Explore every episode of the podcast Gamers With Jobs - Conference Call

Amanda, Rich, and Aaron talk about when game sequels are better than the original.

Games: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Control: Resonant.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda and Aaron team up to chat about the evolution of their gaming personas.

Games: Onimusha, Valheim on Switch2, Esoteric Ebb, and Dressmaker.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich and Daryl are joined by special guest Richard Cobbett from Wadjet Eye Games to talk about the release of Nighthawks.

Games: Mortal Shell 2, Marvel's Wolverine, and Control: Resonant.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda is joined by GWJ alumni Chris O'Regan to discuss PAXWest 2026 and the state of the convention space.

Games: Woodo, Wanderberg, Dungeon Settlers, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Sigilfarer, Deadroot, Dungeon Lurker, Song of Maka, TileShire, Malice in Wonderland, The Jeff Paradox, D&D's Legends of Greyhawk.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Aaron, and Amanda get together to discuss a variety of games this week.

Games: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Valhiem 1.0, Final Fantasy Resonance Demo, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Halloween: The Game, and Zero Company.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda and Glendon connect to chat about the value of failure and success involved with gaming.

Games: Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault demo, Here Comes the Swarm, Fell & Sell.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Daryl, and Beto sit down to discuss the turn-based tactical experience of Star Wars: Zero Company and navigating excitement around the next big thing everyone's talking about.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links and Show Notes.

Rich sits down with indie dev James Wragg from Lovely Hellplace to discuss the development and early access of their game Entropy.

Video games: Entropy early access, Mortal Shell 2, Sovereign Tower, and Rogue Eclipse.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

This week Amanda and Rich discuss the recent EA acquisition and more.

Video games: Entropy Early Access, Big Walk, Everspace 2.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich & Amanda chat about their favorite character creators.

Video games: Leafy Corner, Dungeon Antiqua, Titanium Court, and Lunarium.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show notes.

Rich, Daryl, and Amanda gather to discuss Sony ending physical media.

Video games: Truxton Extreme, Corsair Cove, Lunarium, Kusan: City of Wolves.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & show notes.

Amanda and Rich hop in a huddle to discuss the crossover influences indie and AAA industries influence each other.

Video games: Grim Dawn 1.3 release, Crimson Capes, Offbeat demo, Tombwater.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Aaron, and Amanda chat about the dog days of summer playing back to back games.

Games: 007 First Light, Forbidden Solitaire, Tombwater, Creature Kitchen, Powerwash 2 DLC, Neofeud 2, Denshattack, The Isle Early Access, Veritas Tales, The Adventures of Elliot, and The Incident at Galley House.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda and Rich take refuge to weather the workday storm by chatting about games!

Games: Aether & Iron, The Isle (Early Access), the Steam Machine, House of the dying sun, and Magical Athlete.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda, Rich, and Andrew chat about Rabbitcon board games, the Steam Machine, and more.

Board Games: Nightshift, Hot Streak, Dogfight 1917, Sagrada, and Lord of the Rings: The King's Gambit.

Video Games: Starfox Demo, Forensics: Crime Scene Detective Demo, Calame demo, and FF7 Rebirth.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda, Daryl, and Beto are joined by Ben Chicka, Senior Lecturer of Philosophy and Religion, Curry College to talk about his curriculum and the subject of death in games.

Games: EA Sports FC26, UFC 6, Subnautica 2 Early Access, Dosa Divas, and Virtue and a Sledgehammer demo.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich and Amanda talk about demos from the Steam Next Fest, game-adjacent joy, listener questions, and more!

Games: Feed the Scorchpot demo, Valor Mortis demo, Bonehold demo, Canvas Attack! demo, Map Map demo, Jump Space, and Undernauts,

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich and Amanda are joined by returning guest Christopher Murray from NYC Gaymers to discuss the Tribeca Games Festival.

Games: Jump Space Early Access, Burglin' Gnomes, Entropy, Wuthering Waves, and Mina the Hollower.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda and Rich discuss initial impressions and games they're looking forward to from the Summer Games Fest.

Games: Outward 2 closed beta, Subnautica 2 Early Access, Usagi Shima, The Space Clicker, and Dragonlance: Fifth Age TTRPG.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Daryl, and Amanda are joined by indie developer Tyler Mire to talk about the creation of Quartet.

Games: Quartet, Beloved Rapture, 007 First Light, Pratfall, and Mina the Hollower.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

This week Rich and Amanda talk about current games before a further discussion on revisiting older games later in the show.

Games: Windrose early access, Zero Parades for Dead Spies, and Thick as Thieves.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda and Aaron sit down this week to chat about games they've been playing.

Games: Mixtape, Outbound, Invincible VS, Saros, Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!, Pragmata.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Amanda, and Sean discuss games they're playing before Amanda reads a segment on Moms Who Game.

Games: Space Clicker, The Dungeon Experience Demo, Elementallis, Resident Evil IX, and Quartet.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda, Rich, and Sean talk games they've been playing, and what gaming has inspired in them.

Games: Saros, Resident Evil: Requiem, Slay the Spire 2, and Quartet.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Rich, Aaron, and Amanda are joined by Hannah and Joseph of Hannah and Joseph Games to talk about life as indie developers, their work on Banquet For Fools, Serpent in the Staglands, and more.

Games: Pragmata, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, Mouse PI For Hire, Titanium Court, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

This week Rich & Amanda are joined by developer Charles Davis, along with actors Josie Corichi and Christina Perry, to discuss their game Obey the Insect God, what goes into making an indie game, the motion capture process, and more.

