Video Games Are The Worst Thing On Earth

We're back once again to discuss our favorite games and disgusting stories of the year. Well, the games came out one of the years but we played them this year. Normal Matt (@normal_matt) joins us to talk socks, dicks, and (worst of all) the political subtext of video games. Games discussed: Witcher 3, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, EDF 5, Monster Hunter World, Minecraft, Resident Evil 2 GOTY: A Bewitching Revolution by Colestia - https://colestia.itch.io/a-bewitching-revolution Auld Lang Syne remix by Bulby Soviet National Anthem remix by BITbOY A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.co

Kay (@kayandskittles) is back to talk fallout 76 with us! And in the time it's taken from recording to final edit about 50 additional shitty things have happened in the game since. Oh Todd, you mischievous rapscallion. In addition: Alton rants about how terrible Fallout 4 was and how we should have seen the signs, The Outer Worlds, and a little bit on how blizzard is going to weather the storm of hong kong controversey by dangling treats in gamer faces. Kay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kayandskittles Kay's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/kayandskittles Kay's Patreon: http://patreon.com/kayandskittles A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account

Once again we betray our fans by enjoying video games! Back again to answer the age old question, "Whatcha been playin, pal?" Alton and Reese return to discuss the interminably long or mercifully short electronic games they've been playing since the last time they recorded one of these! Games discussed: Persona 5, Neverwinter Nights, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, Shrek 2, Ace of Seafood, Ape Out A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Thank you to our announcer, Conqy! Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://twitter.com/8ALTON8 Find out more at https://videogamesaretheworst.pinecast.co

WE'RE BACK! And we kick things off with a lovely talk about our impending climate doom and video games role in it with Mitch (@heavyxeyed). Once we get done depressing you all with that we rastle with lyin' randy and his petulant squable with SAG-AFTRA. A heaping pile of bullshit made tolerable by his complete execution at the hands of a rep for the union. Mitch's Twitter: https://twitter.com/heavyxeyed The Environmental Impact of Physical Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zlT0a503Q Mitch's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavyeyed A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourver

My fellow podcast hounds, slide not into fear and despair but instead, rejoice, for there is new podcast. Video essayist and ferret expert, Kay (@kayandskittles), joins the goof crew to discuss the mysterious and confounding MMO. "Why do we grind?" asks Alton to the wise and thoughtful panel assembled before him. "To make the numbers go up," answers Reese, after thinking for one hour straight. We also get Kay to weigh in on the gamification of Amazon, proper salt grammar and the spirit of the true otaku, check it out! A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://

Holy Toledo they're back! Forcing politics into gaming the first time wasn't enough, so here's part two! In this double-tap special we dive into the bizarro world version of Josh's(@HugeMantis) own article! An article arguing that videogames are conservative, how that's a good thing, and then getting zero hate from the gamer chud crowd. We also save some space on our gamer plates to talk about the Ooblets controversy. Josh's excellent article: https://theoutline.com/post/7803/are-video-games-political-conservative-liberal? A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: h

Making the greatest sacrifice of their lives, Alton and Reese return to discussing video games they enjoy--or at least have played! Along the way they chat about getting cancelled, the crew's gaming experience, and Reese uses the episode as an excuse to play his favorite song from FF14. Topics covered: Final Fantasy 14 Hat in Time Void Bastards Earth Defense Force 5 Resident Evil 2 Lost Castle Some other stuff maybe? A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://twitter.com/8ALTON8 Find out more at https://videogamesaretheworst.pinecast.co

Batten down the hatches! The VGATWTOE war on videogames is rolling into town to end interactive media once and for all by pronouncing it political. Joining us in this noble crusade is Josh Tucker (@HugeMantis) writer and gasp games journalist. In this limit breaking two part special we will take you on a journey into how deep the rabbit hole of reactionary politics in Call of duty really goes, why videogames are so reactionary int he fist place, and why Alton is glad Walt Disney is dead (RIP in peace bitch). Enjoy! Josh's excellent article: https://theoutline.com/post/7803/are-video-games-political-conservative-liberal? A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwt

A brand new episode of VGATWTOE fresh from podcast cauldron! This one features frequent guest and radical kobold Niko! @Snugcrow (The artist formerly known as Roxanne) Get downloading and prepare to boil your brain in salty gamer tears: Topics include: JRR Tolkien’s shitty bones as a spear Tifa's polygonal tiddies and the collective horny delusion Nanomachines son tag The new LGBTQ tag on steam and why steam still sucks we once again come to our old punching bag one angry gamer US government banning league of legends in Iran for some reason? A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourver

Check out this episode at https://www.patreon.com/posts/29618850 The truth (that billionaires comprise a secret circle of cultist pedophiles) is out there! Alton and Reese have fully lost their mind this time... or have they found it?! Intrepid detective, Thuly (@The9thDegree), joins the gang to finally get to the bottom of the Epstein caper. I shall not reveal if they find the honest but, along the way, they go totally apeshit at the flagrant and desperate display of power. Also, they have a lot of fun with an old friend with the Panama Papers. Listen now if you want to know the alleged connection between Bobby Kotick and Hillary Clinton. Actually, the entire episode is alleged. We're just goofing. Don't murder us, please. To continue along your Epstein journey: https://soundcloud.com/grubstakers/episode-51-jeffery-epstein-feat-matt-christman Thank you to the VGATWTOE announcer, Conqy. A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-host

