Player One Podcast

Join ex-game journalists Chris Johnston, Phil Theobald, and Greg Sewart as they talk about console/portable/PC games, raising kids, and the meaning of life.

BONUS: Ep.860: Fuse It Or Lose It Aftershow (5/16/23) 04/25/2025

BONUS: Ep.860: Fuse It Or Lose It Aftershow (5/16/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Fuse It Or Lose It Aftershow Today courtesy of friend of the show Mike we have an AI-generated quiz.This time based on the artwork an AI has generated based on certain games and artistic style prompts. You will probably want to watch the video version of this one, linked here. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36250015

Milk in the CPAP 04/22/2025

Milk in the CPAP This week! We have a date for Switch 2 pre-orders in the US and Canada, Paul Rudd comes back to hawk Switch 2, the Mario Kart Direct reveals some new info, Lunar Remastered Collection, Dave the Diver, Split Fiction, Silent Hill 2, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:55:46 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36250535

BONUS: Ep.859: Pass On The Pass Aftershow (5/9/23) 04/18/2025

BONUS: Ep.859: Pass On The Pass Aftershow (5/9/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Pass On The Pass Aftershow Hacker alias Sir Alexander has challenged us with a Mexico Jeopardy. It’s not going to be pretty. But you can listen and see how well we did and compare it to how well you might have done. Did you beat us? If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36129195

Registering My Interest Emotionally 04/15/2025

Registering My Interest Emotionally This week! Switch 2 preorder woes, pricing, Genesis NSO additions, Blue Prince, WIldgate (beta), South of Midnight, Mario Golf GBC, Time Gal/Ninja Hayate HD Remasters, Katamari Damacy Rolling Live, Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:54:33 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36132010

BONUS: Ep.858: Performance Issues Aftershow (5/3/23) 04/11/2025

BONUS: Ep.858: Performance Issues Aftershow (5/3/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Performance Issues Aftershow On this week’s Aftershow we hand over the keys to the AI for a little video game guessing game—with AI-generated box art, too! You’ll have to listen (or watch) to get a grip on this madness. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks for your support! Video version - /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36038740

Not Even Five Bucks Cute 04/08/2025

Not Even Five Bucks Cute This week! We talk about everything Nintendo Switch 2. What we thought of the Direct, the games, the pricing, what (if anything) we’re going to be picking up on day one (preorder pending), and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Launch Date/Pricing ($630/$699 CAD) Hardware Games - First-party Games - Third-party / 007 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrades NSO stuff Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:43:50 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36039660

BONUS: Ep.857: Top of the Yarn Ball Remake Aftershow (4/25/23) 04/04/2025

BONUS: Ep.857: Top of the Yarn Ball Remake Aftershow (4/25/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Top of the Yarn Ball Remake Aftershow Shake off the cobwebs in your noggin, folks. Today we have an EGM Review Quiz from the April 1998 issue of the magazines. Can Phil and Greg guess the games being described in these reviews? Listen…if you DARE! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35943050

Too Many Erics (and a Chimp) 04/01/2025

Too Many Erics (and a Chimp) This week! The Switch 1 Nintendo Direct, C button speculation, Switch 2 hype, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Picross S Doraemon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, some Star Trek, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: and Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:47:36 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35943700

BONUS: Ep.856: Tears For Tears Aftershow (4/18/23) 03/28/2025

BONUS: Ep.856: Tears For Tears Aftershow (4/18/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Tears For Tears Aftershow Set your time-reversal crystals to 1998 and join us for a quiz based on the games released in that much-revered year from listener Donald Theriault! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at ! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35840885

Check Yourself Before You Shipwreck Yourself 03/25/2025

Check Yourself Before You Shipwreck Yourself This week! It’s a slow news week cuz we’re so close to that sweet, sweet Switch 2 Direct. LEGO Pokémon, Koei SNES games on NSO, FBC Firebreak, a new NES game from ex-iNiS folks, Silent Hill 2, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Wanderstop, Split Fiction, Pirate Yakuza, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:37:25 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35845930

