Free to Play - Nitrobeard

See, it's a pun on GOTY. It's the Free to Play Game of the Year podcast! We know, we've missed an episode or two, but that's totally fine, because that just made everyone more argumentative! We talk about the Biggest Disappointment, the Biggest Fuck-Up, the Best New Thing, and then argue about which game should be Game of the Year. And then we ate tacos and went to the water park but that part's audio was lost.

Hey, Ivy, it's a simple question, don't be a smartass. It's Free to Play 127!  With a full crew this week, we talk about kickstarter news, Mortal Kombat X, the Witcher 1 and 2, Square's insane Final Fantasy XV feedback response, Bloodborne, Tetrisphere, and more!The morning sun has come to vanquish the horrible night.

But not for everyone. It's Free to Play 126 and boy is it a big one.  This two hour 'cast features Matt's IBC pick of Magical Drop and Mark's next pick of Freedom Planet.  Then we go all in on what we've been playing with talk of WWE 2k15, Tomb Raider, Binding of Isaac, Mortal Kombat X, the Daredevil TV show, comic book movies, and finish off with discussion of Steam's paid mods and Konami's possible woes.

Noun; Games that take after Frogger. It's Free to Play 125!  This week, we talk about games Brian's been playing, the resurgence (or possible inevitable bomb) of the plastic instrument genre, a new Mass Effect, a new Star Ocean, sexuality in character design, Rayman Legends, Mortal Kombat 9, Bloodborne, Neko Atsume, and more!

Portmanteau used for evil. It's Free to Play 124!  This week, we discuss Wes' Illiterate's Book Club Choice of Super Meat Boy, talk about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's reveal, the curious case of Project X Zone 2, and talk about games like Pokemon Rumble, Rayman Legends, Dirty Bomb, Skyrim, and, uh, Deus Ex: Human Revolution.Everyone asked for this.

And other cthulhu-like horrors. It's Free to Play 123, the most sequential podcast since episode 89.  This week, we talk about Nintendo's bad Youtube policies vs. bad Youtube personalities, Square's alternate-reality stream, car shows, Titan Souls, missing CEOs, Imran spoils Bloodborne through the midgame (1:10:50 - 1:21:30), Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars, Hearthstone, Tournament of Legends, and more!

And other things lost in translation. It's Free to Play 122!  With Brian out on his new job of being a dad to 100% more children, Wes Gardner comes back to take the reins of the show.  We talk about Dave's Illiterate's Book Club pick of Hero of the Kingdom and announce Wes' pick of Super Meat Boy!  We also talk about the Zelda delay, the weird way Deus Ex Universe simultaneously exists and doesn't exist, Bloodborne, Pillars of Eternity, Freedom Planet, and something about...old people in scooters racing death?

Underwater Warfare. It's Free to Play 121!  This week, we talk about the seemingly unamicable split between Hideo Kojima and Konami, the foray of Nintendo into mobile and how they can use it to their advantage (and how they probably won't), and lament the sorry state of AAA games in the last year and beyond.  We also talk about Skyrim (somehow), Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy Type-0, old pinball machines, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, and more!

AND AMERICA. It's Free to Play 120!  This week, we cover Imran's Illiterate's Book Club pick of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Dave picks his game of Hero of the Kingdom.  We then talk about all the other, non-Metal Gear Rising games we've been playing, like Counter-Spy, Guild Wars 2, Ori and the Blind Forest, and more!

Good old southern cooking. It's Free to Play 119!  This week, we discuss the logistics of owning a $10,000 watch, GDC panels, a little about PAX, VR, and remember the Microsoft Zune (because no one else does).  We also talk about Apotheon, Catacomb Kids, whether fighting games have a sexuality problem, and more!

