DAC Cast
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe official podcast of Detroit Arcade Club. Weekly videogame-themed hangout in Detroit. Monthly videogame-themed podcast in The Internets.
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Episodes
DAC Cast Episode 32 - I'm Normus Reedus - Our 2019 Year In Review
December 23, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBThe Yule Lads convene to bid 2019 adieu and reflect on this year's trends, as well as their individual insights about their own game-related habits. What did they like about 2019? What made them want to hurl? What will the future bring us in 2020? But most importantly, who is Normus Reedus?! Don't forget to follow Brunch Movies and keep your ears peeled for Chris' appearance on their show this week! https://twitter.com/BrunchMovies Theme song by SNESEI: https://snesei.bandcamp.com All mus...
DAC Cast Episode 31 - Fire Emblem: In This House, We Ship Ferdinand and Hubert
October 02, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBOriginally recorded on September 9th, 2019 The boys S Rank each other into oblivion, bonding over their shared experiences in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Hubert makes (multiple) appearances. The boys talk about September's Nintendo E3 presentation. Spoilers occur -- but we'll give you fair warning. Stick around after the spoiler timestamp for all the goofs! Theme song by SNESEI: https://snesei.bandcamp.com All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 30 - Voyage to the Galloping Ghost
July 17, 2019 07:00 - 2 hours - 99.3 MBIn the summer of 2019, four friends set out on an expedition they'd never forget -- a journey of laughter, friendship, love, and growing up. This is the voyage of the Detroit Arcade Club. Their continuing mission: to explore strange arcades, to seek out old games and rekindle old friendships... to boldly crave where no man has craved before. Join Logan, Greg, and Chris as they venture westward to reunite with both Dodontommy and the elusive Shartbites, becoming a force so powerful that they...
DAC Cast Episode 29 - You're Breathtaking
June 21, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBOriginally recorded on June 17th, 2019 Believe it or not, the boys made it back to Michigan after their exciting excursion to the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, IL -- just in time to celebrate E3 and get together to talk about it. But where's the Galloping Ghost episode, you ask? It's baking in the oven, you ravenous monster! Until it's ready, please enjoy this E3 2019 amuse-bouche. Theme song by SNESEI: https://snesei.bandcamp.com All music, snippets, and samples are properties of...
DAC Cast Episode 28 - I May Be Accessible, But I'm Not Difficult, wsg Andy from Brunch Movies
May 03, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBOriginally recorded on April 23rd, 2019 Our friend Andy from Brunch Movies visits us from all the way across the globe to talk about difficult games, specifically Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Topics of discussion include: Brunch Movies, drive-by-fruitings, trying to buy porn from your friend's mom in high school, ninjas, poor midwestern pronunciations of Japanese words, boss cheese, shmups, boss milk, baby games, that goddamned part in TMNT for NES where you have to disarm bombs underwater, ...
DAC Cast Episode 27 - Everyone Is Here
March 19, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBOriginally recorded in February of 2019 The DAC Cast crew talks about the one and only thing that's been on their minds, in their hearts, and in their Nintendo Switch cartridge slots since the beginning of the year -- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Delve into their personal histories with the series, their thoughts on this entry, their favorite characters... but most importantly, their wild speculation about upcoming fighters, from the plausible to the laughable. Stick around until the end for...
DAC Cast Episode 26 - The Yule Lads Say Farewell to 2018
January 16, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBOriginally recorded on December 16th, 2018 It's a new year! Have you all settled in yet? Good. It's time to reflect on all the good and bad that 2018 brought us -- gaming-wise, of course. Yes, those three nasty boys you love so much got together to continue their year-end (and year-beginning) tradition of discussing the last 12 months of videogaming habits, favorite moments, and resolutions for 2019. Oh, and of course, they crown a deserving champion for the #NoShameNovember hashtag contest...
