The Experience Points Podcast
A weekly video game podcast from the co-writers of ExperiencePoints.net

Welcome, Ashen One, to another Experience Points Debrief. This week on the podcast, Scott and I eat some ember and get fired up about Dark Souls III. This is a hefty game, and it will take us both some time to complete our journey through Lothric, but we want to bring you some early thoughts on the game as we regain our footing in the Dark Souls universe. There are some tough new lessons to be learned after Bloodborne, oh yes. Namely don't stick your face in treasure chests that aren't yours.

 

Show Notes:

 

- Runtime: 36 mins 54 secs

- Music by Brad Sucks, Dark Souls III OST

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_375_-_Dark_Souls_III_Debrief_Part_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:14pm PDT

Ah college: a place where young minds realize their potential and where young wallets are mercilessly emptied by a combination of questionable self restraint and an unfeeling academic bureaucracy.  While you're out of luck if you spend your book money on booze, you might be able to pay your tuition with the very skills you have cultivated during all those hours in which you played games instead of studying.  Inspired by Blizzard's recent Heroes of the Dorm college tournament, we dive into the collegiate side of eSports.  Money, fame, endorsements; everything is fair game as we lament college careers we never had.

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_374_-_College_Try.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:38pm PDT

I just recently fulfilled a longtime dream of mine to visit Japan, the home place of Mario, Link, and whatever those creepy anime masks things are. It's a place I've visited in anime and games since I was a child, so there's something surreal about visiting a new but familiar landscape. This week on the show, we discuss our gaming ties to Japan and why cultural experiences through gaming are important.

 

 

Show Notes:

- Runtime: 39 mins 06 secs

- Music by Brad Sucks

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_373_-_The_Land_of_Video_Games.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:19pm PDT

Remember that one game you loved oh so very much?  Well have you played it lately?  Maybe it's still a classic, but maybe the mists of your memory have obscured a harsher reality?  This week, we talk about the games we remember liking, even though they might not be as flawless in the present day's harsh light.

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_372_-_Second_Guessing.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:36pm PDT