Video Game Outsiders

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VGO has been churning out stupidity and gaming since 2005 making it one of the longest running podcasts of all time. Hosts John “John’s Arcade” Jacobson, and author/comedy creator Michelle Madison, explore all things gaming from console to PC, with a healthy dose of random insanity in between all of the latest videogame and tech news. Live every Tuesday on Twitch.tv/johnANDmichelle, Video Game Outsiders is home to a unique community of adult gamers. For weekly extra episodes, game giveaways, and ad free VGO - join our Discord: https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT For weekly bonus shows and the entire back catalog, visit our website VideoGameOutsiders.com and go premium!

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April 8 · 1 hr 41 min
#948 - Nintendo Users Get Twisted with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Crimson Desert Finished: Now What End Game?, Will Link Talking Ruin the Zelda Movie, Gaming News and Reviews
Crimson Desert check-in, Darwin's Paradox, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, BOXROOM physical for digital Steam library, Everwind Survival-craft, Last Meadow Online Discord's "game", one host beat Crimson Desert, RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike, Blood Reaver, Temtem: Swarm, Spark in the Dark, CoD April Fool's Joke, lamb cake, What's In Your Fridge returns, and more gaming news. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
April 1 · 1 hr 46 min
#947 - IGN Should Go Away: Crimson Desert vs Marathon Review Scores, Gaming News
The Legend of California, More on Crimson Desert and gaming journalists trying to take the game down, The Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park Update, Screamer, Solasta II vs BG3, Shakedown: Hawaii, Super Meat Boy 3D, Tom Clancy's The Division Resurgence, Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake rumor, AYN Thor handheld, and the April Fool's VGO portal. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
March 25 · 1 hr 47 min
#946 - Crimson Desert Review: Greatest Fantasy Open World Game of All Time? Are Games Journalists Insane? Is it the Next Skyrim or Zelda? Plus Gaming News.
Honest Crimson Desert 4-man Round Table, Dragonkin: The Banished 1.0 ARPG, MLB The Show 26 Baseball, CoD new mode, Scritchy Scratchy and LOTTO people, CCgamesCEO the game store guy and Discord mod Badger join us, gaming news, PS app on PC, and more gaming news. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
March 18 · 1 hr 44 min
#945 - Nvidia DLSS 5 AI Misinformation Corrected, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Review, The Seven Deadly Sins Origin MMO, Nintendo Talking Flower, Weeb Week, Anime Chat, Japanese Games, Gaming News!
Weeb week returns! Monster Hunter Stores 3: Twisted Reflection, Nintendo Talking Flower, The Seven Deadly Sins Origin MMO round table review, eBaseball™: PRO SPIRIT, Denshattack!, Time Takers shooter, Pokemon Pokopia, Love Through a Prism on Netflix, Attack on Titan, and more Japan! Plus Nvidia DLSS5 misinformation and journalist's AI meltdowns, Crimson Desert hype, dynamic pricing on Sony PS5 games, shooters are losing players, and more. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
March 11 · 45 min
Micro VGO - Episode 220: Microsoft at GDC and the Future of Xbox Gaming, Crimson Desert Deluxe Editions are Crazy, and more Games News!
Premium Preview! Building the future of Xbox, Helix Alpha in 2027, THE PATH for the next 25 years, Xbox on Windows rolling out, Granblue Fantasy, more on Slay the Spire 2, MLB The Show vs eBaseball: Pro Spirit vs MLB The Show, commodore coming back, Collector's Edition Crimson Dessert and cross-buy/cross play, and more gaming news. For more bonus shows every week, support us by hitting the red button on VideoGameOutsiders.com and listen in your player of choice. You also get the 20 year back catalog of VGO which isn't in the free feed, ad free versions of the show, and multiple bonus shows a week! Join the VGO Discord to chat and win games from Loaded and more on VideoGameOutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
March 11 · 1 hr 38 min
#944 - Pokemon Pokopia Review, Slay the Spire 2 Takes Over Steam Charts, Gaming News
Pokémon Pokopia vs Animal Crossing vs Hello Kitty, Slay the Spire 2 card game impressions, Marathon, Starsand Island, Steam Machine will launch in 2026, MS at GDC tease, Pokemon is SATAN?, old Xbox games upscaled by AI, Nintendo sues USA, Crimson Desert previews, our Mar10 Day super Mario memories, and more gaming news! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