DAC Cast Episode 25 - Gorging on Games
November 22, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBOriginally recorded on November 18th, 2018 Content Warning: This one might get dark! The DAC Podcast Crew may have solved Thanksgiving Dinner amongst their various families, but have they truly purged themselves of the shame that comes from gorging on games? The holiday season is a time of personal self-reflection and healing as we approach the new year, so join Logan, Greg, and Chris as they air out their digital dirty laundry, excavate cybernetic skeletons from their computerized closets...
DAC Cast Episode 24 - Dark Souls Spooktacular, wsg DodonTommy
October 31, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBOriginally recorded on October 24th, 2018 Yes, indeed... The ailing winds of October begin to fade as ash sweeps across the land, yet the DAC Cast remains as a single, smoldering ember in the wake of merciless pestilence. That is to say, on this our Eve of Hallows, three chosen undead shall venture forth beyond their former asylum to face the indifferent world of Dark Souls in jolly cooperation. Who knows what strange travelers... or perhaps invaders... they may meet upon this fool's journe...
DAC Cast Episode 23 - Remastered For Your Pleasure
October 21, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 37 MBOriginally recorded on May 27th, 2018 This episode is a remaster of one we recorded back in May. Or maybe it's a remake? I don't really understand the difference between the two, honestly. Either way, this one comes in a commemorative steel case with 24-page color art book and a cloth map that you'll look at once, consider framing, and then never move forward with out of laziness or fear of your non-game-playing partner feeling ashamed for you and possibly leaving you forever. Theme song ...
DAC Cast Episode 22 - The Thinking Man's Fightin' Juice (Belated E3 2018 Extravaganza)
August 16, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBOriginally recorded after E3, 2018 Chris played too much Fortnite and it took him way too long to put this episode out -- but here it is! We talk about all kinds of cool stuff, like Sekiro and Corn Whiskey. Todd Howard would be proud. New episodes coming soon! ;* Theme song by SNESEI: https://snesei.bandcamp.com All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 21 - Bathing in the New Blood, wsg Scott Gurney
May 07, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBOriginally recorded on May 2, 2018 The DAC podcast crew is joined by a very special guest, Scott Gurney (aka 500_pts), multiplayer developer for New Blood Interactive, to talk about his work on the very-excellent DUSK, slumming it with 50 cent trash games on Steam, and the triumphant return of the old-school first person shooter. The boys chat a bit about what they've been playing lately, their personal histories with the FPS genre, and their deepest, darkest John Carmack fantasies. No, for...
DAC Cast Episode 20 - I'm the Bad Ending
April 20, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBOriginally recorded One Million Years Ago™ Hot-diggity-shit, it's episode 20 on 4/20 (aka The Weed Day)! The DAC Podcast boys shake off the rust after some time away from the recording studio and weave in and out of discussions about Adam Koebel's thoughts on narrative branching and "true endings" in videogames, while simultaneously counting down Game Informer's top 300 games of all time and examining eloquently enunciated GameStop.com user reviews for new (and classic) games. It's a non-li...
DAC Cast Episode 19 - An Oddly Sensible Year in Review
January 24, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBOriginally recorded on January 5th, 2018 Happy New Year, everyone! In January's episode, Logan, Greg, and Chris wrap up their final thoughts on 2017's games with a bit of a twist on the old-fashioned method of listing top picks, and yet they still come to an oddly sensible consensus. Talking points include: favorite trends of 2017, what we learned about our personal gaming habits, our single favorite moments from a game last year, and also getting murdered by a guy I never saw while doing s...
DAC Cast Episode 18 - 2017's Lost Space Odyssey, or, Games We Liked That End in "Y"
January 14, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBOriginally recorded on November 22nd, 2017 Last November's episode got temporarily whisked away by a wormhole of nonsense, but it's finally now available for your listening enjoyment. Enjoy some GALF with Logan, some game about jumping with Chris, and a Robot Fashion Simulator with Greg. Hear about some events that already happened. And please do look forward to January's episode before the month is up. Happy 2018, glad to finally be here! Theme song by SNESEI: https://snesei.bandcamp....
