Episodes
Editors Note: THIS IS A SPOILER HEAVY EPISODE, PLS DON'T SIMPLY ANYHOW LISTEN! Guess what? Yep, more Elden Ring content. On the previous episode, Kelvin and Afiq shared their favourite parts of Elden Ring — what they like, what got them hooked, their favourite fights and more. However, on this episode, they broke down what they disliked about the game. Their gripes and things that just got them saying, "Bruv, wtf, serious la?!". Welp, enjoy! Epic Arcade is part of the Renegade Radio...
Published 04/09/22
ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ʜᴇʏ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜɪꜱ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜰᴀᴄᴇ ɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴜʟᴛʏ - ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴘɪꜱᴏᴅᴇ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜰᴜɴᴋʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴜꜰꜰʟᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ'ꜱ ᴇɴᴅ ꜱᴏ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴀꜱᴋɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʀɢɪᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ — ᴋᴇʟ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘᴏɴꜱᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀꜰᴀᴄᴇ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. Back to our usual program — The title of this episode is pretty much self-explanatory, Kelvin and Afiq are addicted to Elden Ring and there's no two way about it, they're excited,...
Published 03/12/22
In this episode, we have our social media manager Zureen joining Kelvin on the podcast to talk about the latest Pokemon title, Scarlet & violet - the duo talked about what gamers can expect from the new entree to the ever-growing franchise, the starters, and their favorite Pokemon games. Kelvin also shared his experience with Elden Ring, what he likes, dislikes, and hopes to see! ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ʜᴇʏ, ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴀɴᴛꜱ, ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ...
Published 03/05/22
The rumor mill is churning again and this time there's news about Fallout New Vegas 2 being in production, Activision has confirmed that there will be NO COD titles coming out this year, and there are 5 games that you need to play in the month of March 2022. In this episode, the Epic Arcade boys give you an update on all the important news that you need to know this week to keep you up to speed within the gaming industry. ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ʜᴇʏ, ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴀɴᴛꜱ, ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴀɴᴅ...
Published 02/26/22
26 years ago, Gamefreak released the first pokemon game on the Gameboy and the main series has stuck closely to its formula. Level up your Pokemon, fight trainers, get a gym badge, defeat the elite four and catch some legendary pokemon related to the region. In this episode, the Epic Arcade boys talk about the reimagination of the franchise and the pros and cons ofa Pokemon Legends: Arceus. What's new, what's good, and what could be improved. Join your video game best friends Afiq and...
Published 02/25/22
We finally got a glimpse of the price structure for the Steam Deck in Malaysia, would you pay RM2,500++ for something at a RRP of US$399? We wouldn't. On this episode, the Epic Arcade boys talked about the first Nintendo Direct of the year (2022) and Kelvin picked his top 3 most looked forward games from the keynote. The boys also talked about Apex Legends' latest season with Mad Maggie taking and a new limited-time mode: Control taking the lead of bringing freshness to a 3y/o game. Join...
Published 02/18/22
How much would you pay for the Steam Deck? What Star Wars games would you like to see this year and did you know that Assassin's Creed series was planned to end in space? Join your video game best friends Afiq and Kelvin on another episode of the Epic Arcade podcast where we bring you all the gaming news you need for the week. ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ʜᴇʏ, ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴀɴᴛꜱ, ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅʀᴏᴘ ᴜꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴏɴ ɪᴛᴜɴᴇꜱ ᴏʀ...
Published 02/11/22
The Epic Arcade boys got to catch up with one another about the games that they were playing, and they looked into the future of gaming and how the Metaverse will affect gaming as a whole. Join your favorite video game best friend and hear what they have to recommend! ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ʜᴇʏ, ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴀɴᴛꜱ, ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅʀᴏᴘ ᴜꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴏɴ ɪᴛᴜɴᴇꜱ ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱ? ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴜꜱ ɢᴏ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ...
Published 01/21/22
We're back with our first episode of 2022!! On this episode, The Epic Arcade boys (with the amazing Zureen) talked about their most anticipated games of 2022. Afiq highlighted some AAA titles, Kelvin went with the indie route as usual and Zureen had two games that you probably never heard of. Join your favorite video game best friend and hear what they have to recommend! ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ʜᴇʏ, ᴋᴇʟᴠɪɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴀɴᴛꜱ, ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱᴋ...
Published 01/14/22
A housekeeping episode; we're keeping this short and sweet but the Epic Arcade Boys are back with the usual scheduling. 12 noon, every Friday, with love and chaos.
Published 12/03/21
On the last and final episode of our Epic collab with 𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗥𝗼𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮, Kelvin and Afiq got to finally talk about the elephant in the room. W*f is up with the GPU market, how can we get our hands on more and the Epic Arcade boys also got schooled on the importance of gaming monitors. If you're reading this, our giveaway is happening and a winner will be announced next week - check out our Instagram for more info!!
Published 11/19/21
For the third episode of our Epic collab with 𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗥𝗼𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮, the Epic Arcade boys got to learn a thing or four about gaming routers and why is it so expensive, what's the use for a "gaming" specific router and more from Vincent Nam of Asus Malaysia. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out more about the Epic Asus Giveaway! ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: This episode is powered by Asus Rog Malaysia, special thanks to Vianne Kong and Vincent Nam for making this episode happen!
Published 11/12/21
In the second episode of our Epic collab with our friends from 𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗥𝗼𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮, the Epic Arcade boys will be sitting down with Pik Kee and Dylan Choong to talk everything about motherboards and AIO. From how many USB ports can a motherboard handle to debunking the Tik Tok trend of “Does dunking your PC in a mineral oil tank make it faster?”. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out more about the Epic Asus Giveaway! ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: This episode is powered by Asus Rog Malaysia,...
