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
VR Jelly a.k.a. Rise of the Oculus Grift
Did you hear that? It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Actually, it’s the opposite of that: those voices turned into a roiling stew of outrage a…
EXP Podcast #362: The Year Ahead 2016
Happy New Year everyone! We're ringing in 2016 with a look at the games to come. This week on the podcast, we discuss what we are most excited to play, what we think might not even come out this year…
EXP Podcast #361: 2015 Game of the Year Leftovers
Our Game of the Year plates were just too full to accommodate everything last week, so this week we talk about some more of our favorite games from 2015. It's like a delicious, unending plate of lef…
EXP Podcast #360: Games of the Year 2015
What a year is has been for gaming! We've browsed through police interviews, parachuted through the sky, and dug deep into the earth. Now, as 2015 draws to a close, Scott and I return for our annual …
EXP Podcast #359: Experience Points Presents the 2015 Gamey Awards
It seems like anyone and everyone can have an awards show these days, so we've decided to test that theory. This week, we introduce our very own, highly serious, and extremely dignified awards show …
EXP Podcast #359: Game of Thrones< Episode 6 Debrief
Winter has come at long last! This week on the EXP Podcast, Scott and I revisit the cold north of Telltale's Game of Thrones. This marks the end of Season 1. Did it achieve the great heights we've co…
EXP Podcast #357: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Debrief
It just wouldn't be the holiday season without a little Call of Duty, now would it? Black Ops 3 is coming at you like swarm of angry bees. Don't worry though: we're here to guide you through this n…
EXP Podcast #356: The Fallout 4 Bug Bite
It's nearly Thanksgiving here in America. Today, Scott and I are both thankful we are not the last survivors of humanity wandering an irradiated wasteland. It's the small things, y'know? Let's celebr…
EXP Podcast #355: Blizzard Bulletins and Nintendo News
Two-headed trolls? JRPG characters from the 90s? 10-second clips that spawn hours of speculation? It's all pretty standard business for Blizzard and Nintendo. The two companies recently announced…
EXP Podcast #354: An RPG Thing
The state of RPGs, Western and Japanese, ebbs and flows. It might just be the copy of Persona 4 Golden in my Vita, but right now I feel inundated with RPG options. From new spirit-trapping colletion …
EXP Podcast #353: Disneyland Debrief
I recently returned from the Magic Kingdom and I bring with me tales of whimsy, churros, and missed opportunities for gamification. Disneyland is all about fostering the illusion of fantastical, yet…
EXP Podcast #352: Split Ends
Halo 5: Guardians just release, and for the first time since the series began, the latest entry in the franchise does not feature split screen co-op. I only just learned of this travesty moments befo…
EXP Podcast #351: The Microtransaction Mambo
Hey, I'm not saying that I'd pay for the ability to do the Carlton dance. What I am saying is that maybe the fact that other people can pay for the ability to do the Carlton dance isn't all bad. Af…
EXP Podcast #350: Hardware Habitats
Console exclusive games are increasingly rare in our current console habitat, but this hasn't always been the case. How have our hardware limitations shaped our playing habitats and how we see entire…
EXP Podcast #349: The News Blues
They say no news is good news and this week we can't really argue with that. It's been a little rough out there, but we can't use that as an excuse to turn a blind eye. Instead we wade into the mes…
EXP Podcast #348: Destiny Revisited
The latest Destiny ads are using Led Zeppelin songs, but based on all the events of Destiny's first year, I think Katy Perry might fit better. The Taken King is out and with it come a slew of big ch…
EXP Podcast #347: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Debrief, Part 1
brings Hideo Kojima parachuting in from the skies to wreak havoc on sheep and the like. This week on the EXP Podcast, knowing we have a massive game in front of us, Scott and I discuss our first impr…
EXP Podcast #346: Guiness Certified
This week on the EXP Podcast, Scott and I bust out our huge collection of authentic Cool Spot merchandise and try to make our way into the Guinness Book of World Records. Did you know Mario was origi…
EXP Podcast #345: Get Off My Lawn and Onto YouTube
Remember this day everyone: today is the beginning of what will almost certainly be our decades-long feud with Jimmy Kimmel. Inspired by his spat with let's play fans, we're diving into how and why …
EXP Podcast #344: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Debrief
Everyone has been sucked up into the big glowing pattern in the sky. This week on the EXP Podcast, Scott and I go with them. What do we find there? Why some balls of light, a pastoral British village…