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 #662: The Forever Streaming Wars
An update to the last podcast, Sony has updated their subscription policies and offerings and it's honestly getting better. Also, Netflix had a very bad week. Will they really invest heavily in gamin…
EXP Podcast #661: Difficulty and Delays in the News
This week we're dipping into some recent and headlines around game difficulty as well as the difficulty of putting on a physical event in the year 2022. Games like Eldin Ring and Tunic are still very…
EXP Podcast #660: Vampires, Maps, and Miquella
This week on the EXP Podcast, we fight hordes of monsters in the bullet-hill homage to Castlevania - Vampire Survivors. We also revisit and share some closing thoughts on Tunic and Elden Ring. Now, o…
EXP Podcast #659: The Playstation Plus Premium Puzzle
The video game subscription scene got a bit more crowded this week after Sony revealed their new PlayStation Plus tiers. It's clear they're leaning into the retro angle as well as streaming games, bu…
EXP Podcast #658: Oops, All Castles
This week on the EXP Podcast, we get into Tunic - an adorable little homage to Zelda that actually seems pretty difficult. We also get back on the Elden Ring horse (Torrent, I guess), and explore wha…
EXP Podcast #657: Journey - 10th Anniversary Debrief
Every year, Jorge and I play Journey on the anniversary of its release. We don't always talk about it since, honestly, if you took a drink every time we mentioned Journey on any randomly-selected sho…
EXP Podcast #656: The Best Intros
It's back to the beginning to discuss some of the best intros. Inspired by this Top 13 list, we talk about our own favorite introductions and why if you're new to the Souls franchise and playing Eld…
EXP Podcast #655: Elden Ring Debrief, part 1
Gather round, fellow Tarnished, and let us trade tales of accidentally falling off cliffs, getting one-shotted by weird tree monsters, and compulsively picking berries. Elden Ring is here and it's ti…
EXP Podcast #654: Sifu, Subnautica, and The Elden Wait
The Elden Ring is almost here, which means we are just biding our time with some video games and honing reflects and patience. This week on the Podcast, we speculate about what's coming in Elden Ring…
EXP Podcast #653: Pokemon Legends: Arceus and the What If Machine
What if they made a Pokemon game where Pokemon actually roamed the countryside? What if you could actually interact or be attacked by wild Pokemon? What if catching 'em all involved stealthy, precisi…
EXP Podcast #652: Big Industry Buyouts
Just when you thought tipping your barista 20% was spending big, Microsoft shocked the industry spending well over 60 billion (yes, BILLION) on an acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Now Sony's getti…
EXP Podcast #651: The Matrix Resurrections and Awakens Debrief
Time to jack in! Now that all the game of the year and new year's talk is out of the way, it's time to get back to what really matters: The Matrix. Between Resurrections' divisive reception and the r…
EXP Podcast #650: The Year Ahead 2022
We are back from our short year-end hiatus ready to blast forward into 2022. Which means it's time to talk about some of our most anticipated games of this year, many of which may not come out, well,…
EXP Podcast #649: 2021 Leftovers
It's 2022, but we haven't quite finished the last crumbs of 2021 yet. This week, we partake in the annual tradition of delicious leftovers: games that we didn't quite get to on our games of the year …
EXP Podcast #648: 2021 Games of the Year
The year is finally over, which means it's time to count down our top games of 2021! It has been a wild year, with a ton of diverse and interesting games that caught our attention. Have a favorite ga…
EXP Podcast #647: The 2021 Gamey Awards
Santa arrived early this year friends: It is time once again for the Gamey Awards. It's our loving tribute to/roast of the end-of-year awards season, complete with custom categories, long debates abo…
EXP Podcast #646: Solar Ash, Kena, and Unsighted Debrief
The end of the year GOTYs are almost here! Wwhich means we are frantically playing as many games as we can before 2021 is over. This week, we review a few different indies, from a far-flung sci-fi fu…
EXP Podcast #645: Inscryption Debrief
Shuffle those decks and bust out your floppy drives: it's time to talk about Inscryption! This week we talk about the Fall's most popular deck building/horror/meta narrative. Let's just say there a…
EXP Podcast #644: Arcane Debrief
From the beautiful vistas of Piltover to the decrepit alleys of Zaun, there is a lot to explore in the latest video game adaptation to grace our television and the front page of Netflix. This week on…
EXP Podcast #643: Eastward to Jurassic World Evolution 2
If there are two things Jorge and I are comforted by, it's dinosaurs and pixel art. This week, we get to partake in both as we share some initial impressions on Jurassic World Evolution 2 and Eastwar…