The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, we immerse ourselves in the simulation.

After spending the summer in Deus Ex, we both finally get it when people are really into these games. After things have clicked i…

This week on The Free Cheese, the raccoon days are never over.

As we look forward to the fall season we must first look back at our time spent in Animal Crossing over the summer months. We share tale…

This week on The Free Cheese, one square at a time.

Travel with us to the countryside of Wales where everyone has an American accent and something haunts an old monastery. We explore the world of Kou…

This week on The Free Cheese, flash your high beams.

It's time to race around Tokyo and buy more cars so we can race around Tokyo. We're adding one of Genki's racing games to The List in this episode…

This week on The Free Cheese, dying to live.

We're reincarnated more than once in Cosmology of Kyoto as we explore a bit of Japanese history in this obscure horror game.

This week on The Free Cheese, hey, I've become you.

Quake 4 joins The List as we dive deep into Raven Software's entrance into the Quake franchise. We discuss the pacing of the game in the first few …

This week on The Free Cheese, there's auto-swim if you're lazy.

What happens when the hardcore Tetris developers take on Nintendo's blue ocean strategy in the literal sense? Endless Ocean is a fascin…

This week on The Free Cheese, ohhhh la la.

Let's save the galaxy one dance move at a time, checking out Space Channel 5 on the Dreamcast. As a counter to UGA's Rez, we revel in the bright colors and …

This week on The Free Cheese, no really, the rings are the good part.

We make some Spider-Man comics to start the show before diving into one of video gaming's most notorious releases. In time for th…

This week on The Free Cheese, it's basically July.

With six months on the books for the year and this season of the podcast, we break from The List and reflect. First, we talk about the hits and miss…

This week on The Free Cheese, how did you do it?

We begin our adventure with Deus Ex and quickly realize how much this game has awaiting for us. We also learn how varied and nuanced our individual ca…

This week on The Free Cheese, it should have been called Wii U 3.

We look back at eight years of Nintendo Switch, starting with its rumors through its reveal and launch. We share our launch story, th…

This week on The Free Cheese, we're chasing high scores again.

We add Bizarre Creations' Geometry Wars series to The List, discussing the impact it had on Xbox Live Arcade and the nature of the platf…

This week on The Free Cheese, feelings never die, probably.

We revisit the history of E3, looking at its different eras as we experienced them. In our journey through time, we uncover some artifacts …

This week on The Free Cheese, do you have the bug?

Our adventures in Animal Crossing continue into Spring, bringing a change of atmosphere to our towns and new activities we can miss out on. We discu…

This week on The Free Cheese, terrifying box art mascots.

We add one of the essential Nintendo DS titles to The List as we work to better our minds in the process. We discuss our time spent with Brai…

This week on The Free Cheese, rip and tear.

We revisit our 2016 Game of the Year to see how it fares against the rankings of The List. Just ahead of Doom: The Dark Ages, we see how Doom started a new…

This week on The Free Cheese, text message job interviews.

We find a phone and try to locate its owner, discovering more about those close and not so close to her along the way. Where will Simulacra …

This week on The Free Cheese, the dungeon rises.

We return to the dungeon with a new format, combining some influences together for 100 rounds of thrilling video game trivia.