What else could the topic for the last episode of Talking Games be? 

In the penultimate episode of this podcast, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen rank their favorite titles since this show began in 2011!

It's the throwaway bit that turned into three full episodes. This week, the TG lads say goodbye forever to Talking Musicals with its final installment, a discussion of Thoroughly Modern Millie with guest Nicole Vespa!

Only four episodes remain before Talking Games says goodbye. This week, our boys look ahead to the future of probably their favorite game genre. 

The TG boys cover two of the biggest video game releases of the past couple weeks, taking on new installments of both Mass Effect and The Legend of Zelda!

This week on Talking Games, the lads chat about the new hotness known as Horizon Zero Dawn, and Tim recounts his virtual reality experiences with a George Saunders novel.

The Nintendo Switch is the gaming topic du jour. This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen ask the big question -- is it worth it? 

This week, Chicago Loot Drop founder Mike Chuck joins us to talk about the actual joys of games that repeat themselves. 

This week, the TG boys discuss Playdead's latest creepy puzzle-platformer, Inside. 

On this week's Very Special Episode, host Tim and his SO Lisa dive into the game that's become their current obsession, Stardew Valley (they're even playing it while they record this episode!!). 

This week, the Talking Games farewell tour continues with the return of one of our classic features -- Talking Musicals! Tim, Clayton, and Kellen dissect the recent hit LA LA LAND and dive into the crushing defeat of trying to do anything creative. Fun!

On this week's Very Special Episode of Talking Games, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen share some of their favorite memories of doing the podcast. The countdown to the final episode continues!

This week, the Talking Games boys look forward to some of their most anticipated games of 2017. 

The Talking Games lads and special guest JPC discuss their contenders for game of the year? Will it be Final Fantasy XV? Perhaps No Man's Sky?? Lololololololol anyway listen to the episode. 

The Talking Games farewell tour continues with returning guest John Sabine, who joins us to chat about the newest entry in the Civilization franchise!

This week, Tim starts the Talking Games farewell tour with the lovely returning guest Aaron Amendola to chat about Final Fantasy XV!

No ep this week, just a big announcement on the show from Tim Dunn. 

This week, special guest and podcast newcomer Clayton Margeson joins Kellen and (kinda) Tim for a discussion of a gaming franchise he recently fell back in love with, Dark Souls!

This week, guest Sean Peezick expounds on the joys and mostly frustrations of the latest title in the Mafia series. 

Last Saturday, Tim, Clayton, Kellen, and a bevy of guests helped raise $1000 for Lurie Children's Hospital via a 24-hour video gaming marathon. Hear their descent into madness here. 

With the recent announcement of Skyrim Special Edition, the Talking Games boys take an episode to look back on one of their favorite games -- and one of the games that brought them all together. <3

This week, a panel of experts/casual gamers/friends joins us to discuss last week's Nintendo Switch announcement!

This week, join the Talking Games lads for another round of questions -- and some of them aren't even bits!

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen cover the seasonally appropriate genre of survival horror games. 

This week, Kellen's longtime Destiny buddy Rob Churchwell joins the show to talk about a plethora of gaming topics. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen take on more queries from you, our loyal listeners!

Fresh off his PopFury podcast, guest Sammy Tamimi joins us to talk about the game that's been filling his time lately: World of Warcraft.

This week, Tim and Kellen cover some major gaming news from the past few days and also dive into the worst review their podcast has ever received. 

What happens with the editor becomes the edited? This week, Eric Garneau joins Tim, Clayton, and Kellen in person to talk about one of his favorite topics -- rock & roll!

What happens when bits become reality? You'll find out on this honest-to-god for real episode of Talking Musicals!

This week we recap the incredible Bit Bash 2016 festival with its project manager Jamie Sanchez as well as iO creative director Alex Honnet!

Tim, Clayton, and Kellen have a field day ripping apart the new "it" game. Plus: can you guess which one of the Talking Games Boys got a refund for his purchase??

