Factory Sealed Video Game Podcasts

It’s time to gather round your console and join the finest gaming community in all the land. If you are looking for equal parts random life story and absurd video game analysis, then join hosts Eric, Dan,
Tom, and Zack for a light-hearted, tangent-filled romp through gaming's past, present, and future.

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Update frequency: every 15 days
Average duration: 119 minutes
Episodes: 276
Years Active: 2012 - 2025

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Sidequests - Ep. 20 - Tears of the Kingdom & Final Fantasy XVI

We fulfill an ancient prophecy that foretold of our inability to talk about anything other than Zelda and Final Fantasy games by sharing some final thoughts on Tears of the Kingdom before going full …

01:35:43 | Sun 16 Jul 2023

Sidequests - Ep. 19 - Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Like a fine aged milk, we've separated long enough! Eric and Zack finally reunite to gush over Tears of the Kingdom, get all nostalgic with Diablo IV, and do their best to match Dan's levels of excit…

01:56:50 | Sat 10 Jun 2023

Sidequests - Ep. 18 - Starfield, Mega Man Battle Network, & Horizon Forbidden West

Eric and Zack take a break from an absolutely brutal few weeks of retro gaming to share trepidations about Starfield, fail to catalog their games efficiently, revisit Horizon Forbidden West, look for…

01:13:11 | Sun 23 Apr 2023

Retro – Ep. 234 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

There'll be no taking of DOOMPS here - Metal Gear Rising is the rarest of beasts: an actual good game that we've played on Factory Sealed!

01:37:27 | Sun 05 Mar 2023

Sidequests - Ep. 17 - Hogwarts Legacy, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, & PSVR2

Eric, Dan & Zack unleash their wands and touch tips to gush all over Hogwarts Legacy & also have a jolly nice chat about Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, Playstation VR2, Metroid Prime Remastered, Hi-Fi R…

01:22:51 | Sun 19 Feb 2023

Retro – Ep. 233 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

What was mean to be the first four man show in AAAAAAAGES turns into Eric and Zack blasting through grounderies to talk about life happenings, Gran Turismo 7, supporting game developers, and our frus…

01:38:51 | Sun 05 Feb 2023

Sidequests - Ep. 16 - 2022 Game of the Year Show

It's time for our favorite show of the year! Find out which games secured our top spots and try to resist to the urge to buy some of the recommendations... because we each failed to do so.

03:16:53 | Sat 21 Jan 2023

Retro – Ep. 232 - Doom 3

Hold on to your brown trousers! It's a four man show for the first time in ages as we play Doom 3, bask in the glory of 90s internet...and regret the dark path that takes us down.

02:06:13 | Sat 05 Nov 2022

Sidequests - Ep. 15 - The Scorn Disappointment, Plague Tale is Back, and the Hope for Better Games

Just when we thought this year couldn't get any worse, we played Scorn. Fortunately Plague Tale: Requiem and the anticipation of upcoming games give us hope that the year might round out with a bang.

01:05:05 | Sun 23 Oct 2022

Retro – Ep. 231 - Lost Planet

Armed with the finest of TENG, we land on the cold plains of EDN-3 and find that exploring Lost Planet is just a big waste of time.

01:21:26 | Sat 08 Oct 2022

Retro – Ep. 230 - MoCon 2022 and Brutal Legend

It's time for the annual pilgrimage to MoCon! Will the lads have the same hotel room? Will they survive? Will Zack be arrested? It's all possible at MoCon! Outside of this year's shenanigans, we also…

01:46:13 | Sat 06 Aug 2022

Sidequests - Ep. 14 - Moving Sucks, Heroes of Britain, and What Games We Think Won't Be Crap

The horse may have died long before it got to Eric, but that won't stop us flogging it even further as we return after a two month hiatus! Hear all about Eric's cross-country move, the heroes of Brit…

01:20:23 | Sat 02 Jul 2022

Retro – Ep. 229 - Sonic CD

Gotta go...slow? We play Sonic CD, discuss Dan's patio, what we've been playing and Eric's impending country-wide trip to move house.

01:37:08 | Sun 01 May 2022

Sidequests - Ep. 13 - Tom Ragan is Back and We Open a Ton of Mystery Games

Former host turned celebrity guest Tom Ragan emerges from the rural recesses of Mooseland to talk about homeownership, Elden Ring, F1, and open a ton of mystery digital games.

01:50:29 | Mon 25 Apr 2022

Sidequests - Ep. 12 - Elden Ring. Nothing else matters.

Eric and Zack managed to peel themselves off the couch long enough to lament over buying and selling houses, reminisce about ancient methods of storage, and absolutely gush over Elden Ring.

02:22:53 | Mon 21 Mar 2022

Retro – Ep. 228 - Binary Domain

Dan and Eric tear themselves away from Elden Ring to question the morals of making robots in Binary Domain, making them question whether they are actually self aware in the process.

01:26:23 | Wed 02 Mar 2022

Retro – Ep. 227 - Enter the Matrix

Join us as we Enter the Matrix, a fabricated world of shite gameplay! Also includes Nobody Saves the World, Mass Effect, and Eric somehow finishing a game before Dan.

01:49:04 | Sun 30 Jan 2022

Sidequests - Ep. 11 - 2021 Game of the Year Show

The whole crew reunites for the first time in months for our fabled Game of the Year show! Which titles took our top spots this year?

04:33:10 | Mon 10 Jan 2022

Retro – Ep. 226 - 2021 Game of the Year Show