Lock and load because this week Jazzy from the TOGP Discord joins us on an adventure to save the galaxy in the second entry of a beloved Playstation franchise, That One Game: Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. Released for the Playstation 2 on November 11, 2003, Going Commando sought to improve upon the first game in the series in every way imaginabl…

This week is our third annual Halloween Special that’s actually our second annual Halloween Special (if you know you know) and in the spirit of spooky time the topic is Video Game Franchises We’d Raise from the Dead! We’ve each compiled a few such franchises that haven’t seen new entries in quite some time for us to discuss today! -----------------…

This week we’re looking broadly at indie, AA, and AAA games and doing a bit of a compare and contrast, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each one, where our preferences tend to lie, and more! Indie games, typically defined by their smaller independent development teams and lower budgets, have seen a significant boost in popularity over the…

In this episode we are judging gaming handhelds by their covers and ranking them purely based on their looks! Using this highly scientific method of quality assessment, we will be creating an official TOGP tierlist for over 30 of gaming’s most beloved (and maybe a little obscure) portable devices. From the original Gameboy all the way up to the Ste…

This week we’re diving into the first ever massively-multiplayer online game made specifically for consoles - That One Game: Phantasy Star Online! Originally released near the tail end of the year 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast, PSO took advantage of the Dreamcast’s online functionality to allow up to four players to team up and take on a variety of m…

This episode is all about Edutainment games, or games with an educational twist! Mostly computer games, but sometimes making their ways to console, these games sought to present educational topics in a fun way in an effort to alleviate the stigma often felt by parents toward video games being a waste of time for their kids. Their educational nature…

This is part 2 of Colin's discussion with Jazzy about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the Playstation 5. This episode is FULL SPOILERS! So if you haven't finished the game and don't want things spoiled for you, come back once you've beaten it! In this episode we give a rundown of all fourteen chapters of the game's story and discuss some of our favor…

This week we're taking you all the way back to year 1 of the show, with episode 11 and revisiting the topic from that episode, the Boss Fights that Wrecked Us! Not to be confused with favorite boss fights, which was the episode we did LAST year, these are the fights that beat you down, crushed you, DESTROYED YOUR SOUL. Maybe you eventually overcame…

This week we’re discussing a level design trope in video games that many would rather didn’t exist - Water levels! These levels either take place underwater with some kind of swimming mechanic, or at minimum feature water as a central theme or mechanic. They often include changes to player mobility - especially in the underwater examples - which do…

In this episode we’re discussing the first release in a beloved, classic Playstation franchise - Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus! Released on September 23 of 2002, Sly Cooper blended stealth with action platforming with a cell-shaded graphical style and followed Sly and his two partners Bentley the turtle and Murray the hippo in their quest to…

This week we introduce a new style of episode, the Music Box! In these episodes we will discuss the music of video games based on specific topics. And to kick things off, we’re talking about Opening Level themes, or the “Level 1” theme, to be a little more precise. Not to be confused with the game’s Opening Theme, the “Level 1” theme is often the f…

Last year we introduced the Indie Sample Pack, a type of episode where the three of us pick an indie game for the group to play, and we discuss our thoughts on the games based on early impressions. These are not full reviews, but rather initial thoughts based on the early hours of gameplay in each game. In these episodes we hope to give you some fu…

In this special episode, Colin sits down with Jazzy from the That One Gaming Podcast Discord to discuss and review Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the Playstation 5! This is part 1 of a SIX HOUR discussion we had about the game, and is completely spoiler free! In it we discuss things like gameplay, how it stacks up against Remake Part 1, and more! Lo…

This week we’ve got something of a That One Game Double Feature for you, as we’re talking about not one, but TWO games - those games in question being the first two games in the critically acclaimed Sonic Advance trilogy developed by Dimps in collaboration with Sega for the Gameboy Advance. The first game released in North America on February 4 of …

On this episode we’re setting the record straight with regards to emulation! Having been rather topical in the news as of late, from the Nintendo-led takedowns of emulators Yuzu and Citra, to Apple finally allowing emulators to exist on the App Store, we thought now would be a great time to discuss the topic since it’s one we’re all passionate abou…

A little late but better late than never, amirite? We made it! FIFTY episodes! So we're celebrating in a massive way by counting down FIFTY games you should try before you die! Buckle up, this one's a doozy! Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 2 years. Here's to fifty more episodes! --------------------------------- That One Ga…

This week Metroid month concludes with a bang, because we’re discussing what’s widely agreed to be one of the greatest games ever made - That One Game: Metroid Prime. Originally released on November 18, 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube, Metroid Prime brought the franchise’s signature exploration-based gameplay into the third dimension for the very fi…