This week, the Talking Games lads unpack this past weekend's Gen Con with special guest and gamer/podcaster extraordinaire Kat Kuhl!

This week, Tim, Clayton, and a guest we'll NEVER name have a chat about desert island JRPGs, puzzle games, and much more! And again, we DEFINITELY won't tell you that Peter Kremidas is our special guest. 

A discussion of two announced Sonic games spins off into a chat that looks backwards... AND FORWARDS. All of time is ours to command!

We're heavy on the nostalgia in today's Talking Games as we discuss the big video game news of last week -- a reissued Nintendo, kind of!

On this week's Talking Games, we're covering the phenomenon everyone's talking about: Uncharted! Also a little something on that Pokemon Go thing.

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen tap into their patriotic side with this discussion of games that are truly AMERICAN.

It's time for another round of audience-submitted questions. PLUS Clayton gives us the most relevant Talking Musicals update yet!

E3 has come and gone and damn it, we have opinions on it!

It's the game everyone is talking about -- and now "everyone" includes us! The Campaign podcast's John Patrick Coan (a top-50 ranked Reaper player worldwide) joins us to chat about the new Blizzard multiplayer phenomenon, Overwatch. 

This week, the TG boys and guest Shawn Bowers take a look back at not-so-fondly remembered Sega Dreamcast.

This week, Tim and Clayton use the three-day weekend to talk about their favorite war games, and what they'd like to see from the genre going forward. 

Do you have Final Fantasy Disease? Apparently, this affliction hits a lot of us. This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen are gonna talk about it.

This week, the Talking Games crew fields more important questions, like "who's your favorite Pokemon" and "if not Geodude, why?"

Matt Young had to play a bunch of indie games for his job. What an assignment. This week he's gonna talk about that experience -- plus some gaming news -- with Tim, Clayton, and Kellen!

Columbia professor of ethics and game development Jen Ellison joins Tim, Clayton, and Kellen for look at #Gamergate almost two years after it began. 

This week, the cohosts of the Open Ended podcast join us to talk about a couple of heavier topics, and also Hamilton again.

This week, Tim and Kellen chat about some big video game news stories. If you like cars, unethical working conditions, or sex robots, this episode may be for you!

It's time for another round of audience questions and mostly genuine answers!

Alex and Savannah from Roboism chat with Tim and Clayton about the new social media app/game(?) Miitomo plus other sweet stuff in this week's episode. 

This week, Chicago improviser J. Grant Collins joins the TG boys to cover a variety of topics, and we get the debut of the "Talking Musicals" segment. Guess who doesn't like Hamilton?!

A few weeks ago, Kellen said some disparaging remarks about the world's premiere fighting game franchise. Now, a panel of three fans takes him to task for his callous remarks. THIS IS CLAYTON'S COURT: STREET FIGHTER EDITION. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, Kellen, and guest Vince Portacci sit down to talk Tom Clancy's The Division -- and, perhaps amazingly, it's pretty incredible.

Tim, Clayton, and Kellen take another round of questions from listeners; plus, they reflect on 20 years of Resident Evil history!

This week, guests Alex Wayman and Nick DiMaso join Tim, Clayton, and Kellen to talk about the moody first-person adventure Firewatch. 

Lisa Burton joins Tim and Kellen to talk about one of the year's most interesting and emotional video games to date -- the memorializing adventure That Dragon, Cancer. 

We welcome guest Tim Ryder to chat about how the story of a game affects our gameplay experience. This one's for all you literary nerds out there. 

Yep. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen take on more questions from our lovely listeners, AND they review games they haven't even played! 

This week, guest Alex Berns joins Tim, Clayton, and Kellen to talk about formative games that shaped tastes in the medium - and whether any current models can scratch those same itches. 

Improvised Star Trek's Sean Kelley has a thoughtful talk with Tim and Kellen about violence in video games. If you ever thought hard about all those Koopa Troopas Mario stomped on, this episode's for you. 

