The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, we recommend playing this episode at 2X speed.

We celebrate the history of speedrunning just in time for Summer Games Done Quick 2023. We look back at the beginnings of …

This week on The Free Cheese, shoutout to all the horses!

We discuss our favorite companions in video games, both on and off the screen. We share the friendships we've built through games and what ma…

This week on The Free Cheese, jump, man.

Donkey Kong returns in 1994's Game Boy release, making its debut on The List in this episode. We talk about the game, its creation, how it created new moves f…

This week on The Free Cheese, take my hand. 

We wake up in a castle and find a girl in a cage. We don't speak the same language but it won't stop us from escaping. During our journey this week, we'll…

This week on The Free Cheese, business is business. 

We survive an earthquake and spend six days trying to help others through the aftermath. We make new friends, say goodbye to others, and find a lo…

This week on The Free Cheese, the best of our best. 

We each share the span of years we identify as our “golden era” of video games. We identify the platforms we played on and the games that stand ou…

This week on The Free Cheese, we're shopping at SUS.

Grab your Sidekick and hit the scene in New York to take over one fight at a time. We're playing the sequel to Def Jam: Vendetta, watching the evo…

This week on The Free Cheese, g-g-g-ghosts!

Gear up and make way into the haunted house of the day with us. We investigate paranormal activity and try to make it out alive in Phasmophobia as we celeb…

This week on The Free Cheese, welcome to Berlin!

We roll the clocks back to 1980 and play Rogue, adding it to our list in the process. Naturally, we discuss the game's influence and try to break down…

This week on The Free Cheese, when the eggs hatch.

While the world revels in another Resident Evil series remake this week, let's go back to the beginning. We recant our first memories of Resident Ev…

This week on The Free Cheese, the most detailed lips on the Game Boy Color.

Another month, another handheld adventure, but our first Gaiden on the list. What happens when you take survival horror and…

This week on The Free Cheese, what's your frequency?

Harmonix have repeatedly made its name one to remember with every new franchise. In this episode, we take a look at the studio's sophomore release…

This week on The Free Cheese, drop that pizza in some soup!

At long last, a Hideo Kojima game makes it onto the list. We did that already? Well this one predicts the future! Join us in conversation a…

This week on The Free Cheese, gotta go wide open.

This is the first episode where we are ranking something that not one person nominated but rather we all enjoyed together and felt like the game dese…

This week on The Free Cheese, no the other one.

We check out 2000's Metal Gear Solid for Game Boy Color and see how Konami was able to translate its PlayStation counterpart into an alternate sequel f…

This week on The Free Cheese, run to the hallway.

Did you know the PlayStation 2 had a headset? Did you know there was a game where the headset was your controller? Join us and Rio as we scour the ha…

This week on The Free Cheese, Congratulations.

The October Labor Lottery is complete. Your name was pulled.

This week on The Free Cheese, we’re making another list.

It's our first ranking of consoles episode where we have 6 minutes to discuss and place each console entry on a list.

This week on The Free Cheese, a trench coat and a baseball bat.

We're going wrestling outside of the ring with WayForward's Game Boy Color answer to the Attitude Era.

This week on The Free Cheese, one to a party.

After years of thinking this game isn't for us, we learn the truth. We play and rank Undertale after we each take a different path to its ending.