Downloadable Content
Downloadable Content is a general gaming podcast made by everyday gamers for gamers, whether you're a hardcore gamer or a casual one, or whether you've been playing for decades or days. Hosts Brian French and Ron Goldie invite anyone to join in to discuss and debate topics relevant to video games and the gaming industry at large. Want to participate? Check out our website at dlcpodcast dot com and check out upcoming recordings. NOTE: we are in no way affiliated with Penny Arcade's podcast of the same title. Updates occasionally.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Episode 192: The Industry Needs An Intervention
It's not a theory or trend anymore: the video game industry is broken. From tens of thousands of layoffs, to AI slop, to focusing on money above all else, it's clear that the industry needs some corr…
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Episode 191: A History of Trans Representation
In celebration of Pride, Veronica takes the helm as guest host of DLC and gives us an overview of trans representation in video games, starting back to the classics and bringing us up to modern gamin…
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Episode 190B: The DLC Special, Part 2
This is the second half of our latest episode, continuing our chat on some of our favorite video game composers. Highlighted on this half: Hitomi Sato, Darren Korb, Yasunori Mitsuda, Dabu, Masayoshi …
Wed 21 May 2025
Episode 190A: The DLC Special, Part 1
It's all music on this one! On this episode, guest-hosted by Spencer, each member of the panel highlights a favorite video game composer and talks about the effects their music has left on them. This…
Wed 07 May 2025
Episode 189: Xbox 360, Twenty Years On
In 2005, Microsoft launched their second console, the Xbox 360. It proved to be a runaway success, finally establishing them as a major player in the console game. Boasting PC-like graphics, a robust…
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Episode 188: Ashley Needs Saving Again
For the first time in two years, DLC records an episode! It's been a hot minute! On this episode, we talk about the Resident Evil 4 remake and give our thoughts and experiences playing this compared …
Tue 03 Sep 2024
Episode S11E5: Revisiting FFXIV
Two years ago, we visited the sprawling world of Final Fantasy XIV as it hit its 10th anniversary. Since then, the Endwalker expansion released, and we spend four and a half hours going through the l…
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Episode S11E4: All About Metroidvanias
We shine a spotlight on a genre of video game that has old roots, but has found a second life in the indie scene: the classic Metroidvania. From its beginnings with Metroid and Castlevania to new cla…
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Episode S11E3: Free Play
In this episode, it's a Free Play, an open discussion where the panel talks about anything and everything related to video games. Here, we cover big video game acquisitions, the upcoming Chrono Cross…
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Episode S11E2: For Love of Money
In this episode, we talk about the video game industry's new lovers: crypto, blockchain, and NFTs, and why the big developers are pushing ahead with this terrible marriage despite near universal outc…
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Episode S11E1: Welcome to Baron!
Apparently we just couldn't stay away. It's a fresh start, and a fresh format. DLC is now a live monthly Twitch show! Be sure to follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live! The audio only ve…
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Episode S10E14B: Our Quest is Over (Part 2)
After a wonderful run of 10 years and a total of 183 episodes, Downloadable Content comes to an end. On this final episode, we end it in the traditional way: with a Free Play. In Part 2, we chat abou…
Wed 10 Mar 2021
Episode S10E14A: Our Quest is Over (Part 1)
After a wonderful run of 10 years and a total of 183 episodes, Downloadable Content comes to an end. On this final episode, we end it in the traditional way: with a Free Play. Part 1 sees us covering…
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Episode S10E13: Still Going Fast
On our 8th episode of DLC, we did our very first retrospective episode, talking about Sonic the Hedgehog as the franchise turned 20. It seems only fitting that as DLC nears its end, we do our final r…
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Episode S10E12: A Tribute to the 3DS
It's an undisputed fact that Nintendo is king of the handheld consoles. On this episode, we take a fond look at the Nintendo 3DS, a plucky little handheld that stumbled out of the gate in 2011 but …
Wed 06 Jan 2021
Episode S10E11B: Terra, Gaia, and Hope (Part 2)
Final Fantasy IX released twenty years ago, and with it, returned the series back to its roots. We continue our discussion in Part 2. Ep S10E11B
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Episode S10E11A: Terra, Gaia, and Hope (Part 1)
Final Fantasy IX released twenty years ago, and with it, returned the series back to its roots. In Part 1 of our two-part episode, we dive back into this love letter to the franchise and revisit the …
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Episode S10E10: Free Play
In our second Free Play of 2020, we talk PS5, Persona 5, A Link Between Worlds, re-classifying video games, and how season/battle passes are replacing lootcrates and lootboxes. Needless to say, we've…
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Episode S10E9: New Shinies
With the PS5 and Xbox Series X releasing in two weeks, we take a side-by-side look and see what we got right and wrong in our prognosticating, and give some thoughts about the launch games as well. E…
Wed 28 Oct 2020
Episode S10E8B: The Lifestream Remade, Part 2
On our 2nd half of our FF7R chat, we traipse through the rest of the game and dive into some plot speculation and thoughts for the remaining installments. Ep S10E8B
Wed 14 Oct 2020
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