This week, Maddy takes a firm stance against pleasantries, Bri has a special kind of FU about Bloodborne, Steve Facebook stalks Nintendo, and Georgia reports on what it's like to turn undead in Ireland. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Bloodborne, Starcraft 2 and Tetris Bri - Mega Man 1-6, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse Steve - Captain Forever Remix
This week, Maddy embraces her new life as a fake video game developer, Georgia helps improve Bri's marriage with sticker charts for screen time, and Steve confronts an gaming existential crisis after not wanting to play Bloodborne. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Life is Strange Episode 2 Bri - Cities: Skylines Steve - Xeodrifter and Tokyo Jungle
This week, Isometric reveals an important announcement about the show’s future, Steve tries to come to grips with Nintendo moving to mobile, Maddy tries to make Bri cut her vacation short by reviewing Final Fantasy Type 0, and Georgia’s obsession with R.O.B. reaches danger levels. What We’re Playing: Maddy - King of Fighters XIII and 80 Days Georgia - The Room Two Bri - Persona Q and Peggle Steve - CounterSpy
This week, Georgia tries to hide her Monster Mania injuries from PAX, Bri tries to come to grips with a world where Nintendo makes hardware for adults, Maddy tries to contain her disdain for Hotline Miami 2, and Steve tries to keep his priorities straight while playing Dead or Alive 5. What We’re Playing: Maddy - La Mulana EX Georgia - PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate and Alto’s Adventure Bri - Dead or Alive 5 Last Round and Resident Evil Revelations 2 Steve - OlliOlli2
It's our long awaited live show at PAX East 2015! There were mustaches, stuffed animal attacks, laundry tips, Samus cosplay, and at least one injury. (And we tried to talk about video games for at least five minutes or so. Emphasis on tried.) Video of the panel is available too! If you enjoyed it, please share it!
This week, Maddy crushes Steve's dream of a Rock Band future, Steve crushes Maddy's dream of enjoying Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Bri crushes Georgia's dream of playing games on a holodeck any time soon, and Georgia crushes everyone's dreams with her new design for a panda fighting game. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Crazy Taxi Georgia - Godus Bri - Persona Q Steve - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
This week, Georgia delivers a final Internet Justice ruling on Tron, Maddy laments the Peter Molyneux interview, Bri wonders why we're debating game length instead of any other problem with AAA games, and Steve plays Sonic Boom, for science. What We’re Playing: Maddy - The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Georgia - The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Bri - Grim Fandango Remastered Steve - Sonic Boom and The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
This week, Steve worries that Evolve is a harbinger of games priced like iPads, Maddy tries to figure out why anyone ever liked Sonic, and Georgia tries to scare up the courage to send inappropriate things to Bri's Apple Watch. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Metroid Prime Trilogy Georgia - Evolve: Hunter’s Quest (but not really) Bri - The Evil Within and Meme Run and Mass Effect 3 Steve - Life is Strange and Black Ice
This week, Maddy warns the human race about our nightmarish future of cat GIF journalism, Bri talks about her struggle to stay in gamedev after harassment on Steam Greenlight, and Steve and Georgia ask for a Persona 5 to English translation. What We’re Playing: Maddy, Georgia, and Bri - Life is Strange Steve - Drawn to Kill and the Codename STEAM demo and Rogue Legacy
This week, Steve reports from Disney World while everyone else is freezing, Bri and Maddy have constructive criticism for Gamestop’s survival plan, Grim Fandango is examined, and Georgia is revealed to be a supervillain yet again. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Grim Fandango Remastered Georgia - Dragon Age: Inquisition and Revolve Bri - Resident Evil Remastered and Saint’s Row IV: Gat Out of Hell Steve - Final Fantasy VI and Gravity Ghost
Steve dreams of a new Battletoads game that he won't be hardcore enough to play, Georgia derails Bri's very technical discussion of boob physics, and Maddy sets us straight, once and for all, on ethics in game journalism. Plus, stay past the closing music for extra Final Fantasy geekery! What We’re Playing: Maddy - Counter Strike Georgia - Star Trek Trexels Bri - Saint’s Row IV: Gat Out of Hell Steve - Child of Light
