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Matt Firek and Andrew Wilds

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Join us in a casual conversation with friends about gaming. It's a humorous journey into what we are currently playing, sometimes poorly and not usually on trend. We also talk new and upcoming releases, gaming news, best of lists, and are never afraid to go off on crazy tangents.
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Still trapped in the Dungeon, the party forages for crunchy rolls. The shop is all about Ultrawide Monitors and Matt almost answers questions about it correctly. Matt corrects some composer errors and kinda corrects some easter eggs. Andy brings back the head of Mimir. They discuss Walmart's influence on creating a genre of games, Claptrap, and Sad…
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Beware as we enter The Dungeon, where our party is low on sleep and full of vodka iced tea. We get fan mail, Andy finishes KCD2, and there is much rejoicing. Matt is loving his 33rd Expedition while Andy collects some Monster Train Cards. For this Boss Battle, the duo must pick video game settings they'd like to visit for a year. It's a harder to p…
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Haley returns and this episode's trip to the Emporium enters the exciting realm of... Chairs! Matt gives Andy a hard time during the Respawn, and responds with an Apache Helicopter. More BL4 news sparks a debate about "Collector's Editions." We give Todd Howard mad props and encourage good will in this sometimes harsh industry. We all rejoice the r…
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This episode, the first guest joins us on the epic journey: Hayley Wilds. She shares her woes of growing up not having a console of her own, and finding love during gaming. And also hate. During an ill fated Gears of War session with us a decade ago. Then we meme ourselves. Andy gets close to finishing KCD2, while Matt actually finishes Avowed. Thi…
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Second Half of The Inn brings us back to the Equipment shop where we discuss video gamepads and their progression over the years. Matt remembers his struggles adapting to "Dual Analogue sticks" which naturally leads to fluffernutter recipes. Matt corrects a grave LOTR mistake. The duo discuss a ton off non-E3 trailers, Siri vs Ciri, remakes vs rema…
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Back at it with some updated What Yinz Playing. Matt starts the 33rd expedition and likes what he see so far. Andy and Matt are both on team dodge, those parries can suck it. MAtt also gives the final review on South Of Midnight. Andrew takes a deep dive into the sounds of Mick Gordon and the creation of our Boss Battle music. Speaking of which, ou…
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We start off with a trip to the Emporium and talk about gaming headsets and their evolution over the years. Andrew clarifies some Max Richter music from an earlier episode. Also, bass clarinets and minimaps. We discuss the horrors of $80 games and the state of the industry. More Doom, less gloom. See if you can follow along as we go from medieval g…
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Another epic episode with tales of 90s mascots and castles. Matt gives up on Blue Prince while Andy delves back into the peasant life with Kingdom Come Deliverance. Matt is loving on South Of Midnight, but not so much on muso games. This Boss Battle is true to it's name as the duo talks Favorite Villains. Listen to see if your picks make the list! …
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Join us for the exciting second half! We try to game and quicky go down a Metallica tangent. The news leads us into an Elder Scrolls tangent. Then it's Borderlands 4, collectors editions, and Game Pass games galore. And instead of deciding what to play next, we tumble from Myst to Minecraft to Matt Berry and Chris Nolan. You should probably get a n…
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Load up this episode as Matt and Andy both share their experience with Blue Prince. Hilarity ensues. Things heat up when the duo talk about their Video Game Crushes. Matt talks the history of 3D gaming and how much he really likes to look at shiny cans in VR. (This episode was too much fun to fit on one disc. Stayed tuned next week for the exciting…
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This episode Andrew discusses the benefits/hardships of gaming with a 6 year old daughter. Matt gushes over Assassin's Creed Shadows and how distracted he gets from a good looking vista. They delve into the history of licensed games and Matt's weird beef with a Marvel IP. From there it's steering wheels, hot dog buns, and dragon riding. You know, t…
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Welcome back for some more random talk about games. This time Matt can't seem to play games the right way while Andrew falls into a Minecraft hole. The duo discuss "old" games that were impossible to beat, reminisce about all night gaming marathons, and huge upcoming games they don't really care about. And Michael McCann, who they REALLY care about…
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Join us as we start as level 1 podcasters. We discuss a lot of Baldur's Gate, tabletop D&D, Andrew's love of crippling difficulty and Matt's delve back into Night City. We also worry for Ubisoft, xbox controllers, and OCD oriented players. We also talk about sequels: one that will never come out, and one to a game you probably never heard of. That'…
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