Giant Enemy Crab Podcast

Oh look, it's another review about that game where every review is different. At least we get to ask our reviewer, Strider, the real questions on the spot. Like why are the children so op?For real though, Crimson Desert is the talk of the town and we've got a reaction plus some gameplay for you. Also, a quick update on our good friend DLSS 5. Enjoy!

Ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya, & Strider1#crimsondesert #gamingpodcast #gamingnews Time Stamps:00:00 Intro + DLSS 5 Controversy05:10 Crimson Desert First Impressions08:45 Rough Start & MMO-Style Gameplay15:30 Controls, Combat & Core Systems34:00 AI Controversy + Final Thoughts🎧 Available on Spotify, App...

What are all these letter and numbers doing in my videogame and why is it making my valley so uncanny? Today we give a quick update on the DLSS 5 situation and what it may mean for the future. Ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya, & Strider1#gamingpodcast #nvidia #dlss5 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by following, rating, and reviewing at these links! 👇Spotify: (https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1zDCuZ9edDCxwH2YDMtj)Apple Podcasts: (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-enemy-crab-podcast/id1770911740)🔔 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell so you bl...

With the death of Highguard we enter what AAA dev Bungie hopes is the era of Marathon. The new extraction shooter hopes to climb the Steam charts, but seeing as how an Slay the Spire 2 is dominating in sales with a fraction of the studio size, this may not look good for the Halo Team. Or it might be fine, who knows anymore.after we dig into that, we get into the news of the week featuring yet another Valve lawsuit, Capcom Cup being less than free for the people, Yakuza sadness, and some new PEGI rating rules. Also, we...

Hail to the King Baby. Our boy Jeff Kaplan has awakened from his mighty slumber and brings with him the fabled hype, The excitement we felt was palpable when we learned that one of the biggest names behind World of Warcraft and Overwatch had been lurking behind the scenes this whole time, working on a special something, that by all accounts, sounds incredible.We just had to gush about his 5 hour interview on the Lex Fridman Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9rF1CSSh-wCheck that out of course for everything, but if you only have an hour...

(SPOILERS BUT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN) Can't lie, horror/capcom/action fans are eating good with this one. Today we bring you 3 guys and their opinions on the new Resident Evil 9. There's a lot to love in this, but of course we're gonna nitpick it. One thing we forgot to mention, the level of detail is insane, from Leon shouldering the flashlight during reloading his shotgun upside down, to his glove missing depending on your actions. Enjoy a little gameplay while you listen.Ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya & Strider1#residentevil #residentevil9 #survivalhorror #gamingpodcast #ResidentEvilReview👇 Timestamps 👇00:00 Intro – Giant Enemy Crab Podcast & Resident Evil dis...

Look at all the fun stuff that happened this week! Marathon is here, we got Bloodborne news, Street Fighter 6 opinions, Resident Evil Requiem Gameplay, and some thoughts about that God of War photo (you know the one). Mostly just 3 guys talking about games, how original. Enjoy.#GamingPodcast #Bloodborne #FightingGames #GameDiscussion #GamingTalk #VideoGamesFt. @Flizoat KylarEmiya & Strider1🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by following, rating, and reviewing at these links! 👇Spotify: (https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1zDCuZ9edDCxwH2YDMtj)Apple Podcasts: (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-enemy-crab-podcast/id1770911740)🔔 Don’t forget to li...

Save is a strong word, but the way you see people talk about them recently, fighting games need a hero. In this episode, we discuss for better or worse, what could be done about it. Maybe there's a good idea or two in there, especially that last one... maybe not. What do you think? Check out the PolyFighter Demo on Steam while you're at it, we think it's got potential. Ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya & Strider1#sf6 #fgc #gamingpodcast 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by following, rating, and reviewing at these links...

Sorry, our visuals broke for this episode, enjoy some Raft while we get into the news of the week, including more wrong doings from Ashes of Creations creator ( Starts at 18:00) , some Silent Hill gushing, more layoffs, and Microsoft is definitely not gonna spam AI everywhere. Enjoy nerds.Ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya & Strider1#ashesofcreation #microsoft #gamingpodcast 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by following, rating, and reviewing at these links! 👇Spotify: (https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1zDCuZ9edDCxwH2YDMtj)Apple Podcasts: (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-enemy-crab-podcast/id1770911740)🔔 Don’t forget to like...

