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This week Jean-Luc "beat" Animal Well and is building their vampire castle in V Rising. Meanwhile Kurt is ready to fully transition into a PC gamer and never shut up about Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.

Kurt and Jean-Luc reflect on the Xbox shutdowns and their overall disillusionment with console publishers. But it's not all doom and gloom as this week's also seen the release of some amazing indie titles! Kurt raves about Animal Well and Jean-Luc gives their impressions on the 34th Nancy Drew game.

Welcome to episode #1 of the Gaming Magical Mystery Tour. This week Jean-Luc's been playing No Rest for the Wicked, Jake reviewed Indika, and Kurt's been playing Oblivion again.

Jean-Luc and Jake are joined by the new Tech Reviews editor for IGN, Michael Higham! This week we chat about Stellar Blade, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Sand Land, and Final Fantasy XVI's The Rising Tide DLC.

Its a Kurt-and-Jean-Luc-only episode this week! They give their final update on the Fallout TV show, and dive into some major spoilers (skip to around 27:32 to avoid). Kurt discusses his thoughts on Harold Halibut, Jean-Luc gives their first impressions of Hades II, and gets excited about the upcoming hottest release of the year.

This week we discuss the hottest topic of the week: the Fallout TV Show. There's also The Rogue Prince of Persia, Children of the Sun, Everybody's Golf and the Stellar Blade demo. Also we find yet another excuse to bring up Persona 3 Reload and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

This week we're joined by special guest Kyle Hilliard, magazine content director at Game Informer, to chat a little bit about their new standalone subscription!

This week Lucy and Tam return to talk about their time at both GDC and PAX East, plus the whole crew has been playing the hottest game of week Dragon's Dogma 2.

It's been a busy week in video games with lots of new releases and GDC here in San Francisco. Jean-Luc has been playing Alone in the Dark and Princess Peach. Jake didn't care much for Rise of the Rōnin but did enjoy his brief look at Wild Bastards. And Kurt previewed a bunch of games[...]

This week on After Dark we pour one out for Rooster Teeth, Michael has been playing Unicorn Overlord, Jake loves Queen's Blood, and Jean-Luc's playing the Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster.

This week on GameSpot After Dark: Jake has gotten into off-road trucking, Kurt is deep into the HOPA genre, Michael's got a love/hate relationship with Balatro, and Jean-Luc finally got around to playing Homebody.

This week we it's another Jean-Luc and Michael only episode devoted entirely to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

This week we react to the "big news" from Xbox. Michael previewed Unicorn Overlord, the latest game from Vanillaware. Jake's been playing Mario vs Donkey Kong. And Jean-Luc has NOT been playing Skull and Bones.

This week is a Jean-Luc and Michael only joint which of course means they're gonna dive deep into their bullshit like Final Fantasty VII Rebirth, Persona 3 Reload, Infinite Wealth, and anime elf girls.

It's Persona 3 Reload week and we're devoting the whole episode to it! Jake and Jean-Luc are joined by Jess Cogswell who reviewed the game for GameSpot as well as Michael Higham, who reviewed the game for IGN.

It's not been a great week for the games industry but we're gonna try our best to keep our heads up and focus on the good just like our boy Ichiban would want.

Lucy, Tam, and Jake talk about the biggest news from the Xbox Dev Direct, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, and The Last of Us Part II Remastered.

Happy 2024! Jake and Jean-Luc kick in the new year by talking about what games they played together over the break including: Lethal Company, The Finals, and LEGO Fortnite. Jean-Luc also tried Star Wars Jedi Survivor and finally got around to playing Resident Evil - Code: Veronica.

We're closing out the year with a special episode for you all! We are joined by the creator of Video Game Trivia, Jacob McCourt, for a special video game 2023 in-review edition. Who will win? Who will take the fattest L?

It's the last "regular" episode of GameSpot After Dark for 2023! What does regular even mean? Who knows! After four years of debate we've finally come to the conclusion that this is NOT a family-friendly podcast. We attempt to talk some video games like The Finals, the death of Last of Us Online, and the[...]

