The holiday release blitz continues, and we are having a ball – literally! With games like Ball X Pit, Pokémon Legends Z-A, and Once Upon a Katamari dominating our time, we wanted to take a look at the top games where you play as a ball. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/having-a-bal...

This week, we are taking a look at the best Pokémon spin-off games of all time, which may have gotten some of you listeners to try to catch ‘em all. After that, we talk Battlefield 6, Ball X Pit, the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/the-best-pok...

This week -- inspired by the foxes in Ghost of Yotei -- we take a look at games that let you "collect" animals. After that, we give our impressions of Ghost of Yotei and Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and offer our takes on this week's news. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/collectimals...

In celebration of the release of Hades II 1.0, special guest DocBrooke joins us to take a look at games where the gods bestow their blessings and gifts upon your hero. Then we talk Hades II, the new Super Mario Galaxy Collection, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/gifts-from-t...

It's a big week for game releases, and we have a whopper of a show to match. We're taking a look back at game franchises where the first entry isn't necessarily a bad game on its own merits, but is probably the worst or least memorable of the bunch. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/first-is-wor...

Borderlands 4 is here, so this week, we take a look at other loot games that leave you in constant pursuit of that legendary piece of gear you've been chasing, and the dopamine hit that comes with it. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-loot-ga...

After a long six years, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally here. Was it worth the wait? You'll have to listen to find out. But before that, we talk about some of our other most anticipated game releases that have kept us waiting for years. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/most-anticip...

Following last week's release of Shinobi, we're very much still in a ninja mood around these parts, so we decided to sneak up & surprise you with a top 5 all about our favorite ninja games. Then we talk new releases, news, & more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-ninja-g...

It’s his birthday, so we let TL talk about mechs for an hour to celebrate the release of Super Robot Wars Y. Then we talk about Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Sword of the Sea, Mafia: The Old Country, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-mech-ga...

We are all familiar with the games that are generally regarded as the best movie tie-in games, but this week we offer up some of our favorite movie games that you may not have heard of, in what we're calling the top 5 next best movie games. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/next-best-mo...

There are a lot of really cool recent trends and changes to the hobby that are just plain awesome, and the VGA crew is here to help celebrate those changes. Then we give our impressions of Mafia: The Old Country and Madden NFL 26, talk news, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/webpage/cate...

This week's release of the prequel game Mafia: The Old Country is a good excuse for us to take a trip back in time to discuss games that did exactly that, as the VGA crew and special guest Greg Moore pick the best prequel games of all time. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-prequel...

The release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps got us reminiscing about games where you get to team up and create your own fantastic foursome, because it doesn't take a brainiac like Reed Richards to know that some games are just better with friends. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/fantastic-fo...

The VGA crew is going bananas for Donkey Kong Bananza, and we wanted to celebrate the best Donkey Kong game in years with a top 5 retrospective taking you through the various eras of games starring Nintendo's big, lovable ape. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-donkey-...

The recent Donkey Kong redesign got us thinking about our favorite game character redesigns of all time. After that, we talk about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, more EA Sports College Football 26, some Nintendo news, and Uno, for some reason. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-charact...

James Gunn's Superman flick just hit theaters, so the VGA Boyz grabbed SUPERHEROdotVG's Chris Baker and DC's own Randy Ma to hash out the best video games featuring the Man of Steel. Then we talk EA Sports College Football 26, news, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-superma...

We’re paying tribute to our beloved homeland with a show about one of the most American things we can think of: GUNS! Specifically light gun games. Pastblaster of the Podouken podcast joins to discuss those glorious games of arcades past. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-light-g...

Left to their own devices, Chris and TL decide to do a bit of a looser episode as they're joined by Tony Wilson from Framework to talk about games where the heroes are inspired by heroes from previous games in the franchise, Death Stranding 2, & more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/heroes-beget...

We can't get Mario Kart World out of our heads, so we started thinking about our top kart racing items from across the genre. Guest Jarrett Green joins us to list our faves, from the most useful, to the wacky and weird, & everything in between. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/the-best-kar...

There are still a ton of huge announcements this month, just not at E3 itself. And that is why we are calling this our BIG NOT E3 2025 EPISODE! Oh, did we mention there was also the launch of a little thing called the Nintendo Switch 2 to discuss? vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/the-big-not-...

The big Nintendo Switch 2 launch is here, and guest Emmet Watkins Jr. and the VGA Boyz are celebrating the occasion by listing off the top Nintendo system launches of all time. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/most-powerfu...

It's a short holiday week & the VGA Boyz may have taken things a bit too literally by celebrating Memorial Day week with a top 5 about... memories. Join us as we look back and remember our favorite memory sequences and flashbacks in videogames. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/thanks-for-t...

TL Foster joins Matt and Chris on a more permanent basis, and this all-new VGA triumvirate reboots the show with a very appropriate Top 5: Modern Reboots. Then we duke it out over the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, news, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/re-boot-to-t...

Mikel's farewell show is live, and spoilerphobes beware - this week's Top 5 focuses on five games where the heroes canonically die (with timestamps to skip ahead before we even reveal what they are). Plus Doom: The Dark Ages and a whole lot more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/heroic-death...

New show! This week, @tony-wilson.bsky.social joins us to talk about five games that let you control entire swarms, plus Doom: The Dark Ages, Skin Deep, Xbox price hikes, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/swarm-attack...

Ah yeah, that’d be from Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, aka the pack-in with the Turbografx-16/PC-Engine.

New show! This week, @tlfoster.bsky.social joins us for a Thunderbolts-inspired discussion of five games that let you play as whole teams of established villains, plus Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Switch and Switch 2 news, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/bad-guy-team...

New show! @merrittk.com and @brucewaynebrady44.bsky.social join us to talk about five games that launched the same day they were revealed (in honor of Oblivion Remastered, of course), plus Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/shadow-drop-...

Aaaand we're back! This week, @drudden.bsky.social joins us to talk about five times actors from Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse killed it in games, plus more chatter around Blue Prince, the Minecraft movie, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/view-askew-a...

Aaand we're back! The launch of South of Midnight inspired @tlfoster.bsky.social to join us for a look at five other games that fall into the strange and seamy Southern Gothic genre. Plus Blue Prince, Promise Mascot Agency, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/southern-got...