This week on The Free Cheese, Matt writes Sonic fanfiction.

More of what you love: conversations about video games. We're talking Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Deep Rock Galactic, with a trip through some fighting games along the way. We also check out Umurangi Generations, slowly uncovering its layers beyond a simple photography game.

This week on The Free Cheese, money please!

We check out the demo for Bravely Default II and wave goodbye to Cyberpunk 2077. Matt takes over a small town in Yakuza: Like a Dragon while Marc finds the true successor to a 3D Sonic game in Crumble and Joe grabs the Wii Remote for Samus' final first-person adventure in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

This week on The Free Cheese, and the award goes to...

We recap some of our favorite announcements from this year's Game Awards along with a rundown of headlines from the week including the new release timeline for Halo Infinite and an upcoming Digimon wearable.

Marc and Matt take the first steps into Cyberpunk 2077 and share the good, the bad, and the buggy. Meanwhile, Joe readies himself for Breath of the Wild 2.

This week on The Free Cheese, Mario Paint.

Together, we discuss the stack of industry shakeups that were announced this week along with a brief and literal pulse check for the PlayStation Vita.

Catch up on what it means to complete your first palace in Persona 5 Royal, what it feels like to finish Demon's Souls, and how to survive on the Oregon Trail in 2020.

This week on The Free Cheese, excuse me, Princess!

Marc closes the curtains on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity while opening a box of Digimon cards. Matt discovers the roots of FromSoftware as he edges deeper into Demon's Souls. Joe finally learns what it means to steal a heart with Persona 5 Royal's first dungeon.

We also make it to the end of our own dungeon as we wrap up another ongoing segment.

This week on The Free Cheese, don't give him Sonic.

During a slightly slower week of news we dive a bit deeper into Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Hades, and Pokémon Sword: The Crown Tundra.

We also share our first impressions with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and how it fits into the lore of The Legend of Zelda.

This week on The Free Cheese, push to puff!

It's new console week and we have Matt's first impressions with both as well as a series of rapid-fire questions that get to the bottom of what we really want to know.

We also talk about Marc's first week with Genshin Impact and Joe's time with Tekken 7 and its fourth season.

This week on The Free Cheese, did we find Brittfaceyo?

With the launch of next generation consoles only moments away we make sure to catch up on all of the vampire news you could ever ask for.

We also bring a close to our ongoing segment, "Who Would Win in a Fight?" and continue with the second round of "Another Night, Another Dream" in between a heavy week of news.

Finally we check in with Pokémon Sword's DLC and call the Chicken Police.

This week on The Free Cheese, Happy Halloween!

We share our ideas for other game franchises that could learn from Breath of the Wild and try to figure out how to name new Final Fantasy characters.

Marc keeps things spooky with Phasmophobia and Handy Harry's Haunted House Services, Matt enters a Rocket League tournament, and Joe returns to the world of Pokémon.

This week on The Free Cheese, someone remembers to unmute his microphone.

A slower news week lets us explore some different topics. What's a positive example of a game that feels like its from the PS2 era? Name a game that was overshadowed by something when it initially released?

We also discuss Halloween events in video games and how to catch a ghost.

This week on The Free Cheese, where’s Okami?

Listen in as we talk PlayStation 5 UI and the new initiative from the Video Game History Foundation. We look back on where we were a year ago and close out on some of the games we’ve been playing recently.

Also, it’s the final round in the quarter finals of our ongoing segment chronicling the best of the bad in video game’s greatest villains.

This week on The Free Cheese, we figure out how to save the Switch.

We talk about which purple character should have ended up in Mortal Kombat and run down all the PlayStation 5 news from the week. We also check in with the recently released Pikmin 3 Deluxe Demo.

This week on The Free Cheese, Steve blocks the way!

Gather around and listen to tales of surviving when not playing video games. We talk about Super Mario Bros. 35 and checking in with the weird side of the 3DS library.

This week on The Free Cheese, taste the cumin!

We’re here to talk 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and Rocket League’s entry into the free-to-play space. We check in with Tokyo Game Show 2020 and a new company from old Blizzard folks. Also, it turns out Microsoft bought something else.

This week on The Free Cheese, we believe in generations.

It’s finally time to discuss the full launch details of the PlayStation 5 and the games launching alongside the new platform on November 12.

Matt checks out Hypnospace Outlaw, welcoming the comfort of a late 1990s internet in favor of a chilly campground. Joe continues with Xenoblade Chronicles while exploring Super Mario 64 as part of the 3D All-Stars collection.

May the fox be with you.

This week on The Free Cheese, tell me your tire fantasy.

We finally have a release date and details for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. We weigh in on the best way to buy and our favorite designs of this generation’s new consoles.

