universe. Does it deliver on the hype? We talk about the gameplay, the story integrations and much more with our guest. We also dive back into The Division 2 and talk about how it has changed over the last year.Our news opens with YouTube being the exclusive streaming platform for Activision Blizzard games. Respawn unveils it's new season with a new hero, Stardew Valley sells 10 million copies and the director of Splinter Cell and Rainbox Six is back at Ubisoft.Our discussion this week is around the PlayStation 5 and games we hope to see on the new console. We know what's coming out but we throw out some wild predictions for what we want PlayStation and their partners to deliver on to pull out all the stops. We talk everything from a space western from Naughty Dog to the next Horizon Zero Dawn and SpiderMan.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:5:40 - Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot21:55 - The Division 232:28 - Gaming News1:05:55 - Games We Want for the PlayStation 51:44:51 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We're back with games to catch up from in 2019. We played Remnant: From the Ashes. This is a game that is a third-person shooter/melee based game similar to Dark Souls. It features dynamic boss fights, advanced gameplay and more. Assemble with Care is a mobile game from the creators of Monument Valley. In this game, you play as Maria who is a traveler who fixes antique things. You soon learn there's more than things to be fixed in this small town.In our gaming news, Ubisoft is restaffing to try and work on improving their stories. Several developers have postponed their games as well to release better products after last year's poor release cycle. We also have Playstation again skipping E3 this year. Is it the end for them?Our discussion revolves around games missing from 2020. We talked about our most anticipated games but here we want to break down games we thought we would see by now and discuss if they're still alive and kicking or will never see the light of day.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:2:22 - Pax South 20205:37 - Remnant: From the Ashes14:42 - Assemble with Care19:41 - Gaming News47:36 - Games Missing from 20201:25:38 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We're back in 2020 with a new podcast! It feels good to be back. We open talking about our time off for the holidays with the games we played, the things we did and more.In the news, we talk about Xbox not having exclusive titles at launch which is likely a good sign. Alienware reveals a new concept called Concept UFO. Finally, Respawn's boss takes over EA DICE LA's studio. With all that, we still have our biggest event to kick off the year: Game of the Year 2019! We have a number of categories we voted on from Best Shooter to Best Indie Game all leading up to our Game of the Year for 2019. This year we tried something new and setup a survey for our community to vote! It was a great result because we got some fresh ideas from the community that differed from ours. We hope you enjoy this episode and we look forward to having you along for the ride in 2020!Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:3:21 - Winter Recap12:00 - Gaming News41:57 - Game of the Year 20191:57:55 - Upcoming Video Game Releases2:03:33 - Jess Anderson - “Toss A Coin To Your Witcher”Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Welcome to episode 250! This episode marks well over 350 hours of content we've produced over the last 4 years. For 250, we have an incredible episode to share with our listeners. First off, we finally dive into Death Stranding and give our first impressions of the game. It's unique, a little weird and somewhat relaxing. We explain a bit of the story, discuss the gameplay, gorgeous graphics and more in this review.Our news is all about The Game Awards! We discuss the winners of several categories and dive into all the world exclusives. We saw our first PS5 game called Godfall and the reveal of Xbox Series X with the first launch title: Senua's Saga Hellblade 2.Our discussion looks forward to 2020 where we talk about our most anticipated games from Cyberpunk 2077 to the just revealed Half-Life: Alyx. It's an exciting year for games and we can't wait to share our favorites. We're also taking the next few weeks off so come back and join us in January where we kick off the year with our Game of the Year for 2020!Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:4:55 - Death Stranding37:24 - The Game Awards1:14:03 - The Future of Gaming in 2020Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

The Oculus Quest has been out since May of this year but now that's Black Friday times we decided to pick one up. Brett goes from the Oculus Rift to a Quest and won't ever go back. The Quest is true, wireless virtual reality with surprising performance and tracking. We play Vader Immortal, Beat Saber and more without a PC. Austin also talks about his new obsession: Warhammer Beastgrave. He plays several games and discusses what makes this game so fun and engaging.Playstation has announced they are no longer in the handheld market which may be a good thing. Riot Games has settled their lawsuit with female workers and the women are winning out and getting some justice for the unequal pay in this California company. Rocket League replaces loot boxes with blueprints and people aren't happen. Finally, In the Valley of Gods is on hold so the dev team behind Firewatch can work on Half-Life Alyx and other Valve projects.Our discussion this week takes us back over the last 10 years to talk about the decade in gaming. From Limbo in 2010 to Death Stranding this year, we talk about it all and share our top most influential games of the decade. It's a longer segment but well worth the listen.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:4:52 - Oculus Quest23:38 - Warhammer Underworlds Beastgrave35:42 - Gaming News1:07:18 - The Decade in Gaming: 2010-2019Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Pokemon Sword and Shield has finally arrived on the Switch. This is the first mainline Pokemon game for the Switch and we have some things to say about it. With a new "wild area," more Pokemon and Dynamaxing...is it enough to live up to the hype? This episode features our Patreon supporter Andrew on to talk about his thoughts on the game. Thanks Andrew for your support!In the news, Phil Spencer says there will be no VR support on Project Scarlett because "no one is talking about VR." However, Facebook acquired Beat Saber's developer and Codemasters acquired Project Cars developer who happened to make a VR version of their game. Half Life Alyx also sells out the Valve Index. I guess there is more VR happening than we thought? In less happy news, Battleborn is shutting down in 2021 for good.Our discussion is all about the video subscription wars in full force. From Xbox Game Pass to Google Stadia, there is a subscription out there for someone to fall into the trap of paying monthly for services they may not use on a regular basis. Is this a good or bad thing for the industry?Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:2:48 - Pokemon Sword and Shield40:13 - Gaming News1:00:42 - Video Game Subscription Wars1:30:58 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Respawn's first Star Wars game has arrived! EA and Respawn have released their single-player story following Cal after Order 66 was executed. The game is a good combination of Dark Souls and Uncharted despite some flaws around the edges. We also revisit more of Luigi's Mansion 3 and talk about the complexity behind the boss battles.In the news, Pokemon Sword and Shield is suffering from a lot of controvery including what is called "Dexit." Despite this, it sold 6 million copies. Valve announced Half-Life: Alyx for VR systems and Tesla announces Cybertruck. Cybertruck also may appear within Cyberpunk 2077. We'll see! Our discussion features our holiday gift guide for gamer's! Every year we break down our main picks for the holidays from video game deals to big hardware buys. We invite Jason back onto the cast to share his top picks and also include feedback from our community on Discord and Facebook!Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:3:30 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order27:26 - Luigi’s Mansion 330:45 - Gaming News1:07:58 - 2019 Gamer’s Holiday Gift Guide1:42:33 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesVisit our website at TheInnerGamer.net/247 for the full gift guide with links to the products.Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We welcome two very special guests and Patreon supporters to talk about Luigi's Mansion 3 and more! Luigi's Mansion has arrived on the Switch and with it is levels of fun exploring this haunted hotel. Austin also finishes The Outer Worlds and has some good things to say about the finale.In the news this week Microsoft held their XO19 conference. WIth it we saw first reveals from Grounded by Obsidian Entertainment, Tell Me Why by the creators of Life is Strange and a beautiful game called Everwild from Rare. Call of Duty Modern Warfare may be introducing Battle Royale next year, Apple is working on a VR/AR gaming headset John Carmack is leaving Oculus to work on artificial intelligence.Our discussion features our special guests talking about gaming as a couple. We talk about how to find the right balance in gaming with your significant other and some of the best games to play together. We also talk about some great entrypoint games to get your partner to join you in your passion for gaming. It's a fun conversation you won't want to miss! Thanks for the Patreon support!Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:1:58 - Sam and Jason Introduction4:08 - Luigi’s Mansion 321:42 - The Outer Worlds31:51 - Gaming News59:02 - Gamer Couples and How to Get Your Significant Other Involved in Gaming1:28:50 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Concrete Genie is the latest PS4 exclusive with a single player only campaign. It's a beautiful game where you create art in a drab, run down old town. You begin to find that the art can come alive and it makes for an interesting, emotional and inspiring experience. We also try out the new release of the Pacific Theater in Battlefield 5! They released two new maps: Pacific Storm and Iwo Jima. It breathes some new life into the Battlefield series.In the news, Ninja asks for special treatment for content creators when doing things like hacking in gaming. China fears youth are addicted to games and starts to bring about a curfew and a writer from Polygon states that Need for Speed Heat may be setup for failure because it has no microtransactions.Our discussion topic goes over multiplayer map design. After going from Call of Duty Modern Warfare into Battlefield 5, we realize more about what makes a map really good. Modern Warfare has some inherant flaws and we relate them to our past experiences in games that truly delivered great maps.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:3:47 - Concrete Genie14:33 - Battlefield 5 Pacific Theater30:10 - Gaming News1:09:49 - What makes good multiplayer map design?1:36:10 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Call of Duty has returned to the name Modern Warfare with a 2019 take on modern combat. With it comes a new story campaign, new game modes and co-op making for a vast departure from last year's Black Ops 4. This one is more grounded, has a solid story and feels like a return to the feeling that captured us from Modern Warfare 1 and 2. In the news this week, J. Allen Brack apologizes for Blizzard's actions last month, EA announces they're bringing their games to Steam starting with Star Wars and Playstation Vue is shutting down next January.Our discussion this week revolves around Blizzcon itself. We discuss the overall feeling of the conference and their overall better showcase this year than last year's disaster with Diablo Immortal. They unveiled Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, a new WOW expansion called Shadowlands and Hearthstone Battlegrounds. Was it enough to take away the press from their protests about their stance at last month's tournament? Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:1:57 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare33:06 - Gaming News55:49 - Blizzcon 20191:29:47 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

The Outer Worlds has finally arrived in our hands. Obsidian Entertainment, the original creators of Fallout, have come out with with a new IP that is a fresh return to the days of old with Fallout and even Bethesda games. It's a great game with a ton of flexibility in choice. We also played Bloody Harvest which is the new free event from Borderlands 3. It's a Halloween event with skulls, new bosses and a cool, new area.Blizzcon hints at some big things coming this next week. Will we see Diablo 4? What about another Overwatch? Starcraft 3? Ubisoft admits Breakpoint was a disaster and is extending their timelines for the future games. Shroud is the next streamer to ditch Twitch for Mixer.Bethesda decided to come out with a subscription service for a paid game: Fallout First. This will allow for private worlds, provide new gear, monthly atoms and more. It's a bit overpriced at $99/year for a few updates when things like Apple Arcade are selling for only $4.99. Why did they do this? Is this the last straw for Fallout 76? Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:6:28 - The Outer Worlds25:07 - Borderlands 3 Bloody Harvest34:59 - Gaming News1:14:52 - Fallout First Failure for Fallout 761:37:29 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Creature in the Well is a game that came out not long ago from Flight School Studio. It's a pinball, hack and slash dungeon crawler. We love the art style and enjoy the unique gameplay but found there to be some issues with navigating the world. Is it worth buying yet? We also play more Apple Arcade such as Spek and Outlanders. If you want to hear us do these Arcade reviews regularly, let us know! Finally, it's all about Apex Legends new mode with Shadowfall at King's Canyon.Our news focuses on Riot Games turning 10 years old. They announced a ton of new games and we talk on what's to come including a card game and an FPS. Fortnite launched Chapter 2 and Blizzard cancelled an event to avoid controversy surrounding the China situation. We tried a new discussion topic in which we wanted to recap the last 3 months. Knowing our listeners likely don't play every game that came out as they launch, we thought every quarter we can highlight our 3 favorite and 3 least favorite games of the past quarter. Let us know what you think!Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:3:21 - Creature in the Well15:51 - Outlanders22:44 - Spek27:40 - Apex Legends Shadowfall33:39 - Gaming News1:01:21 - July-September 2019 Game Recap1:35:25 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Brett continues his tour of Apple Arcade with a new game called Grindstone from Capy Games. You may know them as the developers behind Below as well as Sword and Scorcery. It's a puzzler with a ton of great mechanics all part of the $4.99/month price point on Apple Arcade. We also dive deeper into Shadowkeep for Destiny 2 talking about the dailies, the new loot and much more. Our news focuses on the controversy surrounding Blizzard's ban of the Hearthstone player for expressing his opinion on stream of what's going on in Hong Kong with the Chinese government. As a result of this action the player took, Blizzard banned him from competing and revoked his prize winnings. After much backlash from gamers, they reduced his ban and gave his money back but that didn't stop gamers from voicing their opinion towards Blizzard. We also talk about the Fortnite black hole that has the servers intentionally down. By the time this podcast drops, it may be back but we discuss what happened leading up to the eventual release of Fortnite Chapter 2 with a new map. Our discussion this week is all about next-gen consoles. Playstation officially revealed their new console to be Playstation 5 and it's coming Holiday 2020. We can now speculate what's to come with Playstation 5 vs. Project Scarlett from Xbox. We also talk about what we want them to work on to improve both systems for the future. The console wars are back. Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 4:02 - Grindstone 15:49 - Destiny 2: Shadowkeep 29:59 - Gaming News 1:06:34 - What We Want from Next-Gen Consoles 1:32:26 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we dive deep into Destiny 2 Shadowkeep. We share all the good and the bad of this new expansion that takes us back to the moon. It brought Austin back, will it bring you back? We also dive into the new map from Apex Legends World's Edge. It's quite a change from the previous one but it's a breath of fresh air to have a brand new design underway!For our news this week, Blizzard really wants Overwatch characters in Super Smash Bros. Ubisoft removes some of their microtransactions, Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC and Ms. Marvel was revealed in the new Avengers video game trailer.If that wasn't enough, we have a really exciting special guest for you all this week! Jim Foronda plays the voice of Claptrap in Borderlands 3 and he joins us to talk all about it! We discuss his early days getting into voice acting after leaving the advertising industry. Then we explore his long history with Gearbox Software voicing characters in Borderlands 2, Battleborn and now Borderlands 3. We explore some of the hidden secrets in the game, talk about his favorite weapons and his favorite moments. It's a fun conversation you won't want to miss!You can find Jim on Twitter @JimForonda.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:2:36 - Destiny 2 Shadowkeep22:45 - Apex Legends31:58 - Gaming News52:00 - Interview with Jim Foronda: Voice of Claptrap in Borderlands 31:52:45 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Apple Arcade is here and Brett jumps in to give it a go. We ordered it and have downloaded and played games like What the Golf, Where Cards Fall, Mini Motorways and more. It's a great platform for $4.99/month to play mobile games without all the frustrating parts. We also play Ghost Recon Breakpoint in the beta. It was free last week and Austin has some good things to say but ultimately is concerned about the final product.A lot of news game out this past week. We had the State of Play from Playstation with the release date for The Last of Us Part 2, Oculus had their connect and revealed Medal of Honor coming to VR. Apex Legends announces a new map and some frustrating things happened like 2K cracking down on game mods and Mario Kart Tour costing way too much.We finally discuss pre-ordering games. It's changed a lot over the years and after getting burned a few times we explore if it's something gamers should continue to do based on the pre-order offers that most developers provide.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:1:39 - Apple Arcade14:12 - Ghost Recon: Breakpoint27:38 - Gaming News1:00:49 - Are pre-orders worth it?1:24:37 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Borderlands 3 is here and we dive deeper into it this week. There are a lot of great things going for it from the weapons, the gameplay and the co-op features. On the other hand, there are some issues with it in regards to the story pacing, world building and more. Steam has significantly changed the way their store works and some feedback has been less than positive from indie developers. Gamestop is working on retro gaming inside their stores and Epic paid a huge sum of money for Control exclusivity. Destiny Year 3 is starting soon beginning with Shadowkeep. Now that Bungie is independent, we're actually excited to see what the future holds for this game. Will we dive back into it? What else is coming to the new updates?Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:2:11 - Borderlands 334:03 - Gaming News1:01:59 - Is it worth returning to Destiny for Year 3?1:25:41 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Greedfall is the new game from the team Spiders. It's a cross between the colonial times and a world filled with magic, riches and wild creatures. Austin plays through it and shares his positives and some negatives. It's similar to what Bioware games used to be but does it hold up? We also briefly talk about our first impressions of Borderlands 3. More to come next week.In the news this week Gamestop is closing more stores, Nintendo has a new fitness game, and Control could be getting an Alan Wake crossover. We also talk about the unfortunate lack of depth in the upcoming dungeon creator in Link's Awakening.Our discussion topic this week is a unique one where we talk about games that have changed our lives in some way. From the toils of war to history lessons, we dive into a few of the games that have made us think differently about the world around us.Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer.Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube.Show Notes:2:49 - Greedfall22:24 - Borderlands 336:58 - Gaming News55:52 - What are games that changed the way you think about your life?1:22:20 - Upcoming Video Game ReleasesBecome a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server.The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website.Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Austin can't stop playing WoW Classic. So much so it's becoming a problem that Brett thinks he should start another podcast just about WoW. Regardless, we have a discussion on more WoW content such as leveling, questing and getting mounts. In our news, we talk about the latest from Nintendo Direct such as Xenoblade Chronicles remaster coming to the Switch, Overwatch on the Switch, a new 4 player Kirby game, Deadly Premonition getting a sequel and much more! We also talk about Gearbox creating pre-loading for Epic Games Store, the creative director of Ghostwire: Tokyo leaving and Doom vodka. In our discussion, we dive into what makes a good endgame and what exactly is an endgame? Games with loot or leveling often have it and we talk about the good and the bad of all of these. Borderlands 3 just announced their new endgame content so we figured it was a good time to dive deeper. Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 2:30 - WoW: Classic 27:27 - Gaming News 58:07 - What is the endgame and why do people want it? 1:24:38 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Control is the latest game from Remedy Entertainment, creators of Alan Wake, Max Payne and Quantum Break. This latest entry Brett has played several hours of and has some positive things to say. It's a nice change of pace as a true to form single player experience. In our news, Cyberpunk 2077 developers CD Projekt Red have released some new footage with further details about the game. Telltale Games is getting revived and Amazon may have leaked Overwatch for the Switch. We also have the industry's first mental health event coming in October. In our discussion, we talk about the craze that is World of Warcraft: Classic. It's back and everyone is back in the WOW obsession. Austin talks about his experiences and we go through some of the happenings of the last week. Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:53 - Control 24:48 - Gaming News 55:06 - Wow Classic: How It Came to Be and Why This is Huge for Gamers 1:34:36 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We jump back in the past and play Borderlands 2 in anticipation of Borderlands 3! It feels so different from 2012...it's way harder! Fortunately, we manage to survive relatively unscathed. In the news, we talk a lot about Gamescom 2019. With new trailers from Avengers, Death Stranding and more, it's a lot of fun stuff to talk about. Apex Legends devs say some not so nice things to toxic gamers and Sony may start offering more multi-platform games. Lastly, we were sad to hear that Gamestop decided to lay off a bunch of employees including 7 key members of Game Informer. We were sad to see them go. Finally, in our discussion we jump in and talk about games as a service games. Inspired by an article in Game Informer, we visit some of the games that are live services and judge their performance over the years. How are they doing since release? No Man's Sky is doing really well and some others (Fallout 76) aren't doing as well. Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 4:26 - Borderlands 2 18:52 - Gaming News 1:04:33 - The State of Games as a Service 1:39:20 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week Austin dives into Fire Emblem: Three Houses exclusive to the Switch. It's the next game in the Fire Emblem series in which you pick from one of three Houses and do more than just combat. There's a lot to digest in this game and we talk all about what makes this game special. It's now the best selling Fire Emblem in the franchise! In our news, we discuss Ninja's marketing scheme and the mech's now in Fortnite for all players. There are also a lot of people leaving big studios for other endevours such as Tim Willits from iD Software and the lead producer of Anthem leaving EA. In our discussion, Apex Legends launched their first special event and with it came more loot boxes. However, these boxes were expensive and the internet reacted. They went back on the high cost and adjusted some things to make it better...but is it fully better? Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:14 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 26:34 - Gaming News 49:21 - Apex Legends Iron Crown Event 1:07:30 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we talk about a fun, new game we came across called Shakedown: Hawaii. It's a 16-bit adventure game similar to the original Grand Theft Auto where you lose a lot of money in your business and have to take back what's yours by any means necessary. Austin also plays the new DLC for Warhammer Vermintide 2 called Winds of Magic. It's a super challenging take on an already difficult game. In our news, we talk yet another accusation that video games cause violence and how rage about the Epic Games Store is getting a bit out of hand. Twitch also launches their own broadcast software, Discord allows live streaming inside voice channels and more developers are making games for Oculus Rift than ever before. In our discussion, we go over a series of stories that has been circulating the web about Borderlands 3. A YouTuber SupMatto allegedly reported some leaks on BL3 and as a result had private investigators sent to his house by 2K Games to stop. They also hit him with some copyright claims which has ultimately shut his channel down for the forseeable future. Blame goes both ways but what do you think about this whole situation? Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 2:31 - Shakedown: Hawaii 13:16 - Warhammer Vermintide 2: Winds of Magic 24:14 - Gaming News 1:10:45 - Take Two Cracking Down on Borderlands 3 Leaks with Private Investigator’s 1:43:48 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We have been dying to start a campaign in Divinity Original Sin 2 and over the week at QuakeCon we dived in. Since then, we've ran a few sessions that have been a ton of fun. We discuss the parallels between this game and Divinity. We also play a new tower game called LEGO Tower from nimblebit. This is the same creators as Tiny Towers with a similar concept, but better graphics and branded for LEGO. It also has a bit more microtransactions than normal :-) In our news, Ninja has quit Twitch and moved over to Mixer exclusively. EA is making a ton of money on live services unfortunately, showing they aren't stopping anytime soon and Shadows of Mordor was once a Batman game! In our discussion this week, we talk all about the multiplayer reveals for Call of Duty Modern Warfare. There are a lot of new things to talk about such as vehicles, up to 100 player combat, an intense gun customization system and much more. Special thanks to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some incredible pro-level backbacks for carrying our computer equipment to all our events. If you want a bag yourself, head over to their website to purchase one! A portion of the proceeds go to support The Inner Gamer. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:09 - Divinity: Original Sin 2 17:39 - LEGO Tower 23:58 - Gaming News 50:47 - The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Reveal 1:15:11 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We went to QuakeCon 2019 this past weekend to celebrate Doom's 25th anniversary! We got to see some new details on Doom, actually play Doom Eternal and participate in BYOC! QuakeCon was great and it was nice to see all the community out there to hang out with us. This week in the news, Nintendo is fixing their joy-cons, Overwatch has a new hero, Disney talks on acquiring Activision Blizzard and Star Wars The Fallen Order is like Sekiro. Oh and some valets in GTA Online get their butts kicked, caught on fire, ran over, tortured and more. People aren't nice to these NPC's... In the discussion, we go over a video surfaced by YongYea and a few other YouTuber's about a keynote given 3 years ago at a Helsinki conference. They talk about "Going Whaling" and using what we consider malicious tactics in getting players to spend more and more money using their weaknesses. It's an interesting topic that needs discussed so hopefully we can strike some change. Special thanks this week to Crazzie Pro Gear. They provided us with some fantastic backpacks for carrying our gear to the QuakeCon event and they were a life-saver. Interested in a bag of your own? Head over to their website to learn more and purchase one for yourself! Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 1:45 - Doom Eternal and QuakeCon 31:48 - Gaming News 1:08:00 - The Methods of Mass Spending with Microtransactions 1:39:04 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we play the wildly anticipated mobile game from Nintendo: Dr. Mario World. As of this release, it's been downloaded over 5 million times and Brett has all the details on this new game. It's our first time playing Dr. Mario but it's a ton of fun despite a few little surprises along the way. We also talk our first impressions on Marvel's Utlimate Alliance 3, exclusive to the Switch! In the news, the Switch Joy-Con's are experiencing drift issues but Nintendo also gave out a bunch of free Switch consoles on a Southwest airlines flight. PUBG is getting some semblance of a story, the Microsoft Store is bringing modding to their games and Gears 5 has gotten rid of smoking. San Diego Comic Con happened this weekend and there were a ton of new announcements. We were hyped about all the new Marvel stuff for Phase 4 so we dive into that a bit. We also talk about the gameplay leak for Marvel's Avengers which has us now pleasantly surprised and excited about the upcoming game from Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix! Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:25 - Dr. Mario World 15:29 - Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order 29:32 - Gaming News 59:18 - San Diego Comic Con Reveals Marvel Phase 4 and Marvel’s Avengers Gameplay Leak 1:26:58 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We dive into Super Mario Maker 2 on the Nintendo Switch. It's the next generation of players getting to make their own mario levels and play through over 100 levels of Nintendo's creation! It's an incredibly deep game with a lot to do. Austin also plays through DOTA Underlords, the new auto-battler from Valve. In our news, Nintendo unveils their smaller, Switch Lite. Call of Duty reveals a little taste of Multiplayer in Modern Warfare and Ubisoft is putting a stop to the farming quests. Oh and people are planning on raiding Area 51. In our discussion, we're entering the hype train of the second half of 2019. We have games like Death Stranding, Star Wars, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Control and much more launching in the next few months. We talk about our most anticipated games and what we're most excited for. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 4:40 - Super Mario Maker 2 20:45 - DOTA Underlords 31:55 - Gaming News 1:04:22 - The Video Game Hype for Fall 2019 1:38:09 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Harry Potter Wizards Unite has arrived on phones everywhere. This is the follow up to Pokemon GO and although it doesn't have the traction that Pokemon GO had, it's still a fun game to play. We talk about some initial impressions. Austin also dives into Season 2 of Apex Legends discussing map changes, a new character, gun modifications and more. In our news, Nike releases a new shoe modelled after the N64, Cuphead is coming to Netflix and Cliff Blezinski is taking over Broadway. We also have a new Turok suddenly announce that isn't exactly what you'd expect. In our discussion, we recently found a series of leaks on Reddit about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI. It does seem that they could be false leaks, but there is a lot of promise here so we talk about what we want from the next GTA and where they could take the series going forward. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 2:58 - Harry Potter: Wizards Unite 16:07 - Apex Legends Season 2 29:23 - Gaming News 50:40 - What We Want from GTA 6 1:13:52 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We take a step back this week and review Forza Horizon 4 on the Xbox One. It released last year but has had several updates including Fortune Island and the latest Lego Speed Champions. We also revisit Assassin's Creed Odyssey since it added new player created quests we wanted to see what they were all about. In our news, EA executives give up their cash bonuses to help fund other projects and staff checks. Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney defends their exclusive strategy on PC games in their store. Blizzard discusses whey they cancelled the MMO Titan and how it became what is now Overwatch. Lastly, Google Stadia makes the argument for why their pricing will be the same as regular games. In our discussion, an article on Kotaku released about Treyarch and their troubled development. During Black Ops 4, a story mode was planned and they ended up canning it 8 months or so before the game released to instead develop Blackout, their Battle Royale mode. This was a big departure and now they're returning to story in 2020. Additionally, game testers had some poor working conditions and weren't treated as well as regular employees. We talk a Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 5:30 - Forza Horizon 4 23:19 - Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 32:00 - Gaming News 1:14:47 - Treyarch Troubled History 1:43:44 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Brett and Austin give a new indie game a try called Wargroove. It's inspired by a game from the Gameboy Advance days called Advance Wars. This one takes a different spin by adding a medieval/fantasy theme to the gameplay. Austin also plays Planet Alpha. It's a side-scrolling game with gorgeous graphics and surviving and solving puzzles in a foreign world. In our news, auto-chess is all the rage these days. Last week, Valve dropped Dota Underlords and Riot dropped Teamfight Tactics. Both are taking on the auto chess craze started by some modders in the game DOTA. EA says they're still committed to Anthem and Assassin's Creed has a story creator that has spawned several farming quests. In our discussion, naturally EA is back in the news with their legal briefing in Europe where they were being questioned about loot boxes and gambling. Their representative said loot boxes are actually "surprise mechanics" and people find them to be fun and enjoyable. She said they are doing nothing unethical. It's funny to see such a large company changing their story so often. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:27 - Wargroove 15:11 - Planet Alpha 22:50 - Gaming News 45:35 - EA Loot Boxes are “Surprise Mechanics” and Are Quite Ethical 1:18:43 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we return to the high seas with Sea of Thieves as we test out their anniversary update. It's changed a lot since it first released but is it everything it needed? Also, we died by a Kraken. That was fun. We also try out Fallout 76's new mode Nuclear Winter. They're giving Battle Royale a go with 52 players dropped into West Virginia with the ability to drop nukes, avoid the fire circle and more. Our news this week covers some leftovers from E3 such as more details from Project Scarlett, Dr. Disrespect getting banned from E3, Fortnite almost getting cancelled and Microsoft being onboard with GOG Galaxy 2.0 already. It's exciting what's happening with GOG Galaxy, we can't wait to get our hands on it. In our discussion, we go over our overall impressions of the Nintendo and Square Enix conferences including a deep dive into Final Fantasy 7 and Marvel's Avengers. We also go over our favorite gameplay elements shown off on the show floor and our WTF moments from the expo as a whole. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:54 - Sea of Thieves Anniversary Update 26:49 - Fallout 76 Nuclear Winter 39:06 - Gaming News 1:07:59 - Post E3 Highlights 1:38:44 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we dive into the free to play monster hunter game Dauntless. This is made by Phoenix Labs and it's similar to Monster Hunter in that you track down monsters to harvest them for better armor and weapons. It's unique in that it's totally free to play and a lot of fun despite some noticable bugs. Brett also revisits an old favorite of his on the PS4. In our news, before E3 Nintendo made sure to have a special direct revealing lots more details on Pokemon Sword & Shield. We have dynamaxing, new characters and an introduction of co-op raids. Additionally, Google announced pricing and supported games for Google Stadia ahead of E3. Destiny also announces their new DLC Shadowkeep. The discussion this week is all about the first part of E3. We talk about the weekend of conferences such as EA Play's live stream, Microsoft, Bethesda and Ubisoft. Next week we'll return with our final thoughts on the showcase with Square Enix, Nintendo and of course more details on gameplay and reveals. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:19 - Dauntless 17:06 - Rocket League 25:27 - Gaming News 58:02 - E3 Highlights and Impressions Part 1 Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This year we attended DreamHack for the first time since it came to our neck of the woods in Dallas. We had the opportunity to see Jeff Goldblum and talk to lots of great indie devs. We share our highlights such as Dreamscaper, Splitgate, Witch, Due Process and more. In the news, Death Stranding finally gets a release date and we see the first reveal of the reimagining of Call of Duty Modern Warfare. Microsoft is also finally bringing Game Pass to PC! E3 2019 is upon us and that means lots of news and predictions. We dive deep into each major player in the conferences and talk about what we know and what we expect to come. From Nintendo to Microsoft, there is a lot of speculation floating around where they're both looking to have a huge year. For the first time, Playstation won't be present so Microsoft is going to have the biggest presentation most likely. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 2:02 - DreamHack Dallas - Games Played 39:46 - Gaming News 1:12:13 - E3 2019 What to Expect and Predictions 1:57:01 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Asobo Studio has mostly been a support studio in the past but has recently dropped a new title called A Plague's Tale Innocence. It's a game about a girl and her brother running from the Inquisition. It's creative, original and full of great gameplay. We also play an older game called Human Fall Flat. It's a physics-based game where you have to perform platforming maneuvers with a very unstable character. In the news, GOG aims to unite all our game launchers on the PC and Dauntless is the first game to offer crossplay with the PS4. The Firewatch publishers announce a new handheld device and Steam launches Steam Chat. In our discussion,we talk about difficulty in games. Some games like Sekiro don't come with a difficulty setting. It's one size fits all. That is both good and bad for the gamer. We make a case for why we should have difficulty in games, including easy modes. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 4:15 - A Plague’s Tale: Innocence 18:03 - Human Fall Flat 23:08 - Gaming News 47:12 - Easy Mode and Video Game Difficulty 1:08:04 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Rage 2 is here from Avalanche Studios and iD Software. It's a sequel to a game we never thought would get a sequel. Is it worth the wait or does it fail to deliver? We dive into the story, gameplay, the open-world and much more. We also finish Katana Zero and discuss how much we enjoyed that experience. In our news, Epic Games Store bombed with their sale due to broken features. Minecraft unveils Minecraft Earth, an AR game like Pokemon Go in the real world. Microsoft and Sony announced a partnership for streaming services and Call of Duty 2020 is now being made by Treyarch and Sledgehammer may be pulled off the project. In our discussion topic, we have a very special guest. Her name is Mackenzie and she runs the site Nerder, She Wrote. On this site, she reviews indie games of all kinds and maintains an active following on social media. We dig into writing for games, her interest in indie games, some flashbacks to the old days and much more. Learn more about Mackenzie and read her content over at the Nerder, She Wrote website. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:28 - Rage 2 21:21 - Katana Zero 26:03 - Gaming News 1:00:44 - Interview with Mackenzie from Nerder, She Wrote 1:49:35 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

The 11th installment in the Mortal Kombat series has arrived. With it comes a few new characters, a new story mode, Towers of Time and an elaborate tutorial. There is a lot to digest in this game we cover a few of the parts that make this great...and not so great. We also cover Dark Devotion, an RPG where you put your Templar faith to the test as you dive deeper and deeper into the darkness. In our news, Fortnite has a new surprise in their latest season, Sony has their 2nd state of play with an exciting Final Fantasy announcement and Ubisoft announces Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. There were also over 150 employees who walked out of Riot Games to protest forced arbitration. In our news, we talk about the monetization strategies that still plague games today. A US senator is looking to ban loot boxes and pay to win items that prey on children. Additionally, EA is changing their strategy now that they see Anthem's development and launch strategy didn't work. Will we enter a phase of most games being forever "early access"? Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:13 - Mortal Kombat 11 17:46 - Dark Devotion 30:15 - Gaming News 1:06:09 - Monetization Strategies and Forever “Early Access” Games 1:38:18 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Katana Zero is that indie game we've all been waiting for this year. Produced over a period of 6 years by one developer, this is a cyberpunk, neo-noir style side scrolling action game. It reminds us quickly of Celeste gameplay but the story here is so well delivered and the gameplay is incredible. We also get back into World War Z since Brett convinces Austin to finally get it. Our review covers all episodes but the Tokyo level. In our news, there is a lot of virtual reality news this week. Valve has announced their Index headset which sold out in 30 minutes, Oculus is shipping their new headsets by the end of the month and we are getting a flagship Valve game in VR by the end of the year. Epic Games is making moves and they recently just acquired Rocket League's developer Psyonix. There are also hints a Left 4 Dead 3 is in production. In our discussion,we talk about the live stream showcasing gameplay from Borderlands 3. It looks incredible and we dive into some of the new features that come with the game. We also talk about some of the controversy that Randy Pitchford can't seem to avoid with him taking offense to an article clarifying what was said during the live stream. Either way, we're excited for Borderlands 3. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:31 - Katana Zero 18:49 - World War Z Revisited 28:21 - Gaming News 53:56 - Borderlands 3 Impressions and Randy Pitchford 1:17:23 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

World War Z is finally here and it has all the right formulas to be a loyal successor to Left 4 Dead 2. Does it succeed? Brett talks about his experiences so far with the horde, the co-op mechanics, the progression system and more. In order to properly compare, we dive back into Left 4 Dead 2 to see how it holds up. There's also a strong modding community around it now so we start modding the game to add a little fun. In our news segment, analysts predict PC gaming is dying again but it very well could be if Epic Games Store keeps going down the path they do with essentially blackmail of Steam. Games as a service are also taking over with Titanfall 3 delayed even further due to the success of Apex: Legends. Finally, a game is developed that can detect Alzheimer's faster than medical tests and it's fun to play! Avengers: Endgame released this past weekend and broke box office records. Last year, Marvel's Spider-Man dropped and there are rumors a Marvel Gamesverse is being created. If this happened, what kinds of games do we want to see? We predict the best types of games using all the characters from the films and comics with a few movie spoilers towards the end. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 4:14 - World War Z 14:18 - Left 4 Dead 2 32:44 - Gaming News 1:07:21 - Avengers Endgame and What It Means for Video Games Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we go back in time a bit and play Last Day of June on the Switch. This is an indie title about a man and his wife becoming separated due to unforseen circumstances and you have to try and piece it back together and hopefully stop it from happening. We also revisit The New Colossus from 2017 to see how it's aged and if we still think it's GOTY material. In the news, PS5 has released the first details on the new hardware while Xbox drops the all digital Xbox One S for the same price as a regular console. Oh and someone streamed for 2000 days straight. In our discussion, we have a guest interview with Jeff Stevens. He is a writer that creates original campaigns for Dungeons & Dragons. In this interview, we discuss how he stumbled upon this idea, how to master being a DM and the best resources for players to get better and better. Find out more about Jeff over on Twitter. You can also find some of his work on Dungeon Master's Guild. WE'RE DOING A GIVEAWAY! Do you play D&D? If so, we need your details in this survey and 2 lucky winners will get a $10 certificate to the Dungeon Master's Guild. