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.866: As Direct As Can Be Aftershow (6/27/23) 06/06/2025

BONUS: Ep.866: As Direct As Can Be Aftershow (6/27/23) If you , you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. As Direct As Can Be Aftershow It’s a grab-bag Jeopardy game from listener Zach Miller this week with special guest Benjamin Rivers of BancyCo fame! What kinds of answers will our hosts (and guest!) have? 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/36809440

Not Everything Is Something 06/02/2025

Not Everything Is Something This week! We’re hyped for Switch 2 release week, EA shuts down Black Panther studio, a crowdsourced project to solve all possible 5x5 Picross puzzles, Playdate Season Two, South of Midnight, To a T, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, 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: 01:26:46 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36819390

BONUS: Ep.865: Grimace Turds Aftershow (6/20/23) 05/30/2025

BONUS: Ep.865: Grimace Turds Aftershow (6/20/23) If you you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. Grimace Turds Aftershow It’s an AI art quiz from our friend Mike! This time, with guests! We welcome Luke Lohr and Logun Keller from the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast to play this quiz which puts each of us artificially put into games. Can we guess which game we’re starring in? 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/36714160

Magic Is Also Not Real 05/26/2025

Magic Is Also Not Real This week! Milo’s story, new NSO Game Boy games, Retro on Xbox, Diddy Kong redesigned, South of Midnight, Expedition 33, 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: 01:41:39 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36716790

BONUS: Ep.864: Meet And Beat Aftershow (6/13/23) 05/23/2025

BONUS: Ep.864: Meet And Beat Aftershow (6/13/23) 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. Meet And Beat Aftershow In the early ‘90s, EGM had a little text box in each preview that revealed “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” of each game. And this quiz from hacker alias mathman1024 has us guessing the games based only on those entries! 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/36631485

Fully Realized 05/20/2025

Fully Realized This week! KI Gold on NSO, Kojima’s USB stick, “fully realizing” live service games, what we’ve been watching TV-wise, South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Expedition 33, Balatro, 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: 01:45:59 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36632025

BONUS: Ep.863: Shake It In VR Aftershow (6/6/23) 05/16/2025

BONUS: Ep.863: Shake It In VR Aftershow (6/6/23) 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. Shake It In VR Aftershow We travel to the great white north for a quiz this week thanks to hacker alias knightattack09. It’s all about Canada, and it pits our American hosts against a sole Canadian. Will Greg reign supreme in knowledge of his homeland. Listen and 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/36539425

Sad and Inaccessible 05/13/2025

Sad and Inaccessible This week! Giant Bomb bought themselves, we did and didn’t get Switch 2 invites from Nintendo, Ecco the Dolphin is returning, Gears is coming to PS5, more Expedition 33 and South of Midnight, and much, much more. 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: 01:42:36 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36541150

BONUS: Ep.862: Satisfying Ball Physics Aftershow (5/30/23) 05/09/2025

BONUS: Ep.862: Satisfying Ball Physics Aftershow (5/30/23) 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. Satisfying Ball Physics Aftershow Friend of the show Mike has once again sent us a quiz involving guessing the game based on some AI art renditions of it! Because quite a bit of this quiz is visual you may want to watch the YouTube version instead of just listening—but we do our best to describe what we’re seeing. 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/36444945

Everything’s More Expensive 05/06/2025

Everything’s More Expensive This week! Changes in the gaming press, a GTAVI delay, Switch firmware, Earthion, Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Silent Hill 2, Dave the Diver, South of Midnight, 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: 01:33:24 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36445605

BONUS: Ep.861: Mounting Giant Space Chickens Aftershow (5/23/23) 05/02/2025

BONUS: Ep.861: Mounting Giant Space Chickens Aftershow (5/23/23) 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. Mounting Giant Space Chickens Aftershow AI has come for us once again. This time it’s a Chat GPT-4 quiz based on…wait, the hosts? That’s right—friend of the show Chris Baker has asked the AI to tell him about our hosts and then constructed a Jeopardy quiz where we need to figure out who the AI is talking about (or is it merely Werewolf). 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/36340810

Greasing Those Lanes 04/29/2025

Greasing Those Lanes This week! Switch 2 pre-orders happened—find out how we fared amongst the chaos. Plus: Ghost of Yotei, Outrun and Split Fiction movies, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dave the Diver, South of Midnight, 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: 01:54:26 /episode/index/show/playerone/id/36345390

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

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