Right after recording this Riot says everything is fine and we're gonna keep at it. (https://x.com/Play2XKO/status/2022413556600443270 ). Can we make up our minds already? Also some more Highguard discussion, Overwatch gets a rebrand(?), Roblox is bad as always, and The State of Play has some bangers coming our way. All that and more this week, enjoy some Rabbit and Steel gameplay, you should check it out if you enjoy .... Rabbits and ... Steel. I'll show myself out.Ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya & Strider1#2xko #riotgames #fightinggames 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help u...

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, sorry, like the ashes the Phoenix left behind, Ashes of Creation has burnt out. How does a 3 million dollar game finally stand up just to fall down and die? Let's find out. Also some big runscape news, and Kylar gives us his review of ⁨@markiplier⁩ s new movie "Iron Lung". Enjoy some Aram Mayhem as you listen, them Lillia Q's go hard.Ft. ⁨@Flizoat⁩ KylarEmiya & Strider1#ashesofcreation #MMODrama #gamingpodcast 👇 Timestamps 👇00:00 – Ashes of Creation Collapse: What Actually Happened?12:10 – Kickstarter Money, Alpha Keys, and Scam Allegations24:45 – Why Final Fantasy XIV Works (and Ashes Doesn’t)33:10 – Nintendo Direct Filler...

To go through all that and still place 7th out of 8? L's in the chat... L's in everyone's chat, except one. Kingsman265. That's right, we couldn't help but bite into the juicy Marvel Rivals 40k Creator Cup Drama, and yes, everyone and their dad has given a reaction, so we've decided to give a timeline and explanation of everything we know thus far. From coal to diamonds, this little underdog story goes pretty hard for something born out of videogame drama. Careers were made, careers were exploded, and the memes, dear lord the memes have been so plentiful. Enjoy...

It's finally here, after ten long years we're getting something that feels like Minecraft 2? Find out this week as we get into the thick of it and give our thoughts on which one does it better, and why to play one or the other. Or both. You could do both... if you're a monster.Choose a side Fence Sitter!We've also got that juicy gaming news for you, Roblox is still a nightmare, Monster Hunter will never be optimized, and our latest song recommendations, tailored just for us. You won't be disappointed, we promise.Enjoy our first dive into Hytale...

It's so hot and heavy in Dynasty Warriors: Origins...Everyone be giving the wanderer bedroom eyes huh? This week we take another look at what some call the best Warriors game, our experiences with past versions, Lü Bu and Guan Yu's rockstar status, and how Red Hare should be the next Umamuse horses. Oh, and intros are for suckers, enjoy.Ft. @flizoat Kylaremiya & Strider#DynastyWarriorsOrigins #DynastyWarriors #LuBu #WarriorsSeries #GamingPodcast 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by following, rating, and reviewing at these links! 👇Spotify: (https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1zDCuZ9edDC...

What are your best and worst games of the year? We kind of struggled on this...Welp, it's the end of the year and although the game awards are done, we still have our picks for what deserves all the glory and praise, and what deserves to be left in past. We might even get to review some games we haven't really showcased yet.. Also, because the topic came up for better or worse, we played Horse Girls (Umamusume: Pretty Derby), so you get the gameplay of that. Enjoy?#bestgames2025 #worstgames2025 #gamingpodcast ft. @Flizoat KylarEmiya & Strider👇 Timestamps 👇0:00 - Intro6:00 - Worst...

(Look, It's a holiday week and we're all busy, if everyone else can use AI, so will I. Here's a fresh episode, enjoy the one-time unedited AI Slop aesthetic. Merry Christmas. - Fliz)#IronLungMovie #monsterhunter #gamingpodcast Welcome back, nerds 🦀This week on the podcast we spiral directly out of control.We kick things off with the Iron Lung movie — why it’s almost sold out, why it’s over two hours long, and whether a YouTuber-led horror game adaptation can actually work (or if we’re just here for Markiplier’s face on the big screen). From there it’s straight into M...

