Spawn On Me with Kahlief Adams: A Video Game Podcast

Kahlief rocks this episode solo while everyone is away. With a light news week, we dig into the idea of PUBG going multiplatform, and Nintendo selling breaking record sales. We also share information about our charity event Spawn4Good happening this weekend!

Leigh Alexander returns to Brookago to talk about what it was like to write Reigns: Her Majesty, how US politics looks from across the pond, and why taking time away from games meant so much.

You only hit 200 episodes once, so you have to do it in style! For us that meant bringing back io9 geek culture, TV, & comic critic, Evan Narcisse! Evan talks about his newest endeavor as writer for the upcoming Marvel comic book Rise of the Black Panther! He talks about how he was offered the gig, and where he plans on taking the character. Blackness quotients are raised as we continue to discuss all things Wakanda! After the break, we dive into some of Evan’s favorite games since his last visit to Brookago, as well as where he would like to see gaming go. Also, what would his ultimate Black Panther video game be like? Break out your paper hats & noisemakers, as we celebrate 200 episodes of Spawn On Me!

With the holiday season quickly approaching, we give you our gaming buyer guide to help you make it through rough shopping waters. We also share thoughts on Geoff Keighley's Game Awards, and the nominations for the show.

Cicero and Kahlief are taking over the show this week and giving some Xbox One X impressions. We chat a bit about EA buying the studio that brought you TitanFall. Kahlief gives a quick review of Horizon Zero Dawn's Frozen Wilds DLC and we round things out with a discussion about Gamestop's new rental service.  (We had some technical difficulties this week that affected our audio quality, things will be back to normal next week) *We had some technical difficulties this week that affected our audio quality, things will be back to normal next week*

This week we have the amazing SimplyUndrea on with us to recap TwitchCon. We also give our impressions on Assasin’s Creed: Origins and Destiny 2 on PC. We wrap up with a discussion about the temporary shutdown of NeoGaf due to sexual harrassment claims.

Destiny raids, RUINER, and Cuphead all get covered in terms of what we’ve been playing. We talk about whether controllers have hit their peak and...is playing Pac-Man in the casino wrong?

Ben Haumiller, Associate Producer from EA's Madden team, joins us this week to talk about the new game and its FANTASTIC new story mode, “Longshot”. We dig into NFL politics and ask about if Madden could ever #takeaknee like Colin Kaepernick did.

This week, we go hard in the paint on not friend of the show PewDiePie and his latest racist episode. We give our PAX recap, talk about some new Xbox features, and dig into some of what we've been playing.

Cicero and Shareef are back to talk about their early impressions of Destiny 2. Is it the cultural phenomenon we all thought it would be? Reef gives us his report from DragonCon. Later we find out that South Park decided that they can make a statement with their game before you even play it. Plus, what tricks do game developers employ to make the games you play fun?