In our latest episode, Kahlief takes you through the best games he saw during Gamescom 2024 and shares some thoughts on games he's been playing like Black Myth Wukong and Star Wars Outlaws.

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In our latest episode we talk about content creator Adin Ross's attempt to curry favor with the Trump campaign and how it fails miserably. We also have a banger of an interview with Neil Jones to talk about his latest game "We Never Yield"

We discuss the closing of Game Informer, share our time with Riot's new fighting game 2XKO and we share loving thoughts for the team from "What's Good Games" that announced that they are ending their podcast.

Welcome to our Hellblade 2 gameplay! In this video, we dive into the stunning visuals, immersive storyline, and innovative gameplay mechanics that make Hellblade 2 a true masterpiece in modern gaming. Join us as we explore the captivating world of Senua's saga, breaking down the graphics, sound design, and narrative elements that set this game apart. Whether you're a fan of the first Hellblade or new to the series, this review covers everything you need to know about Hellblade 2.

In this week's episode, we bring on BuyWhyTho's Founder and Editor-In-Chief Kate Sanchez about the Activision/Blizzard tool we discussed in the previous episode. Why data collection around DEI is so hard and why the internet can sometimes stifle progress by shouting too loudly. In the 411, I talk about Bungie standing up for the Black community and standing up to white supremacy on the heels of the horrific terror attack in Buffalo. Go check out more of Kate's work at https://butwhythopodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a huge show this week! In the 411, we talk through the Bethesda Starfield and Redfall delay and tell you why it matters. Activision/Blizzard shared info about a new tool to help diversity and we tell you how it falls short. In What We've Been Playing, I talk about Trek to Yomi and the new Evil Dead game and we bring back the Cookout to talk about how Kendrick Lamar's new classic is digging into conversations around therapy in great ways. Oh, and Brookago will now show up in MotherGunShip Forge with our biscuit gun cap!! We're so hyped!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about the DRM issues around the Xbox Outage from this weekend. Is Lizzo coming to stream to Twitch? We talk about those topics and share thoughts around Trek To Yomi and the new Evil Dead Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I come to you from the crisp mountain air of Lake Tahoe while on my 10 yr anniversary to talk about how the industry needs to be better to our own. Why I'm excited for the Xbox/Bethesda showcase and I'm sad about not playing Overwatch 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with Panic's Co-Founder Cabel Sasser to talk about the development of their new handheld called the Playdate. We talk about how the device came to be, how important opening up development to everyone is, and how this device is going against the grain in the gaming space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We review Panic's Playdate and tell you why it is the coolest handheld console you'll ever own.. I share thoughts on how awesome the hardware and games are. Why the system is a great gateway into development and why this is a fun device for streamers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about Activision/Blizzard raising the pay rate for some of their QA workers. I talk about the future of the Unreal Engine after the State of Unreal presentation. Riot games ban a super popular content creator after their misogynist rant and I share a couple of ideas about how Spawn On Me might be changing in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's show, we feature McDonald's "Future 22 honoree Marcyssa "Horizem "Brown to talk about the Future 22 campaign that highlights twenty-two dynamic Black leaders of the future with passion, talent, and desire to create real change in their communities. As a part of this special episode during Women's History Month, we want to celebrate the amazing work she is doing in the space. In connection with key cultural moments, the stories of additional Future 22 honorees will be introduced through June on Instagram @wearegolden and McDonald’s YouTube channel, underscoring that Black History deserves to be celebrated beyond February. McDonald’s will release original social content to tell the Future 22 stories, feeding and fostering these young leaders’ drive by amplifying their voices through a national television commercial and on McDonald’s social channels, with a special highlight each month on Facebook Watch.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with talk with Xbox Content Program Manager and Social Lead Albert Dankwa about his inspiring industry story. He shared gems on how to showcase your skills for the job you want and why the right place, right time can be what drives your goals. I shared my excitement for the new Ghostbusters game and we gave our review of Tiny Tina's Wonderland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, we talk about the fantastic ID@XBOX showcase, give our impressions of Ghostwire Tokyo and dig into the conversations around the Harry Potter universe game Hogwarts Legacy and talk about all the controversy surrounding the IP, and what side of history you are on if you cover it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we dive deep into the recent news of Xbox studio closures and what it signifies for the gaming industry. We'll explore the immediate effects on jobs, game development, and how these closures could reshape the landscape of gaming. We also chat about the missing piece of the story around the Helldivers community rallying around a fired community manager.

