Grincast - A Podcast About Videogaming And Games From Gamegrin

This week on the GrinCast we discuss whether the upcoming DOOM will meet the expectations of an audience that has very much grown up since its release in the 90s. This week on the GrinCast we discuss whether the upcoming DOOM will meet the expectations of an audience that has very much grown up since its release in the 90s. We'll also be chatting about the massive galactic war brewing in EVE Online and the news that Far Cry Primal is to get itself a survivor mode.All that plus the usual chat, banter and some listener questions for the first time!As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle @GrinCast.Remember, we're also on iTunes and Soundcloud!

This week on the GrinCast we're talking about the controversy surrounding the removal of a characters particular posterior pose from Blizzard's upcoming FPS Overwatch also known… This week on the GrinCast we're talking about the controversy surrounding the removal of a characters posterior pose from Blizzard's upcoming FPS Overwatch, also known as BUTTGATE. As well as Two Worlds II DLC and sequel and if there is any interest in them.  We're also talking about the games of April aka Games that will suck. Next month may see the arrival of VR, but we're not talking about that. It's all about the games and more specifically Quantum Break and Dark Souls III.  That and more on this week's episode of the GrinCast. As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle @GrinCast. Remember, we're also on iTunes and Soundcloud!

This week on the GrinCast we're talking about the unfortunate closure of Evolution Studios and the end of Scribblenauts. What's next for the teams and is Sony cold-hearted for… This week on the GrinCast we're talking about the unfortunate closure of Evolution Studios and the end of Scribblenauts. What's next for the teams? Is Sony cold-hearted for closing Evolution Studios, especially after offering positions to developers from the recently shut down Lionhead Studios? We're also talking about angry gamers. Why are gamers so quick to anger? Is it a pre disposition or characteristic that leads us to play games or does gaming cause the short temper? Or is gaming just that frustrating? Listen in to find out more. As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle @GrinCast. Remember, we're also on iTunes and Soundcloud!

This week on the GrinCast we're talking about Steam, GoG and GreenManGaming and their effects on the plight of our brick and mortar high street games stores. Are they putting them… This week on the GrinCast we're talking about Steam, GOG and GreenManGaming and their effects on the plight of our brick and mortar high street games stores. Are they putting them out of businesses? Do we care? Listen in to find out more. We're also talking about PlayStation VR and it's craaaaazy price points (as well as how much Jaegermeister Dom could buy with that cash), Sony snubbing Microsoft's crossplay invitation and the Hitman PC port being pretty darn dire. As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle @GrinCast. Remember, we're also on iTunes!

This week on the GrinCast we talked about the unfortunate closure of Lionhead Studios alongside the cancellation of Fable Legends, and what's next for the future of Microsoft's… This week on the GrinCast we talked about the unfortunate closure of Lionhead Studios alongside the cancellation of Fable Legends, and what's next for the future of Microsoft's gaming division. We'll also be discussing the myth of the perfect game launch. With video games becoming more and more complex, will we ever see a launch where nothing goes wrong? Should developers and publishers push back their games to ensure a perfect launch? Or has Early Access made people more accepting of bugs and issues?  All this and more on this weeks GameGrin GrinCast. As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle @GrinCast. Remember, we're also on iTunes!

This week we try to figure out which game is the most like Leo, as well as discuss Far Cry Primal, Shenmue and diversity in videogames. This week on the GrinCast we've gone a bit Oscar crazy with two main topics inspired by the awards ceremony. We ask which game / game series is most unappreciated, just like poor Leo DiCapro. We also tackle another big issue from the Oscars - racial diversity. We're wondering if games do enough to promote diversity among their protagonists and characters? All this plus discussion about Far Cry Primal, Shenmue III, Quantum Break and the Nintendo NX. As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle @GrinCast. Remember, we're also on iTunes!

