We start the week a bit late so we can catch up on the latest announcements from PlayStation on the first State of Play for 2024. But before we get to all the news, Ryan has been enjoying Lil' Guardsman on Steam Deck, while Jocelyn has been trying to make friends with everyone in Coral Island. Back to the news, Xbox reveals some 2024 plans in the latest Developer Direct, then lays off 1,900 staff from Activision Blizzard King and Xbox.

Ryan can't help but check out Palworld on Xbox Game Pass as his subscription comes to an end in a matter of days. While Jocelyn returns to Sea of Thieves to report back on Season 11 and the creation of a TGI Guild! Over in the news, we focus on 2024 video games we're looking forward to, while also chatting about the announcement that Until Dawn will be getting a movie adaptation.

Ryan wraps up his Cookie Cutter Metroidvania adventure with a little help from his PC. He also shares a hardware recommendation with the 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G Controller. Jocelyn returns this week with an update on Disney’s Dreamlight Valley and the Rift in Time expansion. In video game news, Season 2 of Halo gets an official trailer, Smite Night may return in the future with Smite 2, and Frostpunk 2 shows off its gameplay for the first time.

Jocelyn is out this week, so Travis joins Ryan to get an update on all the holiday gaming that went on. Ryan returns to Darkest Dungeon II on his Steam Deck for The Binding Blade DLC, and also checks out a new Metroidvania game called Cookie Cutter. Over in the news, Sony provides an update on various adaptations, Xbox announces their first Developer Direct of the year, and The Last of Us on HBO casts their Abby.

It's been a busy year for video games, and a busy year for the innkeepers at The Gamers' Inn! But that won't stop us from going over our favourite games of 2023. We kick things off with our Top 5 Picks, followed by Honourable Mentions. Then we go over the games we missed this year. Finally, we close the show with a look at some favourites from the community! Thank you for listening and supporting us in 2023, see you in 2024 for more gaming fun!

With our second to last 2023 episode of TGI, Ryan squeezes in some virtual reality zombie slaying with Arizona Sunshine 2, and Jocelyn eagle dives into Assassin's Creed Mirage. Then before tackling The Game Awards winners and announcements, we discuss the announcement that E3 is officially no longer happening.

Jocelyn has returned! To welcome her back to the show, Ryan shares his latest adventure in the SteamWorld franchise with SteamWorld Build. Jocelyn on the other hand has been enjoying portable gaming with little Olivia, with both Hearthstone and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Moving into the news, we have our first trailer for the Fallout Amazon Prime series, Phil Spencer says no to Game Pass on Nintendo and PlayStation platforms, and GTA VI receives it's first official trailer.

Beau Schwartz from the CORE podcast returns to the inn to update us on his adventures with Blizzard properties of old, including StarCraft 2 and World of Warcraft Classic + Hardcore Mode. Also it wouldn’t be a Beau appearance without some VR chat, discussing Assassins Creed Nexus VR and the new Meta Quest 3 headset. Ryan on the other hand brings a physical card game to the show with Scott Johnson’s Dungeon Murder. Plus a recently launched out of early access Backpack Hero. In the news, Marvel Snap tries to reassure players that they don’t want to go, Tribes 3 will enter large scale player testing soon, and we have our first look at the Fallout TV series.

This week Firebyrd from The Gamers' Inn Discord guests on the show to bring the Disgaea franchise to the podcast with it's latest release. Firebyrd has also been playing Picross games on the 3DS and checked out Super Mario RPG on the Wii U Virtual Console. This leads into what Ryan has been busy with since the 17th: the Super Mario RPG Remake on Nintendo Switch! After wrapping up the remake talk, we move over to Worldless, a brand new 2D platforming, turn based action game. Moving into the news Blizzard gives Heroes of the Storm fans hope with yet another patch, The Last of Us franchise is getting another re-release with the remaster of Part II on PS5, and Embracer continues it's downward spiral.

A scorned Crofton from Dungeons and Diapers guests on the show after being bounced around on the schedule a bit, but once we sort through that mess we're ready to talk about Crofton getting a PlayStation 5 for Spider-Man 2! Ryan on the other hand has been enjoying The Invincible on PlayStation 5, and You Will Die Here Tonight on Steam. Moving into the news, Steam Deck is getting an OLED upgrade and The Game Awards has announced their nominations.

Joining Ryan this week to help recap all the announcements at BlizzCon is Manny from For Azeroth! But before we get to the return of BlizzCon, Ryan explores Regis III in The Invincible, we go over The Legend of Zelda movie announcement, and recap our efforts from Extra Life Game Day. Moving to BlizzCon, we discuss the various updates from Overwatch, Diablo, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft.

Nevermore returns to The Gamers’ Inn and kicks things off with Party Animals, giving a preview for one of the games we’ll be showcasing on Extra Life Game Day this year. Next Nevermore makes us all eager to order pizza with Good Pizza, Great Pizza on Steam. Following that, we get an update on PlateUp! and Sea of Thieves. Plus Ryan provides spoiler free thoughts on Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation 5. Wrapping up the show we unveil our full Extra Life Game Day schedule. Hope to see everyone out on Saturday, November 4th!

Travis returns to the Inn to discuss his time with the PlayStation 5 version of Baldur's Gate III, including his journey for the Platinum Trophy and providing details on the Dark Urge play through. Ryan on the other hand has been playing a 3D fighting roguelike deckbuilder called Beneath Oresa on his Steam Deck. Wrapping up what we're playing, we provide an overview on our latest Extra Life event with the AvenDaDs and our adventures in various N64 games. Moving into the news, it's finally over... Microsoft has closed their acquisition of Activision Blizzard KIng, and addresses when we can expect to see those games arrive on Game Pass. Also, PlayStation Plus Premium gets a PS5 Cloud Gaming upgrade this month.

First off, a big Gamers' Inn welcome to Baby Kearney who arrived on Friday, October 6th, make sure to send your congrats to Jocelyn and Matt! This week I’m joined by Monica, a.k.a. Wicked Kitten from GORE Podcast and Hearthcasual, to get into the Halloween spirit with talk of scary movies and Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle. Plus, Monica checks out Baldur's Gate III as her first RPG, and Ryan has made it into the Phantom Liberty content of Cybperpunk 2077. In the news, the Unity CEO is stepping down, more updates on the soon to hopefully be done Activision Blizzard acquisition, Cyberpunk 2077 to receive a live action adaptation, Animal Crossing gets the LEGO treatment, Nintendo will sunset online services for 3DS and Wii U in April 2024, and PS5 will have a new look this holiday season.

This week Ryan welcomes Jon Jagger from the CORE podcast back to The Gamers' Inn to discuss the Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways DLC, as well as our return to the world of Cyberpunk 2077 for the Phantom Liberty expansion. For video game news, we catch up with the highlights from the past few weeks including an update from Unity, Jim Ryan retiring from PlayStation, the latest for Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard (please let this end), Netflix adapting MORE video game properties, and Epic layoffs.

With Jocelyn now on leave as she awaits Baby Kearney, Ryan welcomes our first guest co-host Travis! Our main focus this episode is on Sea of Stars, a brand new RPG that launched across all platforms (and a few subscription services too). Before moving to the news, we chat about Extra Life and Travis' brief adventures in Gotham Knights. We've got lots of news to discuss this week, kicking things off with an update from Unity and their terrible ideas, plus a huge trove of leaks from Microsoft (plus Phil's response) on the updated Xbox Series X and Controller, the next Xbox, and a Bethesda release schedule.

We've got Starfield on the brain as both Jocelyn and Ryan have started their adventures in the Starfield. Before that we confirm that Jocelyn will be taking a bit of a break from TGI as she welcomes Baby Kearney into the world. But fret not, as Jocelyn Will Return, aiming for around Extra Life Game Day at the start of November. Look forward to awesome guest co-hosts over the coming weeks! Moving out of Starfield, Jocelyn updates us on Hearthstone and the latest Twist. Over the in the news, we've got Unity with egg on it's face, and the latest Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play.

Ryan and Jocelyn are ready to chat about Baldur's Gate III as Jocelyn has now had a chance to play the game. We talk about the initial learning curve and talk through some of those early hurdles in the game. And yes, the Quick Save/Quick Load conversation pops up again. In the news, Nintendo hosted a Super Mario Bros Wonder Direct and may have shown the Switch 2 behind closed doors. Also Lenovo unveils another Steam Deck competitor and Saints Row developer Volition has been shutdown.

Yes, you read that correctly, Jocelyn watched Sonic 2 because of your awesome Extra Life donations in 2022. However, we didn't record an audio commentary, as we figured a podcast discussion would be the most accessible way to hear Jocelyn's journey through this SEGA epic. While we didn't think we could talk about Sonic 2 for an hour, we sort of did... But fear not! We have a few video game news stories as well with the increase in price for PlayStation Plus tiers and the confirmation that Elder Scrolls 6 has entered early development.

We kick things off this week with a look forward to Starfield as Ryan contemplates how he's going to finish Baldur's Gate III by September 6th, although he did just wrap up Act I and is making his way through Act II of BG III. Jocelyn on the other hand checked in on the Texas Chain Saw Massacre game, which shouldn't surprise anyone given her love of Dead by Daylight. Finally, Ryan took a break from clicking through a giant RPG with the latest swashbuckling adventure, En Garde! Moving into the news, Charles Martinet is stepping back as the voice of Mario, Xbox has some new wraps for the Series X, PlayStation Portal is the new Remote Play device from Sony, and our highlights from Gamescom 2023.

After a bit of a break for summer vacation and sick kids, we return with "Cozy MMO" Palia which is now in Open Beta. As promised, we've also been playing Baldur's Gate III. Just first impressions for now, so expect more Baldur's Gate III on future episodes this month! Over in the news, Netflix is testing games on TVs (and soon PC/Mac), THQ Nordic had a showcase, and Xbox highlights their new strike system to address bad behaviour.

As Ryan and Jocelyn prepare for Baldur’s Gate III, they share why they’re excited for the massive RPG arriving this week. Jocelyn shares her thoughts on the latest Hearthstone expansion that is live now. While Ryan travels back in time with Tamagotchi and Psychonauts 2 (join our Game Club in the Discord). For video game news, Final Fantasy XIV is heading to Xbox (and possibly more), Nintendo may have a Switch successor ready for the second half of 2024, and Alien is coming to Dead by Daylight.

Thanks to a busy schedule, Ryan has a few quick mobile hits to share including GuessThe.Game on the web and Coffee Golf on iOS/Android. Also, Ryan dived into the latest first person puzzler Viewfinder. Jocelyn on the other hand has been surviving in the post-apocalypse atop a giant lizard in The Wandering Village, which is now on PC Game Pass. Over in the news Blizzard will be bringing their games to Steam, Xbox has created a pizza scented controller, Mortal Kombat 1 confirms their first guest characters, and a few updates on the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

We've got some Netflix fun this week with the release of Oxenfree II. But before Ryan chats about that, he goes back and plays Oxenfree I. Both were played on an iPad with the Netflix subscription. There be some time travel discussions in this here segment! Moving to the news, we have a very Microsoft heavy list kicking things off with the change of Xbox Live Gold to Xbox Game Pass Core starting September 14th and Xbox will be launching a new voice reporting feature. And of course, all the latest news on the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard, including it's legal fight with the FTC, pausing legal battles with the CMA in the UK, and Sony finally signing a Call of Duty deal.

Jocelyn returns and has a quick update on Tears of the Kingdom before discussing her early time with Final Fantasy XVI. Ryan on the other hand has been diving deep into the depths of Dave the Diver on his Steam Deck. Over in the news, EA has announced a single player Black Panther game, Baldur's Gate 3 revealed some Druid specific romance scenes, and Square Enix is considering more remasters.

Travis guests on the show this week to discuss his time with the new PlayStation 5 exclusive: Final Fantasy XVI. Ryan joins in on the chat thanks to his time with the demo. Moving into our next game, Elden Ring returns to the show thanks to the Patron Backlog Choice. In the news Nintendo fills us in on their Fall lineup, Meta reveals their VR subscription service, and the latest from the Activision Blizzard acquisition hearings.

Ryan and Jocelyn catch up on all things video game showcases, with not one, not two... BUT FIVE video game showcases worth of news to discuss. And this doesn't even include the Nintendo Direct taking place in time for our next episode... We kick things off with a promise to wrap up our Tears of the Kingdom chat soon, then move into the Summer Game Fest showcase. Afterwards we go over the Xbox + Starfield Showcase, where we are very much looking forward to Fable. Moving into the second part of our showcase discussion, we share our highlights from the PC Gaming Show, Ubisoft Forward, and the Capcom Showcase (we love you Capcom!).

We have more Tears of the Kingdom thoughts to share, this time with some spoilers to work through. Please be sure to look at the time stamps in the notes to avoid story spoilers if you're still making your way through the game. That being said, let's dive into more Tears of the Kingdom (we promise we'll have new games to chat about soon). Also in what we're playing, Ryan checks in on the Cook Serve Delicious franchise with the latest offering in Early Access: Cook Serve Forever. Over in the news, as promised we discuss the announcement of the Meta Quest 3 alongside Apple's new Vision Pro headset. Also from Apple and WWDC is a new Proton-like tool that will allow Mac users to run Windows games. Finally, we look forward to the upcoming video game announcements with Xbox committing to no CG trailers for their first party games.

More Tears of the Kingdom talk as we continue our time in Hyrule. We keep spoilers to a minimum, but plan to have a spoiler discussion on our next episode. Also, Jocelyn checks out the latest Lord of the Rings experience with Gollum. In video game news, we go over the PlayStation Showcase, Microsoft’s appeal has been filed with the CMA, and Redfall development detailed in a new Jason Schreier report.

Jocelyn has returned to The Gamers' Inn to join Ryan in discussing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We are still discovering a lot about this game, but it should be noted that we do discuss story, gameplay, and exploration that would be considered spoilers for those who have not progressed in the game. If you're avoiding spoilers, best come back to this conversation. That being said, after Tears of the Kingdom we skydive into the news starting off with the ASUS ROG Ally arriving in June, plus three stories for Activision Blizzard including an EU approval, Overwatch 2 PVE mode has been scrapped, and BlizzCon is back on this year. Closing out the news, Amazon is working on a new Lord of the Rings MMO and Dead by Daylight is expanding thanks to Supermassive Games.

This week we welcome Travis back to the show to talk about his adventures in Ghostwire Tokyo and his recent trip to Japan. Ryan ventures into the darkness with Darkest Dungeon II, out of Early Access now. Finally, we close what we're playing by talking about Extra Life in Spring! In the news, Discord is upgrading usernames very soon, the IOC welcomes Fortnite to the Olympics, Nintendo says no new Switch hardware this year, and Phil Spencer talks Xbox and Redfall on the latest XCast.