It's either a new religion or slang for being cool. It's Free to Play 118!  This week, we discuss Mark's Illiterate's Book Club pick of Volgarr the Viking and Imran chooses his game of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.  We talk about Valve's new VR headset, Vive, and discuss the pros and cons of VR headsets all together, Imran similarly discusses the ups and downs of falling down a Monster Hunter hole, Mark discusses the metagame of bad Hearthstone players, Matt talks about Zelda nostalgia, and everyone discusses when it's appropriate to slap someone else's kid like Zachary Quinto.

Extra, extra, read all about it in the most revolutionary podcast the world has ever or will ever see. It's Free to Play 117!  This week, the entire crew manages to dodge death-weather that stymied us last week to discuss Peter Molyneux, the madness that is the 3DS transfer process, Killer is Dead, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Alto's Adventure, Darkest Dungeon, Monster Hunter 4, and more!

A curse has been inflicted upon this podcast. Whoa!  This week, weather and babies conspired to make it so Brian Belida and Imran Khan could only sit in for discussion of the first part of this podcast, talk about Brian's Illiterate's Book Club pick of Talisman: Digital Edition.  After God cruelly takes them away, Matt talks about using a PS2 racing wheel with Gran Turismo, Mark talks about the Indiecade, and Dave fights his way out of hell as Johnny Gat.  We also announce Mark's pick of Volgarr the Viking for IBC.

The title is Brian's fault. It's Free to Play 115!  This week, we discuss upcoming releases like Evolve, the Persona 5 trailer, Law & Order's upcoming GamerGate-centered episode, and more!  To listen to this podcast, you have to make a pact to...well if you could sign this contract then you can...okay, fine, you can just listen to it for free.  This time.

Also, fight, play tennis, and race virtually. It's Free to Play 114!  Brian rejoins us this week as we talk about Dave's Illiterate's Book Club pick of Out Run and Brian announces his pick of Talisman.  We also talk about Evolve's preorder shenanigans, the loss of Joystiq, the end of Sony Online Entertainment, Dying Light, Life is Strange, Gravity Ghost, and more!It's a jam-packed episode, packed with delicious jam.

For every iTunes review you give us, you get a free nothing! It's Free to Play 113 and boy is it a long one.  We talk about the death of Club Nintendo, the EVO 2015 lineup, the Microsoft Windows 10 conference, and more!  Don't forget about game discussion like Beach Spikers, Dave regaling us with tales of MAGfest (with a fuller podcast on that subject coming soon), Alien: Isolation, Earthbound, and that's just the tip of this very immense iceberg.Join us while we try to figure out what on earth the Hololens does.

Sounds more analytical than it is. It's Free to Play 112!  This week, we talk about Dave's IBC pick of SteamWorld Dig and find out Matt's pick of OutRun.  We also talk about Evolve's DLC pricing scheme, the New 3DS's clusterfuck, and more!  Also something about ketchup.

I think I still know how to do this, this is the podcast about manga, right....? Free to Play is back!  Imran, Mark, Brian, Dave, and Matt have all been playing games over the break, so we have the first official "Explain what you've been playing" podcast of 2015!  This week, we talk about Dragon Age: Inquisition, Pandora's Tower, Dungeon of the Endless, Divinity: Original Sin, Freedom Planet, Lords of the Fallen, and more!

It's here, our Game of the Year 2014 podcast! This year, the entire crew and guest Mike come together to figure out what should be the Game of the Year.  Not to mention other awards like Best New Thing, Best 2013 Game in 2014, Best Personality, and more!  Additionally, we plumb the depths of this year's releases and news to bring the biggest disappointment, biggest fuck-up and things along those lines.For those of you who don't have two and a half hours to waste but do have seven minutes, don't forget that there is a video summarizing some of our categories on our Game of the Year page.  Thanks everyone for listening this year and onward to 2015!

They get bigger with money. We know we said there might not be a Free to Play this week, but that's not going to stop Imran from assembling a motley crew to bring you some sort of...thing.  This week, Imran, Mike, Mark, Wes, and special guest appearance by the ghost of Brian Belida stare down the Yahoo Answers video game section and generally talk about anything that comes to mind.  It's the most freeform Free to Play this year!