Looks like a rough year for gun and ball gamers. Not much to say when one game swept every gat dang award... that's ok, plenty more to talk about, like THE REAL GAME AWARDS, upcoming titles, Tsun Szu, Ship girls, whatever High Guard is, probably some other stuff. You know the drill.Enjoy some Expedition 33 DLC boss battles (SPOILERS kinda) while you wait.Ft. ⁨@Flizoat⁩ KylarEmiya, and Strider#thegameawards #clairobscurexpedition33 #gamingpodcast 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by following, rating, and reviewing at these links! 👇Spotify: (https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1zDCuZ...

Dunno if it would be worth switching into any superhero's place, do you?Today on Crabcast, we talk about some Octopath Traveler, Some newness that is the MOBA/Necromancer sim Spellcasters Chronicles, Dispatch endings (no real spoilers(?)), Nightreigns New DLC and characters, and finally "Horses" the controversial game that we just can't stop talking about. Or something. Enjoy our first attempt at SpellCasters while you listen and hang intently on our every word.ft, ⁨@Flizoat⁩ Kylaremiya & Strider1#spellcasters #nightreign #gamingpodcast 👇 Timestamps 👇0:00 – Intro14:30 - Octopath Traveler 020:00 - Dispatch28:00 - SpellCasters Chronicles45:00 - NightReign DLC 1:06:00 - Horses1:14:30 - Outro🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts...

Oh you knew it was coming someday, we're finally having a full episode on our favorite/most hated game, League of Legends! With special guest Isaac, we get some insights into the esports side of League, along with thoughts on the current state of the game, what we like and like less. Big shoutout to @BrokenByConcept , definitely worth checking out if you like League at all and have an interest in getting better at... well.. anything. We got a little news at the end too if you like that kinda stuff. Enjoy some ARAM Mayhem while you listen.ft @Flizoat...

Title Timestamp: 42:30 - The Game Awards NomineesThe word of the day is "Chaos Dong". Or Chronos: The New Dawn, whatever floats your boat.This week we take a look at the 2025 Game Awards Nominees, what belongs where and who could be the winner of EVERY category (hint: its Clair Obscure). Also Black Ops 7 is dog water, Starforge's logo surprises Fliz, Ubisoft does Ubisoft things, and the return of Hytale! Please take you seats, the show will begin shortly.Also here's some League ARAM Mayhem because we didn't have any other footage.Ft.  @Flizoat  KylarEmiya, & Strider#gameawards2025 #blackops7 #hytale 👇 Timestamps 👇:0:00 - Intro...

Title Link:36:00 - Half Life 3 Confirmed?Welcome back nerds! We're at it again with more nerd news! We go into the Steam Machine a little more, followed by some crazy Godzilla Tapletop goodness. Then we get into Marathon and Concord (what?) news, followed by the return of Jacob's Question Corner! What are our gaming secrets and confessions? You'll just have to find out yourself on today's episode of the Giant Enemy Crab Podcast! Enjoy revisiting Half Life 2 while you listen. Also here's that link Kylar said he'd post: https://thegamepost.com/sony-concord-playable-again-custom-servers/Ft.  ⁨@Flizoat⁩  KylarEmiya & Strider

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Big News folks, so big we decided to give you the deets the day it happens. Steam has announced the upcoming console/prebuilt PC "The Steam Machine" and we've gathered all the intel we could to bring it to you up to speed. Along with this are the new VR and controller announcements that we're all excited for, but there's one small problem... Oh well, Let's Get Steamy... on second thought. Ew.Ft.  @Flizoat  & Strider#steammachine #steamvr #gamingpodcast 🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by rating and reviewing at these li...

Sorry, we just can't get away from ARC Raiders. Or Soulja Boy. On today's episode we check back in to see how we're liking the content one week later, what we love and what could change, including modes we'd like to see and if the PVP/PVE debate holds any water.

After that we get to announce the newest in gaming and music technology, The Souljagame Flip!(?)Oh course, as always, we have the actual game news, including Nintendo patents, Square's AI, Destiny 2 dies a slow death, Rockstar goes gangsta on some unions and GTA 6 is expensive...

ARC Raiders, the new PvEvPvPvE is here, and we have some words. Good ones. Game good. There, saved you an hour

Also we got news!

Starting with a Stop Killing Games update, then Amazon Games news, AI gaming flubs (9https://80.lv/articles/ai-generated-game-concepts-become-the-laughingstock-of-the-internet), Mistranslated Games, and a small review of Lingo 2.

Also here's some footage of our first few hours of Arc Raiders, we're actually on topic for once! Be proud of us.