This week we're joined by XSET's own iDOM to talk about his career in the fighting game community. What he's excited for when it comes to EVO and which region has the best smack talk. I also share some thoughts about Sony's latest State of Play! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had the pleasure of hanging out and talking with the entire team from Iron Galaxy while at Dice this year to talk about their company expansion. How they are looking at Diversity and Inclusion and of course their killer new game coming soon called Rumbleverse!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Co-Founder of the Fan Controlled Football League. Pat Dees joins us to talk about their new expansion into season two. We dig into his time with Horizon Forbidden West and we share the wild news that Kahlief will be hosting their new show on NBC!! In What We've Been Playing, I share thoughts and mini-review of Gran Turismo 7 as well!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we bring in the big guns from the UK with superstar creator Mr. Midas coming to Brookago. We also share our spoiler-free Horizon: Forbidden West review and share lots of thoughts on why some of the previous game's criticism might have crept into our feelings about the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've finally finished Horizon: Forbidden West and we have LOTS of thoughts to share. #HorizonForbiddenWestReview Is it the best game on PS5? Does it push the franchise further? Can we see Aloy's beard hair? All those questions and more get answered in our spoiler-free review! Huge thank you to Sony for supporting our show. #ProvidedByPlayStation #ad Want to support Brookago? Use our Epic Creator Code - SPAWNONME in the Epic Game Store #EpicPartner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special episode of Spawn On Me, we chat with Roll 7's Chief Creative Officer, John Ribbins about how the Olli Olli franchise has grown, what it means to make challenging games more welcoming for players, and why dope music continues to drive the game forward. Go follow John here Go follow Olli Olli World here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we bring on the amazing Tatiana King and DJ Benhameen of the For All Nerds Podcast to talk about their content creation journey. We also share thoughts on Atomic Heart's launch trailer and the Wolf Among Us 2 finally being real. Go follow and listen to For All Nerds!! Follow Tatiana and Ben on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have lots of news to share, The Spawnies was a tremendous hit, we're now Epic Partners and have a new video series we're making and Kahlief is now UNEMPLOYED! We also talked about Sony buying Bungie, Gran Turismo 7 details and share thoughts about our time with Olli Olli World and Dying Light 2 Wanna watch the Spawnies replay? Click this link Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GLOBAL HEAD OF GAMING PARTNERSHIPS, RISHI CHADHA joins us this week to talk about how Twitter is connecting with gamers. I share thoughts on the Xbox Activision/Blizzard acquisition. The Game Developers Conference shared some fantastic data from developers about what they are seeing and I share impressions on Olli Olli World and Rainbow Six Extraction. Oh! We just had our 9 year anniversary too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Will Powers, The Americas PR Lead for Razer to talk all about some of the gear they showed at CES this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk to Convai CEO, Purnendu Mukherjee about the amazing technology they are building to make our interactions with NPC's more robust and human-like. We also dig into how Helldivers 2 is getting review-bombed due to Sony's new PC linking practice.

This week we rock with actor and VO artist Jason E. Kelley to talk about his fantastic performance as Colt from Deathloop. We share thoughts about God Of War on PC, give G4 host Froskurinn her flowers for kicking sexism in the nuts and we share the launch date for THE SPAWNIES!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our first episode of 2022, we dig into some CES announcements that will touch the gaming space. Sony debuts information about their new VR headset, Nvidia shows off their new GPU the RTX 3090Ti and we talk about how the Dead By Daylight made the public decision to stand up for their Black players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our last episode of 2021, I wanted to share lots of thoughts tonight about being thankful for all the people who have made this phenomenal year possible & some things I want to see from the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dig into the Twitch's ban of Hasan Piker for his use of the term "Cracker". Forspoken giving folks weird vibes about their Black protagonist and I share thoughts about our time at the Game Awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about going to the Game Awards this week, my love of Arcane and Battlefield is getting better after some much-needed patches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're talking about our time with the Halo multiplayer, why Battlefield is in trouble, and why the heads of Xbox and Playstation talking about Activision's woes is a good thing. We also have a very cool surprise game that we've been playing that you'll definitely want to check out the Spawn On Me youtube channel to check out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dig into how controversial Twitch streamer Amouranth is making some smart money moves. We learn that the Steam Deck is getting delayed and we hear about how devs are looking to fight back against NFT's SPAWN ON ME is now sponsored by MANSCAPED!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code SPAWNONME at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about the Twitch money laundering ring, Marvel Midnight Suns getting delayed and Netflix getting into the games. I also talk about wanting to get more into Inscryption and Darkest Dungeon 2 SPAWN ON ME is now sponsored by MANSCAPED!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code SPAWNONME at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about another poor showing from Sony when it comes to their State Of Play mini-conferences. Why Xbox has me excited for Halo Infinite's campaign and why Guardian's of The Galaxy is such a surprise hit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a very slow news week upon us, we did into our "WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING BAG" to talk about TurtleRock Studio's Back4Blood and Forza Horizon 5 impressions. Snag our favorite gaming headset and support Brookago. Check out the LogitechG G435! - g.logi.link/SPAWNONME Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I share thoughts on the fantastic Fallout TV series (no spoilers). Gamers are now mad about Capcom localizing their games and we end the show chatting about my time working with Lifecamp this past week in NY and how they are saving lives with their projects.