Kevin Treski's a man about town, a dude who knows what's up. This week, he sits down with Tim, Clayton, and Kellen to talk about all the great gaming-related stuff there is to do in Chicago. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen take some listener Qs and dish out some As!

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen decompress from a video game-filled holiday season and look forward to 2016. 

This week, Tim and Clayton welcome developer Michael Block to talk about We Are Chicago, a new game deeply rooted in our city. 

Tim, Clayton, and guest Daniel Strauss discuss their favorite games of the past year!

This week, fan and friend of the show Katie Utke enters the studio to defend a franchise dear to her (Kingdom) heart!

Sometimes derisively called "walking simulators," games like Gone Home and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture have caused a debate amongst gaming fans. Do these really count as games? Today we're gonna talk about it with guest Alex Wayman!

This week, the Talking Games boys chat about Kotaku v. Bethesda and what it means for the video game industry. 

Okay, look, we're gonna talk about Fallout 4. That's what you want to hear, right?!

Video game podcast or performance art piece? This episode, recorded at 5 AM Sunday, straddles the line, as Tim, Clayton, and Kellen reflect on their 24 hours of being awake to raise money for Extra Life!

This weekend, Tim, Clayton, Kellen, and a ton of guests will be participating in a 24-hour gaming marathon for charity. Learn all about it in this episode!

This week, Tiffany Keane and Brendan Stallings of the Otherworld Theatre Company chat with Tim and Clayton about their latest show, an immersive theatrical experience in part inspired by games like Silent Hill and Dragon Age called Gone Dark!

This week, guest Eleni Sauvageau joins us for a variety of topics that get to the heart of the question "what makes a video game?" 

This week, we're joined by developers Sandy Weisz and Andy Sabin to talk about their upcoming Apple TV game, a self-described mix of Never Have I Ever and Family Feud called Read the Room!

Hey, Hearthstone's out on iOS, and Tim's been playing it a lot! This seems like a good time to talk about it again. 

This week, upcoming NBC webseries star Bobby Richards chats with Tim and Kellen about a favorite childhood classic, Donkey Kong Country!

Listen to this podcast, for it is your Destiny. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen dive into the ethics of supporting games (or any media) when you know their creators are terrible. This is some real talk. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen chat about the new game on everyone's mind -- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain!

VStheUniverse's Chris Chapin drops in to chat about all things Metroid and also MANY OTHER THINGS.

In this Talking Games "retro episode," Tim and Clayton hole up in Clayton's basement to chat about perfect games -- and what games people think are perfect BUT ARE NOT. 

This week, developer and organizer Jamie Sanchez chats with us about this weekend's upcoming Bit Bash festivities!

This week, the Nerdologues' own Kevin Reader sits in with Tim, Clayton, and Kellen to discuss a topic he knows well -- critics. 

This week, our three hosts cover why Konami's a terrible place to work, Destiny, and everything in between!

This week, guest George Serad joins us to chat about the fine art of video game pugilism!

This week, we welcome guest Jon Silver to chat about the highs(?) and lows(!) of the Assassin's Creed franchise and more!

He is vengeance. He is the night. He is BATMAN, and he's got a lot of video games to his name. Today we're gonna talk about 'em with guest Andy Junk!

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen undertake another round of audience questions, tackling everything from the well thought out and heartfelt to the troll-y!

Kellen and Clayton are out and special guests Sean Rose and Sammy Tamimi are in to finally wrap up E3 news!

CROSSOVER! This week, Josiah and Rob from REMAKE: THE PODCAST help us turn Sonic: The Hedgehog into a movie -- and It's a Wonderful Life into a game!

It was inevitable... this week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen devote an entire episode to the game currently taking up their time, Witcher 3!

This week, Tim and Clayton welcome the hosts of the Friendshipping! podcast, Jenn and Trin, who appropriately talk about the game franchise that sparked their own friendship - Mass Effect!

This week, Talking Games welcomes James D'Amato, host of the One Shot and Campaign podcasts and professional role-player!

