In this installment, Marie and Chris double down on topicality and discuss their time with Fallout 4. Chris inadvertently stumbles upon the premise for an underwater game that really *should* exist, while Marie wonders why there's no one left in the wasteland that knows how to build a decent wall.
In this installment, Marie waxes poetic about her time with the Xbox Elite controller while Chris speaks more practically on his experience with the Steam Controller. There is some (smack) talk about Halo 5, followed by gushing about indie darling Soma.
In this installment, Chris voices some strong opinions after playing the first two games in the Uncharted series at Marie's behest. As a result, Marie is periodically shocked into speechlessness. She may or may not still be friends with Chris.
In this installment, Chris explains his deep-seated aversion to modern touch interfaces and Marie attempts to figure out what's wrong with his brain. Guesses are made about the future of Nintendo, and then the gloves come off for an old-school "Mac vs. PC" argument.
In this installment, Chris attempts to discuss playing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare but gets sidetracked by boob physics, and Marie shares her feelings on dying an absurd number of times while playing Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.
Trading video games is a proud, time-honored tradition. In the 80s and 90s, kids would trade cartridges with friends to play games they wouldn't otherwise have access to. Today, those same kids trade games to argue about them on their podcasts.
In this installment, our dynamic duo pores over the minutia of Binding of Isaac, Chris explains his One Weird Trick to enjoying media he disagrees with, and Marie desperately tries to figure out whether or not she's having any fun.
While traveling through otherworldly fantasy mountains, it is important to remain mindful that rhinoceroses have exceptionally short fuses. Whether you're driving a jeep through their mating grounds or simply firing machine guns erratically into the air, they can and will do their best to spoil your good time.
In this installment, Marie gets chased by rhinos and has a swearing problem, while Chris drops shade on the time-honored craft of storytelling and accidentally concocts a much better narrative direction for Far Cry 3.
Young Jake's parents wouldn't let him get a Nintendo even though he wanted it more than anything else in the world. He spent a lifetime of self-imposed therapy healing this trauma: playing and owning every console that followed, designing 8 bit games on graph paper, and eventually working in games and the equally deviant comics industry. If only they had let him have that NES, maybe Jake would have a real job by now. You can learn more about Jake on Twitter @JakeTForbes.
Last September you went to Target to find something to play. You narrowed your choices down to Destiny, Shadow of Mordor, or Bayonetta 2. They were all new releases priced at $60, all equal in value. You decided to go with Destiny. After a few weeks, you got bored with shooting Vex on Venus and decided to trade it in at Gamestop for one of the other two games. They offered you a $20 credit, not even half of what you needed to get the game you wanted. The equal values you saw when you first made your purchase are gone. The game is rigged and you lose.
I would wager most console gamers have felt the sting of a bad trade-in offer. Whether you took the deal or walked out with your dignity (and a game you don’t really want), you’ve no doubt thought to yourself, “There has to be a better way.â€
