Bros and Consoles

Welcome to Bros and Consoles, where 2 best friends talk about all sorts of video game related topics! Come and listen to us geek out about the games we love, hate, and appreciate, as well as our thoughts on new and exciting indie games, broader gaming news, and the state of the industry. Email: Brosandconsoles@gmail.com Cover art photo provided by Nikita Kachanovsky on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@nkachanovskyyy

Episode 90: Nintendo eShop news and upcoming game announcements

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back for some conversations regarding the Nintendo eShop closures for the WiiU and 3DS, as well as some potential announcements for Street Fighter 6, Dragon Age 4, a new mainline Fire Emblem title, and Bayonetta 3. As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! As we get back into the swing of things, (and as is mentioned later in the episode), we'll likely be hitting an every-other-week cadence for the time being just to make sure we're not piling too much onto our plates due to work and everything else going on, but we'll continue to update you all as things move along as well. Thanks again for all the support, hope you're all staying safe and healthy, and we look forward to being back at it again in 2022!

02-21
53:43

Episode 89: Our thoughts on the Nintendo Direct

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back for some chatting and opinions on the latest Sony acquisition of Bungie and the first Nintendo Direct of the year! It was a pretty meaty showing for the first half pf the year, so if you're interested in a breakdown, feel free to come tune in. As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! As we get back into the swing of things, (and as is mentioned later in the episode), we'll likely be hitting an every-other-week cadence for the time being just to make sure we're not piling too much onto our plates due to work and everything else going on, but we'll continue to update you all as things move along as well. Thanks again for all the support, hope you're all staying safe and healthy, and we look forward to being back at it again in 2022!

02-13
02:07:28

Episode 88: Our Top 5 games of 2021, and Microsoft buys Activision/Blizzard

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back for the first episode of 2022 with the results of our Fantasy League from last year, our new Draft picks, our Top 5 Games list of 2021, and some hot news like the Microsoft acquisition of Activision/Blizzard which broke last week! It's gonna be a spicy return! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, lots of fun-filled holidays, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! As we get back into the swing of things, (and as is mentioned later in the episode), we'll likely be hitting an every-other-week cadence for the time being just to make sure we're not piling too much onto our plates due to work and everything else going on, but we'll continue to update you all as things move along as well. Thanks again for all the support, hope you're all staying safe and healthy, and we look forward to being back at it again in 2022!

01-23
01:58:04

Episode 87: PlayStation Showcase recap and our Tales of Arise experience so far

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes!  The cool crew is back with a recap of the PlayStation Showcase from last week, a discussion about the main characters of Tales of Arise so far, as well as a spin on the usual Side Quest Michael brings to the table. Hope you all enjoy!  As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below:  Twitter = @IndieRonin  Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com  PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael)  Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17)  Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! As mentioned in this episode and last episode, the regular podcast episodes will be taking a break til January/February of 2022, due to work and the holiday season keeping us both busy going towards the end of the year. Thanks again for all the support, hope you're all staying safe and healthy, and we look forward to going back at it again in the new year!

09-12
01:56:51

Episode 86: PlayStation Showcase incoming soon!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back with a lot of excitement for the upcoming PlayStation Showcase, as well as a spin on the usual Side Quest Michael brings to the table. Hope you all enjoy! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

09-05
01:24:01

Episode 85: Our hottest takes about video games

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! The cool crew is back with some of our hottest takes about video games (as you may have guessed from the title), as well as some talk about game genres that we don't vibe with as much anymore and the ones that we play even more often as adults compared to when we were kids! Enjoy! And sorry for the late upload; that's totally my bad (Nathan). As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

08-23
01:39:13

The Early Years: Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! So this weeks episode is another Solo episode, With Mike as your host. It's part two of Mike's early years of his Sonic fandom and he goes into detail on the impact Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 had on his childhood. And why they are his favorite 3D Sonic game. As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

08-15
22:47

Episode 80: PlayStation news galore and a Dead Space remake!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This week we've got some time to talk about remakes vs remasters, Sony acquires some new studios, and even a Dead Space remake is in the works! Let's talk all about it, (and maybe throw in some Trophy Talk too!). As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

07-03
01:33:11

Episode 79: Alex Kidd impressions and exciting E3 announcements

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! It's been about 2 weeks since official E3 things ended, but now Mike and I are back together to talk about our favorite announcements from the conferences, as well as Michael's impressions of Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX so far! As you all are aware, we give you an honest rundown anytime we receive codes for games, so sit back and let him explain to you the pros and cons of the game so far! Also, Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is awesome, and I will do my best to tell you why! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

06-26
02:12:59

A Brief Retrospective: Hollow Knight

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! So this weeks episode is another Solo episode, But this time it's your host Michael. Now I wanted to try something a little different this week. A mini retrospective on my favorite Video game of all time, Hollow Knight. I enjoyed doing this one and will probabaly make it a reaccuring Mini Segment called "A Brief Retrospective"! Let us know if you enjoy this kind of format and would like to see more in the future. As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

06-20
20:29

Solo Gaming Updates 44: Let's talk Xbox, baby!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! It's been quite a while since I've done a solo episode, so sorry for the slight change in our recent episode flow! But we're still in the thick of E3, which means lots of exciting news coming from multiple different conferences, and one of the most exciting ones so far has been the Xbox/Bethesda showcase from today, June 13th! So if you're ready to finally hear me talk exclusively about Xbox and how excited they're making me for the future of Xbox gaming, then strap in and hit that play button! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

06-14
53:52

Episode 78: E3 and Summer Games Fest Predictions for 2021

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! It's been quite a while since we've been able to do one of our annual prediction episodes because of E3 being cancelled last year and our hiatus during the shutdowns, but we're excited to get back into the swing of things! As usual, we're swinging for the fences and putting it all out there for the world to hear, so come have some fun with us and play along at home if you'd like! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

06-06
01:26:44

Episode 77: Biggest week of Pre-E3 announcements yet!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we talk about the bevy of new announcements and short showcases that happened this past week, including ones for Dragon Quest, Sonic, Dying Light 2, and even Horizon Forbidden West! You can tell the industry is really starting to ramp up in terms of announcements leading into the summertime, so it looks like it's gonna be a wild ride in the next few weeks at least! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

05-29
01:44:38

Episode 76: Starfield will be an Xbox console exclusive

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we talk a bit about some recent smaller news items like Starfield being basically confirmed as an Xbox console exclusive by Jeff Grubb, Overwatch 2 changing from 6-person teams to 5-person teams moving forward, and other cool gaming stuff! And our indie spotlight is back this week for an awesome recently announced game from publisher Devolver Digital called Phantom Abyss! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

05-23
01:33:38

Episode 75: So much PlayStation news!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we talk a bit about a range of topics, such as the PS5 stock being in short-supply possibly until 2022, Ubisoft rebranding their studios under an umbrella name, more PSVR 2 details, and 25 PS5 games currently in development! Exciting stuff all around! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

05-17
01:22:33

Episode 74: Awful mini games within games

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we had a pretty light news week overall, so we catch up about the games we've been playing and Nathan rants a little about some awful mini games within other video games. As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

05-10
52:23

Episode 73: Easy Modes, New Games vs Sequels, and Michael's best quiz yet?!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we had a pretty light news week overall, so we go over a couple main topics of discussion instead, and Michael brings his A-game in the quiz making this weekend! Which seems pretty natural when you find out what the topic of the quiz is... haha :D As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

05-01
01:32:53

Episode 72: Have Trophies and Achievements ruined games?

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode, we're happy to report about the reversal of the closure of the PS3 and Vita stores, a new triple-A multiplayer endeavor backed by Sony from Firewalk Studios, and a special discussion for our topic of the show! Trophies and Achievements... do they ruin video games?? As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy!

04-24
01:31:30

Episode 71: Nintendo Indie World and RE8 showcases

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode we go over announcements from the recent Nintendo Indie World, as well as the breakout for the Resident Evil Village Showcase (RE8). Also, Nathan had some issues with Bullet Beat, but pulled through in the end! As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy! P.S.: Unsure if the sound issues are still occurring in this episode, but hopefully we'll be able to get things resolved soon. Thanks for the patience and understanding through it all!

04-18
01:10:38

Episode 70: Sony closing digital stores and remaking The Last of Us

Hey everyone, welcome to the Bros and Consoles podcast: a show where my co-host, Michael Pontoriero, and I talk about the video games we love and why we love them! When the week permits, we also talk about news in the gaming industry, upcoming indies, and all sorts of new or upcoming releases that catch our eyes! This episode we go over Sony's announcement within the last couple weeks of impending digital store closures for the PS3, PS Vita, and PSP, as well as word of The Last of Us getting a remake in the future in a seemingly less-than-ideal set of circumstances. And will Nintendo ever be able to make a new console based on where they're at right now in the market? As always, feel free to reach out if you guys and gals have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show! The contact info is posted below: Twitter = @IndieRonin Email = brosandconsoles@gmail.com PSN = IndieRonin (Nathan) and AsideQuest (Michael) Youtube = Indie Ronin (www.youtube.com/kanae17) Hope everyone had a nice and productive week, and welcome back to new and old listeners alike! Thanks again for all the support, and hope you're all staying safe and healthy! P.S.: Unsure if the sound issues are still occurring in this episode, but hopefully we'll be able to get things resolved soon. Thanks for the patience and understanding through it all!

04-12
01:31:05

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