Games: Esoteric Ebb, Generation Exile, Obscura, and the Resident Evil series.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Rich & Daryl kick off the show with games chat before diving into the second half with a live recording from friends of the show Dr. Ben Chicka and Dr. Taylor Thomas at their recent PAX East Panel Rage Against the Machine Learning.

Games: Starfield, Dragonkin: The Banished, Minos, and Blades in the Dark (TTRPG).

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show notes.

Rich, Andrew, and Amanda chat about which games are love at first sight vs. a slow burn.

Games: Legends of the Round Table, Monster Tavern Early Access, Final Fantasy VII Remake + other games, Cast n' Chill, and the Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Rich and Amanda are joined by special guest and speed-runner Gaby (aka Blackheartwings) to talk about the world of speed running.

Games: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, Timberborn 1.0, Pale Coins, The Crush House, Archipelago Multi-World Randomizers.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich and Amanda return to rant about art, gaming, and critical thinking.

Games: The Legend of Khiimori, Slay the Spire 2, Banquet For Fools, Pokemon Pokopia.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich and Amanda rally for a quick chat about recent games and Switch 2.

Games: Pokemon Pokopia, Banquet For Fools, Thysiastery.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Aaron Amendola and David Mann aka WipEout are joined by friends of the show Sean Lenhart and Charlie Wein to discuss how their gaming tastes have changed over time.

Games: Pokemon Pokopia, DOOMs (TDA, 2016, Eternal), Avowed, Routine, Resident Evil 9: Requiem, Cairn.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show notes.

Aaron, Rich, David, McChuck, and Aaron Potter discuss how horror is making itself more accessible in 2026. They also cover Resident Evil 9: Requiem, Hunt the Night, Marathon, Caves of Qud's Switch release, High On Life 2, and Super Battle Golf.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Severance by Ling Ma
Itchy, Tasty

Amanda, Daryl, and Rich gather to talk about what they've been playing in this all-games episode.

Games: Love Eternal, Cairn, MENACE demo, Dispatch, Zero Parades for Dead Spies demo, Citizen Sleeper.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Daryl, and Aaron are joined by special guest Julian Rice of RICE games to talk about their game Shujinkou, cat about what they've been playing, and more!

Other Games: Mario Kart World, Resident Evils, Cairn, Chronicles of Vaeltaja, Forza Horizon 5, Dispatch, and Citizen Sleeper.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Daryl, and Amanda are joined by special guest and NYC Gaymers Board President Christopher Murray to talk about the NYC Gaymers organization.

Games: Fallout New Vegas, Cairn, Lost Eidolons, Nioh 3, Oblivion Remaster, Ardenfall.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Daryl, and Amanda gather to chat about their video game honorable mentions for 2025.

Games: Dogpile, Spellrogue, Slay the Spire, Tiny Rogues, Alchemy Factory, Neuroxus, and Memories In Orbit (MIO).

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich and Beto are joined by streamer, speedunner, and librarian gamer Gaby, aka blackheartwings, to talk books about games, and game-adjacent books.

Games: Desvelado, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Perfect Tides: Station to Station, Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, and Titanium Court Demo.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Aaron Amendola is joined by GWJ Alumni David Mann & voice actor Sean Lenhart to talk gaming frustrations.

Games: Animal Crossing, Act Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Escape From Tarkov 1.0, Lego Star Wars, Yakuza Zero: Director's Cut, and Spelunky.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Rich, Aaron, and Amanda gather for part 2 of the GWJ Game of the Year show to chat about their top 5 games of 2025.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Rich, Aaron, and Amanda gather for part 1 of a 2-part Game of the Year show to chat about their top 10 through 6 games of 2025.

Stay tuned for next week to hear the our 5-1 games!

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Rich and Amanda ring in the new year with games they're looking forward to in 2026.

Games You Can Play Now: Swordhaven: The Iron Conspiracy, Shantytown, and Blue Prince. 

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Rich and Amanda are joined by Remap co-founder and podcast host Rob Zacny to talk about Game of the Year lists and recency bias.

Games: Master of Command, Tavern Keeper early access, and Swordhaven: The Iron Conspiracy..

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Rich, Daryl, Andrew, and Amanda dive into Part 2 of Episode 1000 listener and host emails.

Games: Whispers of the House, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Ace Combat 7, Death Howl, Cyclopean: The Great Abyss, Octopath Traveler 2 .

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

1000! With such a notable milestone, we decided to pack it with as many hosts could fit in the room to chat about games, memories, and community. 

Aaron, Amanda, Andrew, Chris, Eleima, Julian, Rich, and Sean also read listener and host write-in submissions. Between the breaks, you'll also hear recorded submissions from some familiar voices.

Games: Blue Prince, Destiny 2, Baby Steps, Subnautica, and more.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes

Amanda, Daryl, and Rich gather to chat about games and the upcoming 1000th episode!

Games: Demonschool, Stellaris: Console Edition, Phantom Brigade, Pacific Drive, and Fountains.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links and Show Notes.

Amanda and Glendon sit down to chat about games: BALL X PIT, Winter Burrow, Arc Raiders, Power wash Simulator 2.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Aaron and Rich are joined by Oli Clarke Smith, Game Director & Co-founder at Kaizen Game Works to talk about Promise Mascot Agency, Paradise Killer, and the experience of creating their games.

Games: Raidou Remastered, Wartorn, Arc Raiders, Full Metal Schoolgirl, Rogue Flight, and Possessor(s).

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Amanda, Beto, and Rich sit down to chat about games and gaming sidebars.

Games: Dark Quest 4, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Arcs (boardgame), Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment (book).

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.

Aaron, Rich, and Amanda discuss an autopsy of the spooky season.

Games: The Seance of Blake Manor, Easy Delivery Co., Absolum, and a Switch 2 check-in.

To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind.

Links & Show Notes.