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The Ramblepack Podcast
Your weekly gaming news podcast hosted by Adam, Mike, & Sean discussing the news, releases, and opinions each week in the games industry.
Episodes
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Let's Talk About: Castlevania
Recorded just before Halloween, what better topic than a classic gothic-horror video game series? No spoilers- We have a new voice on the 'cast this episode…
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094: Technical difficulties, Bioware Shutdown, & Epic's AI gamble
It's not podcast without difficulties and issues! Once that got solved, we got in EA axing Bioware, covered some fun we've been having in Marathon again, and…
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Let's Talk About: Remedy Entertainment
From Death Rally to Alan Wake and everything in between, we're talking about Remedy's games! Remedy has created some stories and characters that have stuck…
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Let's Talk About: Bethesda
From humble beginnings in sports, to the sprawling worlds of Elder Scrolls, Bethesda has created and published a lot of memorable titles in their tenure. We…
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093: Golden Axe tv show, Ocarina of Time, & Kingdom Hearts in Fortnite?
Video game adaptations have always been hit or miss, but the Golden Axes TV show sure is something. Ocarina of Time is dropping soon and we place our bets on…
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Let's Talk About: Mobile Games...kind of.
Part game show, part game chat; all entertainment. We have a special guest to play a game this week, and we kind of talk about mobile games. Adam doesn't get…
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092: More Vampire Survivors, A Big Walk, and Disc-to-Digital features!
Vampire Survivors dropped its newest DLC: Legacy of the Bloodmoon! (New VS stuff, same great taste) Orbitals is still a visual delight and getting great…
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Lets Talk About: Destiny
Rich with story, mysteries, wonderful characters, at crazy power fantasy fulfillment, Destiny is still an excellent game to come back to. While it has had its…
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070.1: Lost episode 70
It's Adam's birthday today, so we're sharing the gift of an episode long thought to be lost! Remastered and ready for your ears, you get to enjoy outdated…
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Lets Talk About: Remakes vs Remasters
What even is a remake? How about a remaster? Even after establishing a definition, we can't get it straight. But at least the conversation was fun!
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091: Temperature check of the industry
Things are changing in the gaming industry. Some good, some bad. While we speculate on what's happening and what the future might look like, we also sprinkled…
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090: Layoffs, EULAs, & price changes
It's been (another) rough week in games. Studios closing, employee layoffs, and price hike; there has been no shortage of sad news coming out of the games…
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089: Summer Games Fest, Xbox's reset, & Destiny 2's goodbye
We get Mike to question his sanity on this week's episode. We also go over some of the games shown off at Summer Games Fest and discuss Xbox's "reset" as…
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Lets Talk About: Nintendo 64
What's that? A new voice on the podcast? Adam and Meg sit down and talk about the Nintendo 64, take a trip down Nostalgia Lane and give some facts about the…
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088: Stay of Play, gearing up for Summer Games Fest, & No Man's Sky retrospective
Sean is back on No Man's Sky and gives his look back, Sony's State of Play showed up some games coming up, and Summer Games Fest gets kicked off. We also…
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087: Pour one out for Destiny
Bungie is calling it quits on content development for Destiny. We spend some time reminiscing about our time playing D1 & D2, cover our recent escapades in…
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Lets Talk About: The Legend of Zelda
It has been a long time in the making, but we finally got around to discussing the Legend of Zelda games! Sean and Adam go through the series, discuss the…
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With the excitement over some perceived DRM changes with Playstation, we decided to chat about DRM; What it is, why it's used, what the changes means, and so…
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086: Changes at Xbox, Vampire Crawlers, & Fans suing Nintendo
Saros is releasing this week! New Street Fighter movie trailer dropped, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced is the worst kept secret, & Starfield has been…
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085: No Man's Sky update, Nintendo leaks, & Mario Galaxy Movie
No Man's Sky released their 42nd update to the game, Shinobi had some DLC drop and the Mario Galaxy Movie was a movie. Nintendo had a few leaks pop up with…
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084: Fortnite layoffs, Playstation dynamic pricing, & Project Hail Mary.
We trade book club for a movie review! We went to see Project Hail Mary this weekend and discuss the movie and differences from the book. Fortnite also laid…
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083: Running a Marathon, Overwatch behind the scenes, reclassifying games with loot boxes.