With Jocelyn off for a few weeks, Ryan welcomes guest co-host Ridiculous Hat to talk video games, and we have a good amount to work with! Starting things off, Hat goes over his main rotation games (Hearthstone, Marvel SNAP, Runeterra) and his investment in a Steam Deck. Next we move into Trinity Fusion, a brand new rogue-lite early access game available on Steam, then chat about Hat's time with the adventure throwback Case of the Golden Idol. Finally, we close out the show with Ryan's deep sea adventures in Dave the Diver and Hat's vacation travel Switch games (Wildfrost, Have a Nice Death, Dredge, Sports Story). Moving into the news, we see a bit of a trend with film and TV adaptations of video games featuring Vampire Survivors, Twisted Metal, and Gran Turismo. Finally, we close out the show with our thoughts on the release of Redfall.

There is new Horizon content out in the world, so of course we are covering it as soon as we can on TGI! Ryan and Jocelyn dive back into the world of Horizon Forbidden West with the new post game expansion Burning Shores. Since this takes place after the main game, there are spoilers for the ending of Forbidden West, so listener beware if you have yet to complete Aloy’s second adventure. Over in the news Guerrilla teases Aloy’s next adventure(s), the Super Mario Bros Movie is on it’s way to earning a billion at the box office, Epic Games loses their appeal, and the CMA blocks Xbox’s Activision Blizzard deal.

Are you ready for Tears of the Kingdom? Well Jocelyn experienced some "fun" while purchasing her new controller. After some Zelda inspired conversations, Ryan chats about his experience with Wall World on Steam. This leads into a chat about Jocelyn maybe, possibly purchasing a Steam Deck. Over in the news, Tears of the Kingdom has received it's final pre-launch trailer, Paramount+ has it's next hit with the Knuckles series, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has officially been delayed to next February, and SEGA confirms it's purchasing Rovio.

Jocelyn and Ryan share their thoughts on the Super Mario Bros. Movie. The discussion includes some spoilers, so if you’re avoiding them it's best return to this chat at a later date. Also at the movies, Joce saw the newest Dungeons and Dragons film. Plus Ryan returns to Resident Evil for the remake of RE4. In video game news, it’s adaptation central with news for Arcane season 2, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Minecraft. Microsoft has a new controller made from partially reclaimed plastic and Sony may be working on a streaming only follow up to the PS Vita.

Jocelyn and Ryan play the brand new reverse city builder, Terra Nil (PC and iOS). After bringing back the wastelands, we jump into the news for the cancellation of E3 2023, it is no joke that Sonic has been murdered, and MultiVersus is shutting down its open beta.

Both Jocelyn and Ryan have some thoughts to share about the open beta for Diablo IV, both on PC and PlayStation 5 with cross progression. Plus Ryan has gone fishing on Steam with the new fishing game with a hint of horror called Dredge. Moving into the news, a YouTuber has poured out $22,000 dollars for the closure of the Wii U and 3DS eShops, Tears of the Kingdom has more stuff for you to spend money on (plus 10 minutes of gameplay), Netflix is still keen on making games work, and the UK's CMA seems to be OK with the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

After missing last week, we return to catch up on the games we've been playing and The Last of Us on HBO. Ryan tests out his new Steam Deck Dock from iVoler with the brand new DLC for Dead Cells, Return to Castlevania. Jocelyn returns to Coral Island and checks in on Graveyard Keeper. We then jump into our The Last of Us on HBO spoiler discussion. If you haven't watched the entire season you may want to return to this segment after watching (check time codes below). Moving into the news, we've received our final Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer and Nintendo will be pricing games at $70 on a game by game basis.

We have another Souls-like game for the Inn this week with Ryan playing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty on Xbox Game Pass. Plus Jocelyn returns to Coral Island to continue her adventures of cleaning oceans, contributing to museums, and delving into mines. We also have a lot of video games news to cover, including The Olympics getting into Esports, Dead by Daylight is getting a movie, the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal is reported to be approved in the EU, Ghostcrawler is no longer at Riot, Cities: Skylines 2 is coming this year, while The Wolf Among Us 2 and Starfield see delays.

This week, Ryan digs into Dome Keeper on Steam, while Jocelyn checks in on the so far shark-less Coral Island in Early Access (Steam or PC Game Pass). Over in the news, Elden Ring fans will be happy to hear an expansion has been confirmed, PlayStation had a State of Play with a major focus on The Suicide Squad, Pokemon presented a bunch of new stuff, Mortal Kombat 12 receives the least exciting release confirmation, and Valve confirms all Steam sales for 2023.

Jocelyn has returned to the Inn to discuss her time with The Witcher 3 during her time off. Plus Ryan returns to his early GameBoy days with the addition of GameBoy and GameBoy Advance games to Nintendo Switch Online. Moving into the news, the story of Tetris will be told on Apple TV+, Microsoft has signed a ten year deal for Call of Duty with Nintendo and Nvidia, and Blizzard staff aren't very happy with Mike Ybarra after a recent Q&A session.

Joining Ryan this week is Nevermore, and we have a bit of a theme this week with Streaming Adventures! Nevermore kicks things off with Sea of Thieves, brings a new co-op madness game to the Inn with PlateUp, and wraps up her adventures with KeyWe. Ryan, thanks to his lovely Extra Life donors, played and streamed Elden Ring with Travis and LC. Moving into the news, we have a Chris Pratt-less Super Mario Movie ad, and Nintendo raises developers pay to strengthen the workforce.

This week Ryan is joined by returning guest host Travis, who has been on a bit of a Platinum Adventure with Avengers and Strangers of Paradise. Plus Ryan finally got a chance to boot up the excellent shadow drop of Hi-Fi Rush on Xbox Game Pass. After an update on TGI Game Club and our Extra Life Elden Ring stream (be sure to tune in Friday, February 10th at 8 PM ET for that), we move into the news! We have a Nintendo focused section this week thanks to a Mario Kart skit on SNL and all the announcements from the February Nintendo Direct.

Jim returns to the podcast to discuss Fire Emblem Engage, plus we check in on TGI Game Club for Portal RTX and Portal 2. Moving into the news we get our first listen of Seth Rogen's Donkey Kong, The Last of Us on HBO has been renewed for a second season, IGN reports that E3 2023 may not have the big three, Amazon may have purchased the Tomb Raider rights, and new details reported on what's next for Halo.

Crofton from Dungeons & Diapers guests on the show this week to chat about the newly shadow dropped game, Hi-Fi Rush! Plus OF COURSE Ryan has early thoughts on Fire Emblem Engage to share. Finally, Crofton closes out the what we're playing section with a point and click adventure throwback, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, and a quick look at Deathloop. Moving into the news, we say goodbye to Marvel's Avengers this year, 343 isn't done with Halo, and all those announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct showcase.

Ryan returns to The Witcher 3 with the brand new next generation update, bringing 60 frames per second, 4K, and some ray tracing to Geralt's latest adventure. Plus Ryan and Jocelyn discuss the premiere episode for The Last of Us on HBO. Moving into the news, we have a few stories related to Ubisoft, highlighting recent game cancellations/delays and some not so great words from the CEO.

Jocelyn and Ryan return from the holidays to catch up on what they've been playing. Ryan continues his adventures in Marvel Midnight Suns and ventures into SPACE with Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. Moving into the news, there's a report that the Switch Pro is dead in favour of a Switch 2, and PlayStation unveils Project Leonardo. Wrapping up the show, we preview all the big games to look forward to in 2023!

It's that time of year again! Where Jocelyn and Ryan go over their favourite video games that they played in 2022. While a good portion of our picks released in the past year, some are from years before! One isn't technically out until the FUTURE... Alongside our top 5 picks, we go over honourable mentions and community picks. All that and we confirm details for the next TGI Game Club starting up in the new year. Enjoy and see you in 2023!

After a lot of Ragnarok talk in the past few weeks, we have a bit more to go in 2022 as The Game Awards showered the latest God of War with awards. But before we recap The Game Awards announcements and winners, Ryan has spent a lot of time getting to know Marvel heroes in Midnight Suns on PC. Oh, and of course we talked about the latest clip from the Super Mario Bros. Movie. Tune in next week for our own Game of the Year episode as we wrap up 2022, and be sure to let us know your GOTY picks so we can share them on the show!

This week we're joined by special guest Ridiculous Hat, Jocelyn's co-host on The Angry Chicken, to chat about God of War: Ragnarok! We are in full SPOILER mode for this discussion, so only listen if you're ready to have major story moments spoiled. We also talk about combat, ranged vs melee, gear changes, side quests, and the potential future of the franchise. Pull a chair up next to the fire, and enjoy this lengthy Ragnatalk!

Before we chat about the newest Mario movie trailer, Ryan takes us through the mashup of many genres that is Potionomics. Plus Jocelyn updates us on the launch of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Moving to the news, yes Chris Pratt is still the voice of Mario in the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the Witcher 1 remake will be a modern re-imagining with an open world, and Microsoft is likely to make EU concessions for Activision Blizzard deal soon.

Ryan and Jocelyn returned from Ragnarok to offer early game impressions and story thoughts (we don't go further than the completion of the quest The Word of Fate, around the 15 hour mark). If you're looking to stay spoiler free on God of War Ragnarok, you may want to use the time stamps to head into the news. Speaking of the news, we'll have a full Inn-side the Game for God of War Ragnarok in a few weeks, so stay tuned! But also the news, Netflix is developing a triple-A PC game, and some stories out of the Activision Blizzard acquisition as Sony lightly confirms a PS6 after 2027 and the FTC may be launching an anti-trust lawsuit soon.

After a week off, Ryan and Jocelyn return to share our adventures from Extra Life Game Day. We had a blast raising funds for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals while playing Splatoon 3, Overcooked 2, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, and Dead by Daylight with our amazing guests. Thank you all for the great support! Before we head into the news though, Ryan chats about The Entropy Centre, while Jocelyn wraps up God of War and heads for Ragnarok. Going over the last few weeks of video game news, Lionsgate CEO thinks John Wick would make for a great AAA video game, Netflix continues their video game adaptation obsession with Gears of War, Jocelyn determines how much free time she has for a Horizon MMO, and Nintendo partners with DeNA to form a new joint venture focused on Nintendo Account experiences.

We return to the messy world of A Plague Tale with Requiem, the follow up to the 2019 title from Asobo, which is available on Game Pass. Jocelyn has been keeping busy with the latest Hearthstone announcements (learn more on the latest TAC), as well as our TGI Game Club for God of War 2018. Before we move into the news, we detail our Extra Life Game Day that will be taking place all day on Saturday, November 5th. In the news, we kick things off with The Witcher universe where the first game is getting a remake and Henry Cavill will be handing off the swords for season 4 of the Netflix TV show. Looking at subscriptions, both Xbox and PlayStation had some news for their respective services. Finally, we close out the show with the VERY expensive PlayStation VR2.

Marvel SNAP has been enjoying a global release for the last week, so Ryan checks in on the game to join Jocelyn in her obsession for the new card battler. Before the news, Jocelyn continues her Norse adventures in Northgard, while Ryan re-subscribes to Apple Arcade for Shovel Knight Dig. Wrapping up the show, we go over two major showcases from the past week, one from Konami on all things Silent Hill and another from Capcom for upcoming Resident Evil content.

Both Jocelyn and Ryan are back in the innkeeper chairs as we check in on God of War 2018 thanks to the latest TGI Game Club. Plus, they both played Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. In the news, we get Jocelyn's take on the Mario Movie trailer, and then wrap up the show by going over the original Bayonetta voice actor calling for a boycott of the game over pay issues (plus an update on the situation from Jason Schreier).

While Jocelyn is off this week, Ryan returns with guest host Manny (from the For Azeroth and Going IRL podcasts), as we catch up on the last few weeks in the video game industry. Manny has been running through the Metroid franchise after enjoying Metroid Dread, and also has some advance thoughts to share on the lead up to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. While Ryan has been busy recovering, he's also go some time in with his new Steam Deck (more on that in the coming weeks). Over in the news, of course we discuss the first look at the Mario Movie, plus The Last of Us has their first trailer as well from HBO, CD Projekt RED forcasts a bunch of games, Google is closing Stadia, and Meta announces the Meta Quest Pro virtual reality headset.

While Ryan is away this week, Jocelyn is joined by returning guest TriplePhase3, AKA Dustin! They kick off the show with details on our next TGI Game Club which will be for God of War 2018. Plenty of games to discuss this week as Jocelyn played Splatoon 3 and Beacon Pines, while Dustin played Deathloop, You Suck At Parking, and Metal Hillsinger. Best part? All of these games other than Splatoon 3 are available on Xbox Game Pass! Over in the news, Nvidia announced their next generation of graphic cards, discussing the leak of Grand Theft Auto VI, and closing out the show with some Sonic news.

Ryan travels back in time to the late 90's for a little Wave Race 64 on Nintendo Switch, while Jocelyn goes full Disney with Dreamlight Valley on Xbox Game Pass. Moving over to the news, the last seven days was a busy one for video game showcases, so we go over the highlights from the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Ubisoft Forward for September 2022, a main series Nintendo Direct, and the latest State of Play from PlayStation.

Jocelyn and Ryan check out the latest from Sam Barlow and team with Immortality, which is available on Xbox and PC Game Pass. Moving into video game news, Microsoft wrote a blog post in support of their Activision Blizzard acquisition, Steve Blackman confirmed that Horizon 2047 has nothing to do with Horizon while Netflix confirms Aloy will be the main character, and finally CD Projekt RED announces an expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 and details tie-ins for the upcoming Netflix anime series.

Jocelyn and Ryan are back to close out the summer season with a quick look ahead at fall video game releases (even if Ryan blanked on most of them). Moving into what we're playing, Jocelyn played Cult of the Lamb, while Ryan returns to 2006 with the Destroy All Humans 2 remake. For video game news, the next Dark Pictures Anthology game will be out in November, the PlayStation 5 will be seeing a price increase in certain regions (but Microsoft and Nintendo won't be, for now), and sadly Netflix has cancelled their Resident Evil series.

After a week off Jocelyn and Ryan return to discuss the latest TGI Game Club with Pyre, and Two Point Campus on PC Game Pass. Oh, and that's not the end of the show, we have plenty of news to catch up on! Sony is working on two new film adaptations (Days Gone and Gravity Rush), Twitch changes some Partner rules for streaming on other platforms, Embracer Group buys some more stuff, and GamesCom Opening Night Live happened.

Jocelyn returns and brings tales of spotty cell service for half games of Marvel Snap, but the main attraction is Hooked On You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim! Ryan on the other hand, continues his virtual reality adventures with Moss Book II. Moving into the news, we have a release date for the third Sonic movie, Pac-Man will be trying out a live action adventure, Dead by Daylight developers have some other announcements up their sleeve, Marvel Snap faces it's first monetization issues, and all the cool stuff announced for the next Pokemon.

Jocelyn is off this week, but Ryan welcomes back Josh (BabylonRedeemer) to the show to discuss the latest entry in the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise on Nintendo Switch. After a spoiler free deep dive into the first few chapters of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, we move over to the news to discuss the second wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, Backbone One receives a PlayStation look and feel, and Logitech announces their intention to create a cloud gaming handheld with Tencent.

