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In This Episode: This week it’s time to talk about what we’re proud about in our gaming history!  After last week’s gaming shames we decided to discuss the opposite.  Beej and Void land in very different places with where they feel proud in gaming accomplishments.  In many ways, Beej's gaming prides are socially based, looking at how he's made various accomplishments with different online communities such as World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and all the way back to Ultima Online. Void is impressed that Beej might have been the person who invented Lootboxes, haha. Void, on the other hand, is proud of more single-player achievements, such as his major playthroughs of the entire Final Fantasy and Zelda series. Plus a lot more, obviously. He plays a lot of games, after all. We also discuss how these kinds of gaming prides and achievements are related to in-game achievements and trophies that are provided by the developers. Do we feel proud of getting those? Do they affect how we play the game in any meaningf

In This Episode: Gaming shames are an interesting topic. People talk about what games they should have played or things that everyone should have done, and if they haven't, they should be ashamed of themselves. For one reason or another. We wanted to talk about that. Beej got the idea from The RPG After Years podcast's Discord when they were talking about RPG shames. So thanks, y'all! We talk about various things like Mario games to Assassin's Creed Rogue, all the way down to Beej just giving up on bosses and watching the endings of games on YouTube. But the real question is...are they ashamed of themselves? You'll just have to listen to see! Weekly Geekery Void is super happy with the war movie 1917 and discusses how well-made it is, and that it's a must-see for anyone who loves war movies. And he has some really fun geekery that has to do with some gaming shames, too. But why would we spoil that for you here? We want you to listen to the full episode? So press play, you heathen! Beej got some review copies

In This Episode: This week it’s a quick solo cast talking about some behind the scenes and the cutting room floor of Weekly Geekery.  Void and Beej should be back with a normal full episode next week! Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Geek to Geek Media Original Content We have expanded the original content on the Geek to Geek Media website. We now have video game reviews, movie lookbacks, geeky toy rundowns, and all sorts of original blogs and livestreams. Not to mention the slate of fantastic podcasts that you know and love. Head over to geektogeekmedia.com to check it all out. Subscribe Apple P

In This Episode: We talk all about pulling old game concepts and genres up to modern standards and making them feel new!  We dig into the idea of taking an old idea lying fallow and make it new and interesting again.  Where’s the line between homage, rip off, just establishing a new genre, ongoing series? Void playing Valorant is what spawned the idea because it feels so much to him like a Counter-Strike follow-up. Whether that's good or bad, we can't say. But he knows that's how playing it feels. So is that theft of the CS idea? Or is it revitalization of an old formula, giving it new life with a different spin? We discuss other games like this, too, from Castlevania and Metroid, to Bloodstained, to Overwatch and even JRPGs that have taken their cues from Chrono Trigger over the years. Plus, there are games that have taken the base engine of a game like WarCraft 3, and then made a new game out of it...like DOTA did. We have Fortnite and PUBG that came from an ARMA mod, and even Counter-Strike itself was a Ha

In This Episode: This week it’s the best stuff of the first half of 2020!  BJ and Void always take an episode to stop and reflect on all the great geeky stuff that resonated with us in the first half of the year.  It lets us touch on all the things that get forgotten by year end!  Find out what we enjoyed the most and what may stick with us all the way until our end of the year episode. We talk about Books, Movies, TV, Video Games, and even Board Games! All kinds of media that we want to call out so that you can get as much enjoyment out of it as we did. Stuff gets lost in the shuffle, and we really think there are some gems here. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Sl

In This Episode: This week we catch up on weekly geekery with discussions around Maneater, Picard, Xenoblade Chronicles DE and X, Minecraft Dungeons, Phantasy Star Online 2, Star Ocean First Departure R, Crystallo, Crucible, Scythe, and more!  This is one of those weeks that runs the gamut for Void and Beej. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Geek to Geek Media Original Content We have expanded the original content on the Geek to Geek Media website. We now have video game reviews, movie lookbacks, geeky toy rundowns, and all sorts of original blogs and livestreams. Not to mention the slate of fantas

In This Episode: We finally do an in-depth talk about all the spoilery things from the Final Fantasy VII Remake that we’ve held back from discussing.  This isn’t even a full overview, it’s truly just our thoughts on the spoilers!  We also talk some Weekly Geekery about Jurassic World, Streets of Rage 4, and Ecobee. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Geek to Geek Media Original Content We have expanded the original content on the Geek to Geek Media website. We now have video game reviews, movie lookbacks, geeky toy rundowns, and all sorts of original blogs and livestreams. Not to mention the slate of

In This Episode: We do a deep dive console lookback.  This time we dig into the Vita and what we loved about it.  Not to mention how much wish we it were better supported.  We also do our weekly geekery and talk about things like the FFVII Remake, Hitman 2, and Comixology Unlimited. Full show notes can be found here: https://geektogeekmedia.com/podcasts/geektogeekcast/season-5/s5e20-playstation-vita-console-lookback-the-little-rpg-machine-that-could/ Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Geek to Geek Media Original Content We have expanded the original content on the Geek to Geek Media website. We now

In This Episode: This week Void does a quick hit mini geekery episode while BJ is away.  Topics include Call of Duty Warzone, Comixology Unlimited, The Clone Wars, Hitman 2, and some thoughts on chasing the new vs digging into a single game for a long time. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Quest Disney Forever And Sometimes Rob

In This Episode: We talk about setting yearly themes instead of new year’s resolutions.  Void did this at the beginning of the year and now that we’re getting near the half way point (crazy) it’s time to talk about it and check in!  We also discuss DIY Animal Crossing Amiibo creation, Never Have I Ever, Piper, and The Clone Wars Finale. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Que