DAC Cast Episode 17 - What You Crave
October 25, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBOriginally recorded on October 22nd, 2017 Logan did a bad thing for a good reason, Greg got a new toy and has new mans to command, and Chris can't stop thinking about a Crave Crate of 100 little pillows of steamed goodness. Get your Limited Edition DAC x Offworld NEO GEO shirts here before October 31st:http://detroitarcadeclub.storenvy.com/ Get ready to support DAC in this year's Extra Life 24 hour streaming marathon here:bit.ly/dac-extralife Theme song by SNESEI: https://snesei.bandcamp...
DAC Cast Episode 16 - Everybody Is Golf
October 17, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBOriginally recorded on September 26th, 2017 Tell me -- when was the first moment you realized -- you were golf? The DAC Podcast Crew tees off another episode with discussions centered around their favorite video sports games, as well as how to cope with one's newfound circumstance as a virtual golf monster. Talking points include: eBay woes, tasteless usernames, becoming golf, being golf, Sega's Ice Canes, Famicom Diamond Bags, Hoop Balls (with punching), Neo Geo Flying Wheels, and many o...
DAC Cast Episode 15 - A Good Logan Lunch is Also a Good Logan Breakfast
August 19, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBOriginally recorded on July 15th, 2017 From Summer Swap and KO Studio Gallery, to PUBG and Arms, those DAC Cast boys just can't stop talkin' 'bout dat vidya. Other topics include DEAD CELLS, NEX MACHINA, MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST, SUPER RUSSIAN ROULETTE, GROW HOME, and the BOTW MASTER TRIALS DLC. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 14 - BeliE3ve it or Not: The 2017 E3 E3xtravaganza
June 17, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBOriginally recorded on June 14th, 2017 E3 is just now beginning to wrap up, and the boys met mid-week to talk about all the cool commercial messages they watched and all the digital products they intend to buy in the coming weeks, months, and years, to soothe the pain of knowing that impending doom and death are just around the corner. Seriously though, E3 was alright, and there are some good games on the horizon. Check a look! #NintendoWon All music, snippets, and samples are properties of...
DAC Cast Episode 13 - Let's NOT Talk About Sonic Anymore
June 08, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBOriginally recorded on May 7th, 2017 The boys get weird with too much Sonic talk, but eventually bring things back to reality with discussions about TumbleSeed, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Diablo III, Dawn of War III, Isaac, BOTW, and of course, NieR: Automata. No Androids were harmed in the making of this episode -- at least not physically. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 12 - OFFWORLD Wsg Don Behm
April 10, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBOriginally recorded on March 25th, 2017 The DAC Cast gang hang out with Don Behm, creator and owner of OFFWORLD, Detroit's premier pop-up arcade and wonderworld of electronic amusements. Learn about the history of OFFWORLD, what sets it apart from other arcades, and also their personal, favorite arcade memories. http://offworldarcade.com/ https://www.facebook.com/offworldarcade/ https://www.instagram.com/offworldarcade/ All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective c...
DAC Cast Episode 11 - Open Air Podcast
March 24, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBOriginally recorded on March 5th, 2017 Logan has a Switch and loves it. His daughter keeps murdering him in Snipperclips, though. Greg's buddy is smurfing Overwatch. Also, Breath of the Wild is in the wild, and it's phenomenal. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 10 - Switching Topics
February 12, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBOriginally recorded on January 18th, 2017 Logan, Greg, and Chris have finally entered the new year with new games to talk about, and what's that on the horizon? New Nintendo hardware!? Oh me, oh my. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders. Editor's note -- this episode would have been released sooner if Chris and Logan hadn't spent just about every other night trash-talking other people's children in Rocket League with that dirtboy Tommy. Ex...