We can't stop playing Marathon! Jeff Kaplan gives a little insight behind Overwatch's lifespan and expectations from higher-ups, and also gives a look at the…
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082: Pratt falls, shake ups, and Pokemon
Exciting news makes Sean fall out of his chair (kinda.) We go over the Pokemon reveals from the Pokemon day celebration showcase, do some book talk, and talk…
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Lets Talk About: Minecraft
Mike and Adam decided to sit down and play a little Minecraft and discuss the success its had and how it got its start.
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081: Nintendo's Partner Showcase, Minecraft updates, & Baldur's Gate TV series in the works?
Sean comes out of the gate fast this week. Book talk is going to be a new segment soon if we keep this up... Nintendo had a new Partner Showcase, RAM prices…
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Lets Talk About: RPGs
Haven't done one of these in a minute. Today's topic: RPGs! A genre we grew up playing and has stood the test of times, been revolutionized time and again, and…
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080: AGDQ concluded, Unity lays off Major Nelson, & Fallout remasters?
So...Unity laid off Major Nelson after a short stint. But AGDQ raised a ton for Prevent Cancer Foundation, so that's great news! We also discuss Landcrab's…
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079: Steam Awards, Bullet Heavens?, Switch 2 holiday sales, Xbox Developer Direct
Back to the news! 2025 Steam Award winners list is out, plus an interesting game on caught our eyes: Vital Shell! It also might be indicative of a new term…
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078: Gundam Building and 2026 Game Releases
Our first episode of the new year, and it's a doozy! Sprinkle in a little Stranger Things finale talk, Doctor Who, and other shows, discussing some game…
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077: Game Awards winners, Skyrim on Switch 2, & Harada leaves Bandai Namco?
And the winner is.... The Game Awards are on! We run down the winners during the podcast, talk about some leaks and news that came out before the show, and…
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076: Destiny Renegades reaction, gearing up for The Game Awards, and gaming partnerships
Our preamble turned into a long ramble. The Game Awards is happening soon, so we placed our bets. "Bad Robot" studios entered into a partnership with…
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075: Valve's making a console? Vampire Survivors in VR, & Ubisoft halts earnings call and stock trading.
Hopefully no sleeper agents were activated after this episode. Poncle has had a busy few weeks with Vampire Survivors VR announced and partnership with Auroch…
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074: Halo's coming to Sony systems, Pokemon patent pushback, & Amazon gaming division layoffs
This one starts off a little different. Amazon had a massive layoff in their gaming division, some games are shutting down, or ceasing development. Halo…
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073: AI is taking over, Counter-Strike 2 shake up, Remedy CEO steps down.
This episode was not made with AI, but it seems as though a lot more games in the future will be. Counter-Strike 2's skin trading market got a shake up…
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072: Star Wars Eclipse, RoG Ally is out, EA buyout backlash, & is GTA 6 worth $100?
We go from 3 to 4 (people) this episode! The United Videogame Works Union is asking for more scrutiny on the EA buyout, Saints Row's design director says GTA 6…
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071: Battlefield 6 launch, Pokemon leaks, & Destiny's downward spiral.
It's a new podcast: a solo episode! Adam gives a quick run down of some news from the last week, including leaks from the Pokemon teraleak, Battlefield 6's…
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070: Saudi Arabia buys EA, Xbox is having a rough time, & Bowser leaves Nintendo
Round 2: Electric Boogaloo! We lost a recording, so had to re-record, so we re-cover Sony's State of Play, Ghosts of Yotei reviews, Payday devs cancelling a…
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069: Black Flag Remake details, Silksong getting some updates, Pokemon's Patent, & Battlefield 6's development silver lining.
We're back at full strength this week! Team Cherry is working on smoothing out some wrinkles from Silksong's release, Valve possibly adjusting their…
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068: Silksong is out, Destiny Rising is out, Kojima Productions anniversary, and a Call of Duty movie?
Happy Silksong release! The game even brought down some eshops for a bit. Kojima Productions turns 10 this year and are celebrating, Borderlands 4 gives a look…
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067: Bungie reverses course on updates, No Switch 2 dev kits, & Judas' approach to villains.
