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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Dec 8, 2025 · 16 min
Premium Preview: Sups Cast - Jensen Huang of Nvidia on Rogan, Game Awards Stream Coming, Toyota Hilux, Train Dreams & more Random Talk!
Michelle and John Monday morning check in! Enjoy this free preview of one of our weekly bonus shows. John's parking brake and what truck he wants, Jensen on Joe and more on Nvidia, Train Dreams, Game Awards tease, and more! Get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year back catalog, and ad free VGO - support on Supercast and listen in your player of choice on videogameoutsiders.com or directly here http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ or hit the red button on videogameoutsiders.com! Join the VGO Discord to chat, win games, or support us: https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 3, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
#931 - Arc Raiders Solo Review, Game Awards Rumors, & Gaming News
Ash and Steel Indie RPG, more on Arc Raiders, My Wife Threw Out My Card Collection (So I Bought a Dump to Find Them All), Brotato vs Noobs are Coming, Call of Duty Zombies Arcade, Escape from Duckov, Grandpa High on Retro, more on Pokemon ZA and Kirby Air Riders, WoW getting housing, plus Metroid is getting bad reviews! Win Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive from Loaded in Discord, and a chair from ewinracing - use code VGO to save 30 percent. 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
Nov 19, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
#930 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Review: The Worst CoD Ever? Where Winds Meet Proves China is Serious about Free to Play PC Gaming, Plus Steam Machine & more Game News!
Thanksgiving show! Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Impressions, Octopath Traveler 0 Zero Prologue, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, Where Winds Meet MMO and RPG, Lumines Arise, Smite 2 Moba, Risk of Rain 2: Alloyed Collective, more on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and more. The Game Awards noms and the VGO Discord Awards are up! Steam Machine and new hardware from Valve for 2025, Ubisoft may have been sold or is dead again, GameStop trade anything day, and the Turkey stops by! 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 vote, chat, support, or win games weekly from Loaded.com. For show notes and more info visit videogameoutsiders.com We are off next week, so sub for an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 12, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
#929 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Review: The Best Zelda for Nintendo Switch 2? Sony State of Play, Sonic Rumble Free, more Gaming News
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Sonic Rumble Free, Kirby Air Riders demo, The Séance of Blake Manor vs Blue Prince, Outbreak Island FPS survival-craft, Nintendo dock blocking, The Sexy Brutale, Sony PS PC monitor and crossplay rumor, CoD hype and more gaming news. Win a year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from Microsoft in the VGO Discord! 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
Nov 6, 2025 · 38 min
Weeb Outsiders - Premium Preview! Anime Movies, TV, and Gaming, Plus Japanese/Japan/Manga News!
John and Michelle talk anime! Movies/TV: I want to Eat your Pancreas, Love is War, Chainsaw Man movie is a hit, Fullmetal Alchemist, and more manga. Japanese inspired games: Maid of Salvation, Crystal of Atlan PC/Mobile Crossover MMOARPG, Solo Leveling game full release. News: Anime therapy, Minecraft Dragon Ball Z, Anime industry breaks global record, Japan must stop AI, and more weeb news! Join the VGO Discord to chat, win games, or support us: https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT and to get weekly bonus shows, the 20 year back catalog, and ad free VGO - support on Supercast and listen in your player of choice on videogameoutsiders.com or directly here http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
#928 - Arc Raiders Review, Dragon Quest 1 & II Remake, Fortnite: The Simpsons, & Gaming News!
Arc Raiders, RV There Yet?, DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake, Silly Polly Beast, Slots and Daggers, Fortnite The Simpsons, Battlefield Six Redsec, Path of Exile 1 Keepers of the Flame, and more gaming news! Win a year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from Microsoft in the VGO Discord! 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
Oct 29, 2025 · 1 hr 59 min
#927 - Halloween Spooktacular with Scary Games, Spooky Xbox & Microsoft News, Horror Gaming & Movies
Old host Matt joins us to talk Outer Worlds 2, Duet Night Abyss, Ninja Giaden 4, Little Nightmares 3 co-op, Ball X Pit, Painkiller, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted HD, Cronos: New Dawn, CoD, Pumpkin Simulator, more on Hollow Knight: Silksong and Final Sentence, Welcome to the Dark Place, Zombie Typing, Look Outside, GameStop says the console war is over, what MS is saying about the future of Xbox, the Rog Ally X, and more gaming news . Plus our annual spooky stories and song and what Halloween movies we think you should watch. 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
Oct 22, 2025 · 31 min