March 4 · 1 hr 34 min
#943 - Resident Evil: Requiem Review, Marathon vs Arc Raiders, World of Warcraft: Midnight WoW Release, Gaming News
SCARY MONSTER GAME! Marathon Review, Resident Evil: Requiem, WoW: World of Warcraft Midnight, Woman Simulator, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen GBA, Japanese Rural Life Adventure, Path of Exile 2 and No Rest for the Wicked, Mario Tennis, and more! Sony's new God of War game starring his... MOM?, goodbye HighGuard, Pokemon Day, and more gaming news! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 25 · 1 hr 35 min
#942 - Xbox Fires Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond but Gains AI Asha Sharma, Plus Gaming News and Reviews
1348 Ex Voto is a DISASTER, Nintendo's Virtual Boy, Insider Trading, Windrose pirate survival-craft, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Super Battle Golf, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors guy, Under the Island is Zelda, more on Mario Tennis, The Final Dudebro song, and gaming news! Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond out for Xbox and Asha Sharma is in as Microsoft shakeups happen, the future of the console, history of Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and more! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 18 · 1 hr 37 min
#941 - God of Snore: Sons of Sparta, Mario Tennis Fever Review, Mewgenics, Diablo 30th Event, and Gaming News
Mario Tennis Fever, God of War: Sons of Sparta, Mewgenics, Diablo II Reign of the Warlock / Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition, Reanimal, Darkhaven ARPG Demo from D1/D2 creators, more on Nioh 3, High on Life 2, High Guard and Ten Cent drama, Super Meat Boy 3d, and more gaming news! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 11 · 1 hr 30 min
#940 - Sexy Valentine's Day Adult Gaming Special, NSFW Porn Sex Game Review Show! Plus Games News!
NSFW #9! Mewgenics, How to Train your Cock, Shana Priestess of Tona, Femdom Verse VR, Collar Fantasies, FemDom, vrporn dot com: Succubus Helping Hand and Dreamplay Room, FemDom Wife Game Zoe, Magic Pussy 3, Horny Wifes' Yoga Class, Yooning VR, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection demo, More on Cairn and Mio: Memories in Orbit, Pokemon Red Girls Hunter, Hooked on You: Dead by Daylight Dating Sim, MindsEye was sabotaged, and Unlooted! Plus Mario and Peach soap and deodorant reviews from Old Spice and gaming news. Discord requires age verification for adult content, and for the other 8 NSFW sub. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 4 · 34 min
Micro VGO #217: GTA VI Release Date, Overwatch Drops the 2, Nintendo Switch 2 Sales in Trouble in USA, Big GAMING NEWS!
Free Premium Ep Preview! Michelle is in bed, Vampires: Bloodlord Rising, more on Cairn, Grand Theft Auto 6 release, Overwatch drops the 2, Switch 2 is DEAD in USA, MindsEye update, Sony patent for digital controller, heartrate monitor on controller, Feb games, and more gaming news. For more bonus shows every week, support us by hitting the red button on VideoGameOutsiders.com and listen in your player of choice. You also get the 20 year back catalog of VGO which isn't in the free feed, ad free versions of the show, and multiple bonus shows a week! Join the VGO Discord to chat and win games from Loaded and more on VideoGameOutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 4 · 1 hr 45 min
#939 - Nioh 3 Review, Ubisoft Struggles, Super Mario Scents, More on Code Vein II Soulslike, and Gaming News
Nioh 3 round table review, Cairn, more on Code Vein II, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, Project Gorgon MMO, YapYap friendslop game, Greytail, and more! Plus gaming news, Ashes of Creation shuts down, AYN Thor, Amazon invests in Luna, Super Mario scents from Old Spice, Highguard continues to struggle, Ubisoft woes, and more. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
January 28 · 1 hr 53 min
#938 - Highguard vs Games Journalists, Code Vein II Review, Arknights: Endfield Gooners, Fable Xbox Show Case, Gaming News
Highguard drama, Arknights: Endfield, Code Vein II review, Cult of the Lamb Woolhaven DLC, Escape from Ever After is Paper Mario, Lust Anime Girls, Gooning defined, 2XKO Fighting Game from Riot. Plus Fable and Xbox Show Case deep dive, GTA 6 digital only, checking in with the Game Store Guy CCgamesCeo, Nintendo is Dead with a creepy talking flower, and more gaming news! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
