Friends Per Second

December 13, 2022

Ep 13: GoW Ragnarok Director Eric Williams joins us, reacts to The Game Awards wins

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #TheGameAwards #GodofWarRagnarok -- 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:22 - The Game Awards discussion 00:26:33 - Hades 2 reaction 00:30:45 - Armored Core 6 reaction 00:36:35 - The awards themselves 00:42:36 - DS2 trailer 00:50:07 - Reformed rabbi Bill Clinton 00:56:28 - Interview w/ God of War Ragnarok director Eric Williams 02:00:28 - Big releases 02:06:17 - Callisto Protocol discussion 02:15:50 - FPS highlights of 2022 02:27:25 - Most anticipated games of 2023 02;33;39 - Most memorable moments of 2023 02:35:12 - Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Tamoor Hussain is the Managing Editor of Gamespot, Creative Director at Giant Bomb and regular host on Kinda Funny. He wears a head-band to feel closer to his childhood hero, Solid Snake, and he always wears a glove on his right hand because...actually nm, I've said too much. You can watch him annoy people on twitter by following him at @tamoorh - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardb.... He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers... Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

157 min

November 19, 2022

Ep 12: Our Game Awards picks + we interview Pentiment Director Josh Sawyer

Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code FPS at Manscaped.com. Thanks to Manscaped for sponsoring the video. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #Pentiment #TheGameAwards -- 00:00 - Intro 06:07 - Game Awards 44:45 - Sonic Frontiers 57:06 - Pentiment Game Director Interview 1:43:13 - Manscaped 1:47:07 - What We've been Playing 2:10:47 - Fortnight In Games / Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

138 min

November 4, 2022

Ep 11: Xbox Studio Boss Matt Booty talks Halo, Perfect Dark, Starfield and Xbox in 2023

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #GodofWar #Starfield -- 00:00 - Intro 06:12 - PSVR 2 25:41 - Nibel leaves Twitter 41:11 - Matt Booty Interview 1:30:01 - Games out this week 1:36:43 - Resident Evil Village: Winters' Expansion 1:46:25 - Potionomics 1:51:29 - Bayonetta 3 1:59:00 - Marvel Snap 2:06:20 - God of War: Ragnarok 2:31:43 - Fortnight in Games 2:37:34 - Listener Questions -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

174 min

October 22, 2022

Ep 10: Gotham Knights left a Batman-shaped hole in our hearts

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #GodofWar #GothamKnights -- 00:00:00 - Intro 00:23:11 - Silent Hill showcase 00:43:44 - Resident Evil Showcase 00:55:33 - Lucy’s take on Overwatch 2 01:05:21 - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope impressions 01:16:07 - Gotham Knights impressions 01:29:21 - A Plague Tale: Requiem impressions 01:36:20 - Scorn 01:42:25 - Bayonetta 3 impressions and controversy 01:48:50 - God of War Ragnarok impressions 01:58:40 - Listener questions 02:13:23 - Fortnight in games/outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

137 min

October 8, 2022

Ep 9: Overwatch 2 isn't the sequel that we (or Blizzard) hoped for

Welcome back to the Friends Per Second Podcast! This week, Lucy is off galivanting around the Big Apple, so to pick up the slack we're joined by Blessing Adeoye Jr., seen most recently hosting the Disney Marvel Videogames Showcase. Blessing helps us tackle Overwatch 2's confusing (and troubled launch), eulogize Google Stadia and he even manages to convince some of the cast to play a FIFA game. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:10 - Overwatch 2 is out… kind of 00:41:53 - Stadia is dead 01:01:47 - Indie check-in! 01:26:41 - Major releases this week 01:27:49 - Gotham Knights impressions 01:41:52 - FIFA 23 impressions 01:47:51 - Shovel Knight Dig impressions 01:55:20 - Outro Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