#arcraiders #pvpve #gamingnews

ft. @Flizoat , KylarEmiya, & Strider

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Oh my god "Worm" is so good. How is it not more popular?

Anyway, this week Fliz goes into how things are in the web serial so far (MASSIVE SPOILERS) and why you should definitely give it a read/listen.

Kylar also did some research into the New Super Hero Visual Novel "Dispatch" with your favorite Youtubers like MoistCr1TiKaL and Jacksepticeye . We'll round it all off with your weekly gaming news round up, we got Halo news, big time CS:GO news, Bethesda up to the same thing again, Gaming Journalism woes, Roblox gets...

Happy Halloween Crab Gang!

What is it about wandering down a hallway and anticipating that spooky face jumping out that makes us keep coming back for more?

Who knows, but we're gonna gush about it. We love horror games over here at the GECP, and finally we get to talk about our favs, our upcoming interests, and why we love the genre.

Joining us today is a special guest who knows nothing but horror games, Danniballectergraham, or Dan for short, a variety streamer and friend with a penchant for the macabre.

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Well Crab Gang, not a whole lot going on this week so let's try something a little different. As always, we've got our weekly gaming news wrap up, a death in the family along with news about Marvel Rivals, Borderlands 4, Sonic, and some other stuff... but that's not what you're here for right? You wanna hear about WORM. So we're gonna talk about WORM. Hope you Like WORM. Also Fliz hit Diamond 3 in Guilty Gear, watch the climb as you listen and praise his mediocre Potemkin play.ft. @Flizoat & KylarEmiya

#worm #wildbow #gamingpodcast

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This week on the Giant Enemy Crab Podcast, we are down a soldier, Strider has died fighting ninjas, maybe he will return. We wish him well during his villain arc.

In other news, Matt Mercer finally gets to see the other side of the Critical Role board, we keep on keeping on with Monster Hunter's Omega fight and Guilty Gear. We've got updates on Clair Obscure, Kingmakers. Halo, and Marathon. Also the dangers of Nintendo and what the hell is House of the Dead doing? Enjoy some Jump Space as we talk, and btw the game was...

Well Crabgang... it never ends does it?

This week on the show we're looking at what is going on with Microsoft Game Pass and Xbox, as well as the coming storm that is PPV Street Fighter with the new Capcom Cup announcements. Blizzard is also coming on a little strong with it's World of Warcraft changes and we get some news about 2XKO and the new leaked character. Thanks Brazil!We'll round it all off with our guesses on the new Omega Weapon fight in Monster Hunter Wilds, and you can see just how that turned out...

What a day and age to be a gamer! Minus the whole ICE/Pokemon thing...

On this weeks episode, we've got some fun times with the strange RPG "Elin", some XBOX/ Microsoft news, and a discussion on the recent State of Play trailers and announcements. Also we look at the GTAnime game Ananta and Strider gives us a review of the new release "Hades 2". Enjoy some footage of Fliz deranking in Guilty Gear Strive as big ol' Potemkin while you listen.ft. @Flizoat , KylarEmiya, & Strider1

#ananta #stateofplay #hades2

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KylarEmiya is back with a showcase of his attempt to beat  @PirateSoftware  fully releasing Heartbound by releasing his own game first! It's been a little over a month so let's check in on this brand new solo dev project and see where we're at with the Godot Mech Farming Sim/ Bullet Heaven. PROGRESS FOR THE PROGRESS GOD.#piratesoftware #heartbound #gamedev ft  @Flizoat  & KylarEmiya🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your pods.👇You can help us out by rating and reviewing at these links! 👇Spotify: (https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1zDCuZ9edDCxwH2YDMtj)Apple Podcasts: (https://podcasts.appl...

Dwarves and Wizards and other stuff!

"Fellowship" is a new MMORPG that eschews all the RPG elements for a straight-forward move towards the dungeon running of late game World of Warcraft. With a playtest going live this week we figured we'd dip our crabby little toes in and see if it's got the dungeon digging we love.Along with that we get to laugh at some Randy Pitchford cringe, as well as feel bad for Borderlands 4 devs, and also a little update on our 2XKO experience.Unfortunately our friend Strider will not be here today, wish him...