January 21 · 1 hr 33 min
#937 - Marathon FOMO Store, Nintendo Gets Mad, Mio Memories in Orbit Review, and more Gaming News
Mio Memories in Orbit, Big Hops, Craftlings, Styx: Blades of Greed, On-Together: Virtual Co-Working, No Rest for the Wicked update, Marathon release date, New World being SHUT DOWN by Amazon, Nintendo America's new message is lame, Sonic's foot, Steam Machine and Steam deck chat, Alarmo, more Gaming News. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
January 14 · 1 hr 47 min
#936 - Hytale is an RPG Minecraft? The Mandela Effect Returns! Plus Gaming News!
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined, Hytale, StarRupture, No Rest for the Wicked update, Vital Shell, Oddcore, Dreadmyst MMO drama, The worst start to an episode over, CoD x Fallout, is VR dead - the Metaverse is being downsized, Major Nelson update, Code Violet, AI girlfriend on your desk, we rip into the Fable girl, and more gaming news! Plus the Mandela effect is back with CORNUCOPIA WARS. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
January 7 · 1 hr 35 min
#935 - Weeb Week Returns to Japan! Japanese Games, Anime Movies & TV shows, and Manga News! Monster Hunter Clones, Maid Cafes, and the Mandela Effect on Gaming?
Monster Hunter type games: God Eater 3, Freedom Wars Remastered, and Toukiden II. Plus Unbeatable, and Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is an ARPG?!?! Anime: Insomniacs After School, Maid-Sama!, Dan Da Dan's missing his member, Gachiakuta's garbage people, and more! Where is Highguard, Sony AI Patent will play games for you, Hello Kitty soda, and the Mandela Effect. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 31, 2025 · 2 hr 8 min
#934 - New Year's Eve Game of the Year Awards Special! Best of 2025, plus Gaming News!
John, Michelle, and Game Store owner CCgamesCEO, (and Ry) share their favorite games and hardware from 2025, and we go over your winners! Plus Terminator 2D: No Fate, Diablo IV Paladin, PBA Pro Bowling 2026, Samus Amiibo and Metroid, new Bond is "modern", lobsters are missing, prices are up, and COD COD COD vs Clair Obscur! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 22, 2025 · 45 min
Premium Preview - You Suck Show: 2025 Brain Rot, Women Have Lost Their Minds, Banger, & More 2025 Suckage!
Michelle: Shapewear for men, Vogue article asks "Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?", Words like "The Ick" and "Banger", Game Award's Protest, This Side Up is bull. John: Brainrot and AI shorts, Alexa, Wendy's live streaming, Dubai chocolate, boxes, software upgrades, Indie Game Award yanks winner, experts, and more. To get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year back catalog of VGO, and ad free eps - hit the red button on VideoGameOutsiders.com and listen in your player of choice like Spotify, Apple, and more! VGO Returns on the 30th with our games of the year, have a great holiday! Join Discord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min
#933 - Christmas Gaming Special, Pragmata, PoE II: Fate of the Val, Game Awards Recap: Clair Obscur Wins Big, more Gaming News
Pragmata, Path of Exile 2 Fate of the Vaal Druid, Super Meat Boy 3 Demo, Light up the Town, Matt joins us for the Holiday play, Tricky Madness is SSX, Wario World on Nintendo Switch online, Tron Ares and Princess Bride, Sektori twin stick shooter, Cyberpunk revisited, Yooka-Replaylee, Routine, Arc Raiders, PubG Black Budget signups, hot Lara Croft making fake Tomb Raider fans mad, and more gaming news! Plus our 2025 Christmas play! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com You can also win a gaming chair from ewinracing and use code VGO to save 30 percent! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 10, 2025 · 1 hr 38 min
#932 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review, Stranger Things in MS Flight Sim, Call of Duty State of the Union, Elden Ring Nightreign Sells Two Million, WoW Housing, Gaming News
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Guild Wars: Reforged, Octopath Traveler 0, World of Warcraft housing, Pokemon DLC, What's in Your Fridge?, CoD season 1, Arc Raiders, Elden Ring: Nightreign The Forsaken Hollows DLC sold 2 million, and more gaming news! Support us and get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more! Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Video Game Outsiders