Micro VGO #213 - Premium Preview! Ball X Pitt, Exclusive Games are Dead says Xbox President, Microsoft Hate Online, & Gaming News
Enjoy this bonus mini VGO episode free as a preview! To get weekly bonus shows from us, the 20 year VGO back catalog, and ad free VGO eps support on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com BALL x PIT, exclusive games are antiquated says Xbox President, Linus Tech Tip's review on Rog Ally X, Oculus 3 gun game, Luigi's Mansion coming back, Steam calendar, Sony PS6 8k rumor, NPR news, and more gaming with John and Michelle. More info on VideoGameOutsiders.com! Join the VGO Discord https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 22, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
#926 - Pokémon Legends: Z-A vs Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Plus Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines 2 review, & Gaming News. Plus Next Xbox PC Hybrid is Confirmed!
Creature Pet Collector Monster Battle Week! Pokémon Legends: ZA round table review, Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines 2, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince, Keeper, Fortnite and The Simpsons, Alarmo rage from Michelle, BF vs CoD, the next Xbox is a PREMIUM pc hybrid confirmed, activist gaming culture sucks, 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
Oct 15, 2025 · 1 hr 33 min
#925 - Battlefield 6 Mega Review, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance MMO, and more PC and Console Gaming News!
Battlefield 6 Campaign and BF6 Multiplayer impressions, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance anime MMO, Cloudheim, Final Sentence typing battle royale, Skate Story, Absolum, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, CoD update, cronus zen bans for cheating, and more gaming news! We are ad free, 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
Oct 8, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min
#924 - Ghost of Yotei Review, Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Impressions, & the Xbox Game Pass Situation with more Gaming News
Ghost of Yotei, Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beta, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Daimon Blades roguelike, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II Demo, Aethermancer, more on Megabonk, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, GameStop goes after Microsoft for Game Pass price hike, and more gaming news. LIBSYN APP IS NOW DONE! 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
Oct 1, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min
#923 - Silent Hill F, Final Fantasy: Tactics, EA gets Sold, the Future of Xbox, is Sony a Bad Company, & More Gaming News
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Silent Hill F is scary in 60s Japan, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Hades II 1.0, Mars First Logistics, more Megabonk, Fire Emblem Shadows, Titan Quest II: The Northern Breaches update, & Borderlands 4 revisited. Gaming News: Electronic Arts acquired by Saudi Arabia PIF, new Nintendo of America President, Rog Xbox Ally X Preorders, Sony PlayStation 30 Year... sneakers, & 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
Sep 24, 2025 · 1 hr
Weeb Outsiders - Premium Preview! Anime Games, News, Reviews. Trails in the Sky, Digimon, Demon Slayer and more Japanese Inspired Gaming!
For more bonus shows, sub on VideoGameOutsiders.com Michelle - Games: Trails in the Sky Chapter One, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Goddess Order. Anime - Netflix's The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, Takopi's Original Sin, Lord of Mysteries. Also her trip to the Japanese store Daiso! John - Games/Anime: Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles and popular movie Infinity Castle. News - Japanese Game Awards GOTY is..., Duet Night Abyss, Tokyo Game Show on Steam, Netflix dominates Crunchy Roll, Demon Slayer Infinity Castle in theatres, Hulu gets into anime with One Punch Man and Digimon, new NIS lifesim game, and more manga news! Enjoy this bonus ep free! To get weekly bonus shows from us, the 20 year VGO ep back catalog, and ad free VGO eps support on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com More info on VideoGameOutsiders.com! Join the VGO Discord https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 23, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min
#922 - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Dying Light: The Beast, Xbox Price Goes up, & More Gaming News
YogsCast PickAxe Week, Live Twitch Takeover! Sonic Racing CrossWorlds demo, Dying Light: The Beast, Fellowship beta/playtest is WoW dungeons, Hello Kitty Island Adventure - Wheatflour Wonderland DLC, Shape of Dreams, Storm Lancers on Nintendo Switch, Alabaster Dawn from CrossCode people, Skate, PalFarm, Abyssus, and more on Hollow Knight Silksong, Megabonk, and more gaming news. Xbox raises prices, Nvidia and intel merge products, Ananta anime GTA, and what is coming up for Sony. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, 20 year back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice. Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat or win games weekly from Loaded.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 17, 2025 · 1 hr 51 min
#921 - Borderlands 4 Review Gone Wrong & Nintendo Direct Games & News