WE ARE BACK! We return from The Game Awards in LA just in time for E3 to die... again. Jake talks about Pokemon's final DLC, Jean-Luc has been playing Alan Wake 2 the Final Draft, and Michael's putting his fingers to work with StepMania.

Michael and Jean-Luc are here to crank out a special holiday episode for you all. We chat about Super Mario RPG, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (skip to 37:00 if you want zero spoilers), Pre-Game of the year talk, and our favorite Thanksgiving sides.

This week we get comfy on the couch. Jake is disappointed with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, meanwhile, Michael and Jean-Luc are disappointed with the PlayStation Portal and PULSE Explore wireless earbuds. But we also got things we love, such as Like A Dragon Gaiden, Mario RPG, and Persona 5 Tactica. Finally, Jake[...]

The lovely Alex Van Aken from Game Informer joins to talk about his Making of Humanity Documentary. We also chat about Call of Duty's mediocre campaign, the meditative climbing of Jusant, Fornite OG's nostalgia play, the upcoming GTA 6 teaser, the shiny new Steam Deck OLED, and Like a Dragon: The Man Who Made Jean-Luc[...]

This week on After Dark Jean-Luc saw the Five Night at Freddy's movie, Michael's been kicking it in Waikiki in the Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth Special Trial, and Lucy and Tam gush about a few of the incredible games they got to see at Indie Land 2023.

Tamoor and Lucy sit down with the creative director of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Bryan Intihar, and go in-depth on the game's story. Spoilers!

This week on After Dark we gush about Alan Wake II for pretty much the whole episode.

This week Jean-Luc, Michael, Jordan, and Jake discuss the hottest games of the week: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They also touch more on Sonic Superstars, Lies of P, and World of Horror.

Welcome to a special intimate episode were two people sip expired beer and talk about the things that matter most to them like: the lost art of video games yelling at you, anime butt rock, and forgotten horror masterpieces from the 80s.

Michael and Jean-Luc are joined by Kurt this week. We chat about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Resident Evil 4's Seperate Ways Expansion, Lies of P, Counter Strike 2, Forza Motorsport, and cap it off with Horror Movies for spooky month.

Jean-Luc, Jake, and Michael dive deep into Phantom Liberty, talking openly about its many endings and why this expansion hit them so hard.

Everyone is out on assignment so Tam and Lucy are joined by Jan Ochoa from Giant Bomb to talk about video games, board games, and even books.

Jean-Luc, Jake, and Michael are joined by Jess to talk about the Like a Dragon Direct, Baldur's Gate 3, and we get deep into our feelings about Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty.

This week we're covering all the latest news and releases in video games, like Cyberpunk's 2.0 patch, Mortal Kombat 1, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet The Teal Mask DLC, and the Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play.

This week, Lucy and Tam return from their first PAX and are now train people. Jake was also there but he spent most of his time harassing Nintendo employees. We're also still playing Starfield.

This week, GameSpot video producers Aaron Sampson and Tom Caswell join Jean-Luc and Michael to talk about Starfield and only Starfield.

This week Jean-Luc, Kurt, and Jake talk about the coolest announcements at Gamescom Opening Night Live including the Destiny 2 Showcase and Alan Wake 2. Kurt also saw Mortal Kombat 1, Jake finally made it to Baldur's Gate, and Jean-Luc walked very slowly through Fort Solis.

This week on After Dark, the crew continues their Baldur's Gate campaigns, Jean-Luc's been blasting strogg in Quake 2 remastered as well as finally finishing Final Fantasy XVI, and we continue to stress out about the volume of games still to come this year.

This week, Jean-Luc returns from Las Vegas for his first-ever EVO! Michael also went to Vegas a few weeks back for Final Fantasy XIV FanFest. Jake is excited about the latest news on the Pokemon DLC. And everyone is still playing Baldur's Gate III.

The After Dark crew discusses the biggest release of the week... Hello Kitty Island Adventure. They also share their Baldur's Gate 3 adventures from destroying entire villages to walking in on trolls getting... intimate.

With everyone busy or out this week, Tam and Jean-Luc get together for a short but sweet episode about Tam's experience at Comic-Con and a little fighting game talk.

The three J's of GameSpot (Jake, Jordan, and Jean-Luc) talk about some of the latest releases like Pikmin 4 and Viewfinder, wrapping up FF16, and dreading the continued avalanche of games that is 2023.