In this Talking Games throwback, our TWO hosts (just Tim and Clayton today, folks) take thoughtful questions from their non-gaming friends. 

iO creative director Alex Honnet stops by this week to chat about a myriad of topics with our trinity of games podcasters.

This episode, bros Tim, Clayton, and Kellen chat about maintaining their love of gaming while maintaining a healthy relationship. Get ready... TO HAVE FEELINGS. 

This week, Tim, Clayton, and Kellen discuss the legacy of Konami, specifically mainstay Hideo Kojima. 

This week, our prodigal Second City Sailor returns as Clayton and Kellen welcome show co-creator Tim Dunn back into the fold!

What would a video game be without a final boss? This week, guest Trevor Martin joins Clayton and Kellen to talk about some of the best - and worst!

Every game involves choice, but in some games your choices bear more weight than in others. This week, returning guest co-host John Patrick Coan and Brandon Shockney join Clayton to chat about games that require big choices that affect your whole experience - notably games with morality engines.

It's one of the biggest gaming sensations of 2015 so far, and this week we're gonna talk(ing games) about it! Join Clayton, Kellen, and special guest Jake Goldberg for a chat about Bloodborne!

This week, we welcome Tommy Reahard to the show to chat about one of his new gaming loves - Turtle Rock Studios' Evolve!

In 1990, Milton Bradley released HeroQuest, a board game described by our guests as "D&D for jocks." This week, Gannon Reedy and Erin Kay Van Pay detail how, 25 years later, they've got far beyond MB's original vision for the game to make something truly epic.

SPORTS? On a NERDS show? That's right, this week we welcome our friend Josiah Jenkins to talk about his NBA 2K14 legacy!

It's a question as old as time, and this episode's going to answer it: when you reach 100% of a game's achievements, do you then feel like 100% of a person?

This week, Clayton, Kellen, and special guest James Dugan take a look at games that you just don't want to revisit.

Isn't it boring talking about protagonists all the time? Seriously! Thankfully for all of us, Clayton plus guests Nicole Vespa and Seth Owens (returning champ from last week) use this episode to look at the other side of the coin!

This week, a solo Clayton welcomes guests John Patrick Coan and Seth Owens to the podcast to chat about one of the best strategy RPGs of all time - Final Fantasy Tactics!

This week on a guestless Talking Games, Clayton and Kellen chat about their gaming hopes for the year to come!

This week, Clayton's Hijinks teammate and podcast nemesis Jude Tedmori joins us for the first (and probably only time) to produce the Worst Episode Ever (TM).

This week, Clayton and Kellen welcome Kevin Treski to chat about the Chicago Gaming Union - and all sorts of things that make the Windy City great!

Clayton's back this week as we welcome special guest and friend Rob Grabowski to mostly talk about games, kind of!

Kellen mans this episode alone and things get pretty serious as he and guest Charley Carroll chat about video game addiction.

This week, VStheUNIVERSE's Aaron Amendola checks in to chat about what he calls his favorite game of all time - Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Dougie's out and Mistletoe's in for part four of this Pathfinder adventure DMed by friend Erin Thorn!

We've got Clayton, we've got Kellen, we've got DM Erin Thorn, and somehow we've got Tim Dunn - all jumping into the world of Pathfinder for another return to the breathtaking saga of Dougie and Grubz (and friends)! 

This week, guest Sean Peezick chats with Clayton and Kellen about the hybrid game genre that everybody seems to love... the action RPG.

This week, Sweetheart and friend of the Nerdologues Ryan Ben joins Clayton and Kellen to chat about an oft-underappreciate genre of game, the western!

It's Talking Games with Clayton and... someone else! Favorite guest and long-term cohost Kellen Terrett rocks his first official episode here as we welcome back Nicole Vespa to talk about games that drive us to completion. 

This week, everyone's favorite(?) Pathfinder adventuring pair is back - along with dungeonmaster Erin Thorn - for another exciting chapter in the ongoing life of Dougie and Grubz!