The 2025 soft launch is finally here, step right up and get ready to lose a lot! Smells like a RIOT game is in the building, 2XKO (formerly Project L) is good to go! Play as your favorite, or at least some of the League of Legends roster, including champs like Vi, Jinx, Yasuo, & Blitzcrank, as you battle for greatness in this new F2P 2v2/Tag fighting game. Will it be enough to beat Marvel Tokon? Will this decade long venture pay off for Riot? Are fighting games even for the masses?Find out this week as the Crab...

Here we are, chasing trends again.

Like all of us decidedly getting hooked on a game from 13 years ago. That's right, we're talking about the new smash hit MMORPG Guild Wars 2! I mean... it's new to us, and that's good enough.

In today's discussion, how is it to get into something so old with fresh eyes, how does it compare to our experience with FFXIV and Wow, and is it worth it in 2025?Find out all that and more on today's crab talk thing!ft.  @Flizoat  , KylarEmiya, & Strider#gw2 #guildwars2 #guildwars2community👇 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro9:00 - Gui...

We're getting real loosey goosey today Crab Gang.

You've played em, we've played em, your grandma watches her favorite streamer play em, it's Friendslop! (whether you like the term or not)From Among Us to R.E.P.O to Phasmophobia to Peak, we've decided to give our anecdotal impressions of these massive, multiplayer, party games.Do we love them? Maybe. Do we hate them? Maybe.Either way, we're sure someone disagrees, and that's ok, these guys aren't going anywhere. The Friendslop train has arrived and it's here to take us to the future of indie gaming...

Welcome, to a world of dangerous monsters run amok! A world of apex predators of the highest caliber, where no one is safe, not even the kids.Welcome to Jurassi.... ahem... Roblox?

That's right folks, hide yo kids, hide yo other kids, cause Roblox is catching some heat for its lax views on the worst kind of net denizen. We break down what's going on with Roblox, Schlep, and even Chris Hansen on today's episode of the Giant Enemy Crab Podcast.Also in the news this week, a new game to check out, Fellowship, AI tool VISVISE...

Watch out, them Zambies gonna getcha! This week on the podcast we're back to real news! We promise, slop free! We've got updates on Steam and Itch vs Visa/Mastercard, a review of the newly released isometric co-op horror game Whisper Mountain Outbreak, the future of hacking is here, Gamepass fails, a strike at Nexon and Nintendo being... well... Nintendo.All that and more on this weeks episode of The Giant Enemy Crab Podcast!Enjoy our playthrough of Whisper Mountain (ignore our ignorant naming)ft.  @Flizoat  KylarEmiya, & Strider#gaming #whispermountainoutbreak #nintendo 👇 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro3:00 - Steam/Itch Vs Visa/Maste...

Since we can't get away from it, we might as well join it, right? We've devised a challenge to complete a game, from scratch, solo developed, with no real coding experience, before the 7 year old Heartbound actually releases.Games are being made, a little more heat on  @PirateSoftware  's game getting completed is added... we think it's a win/win.We're gonna keep you all updated on this series as Kylar makes his way through the trenches of making something from nothing until we eventually have something worth playing. Wish us luck!#piratesoftware #heartbound #gamedev ft  @Flizoat  & KylarEmiya🎧 Available on Spot...

Finally, the day has come. After months of waiting for Kylar to finish the game we're all here and we can finally vent, share, complain, and praise everything about Clair Obscure that we couldn't before. Be warned, there are MASSIVE SPOILERS, but we tried to give an run through of the game in case you haven't played it and don't care about spoilers as well. Oh my prince...ft.  @Flizoat  KylarEmiya & StriderThanks to  @RossaNextGen  for their upload and use of the cutscenes, go drop a like in thanks.#clairobscurexpedition33 #expedition33 #ending 👇 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro/ Spoiler free catch-up 7:45 - Spoilers from he...

Oh it's worse than we thought.

On Today's episode, we decide to get into whether the fuss is really all that worth fussing about with a playthrough of PirateSoftware's game "Heartbound", Kylar let's us know what's coming next for DaggerHeart. D&D, and the rest of the table top world with news from Gen Con, and Strider takes a second look and sheds new light on Lies of P and it's newish DLC.Enjoy the 2x speed playthrough of Heartbound while we start with an update to Visa, Mastercard, and Collective Shout's fight on your games.