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 S6E3: A Hail of Bullets
We look at shoot 'em up games, a genre of game that has fallen out of favor in recent years. Challenging, maddening, and fun (depending on who you ask), these games still manage to appeal to gamers s…
Thu 03 Mar 2016
Episode S6E2: Polarizing Games
Developers are starting to utilize storylines and plot elements not typically found in games: depression, anxiety, LGBT issues, death, racism, among others. Some feel that such divisive and controver…
Thu 18 Feb 2016
Episode S6E1: Pixel Glory
To kick off our 6th year of DLC, Brian and Ron talk about the retro revival that's taken gaming by storm: who would've thought that 20 or so years after the NES and SNES that we'd still be playing ga…
Wed 03 Feb 2016
Episode S5EP: Season 5 Outtakes
On this bonus DLC, it's our Season 5 outtake reel containing some bloopers, funny moments, and off-air shenanigans that happened during 2015. Hope you enjoy it! Ep S5EP
Sat 16 Jan 2016
Episode S5E23: The Brothers Mario, Part 4
It began with Mario, and we'll end with Mario. We talk about many of the offshoot Mario games including Mario Kart, Mario Party, and the myriad sports titles as we wrap up both our 30th anniversary c…
Wed 23 Dec 2015
Episode S5E22: On Gaming Journalism
Wyatt from the gaming blog Sprites and Dice takes over the host's chair and engages the panel in a wide-ranging discussion about many aspects of gaming journalism: reviews (and the bias therein), opi…
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Episode S5E21: Enter Sony, Part 3
The final episode of our 20th anniversary celebration of the original PlayStation highlights some of the genres that the system was known for, particularly RPGs. We throw some more survival horror, a…
Thu 03 Dec 2015
Episode S5E20: Holiday Lineup 2015
Brian and Ron take a look through this year's lineup of holiday releases, talk about them, and also look ahead to what's due in 2016. Brian also goes on a bit of a Square Enix rant in the second half…
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Episode S5E19: The Test Of Time
We go back to the nostalgia well to talk about games that we feel have aged well, as well as games that have failed the test of time. NOTE: this was the 100th episode recorded, but the 99th to be bro…
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Episode S5E18: Games In Other Media
In Season 1, we devoted an episode to movies based on video games and their abysmal track record. But what about adapting games to other media, such as comic books, graphic novels, full-length noveli…
Wed 14 Oct 2015
Episode S5E17: Free Play 10.0
On the final Free Play episode of 2015, three panelists making their DLC debuts give us some new topics of open discussion: from the fate of the Metal Gear Solid series now without Kojima, to Pokemon…
Wed 30 Sep 2015
Episode S5E16: The Brothers Mario, Part 3
On part 3 of our 30th anniversary celebration of the Super Mario franchise, we delve into the most recent releases: New Super Mario Bros on the DS, 3DS, Wii, and Wii U, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, 3D…
Wed 16 Sep 2015
Episode S5E15: The Kisareth Empire
In response to a fan's request, we decided to sit down with a few of the awesome people over at indie game developer Kisareth Studios. We talk about they came to be, their Chronicles of a Dark Lord s…
Wed 02 Sep 2015
Episode S5E14: Free Play 9.0
Summer rolls on, and with it, comes out second Free Play episode of the year. On it, we bat around such topics as China ending its 15-year old ban on game consoles, professional gaming instituting a …
Wed 19 Aug 2015
Episode S5E13: Thank You, Mr. Iwata
We talk about the late Satoru Iwata, 4th president of Nintendo, who died suddenly in July 2015. On this episode, we discuss his contributions not just to Nintendo, but to gaming as a whole. Ep S5E13
Wed 05 Aug 2015
Episode S5E12: Free Play 8.0
Ron, Ryan, Nick, and Brian have an open discussion and give their thoughts on a variety of gaming topics in the first of this season's Free Play episodes--what they're currently playing, 3D gaming, t…
Wed 22 Jul 2015
Episode S5E11: E3 2015
Now that we've had a few weeks to take it all in, we look at all the highlights from this year's E3 and give you our thoughts on the reveals, announcements, and news. What are we looking forward to? …
Wed 08 Jul 2015
Episode S5E10: The Battle For The Past
On this episode, we discuss the current dispute going on between the EFF and the ESA: should video games be legally allowed to be preserved and played after the companies who host these games shut do…
Wed 24 Jun 2015
Episode S5E9: Enter Sony, Part 2
Part 2 of our PlayStation 20th Anniversary series rolls on, with more nostalgia and fond recollections from the PS1 era. All music used belongs to their respective games/developers/composers/studios/…
Wed 03 Jun 2015
Episode S538: Chrono Time
Just 3 weeks before the PlayStation launched in the US, a game was released for the SNES that to this day remains one of the greatest games of all time. For many, it is considered the perfect game: t…
Wed 20 May 2015
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