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Wrestling with Nostalgia

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast slams back into action! Join Hosts Loki Jarson and L0rd Masta (aka Thomas) as they grapple and strategize with this episodes topics. First, Thomas recounts his multiplayer adventures in Civilization VI . Can his years of experience out-class total strategy amateurs? Then, Old World , a game from of the same people who worked on the Civ series. Set entirely in Europe, does it play more like a knock-off Crusader Kings? Suddenly, a relic from Loki's past, Wrestling Empire ! Can a total idiot convince everyone that he's a multi-year game dev, or is MDickie a conman to rival the likes of the Huckster himself? Finally, a few months late, we talk the re-release of Goldeneye for the Xbox . Can you truly go home again or does a game from the late 90s simply not hold up anymore? The answers to these questions, plus even more questions on this episode, enjoy! Episode 64: Wrestling with Nostalgia  
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Stizzy Potter and the Cursed Game

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast returns with a magical flourish! Join hosts Loki Jarson and Jo Stizzy as they break down the most magical and controversial game of the year: Hogwarts Legacy ! Does it live up to the legacy of the Harry Potter franchise? Can the game overcome it's riddikulus twitter controversy? Are you a bigot just for looking at the game cover? Plus, is Square Enix's Forspoken really as terrible as the rest of the internet is desperate to have you believe? Can good gameplay overcome bad dialogue? Did Square leviosa sales expectations too high? Then, Atomic Heart and Wanted: Dead lead into a conversation about what a "bad" game actually means to a wider audience for sales figures. Are the financial problems at Square Enix and Ubisoft going to lead them down a path of ruin or can they be reparo'd? All this and more of the Wizarding World of the Worst: Episode 63: Stizzy Potter and the Cursed Game
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The Worst and Best of 2022

The Internet's Worst returns with the best and worst games of 2022! Join hosts Loki Jarson and Jo Stizzy as they countdown their favorite and most maligned games of 2022. Indie games, AAA releases, games you've never heard of, it's all here! God of War: Ragnarok , Horizon: Forbidden West ,  Marvel's Midnight Suns , Gotham Knights , Callisto Protocol and even more! It's a jam packed show, so set aside some time, and enjoy! Episode 62: The Worst and Best of 2022
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A Cold, Cold War

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast strikes back! Join hosts Loki Jarson and his brother Thomas aka, L0rd Masta of YouTube as they brave a cold spell to bring you such things as: A rundown of the newest Call of Duty game: Modern Warfare 2 ! Does the sequel to the reboot carry on the legacy of the original from 2009? A new Greenland flavor pack for Crusader Kings ! How many walrus hunts does it take to ruin an economy? How do you found a settlement autonomously? Plus, Loki recounts his journey in returning to CoD after a 7 year absence. Are the campaigns still terrible? Is the multiplayer still a try-hard sweatfest? All this and more in this episode, please enjoy! Episode 61: A Cold, Cold War
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Battle Passed Out

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast returns! With premium DLC! Join hosts Loki Jarson and Jo Stizzy as the discuss the latest in gaming news, including: Bayonetta 's voice actor going insane Silent Hill and Resident Evil getting new entries via remakes Overwatch 2 's horrendous online store! Plus more, included free: How can the gaming industry break out it's dark period of "free to play?" When is censorship for a "modern audience" ok? Can Konami bounce back like Capcom has? All this and even more in today's episode! Enjoy now: Episode 60: Battle Passed Out
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First Hack, then Slash

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast hacks it's way back online!  Join hosts Loki Jarson and Jo Stizzy as they break down the recent Grand Theft Auto VI leak. Lines of code, object placement, placeholder dialogue! What does this mean for the game's future? What will happen to the hacker? Are graphics really the first thing finished in a game? Then, fresh off completing the last of FROM Software 's "Souls-borne" game series, Stizzy gives the final word on the franchise as a whole. Bosses, magic, even more bosses! Which game is the best or worst? Where can they go from here? Is Elden Ring even that good? Plus: the usefulness of crime deterrent, the pointlessness of NPCs, and we defeat the false narrative of sexism in gaming. All this and more! Today! Episode 59: First Hack, then Slash
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The Merry Marvel Mafia

The Internet's Worst Gaming (and movie) Podcast is back! Join hosts Loki Jarson and his brother Thomas , aka, L0rd Masta of YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/L0rdMasta Today, we hold a funeral for the once great franchise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by looking back at some of the best movies in the series. What makes some of the films good, or even, great? What happened to turn the whole thing sour? Are emotional payoffs worth logical inconsistencies?  But first, a quick chat about Hanger 13's Mafia game series, and we try to avoid the usual jokes about crime fiction. Are they really open-world or just driving and shooting? What happened to Mafia 2 's remaster? How many secret Sopranos jokes can Thomas fit into one episode? Plus, the perils of  showing games to literal cavemen. Episode 58: The Merry Marvel Mafia Enjoy today!
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Pirates, Spies, and Punching Guys

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast is back and hotter than ever! Seriously, it's 100 degrees here in South Texas, so join hosts Loki Jarson and his brother, Thomas , aka L0rd Masta of  YouTube  as they discuss the hottest games. (From years ago). First, Thomas tells of his adventures on the high seas in Oregon Trail-like The Caribbean Sail . Piracy, harpooning, getting gored to death by narwhals! Then Thomas follows up with an old licensed game from an ABC TV show: Alias . Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper, that other guy from that one thing!  Plus, even more Marvel's Avengers . New costumes, new characters, sold by Square Enix! Finally, Loki discusses his love of fighting games and his absolute refusal to get better at them. Punching, kicking, special-moving! Ignore the background noise of the air conditioner and chill out with this latest episode: Episode 57: Pirates, Spies, and Punching Guys
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No Particular Place to Go

Get your kicks on episode 56 of The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast! Join hosts Loki Jarson and his brother Thomas , aka L0rd Masta of YouTube as they cruise down the highway of racing metaphors. First, the latest DLC for Crusader Kings III is finally out. Does it deliver everything the game needed, or is a heavily active modding community actually putting in the real work?  Then, Thomas reveals his hesitation in jumping into the next-gen, with regards to his long-running series of videos on Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 . Will Rockstar ever bother enacting real change to their online system, or is there just too much money to be made? Finally, in the pretense of talking about modern racing games, the guys get nostalgic about driving games of old. Loki attempts to steer the discussion back on course with a brief explanation of the problems of modern racing games, especially Gran Turismo 7 , then tries to define what makes a "real" racing game....
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The Gripe about Hype

The Internet's Worst Gaming Podcast returns with an extra-long episode! Join hosts Loki Jarson and Jo Stizzy as they, after over a year, finally talk about Cyberpunk 2077 . The delays, the bugs, the fury upon release, the eventual fixes, next-gen upgrades, and the fall from grace of CD Projeckt Red . Did the devs promise lies, or was fan expectation just too high?  Then, they discuss, after even further delays, the actual gameplay. Cars, guns, quick-hacking, story spoilers and more! Is Night City worth exploring, or does the mission structure make it boring? Plus, speaking of boring: a moratorium of From Software's Dark Souls games. With the recent release of Elden Ring , the guys look back on a multi-game series that hasn't changed much in many years. Great review scores and sales mean mainstream appeal is on the rise, but will an unhelpful community lead to it's demise? Additionally, things that don't rhyme, such as: Loki , once again, dismisses a game he hasn...
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