The GATTACAST gang talks about the high and low points of E3 2012 featured music from Crysis 2 Tomb Raider, Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, Splinter Cell, The Cave, Sound Shapes, PS Vita, Assassin's Creed, Halo 4, Watch Dogs, Star Wars 131...

We are joined by special guest, video game journalist and podcaster, Colette Bennette to talk about the death of the $60 game. We also talk about some games we are playing: Diablo III Dragon's Dogma To the Moon Lost Odyssey download MP3 d...

GATTACAST is hosting a fundraising/awareness event for NotForSale on May 4. This is a chance for gamers to show our true colors as caring, active, members or our community. Come to the Microsoft Store at Mall of American (Minnesota) on Ma...

Meagan Marie, formerly of Game Informer magazine, currently at Crystal Dynamics joins us to talk about the video game industry, Lara Croft, & cosplay. Jesse & Mandy discuss: Journey, I Am Alive, and wonder if Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has lo...

special guests: game developers Ashley McLaughlin & Ty Burks join us to talk about game pricing and value. We chat about the games we've been playing: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Alan Wake: American Nightmare Legend of Zelda: Skyward ...

Jesse, Mandy, and Jared are joined by Emily from Top Score Podcast to talk about our favorite characters, moments, and elements from the Mass Effect games so far. Then we play a new game "Who Am I?" Can you decipher which video game charac...

Jesse, Jeff, and Jennifer talk about the possibilities of the future with streaming and cloud based gaming like OnLive! game talk: Bastion, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rock Band, Deus Ex: Human Revolution music...

Hey Destructoid-ers, For anyone that has enjoyed any of my posts here, and would like to read more of them - this is a heads up that I moved my writing to 1up. I am currently in the middle of a 30 Day Blogging Challenge. I'm not trying to ...

Can video games give us a true emotional and human dramatic experiences outside of the typical sci-fi and fantasy milieu? Plus a video game pop quiz challenge. Jesse, Mandy, and Jeff talk about: Fallout: New Vegas, Batman: Arkham Asylum...

There has been no shortage of people’s thoughts and comments about Nintendo’s next console. The word “potential” has been thrown around a lot, but potential to do what has been pretty ambiguous. I won’t be getting into the common questions ...

In GATTACAST #17 - Mandy and Gilbert join Jesse to talk about designer/tabletop board games. i.e. Dungeons & Dragons, Magic, Dominion, Battlestar Galactica, and more. but first we discuss the video games we've been playing: Outland, Homef...

Jeff and Jennifer join Jesse to talk about the summer blockbuster movies, video game to movie adaptations, movie to video game adaptations, why those typically end up being failures, and if there is any potential for success in such project...

If you love video game music this is the episode for you! We are joined by Emily Reese who hosts "Top Score" from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. You might want to take notes as she provides some great information on video game and clas...

It is 2011 and I still see frequent blogs and articles of how to get that girlfriend or wife of yours into video games. Guys want to find ways to coax their girls into a passion for their hobby. Publishers try to scheme up ways to tap into ...

My friend talked me into doing something I never intended to do for the gaming community – write game reviews. There is no shortage of game reviews to find, whether professional or amateur. I don’t like giving scores to games, as they can e...

Jesse & Mandy welcome Jeff as a guest to discuss E3 reactions: PSVita, Nintendo Wii U, Microsoft Kinect, Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, Star Wars Kinect, Fable: The Journey, Halo 4, Disneyland Adventures, Playstation 3, XBOX Live, & more Int...

There are plenty of us gamers that love and appreciate video game soundtracks. However, the majority of the public still prefer the verse/chorus pop format. I have been involved in the writing, performing, producing, and touring industry of...

In episode #13 Jesse, Mandy, & Jennifer talk about video game protagonists: Nathan Drake, John Marston, Samus Aran, Kratos, Ico, Abe from Oddworld, Isaac Clarke, Mass Effect's Shepard, Master Chief, Lara Croft, Sam Fisher, any number of si...

Nintendo, we’ve grown apart for quite a while. It’s time to move on now. There are a lot of people that really like you. You have a lot to offer. But let’s not fool ourselves any longer. We just aren’t for each other. You have given me gr...

In the latest podcast Jesse and Mandy get together to talk about her binge on the PS3, Jesse's trip to Japan, and retro games that are still worth playing today. games: Heavy Rain (major spoilers!!!), Dragon Age 2, Gitaroo Man Lives!, Flo...

ah yes, quite classy. this man has won awards... more than one... plural. ART! proof that skilled writers exist outside of the game industry this is simply juvenile compared to the narrative in most Resident Evil or Halo games pr...

Most people who play games on a regular basis likely have disposable income. It is imperative to look beyond ourselves, to have a global perspective, and see there is true suffering in the world that each of us can do something about. As a ...

First impressions can be a bitch. From the moment the press went bonkers over the Nintendo 3DS at last year’s E3, I was buying into the hype. No glasses 3-D in a handheld system sounded amazing. I was hearing how vastly improved the graphi...

In this episode Mandy, Jesse, & Gilbert talk about the different types of gamers, and the growing division in the gaming community between them. game talk: Metro 2033, flOw, DoDonPachi, Hard Corp Uprising, Chime, Alan Wake, Hydrophobia, an...

The video game industry does not simply need more voices. It needs new voices. As an adult and life-long gamer, I love video games for where they have come from, where they are, and I love video games especially for where they are going. I ...

No need to consider this an official review, but after twelve hours or so I’m just going to describe some of my Dragon Age 2 experiences. I played through DA: Origins twice as a rogue. I tried as a mage once, but it was not fun for me. Howe...

In hopes of an actual intelligent conversation, I am providing a point by point response to the article published here regarding Jonathan Holmes’ comments on David Cage and Heavy Rain (http://www.destructoid.com/heavy-rain-creator-really-li...

Jesse & Mandy talk about bad games that we enjoyed. Game talk: Deadly Premonition, Uncharted 2, Spirits, Beyond Good & Evil Bad Games We Loved: Deadly Premonition, Alpha Protocol, Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire, Harry Potter, plus some ...

On my next podcast (GATTACAST), we are going to talk about some games that we had tons of fun playing, but concede are actully quite bad. My personal favorite is Alpha Protocol. I don't know if I could recommend it to anyone in good conscie...

Now is the time to play video games. Perusing game site message boards and forums could lead one to think video games are terrible and the industry is all going downhill. There is an abundance of complaints about too many sequels, “dumbing-...