As Jocelyn is on vacation, Ryan welcomes Dustin TriplePhase3 back on to the show to discuss the latest in Xbox Game Pass greats: As Dusk Falls. Dustin has also been relaxing with rhythm based game Aaero on Xbox, after needed a break from the latest Dead by Daylight update. Ryan however, re-enters the world of VR to check in after getting his hands on Moss Book II (more on that specific game next week). In the news, the Meta Quest 2 will be seeing a $100 increase in August, the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake may be indefinite hold, and Discord voice chat is arriving on Xbox very soon.

Jocelyn and Ryan team up and return to The Quarry for some online co-op. Plus both innkeepers have watched the first few episodes of Resident Evil on Netflix. Moving over to the news, Dynamo Pictures will evolve into Nintendo Pictures after being acquired, and PlayStation to launch their own loyalty program to catch up with Xbox and Nintendo.

We kick off the show to wish Jocelyn a happy birthday (which is the date of posting if you’re listening day one). Then Ryan catches up on a five year old gem, Hollow Knight. Wrapping up our games conversation, Jocelyn checked out The Quarry. In the news, SEGA announces the Genesis Mini 2, Blizzard puts Heroes of the Storm in maintenance mode, Nintendo and LEGO unveil a very expensive Bowser set, and Ubisoft re-reveals Skull and Bones.

Jocelyn dodges whales for the launch of Raft 1.0, while Ryan wraps up the first TGI Game Club. Speaking of Game Club, if you have suggestions for our next game, be sure to drop them into our Game Club channel in Discord soon! We have a lighter section on the games we played this week, but make up for it with video game news. First up, a Nintendo fan purchased a good chunk of Nintendo stock to ask a question at an investor's meeting, She-Hulk may be the next hero to arrive in Marvel's Avengers, Sony confirms God of War Ragnarok will launch in November, and Xbox 360 games will no longer be included in Games with Gold starting in October. Closing out the show, we go over a list of the most backlogged video games according to How Long To Beat.

EA pushes Jocelyn to return to Nobody Saves The World, which brings up the discussion of New Game Plus. While Ryan returns to Fódlan for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. In the news, Nintendo delivers a Direct Mini focusing on third party titles coming to Nintendo Switch, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gets a dedicated Nintendo Direct as well.

We kick off the show with a classic segment known as EA is not great, as Jocelyn recounts her time with EA Chat Support to try and access Lost in Random on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on PC. Afterwards, we discuss our thoughts on the game Lost in Random, moving away from our EA woes. Next up, Ryan played some TMNT Shredder's Revenge, while Jocelyn continues to enjoy Marvel Snap. Moving into the news, Square Enix has announced when to expect the second part to the Final Fantasy VII Remake project, and Tony Hawk himself confirms Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 was planned but is now in limbo.

What’s this, another extra long TGI because of the Ghost of E3? It’s true! We start off with Ryan’s final thoughts on season 1 of the Halo TV series, then move in to the Xbox + Bethesda 2022 Showcase. There’s a lot to break down from Xbox, but we leave some time to chat about the Capcom Showcase as well.

We're a bit late this week as we adjusted our schedule for Summer Games Fest, but we've got thoughts to share on Diablo Immortal and Marvel Snap! Moving to the news, we couldn't resist diving into the recent reports about the Horizon TV show, we catch up on the latest State of Play from PlayStation, and go over all the goodies unveiled at the Summer Games Fest showcase. Finally, we close the show with some quick thoughts on the Netflix Geeked announcements, which include a Dragon Age anime.

Jocelyn returns to the inn this week, with Ryan sharing his adventures in Rogue Legacy 2 and the latest additions to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass. Complete with wireless N64 controller nostalgia! Moving into the news, we made sure to save the Dead by Daylight Dating Sim story for Joce, plus Xbox is looking to enter the streaming dongle business. Oh, and Star Wars Celebration gives us a glimpse at Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

Travis is back on the show this week to chat about his adventures with the Spider-Man Remaster on PlayStation 5, as well as his plans for Extra Life with Elden Ring. We're kicking off Extra Life earlier this year, with the team page up and Travis starting his streams in June. Make sure you tune in! Also, Ryan is late to the party, but he's finally finished Guardians of the Galaxy. Moving into the news, we chat about the announcement of Marvel Snap, and more details emerge for the new PlayStation Plus offerings.

Crofton Steers of Dungeons & Diapers fame is our guest co-host this week, as Jocelyn will be away for a few more episodes. Ryan finally enjoys the chore of unpacking with Unpacking on Xbox Game Pass, which leads into a chat about playing smaller titles in between larger ones. This conversation brings up some thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy, which we'll have more in a future episode as Ryan is nearly finished the action adventure game. Wrapping up what we're playing, Crofton goes over the fun he had playing Demeo with a few friends on PC and VR. In the news, of course we'll be saving the Dead by Daylight Dating Sim for when Jocelyn returns, but we also discuss the delay of Starfield and Redfall from Bethesda into 2023.

Jocelyn is off this week, but joining Ryan as a guest co-host is Jimmy the Shovel! Jim brings along Othercide to the Inn, a turn based tactics game with a Dynamic Timeline. We also discuss our Game Club for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, which is currently heading into it's fourth milestone. If you're interested, be sure to jump into the Discord! For video game news, we chat about Fortnite being back on Apple devices thanks to Xbox Cloud, EA is back in the LOTR business with a new free-to-play mobile game, and Xbox had a few unfortunate outages over the weekend.

Jocelyn is out this week, but Ryan is joined by his Zombies Ate My Podcast co-host Lou to chat about his time with the Steam Deck. Lou has had a few months to put his Steam Deck to the test, with games like Elden Ring, Rogue Book, and Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster. We chat about the hardware, the software, and everything in between! Moving into the news, Blizzard has announced a new Warcraft mobile game, Nintendo confirmed some 2022 shuffles, and Square Enix sells it's Western studios to the Embracer Group.

As promised, Ryan has completed Horizon Forbidden West in April, so we're ready for our spoiler discussion episode! Jocelyn and Ryan chat about the new companions added to the sequel, notable quests, our favourite areas, and of course the new villains too. We cap off the discussion with our thoughts on the ending and what may be next for the franchise.

Ryan gets one more opportunity to chat about the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie because he saw it in theatres! Jocelyn continues her late March video game madness with Ghostwire Tokyo. Moving into the news, we spend the remainder of the show discussing the idea of the "metaverse" with the news of LEGO and Sony investing billions in Epic Games.

Jocelyn is back this week and ready to help Ryan discuss early thoughts for TUNIC. Plus Jocelyn has been getting into the Borderlands spirit with Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Before we move to the news, we detail the TGI Game Night Preview happening on April 29th. We’re looking for Patrons input, but all are welcome to tune in for the event. As for video game news, looks like we're returning to Monkey Island later this year, E3 2022 is officially cancelled digitally now too, and Xbox Game Pass may have a Family Plan in the future.

Jocelyn is away this week, but Ryan welcomes Crofton from Dungeons & Diapers to guest host this week. Just returning from a vacation, Crofton details some of his vacation Nintendo Switch games with Golf Story and Into The Breach. Ryan watching the first episode of the Paramount+ Halo TV series, while Crofton returned to Valheim. Moving into the video game news, PlayStation has announced it's revamped PlayStation Plus, Nintendo has delayed the Breath of the Wild sequel to Spring 2023, and Epic Games permanently adds no building mode to Fortnite.

We have a video game movie to talk about this week, and before you ask, it's NOT Sonic! It's actually Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. While Ryan chatting about the movie with his co-host on Zombies Ate My Podcast, we thought it would be a good idea to share the film with TGI as well! Plus, Ryan dove into Pokemon Legends Arceus, so we'll have some first impression thoughts to go over there as well. Moving into the news, Ghostbusters is getting a new video game from the devs behind Friday the 13th, Supermassive surprised us with a brand new game coming in June, and The Witcher will return in video game form thanks to Unreal Engine 5.

Ryan kicks off the show with a surprise for Jocelyn, before quickly pivoting over to Guardians of the Galaxy. While he's had the game since last year, we figured this was a good time to discuss it with the game arriving on Xbox Game Pass. We then move into Horizon Forbidden West, which does include some spoilers for the first half of the game (check the time stamps below). We'll have a full spoilercast for Horizon soon! After our slight spoiler chat, we move into the latest video game news including Microsoft's Perfect Dark studio troubles, Riot Games investing in the animation studio behind Arcane, and more info on Hogwarts Legacy expected shortly.

Ryan returns and brings back Horizon Forbidden West to the show with him. After some minor early game spoilers (note the timestamps), we chat a bit more about the mechanics of Forbidden West. Moving on to new games, Ryan visits FAR Changing Sails and Jocelyn returned to the Beholder franchise with the third entry in the series. Moving into the news, we catch up with the new Pokemon, Amazon is looking to bring Kratos to the small screen, Blizzard confirms some upcoming Warcraft announcements, and Super Nintendo World expands to Hollywood in 2023.

Ryan is away this week, but we've got Beau Schwartz of CORE fame here to talk all about Elden Ring, and why even those who didn't love previous FromSoftware titles might want to dig their teeth into this one. There's also a little bit of chatter about Forbidden West and Disco Elysium off the top. Enjoy!

Horizon Forbidden West has finally arrived and we're ready to start chatting about it! That being said, if you're worried about spoilers, we have not made actually made it to the Forbidden West in the game, so that will give you an idea of where we're at. After a good introduction to the new Horizon, we move into the latest video game news. This includes the new Uncharted film performing well, Call of Duty may be skipping 2023, and Dead by Daylight may be getting a dating sim spin off.

After a brief video game TV/movie update brought to you by Paramount+, we move into a discussion of Death's Door. Afterwards, Jocelyn goes over her adventures in Lost Ark and Final Fantasy XIV. As we jump back into the news Horizon continues to invade Joce's shelf space with the newly announced LEGO Tallneck, Cyberpunk 2077 has received it's current generation console upgrade, the Wii U and 3DS eShop is being shut down, and a Bioshock movie is back on the table thanks to Netflix.

Jocelyn has completed her journey through Insrcyption, so we're ready to chat spoilers for this deck building game. But before that, we look forward to Horizon Forbidden West and Jocelyn's upcoming time in Final Fantasy XIV. In the news, there's a hint of more Warcraft coming to mobile this year, Google Stadia may be shifting to primarily a tech offering, The Wolf Among Us 2 has it's first trailer, and YES a new Nintendo Direct!

After we kick off the countdown of non-Horizon Forbidden West Gamers' Inn episodes, we move over to a fan favourite of 2021: Incryption. Ryan started his journey through the creepy card battler over the holidays, and finished before this episode, while Jocelyn is fresh on her path to defeating Leshy. We keep the conversation spoiler free, as we recommend going into this one fresh. In the news, we have our first full length trailer for the Halo TV series, Sony is buying Bungie for 3.6 billion dollars, and Wordle joins the acquisition club thanks to the New York Times.

Ryan and Jocelyn return to share more of their thoughts on Nobody Saves The World. Plus, Ryan returns to the stealth strategy genre with Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice. Over in the news, there's more to dive into when it comes to the Activision Blizzard acquisition, which includes diving into the back catalogue of Activision franchises, and Call of Duty staying on PlayStation (for now). Finally, we close out the show with Blizzard's recruiting announcement for a new survival game based on a fresh IP (tune into The Instance this week for more on this one from Joce).

That's right, we're celebrating TEN YEARS of The Gamers' Inn this week. The celebrations include a Guess That Game segment with clips selected by listeners of the show, and some listener suggested topics to help us look back at the last 500 episodes. We chat about one new game called Nobody Saves The World, that's out now on Game Pass (more on the game next week). Finally, we close out the show with the bombshell news that Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for 70 billion dollars! This is a developing story, and just broke the day we recorded. Likely more to discuss next episode.

We’re back with our first episode of 2022 as we hurdle ever closer to the big TGI 500. We kick off the show with some holiday game discussions as Jocelyn purchased Skyrim again, leading to her playing a bunch of Elder Scrolls Online. Also Dead by Daylight appears to be having some balance issues. Ryan finished up Halo Infinite over the holidays, and managed to squeeze in some time with The Gunk, both on Xbox/PC Game Pass. Finally, Ryan has been enjoying the devilish delights of Rogue Lords. We forgo the news to discuss our most anticipated titles of 2022, including some honourable mentions.

Welcome to the annual Gamers’ Inn Game of the Year episode! We go over our top 5 video game experiences from 2021, which does include a few older games we played this year. We close our the show with some Honourable Mentions and Games We Missed. Wouldn’t want to leave anyone out on this momentous occasion! Look forward to some of those games making a comeback in 2022!

Ryan welcomes back Jocelyn with a surprise ripped straight from The Game Awards. Then we move into our promised Arcane spoilers, where we discuss the first full season for the Netflix animated series. While Jocelyn was away she completed the entire main game of Control, including the Alan Wake expansion. Moving into our news segment, we focus in on The Game Awards, looking at the awards and the announcements.

Jimmy The "Play Trails" Shovel guests on the show this week with Ryan to dive into the latest anime experiences! Jim kicks things off with Scarlet Nexus, which he played on Xbox Game Pass for PC. Inspired by Ryan's time with Arcane, he checked out League of Legends: Wild Rift and Legends of Runeterra on iOS. Closing out our games section, Jim updates us all on the Doki Doki Literature Club Pus, an updated paid version to the free game. In the news, we have a large chunk of Activision Blizzard updates where one of the protest leads is leaving Blizzard, The Game Awards made headlines for how they may or may not deal with Activision Blizzard, and Raven QA team members let go after being promised full time positions for months. Closing out the news, we look at the reports that PlayStation is preparing a response to Xbox Game Pass.

We're soon to be all loaded up on current generation consoles as Jocelyn has successfully ordered a PlayStation 5! Plus, what should we do for our 500th episode to mark ten years of The Gamers' Inn? Moving into games that we're playing, Ryan is driving around in Forza Horizon 5 while thinking about Xbox Game Pass. Jocelyn on the other hand is crafting the superior dinosaur park in Jurassic World Evolution 2. Moving into the news, we have more on Activision Blizzard as Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo all weigh in on the matter. And to conclude the news, League of Legends is renewed at Netflix with Arcane Season 2 in production, and Amazon may be adapting Mass Effect soon.

Ryan and Jocelyn take a break from video games to talk about a Netflix series based on a video game! That's right, we discuss the first three episodes of Arcane, the new League of Legends series. We discuss some spoilers for this first arc, so if you're looking to experience yourself, best skip ahead. Next up, Ryan had some time in Back 4 Blood with his ZAMP co-host. In the news, there's another damning update in the Activision Blizzard saga as WSJ has released a report on Bobby Kotick's actions over the years and the story behind Jen O'Neal's departure. In more news, The Game Awards released it's nominee list, and for Xbox's 20th anniversary Microsoft announced a documentary, showcased the first teaser for the Halo TV series, and launched Halo Infinite multiplayer early!

After a very successful Extra Life Game Day, Ryan and Jocelyn bring The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes to the inn. We go into full spoilers for the entire game, so if you're looking to experience the game for yourself be sure to skip ahead. Before closing out the show, we chat about the continuing adventures of video game movies where Nintendo is looking at their next film starring Donkey Kong, and Mass Effect 5 received new concept art for N7 Day.

