Hosted by podcasting vet, Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger and Beau Schwartz. Weekly, on the frogpants network. Video games and the issues around them every week!
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CORE 514: Crimson Desserts
lundi 23 mars 2026 • Durée 02:17:56
Crimson Desert launched today, reviews are mixed as expected, amazing open world, minimal story, no traditional leveling, open-world jank. John is at Disneyland! DLSS 5 announced by Nvidia, AI-yassifies characters without permission from devs like Capcom. Listener indie game Garden and a Goat announced, wishlistable on Steam. WoW Midnight discussion, level boosts are hard without knowing your class…but maybe no more? Pinball FX Williams Collection recommended, Pinball Map app finds nearby machines. Evoker alt class tried and abandoned. And loads more!
GAMES WE PLAYED
SCOTT
World of Warcraft: Midnight - I have alt-itus in a big way, when I should be working on my ilvl. Also the Prey System is awesome I think.
Dice with Death - Rad little dice-based roguelike that has a pretty good hold on me. I love dice games.
Collector’s Cove - cozy farm and builder sim that is unique in a load of ways.
JON
Jon is OUT! Probably somehow playing RE9 again from his hotel room for all we know.
REMINDER check out his commentary playthrough on Patreon and Substack, with the first hour out for everyone.
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CORE 507: Highguard is Midguard
lundi 2 février 2026 • Durée 02:46:08
So, now that Highguard is out, what the hell is it? We have takes. Also, the games of Feb, new Mario trailers, Dispatch censorship worries, Hasbro up to no good, Bobby with a Mini Instance chat about the Midnight pre-patch and upcoming launch in WoW, all the games we played and more!
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CORE 506: CORE Veronica
lundi 26 janvier 2026 • Durée 03:06:00
Let’s talk about the Xbox showcase today, as well as the dust up over CDProjekt Red and VR mods. Plus RE getting yet another remake, Highguard getting a freebie, Marathon maybe doing ok afterall, and Nintendo getting you guy another weird toy.
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CORE 505: Episode, Not Studio
lundi 19 janvier 2026 • Durée 02:41:29
Where the heck is Highguard? Also, Kratos has been cast, RE:R got showcased today, Tomb Raider series gives us a look at Sophie Turner in the role, Ubisoft doing more Ubisoft things, we have an end date for New World, the end of Anthem this week, and more.
We played Cozy Caravan, Marble’s Marbles, Find my Buddy, OddCore, Trails in The Sky 1st Chap, FF VII remake, Yakuza Kiwami 2, FFI and IV, and a little Yakuza Pirates. Plus your emails and more!
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CORE Special: Warren Davis & The Creation of Q*Bert
vendredi 16 janvier 2026 • Durée 55:38
Scott sits down with Warren Davis for a deep look at the creation of one of the great arcade games of all time, Q*Bert, as well as his direct impact on everything from the Joust seires to Mortal Kombat to Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Check out his book: ‘Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games’! Some amazing insight in this episode with Warren, and we hope enjoy it!
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CORE 504: Gateway Timeout
lundi 12 janvier 2026 • Durée 02:50:56
January Releases: Let’s mostly focus on Animal Crossing and FFVII Remake for Switch 2, plus Code Vein 2 and Highguard. (yeah, we kinda forgot about Highguard too.)
StarCraft Shooter coming to Blizzcon? It might be Blizzard’s third attempt at a SC shooter, reportedly an open-world project led by Dan Hay (Far Cry fame).
Other stuff: Awesome Games Done Quick, a Starfield Star Wars conversion, and FF Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles hitting 1 million players.
We discuss games we played this week, including PlippUp, Fallout 4/New Vegas, Trails in the Sky, The Séance of Blake Manor, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Voidigo and beating Powerwash Simulator 2.
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CORE 503: The 2025 OsCOREs
lundi 5 janvier 2026 • Durée 04:21:34
It’s time for our anual personal and group awards for the games of the last year, and a few that are not. :) Join Scott Beau and Jon as they look back and forward and somehow up and down as well. Oh and this is the first time this gets called The osCORES. Big thx to Taz for the post art! Jump in!
Group Category #1 - ‘Games We Wish We Played More Award’ in 2025
Scott:
5. Two Point Museum (the DLC mostly)
4. Moonlighter 2
3. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
2. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1. Expedition 33
Jon:
5. Absolum
4. The Alters
3. Split Fiction
2. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Beau:
5. Hollow Knight: Silksong
4. Sunderfolk
3. ARC Raiders
2. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
1. Pirate Yakuza
Scott’s Game of the Year Award Categories!
The Games that Hype Kinda Wrecked for my interest level for now
3. Oblivon Remake
2. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
1. Expedition 33
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CORE 502: O’ Holy CORE!
lundi 29 décembre 2025 • Durée 02:34:14
Diablo IV: Both Scott and Beau are back in for Season 11. Scott’s “Hot Take” is that the game is officially “very good now”, and he does not care who knows it. (Paladin to 46); Beau claims it’s the best season of “Diablo 3” yet. (lol)
Scott: Revisiting Overload (on sale), playing Escape Room Simulator 2, and starting Banquet for Fools.
Jon: Reached the new area in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and is impressed by the visuals.
Beau: Mostly Jump Space outside of D4 play.
And a CRAP ton of your emails and texts for our last episode of 2025!
POSSIBLE SPOILER POINTS 00:44:19.73 - 00:52:06.9701:31:31.21 - 01:31:36.77
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CORE 501: Clarity
lundi 22 décembre 2025 • Durée 02:56:55
Get your ‘500+ Episodes’ mugs at Frogpants.shop now before its too late!. We recapped The Game Awards: Jon loved Resident Evil Requiem, Scott is into Total War Warhammer 40k, and Beau liked Gang of Dragon. We mostly bounced off Highguard.
News: Steam Winter Sale is live. Fallout Season 2 has started. We discussed Netflix buying WB (details at core.show). Supervive is shutting down after 7 months.
Played: Scott is on Path of Exile 2 and Mutant Football League 2. Jon is trying demos like Pragmata and back in FFXIV. Beau is on Witcher 3 and other sick-friendly games this week.
Ozzfudd notes Scott can finish Far Cry 4 and 5 in minutes via secret endings. Just another Nick suggests Super Fantasy Kingdom. Email us at SHOW@CORE.SHOW!
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