We also check in with Mario Tennis Aces, step closer to the finale of our recurring segment “Who Would in in a Fight?”, and talk about the first tenth of a 100-hour JRPG.

This week on The Free Cheese, old is new is old again.

We’re excited by the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 and with the announcement of Super Mario 3D All-Stars it feels like we’re back in the late 90’s all over again.

We also check out Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, get ready for the release of new video cards, and follow up to last week’s game recommendation.

All that and so much more awaits you inside.

This week on The Free Cheese, did Madden call Snoop Dogg a cop?

Another week, another Nintendo Direct mini brought to you by Lunchables. We finally get an official spill of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War details and Matt is fresh from the fields with a look at Madden NFL 21.

We recap some highlights from Gamescom, figure out what Joe will play next, and try to imagine what new Switch hardware will take the form of.

This week on The Free Cheese, oops! All superheroes!

We discuss the reveals of both Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Gotham Knights, along with some other excitement from DC Fandome.

We also check in with Microsoft Flight Simulator and Battletoads during their launch week and get ready for what’s next in Call of Duty and NHL.

This week on The Free Cheese, let’s celebrate Quake.

The days of not having any skateboard video games to play are long gone. We take a trip through time and go shopping, while planning the future of video game television.

We both lament the fun of PC gaming and weigh in on the battles of billionaires.

This week on The Free Cheese, unlock another episode when you buy the Battle Pass.

We share our first impressions of Fall Guys and detail the latest changes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone.

Additionally, we close the book on A Plague Tale: Innocence and look forward to whatever Rocksteady is up to with Suicide Squad. We talk about this week’s State of Play and the news that cloud gaming isn’t making its way to all devices just yet.

This week on The Free Cheese, we talk about good game feel. 

We kick things off with news from Activision and a look at Modern Warfare just before the season ends. We compare and contrast it with Halo and discuss the move for Halo Infinite to have free multiplayer.

We travel back in time to France during the Black Plague and learn how to fight rats with fire, then further back to feudal Japan to follow the wind. 

We check our pulse on a few titles, old and still coming. Then we close out with the first installment of a new segment. 

This week on The Free Cheese, name your favorite 360 game, GO!

We reflect on the Xbox Games Showcase and the surprise Nintendo Direct mini from the week.

Matt shares his first thoughts on Ghost of Tsushima while Joe samples some of the Summer Game Fest demos.

This week on The Free Cheese, candy hurts.

As we ready for the Xbox Games Showcase this week, we get back into The Master Chief Collection and bring along a new, old friend. Matt takes third place in Motorsport Manager while Joe heads West of Dead for a little while.

We also talk about some news from the week and how Xbox is preparing for the future of video games. There’s a lot of Xbox on this week.

This week on The Free Cheese, this generation sucks.

We talk about how modern video games have fallen into a formula and how we’re finding ways to break the formula. We also look back at the Game of the Year so far.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Satoru Iwata, recorded on the fifth anniversary of his death.

The Last of Us Part II is now a part of our memories but before we let it slip too far back we are here to talk openly about it. Inside, we’ll explore the themes and plot of The Last of Us Part II, share our favorite moments from the game, and ponder how the series might continue in the future.

Obviously, don’t listen to this unless you’ve completed the game.

This week on The Free Cheese, please. It’s okay.

We gather here again to talk about the new price of video games, how the video game industry has changed in a decade, and what life is like on the other side of The Last of Us Part II.

Matt goes into the Artifact 2.0 Beta while Joe plans a 2D version of Arms after playing Min Min in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

This week on The Free Cheese, keep yourself wet.

After a week playing through two games that divided their audiences, we have some feelings about making your own opinions and approaching content with an open mind.

We talk about Microsoft saying goodbye to Mixer, a new sequel to Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and how rollback netcode is being implemented into a nineteen year old game.

This week on The Free Cheese, Matt predicts the utopian future of Pokémon.

We hear the latest in the ongoing record keeping of Donkey Kong high scores and the status of one man of hot sauce.

Matt shares his first impressions with The Last of Us 2 and how he ended up playing Motorsport Manager. Joe learns how much he agitated Matt while troubleshooting Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing.

This week on The Free Cheese, it’s time to talk about the future of video games.

We are in the wake of the PlayStation 5 event from the week and talk about what we saw, what we’re excited about, and what we still want to see more of next.

We also talk about the Destiny announcements from this week and where we both fall in with the future of Destiny.

Matt has completed Witcher 3 and found himself hopping into micro sessions with some of the newly acquired games from the massive itch.io bundle, while the updates to Call of Duty: Warzone set the path for the next season in the game. Joe played halfway through The Messenger before finding himself stageside at a Hatsune Miku concert and taking on a giant statue in a mech in Phantasy Star Online 2.