Borderlands 4, Destiny: Rising, Skate, Nintendo is bringing back the virtual boy, Star Birds, Randy Pitchford says "go code your own engine" and Borderlands is a premium game for premium gamers, No I'm not a Human, more on Cronos: The New Dawn and Hollow Knight Silksong, CoD zombies, What's in Your Fridge, Pokemon, and more gaming news. Support us and get weekly bonus shows, 20 year back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice. Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat or win games weekly from Loaded.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 10, 2025 · 1 hr 41 min
#920 - Hollow Knight: Silksong Review. Overhyped or Underpriced? Hell is Us & Cronos, Hot Shots Golf, CoD Movie, Gaming News
Hollow Knight: Silk Song round table, Hell is Us, Cronos: The New Dawn, Everybody's Golf Hot Shots review, I am Your Beast, Metal Eden, DeadZone: Rogue hits consoles, more on Path of Exile II and Kirby and Stickman, GTA 6 websites, Nintendo's new patent is dangerous for game design, Xbox cloud in cars, and Ryan steals food? Support us and get weekly bonus shows, 20 year back catalog, and ad free VGO eps on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice. Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat or win games weekly from Loaded.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 3, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min
#919 - Metal Gear Review, Path of Exile II Impressions, & Lost Soul Aside. Plus Gaming News & PS6 Rumors
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, PoE 2 / Path of Exile II: The Third Edict, Lost Soul Aside, Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World, Harvest Moon - Story Of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, Stick it to the Stick Man, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Quartet, Call of Duty Movie, new Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, Sonic Racing demo, new gatcha creature collector from HoYo Honkai verse, PS6 rumor, and more gaming news! WHATS IN YOUR FRIDGE? Support us and get the 20 year back catalog, weekly bonus shows, and ad free vgo on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice. Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat or win games weekly from Loaded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 27, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min
#918 - Our 20 Year Anniversary Special! 2005 Games, Xbox 360 Giveaway, VGO & Podcasting History, & More Gaming News!
We celebrate 20 years of the VGO podcast by going back to 2005, giving away an Xbox 360, and talking about games from the past with all the hosts! VGO origin story and podcast history, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance GameCube, Fahrenheit aka Indigo Prophecy, WoW / World of Warcraft, FlatOut, Brothers in Arms, Swat 4, Devil May Cry 3, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Psychonauts, F.E.A.R., and more gaming news! Plus John, Michelle, Matt, and Ryan talk new games like Beyond the Map, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, Death Stranding 2, and What's in Your Fridge. Save 10 percent until the 1st on cdkeys.com with code VGO10 (if it doesn't work it is capped at 500)! Get a 20 year t-shirt at VGOmerch.com, support us and get the 20 year back catalog, weekly bonus shows, and ad free vgo on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice. Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat or win games weekly from CDK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 20, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min
#917 - GamesCom Coverage! Gaming News, Trailers, Reviews from Opening Night 2025
Echoes of the End, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition, Shape of Dreams, Madden 26, Sword of the Sea, Metal Suits, Ovis Loop, Succubus Sexy Devils on Switch 2, CoD, more on Battlefield 6 and Deadzone: Rogue, Enter the Gungeon on mobile, Abiotic Factor, new Kirby and Black Myth game, upcoming Pokemon game, new World of Warcraft expansion Midnight, and more gaming news. Get a 20 year t-shirt on vgomerch.com! Support us to listen to weekly bonus shows, the 20 year back catalog, and ad free VGO in the podcast player of YOUR choice: http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ or in Discord on VideoGameOutsiders.com via https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT Head to Twitch.tv/johnANDmichelle and sub free with Amazon Prime every month for our game streams and to support the show. Win games weekly from cdkeys in our Discord! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 13, 2025 · 1 hr 39 min
#916 - Mafia: The Old Country & Battlefield 6 Beta Review, Drag X Drive Impressions, PC Nintendo Sony PS5 and Xbox Gaming News
The Italian Gaming Special! Mafia: The Old Country, Battlefield 6 beta, Drag X Drive, Deadzone: Rogue, Ryse: Son of Rome, Kitchen Wars, Mina the Hallower demo Switch 2, Gatekeeper vs Risk of Rain, Italian Brainrot Arena, COD/Call of Duty isn't a milsim anymore, Achilles Survivor, PS is on Xbox with Helldivers Halo crossovers, and more! Weekly bonus shows, ad free vgo, 20 year back catalog: http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ Discord to win games, chat, support: https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT 20 year t-shirt: VGOmerch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Video Game Outsiders

