Episodes
We bring on the founder of the Video Game History Foundation, Frank Cifaldi to talk about how important it is to archive digital media and games. We also connect him to SouljaBoy, Indiana Jones and Sharknado!
Published 03/05/19
This week we talk about the controversy of the Rape Day game and Valve's response, NBA 2K drafting its first woman into the 2K League, Xbox going disc-less and EA ditching their press conference at E3
Published 03/04/19
We bring on Charles Singletary from Shacknews to share his story of how he got into the industry. We dig into why Apex Legends is so great. Ask the question of if Anthem can get out of its own way and chat about a bunch more of what we've been playing.
Published 02/26/19
Gabi Michel from the Microsoft Devices Team joins us this to share her story and give us the origin story of the transformative Xbox Adaptive Controller.
*We stripped out a section of the show where Gabi goes into depth about how the Adaptive controller was packaged and some of its functions due to it not coming across well via audio. Here is a link to see the Twitch highlight for this section.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/382448293
Published 02/19/19
Industry veteran Stephanie Tinsley-Fitzwilliam, president of Tinsley PR is making her Brookago debut this week and dropped GEMS on all of us. We dig into how public relations has changed in the age of social media. What is the new normal when it comes fo influencers vs legacy press. Stephanie also gives some great advice to content creators on some tips to help them navigate PR spaces.
This is a must listen for everyone in the industry, so spread the word!
Published 02/12/19
IGN's own Ryan McCaffrey joins us this week to talk about how his career has changed and grown over the years. Why journalistic integrity still matters and we chat about the art of conducting a good interview.
Published 02/05/19
We bring O'Dell Harmon of the Game Fanatics and the Full Circle podcast on the show this week to talk about his rise in the gaming industry.
We talk about Kingdom Hearts and Anthem expectations too!
Published 01/29/19
We wrap up our Spawnies awards with part 2! We share thoughts on our favorite mobile, emotional and game of the year!
Thank you all so much for listening, we had a blast!
Published 01/18/19
With the beginning of 2019 here and kicking we drop our 2018 GOTY contenders and winners for all our Brookago residents!
Be sure to check out this episode and our finale tomorrow!
Published 01/17/19
Kah and Reef dedicate a WHOLE episode to the conversation around the Activision and Bungie breakup. How will this affect Destiny 2? Is it a good move for Bungie? We ask and answer all the questions!
We also dig into how dope Awesome Games Done Quick is!
Lots of goodness incoming!
Published 01/15/19
We come back with a vengeance this week to talk about Rami Ismail's newest collaborative project called Meditations. We discuss the wild west that is Twitch moderation after a domestic abuser gets his banned channel back. Soulja Boy gets snatched by the Nintendo cops and we ask if Netflix's Bandersnatch means FMV is back.
Published 01/08/19
In our first episode of 2019 we chat about Epic getting sued again for dance stealing. Epic bringing the ill-fated TellTale Walking Dead game to their store. The ESRB getting a nod from Congress and we dig into how shooting games are changing.
Published 01/02/19
Kotaku's Paul Tamayo joins us this week to talk about his fantastic podcast The Optional. What it's like to make a name in the gaming industry. We talk about how the gaming community has grown and changed in New York.
Published 12/28/18
Reef and Cee are manning the ship and that means you get some more impressions of games that were announced on around The Game Awards 2018! We then talk about the nonsense that is the corporate culture at Riot Games as well as if it’s ‘personnel’ thing or if it’s a ‘culture’ thing there. Reef talks Content Creator of the Year, Ninja and things don’t go as planned, plus Cee wants to extoll the greatness of the infamous E.T. the Atari 2600 game?
Published 12/18/18
Cicero and Shareef break down their thoughts on The Game Awards while Kahlief attends the show.
Published 12/18/18
This week we tag and bag more Fallout 76 mess, share some of our experiences finding people to play with online with "Looking For Group" gaming services and wrap up episode 265 with what we've been playing!
Published 12/10/18
Shareef and Kah revisit the Thanksgiving gaming lineups of the last five years and declare a victor.
Published 11/27/18
Shareef and Cicero talk about the future of E3 without Sony, the Game Awards nominees, and the Brookago Buyer's Guide for your holiday console purchases.
Published 11/21/18
This week we dig back into Red Dead Redemption to see how the crew feels after more game time. We talk about if Blizzard did their fans a disservice with announcing Diablo: Immortals at their big con. Kahlief gives some Fallout 76 Beta impressions and we dig through more games we've been playing.
Published 11/13/18
Bill Carroll is a scuba diving instructor and marketing guy. Emily Hafele is a salon owner and part time model. They've come together and are pursuing a photo project and exploring visual storytelling.
Published 11/08/18
Episode 261 is full steam ahead and we welcome our captain back to the helm. We dig into our thoughts about Red Dead Redemption 2, Deltarune and a bunch of other games in our queue. We talk about Overwatch's latest character and how we still don't have a Black woman in the mix. Rounding out the conversation about Blizzcon is trip to the lair of who else.....Rastakhan.
Published 11/06/18
Reef and Cee are back again to talk about the story that doesn’t seem to want to end -- Rockstar’s crunch culture. We find out even more information thanks to Kotaku and that rabbit hole is deep, y’all! We also learn what you’re risking if you regret your PSN name bad enough to want to change it. Buyer Beware! We find out what our two Brookagoans have been playing recently and we get a #Stubnostication? What could it be? Also, Reef has BARS and much more in episode 260!
Published 11/01/18
Shareef and Cicero talk about not being able to kill anyone in Black Ops 4's Blackout Mode, Red Dead and the development crunch issues involved, Starlink, and spilling Sprite.
Published 10/23/18
Reef is at the helm while the Captain is away and Cicero is second in command. Cee has returned from an allergy-induced hiatus to talk the games he’s been playing and how much he likes them. Spoiler-Alert: A LOT! We also get a review from Shareef for Shadow of the Tomb Raider as well as his review of the Nintendo online service. Finally, the guys talk about Gamestop’s new community-based YouTube initiative as well as Sony stepping into the 2010s by allowing PSN names to change!
Published 10/16/18
Episode 78 is when you talk over someone to tell them how good you are at shutting up and listening. New cars, new laptops, new affronts to humanity and democracy. And Siri shortcuts.
Published 10/11/18