This week on The Free Cheese, Go SEGA!

We share our memories and feelings surrounding SEGA on its 60th anniversary as a company. We talk about the Game Gear Micro and “fog gaming”.

Matt continues to wander the lands as Geralt and reaches close to a complete Gwent deck. Joe continues the hunt for monsters and finds himself back in Tokyo as a soon-to-be pop idol.

This week on The Free Cheese, decades of development for Dreams.

We ready ourselves for the first look at PlayStation 5 games with a few predictions of what we expect to see. We discuss the impact of EA releasing source code for Command & Conquer and get excited about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

Matt finds solid footing within Witcher 3 as its narrative builds and he creates new stories to tell at the pub. Joe finally gets Monster Hunter World to click and tells you how to kill dinosaurs.

This week on The Free Cheese, Oops!...I’m a skateboarder again!

Matt enters the world of The Witcher as Joe meanders through Breath of the Wild again.

We talk about what Rocksteady is actually working on, how you can get into the beta for Artifact 2.0, and a lot of Justice League Dark.

This week on The Free Cheese, a/s/l?

We talk about the importance of emergent gameplay and its increasing importance in creating believable video game worlds, and how Unreal Engine 5 might help developers to create better worlds.

We celebrate the announcement of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater being remastered and induct another game into our Hall of Fame.

Matt closes the book on Gears Tactics and opens the bookshelf to the rest of the story. Joe goes to 3D shooter heaven with Sin & Punishment and Kid Icarus: Uprising

We’ve played Final Fantasy VII. You’ve played Final Fantasy VII. Or you should have if you’re going to listen to this episode.

It’s our full look into Final Fantasy VII Remake. We talk about what we loved, what we didn’t, and what we want to see in the next parts of the story.

This week on The Free Cheese, we remember a Nintendo friend.

Learn about Dwayne ‘Tequila’ Johnson and magical shopping carts that stop you dead in your tracks. We also talk about the potential of new skateboarding video games (again), the future of Call of Duty: Warzone, and how Mortal Kombat might go up against the DC Universe yet again.

Matt has all of the details on Gears Tactics after a solid week with its campaign. Joe checked in with Streets of Rage 4 and The Wonderful 101 Remastered while getting lost in a flooded Hyrule on Wii U.

This week on The Free Cheese, no Vin Diesels allowed!

We give our final word (spoiler-free) on Final Fantasy VII Remake and talk about the future of summer games announcements. We talk Gears Tactics and Gran Turismo for PSP, and wonder about what games we’ll see at Inside Xbox this week.

This week on The Free Cheese, we find out Sunsoft still exists?

We make recommendations for what to watch when you don’t want to play video games and we talk about some games to play when you’re looking for something different.

Joe played some of The Curse of Rabenstein and checked out Sunsoft’s Trip World for Game Boy. Matt stepped into the world of Picross with the latest Picross S4 from Jupiter.

We catch up on where we’re at with Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Final Fantasy VII Remake and report back on the updates to Super Mario Maker 2.

Finally, we discuss a report from Video Games Chronicle regarding a Horizon: Zero Dawn trilogy, yet again another Silent Hill rumor that’s totally real this time for sure just check, a new Crash Bandicoot game for your phone, and the return of the Splatfest next month.

This week on The Free Cheese, do you want a new robot friend?

We both continue with Final Fantasy VII Remake and continue to find reasons to love it. We talk about its impact on the franchise history and where it will find its place amongst the other titles.

Rumors of another Resident Evil remake kick off our news segment with stories of PS5 launch limits, eSports gambling, new tactics games and weird stories of game development.

This week on The Free Cheese, that cat ate my burrito!

We commemorate the launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake with our early impressions of the game and keep it spoiler-free.

We talk a little Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and sprinkle in some Dreamcast after a documentary stole the show this week.

Finally, we discuss the headlines from Inside Xbox, rumors of Resident Evil 8, and our feelings toward the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller.

This week on The Free Cheese, why do people drink sparkling water?

Matt and Joe discuss Doom Eternal after having both finished it and where it falls on the spectrum of Doom. We continue documenting our time with Animal Crossing: New Horizons as the eggs attack and Matt learns the Stalk Market.

Matt played through The Foundation expansion of Control and talks about new gameplay mechanics. Joe defies the future and reverts to the past with Arc the Lad and other lost memories of the early days of PlayStation.

We catch up on rumors of new Resident Evil, the future of Artifact (yes, that Artifact), how a prefecture in Japan is limiting video game time for minors, and how IGN is stepping in for E3.