#948 - Nintendo Users Get Twisted with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Crimson Desert Finished: Now What End Game?, Will Link Talking Ruin the Zelda Movie, Gaming News and Reviews

#947 - IGN Should Go Away: Crimson Desert vs Marathon Review Scores, Gaming News

#946 - Crimson Desert Review: Greatest Fantasy Open World Game of All Time? Are Games Journalists Insane? Is it the Next Skyrim or Zelda? Plus Gaming News.

#945 - Nvidia DLSS 5 AI Misinformation Corrected, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Review, The Seven Deadly Sins Origin MMO, Nintendo Talking Flower, Weeb Week, Anime Chat, Japanese Games, Gaming News!

Micro VGO - Episode 220: Microsoft at GDC and the Future of Xbox Gaming, Crimson Desert Deluxe Editions are Crazy, and more Games News!

#944 - Pokemon Pokopia Review, Slay the Spire 2 Takes Over Steam Charts, Gaming News

#943 - Resident Evil: Requiem Review, Marathon vs Arc Raiders, World of Warcraft: Midnight WoW Release, Gaming News

#942 - Xbox Fires Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond but Gains AI Asha Sharma, Plus Gaming News and Reviews

#941 - God of Snore: Sons of Sparta, Mario Tennis Fever Review, Mewgenics, Diablo 30th Event, and Gaming News

#940 - Sexy Valentine's Day Adult Gaming Special, NSFW Porn Sex Game Review Show! Plus Games News!

Micro VGO #217: GTA VI Release Date, Overwatch Drops the 2, Nintendo Switch 2 Sales in Trouble in USA, Big GAMING NEWS!

#939 - Nioh 3 Review, Ubisoft Struggles, Super Mario Scents, More on Code Vein II Soulslike, and Gaming News

#938 - Highguard vs Games Journalists, Code Vein II Review, Arknights: Endfield Gooners, Fable Xbox Show Case, Gaming News

#937 - Marathon FOMO Store, Nintendo Gets Mad, Mio Memories in Orbit Review, and more Gaming News

#936 - Hytale is an RPG Minecraft? The Mandela Effect Returns! Plus Gaming News!

#935 - Weeb Week Returns to Japan! Japanese Games, Anime Movies & TV shows, and Manga News! Monster Hunter Clones, Maid Cafes, and the Mandela Effect on Gaming?

#934 - New Year's Eve Game of the Year Awards Special! Best of 2025, plus Gaming News!

Premium Preview - You Suck Show: 2025 Brain Rot, Women Have Lost Their Minds, Banger, & More 2025 Suckage!

#933 - Christmas Gaming Special, Pragmata, PoE II: Fate of the Val, Game Awards Recap: Clair Obscur Wins Big, more Gaming News

#932 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review, Stranger Things in MS Flight Sim, Call of Duty State of the Union, Elden Ring Nightreign Sells Two Million, WoW Housing, Gaming News