We're celebrating our 200th episode by getting nostalgic with a full crew of GameSpot staff. Thank you everyone for watching our silly little podcast.

We're one episode away from the big two hundred, and the crew is hard at work preparing by BEING UNAVAILABLE TO RECORD THE PODCAST. But that's ok because Tam and Jean-Luc called in superstar video producer DeVante Chisolm! He flew all the way from the eas

We're now halfway through 2023! We give an update on how our 5 game backlog list is going (NOT GREAT), Jake gives his thoughts on Final Fantasy 16, Jean-Luc's grinding out Diablo 4 and Street Fighter 6, and Michael's been playing BattleBit Remastered and

We are back from LA, but the video games don't stop! We talk about Steam Next Fest, the Lies of P demo, and a little game called Final Fantasy XVI.

GameSpot After Dark is at Summer Game Fest, bringing our impressions of the live show!

Video games are back baby! This week we're chatting about Street Fighter 6, Diablo 4, System Shock, and a little game called Max Payne.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Will Carle joins Michael, Jean-Luc, and Jake to talk Zelda, Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, and Exoprimal.

This week Michael Higham takes the hosting reins! Jean-Luc beat Final Fantasy IV, Jake talks about the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC, and Kurt has strong opinions about Koroks.

GameSpot's Zelda expert Max Blumenthal joins to talk about the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Michael Higham is officially back at GameSpot and we're celebrating with everyone together in person. This week we chat about our disappointment with Redfall, Michael's final thoughts on Octopath Traveler 2, and Lucy gets in on the anime corner with Vinla

This week the anime boys are here to pay their respects to Waypoint, talk about Jedi: Survivor, Honkai: Star Rail, and rounding everything out with some anime corner. Fuck Capitalism, Go Home.

Steven Spohn, Sr. Director of AbleGamers, joins the After Dark crew to give us some fantastic book and TV recommendations. Meanwhile, Jake shares his experience with Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, and Lucy spreads the gospel of Succession. If you're in

Jake helms this week's episode After Dark and he's joined by Kurt Indovina and Michael Higham to talk about Octopath Traveler 2, Resident Evil 4, and xDefiant.

It's a Nintendo-filled episode! This week we're talking about The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Pokémon Scarlet, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, Octopath Traveler II, and how much we love the Nintendo Switch.

Jean-Luc, Jake, and Michael discuss the breaking news of E3 2023's cancellation, Resident Evil 4 remake, Tekken 8, and more!

This week Jake and Jean-Luc are joined by Brian Wilson to talk about GDC and his latest game, The Forest Cathedral.

This week on After Dark, Jordan and Jake pick Kurt's brain on his Resident Evil 4 Remake review. Jake also shares his early impressions of Octopath Traveler 2 and Jordan fills us in on his DnD shenanigans.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake Baldino of Gameranx joins us to talk about Microsoft Flight Simulator, Rocksteady's new Suicide Squad game, and indie Souls-like game Mortal Shell.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Parris of Gamertag Radio joins the crew to talk about the latest Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire and Halo Infinite's delay.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, we are joined by USGamer Editor-and-Chief Kat Bailey to talk about Horizon Zero Dawn's PC port and the Avengers Beta.

This week on GameSpot After Dark, we are joined by our editorial intern, James Carr, to talk about farming simulators, the upcoming Sekiro update, and the latest Avengers stream.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, the crew shares their thoughts on the latest Xbox Games Showcase.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Edmond Tran joins us to talk about his Ghost of Tsushima review.

On this special episode of GameSpot After Dark, the GameSpot staff discusses there Play For All highlights.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Blessing Adeoye, Jr. joins us to talk about some of our favorite games of 2020 so far.

This week on GameSpot After Dark we welcome Steve Saylor, aka Blind Gamer, to chat about the accessibility in The Last Of Us Part II. Jake's also not here which means we get to talk about anime!Go check out Steve's YouTube channel, Blind Gamerhttps://www.youtube.com/user/snowballSpecial thanks to Daniel Moreno for the amazing image.You can check it[...]

