Spawn On Me with Kahlief Adams: A Video Game Podcast

Last week I had the privilege of checking out a preview of Bethesda's upcoming highly anticipated game Deathloop. In this special episode, I'll share thoughts on the world, characters, combat, and much more from the preview. You can also check out the youtube version of this episode at youtube.com/spawnonme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I talk about the very cool Ratchet and Clank Preview I went to and why the game is already in contention for the game of the year. I also give my review of Resident Evil Village and talk about some cool things Spawn On Me will be doing with Hitman 3 very soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason Ronald, Director of Project Management from the Xbox team joins us to talk all about how things have gone from launch. How the multiple teams have come together to deliver on Game Pass, FPS Boost, Smart Delivery and Backwards compatibility. What those tech advances not only mean for the future of Xbox, but how they affect things like the archival of older games while giving them new life. In the 411 this week we talk about PlayStation investing in Discord and what looks like the shutting down of the Giant Bomb network. Follow Jason on Twitter at @jronald and let him know how he did on our show! Reminder if you'd like to rock some of our newest merch head to bit.ly/somgear to snag some dope Brookago wares!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wallace Santos, CEO of Maingear PC's joins us this week to talk about his journey and into the PC space and how he's built his amazing company. We talk about gear shortages, games, and how he turned his hobby into a career. Go check out more of their gear at maingear.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we bring on Scott Broadie and Xalavier Nelson Jr. to talk about their new game We are the Caretakers. We talk about how they built their studio, why making a game about poaching is important and how they are looking to make waves with this afrofuturistic strategy game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, we talk with General Manager, Gaming & eSports, Marcus Kennedy; Kim Pallister, General Manager, Gaming Solutions Team and Jamie Sherman, PhD - Social Research Scientist to talk about the new beta of a tool called "Bleep" made by Intel who's function is to help remove levels of toxic speech in real-time during online gaming sessions. We talked about the ideas behind the technology and why it was created. The work that went into trying to make the data behind it as comprehensive and diverse as possible and why Intel as a company is looking to tackle such a difficult part of the online gaming space. If you liked our episode, please share, subscribe and give us a 5 star review on @applepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we find out the fate of E3 and it sounds it is coming back. We also talk about Twitch's new policy changes and how its looking to stop harassment that happens off it's platform. Huge thank you to our sponsor PUBG MOBILE for supporting the show. Check out the latest version of the game with this link https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep4A And we've got some awesome in-game content for you to get your hands on too!! Use these codes over at https://www.pubgmobile.com/redeem BKKQZBZCNT BKKPZBZXVT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Senior Director of ID@XBOX Chris Charla joins us to talk about his journey in the gaming industry. His work in the indie space via XBOX's team and how indie games have so vastly changed in the past 10 years. Huge thank you to our sponsor PUBG MOBILE for supporting the show. Check out the latest version of the game with this link https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep3A And we've got some awesome in-game content for you to get your hands on too!! Use these codes over at https://www.pubgmobile.com/redeem BKKVZBZ7KG BKKRZBZASX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dig into the controversy, angst, and confusion surrounding the tactical shooter and documentary videogame Six Days in Fallujah. We break down the fantastic Ryan McCaffery IGN interview that featured developers Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer. Talk about the obstacles they have in bringing home the vision they are trying to share. Why I agree with some of the anger we're seeing and why I think some of the calls to not cover a game like this don't do the industry any good. We also cover the Xbox Live name change, Sony pulling PS3 and Vita games, and why for me that's ok. Make sure to check out and give some love to our sponsors this month PUBG MOBILE! Use the link below to snag a copy of the game: https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep2A And use this code for a special in-game "Extreme Racing Parachute!" BKKVZBZ7KG Check us out on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/spawnonmepodcast and give us a follow!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Niantic Lab's Head of Diversity and Inclusion to talk about her journey in the gaming industry. How the process of D&I needs to be updated to better fit the cultures we interact with and much more!! Huge thank you to our sponsors PUBG Mobile, Check out their latest game by clicking the link here!! https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep1A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices