EXP Podcast #803: Summer Game Fest 2026 Debrief

Cloud, pictured here reacting to Kingdom Hearts 4.

We are back and overflowing with game news!  The video game summer Santa himself, Geoff Keighley, has come to town and left behind some shiny new trailers and announcements for all of us good kids.  Whether you like first person horror or games or have really been craving a new Gitaroo Man, it has been a packed few weeks.  Join us as we try to unpack a small portion of it!

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Show Notes:

- Run time: 1 hr 4 min 34 sec

- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #802: Saros and Fatal Frame 2 Remake Debriefs

My 1-star review of Carcoda on google maps

It's time to find out what's truly more horrifying: ghosts or a hundred blue balls flying at your face! This week on the EXP Podcast, we debrief on the recent remake of Fatal Frame 2 and Saros, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Returnal. We also have a sparkly new domain to find us at in the future!

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Show notes:

- Music from Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #801: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and More!

Somewhere out there lies the plot of this movie.

I have ventured into movie theater, with my family no less, and have lived to tell the tale.  I couldn't escape The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's gravitational pull.  How did my wallet and my psyche fare?  You'll have to be the judge as we discuss both that movie and a couple other big transmedia happenings in the video game world.

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Show Notes:

- Run time: 32 min 40 sec

- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #800: Gaming Bonanza

How it will feel when we hit 1K episodes

We are back with our 800th (numbered) episode! This week on the show, we celebrate the only way we know how - talking about video games. This time we round out the Polaris List with debrief on Slay the Spire and Outer Wilds, then go for a ride with Donkey Kong Bonanza and Pragmata.

A heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been listening to us over the years. We see you and we appreciate you!

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Show notes:

- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #799: 2026 Journey Debrief

Grab your sunscreen!

We couldn't let March pass us by without doing our annual Journey debrief!  We're well over a decade of debriefs on this game and it's very much become a symbol in my year.  Forget about New Year's Eve; my year hasn't truly begun until I've made the trek up the mountain and talked about it with Jorge.

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Show Notes:

- Run time: 35 min 33 sec

- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #798: The Loot Box Crack Down

Just say no, children

Won't someone think of the children!? This week on the EXP Podcast we open up a loot box and discover both misguided and righteous regulatory attention. And here I was hoping for a Switch 2.

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Show notes:

- "PEGI Revises its age ratings," via Game Developer

- "Valve argues mystery boxes are 'widely used' in the tangible world," via Game Developer 

- Music Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #797: Future and Ancient Consoles

Friends, Romans, countrymen: Lend me your preorders 

This week, we talk about Microsoft's rumblings about their next console and how Sony is rumored to be staying far away from those tremors.  But what will it all mean in thousands of years?  Perhaps some far-future technology will be able to piece together our console war in the way that we piece together Roman board games today.

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Show Notes:

- Run time: 37 min 12 sec

- "Xbox confirms its next console will run PC games and is codenamed ‘Project Helix'," by Andy Robinson via Video Games Chronicle 

- "PlayStation’s strategy of releasing its single-player games on PC is reportedly stopping," by Chris Scullion via Video Games Chronicle

- "This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play," by Sonja Anderson via Smithsonian Magazine 

- Music by Brad Sucks