Game Night! w/Erik Kain & Jason Rose

YouTube:Jason and Ollie reunite to discuss 2026's most anticipated releases, for us at least. It's easy to get bogged down in negativity these days, but what are we here for if not to geek out about games? But first? NEGATIVITY!Thanks for reading Game Time! Podcast & Sidequest! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.The new God of War looks to be featuring Faye, but why? Jason goes into why changing directors for Ragnarok hurt the game, why omitting Faye hurt the Norse games, and how condensing a planned trilogy into 2 games hurt the Norse offerings and how I'm hurt emotionally because of it.Then Ollie brings up the bad: Japan's game investment shortage is drying up, and big-mouthed localizers and translators are hurting video games, anime, and their reputations. Someone who cares about their profession needs to step in and tell the blue hair, septum piercings to hussshhhhh.Also, we discuss some anime and the Oscars, a bit. Game Time! EP 17 is a go.Subscribe to Erik’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@ErikKain and Jason’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@theroseexperience Find us on X:Jason Rose: / therosecompany Ollie Barder: / cacophanus Erik Kain: / erikkain And, of course, subscribe to this Newsletter: https://gamenight.substack.com/ for the podcast and other odds and ends we post here. What other topics would you like us to discuss on this show? Shout out in the comments! Thanks!Thanks for reading Game Time! Podcast & Sidequest! This post is public, so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

Game Night! EP 15 returns, but a touch different moving forward. First, a change. Erik Kain is still very much involved in Game Night! and we love him in a "wholesome, man kind of way", life has reared its head and time eludes him these days. With that said, Erik will join us from time to time, but will be on a part-time basis. Guiding this new era will still be me, Jason Rose, and now new full-time co-host, Ollie Barder and this episode is a lot about introducing him. Ollie joined us part-time several episodes ago, but has never fully discussed his journey, likes and passions...until now. In this freewheeling episode, Ollie delves into life in Japan, his love bordering on obsession with Mecha in all forms (He's a big deal in this world BTW!) As I sip a Bourbon, I let Ollie meander about his passions until we bring it back to the year that was in 2025 and some of what we're looking forward to in 2026, video game-wise.Hope you're still here and if you are, thanks for sticking with us through this nearly 7!-month hiatus. I promise that this will be far more regular as we move through the year and forward.Subscribe to Erik’s YouTube channel here and Jason's YouTube channel here.Find us on Twitter/X:Jason RoseOllie BarderErik KainAnd, of course, subscribe to this Newsletter for the podcast and other odds and ends we post here. What other topics would you like us to discuss on this show? Shout out in the comments! Thanks! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

Hello Game Night! followers. It’s been awhile since our last episode which is almost entirely my fault. Sorry Jason and Ollie. Life has been pretty hectic. Or perhaps it’s just my dysfunctional brain. In any case, we’re back and there’s more to come. You can listen to the podcast above or on Spotify:Or iTunes:Here’s the video version:Subscribe to Erik’s YouTube channel here.Find us on Twitter:* Erik Kain* Jason Rose* Ollie BarderAnd, of course, subscribe to this Newsletter for the podcast and other odds and ends we post here. What other topics would you like us to discuss on this show? Shout out in the comments! Thanks! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

Jason Rose decided to take a nap during our latest podcast, so Ollie Barder and Erik Kain had a conversation about Japan (among other things). You can listen and subscribe to the Game Night! podcast on Spotify:Or you can listen and subscribe on iTunes:dIf you’d prefer to watch the podcast, here’s the YouTube video version:Subscribe to Erik’s YouTube channel here.Find us on Twitter:* Erik Kain* Jason Rose* Ollie BarderAnd, of course, subscribe to this Newsletter for the podcast and other odds and ends we post here. What other topics would you like us to discuss on this show? Shout out in the comments! Thanks! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

We welcome back Ollie Barder who will now be a regular contributor to Game Night! and discuss all things Xbox, take a few pot shots at Sony, lavish praise on the Fallout Prime Video show and talk a bit about all the British crime dramas I’ve been watching. Enjoy!Here’s the video version:Be sure to subscribe to the Game Night! podcast on iTunes:Find us on Twitter:* Erik Kain* Jason Rose* Ollie BarderAnd, of course, subscribe to this Newsletter for the podcast and other odds and ends we post here. What other topics would you like us to discuss on this show? Shout out in the comments! Thanks! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