In This Episode: We discuss our home office setups and dig into mistakes we’ve made in the past so that you can avoid them!  We also get back to geekery around Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Fox in the Forest Duet, and Hitman 2. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Quest Disney Forever And Sometimes Rob

In This Episode: Void is filling in with a quick solo geekery episode while BJ is out sick.  Discover the wonder of chocolate covered espresso beans and lament the loss of Wunderlist with Void this week! Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Quest Disney Forever And Sometimes Rob Music by

In This Episode: Void and Beej talk about the release of the Final Fantasy VII Remake.  Void has been playing non-stop and has a lot of thoughts! We also discuss ongoing Animal Cross: New Horizons efforts, The Burning White, and Apollo 13. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Quest Disney Forever And Sometimes Rob

In This Episode: Void and Beej talk all about the Xbox Game Pass, get diverted by conversations around the next gen consoles, and dive into Microsoft exclusives.  We also give an update on Animal Crossing New Horizon and talk about playing the FFVII Remake Demo again but this time in classic mode. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Quest Disney Forever And Som --- Suppor

In This Episode: Void and Beej are both slightly obsessed with Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the current world climate.  It’s kind of the perfect escape! We discuss what we like about it and why it’s holding our attention. We also do our normal dive into weekly geekery with things like the Bravely Default II demo and Roundgaurd. Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Quest" Quest Di

In This Episode: Void and Beej are homebound during the pandemic, just like most people are. We talk about what we’ve been up to, what keeps grabbing our interest, and what has been the best distraction from the news of the world.  For the most part, we figure that social games of some sort work. We highly suggest Mario Kart of any kind. If you have access to anything Mario Kart, its worth playing with others during this time. You could also play Mario Party, which has been a blast over the internet for Beej. Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft are always good choices, and Beej is on FFXIV Leviathan server as Lesser Wyrmsbane. Joe from Geektitude is on WoW, himself, but you'd have to ask him how to find his character (@epicgrays on Twitter). We also touch on Luigi's Mansion 3, My Little Scythe (a good intro to Eurogames, apparently), and Knighthood on iOS. Fun stuff, really. I mean, we're all indoors, gotta do something. Also, Animal Crossing New Horizons is amazing. Really amazing.  And Void tries to con

In This Episode: Void and Beej are here with hard earned tips and tricks for working from home.  We’ve done this off and on for years at this point so we wanted to let everyone know some of the things we’ve figured out that a lot of you are dealing with for the first time. Separate Work Space From Home Space If you don’t have enough room for that… then you need a “work mode” and “home mode” for your setup. Void has always had a work desk and a home desk in different areas of the house. His home desk has his gaming PC while the work desk is only set up for a laptop with work stuff on it. Beej does, this, too. He has both a laptop and a desktop and finds that when he needs to really work, he can get on the laptop to be less distracted from stuff than on the gaming pc. The Macbook is set up solely for work, while the gaming PC can be used for both. When You're Done, Be Done No one is watching you as closely as you think they are. Bosses included. You have to work and hit your deadlines, but when your day is supp

In This Episode: We talk about where we stand with the Final Fantasy franchise right now. There's the FFVII Remake Demo on PS4, some FFXIV Shadowbringers talk, and even Void getting to the FFXV DLC that really should have been part of the main game! FF7 Remake Demo, Misc Thoughts: Void - Combat is fine. Not the best, not the worst. Curious to dig into the materia system. Beej - it’s not great, but at least it’s not totally button mashing with no real depth Void - Likes it better than FFXV.  It feels more responsive. Beej - It feels like Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XV had a baby, and XV has the dominant genetics  Void really wants to replay it in “classic” mode to see how it feels. No jump button. Beej hates. You jump like in older 3d Zelda games, by running up to a ledge. It’s awkward. And I want to jump while running around, dangit. The buttons change their function based on combat, so if you get aggro and expect to dash away, think again. You’ve just opened up your tactics menu for a party member. The

In this episode: Void is gone, Beej now rules the roost Altered Carbon Season 2 Reading the book, too The story takes a lot from the second and third books and mixes them together It’s really a totally new narrative from either of them, which is interesting given how closely the first season kept to the major plot points of the book They did show an Elder (Martians in the books) in one scene, and I thought it was great. But if you weren’t necessarily a fan of the books, it might not have made a lot of sense why there was a winged gargoyle creature jumping at the screen DQ of the Stars Mobile gacha Plays like a normal RPG in some ways, very much like an automated gacha in others It has the same kind of upgrade system as stuff like FF Brave Exvius and FF Record Keeper Support the Podcast patreon.com/geektogeekcast Network Talk! Tons of content at geektogeekmedia.com, more coming every week. We are working on making the site a hub of geeky fun for you with book, tv, movies, and game reviews, li

In This Episode: With The Witcher TV show out on Netflix it has drawn Void and Beej back into thoughts about it.  BJ never found an onboarding point to the series before the show while Void is coming at it from the perspective of having seen the end of the series in The Witcher 3.  Not to mention the books and documentaries around the series! Support the Podcast on Patreon You can go to https://patreon.com/geektogeekcast to support the podcast, and you can get some cool stuff, too. You can be a Patron Saint of Geekery and get some neato Reddit flair.  We are always looking to add new tiers for patrons, so if there's something you would like to see, let us know! Join Our Community! Discord: discord.geektogeekmedia.com Slack: slack.geektogeekmedia.com Reddit: reddit.com/r/geektogeekcast Subscribe iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Google Play Music | RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea TroytlePower CapsuleJay Austin's "Dragon Ques