This week we chat with PDP's Navin Kumar and Ali Homayounfar about their fantastic new Victrix pro controller and headset. We dig into how latency is a major pain point in gaming and how their new products are looking to address this. In the 411, I share thoughts on the Twitch hack and the Battlefield 2042 open beta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chatted with one of our favorite industry folks in CEO of Practice Server, Javier "MonsterDFace" Collazo. This former Bronx native talked about going from being one of the top Fortnite casters in the world to running his own wildly successful prodction business. We talked about content creators not knowing their worth, how and when to pivot, and why it is important to learn how to read the room to seal the deal. You can follow his work at https://www.prac.gg/ and https://twitter.com/MonsterDface Want a pair of our favorite gaming headsets? Click here to snag a pair of G435's from LogitechG Our huge Kit.co contest is live for only one more week! Build your gaming dream gear list and upload it to Kit.co for your chance to win a TCL 65" 4K TV and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this exclusive interview, we talk to Deathloop's Game Director Dinga Bakaba about how the team designed the intricate systems that make Deathloop a game of the year contender. We talked about what Arkane called "The Epiphany Moment", rewarding smart play, and how guiding the player was important. We also discussed how Arkane Lyon avoided tropes when designing the Visionaries in the game and why connecting their motivations to the world was important. We also talk about how Colt and Juliana came to be and why having two Black characters as the face of the game is having so much impact on those communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss TwitchCon making a return after an almost 2-year hiatus. Twitch making deals with the national publishers association and if that is good for streamers. We give our Kena:Bridge of Spirits review and we talk about the mega contest that we're putting on with Kit.co where you can win redonkulous prizes including a 65" TV from TCL For more details on the contest and info on how you can enter go here - https://kit.co/blog/the-spawn-on-me-gear-for-gamers-kit-contest?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=758 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, we bring on Brookago resident and newest Kotaku staff writer Isaiah D. Colbert on the show to talk about his new journey into the gaming industry. How he's hoping to add to the Kotaku site and we also talk about some good ol' fashioned PROFESSIONAL WRASSLIN! Go follow Isaiah here - https://twitter.com/EyeZehUhh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about the future of Spawn On Me on Twitch, all the goodness from the most recent PlayStation showcase, and we end the show with our review of The Artful Escape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a very special episode this week where we give up the sound boards to one of my favorite new writers in the gaming industry in Isaiah D. Colbert who has a FANTASTIC interview with friend of the show and an amazing music artist. 2 Mellow! They dig into a dope conversation around his new album "Sounds of Tokyo-To Future!! Give Mellow a follow and go cop the album here! Go follow Isaiah as well!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A SUPER full show this week with all the news of the week, what games we're excited for, and some we've played. I dig into some thoughts about Fortnite's MLK content and if it hits the mark. I tell you that Psychonauts 2 is my GOTY and why streamers like Asmongold don't get an invite to the cookout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about the debut of Call of Duty Vanguard, Why Boyfriend Dungeon made me feel old and I share my review of Annapurna's game 12 Minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After an increase of harassment on Twitch, streamer and activist Rek It Raven started an online campaign to spotlight the issues these creators are having on the platform. We talk to them about the future of streaming while Black and if Black creators should boycott the biggest streaming site on the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Senior Editor, Alyssa Mercante about the rise and fall of Gamergate 2.0. How a consistent harassment campaign against women has now morphed into one centered around "anti-wokeness"

We celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Games And Online Harassment Hotline with guest Director Jae Lin! We talk about resources, dealing with current events as a crisis hotline and what does actual empathetic accountability look like. Go to https://gameshotline.org/ for more info!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We celebrate a major milestone in our 400th episode and bring on Patricia Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief of Kotaku to talk about her new gig. The current state of gaming journalism and how she is looking to put her stamp on one of the world's biggest sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dig into all the awful happenings around the Activision/Blizzard lawsuit. I share thoughts about my favorite things from EA Play and finish up the episode with a mini-review of Aliens Fireteam Elite + Death's Door Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices