Married with Video Games Podcast
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago -Come along as Matthew and Christina talk about video games, nerd culture, anime, Simpsons quotes, and all things in-between.
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Episodes
Episode 75 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth First Impressions & Stellar Blade Demo
April 03, 2024 08:42 - 22 minutes - 24.6 MBMatthew is slowly making his way through Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and we give our impressions on the first half of the game. And then pivot to how much we both loved the Stellar Blade demo!
Episode 74 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
March 11, 2024 08:46 - 31 minutes - 33.6 MBMatthew played through Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. We did it! We beat the two games we wanted to before Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth! This is a great follow-up to the first game and a fun return to the Star Wars universe.
Episode 73 - Nobody Saves the World
February 27, 2024 08:33 - 25 minutes - 27.7 MBChristina played through Nobody Saves the World as Matthew waits for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. It's a creative action RPG that has a ton of potential that we only realized while recording this podcast.
Episode 72 - God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC
January 30, 2024 09:23 - 18 minutes - 20.5 MBMatthew downloaded the God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC and played through it over the course of three evenings. For being a free DLC from a AAA studio, this sure added a ton of lore and gave a well-crafted epilogue to the 2023 game.
Episode 71 - Quantum Break
January 17, 2024 09:28 - 27 minutes - 30.7 MBMatthew and Christina are still deep in the Remedy-verse, visiting 2016's Quantum Break. Time travel hijinks! Iceman! Characters who show up in Control and Alan Wake II but not really for copyright reasons! Emails!
Episode 70 - Max Payne
January 02, 2024 10:35 - 29 minutes - 33.6 MBWelcome to the first podcast of 2024! Matthew and Christina are still on their Remedy kick, throwing it back to the 2001 Max Payne. We have some thoughts on this old school game and are interested to see what the future remake has in store.
Episode 69 - 2023 Roundup
December 19, 2023 10:57 - 45 minutes - 49.8 MBIt's our annual roundup episode where we discuss every game we played in 2023, games we started and didn't finish, and go through our favorites/least favorites and take you on some wild tangents. Come along for the ride!
Episode 68 - Alan Wake II
December 12, 2023 09:41 - 43 minutes - 46.6 MBMatthew finished Alan Wake II, even managing to platinum the game, and Christina was along for the whole twisty, dark, horrifying ride. Remedy's latest game is all sorts of fantastic for so many reasons and we barely even scratch the surface.
Episode 67 - Sea of Stars
November 06, 2023 08:46 - 34 minutes - 38.2 MBChristina played through the Kickstarted Sea of Stars that had Matt constantly looking up songs from Chrono Trigger. It's the perfect throwback and spiritual successor to that long line of RPGs and we had a ton of fun with it.
Episode 66 - Death’s Door
October 09, 2023 09:24 - 37 minutes - 40.1 MBIt's our annual spooky game podcast! While not necessarily spooky, Death's Door fits thematically. Christina had a great time playing and Matthew enjoyed watching (and actually played a bit of it when it came out in 2021).
Episode 65 - Dave the Diver
September 06, 2023 09:26 - 31 minutes - 34.5 MBChristina dove headfirst into Dave the Diver and its scuba/fishing and restaurant management sim, and Matthew came along for the ride. This one throws a lot at you and it's definitely a lot to take in.
Episode 64 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
August 07, 2023 10:20 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBIt's a long one this time around, with Christina finally having beaten The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom after 100 hours. Matthew was just along for the ride. There's a lot to discuss in this episode, and heavy spoiler alert for the story towards the end of the episode!
Episode 63 - 5 Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2023
July 11, 2023 08:13 - 27 minutes - 30 MBIt's another interlude episode! With Christina taking her sweet time with Tears of the Kingdom, we fill the lack of episodes by looking at five video games coming out in the second half of 2023 that we will absolutely be playing.
Episode 62 - Resident Evil 4 Remake
May 23, 2023 10:11 - 24 minutes - 27.2 MBMatthew played through the Resident Evil 4 Remake and neither he nor Christina played the original, so there's no nostalgia lenses going into this one. That being said, it's still a solid third-person shooter!
Episode 61 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom First Impressions
May 17, 2023 09:11 - 27 minutes - 30.2 MBChristina has played as much Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as possible with a toddler in the house while Matthew has been forced to sit and watch. These are our first thoughts with no spoilers about the story, but a few mild spoilers regarding items, enemies, and changes to Hyrule.
Episode 60 - Dredge
May 01, 2023 09:07 - 32 minutes - 34.5 MBChristina played through Dredge while Matthew watched and had to deal with secondhand creepiness from this fantastic, Lovecraftian, creepy... fishing game? Yes, fishing game.
Episode 59 - Five Games We’d Like to See as TV Adaptations
April 17, 2023 08:20 - 33 minutes - 36.5 MBMatthew and Christina are doing something different for this episode. With the success of The Last of Us on HBO, we brainstorm five different video game franchises that would make great TV adaptations, with a couple of honorary mentions.
Episode 58 - Hogwarts Legacy
April 04, 2023 08:42 - 43 minutes - 47.5 MBMatthew played through Hogwarts Legacy while Christina watched and realized how much niche and useless Harry Potter trivia still resides in her brain. If you grew up with the series and always wanted to explore Hogwarts, man, do we have a game for you.
Episode 57 - Diablo IV Beta
March 28, 2023 09:14 - 28 minutes - 30.4 MBChristina played the heck out of Diablo IV during its beta weekend. Matthew mostly watched, but got a chance to play as a necromancer. These are our disjointed thoughts on it and what we hope for when it comes out in June!
Episode 56 - God of War Ragnarok
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes - 37.5 MBMatthew played through God of War Ragnarok and Christina enjoyed pretty much every second of it. We have minimal complaints and fawn over the vastly different realms you traverse as well as where the story takes you.
Episode 55 - Beating Stardew Valley
January 10, 2023 10:52 - 27 minutes - 30.2 MBIt took seven in-game years and 165 hours, but Christina did it! She 100-percented Stardew Valley! Her and Matthew go through all of what that entailed and how much of an endeavor it really was.
Episode 54 - Evil West
January 03, 2023 10:42 - 24 minutes - 27 MBMatthew played through Evil West on the PS5 and honestly, it was fun to play through an old school linear shooter game for a change.
Episode 53 - 2022 Roundup
December 12, 2022 10:37 - 35 minutes - 38.8 MBIt's our annual review episode! We touch on every game we played in 2022, our favorites and our least favorites, and what we're looking forward to in 2023.
Episode 52 - Hades
November 28, 2022 10:09 - 36 minutes - 39.5 MBChristina played Hades! It is just as fantastic as it was when it released back in 2020. We can absolutely see why it won indie of the year at The Game Awards back then. It's a blast.
Episode 51 - Resident Evil Village
October 31, 2022 09:56 - 25 minutes - 28.1 MBIt's the annual Halloween episode! This year we managed to make our way through Resident Evil Village and finally interact with giant vampire lady everyone freaked out about! Also, it's a solid Resident Evil game!
Episode 50 - Tunic
October 19, 2022 09:08 - 33 minutes - 35.2 MBFor our 50th (50TH!!!) MWVG episode, Christina played Tunic! Her first Soulslike game! Matthew-approved! Excellent music and great combat and a fantastic throwback to the old-school days of gaming, this one was a ton of fun.
Episode 49 - Horizon Forbidden West
October 11, 2022 09:05 - 42 minutes - 45.6 MBIt took eight months, but Matthew finally beat Horizon Forbidden West! Listen, if you are a fan of open world games with piles upon piles of side quests and upgrading mechanics, this is absolutely your game. Also, Ashly Burch is still the best.
Episode 48 - Cult of the Lamb
September 26, 2022 09:16 - 39 minutes - 40.7 MBChristina plays her first roguelike! Matthew got to watch! We had fun with this one for different reasons and to everyone's surprise, we actually have ratings that are completely different!
Episode 47 - Steam Deck First Impressions and Power Wash Simulator Review
September 06, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 37.6 MBMatthew and Christina finally got the Steam Deck! We give our first impressions of the device/system and then do a quick review of the first game we bought and played on it: Power Wash Simulator! It's exactly what it sounds like!
Episode 46 - Stray
August 08, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 30.5 MBChristina finally got to play the cat game on the PS5! Stray was all sorts of adorable and entertaining with a fantastic soundtrack that Matthew enjoyed.
Episode 45 - Pokémon Snap 64
July 25, 2022 10:49 - 24 minutes - 25.5 MBChristina got to play some heavy duty nostalgia when Pokémon Snap came out on the Nintendo Switch Online virtual console, and Matthew got to sit back and watch. It is an incredibly fun, very short, mindless game with old school Pocket Monsters.
Episode 44 - EarthBound
May 23, 2022 10:12 - 36 minutes - 37.6 MBMatthew made Christina play EarthBound, one of his favorite JRPGs from his childhood. It's a brand new genre for Christina, and it honestly still holds up really well!
Episode 43 - Elden Ring
April 19, 2022 10:10 - 47 minutes - 50.8 MBIt's Elden Ring! Everyone, it's finally Elden Ring! Matthew played 70+ hours before we could record this one, and it's definitely this generation of consoles' Breath of the Wild. It's a heck of a lot of fun for a Souls game.
