Games These Days: Recent Episodes
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Games These Days 32a – Vampire – The Masquerade – Bloodlines – part one
Featuring Matt, James, Michael, and special guest Austin.
Join Games These Days as they yearn for an earlier time, a simpler time, when humans were humans, ghouls were ghouls, and vampires were vampires; a time when ‘child’ was spelled with an extra ‘e’ on the end, Malkavians were certifiable, and blood-banks were de facto ala carte snack bars. Listen up, we’re talking about GAMES THESE DAYS!!!!
Join Games These Days as they yearn for an earlier time, a simpler time, when humans were humans, ghouls were ghouls, and vampires were vampires; a time when ‘child’ was spelled with an extra ‘e’ on...
Matt, James, and Michael might have gotten the murder right, but the verbs slightly wrong… we’re talking about games these days!
Games These Days - S03E10 Scurge Hive (GBA, DS)James, Matt and Michael race the clock as their infection level builds! Who are the Scurge, and what’s the inside of their Hive like? Who would win in a...
Matt, James, and Michael call upon their noble einherjar, purify weird souls, and struggle to open chests without destroying their contents in the re-release of this story-heavy JRPG classic by...
James and Matt take a gratuitously goofy stroll through this mashup of a platformy side-scrolling beat ’em up rpg. Who really rules the school? Find out, in this episode of GAMES THESE DAYS!!
Matt and James do a deep dive into an early twist on the metroidvania format, enter what ruins remain of underwater empires, fight fallen demigods, and generally join in the magical harmony of...
Matt and James are become Swords, defender of Ditto! Looping through time, reincarnation and various currencies, stickers, toys, and yeti foots, how do the boys feel about OneBitBeyond’s ‘compact action RPG?’ Find out in this episode of GAMES THESE DAYS!!
Matt and James are become Swords, defender of Ditto! Looping through time, reincarnation and various currencies, stickers, toys, and yeti foots, how do the boys feel about OneBitBeyond’s ‘compact...
S03E05 Games These Days - Sanitarium (PC)James and Matt point-and-click-and-hold onto their sanity as they trip through time and space, swap bodies, cure diseases, and foil the evil plans of evil...
Games These Days!! Season 3, Episode 4 - Blasphemous (PC)
Matt and James silently and penitently platform their way through a kickstarted soulsvania that is more ‘vania’ than ‘metroid,’ and more ‘metroidvania’ than ‘souls!’
Games These Days!! Season 3, Episode 4 - Blasphemous (PC)Matt and James silently and penitently platform their way through a kickstarted soulsvania that is more ‘vania’ than ‘metroid,’ and...
Games These Days!! Season 3, Episode 3 - A Boy And His Blob Series
James and Matt juggle jellybeans, try out transformations, plunge past perilous platforms and try to determine the degree to which our shared fondness for the NES title is grounded in nostalgia.
Games These Days! Season 3, Episode 2 - Shadow Tactics Blades Of The Shogun (PC)Matt and James sneak, shriuken, and slice their way through the gunpowder-blackened landscapes of Edo Japan, directing a...
Games These Days! Season 3, Episode 1 - Final Fantasy X-2 (PC)The gang is back together! James, Matt, and special guest Michael watch Yuna, Riku and special guest Paine dance, sing, and male-gaze...
S02E10 Games These Days - Frostpunk (PC)James and Matt scout out caches of frozen resources, face the consequences of their decisions, and brave the horrors of a never-ending winter… THE TIME HAS COME...
S02E09 Games These Days - Salt and Sanctuary (PC)Matt and James fat-roll and parry their way through a 2-D platformer landscape of souls-lite difficulty, only to die and respawn at a sanctuary, over...
James, Matt, and Bee pester the inhabitants of France, Ireland, Spain, and Syria to learn their opinion of used tissues, manhole keys, and joy buzzers. Is the sword a metaphor? Is that a real American...
S02E07 Games These Days - Parappa The Rapper 1 & 2 (PlayStation)James and Matt kick, punch, call, and respond to the notorious junior MC: Parappa The Rapper! YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!!!
S02E06 Games These Days - Battle Chef Brigade (PC)Matt and James feel the rush of competition, the thrill of the hunt, and the joy of cooking in this heroic hybrid of a game.
S02E05 Games These Days - Paper Mario (N64)
Matt and James (and Skwerl!) make old enemies into new allies as they trade timed hits with a classic cast of characters.
S02E05 Games These Days - Paper Mario (N64)Matt and James (and Skwerl!) make old enemies into new allies as they trade timed hits with a classic cast of characters.
S02E04 Games These Days - Ethan Carter (PC)James and Matt try to separate memory from fantasy as they retrace the steps of Paul Prospero.
S02E03 Games These Days - Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones (GBA)James and Matt seize the throne of an early Japanese entry into the turn-based tactics fantasy RPG genre.
S02E02 Games These Days - Aviary Attorney (PC)Matt and James lawyer their way through the zoo of bestial caricatures that is Paris, France, 1848.
Welcome to season two! You may have noticed we've undergone a name chance - now instead of shouting BROTHERRRRRR we're talkin' about GAMES THESE DAYS!
Episode one is a retro review, where Matt and James are joined by Eric to talk about of the earlier stars in the bright constellation of Japanese Role Playing Games - Chrono Trigger!
Spoiler: we come to the conclusion that it deserves all the hype it's accrued over the years, critique its re-release on the Nintendo DS, and heartily recommend it for anyone who'd like to get their hands dirty with an original JRPG classic.
S2E1 Games These Days - Chrono Trigger (DS)James and Matt travel through time with Eric in a brave attempt to save the planet - and dig into a best-in-class JRPG in the process!
BROTHER!! - Episode 10 - Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (PC)Matt and James lug their dead boyfriend’s skull to Hel and back, accompanied by a chorus of auditory hallucinations.
BROTHER!! - Episode 9 - Vandal Hearts 2 (PSX) James and Matt predict their opponent’s next move in the tactics title that never quite became a household name.
BROTHER!! - Episode 8 - Owlboy (PC) Matt and James are losing altitude in the pixelated ruins of an ancient avian civilization.
BROTHER!! - Season 1, Episode 7 - Lizard (NES)
James and Matt wear the lizards of yesterday, today!
BROTHER!! - Season 1, Episode 7 - Lizard (NES)James and Matt wear the lizards of yesterday, today!