The Gamers' Inn

Two brand new games to discuss this week at the Inn, including the much anticipated Vampire Survivors spin-off, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors. Jocelyn gives Peter Molyneux one more shot with his latest god game Masters of Albion, now out in Early Access. Over in the news, that long rumoured Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake has been announced, Xbox confirmed They Are Xbox and are reevaluating some stuff, and the Steam Controller will officially launch on May 4th.Discussion00:00:00 - Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors00:13:50 - Masters of Albion00:39:11 - News

Year of the Linux Desktop kicks off as Ryan has converted one of his older PC’s over to Linux. And with that, Ryan shares his thoughts on the first game he played on the Linux PC, REPLACED! Jocelyn on the other hand shares more thoughts on House of Hikmah. Over in the news, we have our first official trailer for Street Fighter, Splatoon Raiders will release in July, and Xbox Game Pass gets a price decrease while losing Call of Duty day one.Discussion00:00:00 - Year of the Linux Desktop00:18:08 - REPLACED00:26:18 - House of Hikmah00:35:07 - News

Ryan went to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with the family and ended up returning to Super Mario Galaxy from the 3D All-Stars Collection, and bought a few amiibo too! Jocelyn joined in on the amiibo fun, while also returning to Timberborn which recently launched out of Early Access. In the news, Frostpunk 2 will be receiving new DLC in June, PlayStation promises to make one fan work very hard to be scanned into Gran Turismo 7, and Amazon TV Boss has some notes for the potential Mass Effect TV series.Discussion00:00:00 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie00:16:45 - Super Mario Galaxy + new amiibo00:26:51 - Timberborn00:39:50 - House of Hikmah00:43:51 - News

Ryan concludes his back log adventure through Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which leads to some interesting conversations about playing through past games and how to keep it fun. Also, what games should we be playing? Let us know! Over in the news, we keep it an April Fools free zone even if we wish some of these were jokes… Rumours are out there that Nintendo will have a new Star Fox and Ocarina of Time remake in 2026, Nintendo changes their pricing strategy for digital versus physical games, PlayStation hardware will be more expensive starting April 2nd, and our thoughts on the latest Xbox Partner Preview.Discussion00:00:00 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown00:26:27 - News

Jocelyn returns with adventures in Slay the Spire 2 after diving into the early access launch, while Ryan plays the latest Witcher game with Reigns: The Witcher. Over in the news, we share our thoughts on the DLSS 5 announcement and fallout, Jeff Kaplan had some choice words for gamers that hate without playing a game, Project Helix won’t reach alpha until 2027, fired Subnautica 2 CEO should be back after court ruling, and Mario will finally get a proper LEGO minifigure in 2027.Discussion00:00:00 - News Preview + Resident Evil Requiem Update00:06:32 - Reigns: The Witcher00:14:37 - Slay the Spire 200:25:27 - News

While Jocelyn is away, Ryan will deep dive on Resident Evil Requiem with Jon Jagger from the CORE podcast! We keep things spoiler free, outside of what has been featured in the marketing, so don't fret if you haven't had a chance to finish the game just yet. Or finished it 4 times like Jon did. Over in the news, Valve clarifies their launch window for their hardware after a bit of a scare, Xbox confirms Project Helix is a PC/console hybrid, Nintendo and Illumination present their final trailer for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and Fortnite is too expensive for Epic so V-Bucks will be more expensive soon.Discussion00:00:00 - Resident Evil Requiem00:50:29 - News

Jocelyn kicks off the show with a confession, she’s back playing World of Warcraft! With thoughts on the new Blood Elf starting area and the addition of player housing. She’s also returned to Date Everything, which caused a bit of heartache with its ending. Ryan on the other hand, is playing Resident Evil Requiem and is so far enjoying the adventure, even if it’s much scarier than the previous entry. In the news, we have our first look at the God of War TV show, Pokémon announces their next mainline entries, Highguard will shut down on March 12th, and reports suggest Sony is pulling away from PC releases for their single player games.Discussion00:00:00 - World of Warcraft: Midnight00:16:40 - Date Everything!00:28:36 - Resident Evil Requiem00:53:59 - News

Ryan continues his research for his Patreon Host Special focused on Romance in Video Games with Date Everything. Jocelyn played this one last year, so we spend a bit of time returning to the part puzzle game, part dating sim. Afterwards, we recount our latest TGI Game Night adventures in R.E.P.O. Over in the news, Ryan sneaks in a Sonic movie story with the casting for Amy Rose, Sony is shutting down Bluepoint, Discord issues an update on their age verification plans, and details behind a big leadership shakeup at Xbox.Discussion00:00:00 - Date Everything00:20:42 - R.E.P.O.00:28:43 - News