The Cheat Codes Podcast

This is the end. The last episode! Scotland Symons joins us for one last go-round. We wrap it all up with a look at E3 2018, Netflix getting into game streaming, Valve’s responsibility conundrum, and creators taking manbabies to task. This episode is a booze soaked romp, rife with self indulgence, appreciation, nostalgia, and more Breakfast Club references than you can shake a fist at. “Don’t you... forget about Cheat.... Codes, Codes, Codes, Codes...” Music Credit: BoxCat Games

We're braving the wild frontier in this Deadwood themed episode. This week we're talking about what the games industry can learn from the death of Glam Metal. We also take a minute to weight the moral quandary some ex-Google staffers faced when they were told they were working on military drone tech, and lastly, we weigh in on people complaining about women being in Battlefield V. For the Lightning Round we take a few minutes to proclaim the necessity of something like The Happytime...

We're joined by security expert and maker extraordinaire Scotland Symons as we fight for the Users on this week's episode! First, we discuss blockchains' potential impact on the game industry, take a hard look at some recent pushes for and against unionization in the game industry. and marvel at an ancient Xbox Live promo from all the way back in the year of our lord 2002. In the Lightning Round, we try to make sense of a YouTuber sending garlic bread to the upper atmosphere (and then...

Alexandra Lucas joins us in the studio to tell us about her new job as a game writer for Plarium games which will require a relocation to Ukraine! She helps us make sense of Hasbro's reasoning for leaving Rey out of The Force Awakens Monopoly. We then discuss a gamer's obsession with achievements and why it helps us make new discoveries in old games. We follow it up with a look at the CleverPet, a "Game Console" for dogs. For the lightning round, we each chime in with our thoughts on...

It's the end of 2015! We get the core panel together, discuss #NewYearsResolutionsIn5Words, pour some champers and rattle off our favorite games of the year. We follow it up with an examination of the Valve DoS attack over Christmas and we try to deduce what the hell Project Tango is and what it means for tech and gaming as a whole. Our last Lightning Round of the year looks at the case of "David & Goliath" with a Star Trek fan film and we wrap it all up with a look back on the best...

Associate Producer at Bungie, Samir Patel is back with us in the studio this week to go over how all the VR makers are helping solve each others problems to establish a successful market. We also examine Microsoft's cloud "altruism" and the Caleco Chameleon. For the Lightning Round we ponder the fate of a Siberian Fallout 4 addict and ask ourselves if we really want a Spaceballs sequel. Much beer was harmed in the making of this episode. Enjoy!

Our old friend Nate Hitchcock joins us in the studio to talk about his work at Soulbound Studios on their MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria. He gets back in the mix pretty quick as we hash out game design at sea, the new BlackFlag service and what games and gaming mean to folks in jail. For the lightning round we celebrate Kojima's new studio and a Flappy Bird clone that's actually a scale... for kitchen use only, obviously. Crack a cold one and hang out with us for a great episode!

Alice Taplin, UK Content Assistant at audioBoom and host of the "Double Tap" gaming podcast joins us this week, all the way from merry old England. We go over all the Final Fantasy VII remake news, Nintendo's eSports potential (with a little help from Disney) and the dog sharing app we all need. For the Lightning Round, we speculate on the Kojima's absence from the Game Awards and Alice graces us with the best Lightning Round minute in recent memory when we muse over the dad vs. baby...

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L.A. based comedian Brian Rhoads joins us this week and adds his special seasoning to our tasty banter. He helps us make sense of the madness of the Binding of Isaac glitch that spawned an interactive conspiracy. From there, we witness the revenge of Bethesda on Pornhub and we ponder the future of physical sales vs. digital sales. The lightning round culminates with a look at a kegel exercise/game app and the validity of the new NVIDIA "freefall" commercial. This one brings the funny so...

Demond Rogers & Mikey Spano from BitMonster Games are with us this week to tell us about GRAV: Reborn! They join us for a robust conversation on the Twitch features in Rise of the Tomb Raider, asteroid mining and the possible (we're hopeful) return of Mystery Science Theater 3000. For the Lightning Round, we toss around cultural imperialism in gaming, the Rumblr app and the majesty of Bob Ross on Twitch. Grab yourself a cold one and tune in!

