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

Look out Jigglypuff mains: your precious ledges are being taken away from you! This week, we talk about an upcoming Smash Bros. tournament with a new rule meant to tamp down defensive play. It's a small change, but it brings up big questions about esports, tournament rules, and overall game balance.

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_534_-_Air_Bud_Dilemma.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:36pm PDT

This week on the EXP Podcast, we duck, dive, and dodge our way through the endless levels available in Super Mario Maker 2. We are both big fans of the first game on this show and we're thrilled not just to talk about the new features and experiences available in the latest game - but to invite you to try our levels as well!

Find Scott's levels Mario Maker code SWD-HY5-1HG and my levels at JH4-TKG-DRG. If you've got some levels to try, send us an email!

- Runtime: 42 min 34 sec

- Music by Brad Sucks

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_533__Super_Mario_Maker_2_Debrief.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:09pm PDT

The sun is shining, the fireworks are popping, and I'm desperately trying to avoid the genetically engineered ultra-mosquitos released by one of the many tech CEOs/super-villains that live on the west coast. That's right, it's summer and with it comes a specific set of games that just feel right during those long warm days. Seasonal gaming is a topic we've covered before, but this time to dissect a recent Esquire list and revisit some of our historical summertime picks.

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_532_-_Summer_Gaming_2019.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:55pm PDT

From the red stone bluffs of Cosmo Canyon to the strange "underwater" ruins of the Forgotten City, we continue our journey through Final Fantasy VII in Part 3 of our ongoing debrief. This week we experience one of, if not the, most important deaths in video game history. But is it how we remembered?

 

- Runtime: 52 min 15 sec

- Music from Final Fantasy VII OST

- Music by Brad Sucks

Direct download: EXP_Podcast_531_-_Final_Fantasy_VII_Debrief_Part_3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:00pm PDT