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 4:11 - Last Day of June 14:14 - Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus 27:00 - Gaming News 1:04:29 - Jeff Stephens on Writing Adventures for D&D 1:46:01 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we finally find out what all the hype is about surrounding Beat Saber. It's a game available on PSVR and Oculus Rift where players control two lightsabers and slash through cubes coming at them to the beat of songs. It's incredibly fun and we talk all about it. Austin plays a game called Chasm with procedurally generated maps that may or may not help the game succeed. In our news this week, someone is trying to do a real-life battle royale. Overwatch League players are quitting due to stress and Jason West (former co-founder of Respawn Entertainment) is joining forces with Epic Games. Speaking of Respawn, we finally know what the new Star Wars game is all about coming out of EA. It's called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and is a single player only, microtransaction-free story campaign following a Jedi during the Dark Times. Will this give EA a win or will it mean the end of EA and their license with Star Wars? Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 1:50 - Housekeeping 5:07 - Beat Saber 17:20 - Chasm 25:56 - Gaming News 54:54 - Star Wars Weekend with Jedi: Fallen Order 1:16:10 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We have a special guest return to the podcast this week! He joins us to talk about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice so we can determine how it compares to the Souls series. Brett also plays Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, a game from 2018 where you play as big brother amidst a world of unrest. In the news, Borderlands 3 has a release date and is a 6 month Epic Games Store exclusive. Gamestop reports a lot of losses yet again and Square Enix is threatened in Japan. April Fools Day came and went and had a ton of reveals about funny new technology and updates that are hilariously accurate. Our discussion revolves around the Kotaku article from Jason Schreier about what went wrong with Bioware. We share our opinions on the Anthem launch debacle, the leadership struggles and the problematic game engine for an RPG. You can read the full article on Kotaku. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 5:08 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 19:03 - Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 27:08 - Gaming News 59:19 - What Went Wrong with Bioware 1:31:29 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

The Gardens Between is a clever puzzle game from The Voxel Agents. In this game, two friends are in a dream-like series of islands and you manipulate time to get them to their destination. Brett was definitely sold. We also play Firestorm, Battlefield's take on Battle Royale. Is it worth the playthrough? In our news this week, Borderlands 3 was finally revealed and it looks incredible. Apple announced a subscription service called Apple Arcade, PS4 had their first Nintendo Direct-like State of Play event and Valve teases a new VR headset called Index. Our discussion is all about what we expect from the new consoles Nintendo is announcing this year. It's rumored to be two consoles: one for the lower price tier and another for more hardcore gamers. We talk about what else we expect them to do to the console to take it a step above. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 3:36 - The Gardens Between 19:41 - Battlefield V: Firestorm 40:06 - Gaming News 1:10:19 - What’s Next for the Nintendo Switch 1:31:59 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

This week we take a deep look at The Division 2 and what makes it tick for us. We also talk some more of the Astroneer. We also talk about all the news such as Playstation bringing Nintendo Nindie style showcases to the game space, the new Oculus untethered Rift and the success of Apex Legends continuing forward. Our discussion is all on Google Stadia, the newly announced streaming platform for gaming. It runs from a browser and promises 4K 60FPS regardless of device. Will it be a hit or fall flat on its face? Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 1:05 - Patreon Supporters 4:59 - The Division 2 22:48 - Astroneer 30:25 -Gaming News 59:55 - Google Stadia and the Future of Game Streaming 1:27:52 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We took a trip to Austin for the SXSW Gaming Expo this past weekend and it was a blast! We played a ton of awesome indie games both released and unreleased, met some awesome people and got to see some cool parties. Some of our highlights included Astroneer, The Gardens Between, Zarvot and Joggernauts. In our news, Halo Master Chief Collection was announced for PC and 343 Studios got a bunch of pizza. Brendan Greene is starting a new internal division at PUBG Corp and Ninja was paid around 1 million to stream Apex Legends on launch day. Our discussion this week involves premium, early access content. Many games have special editions priced higher than 59.99 that include not only bonus in-game items but also early access to play the game or early access to DLC. This opens a wider conversation about whether or not we're overspending on content or access and if it's fair to the broader community as a whole. Check out video clips of our news every week over on YouTube. Show Notes: 2:20 - SXSW Gaming Expo 27:17 - Gaming News 45:47 - Premium, Early-Access Content: Is It Worth It? 1:18:29 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us on The Inner Gamer website. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Capcom returns with the next installment in their Devil May Cry series with Devil May Cry 5. We return with Dante but introduce a few new experiences, namely the playable character V. This is an action-packed, combo-heavy game and Austin shares his first 5-6 hours of time with the game. Brett also gets his hands on a new game from Devolver Digital called Ape Out. You're an ape locked up in a jail cell and you have to break out and escape through more and more challenging levels. It has a great art style with a simplistic, yet challenging design. In our news, remote play is here for PS4 and the Nintendo Switch launches virtual reality with the Labo kits. EA announces they're doing EA Play still at E3 this year but will not have a press conference. Finally, Artifact, the new card game from Valve, is going through some struggles. Will it survive? Finally, we talk about the changing face of Battle Royale. With Apex Legends blasting onto the scene and far beating numbers set by Fortnite, we speculate on where the future is headed. Check out video clips of our news every week over at youtube.com/theinnergamer. Show Notes: 3:41 - Devil May Cry 5 15:33 - Ape Out 20:44 - Gaming News 49:27 - The Changing Face of Battle Royale Post Apex 1:14:27 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us at theinnergamer.net. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Ubisoft returns with The Division 2. We dive into the beta to see what's changed with this iteration set in Washington D.C. Will it keep fans engaged long-term with all their new features? Brett literally jumps into Anthem to test out the intro and see if the long loading times are a reality (hint: they are.) We also talk about our awesome Super Smash Bros. tournament we held last week. Shoutout to ice and TROL for getting #1 and #2 and winning the big prizes! What's more exciting is The Pokemon Company has officially unveiled Pokemon Sword and Shield coming later this year! Set in Galar, you embark on a journey in what appears to be a take on Great Britain. We can't wait! Meanwhile, some CEO's for big companies are way overpaid, Fortnite is considering respawning and someone leaked the Apex Legends map a year ago and no one really cared. Oh and did we mention Xbox Game Pass may come to Switch? That'll be interesting. Our discussion is on Gearbox Software this week. They revealed they have some big announcements coming to Pax East 2019 at the end of the month. We assume it's Borderlands 3 and we speculate what would make the next Borderlands something we'd get hyped about. We also talk about some lesser known franchises from Gearbox and discuss how they'd fair in today's market. Check out video clips of our news every week over at youtube.com/theinnergamer. Show Notes: 1:13 - Super Smash Tourney Recap 6:22 - The Division 2 Beta 22:53 - Anthem 29:08 - Gaming News 53:55 - Gearbox Software and What’s Next from Borderlands 1:14:50 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us at theinnergamer.net. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Metro Exodus is here. It's the game from 4A Games and a series that doesn't get near enough recognition. Is it worth the playthrough? How does it feel to exit the tunnels and come out into the world? Austin talks all about his 8+ hours in the game. Brett also jumps into Tetris 99, the free game for subscribers of Nintendo Online. It's 99 players versus you in a battle royale of Tetris. Surprisingly, it's quite good and a lot of fun. In our news this week, Reggie has announced his retirement from Nintendo of America and he is to be replaced by Bowser (no seriously.) Fortnite had a festival but not really, it wasn't official and wasn't very good so the creators are getting sued. Finally, EA is paying reviewers as part of their partnership program and may be having people remove the watermark if they say bad things about a game. Ethical? Let's find out. Google has announced they're revealing a new gaming project at GDC this year in March. Last year they announced Assassin's Creed Odyssey was playable in the Chrome Browser which played surprisingly well. We talk about what this could mean if Google enters the gaming space and what they could be developing for the future. Who's their market? Let's find out. Check out video clips of our news every week over at youtube.com/theinnergamer. Show Notes: 1:25 - Housekeeping 4:04 - Metro Exodus 15:38 - Tetris 99 21:20 - Gaming News 43:44 - Google’s Secret Gaming Project 1:04:04 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us at theinnergamer.net. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We have a special guest this week! Justin Varghese joins us to discuss gaming and rising up in the professional eSports scene. We dive into Kingdom Hearts and how it changed from the early days to today. We also talk a lot about our love for Apex Legends as the new battle royale that's taken over the world by storm. In our news, Activision Blizzard laid off a ton of employees and we share our thoughts. Ubisoft on the other hand doesn't fire people but reports strong profits. Nintendo had a direct revealing Super Mario Maker 2, Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening being remade and many more great looking games. Bioware also says they're not done with the Mass Effect series. Our discussion has us digging into Justin's experience as an eSports commentator in several leagues around the country. He eventually found himself with a full-time position at Dreamhack as the Marketing Manager for North America. Now he's working on bringing people to what may be their largest Dreamhack yet: Dreamhack Dallas. It's right here in our backyard and it sounds amazing! Learn all about Dreamhack and why you definitely want to check this one out. Learn more about Justin on Twitter @jvarg1990. You can find Dreamhack over at www.dreamhack.com. Check out video clips of our news every week over at youtube.com/theinnergamer. Show Notes: 1:38 - Justin Varghese Intro 4:32 - Kingdom Hearts 17:35 - Apex Legends 25:17 - Gaming News 56:19 - Professional eSports with Justin Varghese of Dreamhack 1:23:11 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us at theinnergamer.net. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

Respawn Entertainment dropped a bombshell on everyone with the surprise reveal of Apex Legends. It's a free-to-play Battle Royale game that goes up against Fortnite, PUBG and even Overwatch. We played a ton of it and have a lot to see about how this game brings some new quality of life changes that help evolve the genre forward. In our news, a film director calls Death Stranding a "miracle." Xbox Live is coming to the Switch, Android and iOS for some reason and we speculate why. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania politicians want to tax violent video games as if that would solve the problem. Our discussion is stemmed from Apex Legends and how they had no lead up marketing for this game and how successful it was. How can this concept be replicated in other games? What about Cyberpunk 2077 being quiet then releasing a 45 min gameplay trailer before going quiet again? How about when P.T. came out of nowhere promoting Silent Hills? There are many different creative ways developers have marketed games. We explore all of these and how they can be applied to future games to put more focus on the game itself rather than the marketing campaign. Check out video clips of our news every week over at youtube.com/theinnergamer. Show Notes: 2:28 - Apex Legends 31:44 - Gaming News 56:28 - Creative Marketing in Video Games 1:18:45 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us at theinnergamer.net. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64

We hosted our first event of 2019 and featured the 4 player couch co-op game called Catastronauts. Think of it as Overcooked meets FTL...all in space. We also play a good amount of the Anthem demo to get a feel for what kind of game that will become and we play the initial parts of Kingdom Hearts 3 from a newcomers perspective. In our news, Sony is focusing first party efforts on the PS5, the devs at Overkill's The Walking Dead knew it was doomed and Overwatch's new map has a piano. We also have a discussion on Epic Games convincing Metro Exodus to pull from the Steam store and become exclusive to the Epic Games store for a year. Some people aren't happy about this switch. Finally, Fortnite hosted their first ever live concert featuring Marshmello. It was about 10-15 minutes long and was full of lights and effects to keep people interested and engaged. Will we see more things like this in the future? Check out video clips of our news every week over at youtube.com/theinnergamer. Show Notes: 2:26 - Catastronauts 10:58 - Anthem Demo 33:13 - Kingdom Hearts 3 40:39 - Gaming News 1:11:10 - Real World Social Experiences in Games 1:27:33 - Upcoming Video Game Releases Become a part of the conversation! Join our Discord server today. If you donate $1 or more you can get exclusive access to the patreon-only chat and channels in the server. The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels and contact us at theinnergamer.net. Credits: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress Become a part of the conversation! If you donate $1 or more on Patreon you can get exclusive access to the Patreon-only chat and channels on the server. Visit our website to find our social channels, check past podcasts and donate to the show.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our latest videos as they drop. Credits:"Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.netWoman Announcer - Ariana Guerra; Actress"Wisdom" by Super Nostalgia 64