We have some more book talk to start this one off (this is a video game podcast.) Kev Levine shares some insights on their approach to their "villain" for…
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066: Switch 2 Review, industry prices going up, and what is Bungie doing?
We're a video game podcast, so we talk about books for a while! Sean reviews the Switch 2, Adam covers Bungie's updates to Destiny, game console prices going…
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065: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Xbox financials, Elder Scrolls Oblivion hits a milestone.
It's a two-man show this week! We talk about Itch.io looking for new payment processors after the previous week's delisting of games. We also cover the games…
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064: Ubisoft passing the blame, Steam removing games, the Lego Game Boy is coming!
We have a new one for your ears this week! Borderlands 4 has gone gold, Ghosts of Yotei may not get a multiplayer mode, and the Lego Game Boy's price was…
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Lets Talk About: Kingdom Hearts
Mike's taking command of the ship this episode to talk about his favorite series: Kingdom Hearts! They touch on all 14 games in the series, cover the main…
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063: Donkey Kong Bananza is out, Switch 2 shortages, Xbox's AI, & Fallout 5 when?
Adam & Sean are back to cover the news of the last week! We discuss Fallout 5 being greenlit, SGDQ's total for Doctors without Borders, Gabe Newell's hobbies…
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062: Xbox Layoffs, Studio closures, game cancellations, and SGDQ!
It's a 3-person podcast this week! We talk a bit about all of the Xbox layoff news, shine some light on SGDQ, Stardew Valley being Steam's top-rated game, and…
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Lets Talk About: Assassin's Creed
Got a new special one for you today! Introducing Sean to the podcast, we got together to discuss the Assassin's Creed series. Having both enjoyed the series…
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061: $80 games are happening, SAG AFTRA strike, & Marathon delayed
We took a look this week at Minecraft's June update, talk about its release on HBO Max, Switch 2 sales numbers, Marathon officially being delayed, Magic x…
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060: The podcast enters the dojo
It's another special interview episode! Following a similar theme as last time, we sat down with Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour fame to talk a little about…
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059: Switch 2, GTA VI delayed, and Summer Game Fest starting soon
We're back! Marathon has had a rough time since its closed beta, Switch 2 is releasing soon to a mild response, EA cancels more games and closes a studio, and…
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058: Nintendo showcase watchalong
We say it all the time, but we're back! After much needed vacations, we're back checking out the Nintendo Partner & Indieworld Showcase, little bit of catch…
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057: The "Big Deal" episode
It's our first interview! Aaron "Big Deal" Deal, the bassist for Darkest Hour, sat down for about an hour discussing mutual admiration for retro gaming…
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056: Building Gundams & chatting time
We've been away for a little with life and everything, so for this episode we got together to build some Gunpla and talk about games. Get ready for some chill…
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055: Keanau Reeves is Shadow, Minecraft movie is coming along, Star Wars Outlaws preorder problems, and "Stop Killing Games"
A few more video game movies are on the way! Sonic 3 has found its voice for Shadow, the Minecraft movie is in full swing, and now Fallout is on TV. Weta…
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054: Are we headed for another video game crash? Xbox Partner showcase, & Helldivers 2 news
There's a lot of doom & gloom around the video game markets, fears of another video game crash. We run down the games Xbox showed off during their partner…
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053: Larian keeps on winning, Playstation lays off 900 employees, and Xbox's business plans
Larian won several more awards at the Dice Awards recently. More rounds of layoffs have hit several more studios, including Playstation, Xbox had to put out…
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052: Palworld, Layoffs of 2024 (already?), and looking back at last year
We're finally back with our first episode of the new year! Palworld released in early access and has taken over Steam with time played. Layoffs are already…
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051: GTA VI trailer, Destiny 2's new season, and Sony removing paid content.
GTA VI is real! Unfortunately, Rockstar had their trailer leaked ahead of the debut. Sony is removing paid content from their libraries and accounts are…
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050: Destiny's expansion delay, Ubisoft in-game ads, and Sony's PS Store lawsuit
Destiny's coming expansion, The Final Shape, was officially delayed until June. Ubisoft was experimented with in-game ads for paid games and Eminem is coming…
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049: Game Awards nominees, Legend of Zelda movie, and GTA VI!
Call of Duty's newest entry barely has a campaign and Amazon went through another round of layoffs in their gaming division. The nominees for the Game Awards…