Brody
Brody is the owner of the RACROX channel on YouTube. Ask him about the Spyro remakes.
Appears in 28 Episodes
#67 Games that are hard carried by their stories
Typically, we'd urge that gameplay is king in a video game. However, things aren't always so black and white. Sometimes the gameplay is just OK, but we can't help but ...
#64 What can the MCU do to win us back?
Robert Downey Jr returning to the MCU raised a lot of eyebrows. Some were hyped, some were deflated...and then there's us. We're fancying ourselves representative of t...
#62 Debating the list of best games ever
Recently over on reddit, IlmeniAVG sourced more than 100 publication's top game lists and aggregated them all into an incredibly interesting list. For funsies, we deci...
#61 Our favorite games of the year (so far)
2024 has been one of the years of all time for games! A lot have come out, some quickly forgotten, some we're still playing. Today we figured we'd do a little midpoint...
#60 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: The Musical, and more
We decided to spin a wheel, a wheel that would add modifiers to existing games. Then we hashed out how these would play out in real life. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: The M...
#58 Remembering the mixed era of Kickstarter games
Crowdfunded games still happen, but there was a surge of them in the 2010's. For better or worse, many, many notable games were enthusiastically funded by fans. Yooka-...
#57 What makes trading card games fun?
TCGs have been taking over Crub bit by bit over the last couple of years, especially for Pokemon TCG for Nicco and Justin. This week we wanted to tackle what makes the...
#55 The rise of the "meme" game
Who doesn't love a good meme? Even gaming is no stranger to the meme infiltration, today we wanted to discuss games designed to be a meme (for better or worse), games ...
#53 Guessing the prices of sold games on eBay - Rate Is Great
Justin made us guess the eBay prices of games, medical equipment, and limited-edition Taylor Swift records this week. If you get that last one right, you get one crub ...
#51 We're glad E3 is dead (really)
We're not afraid to say it. E3 had its pros, but given some space since its demise we've begun to feel that it may have been a net positive for Gamer Week to go away. ...
#45 What happens AFTER a game's story?
On this week's show we talk about what happens NEXT in stories with cataclysmic events. How do you come back from the Thanos snap? What's the point of living in a zomb...
#44 The Crub Dating Show Game
We love our good friend Justin. Perhaps a little too much. So, we put on a dating game show with 3 contestants to earn his undying love (or to at least earn a call bac...
#43 Open world game design versus linear
This week's episode is broadly about linear vs open world game design, but also touches on a lot of other topics along the way (as you'll see in the show notes). Let u...
#42 Games that really didn't need sequels
Gaming really loves its sequels. As soon as a game comes out we're often inclined to start imagining what it's successor will be like. In some cases, however, sometime...
#40 How you can build bonds through video games
Is it possible to build actual bonds, long-lasting and meaningful friendships and relationships through video games? We think so, and this week we wanted to talk about...
#39 The best video game myths and rumors
For as long as there have been games, there have been terrible and heartbreaking rumors made by their players. Today we wanted to talk about some of our favorites, fro...
#33 The hypothetical "worst game sequel" bracket
We challenged ourselves to do a bracket of the worst *hypothetical* game sequels, ones made to be bad on purpose, to figure out which would be the absolute WORST. Prep...
#27 Our predictions for The Game Awards
With The Game Awards 2023 approaching in just a couple of weeks, we got together to give our picks for the categories in addition to predicting what will win the Keigh...
#23 The first annual crub game mascot draft
Welcome to the first ever inaugural video game mascot draft! Each of our 4 hosts will pick from a (very incredibly good) list of game mascots to round out their team, ...
#22 Deciding the BEST PS2 game (scientifically)
Today on the Crubcast our extremely qualified panel of PS2 experts joined together to scientifically determine the BEST PlayStation 2 game. We conducted a vigorously s...
#21 How we peaked in high school
On today's episode of the Crubcast e decided to discuss how we peaked in high school. Bullying, not helping out those in trouble, a deer on school grounds, and the sna...
#20 What are the most useless inventions?
Throughout time there have been many, many....many inventions. Some are useful and have improved our everyday lives. However, some are seemingly useless. These inventi...
#19 How we play choice-driven games
One of the many things that helps to set video games apart as an entertainment medium is choice. Sometimes it is merely an illusion, and sometimes a crucial decision c...
#15 Our favorite weapons in video games
This week on the podcast we wanted to talk about the most satisfying, crunchiest, brutal, or otherwise just plain fun weapons in video games. Nicco talks about a spatu...
#12 How infinite content has killed "water cooler" talk
The practically infinite amount of media today is a good thing. There's always something to do, enjoy, or be baffled by. However, it has also led to an immense diversi...
#11 Competition and eSports in gaming
Competition in gaming goes all the way back to the hobby's roots. While it's a part of gaming we all acknowledge as being an essential part of it, we don't always brin...
#9 Discussing our favorite indie spiritual successors in gaming
This week on the crubcast, we got together to talk about our favorite indie spiritual successors in gaming. Stardew Valley, Pizza Tower, Spark the Electric Jester 2, U...
#2 What Makes a Video Game Showcase Great?
This week on the Crubcast, Chris and Brody formally introduce themselves and explain how they became members of crub. Also included is the story of when Brody tried TH...