BONUS: Ep.855: Hoping For Something Wart-Related Aftershow (4/11/23) 03/21/2025

BONUS: Ep.855: Hoping For Something Wart-Related Aftershow (4/11/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Hoping For Something Wart-Related Aftershow You listeners continue to pit us against each other! Here we are again with a Jeopardy quiz from hacker alias Enchy. Slightly based around game of the year polls from Discord with some Kingdom Hearts and destructible weapons thrown in for good measure. Who will know the most KH answers? We shall find out! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]. Thanks for your support! Video version - /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35741345

Death-Defying Porta-Potties 03/18/2025

Death-Defying Porta-Potties This week! AI making more useful (and not) gaming inroads, Silent Hill F, LEGO Mario Kart, new Picross, cozy tea-making in Wanderstop, Touhou Spell Bubble, A Game About Digging A Hole, Silent Hill 2, of course, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Video version - Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:42:32 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35741225

BONUS: Ep.854: Junk-Drawer Toothbrush Aftershow (4/4/23) 03/14/2025

BONUS: Ep.854: Junk-Drawer Toothbrush Aftershow (4/4/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Junk-Drawer Toothbrush Aftershow On this week’s Aftershow we tackle a Jeopardy quiz based on the games in Frunkis Baldwin’s backlog. Can we guess the games in this listener’s backlog? Only one way to find out. And if you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks for your support! Video version - /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35612785

Expandalone Is a Word 03/11/2025

Expandalone Is a Word This week! Some of the best Game Boy games land on NSO, a Robocop expandalone, Acclaim is back for some reason, Silent Hill 2, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? This episode on YouTube - Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:39:40 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35616375

BONUS: Ep.853: Spread Your Seed Aftershow (3/28/23) 03/07/2025

BONUS: Ep.853: Spread Your Seed Aftershow (3/28/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Spread Your Seed Aftershow The P1P community Discord is a hotbed of memes and references. Too bad the hosts of the show don’t know more of them. But you’ll find out what Discord memes they DO know in this Jeopardy quiz from Compeau. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! Video version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIIkKxPAvU /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35515820

Wilds Things 03/04/2025

Wilds Things This week! An NSO removal, plastic guitars, a new 2D Terminator, Silent Hill 2, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Taiko controllers, Monster Hunter Wilds, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:37:13 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35517890

BONUS: Ep.852: Rusty Cage Breakers Aftershow (3/21/23) 02/28/2025

BONUS: Ep.852: Rusty Cage Breakers Aftershow (3/21/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Rusty Cage Breakers Aftershow It’s an Aftershow! This is a Jeopardy quiz filled with ones we got wrong in the past. So, it’s gonna be funny when we get them wrong again! Thanks to listener Luciano for sending in this quiz! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35410060

Pledge-Flavored 02/25/2025

Pledge-Flavored This week! AI is poised to improve (and maybe also ruin) gaming, Nintendo ending loyalty programs, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is great, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:46:10 Video version - /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35414285

BONUS: Ep.851: Akira Cycle Slide Aftershow (3/14/23) 02/21/2025

BONUS: Ep.851: Akira Cycle Slide Aftershow (3/14/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Akira Cycle Slide Aftershow Turn those time crystals back to March 1998 for this EGM Review Quiz. Listen as CJ reads out reviews, blanking out the name of the game and developer/publisher. See if you can guess what games are being described! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35318560

Fast Approaching the 50s Again 02/17/2025

Fast Approaching the 50s Again This week! We go over last week’s State of Play announcements, Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, Warriors: Abyss, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, the Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii demo, a Star Trek minute, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:48:07 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35319785

BONUS: Ep.850: Tastes Like A Wet Peep Aftershow (3/7/23) 02/14/2025

BONUS: Ep.850: Tastes Like A Wet Peep Aftershow (3/7/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Tastes Like A Wet Peep Aftershow Now here’s a new one - courtesy of friend of the show Chris Baker we have our first AI-generated quiz. This one is haikus based on NES games that started with letters between G and Q. And in a change from the norm, we are all playing for ourselves this time around. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35224305

The Joy-Con Mouse Conspiracy 02/11/2025

The Joy-Con Mouse Conspiracy This week! Greg and CJ talk about the PSN outage, Switch 2 patent detailing a new (Pro?) controller, scalpers, Meta Gear Solid Delta, Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, and much much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:14:02 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35231075

BONUS: Ep.849: The Sense Of Presence Aftershow (2/28/23) 02/07/2025

BONUS: Ep.849: The Sense Of Presence Aftershow (2/28/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. The Sense Of Presence Aftershow Patrons, this week we have a game music Jeopardy from Greg and CJ’s friend Mike. How well do we remember the audio from games of the past? You’re about to find out. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]. Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35130660

The Real Live Service Is Friends 02/04/2025

The Real Live Service Is Friends This week! Forza Horizon drives to PS5, Ridge Racer 64, MultiVersus is a disappointing live service shutdown, Skies of Arcadia trademark renewed, CJ’s back on Infinite Wealth, Phil plays some Dynasty Warriors, Star Trek talk, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:46:26 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35136580

BONUS: Ep.848: Clayfighteritis Aftershow (2/21/23) 01/31/2025

BONUS: Ep.848: Clayfighteritis Aftershow (2/21/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Clayfighteritis Aftershow In this week’s Aftershow we’ve got a Jeopardy quiz on braggards, awards, etc. from hacker alias Chrixter. Will our crew come out with a gold/record/best-of award? Only one way to find out! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35031700

It’s Danger Bay Merch Now 01/28/2025

It’s Danger Bay Merch Now This week! Xbox Developer Direct, Sutte Hakkun, Phil gets a Steam Deck, CJ drives to Vancouver, Utopia Must Fall, Freedom Wars Remastered, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, Don Quixote, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:51:46 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/35040275

BONUS: Ep.847: The Podcast Experience Aftershow (2/7/23) 01/24/2025

BONUS: Ep.847: The Podcast Experience Aftershow (2/7/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. The Podcast Experience Aftershow Go back in time to the early days of EGM for an early-days EGM Jeopardy Quiz! Will our crew, who CLAIMS to have been fans of early Electronic Gaming Monthly, be able to do well? Listen and find out! Plus: a little more magazine days reminiscing. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/34924805

All the Kongs, No Dongs 01/20/2025

All the Kongs, No Dongs This week! It happened—Nintendo has shown us the Switch 2, so we talk about our thoughts on this new hardware we’re getting this year. Plus: Ecco the Dolphin, Lil Gator Game, Lunar, A Quiet Place The Road Ahead, Sonic Galactic, Dynasty Warriors Origins, Fear the Spotlight, Ys Memoire. Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:49:23 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/34925560

BONUS: Ep.836: Viscera Is Cool Aftershow (1/31/23) 01/17/2025

BONUS: Ep.836: Viscera Is Cool Aftershow (1/31/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Viscera Is Cool Aftershow Patrons, thanks for your support. This week we’ve got a Game Fan Review Quiz based on the January 1993 issue—only the magazine’s third installment. If you’ve got an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks for your support! /episode/index/show/playerone/id/34838600

Slow Trot to the Crypt 01/14/2025

Slow Trot to the Crypt This week! The wait for Switch 2 news continues, but CES provided some leaks/mock-ups and who knows if any of it is right. Plus: LEGO Game Boy, more Xbox games going multiplat, Crazy Taxi GDQ, movies/TV we’re watching, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - And take a trip over to to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at . Running time: 01:21:44 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/34840480

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