Both Jocelyn AND Ryan return this week to catch up on all the latest games and Chris Pratt news. Ryan brings a slew of games to chat about including his final thoughts on Metroid Dread (and a little Super Metroid thrown in for good measure). Plus a visit to the post apocalyptic sim builder genre with Endzone: A World Apart. Finally, we conclude what we're playing with the overpriced, but nostalgia driven N64 expansion to Nintendo Switch Online (and N64 wireless controller). In the news, there's more Activision Blizzard updates with BlizzConline 2022 cancelled, Overwatch 2/Diablo IV being delayed, and Jen Oneal (one of the co-leaders) leaving the company. Plus we get Jocelyn's take on that new Uncharted movie trailer.

While Jocelyn is away, Crofton from Dungeons & Diapers joins Ryan on the show to unpack Metroid Dread. We keep the conversation relatively spoiler free, so don't worry if you're avoiding story spoilers outside of the intro. Moving over to the news, Nintendo unveiled the final free update for Animal Crossing New Horizons, alongside details for a DLC and the final pricing for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. We also got our first look at the Uncharted movie with a new trailer!

Jocelyn returns to the show having finished up Alan Wake Remastered, and is ready to continue on with the Remedy-verse. To prepare for this journey, you may want to check out our Inn-side the Game episode of Quantum Break. Ryan keeps the Alan Wake track going with the Control DLC for Alan Wake title AWE. Ryan also received Metroid Dread a little late, so we tease next weeks discussions on the game. In the news, we offer an update on the Twitch hacks (including reports from Eurogamer and The Verge on Twitch security policies), as well as an update on the Fortnite's Imposters Mode with a possible collaboration coming with the Among Us developers.

We kick off the show with Jocelyn’s experience playing Alan Wake Remasteted on Xbox Series X. The shadow people are here and we’re nearly out of batteries! Ryan returns to Life is Strange: True Colors one last time for the release of the Wavelengths DLC (part of the Deluxe Edition, provided by review code). In the news, we have confirmation that The Game Awards will return to an in-person show on December 9th, Smash Bros. Ultimate final DLC character is Sora, and Twitch suffers a HUGE breach with source code, unreleased projects, and top streamer earnings leaked online.

Two brand new games to discuss this week, with Ryan bringing Tales of Arise to the main show from the TGI Patreon Mini Update Corner, and Jocelyn checking out the new Amazon MMO New World. In the news, we have yet another Activision Blizzard update where a lawsuit was filed and quickly settled (but there's some weirdness to this one), plus we break down the highlights from the latest Nintendo Direct (yes, including the Mario movie casting).

We kick off the show wondering what we should do for episode 500, but ultimately decided we should leave it up to the community! Be sure to let us know in the Discord! Ryan then moves into his final thoughts on Life is Strange: True Colors after completing the game (Special thanks to Square Enix for providing a review code). Jocelyn on the other hand has jumped into the sequel to I Am Bread, titled I Am Fish. In the news we have another Activision Blizzard update where the SEC is investigating, with a few more high profile departures from the company for good measure. Moving into lighter news, God of War director explains why the Norse Saga is only two chapters, and Pokemon Company announces Pokemon Trading Card Game LIVE.

We kick off the show with some thoughts on the launch of Deathloop. While we haven't had a chance to play, we react to the positive reviews on PlayStation 5 alongside the rocky reviews on Steam. Moving over to what we have played, Ryan received a review code for Life is Strange: True Colors on Xbox Series X and has some initial thoughts on the first chapter. We also confirm the next focus for the TGI Patreon Mini Update Corner, which will be Tales of Arise! In the news, we have another Activision Blizzard update with ANOTHER lawsuit being brought forward, LEGO announces a new Super Mario 64 set, Hayley Atwell will be the new voice of Lara Croft on Netflix, and the Epic v Apple ruling is in (but not over with an appeal from Epic).

We return a little later this week, for good reason, as we wait for PlayStation to finally showcase their upcoming games. But before we breakdown the latest exclusives from the house of Kratos, Ryan and Jocelyn introduce listeners to their Extra Life plans! As of now, we'll have multiple streaming events, first starting in October. If you can donate, please do so at bit.ly/tgiextralife2021, or share our team page. Every little bit helps! Over in what we're playing, Ryan recounts his multiplayer adventures in Marvel's Adventures. Plus he has a review to share on the Backbone One controller, which he has been using with Xbox Cloud Gaming and Remote Play. In the news, we kick things off with the story that Nintendo may be adding Game Boy and Game Boy Colour games to their online service, and Alan Wake finally returns with a Remaster of the original game and DLC. Finally, we close the show with our highlights from the PlayStation Showcase!

As promised, we kick off the show with our 12 Minutes spoiler discussion. After an extra week with the game, we've got some thoughts to get off our chests. If you're avoiding spoilers, or want to avoid discussion on the game (as it goes PLACES), check the time stamps below and skip ahead. Following 12 Minutes, Ryan has returned to Square Enix's Marvels Avengers with the latest content drop: War for Wakanda Expansion. In the news, we have the latest Activision Blizzard update with the planned renaming of McCree in Overwatch, we go over some highlights from Opening Night Live at GamesCom (including the confirmed delay of Horizon Forbidden West), and we discuss the first images from the new Resident Evil movie.

Looking forward to our thoughts on Twelve Minutes? Ryan has some non-spoiler points to share, but we’re going to wait until next episode for a full spoiler discussion. So head on over to Xbox Game Pass and play! What have we played? Well, Jocelyn and Ryan both played HUMANKIND, a brand new 4X game from Amplitude Studios. Heavily inspired by Civilization, the game really took hold of Jocelyn’s sleep schedule, as most 4X games tend to do. One more turn? Yes please!

We return to the inn with not one, but two brand new roguelites to discuss! Ryan brought Dreamscaper to the show, while Jocelyn completed Boyfriend Dungeon. Both innkeepers entered the world of Pokémon Unite on Nintendo Switch, and share some thoughts on the new MOBA from Pokémon Company and Tencent. In the news, we cover the latest on Activision Blizzard and how they've treated QA and CS contract staff, FROSTPUNK 2 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED (and we're excited), Fortnite absorbs the Among Us gameplay style, and Stranger Things will be exiting Dead by Day light soon.

Ryan welcomes Jocelyn back to the show with talk of the Sonic movie sequel casting Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna. In her time off, Jocelyn purchased a new curved monitor to up her spreadsheet game. Moving over to games played, Jocelyn rolled the dice with a new resource management simulation game out of early access called Atomic Society. Ryan on the other hand took Jocelyn's recommendation to heart and played A LOT of Imagine Earth. Moving over to the news, we update everyone on the Activision Blizzard situation, discussing Fran Townsend stepping down from the company's women's network, an Activision Blizzard shareholder joining the fight in calling for a better response from the company, and more confirmed firings of Blizzard developers. Our last news story of the show looks at Niantic's response to a player protest against the roll back of pandemic changes to Pokemon Go.

Joce is away this week, so Ryan welcomes Babylon Redeemer on to the show. Also known as Josh! Ryan and Josh discuss Dark Deity, a Steam game that is heavily inspired by the Fire Emblem franchise. In the news, we go over the updates for the Activision Blizzard situation, with the employee walkout, new leadership announced at Blizzard, and a second lawsuit against Activision Blizzard because of the State of California suit. We also offer our thoughts on the new Steam Deck hardware, the potential for a Horizon Forbidden West delay into 2022, and Aloy joining Genshin Impact in the Fall.

This week's Gamers' Inn focuses on the State of California suing Activision Blizzard for operating a workplace that created a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women. In past Gamers' Inn episodes we've discussed how women are treated in the video game industry, in video game communities, and in video games in general, and we've said it's time to listen. But now, we're saying it's time to change.

Both Ryan and Jocelyn are all in on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, with the game, the amiibo, and the new Joy-Cons. After a return trip to 2011, we dive into the news for a bit with a confirmation from Netflix about getting into games, and the Director of FFXIV addressing a sudden surge in players and how they're addressing server instability. Oh, and don't worry, we'll chat about Steam Deck next week!

We kick off the show with some thoughts on the latest return to 2011 with Skyward Sword HD, out on Friday. More thoughts on that next week! Speaking of Year 1 TGI fun, Ryan continues his time with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition having finished up Mass Effect 2. Jocelyn brings Shadowlands back to the Inn, with the latest content patch 9.1 - Chains of Domination. If you're trying to avoid story spoilers, you may want to skip over the discussion starting at the time marked below. After the WoW update, we move over to the news where Netflix is making moves into the video game industry by hiring an ex-EA and Facebook executive to be VP of Game Development.

Lou returns to the show to help Ryan discuss the brand new Resident Evil animated series from Netflix title Infinite Darkness. But before we breakdown the new zombie drama, Lou and Ryan have some additional thoughts to share on the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which Lou has started playing on PC. In the news, Nintendo finally unveiled their next Switch model with very little internal changes, and Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Infinity after Jason Schreier spills the beans.

We kick off the show with... *checks notes* Clifford the Big Red Dog? Any ways, after that we move over to Ryan's concluding thoughts on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Then we move into the brand new expansion of content for Sea of Thieves crossing over with Pirates of the Caribbean titled A Pirate's Life. Moving over to the news for the week, Microsoft confirms they have moved Xbox Cloud Gaming over to Series X hardware, Windows 11 is going to have some exciting video game features, and CD Projekt RED is "satisfied" with Cyberpunk 2077 stability and performance.

We begin the show by going over our plans for the Sea of Thieves and Pirates crossover, because you never play a live game on the first day of a big content drop. After ranking the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Ryan chats about his time with the Summer Game Fest and Steam Next Fest demo events. On the Xbox side, Ryan checked out the fantastic Tunic, as well as Deathtrap Dungeon, Sable, and Lake. On the Steam side, Ryan loved bringing nature back to the wasteland in Terra Nil. After a feast of demos, Ryan gives his early impressions on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, with more to come next week when the game is complete. Finally, we close the show with the news where Cyberpunk 2077 has returned the PlayStation Store, EA MAY be reviving Dead Space, LEGO Mario has a new wave of fun arriving in August, and Xbox appears to be upgrading their xCloud servers.

Ryan returns to TGI, just in time to go over some of the biggest news from E3 2021 with Jocelyn. We kick things off with the highlights from Ubisoft Forward, then move into the "Available on Xbox Game Pass" presentation from Xbox and Bethesda. In the second half of the show, we chat about the Marvel games featured in the Square Enix Presents event, then close out the show with the Nintendo Direct (filled with much anticipated follow ups and sequels).

Ryan is away this week, so Joce takes over the show with ESO: Blackwood talk and special guest Scott Johnson! They go over the stories they love, where ESO might head next, the new companion system, Oblivion themed public dungeons, and more! Looking to start fresh in ESO, check out this Complete Beginners Guide. They then take a look at the highlights of the Summer Game Fest kickoff stream, and last but not least, chat about the newly announced MMO Palia.

As of this recording, Nintendo has yet to announce the rumoured Nintendo Switch Pro. But that doesn't stop us from chatting about it at the top of the show! When we get to the games we're playing, Ryan talks about his time with Biomutant, while Jocelyn dives into planetary settlement in Imagine Earth. In the news, PlayStation dropped about 20 minutes of PlayStation 5 gameplay for Horizon Forbidden West, God of War pushed to 2022 but will be available on PS4, and finally BlizzCon 2021 has been cancelled.

Board games return to The Gamers' Inn thanks to Jocelyn's long weekend time with Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game. Ryan continues his Mass Effect adventures as he nears the end of Mass Effect 1 in the Legendary Edition, but then also dips his toes into Mass Effect Andromeda? In the news we got a new teaser for the next Dark Pictures Anthology game, Summer Games Fest will have an announcement filled event on June 10th, we know who will be in the Resident Evil crossover with Dead by Daylight, and Horizon Forbidden West will have a game play showcase THIS WEEK.

Mass Effect is BACK with the Legendary Edition, bundling the original trilogy with (almost) all the DLC, remastered for a new generation of consoles. We've only had a chance to focus on Mass Effect 1, but we talk about our history with the franchise, and what we're looking forward to. Including maybe possibly the chance of Mass Effect 3 multiplayer coming to the Legendary Edition?

Ryan kicks things off with some Xbox stuff, including his short amount of time with the Xbox Series X. Plus a good chunk of time with the Xbox Cloud Gaming iOS beta. He also picked up an 8Bitdo Mobile Gaming Clip for Xbox Controllers to help with his testing effort. Jocelyn watched a good chunk of Resident Evil Village through iosefka's Twitch streams, so we have some viewers impressions on the latest scarefest from Capcom. Finally, Ryan has a quick Xenoblade Chronicles 2 update. Over to the news, Sony confirms that PlayStation 5 stock struggles will continue into 2022, and Nintendo stealth announces Game Builder Garage.

Ryan attempts to trick Jocelyn into bringing more TV content on to the show, but it doesn't fly, so he settles for books. This week, Ryan brings the Ask Iwata book to the show, which includes interviews with the late Nintendo President Saturo Iwata. We offer our thoughts on whether Resident Evil Village is in our future, thanks to Ryan's time with the demo. Finally, we close out What We're Playing by closing the book on our return to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (for now). In the news, Microsoft commits to PC gaming with a few cool announcements, Mass Effect Legendary Edition is confirmed to have a large Day One patch, Sony invests in Discord for future partnerships with PlayStation, and a few high level details from the ongoing Epic vs Apple trial (like Sony's insistence on being paid for cross-play and Metroid possibly coming to Fortnite).

We kick off the show with a story of saying goodbye to Ryan's PlayStation 4 Pro. Then, as promised, we accept the challenge to return to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Nintendo Switch. You're welcome Discord! Finally, we close out the show with the news, featuring a change to the weird Resident Evil Village demo schedule, Super Mario Party FINALLY gets more online support, and Former Dignitas and Houston Rockets execs launch Esports Certification Institute.

Jocelyn returns to the inn with a brand new 4v1 scary game called Home Sweet Home: Survive. Ryan on the other hand, tries another 99 battle royale game, this time featuring the lovely PAC-MAN. Also there's a new episode of Mythic Quest available to bridge the gap between Season 1 and 2 (we swear this isn't a TV podcast). In the news, the release of Days Gone on PC has us talking about that other Days Gone news, Luigi joins his brother in LEGO form this August, and Resident Evil has a lot of fun planned for their 25th anniversary.

Travis from Pixel Mountain Pop Art guests this week to bring Horizon Zero Dawn back on The Gamers' Inn! And speaking of returns, Travis has been working his way through the mainline Final Fantasy games and goes over the Lightning Trilogy of Final Fantasy XIII. Ryan on the other hand is exploring Oddworld Soulstorm on PlayStation 5 thanks to PlayStation Plus this month. In the news, Bioware shows off their work on the new Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Aloy arrives in Fortnite (like everyone else not associated with Nintendo), and a new Jason Schreier report shares inside details from some of PlayStation's internal studios.