Before Tim leaves for a bit, the boys wanted to revisit one of their favorite episodes by welcoming back Byron Hatfield, Public House Theatre proprietor. Byron brought some beer and a D6 to create another Talking Games Choose Your Own Adventure.

Hey, you! Do you like Call of Duty? Then you should check out this episode featuring one of Advanced Warfare's motion capture actresses, the fantastic Loren Jones!

This week, Tim and Clayton are REPLACED - by their Pathfinder characters Dougie and Grubz - in this first part of an ongoing adventure with guest dungeon master Erin Thorn!

Somehow, Tim and Clayton had never played EarthBound before they started to prep for this episode. Fortunately, Lauren Faits - aka Geek Girl Chicago - is here to explain why it's her favorite game!

This week, Chicago Loot Drop personalities Mike Chuck and Erik Hanson come by the show to chat up their favorite zombie games. What a seasonally appropriate episode!

Talking Games takes a rare detour to the realm of Nintendo with this discussion of one of its most popular franchises, Super Smash Bros!

This week, we're joined by VsTheUniverse artistic director Aaron Amendola to talk about some favorite games both new (Destiny) and older (the Final Fantasy series). 

Fresh off her appearance at Bit Bash, local game designer Blair Kuhlman joins Tim and Clayton to chat about one of her favorite trends in gaming - emerging narrative. 

Kellen Terrett is back. Again. But this time, he's hosting! Tim is the guest. Just kidding! Tim is still a host. For now. The guys discuss what it means to be a "gamer."

This week, Super Nintendo Charity Challenge co-organizer Mike Hannemann joins us to talk about video game properties that don't start out as video games. Let's talk about media franchises!

This week, Sammy Tamimi joins Tim and Clayton for a look back at what got them into gaming in the first place. 

This week, guest Erin Thorn chats with us about everybody's favorite replacement for Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder!

Live from A Jangleheart Circus at the Den Theatre, it's Kellen Terrett and Jeff Murdoch debating the merits of Final Fantasy X!

This week, guest Jonah Aaron joins us for a retrospective of the mega-popular developer BioWare. 

This episode, Tim, Clayton, and guest Kyle Chorpening investigate the horrors of the new Kim Kardashian video game. 

This week, we for real welcome Harrison George to the show to chat about mobile games and lots of other stuff. 

Who needs guests? Not us! For the second time ever, Tim and Clayton come at your earholes with no help at all, this time to discuss some of the big reveals out of last weekend's San Diego Comic Con!

What's the opposite of a love fest? That's what we've got going on this week as guests Tim Reardon and Jeff Murdoch sit down to share games that everyone seems to like but them. 

This week, Eric Schinzer joins up for a trip through tiiiiiime to talk about the games we played growing up. 

Frequent contributor and good friend Kellen Terrett returns to the show this week to discuss Shovel Knight, an 8-bit adventure that some folks are already calling game of the year!

This week, Jangleheart Circus organizer and gaming fiend Alex Honnet joins us to chat about Hearthstone, the online WoW card game that's occupying people's time across the nation!

Clayton's on vacation, so this week Tim welcomes two guests to fill the void, Ben Vigeant and Stephen Winchell from the podcast Space Lincoln. We're gonna talk about Star Trek, we're gonna talk about pinball, and you might hear a little something about video games in there too. 

This week, we welcome guest Daniel Strauss to talk about all our favorite reveals from last week's E3 trade show - plus, Daniel finally ends a debate that's been plaguing his Facebook page. 

This week, Chicago comedian and actress Jessica Kent joins Tim and Clayton to talk about her favorite gaming franchise, one which just dropped a new installment to great acclaim! Get ready for a trip down Rainbow Road. 

This week, Collectors' Edition host and cool dude Sean Rose sits down with us to chat about two of his favorite gaming franchises: Metal Gear and The Legend of Zelda. 

