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Reacting to YOUR Metal Gear Solid hot takes!

Should MGS continue without Kojima? Should Platinum make another Rising? Should MGS inform your political opinions? We cover a lot of ground, but in a stealthy way, li...

Guessing more eBay prices on dumb gaming items - Rate is Great 4

We finally subject Kevin to a Rate Is Great, but who will take home the win this time? From Digemon action figures to a seal skin bible (concord), it's anyone's game.....

2026's remaining games we're hyped for

For some reason we decided to talk about 2026's remaining games that we're excited for...a month before Summer Games Fest season. Also, Cass can't get past the Deku Tr...

Kevin played Mina the Hollower early, here's what he thought

Thanks to Yacht Club Games for the early review code! Kevin got to play all of Mina the Hollower, and is able to give an early preview of his thoughts before his final...

The 'Pick 3' Situation is Crazy

Much like how everything is crab, everything in games seems to increasingly be 'Pick 3'...well, not EVERYTHING, but it sure is becoming prevalent. You level up, 3 opti...

Vampire Crawlers, Saros, Nine Sols, and more we've been playing

An enemy having a surprise second health bar IS like being gifted a plant...right?MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get ...

Indies that struggle to capture the magic

This is sort of a Part 2 to our Saros/Akimbot episode, find that prior to this episode in your audio feed. It's a bit of a meander today but we promise it's interestin...

Mouse PI, Voidling Bound, Tomodachi Life, and more we've been playing

Have a little bonus "what we've been playing" from the other week, since you've been such good crub listeners lately. MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly...

Saros is the best Ratchet & Clank successor

DISCLOSURE: Kevin (The Golden Bolt) received an advance copy of Saros from PlayStationThere are many spiritual successors to video games. Some are intentional homages,...

Can new game consoles still excite us?

We're, somehow, a year and change away from seeing the next generation of Xbox and PlayStation hardware. The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are lurking in a nebulous "m...

We Played The Expanse Game A Year Early, Here's What We Think

Three of our crubbers played 2027's Expanse game a year early.  Does this early sample show enough promise for the full game live up to its lofty Mass Effect aspiratio...

Random topic roulette (not clickbait)

We went into our topic fridge and pulled out a bunch of leftovers to make a roulette of random topics. We cover a LOT of random things! Games we pity, games we dropped...

We saw The Super Mario Galaxy Movie...

cinema is so backMORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOu...

The future of PlayStation & Xbox, why Highguard failed, and the state of Marathon

It's a grab bag of topics this week, with thoughts on the apparently incoming generation of new PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Reminiscing on Concord and what made Hig...

Games we hit a hard wall on

As #Gamers, sometimes we just hit a wall randomly on games we're enjoying. Life gets in the way, we lose a save file, something frustrates us...so why do we never go b...

Slay the Spire 2, Nine Sols, Pokopia, and more we've been playing

Our sexy Crubbers are back to talk about the hottest new releases, Slay the Spire 2, Nine Sols, Pokopia, and...Nintendogs + Cats. MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► ht...

Should Zelda really stay open world? What about that Ocarina of Time remake?

Breath of the Wild brought a surge of new and returning players to Zelda, but it left core fans of the traditional 3D style yearning for another entry in that style. W...

Making the worst hypothetical movie adaptations of games

Some of us finally watched The Minecraft Movie recently, and it had us thinking. If there were still bad video game tie-ins for movies and shows, what are the worst on...

How Pokopia won over The Golden Bolt

Alternatively titled, Kevin tries to get Chris to spend $70.MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at o...

When does lore actually matter in a game?

Some games have hours of lore for you to sift and read through. Some choose to offload it to other materials, like books, short films, or websites. An ARG isn't out of...

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