What's up chavs and lasses? A very special episode of GamE MagZ takes us across the Atlantic to the foreign and exotic United Kingdom! Misandry (@misandrycannon) joins us once again to torture Alton with the most depraved and bigoted Nintendo content available pre-Internet. N-Force #4 breaks all of our brains but not half as much as a new regular segment introducted by Alton. Check it! A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://twitter.com/8ALTON8 Find out more at https://videogamesaretheworst.pinecast.co

Check it out at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/videogames-are-2-29353456 Thank you to the VGATWTOE announcer, Conqy. A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://twitter.com/8ALTON8 Find out more at https://videogamesaretheworst.pinecast.co

It's a new episode of da pod, so get ready to envision another horrific mutated gamer in your mind's eye. The most beloved guest in VGATWTOE lore has returned! Dawnya (@xo_pinkishheart), fantastic artist and caretaker of the Shitty Gamer Takes account, joins us to scold the gremlins and goofuses that plague our hobby and/or addiction. Reese recounts the thrilling conclusion to the bad neighbor saga; involving the culmination of decades of video game stealth training. After that excitement, we all marvel at the Dragon of Budapest getting easily tricked by a fake Nintendo tweet. Later, we subject Dawnya to an article about conservative gaming culture which shaved years off our sedantary lives. Get you some of this here podcast, friend! A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_

Check it out at https://www.patreon.com/posts/game-magz-2-hell-28475553 A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://twitter.com/8ALTON8 Find out more at https://videogamesaretheworst.pinecast.co

Gaze upon the podcast, ye mortals, and despair! Reese has tricked Alton into doing another movie episode and, this time, we're have a big ol' weird discussion about MANDY. Misandry (@MisandryCannon) returns triumphantly to break down the mood and metal of the new classic starring Nic Cage. We dig into nature and purpose of the film's magical realism, marvel at the gargantuan dipshittery of Jeremiah Sand, and groove on the design and reason behind the intensely moody soundscape of the film (We do play a drone metal song for about two minutes in the second half DO NOT PANIC). Also, aural evidence of Reese's embarrassment because he couldn't recognize a quarry. Cheddar goblin! A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelv

Gaze upon the podcast, ye mortals, and despair! Reese has tricked Alton into doing another movie episode and, this time, we're have a big ol' weird discussion about MANDY. Misandry (@MisandryCannon) returns triumphantly to break down the mood and metal of the new classic starring Nic Cage. We dig into nature and purpose of the film's magical realism, marvel at the gargantuan dipshittery of Jeremiah Sand, and groove on the design and reason behind the intensely moody soundscape of the film (We do play a drone metal song for about two minutes in the second half DO NOT PANIC). Also, aural evidence of Reese's embarrassment because he couldn't recognize a quarry. Cheddar goblin! A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvi

Esteemed guest David Cribb (@colestia3) returns to the pod to regale the vile goofuses Reese and ALTON with information about his new game! David fills us in on all the details of ‘A Bewitching Revolution’, a game set in a dystopian alternate reality where capitalism is exactly the same except now there’s a badass socialist Witch working to destroy the system through solidarity and education. Harry Potter is rightfully shat upon for being a wizard cop, and we read the most weirdly honest salt mines steam review yet. Last but certainly not least, a brand-new upcoming game from David is announced! A game whose idea was spawned on this very pod… ‘A Bewitching Revolution’ Is now available on itch.io and steam for absolutely free so what are you waiting for? https://store.steampowered.com/app/968500/ABewitchingRevolution/ https://colestia.itch.io/a-bewitching-revolution ‘The Interlude’ Can be found on itch.io https://crawlspacestudio.itch.io/the-interlude David’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colestia/ Dav

We have heard your cries for podcast, o constant listener, and answer in our benevolence. Unrivalled internet gothsloth, Casey Explosion (@CaseyExplosion), joins the cackling duo to take a deep look into the labor issues surrounding game development and propose a few solutions--if you don't want spoilers, avoid reading the title of the episode. We also marvel as Alton guides us through SonicFox's power to own British dumbos and Reese makes everyone pay attention to something Ubisoft does for a few minute. Also, let the rallying cry begin: Nationalize Steam! Source for health insurance claim: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/The-Konami-exodus?page=1 Worse than Scabs: Gamer Rage as Anti-Union Violence: https://rhizome.org/editorial/2018/oct/30/worse-than-scabs-gamer-rager-as-anti-worker-violence/ A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games

UNLOCKED FOR ALL TO HEAR! Welcome to a brand new VGATWTOE offshoot where for once we stop ruthlessly demolishing reactionary chud gamers and actually talk about what games we've been playing and enjoying. Sickening, I know, but we both basically wanted an excuse to talk about divinity original sin and how amazing it is so we'll overlook this off-brand optimism. Topics covered: Nuclear take about anime politics and how much mike pence loves Garfield I cant remember anything from shooters divinity original sin is real good A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Main Account: https://twitter.com/vgatwtoe Reese: https://twitter.com/yourverygoodbud ALTON: https://twitter.com/8ALTON8 Find out

Gather together, podcast elite, and let us tell you a tale of the king of hobgoblin gamers: the billionaire Notch. The master of twitter, August (@DxGGEAUX), honors us with his presence as we declare war on the human buttered-popcorn-jellybean that created Minecraft. As we do battle, Alton struggles with all his might not to say the magic word and Reese must think quickly or he may be owned because he's old as hell. We check in on the outpouring of love and support from Halo fans and take some extremely easy potshots at Anthem to bolster our self esteem. Ranked the #1 podcast episode of 2019 by a publication we refuse to source. Listen! A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Outro music: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC / Ecchu-Owara-Bushi Wearecc – Videotapemusic_ecchu-owara-bushi-videotapemusic-remix Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Main Account: https:/