Nerdologues member and podcast editor Eric Garneau chats with Tim and Clayton about a non-video game very near and dear to his heart/wallet. Get your decks ready for some Magic. 

It was one of the defining games of a generation - if you belonged to a super-specific generation of 1990s gamers - and now we're gonna talk about it. Don't jump out of your trolleys prematurely for this discussion of Donkey Kong Country. 

This episode, Tim, Clayton, and guest Brad Statland dive into a dichotomy as old as the ages. 

This week, we're joined by fan and friend Yishai Weinstein to cover a wide range of topics. Are you ready for this aural adventure? 

This week, we're joined by Neil Jacobsen to chat about handheld consoles and games. From Game Boys to phones, all will be covered!

This week, Tim and Clayton open the doors of gaming back up to their friend Andy, who hasn't played in so, so long. 

This week, returning champion Kellen Terrett joins us as we pull back the curtains to reveal the top-secret and super-cool(?) world of beta testing, also known as playing a game before everybody else. 

This week, Rachael H joins us to talk about all things strategy. Bring your game plan!

Sometimes on this show we talk about games that made us cry. This week, we're joined by Nicole Vespa to talk about games that make us laugh!

Video games are meant to be played, right? Well, maybe not always. This week, Jon Forsythe joins us to discuss the idea of watching them. 

This week, Geek Girl Chicago herself - Lauren Rapciak - stops by to chat about a couple topics that compel her. No anger here - only friendship!

Join Chicago Loot Drop's Mike Chuck for a discussion of a wide array of topics from video game movies to wrestling. In this episode, everything's on the table - or through it. 

Add this podcast to your inventory and equip your favorite earbuds as we chat with Improvised Star Trek's Sean Kelley about JRPGs!

This week, join Public House Theatre owner and friend Byron Hatfield to take on a list of random topics generated by Byron himself! Where will this conversation go? Only Byron knows...

This week, Second City's Matt Hovde joins us for a debate that spans the Atlantic Ocean: Ameritrash vs. Eurogames!

Join Max Temkin, one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity, to talk about why he thinks Spelunky is the best video game ever made.

Red Eye Chicago geek blogger Elliott Serrano's shown the Nerdologues that he has a thing or two to say about Star Wars. This week he joins us to talk about his favorite games set in a galaxy far, far away. From Rebel Assault to Lego Star Wars to Force Unleashed, we cover it all - plus there's a little bit of love for other LucasArts (RIP) properties for good measure.

Returning from the 2013 year-end episodelike a champ, guest and friend Kellen Terrett runs down some of his favorite underrated games with us this week. Get ready for some hardcore nostalgia as we discover sleepover games, franchise entries that didn't quite live up to their promise, and all the PS1 action-RPGs you can shake a stick at.

Welcome to the first episode of Talking Games under the Nerdologues podcast umbrella! To celebrate this merger, Tim and Clayton chat with founding Nerdologues members Kevin Reader and Chris Geiger (who was on this showlong ago). Things get appropriately introspective as they discuss this week's topic: how and why does one leave the world of gaming behind? Get ready for lots of talk aboutBioshock Infinite,The Last of Us, andTetris. And beware: the Nerdologues studio (actually a dressing room) is a SPOILER ALERT-FREE ZONE!

Episode 42! Today we're talking with Eric Harrington about how we've changed as gamers as we've gotten older, the inability to get in to anime, and Clayton and Eric go to town on Tim's hair. Enjoy!

Episode 41! Today we did something kinda special. We started off with a short "In the field" segment with our guest Ben Vigeant at Headquarters Beercade. Then we come back to the studio to talk to him about all things pinball, why Tim shouldn't give up on Ico, and the Vietnam war.

It had to happen eventually! Today we cover the biggest thing in gaming in the past decade, World of Warcraft. Sam Roos (IO's Attica, Evil) takes us through the process of being lured in, getting good, and eventually realizing it's just not important to you anymore. Along the way we talk Counterstrike, Devil Make Cry, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and Tim describes how the wind knocked a pizza slice out of his hand.

