Trav
Trav is the owner of the That Trav Guy channel on YouTube. He T-posed once. Once.
Appears in 27 Episodes
#68 🫂HOP ON CONCORD🫂
They killed Concord. They didn't even give it two weeks. In this episode, we pay our respect to the video game of all time, hit game Concord. Hop on Concord, fellow ga...
#65 Does 2X playback speed ruin media?
Today we're giving our BLISTERING TAKES on 2X (or 3X) playback speed for watching media. Primarily we're focused on television series and movies in this episode, thoug...
#63 Why do we go to gaming conventions?
Gaming conventions like PAX, TooManyGames, and MAGFest have become bigger and bigger over the years. Toss in gaming-adjacent conventions like Momocon and Comic-Con, an...
#59 Games that have too much game
Sometimes a game just has too much game. When it's trying to tell a story it can completely disrupt the flow of the narrative. And even for games that aren't trying to...
#56 The problems with "difficulty" in gaming
This week we wanted to have an easy going talk about difficulty in games. What makes it great, what makes it difficult to design and plan around for, and some cases wh...
#54 What makes a good collectathon game?
Genres in gaming have become incredibly fluid over time. Is Super Mario Sunshine a collectathon? What about Metroidvanias? Are Metroidvanias even a good name for that ...
#52 Does gaming have a PR problem?
Week by week there seems to be worse news in the gaming industry. Layoffs, greed, and worse ends of the deal for consumers pile on as games take longer to make and cos...
#50 What makes good pacing in a game?
What makes good or bad pacing in a video game? Is there a reliable "just right" zone or is it just chance when it happens? We gathered 4 people who have never shipped ...
#48 Second-Annual 2024 Video Game Mascot Draft
Welcome to the second video game mascot draft! Each of our 4 hosts will pick from a (terrible) list of game mascots to round out their team, in addition to one wild ca...
#46 Games that finally "clicked" for us
There's something magical about the feeling of finally "getting" a game. Not just purchasing it and getting it, but playing it and really GETTING it. To see the praise...
#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...
#41 Guessing games based on Steam reviews Round 2
Nicco takes the game show host seat this week with Steam reviews in tow. The objective is simple, read the review and the others have to guess the Steam game with no o...
#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...
#38 The DEFINITIVE Fast Food Tournament (feat. AntDude & SomecallmeJohnny)
Today on the Crubcast, Kevin hosts a 32-restaurant fast food tournament, debated and voted on by Trav and special guests SomecallmeJohnny and AntDude - with a twist: E...
#34 Is video game music *real* music?
Effectively a subgenre of the "Are video games art?' question, "Is video game music real music?" has often been a question asked. We'll cut to the chase here like we d...
#29 Our favorite comfort media
Family Guy. Super Mario Sunshine. Shovel Knight. Fall Out Boy. What do all of these things have in common? Not much. However, they are all comforting things to our cru...
#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...
#25 Our Spider-Man 2 (PS5) spoilercast
It's been 3 weeks since the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, so we figured enough time had passed to give our spoiler-filled thoughts on the game! Get our thoughts on...
#24 Reading creepypastas with CreepyElliot
Happy Halloween! To celebrate this chilling holiday, we enlisted Creepyelliot to read some spine-tingling stories with us...and also some about Banjo's depression and ...
#17 We created our own cryptid
Today on the Crubcast we bring you a tale of a creature from Delaware. One so feared for its outrageous fondness for feet that its made waves through all of the...very...
#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...
#13 Times we felt like characters in a sitcom
This week on the Crubcast we wanted to share our stories of times when we were in the most unfortunate of circumstances, experiences that featured everything but the l...
#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...
#10 The Ups and Downs of reboots and adaptations
As more time goes on, more reboots, remakes, and adaptations keep coming. Today we wanted to discuss what makes them work, what makes them flop, and if its a trend tha...
#3 Games That Remind Us of Summer
Congratulations, you've made it to June! Unfortunately, so have we. To cheer ourselves up, Sean asks us which games remind us the most of summertime. Additionally, we ...
#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...
#1 Welcome to the Crubcast
Welcome to the Crubcast's official debut! In this episode Kevin introduces himself, Trav, Moriarty, and Nicco to talk about how we all met. Then we touch on minor thin...