This week on the GrinCast we pull our wellies on and wade into the unpleasantness of GamerGate Warning: The main topic of this podcast is a divisive one and has been hotly debated in the past. Though we have tried to treat it in a strictly analytical manner, you may find some of the opinions expressed combative. This week on the GrinCast we're talking the latest news about the HTC Vive and its surprising price tag, the Kickstarter-successful Papers, Please clone that puts you into Edward Snowden's shoes and the re-release of the original Pokémon games. We're also pulling on our proverbial wellies and wading into the murky waters of gaming's least-wanted phenomenon: #GamerGate. Was there any real concern over ethics in games journalism when it started or was it an an excuse for harrassment and misguided anger? We go over the topic from an analytical standpoint to dig out why and how it started. As always if you have any comments put them in the box below or contact us on our new Twitter handle

This week on the Grincast, we talk about money. The moolah, the dough. Are we responsible spending all this money, or we should stop pre-ordering? (Spoiler, the answer is always… This week on the GrinCast, we talk about money. The moolah, the dough. Are we responsible spending all this money, or we should stop pre-ordering? (Spoiler, the answer is always to stop pre-ordering). Blizzard just turned 25 years old, which makes Dom's and Emsey's eyes all teary. And so does the announcement of the rise in price of Fallout 4's season pass! Are we getting back-stabbed? Why, Bethesda, why? Microsoft making PC gamers happy by releasing Quantum Break on PC seem to have anger many. Some people don't like other people being happy, apparently. Lastly, we talk about piracy, and whether it's had such a big impact in the industry. Arr! As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Are we all cheapskates? Is Quantum Break a big deal?  You can also now talk directly to us on Twitte

This week on the GrinCast we're talking broken games. Those terrible ports on PC on console, but mostly PC and why developers keep thinking they can get away it, even with the… This week on the GrinCast we're talking broken games. Those terrible ports on PC on console, but mostly PC and why developers keep thinking they can get away it, even with the arrival of refunds. We're also discussing closure of GameTrailers.com, the new Nintendo Club replacement and Amazon's free game engine - Lumberyard. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Did we miss out a game? Were we too harsh? Let us know. You can also now talk directly to us on Twitter with our new @GrinCast handle. Ask a question and we'll feature it in next week's podcast! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

This week on the GrinCast we're talking VR. With people stunned at the average price of an Oculus Rift being £600 we ask the question: Is VR really worth it? This week on the GrinCast we're talking VR. With people stunned at the average price of an Oculus Rift being £600 we ask the question: Is VR really worth it? Is there enough of a use case? We're also discussing The Division's Beta and DLC releases, Rainbow Six: Siege becoming an e-sport, Lego Star Wars and the upcoming Doom reboot. NSFW warning: This week's topic gets a bit racey towards the end. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Did we miss out a game? Were we too harsh? Let us know. You can also now talk directly to us on Twitter with our new @GrinCast handle. Ask a question and we'll feature it in next week's podcast! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

This week on the GrinCast we discuss whether devs should stop with open world games as well as the best news from the week gone by. This week on the GrinCast we're talking about all things open world. Have there been too many of them? Is it just Ubisoft ruining it for everyone? Are the Dark Souls games actually very well designed open world titles? All this and the best news from last week. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Did we miss out a game? Were we too harsh? Let us know. You can also now talk directly to us on Twitter with our new @GrinCast handle. Ask a question and we'll feature it in next week's podcast! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

This week on the GrinCast we go over trends in 2016 that need to be put in the bin, including betas, simulators and more! This week on the GrinCast it's a mini-Grincast! We go over trends in gaming that need to be obliterated. Betas? Simulators? Avril Lavigne? All this and much more! As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Did we miss out a game? Were we too harsh? Let us know. You can also now talk directly to us on Twitter with our new @GrinCast handle. Ask a question and we'll feature it in next week's podcast! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

This week on the GrinCast: With EA announcing their vault service on PC, a subscription service giving you access to their collection of games as well as discounts and trails, It… This week on the GrinCast: With EA announcing their vault service on PC, a subscription service giving you access to their collection of games as well as discounts and trails, It got us thinking; could this convince others to follow? Perhaps from the likes of Ubisoft or even Steam? We discuss this and more. We also make a return with a talk on what games we've been playing in the past week. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Did we miss out a game? Were we too harsh? Let us know. You can also now talk directly to us on Twitter with our new @GrinCast handle. Ask a question and we'll feature it in next week's podcast! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