Finally, we talk about the rumors behind the 35th anniversary of Super Mario and a collection of 3D Mario games.

This week on The Free Cheese, the juice that divides our darkness.

We talk more Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons as we make our way through more of both.

A surprise Nintendo Direct mini capitalizes a lot of our news cycle amidst Konami responses to Silent Hill rumors and Epic Games publishing deals that work in favor of the creator.

We also catch up on Call of Duty: Warzone and the latest updates to Ring Fit Adventure.

This week on The Free Cheese, listen to the devil’s interval.

We gather to talk about Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as expected.

We also talk about the new details of both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. We check in with new Game Pass Ultimate perks, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and broadcasting sports video games.

This week on The Free Cheese, it’s the final stretch.

Matt survives his worst fears as he edges closer to the sun and then straps his skates on to roll around the rink.

Joe keeps circling the tops of the castle in a classic while discovering what he missed by not becoming a Belmont sooner.

We talk about the future of GameStop, the potential of a new Tony Hawk game, Platinum Games’ newest studio and engine, and oh, E3 is canceled.

We also talk about gaming masks and add another source to the Silent Hill revival rumors.

This week on The Free Cheese, we learn the age of hedgehogs.

Fresh from the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo, we share our equal and opposite reactions to what we played.

Matt becomes a detective in Hollywood with the greatest investigative tool: Picross.

Joe takes control of Dracula in the last major release in a line of pachinko machines.

We talk about Stadia a little longer than Google has this calendar year and what a Butterfinger can bring you.

This week on The Free Cheese, we remember Miitomo friends.

As the Nintendo Switch reaches its third anniversary, we look back on our favorite memories with the console, make recommendations for the best of the library, and look to its future.

Matt is still swinging in the dark with no end in sight as he chases the shiny Dark Souls platinum. Joe gets back on the grind after a patch changes some of the challenge in Session.

We talk about the Xbox Series X and how we expect game publishers to treat multigenerational releases. We check in with the latest from Yacht Club Games and learn the identity of the second game tease from Platinum Games. Finally, we weigh in on some heavy hinting from Kojima Productions and one of Silent Hill’s original creators.

This week on The Free Cheese, your mama don’t dance.

We’re here to get excited and get you excited about Animal Crossing. We recap the Direct and talk about everything there is to do on a faraway, desert, island after you’ve been kidnapped.

Matt finds a victory and a bit of confidence as the third journey continues. Meanwhile, Joe rediscovers an old classic and finds new meaning in it.

Read about our Animal Crossing history with an old article we talked about this episode.

This week on The Free Cheese, which ports are left?

Matt cracks open another round for celebration after becoming a full ninja, plays some Xtreme football, and cuts to Camera 2.

Joe slashes his way through a sequel spin-off to a game he never finished and finds a new anime puzzle game to get lost in.

We talk about the future of E3 without its past, changes to Rockstar and The Coalition, and the long haul for Anthem.

Finally, we get the word from Matt on which Wii U ports are left and look into a rumor about DC Comics and its video games.

This week on The Free Cheese, Syndicate mobile.

Matt edges closer to the platinum trophy in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and spends a few hours creating religion in Frostpunk. Joe feels the beat in Patapon 2 and finds himself deep in the streets of Kamurocho in Yakuza Kiwami.

We talk about rumors of Silent Hill games and a new horror IP at Sony, check in with Nintendo’s financial briefing, and predict the 14 games that EA will release before next year.

This week on The Free Cheese, can I finish first?

Matt and Joe talk about Ninja Theory’s new projects and celebrate #Sonic2020 right along with you.

Joe failed to keep things going for long in Frostpunk but found better luck in Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2. Matt figured out the best way to get over finishing Sekiro is to play more Sekiro.

This week on The Free Cheese, we need a vowel.

We talk about the latest addition to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster along with a recap of the recent string of game delays that struck this week.

Matt beat Sekiro and finds himself lost looking for the next thing. Marc pulls out the purple to play Phantasy Star Online while waiting on its sequel. Joe enters the depths of hell in Sigil after the recent updates to Doom.

This week on The Free Cheese, keep rollin’.

We have another week of GTA Online stories to share along with the debut of a new game that you can play along with at home.

Matt got through the wall in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Marc plays as someone else in Onimusha, and Joe got into Shovel Knight: King of Cards.

We hit some headlines from the week and recap the Pokémon Direct.

This week on The Free Cheese, learn the history of the year 2020.

We fell back into Grand Theft Auto Online and started to build our digital empire on the backs of Steve Winwood songs.

Marc learns the ways of Onimusha while Matt takes his special friend to the championship and Joe rolls credits on the world of dreams.

We tally up the scores of our 2019 predictions and etch in stone our declarations for 2020.