New guest host Dustin (@TriplePhase3 on Twitter and Twitch) joins the show to help Ryan break down what's fun, and what's weird about the new co-op sci-fi shooter Outriders. We both played it on Xbox Game Pass, and chat about the story, gameplay, and of course those random transition cutscenes. Dustin also talks about his time with the new killer in Dead by Daylight, and slowly solving puzzles through the creepy worlds of Little Nightmares I and II. In the news, Game Pass gets another boost with backwards compatible games coming to xCloud, and the ESA confirms a digital only E3 2021.

Josh joins us on The Gamers' Inn to discuss the brand new co-op adventure game It Takes Two. He played through the entire game with his sister, and they even produced a Trophy Guide! Ryan played the Friend Pass version of the game, which includes a Free Trial of the first level, and allows you to play with a Friend who has purchased the game at no additional cost. Ryan has also been continuing his adventures in Fire Emblem Three Houses for our Game Club on Summoner's Call. Josh concludes our What We're Playing segment with his time in Valkyria Chronicles. Over in the news, Valve has announced dates for the next Steam Next Fest, Ghost of Tsushima is being adapted into a movie, CD Projekt RED shares it's future plans for development, and Sony confirms the closure of some older digital stores.

Jim joins us on the show to bring some anime to the inn, with talk of the Trails series and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Ryan brings Stubbs back from the dead with the re-release of Rebel Without a Pulse, and Square Enix attempts to resurrect Marvel's Avengers with a next generation upgrade (and two Hawkeyes). Moving into the news, we go over the highlights from the Square Enix Presents event, video games continue to be delayed out of 2021 with Gotham Knights being the latest, Sony unveils the new PSVR controllers, and Microsoft may be throwing even more money around in the industry for Discord.

While Jocelyn is away, Ryan welcomes Crofton from Dungeons & Diapers to chat about his "games to play when there are no games coming out" collection. Featuring the triumphant return of Uncharted 4, No Man's Sky, and Breath of the Wild. On the other hand, Ryan tests out his direction instructing skills by playing We Were Here Together. Plus, just one more loop in Loop Hero! Moving into the news, lots of Game Pass going around, but the most interesting has to be the confirmation that Outriders will be available at launch with the service on April 1st. Finally, Dark Alliance makes it's return this summer!

Jocelyn runs the numbers with Democracy 4, a politics simulator that is heavy on the stats, graphs, and Steam mods. Ryan then updates us on his time with the PlayStation 5, exploring the wonders of downloading (and accidentally deleting) both PS4 and PS5 versions of the same game. He then chats about his time with Maquette (which he consistently calls Marquette, leading to some not so helpful internet searches). Moving into the news, new reports show an upgraded Switch is likely for 2021, Valve is ceasing development on Artifact 2.0, Marvel's Avengers does it's best to stay in the news for the wrong reasons, and Xbox officially welcomes Bethesda to the family.

Ryan received his PlayStation 5 and proceeded to watch progress bars for a few days as he moved into the next generation of PlayStation. But eventually, he got to play some games with Miles Morales and Astro's Playroom. TGI has upgraded and we're now fully capable of covering the next generation of consoles (when new games come out). We've got plenty of news from the latest State of Play and Pokemon Presents announcements. There's also a good chunk of info out of Bioware with Anthem Next being canned, the next Dragon Age being single player focused, and Henry Cavill teasing a Mass Effect project.

After a surprise PlayStation 5 update from both inn keepers, Ryan shares his thoughts on playing through Little Nightmares I and II. The sequel was actually played on Google Stadia, so Ryan chats about his experience with the game streaming technology. Jocelyn has been on a bit of viking kick in 2021, which continues with Valheim. Moving over to the news, Mortal Kombat is back for another run at theatres (this time with an R rating), Nintendo had a Direct, and BlizzConline brought the Activision Blizzard magic.

The Nintendo Switch has received yet another Wii U classic with the arrival of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. We spend some time discussing the new addition of online co-op to the base game, plus early thoughts on the Bowser's Fury expansion. In the news, we discuss a bit of video game movie magic with the release date confirmation for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Then we speculate on what could be announced later on in the week at BlizzConline, and the first Nintendo Direct in over a year.

We're back to discussing The Medium, this time focusing on the story. We spoil the general story path, and discuss the ending. If you're interested in playing The Medium without being spoiled, you'll want to revisit this discussion at a later date. We conclude the show with the latest news, looking at Blizzard Activision having multiple Warcraft mobile games in advanced development, Gearbox is now a part of Embracer, and the ESA is planning an all digital E3 2021.

Ryan provides an update on his weird journey to try and buy a PlayStation 5. Both Jocelyn and Ryan played The Medium, but one on the Xbox Series X and the other on PC. Finally, Ryan wraps up his time (for now) with Cyberpunk 2077. We discuss the various endings, but in vague terms, in an attempt to keep things spoiler free. If you want to go in to the endings absolutely spoiler free, feel free to skip the discussion. We close out the show with various news stories, including that whole GameStop stock situation, there's some new Tomb Raider stuff coming, Google is shutting down internal Stadia studios, and we have more details and a release date for Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

Ryan unfortunately did not enjoy his time with Torchlight III, but has some tips for securing years of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at a minimal cost. Jocelyn takes up medieval cemetery management with Graveyard Keeper. Ryan is ready to pick up a PlayStation 5, but are electronic stores ready? We go a little long in What We're Playing, but take some time to discuss the latest news out of Blizzard, with Vicarious Visions merging with Team 3 to work on a Diablo II remake.

We return after finishing Call of the Sea, and are ready to discuss the puzzles, the story, the setting, and of course... SPOILERS! We keep spoilers pretty light for the majority of our conversation, but begin a chat about the ending around the thirty minute mark. If you're looking to enjoy this game for yourself, from a story perspective, best to skip forward ten minutes to the news. Speaking of news! Ubisoft gets in on the Star Wars fun, and Pokemon will be celebrating 25 years in 2021. And finally, we receive more details on New Pokemon Snap, now due out on April 30th for Nintendo Switch.

Addressing the Old Man Murph in the room, Ryan played a lot of PC games over the last week (and promises to limit his complaining). These PC games include Cyberpunk 2077 and Horizon Zero Dawn. Both Joce and Ryan got a chance to check out Call of the Sea, a puzzle exploration game on Xbox Game Pass. In the news, Bowser gets furious in a new trailer for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, and Lucasfilm Games announces a new Indiana Jones game from Machine Games and Bethesda.

We're back for 2021 with this milestone, yet totally normal, episode of TGI! We kick things off with the most missed TGI Game of 2020, Hades. Ryan picked it up on Nintendo Switch, after the planets aligned with cloud sync, an eShop sale, and some eShop credit from Christmas. Jocelyn couched it up with some Assassin's Creed Valhalla over the holidays. Finally, Ryan played Super Meat Boy Forever on Nintendo Switch, which sees a change up to the classic Super Meat Boy formula in Ryan's favour (except for the bosses). We then close out the show with our most anticipated games scheduled for 2021.

Ryan and Jocelyn close out the year THAT WAS 2020 and chat about all their favourite video game experiences. We kick things off with our personal Top 5 (in no particular order), with a few Nintendo overlaps. After a good jolly chat about some great games, we continue talking about great games with our Honourable Mentions. What were your favourite games of 2020? Be sure to join the conversation in Discord. Thank you to all that supported The Gamers' Inn over the last year, and in previous years. We really appreciate it! Have yourselves a great holiday and see you in the New Year!

We've got plenty to say about Cyberpunk 2077, but before that we get an update on Ryan's adventures in Bugsnax and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. When it comes to Cyberpunk 2077, Ryan is playing on Xbox One X and Joce is playing on Xbox Series X (check out this great performance comparison by Digital Foundry). We chat about what we like about the game, the bugs we've encountered, the terrible performance issues on base PS4 and Xbox One, and of course all the refund madness (including the fact that most retailers are refusing refunds).

Joce and Ryan delay their recording this week to chat all about The Game Awards 2020! There were plenty of game announcements to get excited about, including creepy Vin Diesel AND a new Mass Effect. Also Perfect Dark is back! Some fun surprises, some cool indie games, and a few awards given out as well. Tune in for our GOTY episode in just a few weeks, until then happy gaming!

Jocelyn's Xbox Series X was not a mirage (or a box filled with rocks), so she was able to jump into Assassin's Creed Valhalla on the next gen system. We talk a whole bunch about the new viking adventure, so get your raiding axes ready. Afterwards, we wrap up our chats on Bugsnax, and dip our toes into Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Jackbox Games Trivia Murder Party 2.

Jocelyn was able to get her Xbox Series X order in, but the quest was not an easy one, and some have her convinced it's an empty box? We shall see next week! While Joce waits for her Xbox, she has started her adventures in the Shadowlands for the new World of Warcraft expansion. Ryan promises to join her soon, but has been busy with Miles Morales and Bugsnax. That's right, we're talking about MORE Bugsnax! (Joce's Note: BUNGER, BUNGER, BUNGER, BUNGER)

We continue the conversation of not having next generation consoles, and our moments of weakness in trying to break from the PLAN. As promised, Ryan has been playing Spider-Man Miles Morales and takes some time to discuss his thoughts on why the game is a REALLY good cross generation game (be sure to check out IGN's Performance Review for Miles Morales). Jocelyn is talking about Bugsnax, because she has played Bugsnax. Light news week, what with the launch of TWO new consoles, but we take some time to discuss the latest Capcom leaks.

With our official Extra Life Game Day behind us, we go over the successes from the day where we managed to raise $4500 to date as a team! We relive our experiences in Phasmophobia thanks the lovely community helping us hit our $1500 raised for each of us. Then we calm things down with a discussion of our time in Raft. In the news, we get hopeful about the Legendary Edition of the Mass Effect Trilogy, but still wary about the promise of Bioware taking another stab at the franchise with a new game. Finally, we chat about our FOMO and the next generation of consoles launching this week.

Both Ryan and Jocelyn played and finished Little Hope through co-op. We actually streamed the whole thing and you can check it out if you'd like (Ryan's Perspective / Joce's Perspective). We spend the first chunk of the show sharing our thoughts on the first 3/4 of the game and how Supermassive Games constructed an excellent and tense experience featuring a good chunk of Witch Trials lore. We take a break with the news where the Tomb Raider movie sequel has been delayed indefinitely, Nintendo dropped some news with their final Partner Direct, and WoW Shadowlands has a new release date. Finally, we close the show with SPOILERS for the end of Little Hope. We highly recommend you skip the end of the show if you plan to play or experience the game for yourself. If you played the whole game, or watched our streams, feel free to join us through the end of the episode.

Ryan played a bunch of Amnesia Rebirth, the brand new horror game from Frictional Games. He also streamed the first three hours, so be sure to check that out! Ryan has also officially played more Minecraft in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate than he has played Minecraft in Minecraft. That's right, Steve and company are here as DLC for Smash! We have a bunch of news this week which includes our first look at Tom Holland as Nathan Drake, Google wants you to know they don't agree with that Alex guy, Facebook is launching a casual cloud gaming service, Netflix is making a live-action Assassin's Creed series, and Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to December 10th.

After some deep thoughts about how old TGI is, we get down to business with more Genshin Impact. Jocelyn has been playing Phasmophobia by proxy and is getting ready to jump in herself (and possibly bringing Ryan along for Extra Life). We muse a bit about what it would take for us both to play and stream the game for Extra Life, so if you're interested, be sure to donate and mention it in your comment. Moving into the news, PlayStation is collecting feedback on their new voice chat reporting feature on the PlayStation 5, and Oculus + Facebook = broken Quest 2's?

After the Thanksgiving long weekend, Jocelyn and Ryan return to discuss their long weekend and their daily return to Animal Crossing during the Halloween event. Jocelyn backed that Frostpunk board game Kickstarter. Ryan followed the Discord's passion for Genshin Impact and dove into the free-to-play BOTW-like. Moving into the news, Microsoft has a plan to bring xCloud to iOS, Sony details backwards compatibility on PS5, Amazon pulls the plug on Crucible, and TMNT is coming to SMITE in November.

Jocelyn and Ryan return to their Animal Crossing island, and after consoling their distraught villagers, they start decorating for HALLOWEEN! Continuing the Nintendo trend, both inn keepers have been running through Super Mario Bros. 35, and offer some pointers to new players. Finally, in what we're playing, Ryan picked up the Super Mario LEGO Starter Pack and has been enjoying it with Kayden! In the news, Insomniac does a face swap on Peter Parker on the PS5, Blizzard delays World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and dates the expansion pre-patch, and Minecraft is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate next week.

Ryan spends some more time with Super Mario 3D All-Stars. He also finds some Netflix time to check out High Score, a documentary series chronicling the 80's and 90's of the video game industry. Once again we have a good helping of news from the last week. Mike Morhaime is back with Dreamhaven. Microsoft announced pricing for the Series S/X storage expansion. Among Us developer scraps sequel to focus on original game. Turns out CD Projekt RED will need to do mandatory crunch on Cyberpunk 2077 after all. And finally, Amazon announces Luna, a new game streaming service that will directly compete with Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud.

Ryan has closing thoughts on Marvel's Avengers (at least until there is a good patch or more hero content). Ryan also got a chance to boot up Super Mario 3D All-Stars, which is a collection of three great games that haven't aged particularly well. We'll have more thoughts on the collection next episode! Jocelyn shares her tales from sorting out the Imposters in Among Us. In the news, Sony makes it official and raises the prices on some next generation games, the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition may be tough to come by at launch, and Microsoft is buying ZeniMax (Bethesda, Arkane, ID, and MORE) for 7.5 BILLION DOLLARS.

We've had some more time with the remaster of a TGI Year 1 favourite, Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning. Afterwards, we jump into most of the next generation console news from the past week. This includes a confirmation of the Xbox Series X pricing, with Xbox All Access moving to 12 additional countries. PlayStation 5 had a huge news dump (both on stream and off), with pricing, release date, launch games, and much MUCH more!

Ryan returns with a tale of Paper Mario and the Wii U, his drop into Fall Guys, and reluctant (but hopeful) entry into Avengers post beta phase. In the news we chat about the leak and confirmation of the Xbox Series S from Microsoft, Nintendo's huge (and weird) celebration for the 35th anniversary of Super Mario, and Nintendo's surprise announcement of a Breath of the Wild prequel using the Hyrule Warriors gameplay style.

This week on TGI, Ryan is away so Joce is joined by friend of the show Jim! They talk about the newly released PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn, as well as backward compatibility questions that have been raised about the PS5, and wrap things up with games they were excited to see previewed at Gamescom.

We return with more thoughts on Frostpunk: On The Edge, the last DLC for one of our favourite games from 2018. Ryan converts a desktop game to mobile with Ancient Enemy and Steam Link, while also giving the Marvel Avengers beta another go. Moving into the news, we have an update on the Epic vs Apple case, plus all the fun Batman and DC video game announcements from DC Fandome.

Crofton and Ryan gather to bring you a special episode of Dungeons & Diapers! This time around, we're discussing Final Fantasy VII Remake with ALL the spoilers. What do we mean by ALL? Well, we discuss the remake, the original, and moments that aren't covered in the remake that could possibly pop up in Part II. I think we even talk about a PSP game.... Anyways, hope you enjoy this spoilercast and please let us know if you'd like to see more content like this from Dungeons & Diapers!