Isometric gets heated! This week, we get back to covering news the only way we know how: Georgia fires sniper rifles at CES, Maddy and Bri swoon over hot guys in Final Fantasy, and Steve gets charged up about the charger Nintendo left out of the new 3DS. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Tea Leaves Georgia - Mass Effect 2 Bri - Star Trek Trexels Steve - The Marvellous Miss Take and Dungeon of the Endless
Since we're still recovering from the Game of the Year discussion, we decided to take it easy this week and answer some listener questions. In between a couple of Bri's Mass Effect rants, Maddy's stint as a Girl Scout, and a discussion of pictures of Georgia's butt online, that is. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Street Fighter Georgia - Bayonetta Bri - Mass Effect Steve - Skylanders: Trap Team
The conclusion of Isometric's Game of the Year spectacular is finally here! Will Georgia need all of her therapy training to keep Bri and Steve from blowing up the podcast over Danganronpa and Desert Golfing? Will Maddy use her position as the tiebreaking vote for good or evil? Will guests Danielle Riendeau and Gita Jackson regret agreeing to all of this? Listen and find out! Best Handheld Game: Danganronpa Bravely Default Fantasy Life Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire Best Mobile Game: Monument Valley Desert Golfing Puzzix Crossy Road Candy Crush: Soda Saga Best Indie Game: This War of Mine Shovel Knight Curtain Dreamfall Chapters Crypt of the Necrodancer Best AAA Game: Dragon Age: Inquisition Danganronpa Super Smash Bros (Wii U) Shadow of Mordor Bayonetta 2 Alien: Isolation
It's all come down to this, part one of Isometric's Game of the Year spectacular. Special guest stars Gita Jackson and Danielle Riendeau shock the Isometric cast with their tiebreaking votes. Hearts will be dashed, dreams will be ruined, and nothing will ever be the same! The Nominees: Biggest Disappointment: Destiny Assassin’s Creed: Unity Watch Dogs Best Representation: Wolfenstein: The New Order Never Alone Captain Toad Dragon Age: Inquisition
The 2014 season of Isometric is hurtling to a close and nothing will ever be the same! Special guest Andrea Rene of GameTrailers.com gives Maddy the inner strength to be a Pokerapper, Bri is less than excited that Hatred fans are requesting her addition as a killable character, and Steve has been playing Day of the Tentacle all wrong. What We’re Playing: Andrea - Destiny: The Dark Below and Kingdom Rush Origins Maddy - Fantasy Life Georgia - Street Fighter Bri - Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, Candy Crush Soda Saga Steve - Danganronpa and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Georgia's orc obsession is becoming a bit of a concern. Nevertheless, we decide whether Bri or Maddy bought the wrong fight stick now that Street Fighter V is a PS4 exclusive, and debate the merits of pulling GTA V off the shelves in Australia, before Steve finds a way to talk about Pokemon some more. What We’re Playing: Maddy - VVVVVV Georgia - Journey Bri - Wolfenstein: The New Order, Shadow of Mordor and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Steve - Far Cry 4 and This War of Mine
Ultimate geek rockstar John Siracusa stops by to throw down his Power Glove and to fact check the show AS WE RECORD IT. Also, Brianna Super Scope Sixes Nintendo's future in VR, Steve bristles, and Maddy calmly explains that she could destroy everything in Super Smash if she wanted. Georgia is bemused. What We’re Playing: John - Mario Kart 8 Maddy - Super Smash Bros Georgia - Dragon Age Inquisition Bri - Far Cry 4 Steve - Valiant Hearts
Can you feel it? Isometric has awakened early this week in a special Thanksgiving episode, though Georgia just calls it Thursday. Maddy gushes about Super Smash Bros, and Steve and Brianna get into it about Nintendo again over the new Pokemon sequel. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Dragon Age Inquisition Georgia - Candy Crush Soda Saga Bri - Persona Q Steve - Crossy Road
Since all the games came out this week, we took a break from the news to talk all about what we're playing: Bri laments that elephants in Far Cry 4 aren't innovation, Steve learns he's played Dragon Age: Inquisition completely wrong, and Maddy tries to justify why Mass Effect 2 isn't a perfect 10, all while Georgia counts the minutes until she can go back to playing as a woman in Shadow of Mordor. What We’re Playing: Maddy - Dragon Age Inquisition Georgia - Candy Crush Soda Saga Bri - Far Cry 4 Steve - Never Alone and Rollers of the Realm