40 episodes in and today Kellen Terrett's back to talk about Grand Theft Auto 5, my silly fundraiser to buy it, the games we recommend from this console generation, and a little peek in to gaming as a dad!

Happy new year! We start 2014 off with a brand new guest, John Sabine (The Late 90's, Second City) discussing Gone Home (skip 8:00 - 12:00 if you haven't played it) and his love/addiction for Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword. Enjoy the episode; here's the link to the game's grammy winning soundtrack:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb-jk6Ftx7o

Hoo boy oh boy, episode 37! Today we're talking with Kevin Horst (IO's Trolley, Ben-Hur) about some of the best and worst examples of morality systems in gaming, and Clayton's shoes make weird noises. Enjoy!

Folks, it's here. Episode 54, and our 2013 retrospective with our good friend Kellen Terrett. We look back at news stories, best and worst games, and things we're looking forward to. It's a big 'ol dog pile of love with the exception of yelling at Tim's "Most Anticipated Game" pick. Happy new year!

Merry any holiday you could possibly be celebrating today! Our gift to you is our first guest ever, Vince Portacci (The Late 90's, Scoundrels) back on the podcast to discuss the Borderlands series, and how our traits and neuroses shape the characters we create in games. Enjoy this, and come back next week with our 2013 wrap up show!

Episode 52! Folks, we couldn't get a guest in time for the recording this week, so we went without one. We switch the roles we normally have on the show, and Clayton asks deep probing questions of Tim. Enjoy!

Episode 51, mwahahaha! Today we talk with Ben Cook (IO's Big Spoon) about D&D, the theme song we almost went with, and end up playing a game we did once before on the podcast, "Name That Game Tune". Clayton and Ben sent me their favorite game music, and I quiz them to see who knows the most tracks, winner gets $20,000.

And that's 50 episodes! Today we had Tim Ryder on to address some of the criticisms our last guest, Dan Strauss, made about Batman: Arkham Origins, Assassin's Creed 3, and Tim, himself. Then we discuss Tim's distaste for shooters and first person gaming, and end with some of his favorites from 2013.

Episode 49! Today we're talking with Dan Strauss (The Second City, Game Bros.) about a little bit of everything. We cover Beyond: Two Souls, Clayton's latest review, and the biggest surprises and disappointments from this year. Enjoy!

Episode 48! One of our favorites, Mike Brunlieb (Dead$$$, Sand) came back on the show to discuss the emotional impact games have on us, including those that made us cry, fear for our lives, and laugh. It's like the very special episode of Fresh Prince where Carlton took speed, but for our podcast. WebRepcurrentVotenoRatingnoWeight

Episode 47! We're gonna have some of our favorite guests back on for the last episodes of 2013, starting with RAY GORDON! Ray discusses Arkham Origins, the best comic book games of this generation, and the Upstairs Gallery Magic The Gathering league. Yep.

Episode 46!!! Today we're talking with Drew Kearse (IO's Bass Mountain, Footloose) about growing up always having to be player 2, and what he's missed not having had a console for this generation. We even dip in to sports you guys. YEAH, SPORTS!

Episode 45! Today, to celebrate Clayton's new gig reviewing games for Honestgamers.com, we're talking about game journalism, what we love/hate about it, and what makes a 10. Friend of the show J.T. Butler came back to join us on this journey and add his reasons for hating Alan Wake.

Zack "Save the Best for Last" Mast (IO's Sonis) came on and talked about the best sleepover games we grew up with, back when people used to play games in the same room with each other. We talk Goldeneye, Metal Warriors, Wii Sports, all before Zack got blackout drunk. Enjoy!

Episode 43! Today we're talking with Alex Hanpeter (Two Bunnies Eating Flowers, Hijinks) about licensed games and mostly the time we've wasted playing them. Ya know, like the LOST game, the 7UP game and the PRISON BREAK game. Enjoy!