We revisit Frostpunk for one of last times, with their newest DLC: On The Edge. Jocelyn tested out Dead by Daylight's new Cross-Play and it works great! Ryan decided to check out Ghost... I mean GoT... Ghost of Tsushima! In the news, we go over Epic's spat with Apple and Google with Fortnite being removed from their respective mobile stores (and Apple going a step forward in stating they will terminate Epic's Developer Account if not resolved to their TOS). We wrap it all up with Facebook requiring Facebook accounts to use Oculus going forward.

Welcome to the finale of our The Last of Us Part II spoilercast series. In this episode we cover the final segment of the game, as Ellie is unable to leave her quest for revenge behind. We discuss Santa Barbara, the ending, and what could be next for the series.

Welcome to Episode 2 of our The Last of Us Part II spoilercast. We pick up shortly before where we left off as we move into the second segment of the game where you control Abby. We discuss the shift in gameplay and perspective, as we experience the other side of the story.

Our show this week kicks off with a quick look at our The Last of Us Part II special series, and how you can see these specials become more of a regular occurrence. On to the games, both Jocelyn and Ryan have been destroying all humans in Destroy All Humans. Next up, Jocelyn jumps into the weird and wacky Fall Guys. Finally, Ryan checked out the new Avengers beta which was a bit of mixed bag. In the news, it's a Microsoft heavy segment with Apple blocking xCloud from iOS, Halo Infinite being delayed, and the Xbox Series X confirmed to be launching in November.

In the first episode, Ryan and Jon discuss their highlights from the first segment of The Last of Us Part II where you control Ellie. This should go without saying, but beware of spoilers if you have not completed the game. We do spoil moments throughout the game in our discussions.

This week we have Crofton Steers jumping into the co-host chair with Ryan to discuss their adventures (past and present) in Ring Fit Adventure. Crofton has been enjoying Ghost of Tsushima on PlayStation 4. Plus Ryan continues his journey to Destroy All Humans, 15 years later. In the news, we chat a bit about Microsoft confirming Halo Infinite will have free to play multiplayer and xCloud getting an official release on September 15th. Spider-Man is ONCE AGAIN involved in an exclusivity controversy (Is this going to happen once a year? Well at least we have Hawkeye.) Finally, we close out news with a report from Jason Schreier about Blizzard employees organizing to seek pay increases.

Fresh off the Xbox Games Showcase from last week, we have some more to discuss when it comes to the recent showing and the Xbox One. Moving into games, Ryan has been playing Carrion which is a brand new reverse horror game on Xbox Game Pass. Also, both Ryan and Joce have had some time with Paper Mario: The Origami King. We close out the show with news that Netflix is developing a The Witcher prequel series!

Before we jump into the Xbox Games Showcase, Ryan gives some final thoughts on Desperados III after finishing the main campaign and taking a crack at a few of those Baron Challenges added to the game through a free update. We spend a bulk of the show going over all our favourite announcements from the Xbox Games Showcase. Enjoy and happy next generation year!

E3 may not have happened in 2020, but thanks to Devolver Digital you can explore the abandoned halls of a faux E3 to discover trailers for their upcoming games in Devolverland Expo. As promised, Jocelyn returns to Civilization VI to check out the Red Death mode and had some fun streaming VS Mode. Ryan got his hands on Desperados III and has been having a lot of fun stealthing through the Old West. Getting creative thanks to their forgiving Quick Save/Quick Load system made for easy experimentation. Over in the news we go over the major announcements from Ubisoft Forward, Micorsoft will be launching xCloud in September, 2K thinks next generation games should be more expensive, Amazon wants to make a Fallout TV series with Westworld producers, and the LEGO NES is coming soon (and it's expensive).

Ryan and Jocelyn beat the heat by diving into the new Animal Crossing update. Jocelyn continues to enjoy Civilization VI and the New Frontier Pass, while Ryan takes a bite out of Cook, Serve, Delicious 3. In the news, we couldn’t resist in talking about the launch date for Horizon on PC, and Kingdoms of […]

We’ve got more spoiler-free thoughts on The Last of Us Part II as Ryan has wrapped up the PlayStation 4 epic. Plans are underway for a spoilercast for some time in July, so stay tuned! Ryan also jumped back on board with Apple Arcade and has been playing Little Orpheus, a new game from The […]

In this episode of The Gamers’ Inn we’re going to cover everything that is going on in the wider industry in terms of sexual assault that has been happening and all of the stories that have come out this week. We also dig into Ryan’s first impressions with The Last of Us Part II and […]

Ryan experiencing bridge building with Poly Bridge 2 so he doesn’t have to subject the real world to his “skills”. Ryan has also been chipping away at Final Fantasy VII Remake in preparation for The Last of Us Part II when it takes over his PS4. This leads into a discussion around the recent reviews […]

The next generation of consoles will be arriving this holiday season, and we have our first large unveiling of those plans from Sony! Before we break down the big announcements, Ryan shares his thoughts on a smaller tactics experience with Dread Nautical on the Nintendo Switch. If you have been enjoying XCOM Chimera Square or […]

This week is not a normal episode of The Gamers’ Inn. This week we are highlighting two podcasts that share the experiences of Black Americans, which is what we should all be open to hearing right now. Time to Listen – DTNSFeaturing Lamarr Wilson, Ant Pruitt, Terrance Gaines, Nica Montford, Chris Ashley, and Robb Dunewood. […]

How about all them podcast TV shows? I mean quarantine episodes… Ryan watched the most recent entry with the brand new Mythic Quest episode. As we move into video games proper, both Joce and Ryan played Maneater on the Epic Games Store (thank you to the PR company for providing a code). Jocelyn also lost […]

With the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ryan has returned to adventure in Greece with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Jocelyn builds new worlds in Before We Leave, a new strategy game on the Epic Games Store. Finally in what we’re playing, we have our first Animal Crossing event this Friday (May 22nd, 2020) with a Catalog […]

Sorry we missed last week, but we are back to talk about more XCOM, more Animal Crossing, and more ESO (that’s right it’s back)! Ryan is wrapping up Chimera Squad, Joce and Ryan go over the Stalk Market in Animal Crossing, and Joce prepares for the next ESO expansion arriving shortly. In the news there’s […]

Ryan returns with coffee late in the evening to discuss Resident Evil 3 and XCOM: Chimera Squad. Jocelyn has been returning to old favourites for comfort in these COVID-19 times with Frostpunk and Sea of Thieves (they added CATS). Over in the news, Sony has given an update on summer PlayStation 4 releases, Nintendo confirms […]

Ryan jumps into the very 90’s feeling (in a good way) Final Fantasy VII Remake. Even though he hasn’t played the original, he still feels the nostalgia. Moving into the news, we spend a little extra time discussing the new Animal Crossing patch. Then discuss the Super Mario Maker 2 final major update, and the […]

Ryan is back after a few weeks off to get settled with the newest addition to his family: Isabelle! Be sure to subscribe to Dungeons and Diapers for the full story on the next episode. After catching everyone up on the new baby, Ryan goes over his last few weeks with DOOM Eternal and Animal […]

Ryan is away this week, due to the arrival of his beautiful baby girl! Joce is joined by Beau Schwartz to talk Hearthstone, Doom Eternal, Civ 6, and Final Fantasy 7. Joce and Beau close out the show with news, which includes PS5 controller reveals and Series X stories, as well as a release date […]

Ryan is away this week, due to the arrival of his beautiful baby girl! Joce is joined this week by Josh Cook to go deep into Animal Crossing, because you know she caved… Joce and Josh close out the show with news, which includes another entry in the GameStop saga, as they begin strict safety […]

The long anticipated Animal Crossing sequel, New Horizons, has finally arrived! Ryan got some time with the game since its March 20th release and is happy to report on many of the improvements made to the Animal Crossing formula. Jocelyn has not been on a deserted island, but did get a chance to check out […]

We continue our Ori fascination with the brand new sequel on Xbox One and PC: Ori and the Will of the Wisps. There are some vast improvements in the sequel, held back just a bit on consoles due to some performance issues. We both loved it though and you should certainly check it out if […]

Jocelyn and Ryan are preparing for Ori and the Will of the Wisps by returning to the 2015 indie gem: Ori and the Blind Forest. Both of us played the Definitive Edition on Xbox One through Xbox Game Pass. As we move over to the news, we’ve got a bunch of fun headlines to work […]

Ryan went to the movies to see Sonic the Hedgehog, which was actually pretty good. Ryan also played a good chunk of Darksiders Genesis and has some thoughts to share. Finally, Ryan purchased the SNES Controller for Nintendo Switch and has had a good, nostalgic time revisiting SNES games the way they were meant to […]

We wrap up our thoughts with Mythic Quest now that we’ve finished the first season of the Apple TV+ series. Ryan played The Turing Test on Nintendo Switch, which inspires some tangent filled discussions. Before we head into the news though, Jocelyn got her hands on the Android xCloud beta. In the news, Sony is […]

Jocelyn and Ryan tear through the Nazi zombie hordes in Zombie Army 4: Dead War. Then we tackle Apple TV+ and its new series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet. Finally, we close with the news, looking at Rod Fergusson overseeing the Diablo franchise and Anthem getting a big refresh from Bioware. Discussion:1:00 – Zombie Army 4: […]

We kick off the show with a follow up from last week in that Google announced just how much YouTube makes in ad revenue. We look at that immense number and wonder no more why Activision Blizzard moved over from Twitch. In other news, Nvidia GeForce NOW launched out of beta with some interesting options […]

Ryan finally got around to playing Telling Lies, so we have a spoiler filled chat at the end of the show. Before that though, we’ve got plenty of news! This includes a story about being muted in game does not violate your civil rights, YouTube signs exclusive streaming deal with Activision Blizzard for e-sports, and […]

We’ve got Frostpunk on the brain again thanks to the brand new (and quite excellent) expansion called The Last Autumn. After some questionable choices by all parties, we move into the news. Following up on last weeks stories, Super Nintendo World comes states side in 2023 and Cyberpunk 2077 joins the 2020 delay party. We […]

What’s this? An entire episode of TGI with news? Looks like 2020 will be full of surprises! We kick things off with more details from Universal on their Super Nintendo World. Sony is skipping E3 again, even with the PS5 on the horizon. Multiple delays were announced this week (and more after recording) featuring the […]

2020 is still going strong and we have video games to discuss, and some news as well! Ryan fills us in on his time catching up with 2019 games he missed with Gears 5. Plus he wrapped up The Witcher on Netflix, so naturally he picked The Witcher 3 back up. Moving over to the […]

Ryan and Jocelyn return from the holidays to chat about their video game experiences over the break. Ryan finished up Luigi’s Mansion 3 and was delighted by every moment of it. Jocelyn got the cooking video game itch after our time with Overcooked 2, which led her down a mobile game path (hopefully ending with […]

Jocelyn and Ryan celebrate EIGHT years of The Gamers’ Inn by going over our favourite games of 2019 (in no particular order). Jocelyn: Dead by Daylight, Days Gone, Man of Medan, Hearthstone Battlegrounds, Luigi’s Mansion 3Ryan: Sea of Thieves, Days Gone, Resident Evil 2, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Luigi’s Mansion 3 We also chat about […]

It took some time, but Jocelyn and Ryan have recorded there thoughts about this years Game Awards! We chat about the format, the winners, the not-so-winners, and of course… The announcements! Wouldn’t be a video game event without trailers, now would it? Curious about our personal GOTY choices? Tune in next week as we close […]

Ryan has an update on his Black Friday adventures. Both Jocelyn and Ryan teamed up to bust ghosts in Luigi’s Mansion 3. More Sea of Thieves fun from our latest Extra Life stream. You’ll want to check out some of the highlights, like CHARRS, or waking up Matt, or SHARKS. Finally, we close out the […]

We kick off the show with a Black Friday fueled discussion about upgrading a PS4 to a PS4 Pro through trade-in. Good idea? Bad idea? HORRIBLE idea? Help us (Ryan) out! Moving on to games, Ryan talks about his time with Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order on Xbox One X and the weirdness that is […]

Jocelyn and Ryan recount their in-person adventures with Ring-Fit Adventure on Nintendo Switch. Continuing with the Nintendo trend, Jocelyn finished up Luigi’s Mansion 3 and got a good chunk of Pokémon Shield in. Ryan gives a brief TLDR on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, but promises more details next week. We close out the show […]

We’re fresh off another Extra Life weekend where the team is SO CLOSE to 90% towards our goal. More fun on the way, so stay tuned! Both Jocelyn and Ryan enjoyed being back in Heroes of the Storm for the live stream. Ryan checks out Afterparty on Xbox Game Pass, while Jocelyn boos up Luigi’s […]

Jocelyn is back from BlizzCon! We break down all the announcements, and how it felt to be on the show floor. What did we think about the opening address? How about that new WoW expansion? Numbered sequels anyone? We’ve got thoughts on it all! Once again a “short episode” is actually longer than normal. Enjoy, […]

While Jocelyn is traveling to BlizzCon, Ryan is joined on the show by Beau Schwartz! Returning after a two year hiatus, Beau is ready to predict all things BlizzCon. Although, it seems this year Blizzard has had some trouble holding on to surprises. If you’re trying to stay SPOILER FREE for the weekend, best to […]

Both Jocelyn and Ryan checked out the new puzzle game Felix the Reaper on Xbox Game Pass for PC. While Ryan was able to finish the game, Jocelyn lost some time sorting through the VERY Windows process of getting the game going. In the news, we chat about Bethesda’s interesting choice to have a subscription […]

We’re fresh off our first Extra Life stream of the season, and we had a blast playing Sea of Thieves. There were some moments involving leeches, which you should certainly check out (trust us)! Both Ryan and Jocelyn played more Sea of Thieves after the event, and got to check out the new October update […]

Let’s talk a bit about Ryan’s change in luck with video game subscriptions, also the amazing time he’s having with Apple Arcade. Specific shout outs to Overland, Mini Motorways, Grindstone, and What The Golf on Apple Arcade, check them out! Jocelyn got to take part in a Dungeons & Dragons experience, and has been enjoying […]

Ryan got to check out the Dungeon Creator in the new Link’s Awakening remake, but it’s still not living up to our expectations. Jocelyn checked out the brightly coloured apocalyptic sequel to Far Cry 5; Far Cry New Dawn. Finally, Ryan shares more of his adventures in The Surge 2, thanks to some lovely Twitch […]

Jocelyn checks out the new Frontier game currently in beta, Planet Zoo on Steam. Ryan tried a bunch of games to give some early impressions, including Link’s Awakening on Nintendo Switch, The Surge 2 on Xbox One X, and Mario Kart for iOS. In the news we cover the Nintendo Direct-esque offerings from Sony, Microsoft, […]

Jocelyn and Ryan start this week’s Gamers’ Inn with an unscheduled chat about Dead by Daylight, inspired by the launch of the new Stranger Things DLC. Ryan has more Borderlands 3 thoughts to share. Jocelyn has been playing the new Hearthstone campaign content: Tombs of Terror. While Joce hasn’t playing much Blair Witch, she’s watched […]