Published 11/05/21
The Epic Arcade boys are back with a brand new season of your favorite video game podcast! We are starting the season with not one, but four exclusive episodes with our friends from 𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗥𝗼𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮! In the first episode, we got the chance to sit down and talk to Dylan Choong about all things Gaming Peripherals. From what makes a good gaming mouse great, a hybrid keyboard that might change the meaning of "work hard, play harder", Asus's very own flagship headphones that comes with a...
Published 10/29/21
The Epic Arcade boys talked about their favourite game highlights from the Sony Playstation Showcase (2021). They covered Spider Man 2, Wolverine, Star Wars KOTOR remastered, and so much more Sony's Playstation Showcase (2021) was around the corner and of course, the Epic Arcade boys gave their Scale Of Excitement on their favourite titles! They talked about God of War: Ragnarok, Insomniac's Spider Man 2 and Wolverine, Star Wars KOTOR remastered, Alan Wake remastered and so much more! The...
Published 09/17/21
ᴇᴅɪᴛᴏʀꜱ ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ʜᴏᴛ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘʟᴀʏꜱᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴡᴄᴀꜱᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ @ᴊᴏᴍ1ᴜᴘ ʙᴏʏꜱ (ʜᴇɴᴅʀᴀ + ᴀᴅᴀᴍ), ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ɪᴛ! The Epic Arcade boys (Afiq + Kelvin) shared their favorite streamers and why we watch them in the first place. Is it because of the banter? their skills? the rage quits? or even just the one-sided companionship and camaraderie? Well, listen to find out! We talked about Shroud, TimTheTatman, LuluLuvely, and our personal all-time favorite, KevinSchmidty. Epic Arcade is...
Published 09/10/21
Editors note: Hey video game best friends! We kinda took it slow last month because work was just overly overwhelming. But here's a (not really) new episode, we hope you enjoy! Also, we have a huge collab coming with a huge gaming company coming up. Stay tuned! Oh yeah, hello Kev! In this episode, Kelvin shared his thoughts on the twin-stick shooter game, and gave his two cents on whether you should check it out or not (TLDR: you really should). Kel also highlighted his experience with the...
Published 09/07/21
Kelvin is slowly giving up on FPS shooters because of a free-to-play game and the Epic Arcade boys highlighted some games that they think you should really check out in August (The Falconeer, Twelve Minute, The Ascent, Eldest Soul, and Aliens: Fireteam Elite)...The boys also came up with a new rating system for games that they'll be reviewing! Epic Arcade is a proud member of the Renegade Radio Network. You can find more of us on all social media platform @epicarcadepod Intro quips by...
Published 08/06/21
Producer's Note: Kelvin ran into some technical issues with his ISP last week and was thrown back into the stone age (basically he didn't have access to his internet for an entire weekend; crazy, we know). The Epic Arcade boys took a break last week but the show must go on! So what do we do? An episode recap, of course! So, on the show today, we picked one of our favorite episodes from the past. A conversation between Jeff and Keren (The Macha Men Podcast) about the status of Half-Life 3...
Published 07/30/21
Steam has recently announced their handheld PC and we're foaming in the mouth about it, will it be a Nintendo Switch killer? How well will it run games? Will Steam kill it prematurely like everything else? We gave our + and - about it and we'd like to know what you think. (Kev, this episode was for you). In other news, we also talked about Netflix expanding into video games and we talked about the games we're currently playing!
Published 07/24/21
The Epic Arcade boys talked about their experience of streaming on Twitch (it's a mix bang, FYI), Nintendo Switch that's not that Pro, Witcher III latest free-lc and so much more on our usual This Week In Gaming (TWIG) segment! Grab a seat, grab a drink, plug your headphones in and come chill with your video game best friends!
Published 07/16/21
Kevin and Chris joined the Epic Arcade boys this week to reminisce on the good old times where couch co-op and LAN parties were a thing. Yep, our age is truly shining strong here and we're damn right proud of it too. Join your video game best friends on this episode where we talk about how Discord (app) has changed our lives and how we bond with one another in the age of virtual gaming!
Published 07/09/21
The Epic Arcade boys cherry-picked their favorite news, games and, takeaway from this year's all-virtual E3 conference! From mega triple-A titles and studios to the smaller indie games. We selected some of the best showcases that were, well...showcased throughout the four days of E3 this year. Here's a list of some of the games we mentioned - Riders Republic, Death Trash, Somerville, Elden Ring and so much more! Come join your video game best friends on another Epic Episode of the Epic...
Published 06/25/21
Kelvin's at that age where he's beginning to lost touch with what's what and what's not. He picked up TIKTOK a couple of months ago and now he's trying to understand the intricacies of Twitch TV; monkaS? KEKW? catJAM? POGGERS?! The Epic Arcade boys are joined in with Kevin and Felix to talk about all things Twitch. From explaining twitch chat, emotes to Kevin and Felix's personal streaming experience. Special thanks to our guests Kevin Schmidt and Felix Boyer, Intro VO by Siren Calera....
Published 06/11/21
You’ve probably been hearing talks of how the crypto markets are in a free fall now with BTC, ETC, ASScoin, Dogecoin and other derivatives of whatever alternate coins are in the market right now. That’s right, as the title of this episode goes, we will be exploring how the video game realm will be utilizing cryptocurrency, blockchain, NFT and should we be embracing this tech with open arms or be wary of what's to come. Special thanks to our guest Norman Chella, VO by Siren Calera.
Published 06/04/21