The Experience Points Podcast
A weekly show from the authors of ExperiencePoints.net. Each episode we will have an in depth conversation on a particular video game related topic.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 800
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
EXP Podcast #502: Smashing Blizzard
Between the recent news from Blizzcon and the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct, it seems like everyone is itching for a fight. Blizzard has been doing some damage control after dunki…
EXP Podcast #501: Red Dead Redemption 2 First Impressions
We pack our saddlebags and head out West this week to finally talk about Red Dead Redemption 2. This is a long game, so while the full debrief has to wait, today we'll share our first impressions, gi…
EXP Podcast #500: Ten Years of Trends
We've been at this old podcasting game for nigh on a decade now. We've seen a lot of comings and goings over the years, so this week we do a little retrospective on some of the standout trends that …
EXP Podcast #499: Spiders, Messengers, and Breaches
This week on the EXP Podcast, we swing back into some games we've been playing. From the tall buildings of New York to the deep breaches of space-time, we take you on a journey of some recent hits an…
EXP Podcast #498: Streaming Gets Serious
Brace your routers: another generation of streaming game services is careening across the web and towards your wallet. This week, we talk about Project xCloud, along with efforts from Google, Ubisoft…
EXP Podcast #497: The Sony Classic
Just look at the Sony Classic, a miniaturized version of the iconic PlayStation that's so small it has to be legally marked as a choking hazard. Which is perfect, because if there's one thing Sony wa…
EXP Podcast #496: Telltale Troubles
Late last week, Telltale announced it was closing down the studio. It's never easy seeing so many people lose their jobs and some of the revelations about the questionable work environment make it e…
EXP Podcast #495: Peachette Direct
Shocking revelations from Nintendo this past week with the news that Princess Peach is, in fact, a mushroom-person who is merely granted a human form using the powers of her royal crown. This week on…
EXP Podcast #494: Swinging into the Donut Breach
It's September, which means it's back to school and back to games! This week to do a check in on three current games we've been playing: Marvel's Spiderman, Donut County, and Into the Breach. Now t…
EXP Podcast #493: Hard Pass
Fishing? Who needs it. Crafting? No thanks. Alchemy? That's someone else's job.
This week on the EXP Podcast, we're discussing all the wonderfully crafted game systems we just never seem to care abou…
EXP Podcast #492: Dead Cells Debrief
I used to be worried about gene splicing, but then Motion Twin synthesized a hybrid of Dark Souls, Spelunky, Castlevania, along with a generous helping of their own secret sauce. Now I'm fully onboar…
EXP Podcast #491: Everyone Hates Luigi
Admit it. You hate Luigi.
Even if you don't, we can all agree the younger Mario brother is the "green sheep" in the family. Inspired by Polygon's recent history of Luigi's unfortunate status in gamin…
EXP Podcast #490: Technophilia
The future is here! Again. For at least the third time this year. It's like the future doesn't want to leave us alone. This week on the EXP Podcast, we discuss the MagicLeap, a new pair of Alternate …
EXP Podcast #489: Nintendo by the Numbers
We've always suspected that Nintendo has sold millions of hardware and software units, but what if I told you they made mii-lions? Well now you can check for yourself! Nintendo has taken their inve…
EXP Podcast #488: Automation Station
When automated robots and talking Amazon devices take over the world and subject us to all kinds of dehumanizing experiments in the name of creating a half-man half-robot demigod, will we think back …
EXP Podcast #487: The Grit Cycle
Have you noticed things getting dark around here? Why are people swearing all the time? When did you start wearing eyeliner? Looks like we've just entered the gritty dimension. This week after a …
EXP Podcast #486: Hacking Inkopolis
This just in! Hackers have broken into the mega-city of Inkopolis and illegally modified their Splattershot weapons to fire ludicrous volumes of ink! And just went we thought Nintendo had built an im…
EXP Podcast #485: Steam Census
The word is out: people are surprisingly obsessed with virtual trucking. How do we know this? Thanks to an inadvertent leak, Valve exposed data that gave us an unprecedented look at the player counts…
EXP Podcast #484: Dinosaurs, Switch Games, and More
This week on the show, we discuss some of the recent games we've been playing, which includes some of the best games of 2018 so far. Journey with us to Jurassic World Evolution where we care and nurt…
EXP Podcast #483: Goodbye Gamestop?
This week, we talk about the evolution and possible dissolution of a once massive empire: GameStop. With news that they are pivoting to selling comics as well as quietly shopping around for a potent…