DAC Cast Episode 9 - Games of Our Year, 2016 Edition
December 31, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 35.9 MBOriginally recorded on December 16th, 2016 Logan, Greg, and Chris share their picks for favorite games released in 2016, and survive a small, yet potentially catastrophic spacetime anomaly. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 8 - Inside the Final Guardian, or, Games With Boys
December 12, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBOriginally recorded on December 7th, 2016 Storytelling through environmental details and animation nuance, building relationships with gigantic, mythical animals, and taking long drives with your handsome anime boys -- this episode digs deep into three seemingly-different, yet bizarrely-related games. Does this mean Logan likes anime now?!? All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 7 - November Was a Long Month
December 07, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBOriginally recorded on November 11th, 2016 November was a long month. So long that the DAC boys had to temporarily hibernate to recover -- but they're back with an all-new episode featuring Civilization VI, Dark Souls 3 DLC chat, PC adventure gaming memories, and an Extra Life 2016 recap. Tear down walls, and fight the power. DAC Extra Life Donation Link: http://bit.ly/DAC-ExtraLife All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 6 - Mildly Spooky
October 31, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBOriginally recorded on October 18th, 2016 This Halloween Spooktacular is only mildly spooky, but that won't stop the DAC boys from discussing their favorite scary games, the horrors of virtual reality, and how much they Love2Craft. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 5 - Three Good Recording Boys (Are Not What They Seem)
October 08, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBOriginally recorded on October 4th, 2016 Logan, Greg, and Chris prepare for the upcoming one-year-anniversary of Detroit Arcade Club's Twitch programming, discuss their most recent favs, and talk about Twin Peaks' influence on noir adventure and horror games. It's October, ladies and gentlemen -- let's start getting spoopy. Games discussed include Pac-Man CE2, Pac-Man 256, Dragon Quest VII, Undertale, and Virginia. GIFA: - http://i.imgur.com/3TD72go.gif - https://media.giphy.com/media/pD5...
DAC Cast Episode 4 - Stranger Things Have Made Me Twitch - Now With More Anime
September 15, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBOriginally recorded on September 7th, 2016 Logan struggles to survive in the wake of an attempted assimilation by an insect invader, while Greg and Chris team up to test his Anime awareness. Also, learn about DAC Season 2 on Twitch.tv. Games discussed include Videoball, Momodora 3, Super Hot, and more. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 3 - Interstellar Hyper Drift Of The Ancients
August 28, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBOriginally recorded on August 17th, 2016 The DAC Cast crew explores the infinite possibilities and controversies surrounding No Man's Sky, as well as the retro-goodness found within the bright light of Hyper Light Drifter -- and finally, Greg educates Chris and Logan on what it takes to be a real eSports champion. All music, snippets, and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 2 - These Are Our Jams - Chips And Blips Wsg SNESEI
August 08, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBOriginally recorded on July 17th, 2016 The DAC Cast crew discusses their favorite old school and modern videogame music, with special guest SNESEI, Detroit-based chiptune and electronic musician. SNESEI https://snesei.bandcamp.com twitter.com/snesei facebook.com/snesei instagram.com/snesei SNESEI Recommends: Infodrive: soundcloud.com/infodrive/tracks Walk in Circles: soundcloud.com/walk-in-circles/tracks Chibi-Tech: https://chibitech.bandcamp.com Trey Frey: https://treyfrey.bandcamp.com ...
DAC Cast Episode 1.5 - The Legend Of E3 (Part 2)
June 27, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBOriginally recorded on June 19th, 2016 Part 2 of 2. After getting everything else out of the way in Part 1, the DACast Team narrows in on what they've really been aching to talk about. -- Intro / outro themes by SNESEI: snesei.bandcamp.com All other snippets and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 1 - The Legend Of E3 (Part 1)
June 27, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBOriginally recorded on June 19th, 2016 Part 1 of 2. The DACast team regroups to discuss the highs, lows, and favorite moments of this year's E3. -- Intro / outro themes by SNESEI: snesei.bandcamp.com All other snippets and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.
DAC Cast Episode 0 - Prototype (K)nights Of E3 Hype
June 27, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 33 MBOriginally recorded on May 27th, 2016 Logan, Greg, and Chris talk about what they've been playing, as well as what they hope to see at E3 2016 in the pilot episode of Detroit Arcade Club's official podcast. -- Intro / outro themes by SNESEI: snesei.bandcamp.com All other snippets and samples are properties of their respective copyright holders.