Gaming podcast suggestions & discussion

Nextlander- Vinny, Brad and Alex formerly of Giant Bomb- is decent.
Fire Escape Cast is also good, so long as you don't mind them veering wildly off topic.

Finally got round to trying out TCGS, and I'm loving it so far. Although as someone who is allergic to all things Nintendo and indie,
I have broken out in rashes a lot haha.

The only one I listen to is Crate & Crowbar. It's nominally PC only, but you get some Switch / PS4(?) / Cross platform stuff thrown in.

The mood has changed slightly over the pandemic, as they couldn't often meet in person. But that's also meant a few remote people could come back.

The best episodes were always the ones where they slowly got wasted and ended up arguing about weird little things, but these days they're more likely to be drinking tea.

The Rock Paper Shotgun podcast is also PC only. I don't listen often, but it seemed ok. The members have changed a few times since I last listened though, so I don't know what the vibe is now.

Videogamer podcast is the one. Well established simple formula with lots of tangents. Covers the latest games but with lots of throwbacks.

It's on my weekly rotation and I generally enjoy it, but Josh's frequent lapses into free-form word association do get on my nerves. He's also a terrible facilitator, but that only really comes into play on the rare occasion that there's more than two of them chatting. The quiz is good fun though.

Aside from that, Nextlander, Giant Bomb, and RPS Electronic Wireless Show are my weekly listens. I definitely wouldn't recommend the latter for anything remotely like news or current affairs though.

Will have to give Cane and Rinse a listen.

Shamus Young's Diecast is one option, but I used to like it more back when it was a whole group of friends discussing all kinds of topics. Nowadays it's just two people for the most part. It can seem a bit stale sometimes.

Then there's also the "Eh! Steve!"-podcast, which is usually two friends discussing various topics, though sometimes with various guests.

"Triple Click" is also worth mentionnig. That's Jason Schreier and two friends on all kinds of topics. Usually varied and fun and three people are perhaps a bit more reliable in providing a spectrum of opinions.

Then there are few for people who understand German:

"Stay Forever" is a podcast on retro games. They also have a youtube-channel.

"Auf ein Bier", which is usually about games that have just come out and more general gaming discussions.

and the "Spieleveteranen"-podcast, which seems to be more of a mix of topics, though apparently also a good amount of retro. Haven't listened to it myself though.

I've recently been listening to The Video Game History Hour, which is done by the Video Game History Foundation. Very well researched discussions, with each episode focused normally on a specific game, but sometimes a system or general topic. Low on the bants, if that is what you are after, but really informative and interesting.

Also really like The Back Page. Features Matthew Castle (who is on RPS's Electronic Wireless Show/The Weekspot) and Samuel Roberts. Its set up is that it is the two of them talking about their time writing for games magazines, but they deviate from that theme quite regularly. They do the occasional competition against each other, such as "you are making a mega publishing company, which dev studios do you buy?" or "your ultimate PS2 mini lineup" which are always fun.

I have AIAS Game Maker's Notebook on my list of one's to listen to, but not listened to much of it yet.

Another vote for Cane & Rinse here. I discovered it after posting a similar thread on the old board, and it was exactly what I needed. I love the ‘deep dive into a single game’ format - much prefer it to random chatter. The only issue is that I will run out of episodes eventually!

Jeff Gerstman leaving giantbomb, wonder what podcast he will end up on.

I always assumed giantbomb was his business.

Jan and Jeff can do a good enough job of the podcast though I think to take it over.

Nextlander have an exclusive podcast for the £8 a month tier that has the old Beastcast crew on it, Austin, Dan etc, add Jeff G and I'd probably sub to try it out sometime, one a month and it's just started.

Is it almost a year after the other guys left? Maybe in his contract after the company changed hands he had to stay on another year.

Long rumored that was basically it. He wasn't able to leave when the others did and had just been waiting.
The nextlander crew found out while streaming the latest episode of the Mass Effect Andromeda run so him joining them might not be on.




Get the feeling Giantbomb and Gamespot are going to become one.

Also, seeing how this is the end of an era, post your favourite GB related content?