Crossplay Conversations: A Video Game Podcast
Do you feel like you’re the only person in your circle who wants to go deep about video games regularly? We were like that too. Every other week, we dive deep into gaming industry topics and host light-hearted conversations around our favorite video games. With a combined 15 years of video game content creation, Luke Lewis (LukeWarmGames), Joseph Hooper (Player Player Podcast & Can’t Pause) and Jacob McCourt (Left Behind Game Club, The Gaming Brief & Video Game Trivia) publish their gaming group chat in audio form. The gang is here to break down the latest and greatest in the world of gaming with a mostly positive, insightful and fun style. Consider Crossplay Conversations as the Voltron of Video Game Podcasts.
Episodes
This week the lads discuss their favorite games of 2024 so far and give some recommendations of other new releases to check out!
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:
- Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod
- Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod
- Left Behind Gam...
This week Luke and Jacob unpack their favorite party and local multiplayer games from over the years.
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:
- Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlayerPod
- Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast: @Cutscenes_Pod
- Left Behind Game Club: @LeftBehindClub
- Vid...
This week the lads give their thoughts on the current state of the video game industry. Discussion topics include studio closures/layoffs, the impact of acquisitions, the future of first party publishers and more.
Tweet from Jacob Navok: https://x.com/jnavok/status/1793779717813723521?s=46
Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:
- Podcast: @crossplayconvos
- Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
- Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
- L...
This week the lads reunite to give their thoughts on the recent summer showcase season. Get your wishlists ready and settle in for a wide ranging discussion covering announcements of all shapes and sizes.
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:
- Player Player Podcast: ...
Episode Notes
This week Joseph and Luke discuss their time playing Another Crab’s Treasure, Manor Lords and Animal Well! Additional topics include a bit of industry analysis about the upcoming console generation and the ongoing debate of video games versus art.
Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:
- Podcast: @crossplayconvos
- Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
- Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
- Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis
Episode Notes
This week Luke and Joseph discuss open ended game design, how this design philosophy differs between the AAA and Indie spaces and their favorite examples from the past and present.
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:
- Player Player Podcast: @PlayerPlay...
Episode Notes
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
Find us on Twitter for s...
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...
Episode Notes
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 ...
Episode Notes
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.
Find us on twitter for show updates and more:
- 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!
Find timestamps for this episode below
- 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:
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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
Find us on Twitter for show upda...
Episode Notes
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:...
Episode Notes
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:
Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:
- Podcast: @crossplayconvos
- Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
- Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
- Luke Lewis:@lukewarmlewis ...
Episode Notes
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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