Both Ryan and Jocelyn are back at the inn to chat about their time with Man of Medan. Jocelyn got a chance to play co-op with Josh, while Ryan checked it out solo. Ryan also got a bit of time with Borderlands 3, but has only scratched the surface. In the news, we go over […]

Jocelyn is away this week, but Jimmy the Shovel returns to the program to help Ryan deliver a truly ANIME episode. Well… Not really, we didn’t watch any anime, but we played a lot of games inspired by the genre! Jim has been playing Valkyria Chronicles on Nintendo Switch, as well as Astral Chain. Ryan […]

Ryan is away this week, so Jocelyn mans the inn with help from Jon Jagger! They talk No Man’s Sky, WoW Classic, Man of Medan, and the “revival” of Telltale Games. The Gamers’ Inn is a weekly podcast focused on all things video games! Each week Jocelyn and Ryan discuss what they’re playing, go over industry related news, and cover topics […]

After a bit of off topic Spider-man talk, that swings back towards on-topic, then back again… Jocelyn chats about her time with Telling Lies, the follow game from the developers behind Her Story. Ryan has more Fire Emblem Three Houses to chat about, followed by some tales from the Zone in Mutant Year Zero on […]

We kick off the show with an unscheduled conversation about our favourite games scheduled for late August and September. After that, Joce describes the totally fictional experience in Kindergarten 2, while Ryan has more Fire Emblem Three Houses thoughts. Oh, and let’s not forget the long awaited sequel to Rebel Galaxy! We close the show […]

A new Hearthstone expansion is out, so Joce is here to give her second yearly update on the game to TGI fans. Hope you all enjoy the Saviors of Uldum! Ryan chats more in-depth about Fire Emblem Three Houses, and makes some wild comparisons to help explain this deep fantasy story. In the news, we […]

Joce returns with a chat about her time with the Fast & the Furious franchise. But, since this is a video game podcast, we mainly focus on her experience with Gloomhaven on Steam and The Sims 4 on EA Origin. Ryan on the other hand has played Darksiders III, about 9 months after release, and […]

Jocelyn is away this week, so Ryan is joined by his Dungeons & Diapers co-host Crofton Steers. Ryan has been playing more Super Mario Maker 2 and looking forward to other Nintendo Switch releases. While Crofton has been digging into the Greek buffet that is Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. In the news, we chat about GameStop’s […]

Jocelyn gives hints about her time in the new WoW raid, as well as the Fire Fest-EVIL event in Hearthstone. Ryan is still diving deep into Super Mario Maker 2, but also has thoughts on Nintendo’s latest Free To Play offering in Dr. Mario World. In the news, we go over the recently unveiled Nintendo […]

Jocelyn and Ryan take a break from crafting Mario levels in Super Mario Maker 2 to discuss Super Mario Maker 2! Plus, Tiny Towers got a LEGO face lift and Ryan has been stepping on LEGO pieces all week. We wrap up the show with a discussion focused on EA saying they’re really not that […]

Ryan has a tune in his head and it’s all thanks to the Legend of Zelda spin-off, Cadence of Hyrule. Jocelyn jumps into Ori and the Blind Forest thanks to the Summer Steam Sale, as well as that new Harry Potter Pokemon GO style game: Wizards Unite. As for a topic, we chat about what’s […]

After a busy few weeks with Days Gone and E3 2019, we slow things down with a few narrative driven adventure games. Jocelyn played Observation on the Epic Games Store, and Ryan played Draugen on Steam. In the news, we discuss EA’s weird attempt at explaining loot boxes to Belgium as “surprise mechanics” and “totally […]

Jocelyn and Ryan go over their highlights from E3 2019. We chat about Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Square Enix, and of course Nintendo! What was your favourite announcement? Be sure to let us know! Note: Apologies if audio quality is lower than normal, local recording was bugged, so had to use the Twitch backup. Back to […]

Jocelyn returns from Dallas to help Ryan discuss Days Gone in deep, dark, spoilery details. Plus it’s the week before E3, so we have plenty of news to go through. Top two stories include the latest Pokemon Direct and launch details for Google Stadia. The Gamers’ Inn is a weekly podcast focused on all things video games! […]

Jocelyn is out of town, so joining Ryan this week is returning guest Josh Cook. While Ryan is still making his way through Days Gone, Josh has a plentiful bounty of games to discuss. This includes the brand new cross-play Monster Hunter-esque game Dauntless. Alongside this new co-op free to play game, Josh has been […]

We wrap up our discussions on A Plague Tale: Innocence, as both inn keepers have finished the game. Beware of spoilers if you’re thinking of checking this one out, as we may chat a bit about the story and our overall thoughts. In the news, Sony announced PlayStation Productions, a studio dedicated to bringing PlayStation […]

Ryan checked out the new PlayStation documentary, Raising Kratos, a look behind the scenes for God of War. Both Joce and Ryan played A Plague Tale: Innocence, where you play as a sister and brother trying to survive plague stricken France. Finally, we chat about hell freezing over with the news that Microsoft and Sony […]

Both Jocelyn and Ryan are really enjoying Days Gone on PlayStation 4. After giving initial impressions last episode, they return to go deeper into the later mechanics and story development in the game. Minimal spoilers for the game, but stay tuned in the near future for a full spoiler episode on Days Gone. The show […]

Sorry for missing last week, Avengers Endgame took over both innkeepers lives last weekend. But we’re back and ready to close the book on the PlayStation Classic, check in on Virtual Reality, and give first impressions for Days Gone. We close the show with the disturbing look at the new Sonic movie trailer. Jim Carrey […]

Both Ryan and Jocelyn don’t have new games to chat about, but that doesn’t stop them from diving into the latest and greatest news that peaks their interest. But before the news, Ryan has an update on his PlayStation Classic adventures. Ryan is excited to see progress from EA with Respawn’s single player Star Wars […]

As Canadians do, we record one day later so Jocelyn can catch the Toronto Maple Leafs playoff opener. But not to worry, we’ve got plenty of video games discussions for you! Ryan picked up a PlayStation Classic on the cheap, and also dug into Return of the Obra Dinn. Jocelyn shares her thoughts on the […]

Ryan taps and holds with the new Elder Scrolls game on mobile: Blades. Jocelyn continues to explore the wonderfully Crafted World in the new Yoshi game on Nintendo Switch. For our topic, we take a look at a Kotaku article chronicling the seven years of Anthem’s development. Plus the response from Bioware both publicly and […]

Ryan experiences the Final Episode of The Final Season for Skybound’s (TellTale’s) The Walking Dead. A little bit more Division 2. Jocelyn and Ryan both scratched surface on Yoshi’s Crafted World, with more on the horizon. Another big news week with Borderlands 3 finally being unveiled, Apple Arcade (Game Pass for Apple devices), and the […]

Before we chat about games, we welcome the newest addition to TGI Studios: G.E.N.T., a brand new video game podcast from Manny (FAZ) and Ghoti (Gagcast), focused on industry news and relations. As for what we’re playing, Ryan has early impressions for The Division 2, while Jocelyn checks out the puzzle game Baba Is You. […]

Anthem returns to the Inn for one final shot, and the loot just doesn’t seem to add up (even though the mech suit shooting is a blast). Gathering Storm also returns, this time with some later game discussions. We cover Civilization VI and the newest expansion additions. In the news, Jocelyn is stoked about Harry […]

Jocelyn returns from a whirlwind few weeks, from getting married to being sick. But she has returned with many a great tales about Civilization VI: Gathering Storm and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Ryan on the other hand continues down the dark path that is Anthem, as well as some time in Crackdown 3 thanks to Game […]

Jocelyn is away again this week, but fear not, for Ben The Mage is guesting on the podcast and we’ve got some fun wedding stories for you. That’s right! Both Ben and Ryan were at the geek wedding of the year, hopefully you enjoy these fun memories from TABLE 6. As for video games, we […]

Jocelyn is away for her upcoming wedding, so Jon Jagger has jumped back on to the show with Ryan to discuss Resident Evil 2, Apex Legends, and much more! We go into some spoiler territory for RE2 for the first half of the show, so if you’re trying to complete it unspoiled you’re best to […]

Ryan has been going through Resident Evil 2 in his Second Run, plus we get some Andromeda flashbacks with the Anthem demo. Our topic this week looks at Apex Legends, the new free to play Battle Royale game from Respawn. Both inn keepers played the game and have a lot of high praise for the […]

Piranha Plant sprouts into a full fledged fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this week. The Resident Evil 2 remake has finally arrived in all its zombie killing glory. Kingdom Hearts as a franchise makes its debut on TGI, much to the confusion of both inn keepers. (hoping to get more time with the game […]

Some great indie game discussions for you this week. Both Jocelyn and Ryan checked out the deep strategy game At The Gates. This one is a doozy, and not to be tackled unless you’re REALLY into strategy games. Many layers, handle it! Ryan checked out Vane on PS4, a puzzle platformer where you play as […]

Ryan is very sleepy this week, but he did manage to discuss his time in Yakuza 0. Jocelyn checked out Gris and wasn’t a big fan, but enjoyed her experience with Artifact. For our topic, we take a look at the recent news about EA cancelling yet another Star Wars project. Should we be worried? […]

Ryan played a whole bunch of Frostpunk, so we close out the loop on that game with a tale from the Fall of Winterhome scenario. Following up on Doki Doki Literature Club from last year, Ryan delves into Jim’s Top 10 list of 2018 with Florence. Rounding out Ryan’s experiences this week is Beholder 2, […]

Welcome to 2019! Jocelyn and Ryan return from their holiday break to chat about what they’ve been up to. Ryan got a 4K upgrade over the break, while also finding time to finish up the latest Spider-Man DLC. Finally, based on Jocelyn’s recommendation, Ryan played a BUNCH of Frostpunk. The Gamers’ Inn is a weekly podcast focused […]

It’s that time of year again friends, Game of the Year! Jocelyn and Ryan break down their favourite games that they played in 2018. Expect the expected, but also the unexpected as they go through ten games that made the inn shine. We close the show with listener submitted favourites. Extra Life is back and The […]

Thought we were done with new video games to discuss in 2018? You thought wrong (mostly)! Jocelyn checks out the sequel to one of her favourite games of 2016: Beholder 2. Ryan continues his adventures through Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but takes a break from video games to read about a video game. The newest […]

Jocelyn wrapped up her time with Darksiders III, and has some bones to pick with the whip wielding Fury. Ryan jumped into Assassin’s Creed Odyssey after a less than enjoyable time with Origins over the summer. Also, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launched this week! We wrap up the show with a discussion based around Thursday […]

Darksiders has returned and the third entry isn’t really what Jocelyn was hoping for, but there is promise! Also, she talks a bit more about The Council in preparation for the finale episode launching next week. Ryan booted Spider-Man back up on PS4 for the second part of DLC. Also, we have a bit more […]

Jocelyn has returned to The Council, since the final episode will be released on December 4th. While the story and characters keep her going, the cumbersome mechanics hold the game back. Ryan got a chance to check out Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, a brand new game set in the Witcher universe that takes Gwent to […]

Jocelyn is away this week, so Ryan welcomes Josh back to the show to talk about Red Dead Redemption II. But before the random world of the wild west, Ryan shares his experience with Two Rooms and a Boom, a party card game that is super scalable from 8 to 40 people! The news this week […]

Jocelyn has returned from BlizzCon, and Ryan has returned from a geeky bachelor party! But before that, we have even more Extra Life coming up this weekend with Jocelyn’s stream on November 10th. Ryan played some cool Dungeons & Dragons campaigns that also included a cool castle replica. Both Innkeepers though have been keeping busy […]

While Jocelyn is at BlizzCon, Ryan hosts his annual BlizzCon Predictions episode! This year Crofton Steers joins the show to share predictions for World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, and more. But before the predictions, we break down our Extra Life progress, talk Red Dead Redemption II, and some new […]

It was the day before Red Dead Redemption II, and at the Inn, both Ryan and Jocelyn played video games that didn’t feature the wild west. Keeping things light, Ryan booted up the new Tactical Legacy Pack for XCOM 2 and the new DLC for Spider-Man on PS4. Jocelyn partied with Super Mario Party on […]

Ryan has been driving all fancy like through the UK in Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox One, thanks to the Game Pass. Jocelyn brings Reigns: Game of Thrones to the table to discuss the new layer on the swipe left/right mechanics of the first two Reigns games. In the news, Blizzard makes the surprising announcement […]

Ryan has wrapped up Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and has giving Life is Strange another shot by checking out Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Steam code for both games were provided by Square Enix). Speaking of second chances, Jocelyn returned to The Sims 4. In the news, we’ve seen the planet align as […]

Jocelyn is out of town, so Ryan is joined by Beau Schwartz and Crofton Steers of Good, Bad, or Bull fame (and a few other podcasts). Much to Crofton’s frustration, Beau has finally got around to playing Witcher 3. Ryan jumped back in to Destiny 2 Forsaken to progress through the story. In the news, […]

Ryan returns to wrap up his time in the main game of Spider-Man on PlayStation 4, as well as his early opinions on the Nintendo Online Service. Jocelyn is looking for advice on purchasing a PS4 Pro for Red Dead Redemption 2. Both Innkeepers got some time in with Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with […]

Ryan is away this week, so Josh returns to join Joce as they chat about Don't Starve Together, COD Blackout, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Nintendo Online. They then go over the newest info coming out of a two hour Red Dead Redemption 2 demo, and take a look at the newly announced PlayStation Classic.

Spider-Man has swung on to the PS4 and both innkeepers have returned to chat about the brand new Marvel adventure. We go spoiler free on this one, so if you’re still eagerly waiting to play the game, rest easy knowing you’ll go in unspoiled. For our topic, we break down the latest Nintendo announcements from […]

Jocelyn is away this week, so Crofton returns to the inn this week. We’ve launched our Extra Life team, so if you’d like to help us raise funds FOR THE KIDS, head on over to bit.ly/tgiextralife2018. Over the past two weeks Ryan has been playing more World of Warcraft and the new Battle For Azeroth […]

Ryan was away this week, so Jocelyn was once again joined by Josh! They talked Hearthstone Puzzle mode, Graveyard Keeper, and diving back into the Uncharted franchise.

Ryan and Jocelyn revisit the REDACTED world of We Happy Few to see how the last year and change of development has gone. Out with the survival exploration and in with the story driven campaign! Ryan continues his adventures in Battle for Azeroth, with some discussion centred around the Alliance side of things, including Dungeons […]

The Battle of Azeroth is here and the Innkeepers can’t contain their excitement! After the WoW fever subsides, Ryan talks about his time with beginning of the end for The Walking Dead: The Final Season and Jocelyn ventured back to Sea of Thieves. In the news, we discuss Discord launching an Indie Store. The Gamers’ […]

Ryan is away this week, so Josh joins Joce for some Overcooked 2. They also discuss Horizon Zero Dawn sequel ideas, Hearthstone's new expansion, Red Dead Redemption 2's new gameplay trailer, and plagiarism over at IGN.

