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Good Gains, Well Played is a gaming and fitness podcast. While none of the hosts are experts in either field, we do have over 9 years of podcasting experience. Join us each week to cover gaming news as well as our fitness journeys.
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We're back with a recap of all the trailers from The Game Awards, and there were lots of surprises. Afterwards we get into our usual critiques of the show, then we talk about what we've been playing. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:17 News Bits We Missed - 03:07 Recapping The Reveals At The Game Awards - 56:15 The Game Awards Is Still Too Bloated What We're Playing - 1:15:28 Dispatch - 1:23:49 Cyberpunk 2077 - 1:25:49 Solving My USB Bug - 1:27:06 Star Wars Ou...
We've got a funny hot fix for Arc Raiders, a Far Cry TV show announced, and confirmation that Silksong will get DLC at some point. Then we quickly get into Xya's trip to Japan, some fun gaming items she came home with, and then I talk about a weird bug with Terra Nil. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:24 Arc Raiders' Funny Hot Fix - 03:04 AC Shadows Not Getting Second Expansion - 05:50 Far Cry TV Show Planned - 14:27 Silksong DLC Confirmed With No ETA What We're Play...
It's the episode before Thanksgiving and the news is light. We've got a lot of pre-Black Friday sales, impressive sales figures for Battlefield 6, and some interesting TGA news. Then in the back half Isli gives his final thoughts on Dispatch, I tell some Arc Raiders war stories and talk about Is This Seat Taken. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:30 Developer Withdraws Their TGA Nomination - 01:51 Crowsworn Gets New Trailer - 03:18 Battlefield 6 Has Impressive Sales - 05:50...
This episode we quickly recap some news we missed from last week then we get into Valve's hardware announcements and the Horizon MMO. In the back half Isli talks about Dispatch, Xya talks more Necesse, and I share some stories from Arc Raiders. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:42 News We Missed Last Week - 12:33 Valve's Hardware Announcements - 20:46 Silent Hill f NG+ Patch - 23:51 Arc Raider's First Big Patch - 25:10 Horizon MMO What We're Playing - 38:39 Dis...
There wasn't much this week to go in depth on, so we just had a quick rapid fire highlight of some news before jumping straight into what everyone is playing. Xya talks about Necesse 1.0, I give my closing thoughts on The Lake House DLC, talk about games I want to play, and doing some Warhammer painting. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:25 Small News Rapid Fire What We've Been Playing - 05:33 Necesse - 17:52 Alan Wake 2 The Lake House DLC - 25:05 Lots I Want T...
This episode we've got Microsoft wanting Xbox to have a higher profit margins, and now we've got a Halo CE remake coming to PS5. Borderlands 4 has made the most revenue of any previous title, though prices are higher, and Fallout 4 continues to get the Skyrim treatment. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:13 Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition - 02:00 Bloomberg's Microsoft Report And Halo Coming To PS5 - 13:28 Borderlands 4 Has Highest Launch Sales Of The Series - 15:05 No Man's S...
It's another light week of news but Xya has a new MMO to talk about and Isli gives some updates on Silent Hill F. Then I talk about Battlefield 6, solving an annoying OBS audio issue, and some lessons learned doing my first magnetized bits for Warhammer. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 01:20 Glen Scholfield Is Trying For Dead Space 4 Again - 02:12 Quantic Dream's New Free-To-Play Game - 03:37 Marc-Alexis Cote's Comments On His Ubisoft Departure - 06:45 The State Of P...
We're light on news but we've got a fun easter egg, some games getting additional content, and dev's strange message after leaving 343. After that we get into closing thoughts on Silksong, Isli talks about Silent Hill f, and I try to figure out what I'm going to play next. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:23 Baby Steps Funny Easter Egg - 01:51 Indiana Jones Getting NG+ And Bonus Ending - 03:03 Expedition 33 To Get More Content - 04:34 Bungie To Start Next Marathon C...
This week we cover some small bits of news before talking about the Game Pass price increase, Sony's SSD shrinkflation, and EA's crazy buyout. Then in the backend we have a spoiler discussion about Silksong in its entirety. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:17 Layoffs At Avalanche Studios - 02:59 Ubisoft's Vantage Studios - 11:19 Andrezj Sapkowski Regrets One Witcher Line - 19:03 Borderlands 4 Buffs Instead Of Nerfing - 20:22 Microsoft Increases Price Of Game Pass - ...
This week we talk about the Magic The Gathering Secret Lair collab with PlayStation, Sony's impressive PS5 generation sales figures, and recapping the State of Play. Then the bulk of the episode is talking about what we're playing and that game, of course, is Silksong. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:16 MGS Delta Fox Hunt Release Date - 01:30 Borderlands 4 Updates And Player Woes - 03:17 MTG PlayStation Secret Lair - 08:54 Sony Says PS5 Most Successful Generation - 11:1...