For the first GrinCast of 2016 the pod take a look at games appearing in 2016 and whether they're all they're cracked up to be. This week on the GrinCast to celebrate the first podcast of the year the team will be going over some of the most highly anticipated games in 2016 and deciding whether they'll live up to the hype or not. Cynicism, debate and discussion abound as we touch upon games like Far Cry Primal, No Man's Sky, The Division, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst and more. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below. Did we miss out a game? Were we too harsh? Let us know. You can also now talk directly to us on Twitter with our new @GrinCast handle. Ask a question and we'll feature it in next week's podcast! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

As the year draws to a close the pod gathers around a pile of games to decide which were the best and worst of 2015. In this two-part special the GrinCast aims to work out which… As the year draws to a close the pod gathers around a pile of games to decide which were the best and worst of 2015. In this two-part special the GrinCast aims to work out which games were the most disappointing and which were simply the best. It's a bumper edition, with both parts packed with content, opinion, laughs and analysis. In part two we finally decide which game is the GameGrin GOTY and rank our favourite games of the year into a top 10. There are disagreements, arguments and lots of laughs. Everyone at the GrinCast hopes you enjoy what was a great podcast to record. Part one, where we discussed the five worst games of 2015, can be found here. Now you can follow the GrinCast on Twitter, too! We have our own little handle through which you can ask questions for the next episode, comment on our opinions

As the year draws to a close the pod gathers around a pile of games to decide which were the best and worst of 2015. As the year draws to a close the pod gathers around a pile of games to decide which were the best and worst of 2015. In this two-part special the GrinCast aims to work out which games were the most disappointing and which were simply the best. It's a bumper edition, with both parts packed with content, opinion, laughs and analysis. Part one the pod considers which games in 2015 fell flat - which ones disappointed the most gamers and which just didn't live up to the hype. Then, to make their devs feel worse we ranked them into a top 5. Part two, where we decide the top 10 of 2015 and the ultimate GAME OF THE YEAR, is coming soon! Now you can follow the GrinCast on Twitter, too! We have our own little handle through which you can ask questions for the next episode, comment on our opinions or just get talking to the pod members! Remember you can also find the GrinCast, as always,

This week on the GrinCast we discuss why simulators appeal to so many people, and whether the upcoming FF VII's remaster will be worth it or just a cash grab! This week on the GrinCast, we'll be talking about games like Euro Truck Simulator, Cityconomy and Arma III. What's the point of doing something as mundane as collecting the rubbish for hours in a game, when your bin at home is overflowing? Is there any joy in doing commonplace jobs in videogames instead of the constant shooty-shooty?   We'll also be talking about whether we're too tired of seeing the same games over and over with new textures and re-skins, like the upcoming Final Fantasy VII, or if we'd rather enjoy new IPs over continuous remakes and remasters all the time. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below or sending a message to GameGrin's Facebook or Twitter. If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

This week on the GrinCast we discuss gaming's storytelling mechanics, including whether its best to have a voiced protagonist or not This week on the GrinCast the gang talk about storytelling mechanics in today's games (as well as a few from the past). We give most major story-based games a going over - from Mass Effect to Half-Life to Life is Strange. We'll also ask ourselves: Is it better to have a voiced or silent protagonist? The results might surprise you. As always you can get in touch with the GrinCast by commenting below or sending a message to GameGrin's Facebook or Twitter. If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.

This week on the GrinCast we go over what games we think are going to suck, as well as all the titles we've been playing This week on the GameGrin GrinCast the pod talks about two major releases that are coming up in December - Rainbow Six: The Siege and Just Cause 3 - and whether or not they'll suck! On top of that we've also got the usual GrinCast chat and banter and the games we've been playing this week. Remember as always you can get in touch on Facebook, Twitter or by leaving a comment below. We appreciate all feedback! If you haven't yet, subscribe to us on iTunes and listen to the pod on a plane, train, automobile or just around the home.  

This week on the GrinCast we go over the DLC rage surrounding EA and Dice's new game Star Wars Battlefront This week on the GrinCast we're discussing the goods, bads and in-betweens of Star Wars: Battlefront. We'll also be going over the games we've played this week, and wonder whether Dominoid is actually paying attention or just playing Fallout Shelter on his phone. As usual we'd love to hear your feedback and comments. Get in touch with us by commenting below or sending a message to GameGrin on Facebook or Twitter. Don't forget, you can also subscribe to us on iTunes!