Ted Wilson and Corey McDaniel, the makers of Dad Beat Dads are with us this week all the way from Vancouver, BC! They bring their A-game and help us wade through the Activision acquisition of King as well as Valves' new Item Store platform and the fallout of Payday 2's microtransactions. These fine fellows hang around for the Lightning Round and we're all the better for hearing their takes on this year's holiday game release schedule, Mark Zuckerberg's Oculus sales predictions and Warren...

Butt Sniffin' Pugs Creator, Gabe Telepak joins us this week to help make sense of the new DRM rulings for jailbreaking devices, Sony's announcements at Paris Games Week, and the power of the Pug Butt Controller! We hit the lightning round running as we chime in about Harmonix employees rating their own game on Amazon, EVE Online players helping out the science community, and the casting decisions of the next Indiana Jones movie. It's a butt sniffin' good time!

Alexandra Lucas is in the studio with us this week as we speculate on the new Nintendo NX rumors, the deserved success of Undertale and that odd survey that Riot is using on their League of Legends players. We round it all out with our usual beer soaked Lightning Round in which we round-robin the idea of shipping a game with all it's content available from the start, Korean eSports crime and of course, the new Star Wars trailer. Get hype!

Consider this episode an early Christmas present from us to you! Bungie Assoc. Producer Samir Patel joins us again to talk about the new Destiny micro-transactions, VR Porn vs. Real Sex and the obviousness of a placebo effect in gaming. For the Lightning Round, we do our usual round-robin dance around the upcoming Hololens tour, the Friday the 13th game and the prospect of an ill-advised 6th Die Hard movie. Yippee-ki-yay, Cheat Codes!

Allison Road honcho Chris Kesler joins us this week all the way from London! He gives us a guiding hand in hashing out the pending SAG-AFTRA strike, the presence of gamer culture in American Late Night television (the Colbert Bump!) and Yu Suzuki’s big ask for more Shenmue 3 money. He’s more than game for our usual Lighting Round, in which we wax poetic on the sketchy Peeple app, Microsoft’s acquisition of the Havok physics engine from Intel, and the superb Techland response to Dying Light's...

What a week! 3D Artist Nelson Reid joins us to make sense of the new Tony Hawk Pro-Skater 5 release, warts and all. We also celebrate the discovery of water on Mars and congratulate TBS for their big eSports plans and their new league. The Lightning Round is... as always... where the wheels come off in glorious fashion. We round-robin Twitch viewers beating Dark Souls, the amazing HLN interview about Edward Snowden joining Twitter and Tell-Tale's impending Back To The Future: The Game...

Yes, we know it's spelled wrong. Stick around for the end to find out why. We kick this beast off with a look at the new Kickstarter charter. From there, it's a trip 'down under' to ask if devaluing Geography and History in favor of Computer Science is the right move for Australian education. We round off the main topics asking if the Battlefront launch will work out to be as good as it sounds. The Lightning Round strikes and it's off the rails as usual. We all get a turn weighing in on...

We welcome back our buddy and frequent Cheat Codes collaborator Bernard Hwang all the way from NYC. He picks up with his explosive enthusiasm and helps us shake out the 'deets' on Kickstarter restitution. We segue into Nintendo's new leadership and from there it's a hop, skip and jump to rethinking the Chinese game market (as westerners). In the Lightning Round, we ponder YouTube streamers demanding money from developers, the repercussions of a 'dislike' button on Facebook and the new...

Zach Aikman, Lead Engineer at 17-Bit joins us this week to pimp a little game called Galak-Z and help us hash out the past week in news. We kick it off with rationalizing both sides of the Kimmel vs. YouTube nonsense. How do we follow that up you ask? By talking about Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad. We close out the main topics with a look at the announced Ubisoft Theme-park in Malaysia. For the Lightning Round we ponder the unofficial Silicon Valley...