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake, Kallie, and Michael are joined by Jeff Bakalar from CNET and the Giant Bomb Beastcast to talk about Cyberpunk 2077, Pokemon Sword & Shield: The Isle of Armor, and Hardspace: Shipbreaker.

THERE ARE HUGE LAST OF US PART 2 SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE!!! Now that The Last Of Us Part 2 is out, the GameSpot staff sit down to discuss the twists, turns, and surprises of Naughty Dog's latest PlayStation 4 adventure.

This week on GameSpot After Dark, Kallie talks about the Pokemon Isle of Armor DLC, Jake is playing Persona 4 Golden on PC, Jean-Luc tried the Ultrakill and System Shock demos, and Lucy revisits Horizon Zero Dawn. We also discuss the New Pokemon Snap announcement, our favorite reveals from the PS5 event, and the nickname[...]

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Spawn On Me's founder Kahlief Adams joins us to talk about Disintegration, Valorant, and The Last Of Us Part 2.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Tamoor Hussain sits down with Michael Higham, Jordan Ramee, and Alessandro Fillari to discuss the postponed PS5 event and how you can help those in need right now.If you have the means, please consider donating to one of these organizations.Black Lives Matter: bit.ly/gs-blmGeorge Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloydNAACP:[...]

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Michael Higham and Jean-Luc Seipke join us to talk about If Found, Saints Row: The Third Remastered, The Last Of Us Part 2, and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake, Lucy, Kallie, and Tamoor discuss the rumored Call of Duty Black Ops - Cold War and the Ghost of Tsushima gameplay presentation.

Jake, Lucy, Kallie, and Jean-Luc sit down to discuss The Mafia Trilogy and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater remasters, as well as the impressive Unreal Engine 5 tech demo.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake, Lucy, Kallie, and Tamoor share their thoughts on Xbox 20/20 and all the games revealed during the show.

On episode 39 of GameSpot After Dark, the crew discusses the new Assassin's Creed game, The Last Of Us Part 2's new release date, and Cyberpunk 2077's leaked rating.

On episode 38 of GameSpot After Dark, Kallie breaks down the new Animal Crossing update, Jean-Luc has been revisiting Resident Evil 4 and Guitar Hero, and Jake shares his surface-level thoughts on Gears Tactics.

This week the GameSpot After Dark crew shares their progress in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, discusses Gamescom's cancellation, and Jake and Jean-Luc share their early impressions of Fallout 76: Wastelanders.

Join Jean-Luc, Tamoor, Phil, and Nick as they discuss all things Final Fantasy VII Remake: what they loved, what they didn't like as much, and what the future of the next parts could be.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Tamoor talks about his Final Fantasy VII Remake review, Jake completes his Half-Life 2 journey, and Lucy shares her Persona 5 Royal progress.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Ben Hanson of MinnMax joins us to talk about Resident Evil 3 Remake, Control's The Foundation DLC, and games to play when you're stuck at home. If you want to support Ben and his work over at MinnMax, check

On this episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake goes in depth with his Half-Life: Alyx experience and Tamoor shares his first impressions of Ninja Theory's Bleeding Edge.

March 20 has arrived, and the GameSpot After Dark crew is ready with their impressions of Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Persona 5 Royal, and the PlayStation 5 stream.

With E3 2020 off the books, the GameSpot After Dark crew discusses some of their favorite E3 memories and announcements.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Kallie is joined by Michael Higham, Kurt Indovina, and Ashley Oh to talk about The Witcher 3, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Murder By Numbers! If you have any questions for the cast, email us at afterdar

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, IGN UK's Simon Cardy joins the crew to talk about Granblue Fantasy Versus, the new Platinum game, and Cyberpunk and PUBG devs pulling out of PAX East.

On this week’s GameSpot After Dark, we’re joined by Dave Klein from the GameSpot Universe team to talk about the incredible potential of Dreams, preserving retro games, and Sony pulling The Last Of Us Part II’s demo from PAX East. Kallie’s also pl

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Lucy explains why the Sonic movie is actually good. Jake goes over the biggest changes in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 2 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC; and Kallie breaks down Pokemon Home on Nintendo Switch

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, the crew discusses the new Persona 5 Scramble demo, Apex Legends Season 4 - Assimilation, Birds of Prey, and the new PlayStation 5 website that popped up.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark we are joined by IGN's Zach Ryan to talk about the Disintegration Beta, Thronebreaker's surprise release on Nintendo Switch, and Byleth in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Danny O'Dwyer from NoClip joins the GameSpot After Dark crew to talk about Doom Eternal and all the recent game delays.

