Controller Club

Controller Club

The friendly face gaming space. A gaming podcast made up of three friends from three continents, sharing in one love that is video games.

Episodes

July 20, 2025 • 93 mins

On this week's show, we are joined by MobileSyrup's Brad Shankar for some Donkey Kong talk. Join us as we review Donkey Kong: Bananza as well as dive into the live-action Zelda and Link movie castings, how much the ROG Xbox Ally will cost, and Brad's experience at the 10th annual TennoCon.

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On this week's episode, we jump into our June 2025 book club game, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, for a deep dive review into one of Lauren's favorite games.

Also, we react to the news of a potential Donkey Kong movie being in the works, the Ghost of Yotei State of Play, and the Subnautica 2 drama.-

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On this week's episode, we talk major departures from HBO's The Last of Us, studio closures over at Xbox, and talk about our dream features for the next Animal Crossing game.


Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

01:43 - The News We Choose - Xbox Layoffs, Studio Closures, and Banjo Kazooie for Some Reason

15:23 - The News We Choose - Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross Leave The Last of Us

28:15 - Our Dream Animal Crossin...

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On this week's episode, we talk Borderlands 4 previews, a delay to Marathon, and an internal shakeup over at Warner Bros. Games (and what we hope to see from them next).

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

01:59 - The News We Choose - Metroid Prime 4 is Out Now?!

07:54 - The News We Choose - Borderlands 4 Sounds Promising

16:40 - The News We Choose - Bungie Delays Marathon Indefinitely

31:00 - Warner Bros. Games Has Changed ...

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On this week's episode, we talk Death Stranding 2 previews, new castings for the Street Fighter movie, and what we hope to see from the Doom franchise in future.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:16 - The News We Choose - Death Stranding 2 Previews are Really Promising

12:00 - The News We Choose - Street Fighter Confirms More Castings

19:05 - Doom: The Dark Ages Spoiler Review Thoughts

38:06 - Our Hopes for the Future o...

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On this week's show, Tom, Klein, and Lauren are joined by Game Informer and All Things Nintendo's Brian Shea to review the Nintendo Switch 2 after one week with the new console. Listen in to hear our takes on Nintendo's latest gaming machine, the games on it, and why or why not you should pick on up.

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It has been a busy week of Summer Game Fest announcements, and we are finally ready to sit down and discuss our favorite news from the various events tied into SGF. Whether it was a Marvel fighting game at the State of Play or a Ninja Turltle in Tony Hawk, we talked about it.

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On today's show, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming as we dive into the news, reacting to the new James Bond game, Black Panther getting cancelled, a the first Zelda movie casting report; as well as give our predictions for the Summer Games Fest 2025 season.

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On this week's show, we are joined by a very special guest, Spawn On Me host Kahlief Adams, for our Last of Us Season 2 finale review.

Join us as we break down the last episode of The Last of Us' sophomore effort and take a peek at where the series will go in the future.

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On this week's episode, we are joined by special guest Shantelle Santos for a review of The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 6. Join us as we journey back to the post-apocalypse for some chit-chat about the hit HBO series' penultimate episode.

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On today's show, we break down The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 5, react to the GTA VI delay, and share our thoughts on the Until Dawn movie.

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On today's show, we are back to review Season 2, Episode 4 ("Day One") of The Last of Us. Join us as we break down all the Easter eggs from the games, our favorite moments, and so much more.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:18 - The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 4 Review

58:43 - What We Have Been Playing (That Last of Us Part II, Stellar Blade, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

01:09:44 - Outro

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On today's show, it is a very special episode of Controller Club. Join us as do our first ever listener mailbag in honor of Episode 150 of the podcast.

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On this week's show, we jump back into The Last of Us Season 2 with a review of Episode 3. Join us as we are joined by special guest Daniel Baptista from The Movie Podcast to break down the latest chapter in this post-apocalyptic HBO epic.-

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

04:48 - The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3 Review

1:10:44 - What We Have Been Playing (Switch 2, Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu, Prince of Persia: The ...

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On this week's show, we continue our journey with The Last of Us Season 2, delving into all the big reveals and spoiler-rific moments from Episode 2 ("Through the Valley").

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

01:26 - Tom's thoughts on Season 2, Episode 1

03:06 - The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2 General Thoughts

07:43 - The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2 Spoiler Review

1:01:21 - Predictions for The Last of U...

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On this week's show, we are back in the world of HBO's The Last of Us. Join us as we start our journey through the vents of Season 2 with weekly reviews, starting with Season 2, Episode 1 ("Future Days").

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:05 - The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 1 Review

01:14:01 - What We Have Been Playing (The Last of Us Part II and Blue Prince)

01:18:16 - Outro

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Join us on this week's show as we discuss our reaction to the first Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and get you ready for The Last of Us Season 2 with an everything you need to know primer.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:29 - The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

47:31 - The Last of Us Season 2 Primer

01:41:57 - What We Have Been Playing (Balatro, Split-Fiction, Gang Beasts, Metroid Prime Remaster, and Ocarina of Time)

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On today's show, we discuss the surprise final Switch 1 Nintendo Direct, Hogwarts Legacy DLC getting cancelled, and the 2024 games we missed but have now played (Balatro, Prince of Persia, and Metaphor ReFantazio).

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:06 - A Surprise Nintendo Direct

23:35 - Hogwarts Legacy DLC Plans Scrapped

34:06 - Reviewing Our 2024 Hindsight Games

01:40:07 - What We Have Been Playing (Wii Fit, Monkey B...

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On today's show, join Klein and Lauren as they break down their early thoughts on Assassin's Creed Shadows, do a PS4/PS5 exclusive blind ranking and react to some of the latest gaming news.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:06 - Is Steam Coming to Xbox?

14:11 - A Hollow Knight: Silksong Update

21:29 - The PS4/PS5 Blind Ranking

38:03 - What We Have Been Playing (Assassin's Creed Shadows and Split Fiction)

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On this week's show we are taking a look back at the critically maligned 2016 Assassin's Creed movie in honor of Assassin's Creed Shadows coming out this week. Also, we dive into the biggest game headlines from the last seven days, including Xbox's leaked hardware plans and the confusion surrounding The Last of Us Part 3.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introductions and Hellos

02:50 - Invincible Game Gets an Update

12:29 - Xbox&#...

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