Dana and Cody find a world of color buried beneath the gray in Nomada Studio's Gris. Next episode: Amid Evil. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram @whatinagamepod and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and S

E3 2019

Jun 13th, 2019 40m 57s

Cody and Dana get hyped for Breath of the Wild 2, Ikumi Nakamura and Keanu Reeves. Oh, and a bunch of other stuff from E3 2019! Next episode: GRIS. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram @whatinagamepod and rate u

Catherine (2011)

May 31st, 2019 1h 1m

Cody, Dana and guest Sky, @bragadeleader on Twitter, take on Atlus' Catherine. Cody laughs, Dana cries and Sky has something to say about anime. Next episode: Gris. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram @whatina

Metro 2033 Redux (2014)

May 16th, 2019 48m 49s

Cody and Dana brave the depths of the Russian underground in Metro 2033 Redux. Major spoilers start at 29:55. Next episode: Catherine. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram @whatinagamepod and rate us on Apple Po

Monster Hunter: World (2018)

May 2nd, 2019 1h 6m

Dana entertains Cody and guests Brent Jones and Zach Burke as they reflect on hundreds of hours spent in Capcom’s latest multiplayer opus, Monster Hunter: World. Next time, we’re playing Metro 2033. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInA

Clive Barker's Jericho (2007)

Apr 19th, 2019 55m 19s

Dana and Cody delve into the last video game project with horror author Clive Barker’s name on it. Is this a forgotten gem, or a title best left forgotten? Music used: Chris Jericho - Break The Walls Down by WWE Music Group and Jim Johnston. Ne

Portal 2 (2011)

Apr 4th, 2019 57m 26s

Dana, Cody and Erika brave Wheatley’s stupidity, GLaDOS’ snark and Cave Johnson’s lemons in Valve’s last major single-player game, Portal 2. Next episode: Clive Barker’s Jericho. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Insta

Portal (2007)

Mar 21st, 2019 39m 48s

Cody and Dana are joined by their good friend and fellow science lover Erika Baker to look back on 2007’s biggest surprise, Portal by Valve. Next episode: Portal 2. Music used in the beginning: Offering by Larry Stephens. Follow What's In A Gam

Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019)

Mar 8th, 2019 55m 23s

Mr. X gon’ give it to ya. Minor spoilers throughout and major spoilers after 39:20. Next time we’ll play: Portal (and maybe Portal 2 if we can get enough time in). Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram @whatinaga

Kingdom Hearts III (2019)

Feb 22nd, 2019 1h 22m

Cody and Dana are joined by their good friend Heather Cooney to talk about one of the most anticipated games ever: Kingdom Hearts III. There are some light spoilers before a major spoiler warning at 54:15, mainly in discussion about some of the

DUSK (2018) + Kingdom Hearts III & Resident Evil 2 First Impressions

Feb 7th, 2019 36m 27s

Dana and Cody quake with fear as they spill the blood of cultists, heretics and … goats in DUSK. Minor spoilers for DUSK throughout. Next time we’ll play: Kingdom Hearts III. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram

Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

Jan 24th, 2019 59m 55s

First Issue Club’s Mike DiStasi joins us to talk about Marvel’s Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and basically everything Spider-Man. Did we say Spider-Man enough times? Spoilers begin at 38:04, but there are some light spoilers a

Game of the Year 2018

Jan 11th, 2019 1h

Dana and Cody are joined by special guest (and Cody’s roommate) Michael Parr to talk about the best and worst games of 2018 — and what’s on the horizon for 2019. Next episode: Marvel’s Spider-Man. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGa

Celeste (2018)

Dec 27th, 2018 31m 58s

We sneak in one last 2018 game before our Game of the Year episode: The delightful indie platformer Celeste from Matt Makes Games. Some story spoilers after 15:55. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on Instagram @whatinaga

Kingdom Hearts II (2006)

Dec 14th, 2018 1h 2m

We dive into one of Dana’s favorite games, Kingdom Hearts II. Cody loses the plot, Dana has a bone to pick with Pirates of the Caribbean and they both think Mickey Mouse saying “Xehanort” is hilarious. Next episode: Celeste. Follow What's In A

Deltarune Chapter 1 (2018)

Nov 30th, 2018 29m 22s

Cody and Dana couldn’t wait for the full game to release, so they went ahead and did an episode on the demo for Toby Fox’s next game, Deltarune. Spoilers throughout. Next episode: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter

Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)

Nov 16th, 2018 45m 24s

Dana and Cody may be landlubbers, but that didn’t stop them from loving Lucas Pope’s seafaring adventure, Return of the Obra Dinn. Light spoilers, but nothing that would make much sense to folks who haven’t played the game. Next episode: Deltar

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Oct 31st, 2018 54m 10s

In this Halloween episode, Cody and Dana step into the fog once again to tackle Silent Hill 2. Spoilers throughout. Next episode: Return of the Obra Dinn. Also, HOLY SHIT IS THIS NEW UNDERTALE? :D :D :D Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @Wha

Silent Hill (1999)

Oct 18th, 2018 39m 21s

Dana and Cody brave the foggy streets of Silent Hill and find that it holds up surprisingly well for a nearly 20-year-old game. Since we can’t get enough of this series, our next episode will be Silent Hill 2. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitte

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

Oct 4th, 2018 44m 44s

Shadow of the Tomb Raider wants to take the franchise to a more complex, dark and “woke” place to wrap up the new trilogy. It faceplants straight into problematic, melodramatic and cliche territory instead. Yeah, we didn’t like this one at all.

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)

Sep 13th, 2018 48m 17s

Dana and Cody find themselves at odds as they continue their playthrough of the rebooted Tomb Raider games with Rise of the Tomb Raider from Crystal Dynamics. Spoilers start at 20:22. Next episode: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Follow What's In A G

What Remains of Edith Finch (2017)

Aug 30th, 2018 42m 27s

We tackle Giant Sparrow's What Remains of Edith Finch, a surprisingly complicated exploration of death, grief and family. Spoilers throughout. Next episode: Rise of the Tomb Raider. Follow What's In A Game? on Twitter @WhatsInAGamePod and on I

VACA MINIPOD: The Return Of PS One Graphics

Aug 23rd, 2018 13m 13s

The second of our vacation mini episodes! The topic this time: The return of PlayStation and Nintendo 64-styled graphics to gaming. Games discussed: A variety of Kitty Horrorshow games Paratopic OK/NORMAL Undertale Once again, sound quality

VACA MINIPOD: What's In A Bad Game?

Aug 16th, 2018 19m 45s

To tide everyone over until our next full episode on Aug. 30, we have two special mini episodes lined up this week and next. The topic this time: Bad games that we won't subject each other to for the sake of podcasting. Games discussed: Duke N

FAR: Lone Sails (2018)

Aug 9th, 2018 29m 36s

Dana and Cody sail the drained seas with Okomotive's delightful first game, FAR: Lone Sails. Minor spoilers since it's a pretty short game, but we keep the ending under wraps. In case you missed it in the episode, we're going to be on vacatio