As part of Metroid Month we thought it'd be fun to rerelease our previous Metroid "That One Game" episode in the off week for the podcast just to give folks something more to listen to. So here is episode 5, our VERY FIRST "That One Game" episode, edited down to streamline it and put more in line with our current show format. The podcast has come a…

Metroid Month continues this week with an episode all about the genre that Metroid helped give birth to–Metroidvanias! First brought to popularity by the genre’s namesake games of Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Metroidvania games place a heavy emphasis on exploration and tight gameplay, with areas on the map typically gated o…

This week kicks off our latest theme month, Metroid Month! Throughout the entire month of March, look forward to Metroid-themed topics, culminating in the final episode of the month being about That One Game: Metroid Prime! For our first episode of the month we’re taking a look back at the man that some would say is the father of Metroid, the legen…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal embark on a journey through time in the classic 1995 RPG, That One Game: Chrono Trigger! Developed by Square and released for the Super Nintendo on March 11 of 1995 in Japan and later on August 11 in North America, the game was met with overwhelming critical praise for its story, gameplay, and music. Chrono Trigger’…

This episode is all about spin-off games! These games deviate from their core franchise in a variety of different ways, from completely different gameplay styles, to the introduction of an entirely new cast of characters within the same universe. We thought it’d be fun to have a chat about some of our favorite spin-offs, what we think goes into mak…

This week we’ve got another one of our prestigious ranking episodes with the subject matter being ROBOTS! Or Robot MASTERS, to be precise, as we’re gonna be ranking every single one of those Bot Bosses from the NES era of Mega Man - which encompasses the first SIX games in the series! With eight Robot Masters per game, plus a few bonus rankings tos…

This week we’re looking back at 2023 and all of the games that we played over the course of the year and once again counting down our top five games that we each played! Additionally, we will be looking back at our 2023 predictions that we made in our “Best Games We Played in 2022” episode, seeing how accurate we were, and then offering a brand new…

This is it, the year is finally coming to a close. 2023 was a phenomenal year for video game releases and because of that we thought this would be a great opportunity to look back at years past that also stood out among the rest and have a chat about them and the games that came with them. --------------------------------- That One Gaming Podcast w…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal get festive since it’s that time of year and talk about something most gamers tend to…hate? That’s festive, right? …Anyway, this week’s episode introduces a new recurring episode format titled “On the Level”, where we shift the focus to a specific type of level in video games and talk about the aspects that we do an…

Listen to your mom and go get dressed, and don’t forget your baseball bat and trusty red cap because this week Colin, Lucas, and Neal explore the quirky cult classic RPG That One Game Earthbound for the Super Nintendo. Released in Japan on August 27 of 1994 and later in North America on June 5th of the following year, Earthbound centered around Nes…

In this episode Colin, Lucas, and Neal turn the focus to those characters that you DON’T play as in video games - the NPC’s, or non-playable characters, if you will. --------------------------------- That One Gaming Podcast website https://thatonegamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Join the official TOGP Discord! https://discord.gg/JsaQ2xu7kU Find us outs…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal get a little spooky and take a look at the latest CG-animated Resident Evil movie - Resident Evil: Death Island - which was released over the summer. A direct sequel to Resident Evil: Vendetta, Death Island takes place in 2015 as Leon S. Kennedy of Resident Evil 2 and 4 fame finds himself tracking down a researcher …

In this episode Colin, Lucas, and Neal take you all the way back to episode 15 where last year we weighed in on the state of video game collecting, with a bit of an update of sorts. Some big things happened this year, with the Wii U/3DS eShops closing, Microsoft announcing the 360 store closing early next year, etc, so we're gonna take another look…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal dive into the world of video game TV shows. Over the years they’ve certainly been hit and miss, more often leaning toward the “miss” category, but more recently things have begun to take a more positive turn with examples such as Netflix’s Castlevania and Cyberpunk Edgerunners shows, and HBO’s The Last of Us. So tod…

In this episode, Colin, Lucas, and Neal travel to the 22nd Century with the legendary 1993 action-platformer Mega Man X. Rather than simply bringing the classic Blue Bomber into the 16-bit era, series creator Keiji Inafune decided a much more radical change was necessary and set the game 100 years after the events of the previous Mega Man games, an…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal have got boss fights on the brain once again. But this time, rather than Boss Fights That Wrecked Us™️, we're talking about some of our absolute favorite fights! We've each picked a few of our favorite scuffles with video game bosses to chat about today! --------------------------------- That One Gaming Podcast webs…