We've got a random smattering of news bits this episode, then in the back half I quickly give some updated thoughts on Borderlands 4 before we jump into Act 2 of Silksong. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:30 Jump Ship Goes Early Access - 07:02 Lawsuits - 09:20 Borderlands 4 Issues - 13:58 Escape From Tarkov Steam Issue - 16:00 Dispatch Release Date - 16:46 PS5 Controller Update What We're Playing - 19:42 Borderlands 4 - 26:00 Silksong Spoilers Through Middle Of Act 2
It's the second time this year where all three of us are playing the same game, and that game is Silksong. Tune in while we recap some of the news, including the Nintendo Direct, and then in the back half we talk a lot about our early game thoughts on Silksong. Afterwards, I give my thoughts on Borderlands 4 so far. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:20 FF7 Integrade Xbox And Switch Release Date - 02:57 Epic Games To Tweak Virtual Currencies - 08:14 Intergalacti...
We've got casting for Amazon's Tomb Raider, devs explaining why game-key cards are good, layoffs, and Pete Hines' issues with Game Pass. Then in the back half we talk about Silksong and Hell is Us. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 01:20 Firaxis Layoffs - 04:00 Star Wars Outlaws Devs Explain Game-Key Cards - 07:48 No Man's Sky Player Numbers - 08:54 Resident Evil Movie News - 10:04 Amazon's Tomb Raider Casts Lara - 11:20 Pete Hines' Issues With Game Pass - 16:30 Indie D...
This week we cover a range of news from PS+ titles to Atari acquiring some games from Ubisoft. Then in the backend Xya talks about wanting to play Trails in the Sky, I talk Icarus, how an old reddit post helped me with Warhammer, and then we get into some Death Stranding 2 spoilers. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:36 PS+ Games For September - 01:05 How The Indiana Jones DLC Adjusts Difficulty - 03:32 Atari Acquires Some Titles From Ubisoft - 04:27 Silksong To Have ...
We've got a bit of news as well as games we saw at Opening Night Live that have us interested. Then in the back half Isli talks about the Hell is Us demo, I talk Sword of the Sea, and my second ever eBay purchase. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:25 August Game Pass Wave 2 Lineup - 01:48 BioShock 4 Developer Shakeups - 03:15 Metal Gear Solid Delta Easter Egg - 06:48 Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC Announced - 07:22 New Division Game Announced - 09:00 Silksong Has A Release Da...
After covering some small bits of news I get into my overall, spoiler free, thoughts on Death Stranding 2. Hopefully next week Xya and I can get into all the spoiler discussions. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:15 Opening Night Live Line-up. - 01:31 Stalker 2 Coming To PS5 - 02:40 PUBG To End PS4 And Xbox One Support - 08:57 David Hayter Finally Played MGS5 - 09:38 Wuchang: Fallen Feathers What We're Playing - 15:46 Death Stranding 2 - 41:27 Battlefield 6 Beta
This episode we cover some updated PS5 stats and a spread of Xbox news. Then Isli talks about replaying Subnautica, Xya talks about the new raid in FFXIV, and I talk about the Battlefield 6 beta. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:17 PS5 Updated Numbers - 07:15 Aggro Crab Would Rather You Pirate Peak - 07:50 Xbox News Blast What We're Playing - 12:41 Subnautica - 26:01 FFXIV - 34:32 Battlefield 6 Beta - 41:48 Death Stranding 2
This episode we've got some game announcements, console sales and price hikes, release dates, rumors, and the Battlefield 6 multiplayer showcase. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:30 THQ Showcase - 01:14 Switch 2 Sales Figures - 02:27 Nintendo Announces Switch 1 Price Increase - 05:26 Octopath Traveler 0 - 06:09 Chronos: New Dawn Release Date - 08:20 The Medium Could Be A Movie - 10:43 Starfield PS5 Release Rumors - 15:57 Sony Suing Tencent - 18:37 Battlefield 6 Multiplaye...
We've got a lot of news bits to go over this episode, then in the back half we talk about Death Stranding 2, Warhammer miniatures, and having decision paralysis. Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:37 FFXIV Ending Windows 10 Support - 03:59 Microsoft Ends Movie And TV Store On Xbox - 05:26 Supermassive Games Has Layoffs - 06:17 The Chinese Room Regains Independence - 07:10 Xbox Reduces The Outer Worlds 2 Price - 07:51 Sony Acquires 2.5% Stake In Bandai Namco - 09:42 Dying Li...
This week we've got people falling in love with a race horse because of anime girls, a game about a shark dentist, custom Lego builds, and could we see turn-based combat return to Final Fantasy? Here are the timestamps: Intro News Bits - 00:23 Romero Games Cancelled Project Might Be Saved - 01:11 Custom Intergalactic Lego Build - 01:44 Fallout 76 May Do Show Tie-ins - 04:52 Shark Dentist - 06:40 Resident Evil Mobile Game - 07:30 People On Social Love A Race Horse - 10:56 Could Turn-Ba...
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