We were joined by our second guest, David Jaffe—creator of God Of War, Twisted Metal and regular video-maker and opinion-maker—for our latest episode of Game Night!It’s a wide-ranging conversation about the video game business, the hobby, criticism, the older and newer God Of War games and much more.You can subscribe on iTunes here: Find us on Twitter:Erik Kain Jason RoseDavid JaffeWatch episodes of Game Night! on Erik’s YouTube channel here.Check out David Jaffe’s YouTube channel here.As always, thanks for listening/reading/watching and bearing with us as we get this off the ground.Thanks for reading Game Night! w/ Erik Kain & Jason Rose! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

Jason Rose and I are trying once again to do a gaming podcast where we talk about all the games we don't have time to play, the big industry news and controversies, and whatever else tickles our fancy. This is episode 5. 2023 just finished, was it the best year ever for video games? What’s on the horizon for 2024, could it actually match ‘23? Plus a little of what we’re playing, what we’ve been up to, and just what the F has taken us sooo long! Stay with us everyone, we aren’t going away this time.Thanks for reading Game Night! w/ Erik Kain & Jason Rose! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Previous episodes, the Apple Podcast link, Substack newsletter, and all the rest can be found here in this substack. Audio and Video links below!Apple Podcasts linkYouTube Link To This EpisodeSpotify LinkThank you for reading Game Night! w/ Erik Kain & Jason Rose. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

VIDEO VERSION! Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube ChannelMerry Christmas everyone and welcome to our first of many over here at Game Night! Inside these 2 hours you’ll find hilarity, music and entertainment, critique, love, some video games and all of this under the haze of joyful Christmas cheer. (Yes, we had some drinks)After some brief how do you do’s and what we’ve been up to Erik and I move to an abbreviated recap of Canada’s own: Geoff Keighley! and his annual Game Award show which for our money was one of the very best yet. Surprises, announcements, long speeches and maybe a disappointment or 2. We touch on our game recommendation from last week, Tunic. Spoiler, we were delinquent and didn’t get enough playtime in so this one will be carried over to next episode. If you’re late to the podcast you still have time to chime in with your thoughts or play along.Erik needed a lot of breaks so there’s multiple musical interludes and they’re as follows: The first is from me and it’s a way back, play back from the SEGA Master System and a game entitled Zillion. Then it’s a short ditty from the Evangelion rebuilds which is called Peaceful Times. Lastly we end on another gaming departure and that’s from BLEACH TYBW Unohana’s Bankai.After that it all gets a bit blurry. We’ve got what we’ve been playing which deviates into how DC is dead to me (Jason) why dogs > cats ( I made that up), tech malfunctions, then we decided to hang out off air during one of the intermissions for like an hour and talk about life, then we came back to discuss wonderful Christmas memories and a few New Year’s Resolutions for the year.WHEW, I think that about covers it everyone. Again, thanks for sticking with us as we iron this all out. It’s been a good start and there’s a lot more coming. All the best to you and yours, Merry Christmas everyone, be excellent to each other. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com

YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify PodcastsWelcome to the actual 1st, FIRST episode of Game Night! w/ Erik Kain & Jason Rose. We delve into a lot of games media culture stuff right off the bat; why is everyone afraid of China? G4TV was an adventure doomed to fail and should have been launched Guerilla warfare style with talented people instead of with an army of mostly unlikable people. Bayonetta is straight in Bayo3 and that’s a problem, we guess? Should have been obvious but hey, we never questioned it. Overwatch 2 was our recommendation for eachother last episode and we both came away un-impressed and hiding our wallets. Free to play sure doesn’t feel that free in 2022. Then some Silent Hill, Resident Evil and Final Fantasy XVI news along with a nice discussion about why Nintendo’s hardware stinks and then we disagree on XBOX’s past, present and ultimately future potential. ALL THIS IN EPISODE 1 OF GAME NIGHT! Love you all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gamenight.substack.com