Hope you brought your appetite because this week Colin, Lucas, and Neal are joined by fellow Discord member and friend of the show Nathan aka Lord Kirov to talk all about food in video games! Over the years food has been portrayed in games in a variety of different ways - from grotesque pixelized blurbs all the way up to photorealistic dishes of cu…

This week we're introducing a new style of episode dedicated specifically to indie games titled Indie Sample Packs. In these episodes, the 3 of us each have chosen one indie game for us all to play just enough to gain an early impression, then we offer those impressions to you! As such, we are not reviewing these games in their entirety, but instea…

This week, Colin, Lucas and Neal take a look at a game that was right at the forefront of the 2000’s indie game boom, That One Game: Cave Story. Developed over the course of 5 years by lone developer Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya, the game first released in Japan as freeware in 2004, and later seeing a worldwide release of sorts thanks to the unofficial tr…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal take a look at one of the most popular genres in modern gaming, Open World games. First rising to popularity throughout the 2000's thanks to games like Grand Theft Auto and The Elder Scrolls, Open World games are characterized by their massive sprawling maps with mostly, if not entirely seamless exploration througho…

Be it a gun, a sword, a gun that's also a sword, a common twig or a wooden baseball bat with a giant nail sticking out of it, if there is any form of combat in a video game then odds are you're probably using some form of weapon to fight, and that's what this episode is all about! Though it was no small feat to do so, we've each narrowed down a few…

On this Side Quest, Colin and Neal have a chat and break down that crazy Nintendo Direct that happened on the 21st of June! --------------------------------- That One Gaming Podcast website https://thatonegamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Join the official TOGP Discord! https://discord.gg/JsaQ2xu7kU Find us outside the podcast! Colin: Youtube: https://w…

On this episode, Colin, Lucas and Neal are joined by the podcast's first ever special guest, Max (whom you may recall from the Fire Emblem Engage Side Quest!) to take you 20,000 leagues under the sea as we explore the magnificent underwater metropolis of Rapture in the 2007 masterpiece, BioShock. Developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K, B…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal are back with another ranking episode, this time focusing on Nintendo franchises! We chose 21 of the top franchises from the big N to weigh in on and things are sure to get spicy as we break them down. As always we each provided our own personal lists and we will be using them to hammer out an official TOGP tier lis…

*This conversation was recorded on February 7, 2023 This week, instead of a traditional TOGP episode, we've taken the week off to celebrate Mother's Day and relax. But, in order to still have something for you all to listen to we're finally introducing our new side series, titled Side Quests! These are special, more focused episodes dedicated to de…

This week Mario Month concludes with a look at one of Mario's most beloved adventures, his Super Nintendo debut, That One Game: Super Mario World! And yes, we know this episode is going live on May 2nd, but we're recording it while it's still April so it's still Mario Month! Released in Japan on November 21 of 1990, North America on August 18, 1991…

*This episode contains spoilers for the Super Mario Bros. Movie! Time stamps are below if you wish to skip around them!* This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal weigh in and give our official TOGP review of the Super Mario Bros Movie which released on the 5th of April. Already as of the time of this recording, the movie has grossed over 670 million dollar…

April is Mario Month on That One Gaming Podcast! Enjoy fun Mario-inspired episodes all month long! This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal introduce a new recurring episode theme where we pick a specific genre of games and have a discussion about it. And, to kick off Mario Month here on That One Gaming Podcast, we chose Mario's home genre, Platformers! Ar…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal celebrate the podcast's first anniversary! Somehow it's already been a full year since we launched the show, and this episode is actually live exactly 1 year after our first episode! We thought it would be fun to take a look back at the past year and talk about some of our favorite moments as well as look to the fut…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal talk about those characters you love to hate. The baddest of the bad - the princess snatching, hedgehog-chasing, world domination-craving villains that drive our protagonists forward. Video game villains come in many different varieties, from the pure evil, completely irredeemable type, to the guy that's actually a …

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal are back with the latest entry in our That One Game series, with the newest game to be featured in the series so far by quite a large margin - 2018's indie masterpiece Celeste. Recently celebrating its fifth anniversary, Celeste released to nearly unanimous critical acclaim, receiving praise for its difficult but fo…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal are heading back to the past and sharing their gaming origin stories! Everyone gets into gaming in different ways and for different reasons so we thought it would be fun to look back at what got us into our favorite hobby. --------------------------------- That One Gaming Podcast website https://thatonegamingpodcast…

This week Colin, Lucas, and Neal sit down and have a nice little chat about a topic that seems to cause a bit of contention in the gaming world - review scores. Love em' or hate em', they are, in theory, the most direct and easily understandable way to convey the quality of a game to the masses. But does a simple number really sum up a game's value…