120 min

September 24, 2022

Ep 8: Cyberpunk Edgerunner's Showrunner joins us to explain how he pulled it off

Welcome back to Friends Per Second! This week Jirard is off sick so we're joined by the incorrigible Tamoor Hussain. We chat about those GTA VI leaks and wonder aloud: 'how is this different to a journalist leaking insider scoops (besides the whole, illegal break-and-entering thing). Plus, we sat down with the showrunner for Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Rafal Jaki, and he talked us through the show's creation from thought bubble in his brain to a show that is *kinda* rehabilitating Cyberpunk 2077 better than any patch or update ever did. Shoot us an email! We'd love to answer your questions. Hit up contact@friendspersecond.com. Make em weird but not *too* weird. You know what I'm talking about. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:06 - GTA 6 leaks 00:26:42 - How we feel leaks 00:40:29 - Dan Allen leaker blowback 00:51:12 - Cyberpunk Edgerunners interview 01:53:41 - New Releases 01:57:43 - Forspoken 02:00:28 - Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty 02:02:26 - Scorn 02:07:26 - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 02:09:44 - The Last of Us Part 1 02:11:49 - Trombone Champ 02:15:43 - Save Room 02:17:21 - Hyper Demon 02:18:54 - 20 Minutes Till Dawn 02:19:51 - Lucy got a Steam Deck 02:24:02 - Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

147 min

September 10, 2022

Ep 7: Sony calls out Xbox, but are they being hypocritical? (Feat. Gene Park + Graeme Struthers)

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #GamingPodcast #thelastofus -- Welcome back to Friends Per Second! This week Jake is away (in Iceland?!?) and as a replacement/upgrade we have the awesome Gene Park of The Washington Post. He joins us as we react to Jim Ryan's very public calling out of Phil Spencer over the Activision Blizzard deal, we ask 'is time up for 343i' and we go where no podcast has ever gone before: we argue about The Last of Us Part 1's $70 price tag. Our other special guest for the week is Graeme Struthers. He was one of the founders of Devolver Digital and he tells us how he and his colleagues built the most successful indie label on the planet, from Hotline Miami to Fall Guys and beyond. Shoot us an email! We'd love to answer your questions. Hit up contact@friendspersecond.com. Make em weird but not *too* weird. You know what I'm talking about. -- 00:00:00 - Intro 00:09:06 - Phil Spencer, Jim Ryan, and Call of Duty 00:26:28 - The Last of Us Part I discourse 00:52:15 - Halo Infinite cancels couch co-op 01:17:34 - Devolver Digital interview with Graeme Struthers 02:23:06 - New Releases 02:26:22 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection and Shredder’s Revenge 02:29:56 - Tinykin 02:37:57 - Temtem 02:40:18 - Steelrising 02:41:38 - Splatoon 3 02:46:30 - Xenoblade Chronicles 02:49:05 - Jirard’s PAX West experience 02:53:17 - Listener questions 02:59:30 - Game anniversaries 03:01:58 - Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

186 min

August 27, 2022

Ep 6: Valve tell us how they made the Steam Deck (and what's next)

Welcome back to Friends Per Second! This week we're joined by one of Valve's senior designers, Lawrence Yang, who has played a pivotal role in the design and launch of the Steam Deck. We learn about the origins of the project, the roadblocks they had to overcome and what Valve are planning next for their breakthrough device. Also, how about those Embracer acquisitions? Turns out they own Gandalf now :/ We finish up with a look at the biggest games from the past fortnight including top-tier offerings like Rollerdrome and...not top tier stuff, like Saints Row :/ Shoot us an email! We'd love to answer your questions. Hit up contact@friendspersecond.com. Make em weird but not *too* weird. You know what I'm talking about. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:35 - Embracer 00:19:51 - Knights of the Old Republic Remake 00:22:16 - Opening Night Live announcements 01:00:58 - Steam Deck interview 01:50:29 - Rollerdrome 01:59:33 - Kirby’s Dream Buffet, Cursed Golf, Midnight Fight Express 02:07:01 - New Super Mario Bros, Quest 64 02:11:04 - Saints Row 02:27:30 - QnA section 02:32:09 - Game Anniversaries 02:35:36 - God of Work 02:42:32 - Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