It’s a light gaming week at the inn this week, but Ryan went to Egypt and returns with early thoughts on Assassin’s Creed Origins. While avoiding video games, Ryan also opened up his copy of The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia. Closing out the show, Joce and Ryan discuss the new Warbringers: Sylvanas video, as well […]

Ryan FINALLY got around to playing Uncharted Lost Legacy, but also managed to boot up No Man’s Sky to check out the new NEXT expansion. Jocelyn is back from vacation to talk about her time with Candle, as well as her preparations in World of Warcraft with the new 8.0 patch. Oh, and Joce talks […]

Jocelyn is on vacation this week, but returning guest Josh Cook joins Ryan on this weeks Gamers’ Inn. Ryan gets over the burden of choice woes with FAR: Lone Sails. Josh has been crafting stories in RimWorld (you can follow along on Twitter). Inspired by Summer Gaming, we chat about No Man’s Sky NEXT launching […]

Ryan did say he would be on vacation this week, but turns out he’s not so great at vacationing! So he’s here to join Jocelyn on a community supported episode. Joce sourced questions from Discord prior to recording, which we get to later on in the show. To start things off though, Jocelyn chats about […]

Ryan returns to the wacky land of Mario + Rabbids for their new DLC expansion featuring Donkey Kong. He also returns to Vampyr, driven by his need to finish the game (don’t worry, we keep the Vampyr chat short). Finally, Jocelyn delves deep in to her time with the board game Gloomhaven. Like our board […]

Ryan revisits familiar inking grounds with the Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion. He also dives back in to Darkest Dungeon thanks to the new Color of Madness DLC. Jocelyn has been enjoying her time in WoW as we slowly creep towards Battle For Azeroth. In the news, we go over how Fortnite is finally putting Sony […]

Jocelyn and Ryan are ready to come out of the shadows and chat about their time in Vampyr. While we really enjoy the story and the setting, the combat and some of the gameplay mechanics leave us scratching our heads (at the best of times). We also give a few recommendations in the Steam Summer […]

Jocelyn returns to discuss her time building the ultimate Jurassic Park in Jurassic World Evolution. A theme park building sim from Frontier Games, the developers behind Planet Coaster. After some sweet dino talk, we start to break down E3 2018. We go over our highlights from the major players: Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. We also […]

Jocelyn is on the road, but joining Ryan this week is Crofton Steers from the Good, Bad or Bullshit podcast. Virtual Reality invades the show with a new early access roguelike game called In Death. Ryan completed his first playthrough of Detroit and has some additional non-spoiler thoughts. Vampyr still looks spelled weirdly, but is […]

Both Jocelyn and Ryan have been filling out their flow charts in Detroit: Become Human. After the Androids exit stage left, Ryan chats about his experience with Moonlighter, a new roguelike out on PC and PS4. In the news, we go over all the Pokemon announcements: Pokemon Quest, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Eevee, and […]

Ryan has finally finished God of War, so we put our Norse mythology hats on and have one more spoiler-free conversation. In between sessions of throwing an axe at unsuspecting enemies, Ryan also got a chance to check out Omensight. If you recall our chats about Stories: Path of Destinies, Omensight is the spiritual successor […]

This week, Ryan continues his adventures through Warmind, the new Destiny 2 expansion. That being said, I’m not sure how much more we can scrap out of that one folks… The Year 2 content can’t get revealed soon enough. Both Jocelyn and Ryan checked out the demo for Detroit: Become Human, a new game from […]

Jocelyn transports us to a whole new rogue-like game called City of Brass, a first person procedurally generated game where you seek treasure in a city once buried under the sand. Ryan ventures back in to Destiny after a five month hiatus to check out Warmind, the latest “expansion” for the first person shoot MMO. […]

It’s a cold medicine in your coffee type of week as Joce and Ryan gather to talk about the latest games they’re playing. Ryan continues his Father and Son adventures in God of War (Kayden isn’t playing with him, so save your emails). He also jumps back in to Hearthstone for a little Monster Hunting. […]

Spring is in the air, but winter is still alive and well in our video games. Ryan goes on a Norse adventure alongside Kratos in God of War, while Jocelyn keeps the heat on in Frostpunk. In the news, Netflix gives us more details on their new The Witcher series, arriving at some point in […]

We record one day early to discuss some more streaming adventures, the new orc slicing game Extinction, and go over our new Community Channel coming to our Discord. First off, with streaming adventures we chat about making code requests and the various methods to do so. Including Terminals.io, KeyMailer.co, and the good old fashioned direct […]

With new games to talk about, and plenty of news in the doc, we have a bonus length Gamers’ Inn for you! Kicking things off, we return to Hope County to liberate the south-western region from John in Far Cry 5. While Joce and Ryan continue to enjoy the open world shenanigans, some of the […]

Jocelyn and Ryan leave Hope County to update everyone on their initial adventures in Far Cry 5. While they did some solo questing, they also got a chance to experience each other’s unique driving skills with the drop in/drop out co-op. In the news we cover the beginning barrage of PAX East news with the […]

We’ve got more Sea of Thieves to chat about as Ryan has made his way on to the high seas for some pirating adventures. Alongside those Game Pass voyages, he checked out Rime and brought Kayden along for the ride. Jocelyn booted up Planet Coaster again, this time with some fresh DLC: the Studios Pack! […]

Arrr! Welcome to Shipwre… Wait, no, welcome to The Gamers’ Inn! We kick off the show by talking a bit about Sea of Thieves, but leave the bulk of the details to Shipwrecks and Shanties. While Ryan didn’t get a chance to hit the high seas, he did dabble with Game Pass, which opens up […]

Well, Ryan did it, he got Jocelyn to play Life is Strange again… The bonus episode for Life is Strange: Before the Storm just launched, so Ryan and Jocelyn take one last look at the lives of Max and Chloe in “Farewell”. After those fun times, Joce has been keeping Sims alive in The Sims […]

What’s this? A Gamers’ Inn on a Monday?!? Your feed isn’t telling a lie, as Jocelyn has just returned from HCT Toronto and we’re ready to record. Ryan has an update from his Streaming Adventures which includes streaming a selection of Nintendo Switch games like Breath of the Wild, Fire Emblem Warriors, and a demo […]

In Streaming Adventures, Ryan has achieved Twitch Affiliate status! Whoo! Ryan ended up streaming Minecraft this week and had a surprisingly good time. Consider that skeptic converted. Also, Ryan played through What Remains of Edith Finch, and does his best to dance around spoilers for the sub 2 hour game. Jocelyn on the other hand […]

We have more Streaming Adventures with Ryan this week as we discuss the 50 follower milestone, working on those average viewer counts, and more Stream Elements implementation. Speaking of streaming, Ryan played Wolfenstein II to completion and has great things to say about the “what if” history shooter romp. Jocelyn on the other hand has […]

Another jam packed Gamers’ Inn is here and we kick things off with the launch of a new TGI Presents project titled Shipwrecks and Shanties: A Sea of Thieves Podcast. The new show is hosted by Jocelyn Moffett and Siv, but be sure to listen to the new show to find out Siv’s real name […]

The first episode from Summoner’s Call is here, check it out! Ryan shares more stories from his streaming adventures, including listener questions about hardware recommendations. Ryan has also been playing Iconoclasts and more Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Jocelyn has dived DEEP in to Subnautica to conquer her fear of underwater exploration. In the […]

Off the top of the show we announce our departure from Amove TV to expand on The Gamers’ Inn with new spin-off and serial projects. We break down our first two The Gamers’ Inn Presents projects, focusing on Fire Emblem Heroes and Sea of Thieves. You can expect Summoner’s Call: A Fire Emblem Heroes Podcast […]

We kick off the show with more streaming talk as Ryan continues his adventures over at Twitch.TV/RyanMurphyCA. He did a bit of console streaming, and ventured into OBS, so we talk shop for a bit. After the bitrate chat we move over to games with a stacked show! Both Ryan and Jocelyn played Squids from […]

January keeps on rolling and we have games to talk about! Jocelyn played some Vanishing of Ethan Carter, but it turns out that game is creepier than Ryan recalled on previous episodes. As for Ryan, he jumped back into Paladins for the first time in years (since beta launch before Overwatch launched). Also, while traveling […]

Ryan looks at the cards and decides to finally play Hand of Fate 2, a fun card battler with real time arena combat to resolve encounters. A really cool combo that you should certainly check out. Also, Ryan continues his adventures in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Nintendo Switch. For our topic, Jocelyn and Ryan list […]

We’re all about the games on our first episode of 2018! Jocelyn picked up They Are Billions during the Steam Winter Sale and had good fun sorting out how to defend her city from the zombie hordes. Ryan jumped into Xenoblade Chronicles 2 over the holidays and has had a blast with the layers of […]

Celebrate the holidays with a special gift from The Gamers’ inn: a preview of what may come in 2018, Inn-side the Game! That’s right, we’re taking another crack at what could be a regular feature for TGI with an Inn-side the Game for Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. This time around we’ve split the […]

We celebrate 300 episodes of The Gamers’ Inn by doing what we do best, talking about video games! We mark the special occasion with our Game of the Year discussions, which include feedback from you, the listeners. We start things off with our Honourable Mentions, then take a quick break before our top 5 experiences […]

Before we jump into the show we chat about Patreon reversing their service fee plans. It was a stressful week, but luckily Patreon made the right call! Now, on to the games: Ryan jumped back into Breath of the Wild for the Champions’ Ballad and returned to Hearthstone for Dungeon Runs. In the second half […]

December is in full swing and boy do we have lots to talk about this week. We kick things off with the recent announcement that Patreon will be changing the way fees are calculated. There’s a lot to break down, but if you’d like to skip ahead to the video games, those start at 26:00. […]

Nintendo has a new mobile game and Ryan has plenty to say about Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. Jocelyn goes back to ancient Egypt to explore Assassin’s Creed Origins. Closing out the show Ryan tries to explain the progression system in Star Wars Battlefront II and fails (although it’s not really his fault). Finally, we’ve launched […]

While our American listeners prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, we sit down to talk about the games we’re playing and the Black Friday sales we’re tempted by. Ryan jumped into Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, mostly due to Joce’s glowing review from last week. And as promised, he completed the Destiny 2 raid and has […]

After a very successful Extra Life, Jocelyn and Ryan down another cup of coffee to bring you this well caffeinated episode of The Gamers’ Inn! Ryan goes over his time over the last few weeks in Destiny 2 on PC, while Jocelyn returns to Horizon for the Frozen Wilds expansion. Finally, we close out what […]

Jocelyn has returned from BlizzCon to tell a tale of the Nintendo Switch in action. She played a LOT of Super Mario Odyssey while traveling. Ryan also played a lot of Mario in the last two weeks, so we have plenty of impressions on the new title from Nintendo. Also of note is that there […]

The annual BlizzCon predictions episode returns, but with a slight change. Beau has joined the “Go To BlizzCon” train so Ryan asked Mike from the College Gamers Podcast to stop by. We go over all the Blizzard properties with Starcraft, Hearthstone, Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo, and Overwatch. We conclude the episode with the […]

We’ve got more Shadow of War on the brain as Ryan has completed Act III and has moved into the supposedly never ending Shadow Wars in Act IV. While he hasn’t come across Loot Box hell just yet, he is bracing for impact. Ryan also jumped into Destiny 2 on PC when it launched on […]

Shadow of War still has it’s claws in us deep as we move into chatting about Act II of the game. This means we get into more Nemesis systems, conquering Fortress’, and the best damn character introduction of the year with Bruz! Jocelyn also attempted to play the new South Park, but controller woes got […]

Jocelyn and Ryan are happy to return to Middle-Earth (for half of the show) to talk about the newest Shadow of War release. Ryan is not much for Tolkien lore, so please be kind in your emails. In the second half of the show we focus on Loot Boxes, which have popped back up in […]

The SNES Classic is here and Jocelyn and Ryan live to tell the tale of getting one (and a few more for friends) and playing like it’s 1994. From Super Mario World to Donkey Kong Country, the inn keepers work there way through the collection and share their nostalgic stories of old. That being said, […]

It’s a Battle Royale at the Gamers’ Inn as we take Fortnite’s new Battle Ground inspired mode for a spin. But before we get down to the controversy of the matter, Ryan chats more about his time with Samus Returns and his obsession with SteamWorld Dig 2. For the topic of the week we dive […]

We’re back to our normal format with plenty of games to talk about, so let’s get cracking! Jocelyn bides her time waiting for the new South Park game with South Park Phone Destroyer, a free to play mobile game on Android and iOS. Ryan picked up War of the Chosen and is ADDICTED (there’s no […]

Excited about Nintendo news? We are! On this week we chat over the Fall Nintendo Direct which focuses on upcoming 3DS and Switch titles. There’s also a bit of post show where we wrap up our thoughts on the presentation and Super Mario Odyssey. The Gamers’ Inn is supported by the Patrons over at Patreon.com/TheGamersInn! If […]

Ryan has returned after the birth of Abigail to tell a tale of not having enough time to play games, but somehow found time to finish Horizon and start playing Mario + Rabbids… Hmm… Suspicious! We start the show with Horizon Zero Dawn spoilers, so at the warning point feel free to skip ahead 15 […]

Baby Murphy Watch has officially ended! Ryan and Ashley welcomed Abigail Marie to the world on Tuesday, so Jocelyn is joined by Josh Cook for this week’s look at some of the cool announcements of this year’s Gamescom! Tune in to hear their thoughts on Jurassic Park: Evolution, The Sims 4 – Cats and Dogs, […]

Baby Murphy Watch continues as we make it to yet another episode of Gamers’ Inn! Ryan continues his adventures in Horizon, much to the delight of Jocelyn. Also on Ryan’s plate is Sonic Mania on the Nintendo Switch. Jocelyn returns to the Uncharted universe with Lost Legacy. In the news we talk about our experience […]

Ryan keeps his promise to play Horizon and it’s finally clicked! He’s having a blast hunting robots and making bandits feel the pain of an arrow to the knee. Jocelyn chats about the new Hearthstone content and goes back in time to experience StarCraft Remastered. Before we close out the show we go over the […]

Both innkeepers return to tell their tales of the time in the ink fields with Splatoon 2. Jocelyn dipped into Ranked Mode and Ryan got through SplatFest unscathed. Well almost unscathed… Ketchup didn’t quite make it. We also chat about the inspiration around Salmon Run sent in by a fan of the show. Next up […]

The Switch has a new game out and Ryan is getting his Splatoon 2 on! He also brought some new amiibo for show and tell, oh what fun! Jocelyn on the other hand continues her indie fun with Kingdoms and Castles, a fun little city builder with a big heart. In the news we chat […]

Jocelyn has returned from vacation and brings with her details of her week without internet and her time in Yonder, a new exploration game on Steam and PS4. Ryan has been knee deep in DC land with Injustice 2. Which is very fitting, as our topic this week looks at the best gaming news to […]

This week Jocelyn is on vacation, so Ryan took calls from listeners to chat about what games has them busy. We talk to VoidChronos, Michael from The Geek Review, and close out the show with Mike from the College Gamers Podcast. Topics range from the Destiny 2 Beta, Splatoon 2, E3 being a public show, […]