This week Michael professes his love for Trails of Cold Steel, Jean-Luc correctly predicts Cyberpunk's delay, and we all get the Smash Bros. reveals wrong.

The GameSpot After Dark crew is back! This week Tamoor, Peter, Kallie, and Jake talk about the games they played over the holidays and weigh in on the Final Fantasy 7 Remake leaks.

Welcome to 2020! On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, the crew breaks down their Nintendo Switch Yeah in Review and rattles off some wild predictions.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, the crew looks back on some of our favorite games of the last decade, plus a deep dive into the commercialization of Imagine Dragons (?).

It's time! Chances are you already know what our Game of the Year is because we announced it a few days ago, but here's an hour of us talking about how good this game is.

Last week we shared our personal top 10 games of 2019, but this week are going to dig into GameSpot's top 10 games 2019.

GameSpot East's Mike Mahardy joins GameSpot After Dark to share his predictions for the Resident Evil 3 Remake, and we all share some of our favorite games of 2019.

It's Thanksgiving this week in the US, but that doesn't stop us from recording an episode of GameSpot After Dark! These week Jan Ochoa from Giant Bomb joins Jake, Michael, and Jean-Luc to talk about Pokemon, Disco Elysium, Control, and Half Life: Alyx.

On this week's episode, Max Scoville joins the After Dark crew to talk about Pokemon, Star Wars, Yakuza, and Disco Elysium.

With Jake and Lucy out, Tamoor takes over hosting this week! Joined by Jean-Luc Seipke, Michael Higham, and special guest Nate "Shinobi602", we talk about our impressions of Jedi Fallen Order, what makes Persona 5 a great entry-level JRPG, and our favorit

On this week's episode, we're joined by GameSpot Universe's Chastity Vicencio and former GameSpot best boy Joey Yee and talk about HBO's Watchmen, Luigi's Mansion 3, and BlizzCon News. Support NICU families with the Plymouth Hospital Charity: https://just

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake, Kallie, Tamoor, Lucy, and Ben share their spoiler-free impressions of Death Stranding and dig into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's campaign and multiplayer.

Mat Paget from GameSpot Canada joins Jake, Lucy, Kallie, and Jean-Luc on this week's episode of After Dark. The crew discusses Outer Worlds, Modern Warfare, and strange British schoolyard games.

Mary Kish joins Jake, Tam, and Lucy to talk about The Witcher 3 and Overwatch on Switch, the problem with Steam, Disco Elysium, and butt cheeks.

In this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark we chat about Dragon Quest XI, the PlayStation 5, and discuss the Blizzard controversy.

Peter Brown joins the GameSpot After Dark crew to derail the whole episode. We also talk about Untitled Goose Game and Ghost Recon Breakpoint if that interests you.

On this week's episode of GameSpot After Dark, Jake, Lucy, and Kallie are joined by Kinda Funny co-founder Greg Miller and the founder of Ok Beast, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Jake and Greg share their hands-on experience with The Last of Us Part 2.

Kurt Indovina joins Jake, Kallie, and Tamoor to talk about Death Stranding, Grim Fandango, and remakes they want to see.

Ben Pack from Giant Bomb joins Jake, Lucy, Jean-Luc, and Michael to discuss Borderlands 3, the KFC visual novel, and why you should never work with children or vomiting monkeys.

Tamoor Hussain joins the After Dark crew this week to discuss the Nintendo Direct, PAX West, and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

Jake Dekker, Peter Brown, and Sean Booker attempt to answer some of Control's many questions. Will they figure out the truth or will they be even more lost than before.

On this week's episode, Peter Brown, Michael Higham, and Jordan Ramee join Jake to talk about their reviews of Control, Astral Chain, and Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey. This ep. contains a few assumptions regarding Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, whi

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