164 min

August 13, 2022

Ep 5: Special Guest Geoff Keighley has his doubts about E3 2023

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #GamingPodcast #NFTs -- Welcome back to Friends Per Second! This we're joined by industry luminary Geoff Keighley, who tells us all about his little known start in the industry, his split from E3 and his upcoming plans for Gamescom and beyond. We also take a look at the harassment and threats that Bungie staff are currently experience and ask: what is the real, bottom line benefit of videogame 'communities?'. We have a quick chat about the biggest releases of the last fortnight including Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Cult of the Lamb, and we finish with our first ever QnA session. Enjoy! Shoot us an email! We'd love to answer your questions. Hit up contact@friendspersecond.com. Make em weird but not *too* weird. You know what I'm talking about. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:10:46 - Destiny 2 and developer harassment 00:43:00 - Geoff Keighley interview 01:29:44 - Geoff Keighley interview debrief 01:38:14 - Spider-Man On PC 01:47:06 - Cult of the Lamb 01:58:28 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 02:03:56 - Mad Max 02:05:07 - Multiversus 02:09:08 - Klonoa 02:10:09 - Kingdom Hearts 2 02:12:56 - Listener Questions 02:30:36 - This Week in Gaming 02:42:44 - Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since then. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

166 min

July 30, 2022

Ep 4: Are we winning the battle against NFTs?

Welcome back to Friends Per Second! This week Jirard is away so Tam has generously stepped in to fill the essential role of 'dude with a beard on a podcast'. We take a good look at the current state of Ubi and ask: 'can it be saved?'. We celebrate that Mojang NFT dunk but wonder if we're really winning The Great NFT War, and we lament that we (probably) aren't getting that KOTOR remake after all. Shoot us an email! We'd love to answer your questions. Hit up contact@friendspersecond.com. Make em weird but not *too* weird. You know what I'm talking about. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:49 - Ubisoft is having a rough one 00:38:57 - Minecraft takes a stance on NFTs 01:01:13 - Knights of the Old Republic remake in trouble 01:12:22 - New Releases 01:12:52 - Stray 01:30:42 - Forza Horizon 5: Hotwheels 01:35:54 - Bear and Breakfast 01:46:07 - Resident Evil 3 Remake 01:56:01 - Saints Row Preview 02:05:44 - As Dusk Falls 02:10:32 - Outro -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Tamoor Hussain is the Managing Editor of Gamespot, Creative Director at Giant Bomb and regular host on Kinda Funny. He wears a head-band to feel closer to his childhood hero, Solid Snake, and he always wears a glove on his right hand because...actually nm, I've said too much. You can watch him annoy people on twitter by following him at @tamoorh - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since then. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

135 min

July 16, 2022

Ep 3: Can The Last of Us Part 1 earn its $70 price tag?

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! #FriendsPerSecond #GamingPodcast #TLOUPart1 -- Welcome back to Friends Per Second! This week Lucy is in charge while we talk through game ownership, preservation and piracy, wonder allowed at what it will take for TLOU Part 1 to earn that hefty price tag, and we do a mid-year checkpoint on the best (and worst) releases of 2022. Shoot us an email! We'd love to answer your questions. Hit up contact@friendspersecond.com. Make em weird but not *too* weird. You know what I'm talking about. -- Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since then. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

132 min

July 1, 2022

Ep 2: Diablo Immortal + Resident Evil feat. The Sphere Hunter

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Friends Per Second Podcast! This week we do a deep dive on Diablo Immortal and ask: 'what do you even say to this?'. We take a look at a the very (very) early announcement of Fallout 5, the recent Steam Next Fest and the hot-off-the-presses 3rd Party Nintendo Direct. Oh, and we played some videogames as well - stuff like Outriders Worldslayer, Neon White, The Quarry and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVideoGamer) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since then. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecondpodcast/ Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond --

167 min

June 17, 2022

Ep 1: Introducing the Friends Per Second Podcast ft. Jake Baldino, Lucy James, The Completionist and Skill Up!

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there! -- Welcome to Episode 1 of the Friends Per Second Podcast! We've been working on this for the better part of 6 months so we're pretty pumped to finally get this out there. You can expect to see an episode every two weeks both here and on every podcast platform you can think of. Let's meet our hosts: - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames - Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardbros). He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since then. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast Follow on Instagram:

156 min

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2022