Premium Preview: Sups Cast - Jensen Huang of Nvidia on Rogan, Game Awards Stream Coming, Toyota Hilux, Train Dreams & more Random Talk!

#931 - Arc Raiders Solo Review, Game Awards Rumors, & Gaming News

#930 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Review: The Worst CoD Ever? Where Winds Meet Proves China is Serious about Free to Play PC Gaming, Plus Steam Machine & more Game News!

#929 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Review: The Best Zelda for Nintendo Switch 2? Sony State of Play, Sonic Rumble Free, more Gaming News

Weeb Outsiders - Premium Preview! Anime Movies, TV, and Gaming, Plus Japanese/Japan/Manga News!

#928 - Arc Raiders Review, Dragon Quest 1 & II Remake, Fortnite: The Simpsons, & Gaming News!

#927 - Halloween Spooktacular with Scary Games, Spooky Xbox & Microsoft News, Horror Gaming & Movies

Micro VGO #213 - Premium Preview! Ball X Pitt, Exclusive Games are Dead says Xbox President, Microsoft Hate Online, & Gaming News

#926 - Pokémon Legends: Z-A vs Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Plus Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines 2 review, & Gaming News. Plus Next Xbox PC Hybrid is Confirmed!

#925 - Battlefield 6 Mega Review, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance MMO, and more PC and Console Gaming News!

#924 - Ghost of Yotei Review, Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Impressions, & the Xbox Game Pass Situation with more Gaming News

#923 - Silent Hill F, Final Fantasy: Tactics, EA gets Sold, the Future of Xbox, is Sony a Bad Company, & More Gaming News

Weeb Outsiders - Premium Preview! Anime Games, News, Reviews. Trails in the Sky, Digimon, Demon Slayer and more Japanese Inspired Gaming!

#922 - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Dying Light: The Beast, Xbox Price Goes up, & More Gaming News

#921 - Borderlands 4 Review Gone Wrong & Nintendo Direct Games & News

#920 - Hollow Knight: Silksong Review. Overhyped or Underpriced? Hell is Us & Cronos, Hot Shots Golf, CoD Movie, Gaming News

#919 - Metal Gear Review, Path of Exile II Impressions, & Lost Soul Aside. Plus Gaming News & PS6 Rumors

#918 - Our 20 Year Anniversary Special! 2005 Games, Xbox 360 Giveaway, VGO & Podcasting History, & More Gaming News!

#917 - GamesCom Coverage! Gaming News, Trailers, Reviews from Opening Night 2025

#916 - Mafia: The Old Country & Battlefield 6 Beta Review, Drag X Drive Impressions, PC Nintendo Sony PS5 and Xbox Gaming News