Episode 42 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
March 14, 2022 10:03 - 42 minutes - 45.6 MBMatthew and Christina head 24 years into the past to play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo Switch Online. While the port is terrible, the game itself is still all sorts of wonderful.
Episode 41 - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
February 01, 2022 11:20 - 35 minutes - 37.6 MBMatthew and Christina are BACK in 2022 with a fantastic, hilarious game: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. It definitely deserves its win at TGA for Best Story. And it's absolutely hilarious, please go play it now if you haven't yet.
Episode 40 - 2021 Roundup
December 08, 2021 11:48 - 40 minutes - 42.6 MBIt was a crazy year for video games! Matthew and Christina talk about everything they played this year, everything they didn't finish playing, and what we're anticipating the most for 2022.
Episode 38 - Diablo III
November 29, 2021 11:52 - 28 minutes - 30.8 MBMatthew made Christina play Diablo III doing couch co-op and it is a surprising amount of fun for someone who knows nothing about the series!
Episode 37 - Alan Wake Remastered
October 29, 2021 09:19 - 26 minutes - 27.8 MBIt's our annual Halloween episode! This year's spooktacular game was Alan Wake Remastered. Matthew had a fun nostalgia trip and Christina got to experience the Stephen King-esque game from Remedy Entertainment.
Episode 36 - Deathloop
October 15, 2021 09:47 - 23 minutes - 24.9 MBMatthew finished playing Deathloop a few weeks ago, and he and Christina finally found a few minutes to sit down and record this episode. We promise things won't be so crazy at some point. Also, Deathloop is pretty decent, albeit overhyped.
Episode 35 - Hollow Knight
September 21, 2021 09:37 - 20 minutes - 21.7 MBMatthew fell absolutely in love with Hollow Knight and played the heck out of it over the span of a week. Christina popped in and out and enjoyed the aesthetics and music of this Metroidvania-style game.
MWA - Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun S2 Episode 21 Recap
September 17, 2021 17:05 - 16 minutes - 16.8 MBIt's the season finale for Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-Kun! We get more understanding of what exactly the Demon King does for the underworld, and Matthew and Christina try to figure out what the heck to watch next.
MWA - Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun S2 Episode 20 Recap
September 07, 2021 16:56 - 12 minutes - 13.7 MBMarried Watching Anime returns after a week off with more Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-Kun! And it is a perfectly adorable episode, as we finally get the coveted date episode with Iruma and Ameri.
Episode 34 - Axiom Verge 2
August 27, 2021 10:35 - 21 minutes - 22 MBMatthew once again powered through Axiom Verge 2 in a handful of days and Christina enjoyed watching this more puzzle-based sequel. Also, baby Henry makes a special guest appearance!
MWA - Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun S2 Episode 19 Recap
August 24, 2021 10:09 - 10 minutes - 10.8 MBMarried Watching Anime covers another filler episode of Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-Kun, but it's one of the best filler episodes so far because we get to see Clara's house in all its crazy glory.
Episode 33 - Axiom Verge
August 20, 2021 10:59 - 27 minutes - 29.4 MBMatthew powered through Axiom Verge on PlayStation in the span of three days and Christina had a heck of a time just watching everything unfold. It's a fun Metroidvania throwback game!
MWA - Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun S2 Episode 18 Recap
August 17, 2021 15:07 - 9 minutes - 10.6 MBMarried Watching Anime returns with the wrap-up of the Walter Park mini arc and a very cute scene between Iruma and Ameri that Matthew and Christina both loved.
Episode 32 - Dark Souls III
August 13, 2021 10:57 - 32 minutes - 35 MBMatthew has played a lot of Dark Souls III in the last two and a half weeks, so have a quick review and recap! Christina is also in this episode, but she slept through most of the gameplay.
MWA - Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun S2 Episode 17 Recap
August 10, 2021 10:11 - 13 minutes - 14.6 MBMatthew and Christina are very tired for this week's Married Watching Anime, which is an action-heavy , one-note kind of episode.
Episode 31 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Episode INTERmission
August 06, 2021 10:05 - 27 minutes - 28.8 MBMatthew and Christina finished playing the DLC expansion for Final Fantasy VII Remake Episode INTERmission. While definitely unnecessary, it's still a heck of a lot of fun to play and watch, especially if you're a fan of Yuffie.
MWA - Welcome To Demon School, Iruma-Kun S2 Episode 15 and 16 Recap
August 03, 2021 09:01 - 11 minutes - 12.9 MBIt's a double feature Married Watching Anime for Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-Kun, but Matthew and Christina have a good reason for taking last week off. And sounding so exhausted.