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This week Luke and Jacob give their review impressions on a wonderful quartet of recent indie releases including Buckshot Roulette, Mars After Midnight, Let's! Revolution! and Pepper Grinder. Thank you to Sandbox Strategies, popagenda and Stride PR for providing review codes for this episode.

Timestamps: 0:00-Intro 2:40- Ice Breaker Question: What games are you hoping to pull out of your backlog this year? 10...

This week, special guest Ngachacha joins Luke and Jacob to discuss remakes and remasters and which games need one!

Support Ngachacha: Twitter | PlayStation Drive

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:10 Ice Breaker Question: "What Remake or Remasters Did You Played Last"?
• 9:30 What Makes A Good Remake or Remaster?
• 21:20 Building the List of the Top 15 Games That Need Remakes/Remasters
• 1:21:00 Outro

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This week, the Lads are joined by special guest CGDannyB to talk about their experiences at PAX East 2024 and Day of the Devs 2024! Remember to wishlist all the games you think sounded cool, it helps!

Support CGDannyB: Twitter | Twitch | TikTok

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:30 PAX East 2024 Overall Impressions
• 6:30 Dustborn (Danny's Game of Show)
• 9:15 Let’s Revolution (Jacob's Game of Show)
• 14:25 Enter the Chronosphere (Joseph's Ga...

This week, the Lads do a deep dive into one of their favourite video game studios: Double Fine Productions. Why? Because Jacob and Luke did a Double Fine bar crawl in SF!

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Start
• 2:30 Ice Breaker Question: "What Makes Double Fine So Unique"?
• 8:00 The Double Fine Bar Crawl
• 17:05 Favourite Double Fine Games? Backlog Games from Double Fine?
• 26:30 What Games Do We Want Next from Double Fine?
• 31:00 Psych Od...

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This week the Lads are joined by special guest AJ McRae (Re:Direct) to discuss what they want to see in a Nintendo Switch 2 and build their list of the most essential games on the Nintendo Switch.

Support AJ and Re:Direct- https://shop.watchredirect.com

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis
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This week, Luke and Jacob discuss their time playing Pacific Drive developed by Ironwood Studios and Ultros developed by Hadoque. A big thanks to the Kepler Interactive Team for providing review codes for our coverage. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

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• Podcast: @crossplayconvos 
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Joseph ...

This week, the game lads are joined by the Indie Informer's Jill Grodt to talk about their 20 most anticipated indie games of 2024!

Indie Informer:

• Website: https://the-indie-in-former.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Indie_Informer
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheIndieInformer
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theindieinformer

Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:40 - Who is the Indie Informer?
• 5:30 - Ice Breaker Questi...

The Lads are joined once again by special guest Claire Helmberger (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) to finish out their discussion of the best games of the year in the Crossplay Conversations Best of 2023 Awards.

Big thanks to Matt aka Stormageddon for narrating our best of 2023 video!

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• 0:00-Intro
• 1:39- Addendum To The Business Boy’s 2023 Bit of Bad Business
• 3:55- Best Visuals: Technical
• 15:56- ...

The Lads are joined by special guest Claire Helmberger (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) to discuss their favorite games of the year in the Crossplay Conversations Best of 2023 Awards. Tune in for our next episode where we reveal our official game of the year!

Find Links to our previous GOTY Shows:

• 2022: https://lukewarmgamespodcast.buzzspro...
• 2021: https://lukewarmgamespodcast.buzzspro...

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The lads close out 2023 by unpacking their thoughts about the Game Awards and competing in a Quiz Show hosted by the Game Show Master Jacob McCourt!

• Find Links to our previous GOTY Shows:
• 2022: https://lukewarmgamespodcast.buzzsprout.com/1187351/12006503-the-2022-lukewarmgame-awards-day-1
• 2021: https://lukewarmgamespodcast.buzzsprout.com/1187351/9898683-the-2021-lukewarmgame-awards-part-1

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This week, Joseph and Luke are joined by special guests Matt Storm (The Fun & Games Podcast) and Katie Lesperance (The Left Behind Game Club and Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie & TV Podcast) to chat about all things Alan Wake II. New episodes are released every other Tuesday at 9am PST.

Follow Matt & Katie:

• Matt Storm:@dj_stormageddon
• Fun & Games Podcast: @funandgamespod
• Katie Lesperance: @...

This week, the lads talk in-depth about the nominees for the 2023 edition of The Game Awards! We also give reviews-in-progress of Alan Wake 2, Slay the Princess and JUSANT. New episodes are released every other Tuesday at 9am PST.

• 0:15 - Intro
• 2:00 - Ice Breaker: Who are we casting in a Legend of Zelda movie?
• 8:05 - The Game Awards Nominee Breakdown
• 45:35 - Jusant Impressions
• 52:45 - Alan Wake 2 Impressions
• 58:10 - Spider-Man:...

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This week, the lads discuss the past, present and future of Insomniac Games' Spider-Man series. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am PST.

Listen to our Spider-Man 2 Spoilercasts here:

• Player Player Podcast
• The LukeWarmGames Podcast

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• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis
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This week, the lads discuss the current state of video game publishing and make predictions about the future of the video game industry and its key players. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis

Check out our other shows:

• Playe...

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This week, the lads discuss their time playing some fantastic indie releases! Review discussion includes Cocoon, My Friendly Neighborhood, 30XX and Goodbye Volcano High. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis

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This week, Joseph and Luke unpack all of the recent news leaks from Microsoft. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

Watch Jacob's Video Game Trivia Panel from PAX West on Giant Bomb: https://youtu.be/K9Bn4JWDLSY?si=1ZE1QugN0Pgm0qVz

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:

• Podcast: @crossplayconvos
• Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
• Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
• Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis

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This week, Luke, Joseph and Jacob are joined by a slew of wonderful guests to talk about PAX West 2023 live on-location! New episodes are released every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

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• 0:00 Intro
• 1:40 Mike Towndrow, Creative Director @ Six One Indie [@itsmiketown]
• 10:40 Geoff Moonen, Host @ “Fun” and Games Podcast [@geoffmakesnoise] & ClycloneMC, Host @ Point in Progress [@clycloneMC]
• 20:...

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This week, Luke and Jacob discuss their time playing two exciting indie releases: Venba and Stray Gods! Jacob also talks about his recent trip to Tennocon. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

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• 0:00 Intro
• 5:14 Ice Breaker Question: What is your ideal game length and how has it changed over time
• 10:49 Stray Gods Review
• 36:26 Venba Review
• 51:36 Te...

This week, the crew discusses all things licensed video games including their childhood favorites and anticipated upcoming titles! New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am EST.

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• 0:00 Intro
• 1:40 Ice Breaker Question: What is the first game we remember beating as a kid?
• 5:20 What do we think of when we hear the term licensed video game?
• 8:44 Are licensed video games the “gateway dru...