The biggest event on the gaming calendar has come and gone, and you’d better believe Joe & Malcolm have things to say about it!
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Firmware Update 2.26: Show Tunes & Village People
Two months after promising not to take so long between episodes, Joe & Malcolm are back on the saddle. They’ve been playing some video games, though!
Continue readingFirmware Update 2.25: Remake Remastered
Joe & Malcolm are back to talk about what they’ve been playing since their game of the year show, but before that a few news tidbits dropped that are well worth talking about. Hop in and hang out, why don’t ya?
Continue readingFirmware Update 2.24: Games of the Year 2020
It’s that special time of the year where Joe & Malcolm talk about the best games of 2020, and wouldn’t you know it — one of the worst years of our lifetimes was also jam-packed with quality video games! The traditional tournament format to declare a definitive game of the year is cast aside, and the guys instead present ordered lists of their personal favorite games. It’s a good time! Get in here!
Continue readingFirmware Update 2.23: Out to Launch
Firmware Update 2.22: Live from the Impact Zone
Joe & Malcolm have their next-gen consoles all preordered, so now it’s time for them to play the waiting game. Obviously that means playing other, actual video games in the meantime. Come hear about ’em!
Continue readingFirmware Update 2.21: PlayStation 5 Guys
The sprint towards the next generation is on, as Sony has finally revealed the price and date for the upcoming PlayStation 5. Prices! Release dates! Bombshell game reveals! Preorder fiascos!
Firmware Update 2.20: All Falls Down
Joe & Malcolm join the rest of the world in mourning the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman, whose iconic turn as Black Panther meant so much to so many people. Rest in power, king.
They soldier on to talk about the games they’ve played in August, including the return of a classic franchise and an absolutely infectious new battle royale. Come on in, the water’s fine!
Firmware Update 2.19: All Caught Up
So now that we’ve spent several hours catching up on 2018 and 2019, Joe & Malcolm get together to…spend several hours catching up on 2020! We’ve relaunched with a new monthly format, but we did that in the middle of a good year for games, so with this we’re all up to speed. Come on in and have a listen, will ya?
Firmware Update 2.18: Games of the Years
OK, then! We fell way behind our 2018 Game of the Year show and tried to get things going in May 2019. We haven’t recorded a regular episode of the show since and find ourselves smack dab in the year 2020, two GOTY shows behind.
The solution? Adopting a new monthly format, baby! Going forward, news will take a backseat in favor of talking about the games we’ve played over the past few weeks. For now, though, we each talk about our own personal favorite games of 2018 and 2019 to offer some kind of Game of the Year content, dang it.
Oh, and the world as we knew it a year ago is upside down, and there’s a whole new PlayStation coming. It’s a big episode. Continue reading
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