The Scroll

We’re closing out 2025 with a look at the data that defined the year. In this episode, we dive into the $197B industry numbers and the news that shaped the gaming landscape—including a brief, personal tribute to the legendary Vince Zampella, whose games were the reason I met many of my closest friends.Plus, it's a reality check on the year's top titles. Frank shares what he’s been playing this week, while I bring my Steam Replay 2025 receipts to show the actual hours behind my favorite games. We also break down the November hardware slump and what the GTA VI delay means for the 2026 hype train.

We sat down to cover The Game Awards 2025, and it turned into the Clair Obscur show.This week on The Scroll, I’m joined by Frank and special guest Brad ("Brad's Burgers") to break down the winners, the world premieres, and the absolute chaos of Thursday night. We cover the historic sweep by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and debate if it was a deserved domination or if Kingdom Come: Deliverance II got robbed.In this episode:The Sweep: Reaction to Clair Obscur taking home GOTY, RPG, Narrative, and... well, everything else.The Rants: Frank goes off on why the Twisted Metal TV show was robbed by The Last of Us for Best Adaptation.The Trailers: We hype up John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, the return of Ace Combat, and the insane Divinity reveal from Larian Studios.The "Wait, What?": Did we hallucinate "Badgerborne"? And can we talk about the Flute Guy going absolutely feral during the orchestra?The Action: Don Lee in Gang of Dragon, Leon Kennedy's return in Resident Evil Requiem, and why Phantom Blade 0 looks terrifying.Plus, we discuss No Man's Sky winning Best Ongoing (again) and the sheer confusion of the Four Loop trailer.

Free Games & DLC: Check out The Loot Drop for the new PlayStation Plus Essentials, including LEGO Horizon Adventures and Neon White, plus Marvel Cosmic Invasion hitting Xbox Game Pass.The Saudi Slump: We follow up on the massive EA acquisition deal, discussing the new reports that the Saudi-led consortium is "cash poor" and what that means for potential massive layoffs at EA.The Snitch: Rockstar Games is under fire after firing over 30 employees for talking about work conditions and unionizing in a private Discord channel. Lilac Boots delivers a vicious Boots to the Face to the company and the snitch!Tabletop Love: Don't miss our segment on the booming world of board games, featuring adaptations of Spartacus, The Witcher, and Cyberpunk 2077.What We're Playing: Outer Worlds 2, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and the city-builder Against the Storm.

Frank and Lilac Boots are back to break down the corporate crises that are defining the modern gaming landscape.The Sims Exodus: Following the Saudi-backed EA buyout, Simmers like Lilsimsie, Plumbella, and James Turner have quit the EA Creator Network over moral and ethical conflicts. Lilac Boots questions why the Sims dev team is using a massive November 4th bug-fix update as a crisis management tactic after the fact.The Console Crisis: Is it worth buying any console right now? We dissect the value problem: the PS5 is getting remastered filler, the Xbox is selling fewer units than the Xbox One, and Nintendo is recklessly pushing the $80 game precedent.The Noir That Wasn't: Lilac Boots delivers a scathing review of Tails Noir (formerly Backbone), calling its jarring, unearned sci-fi twist a creative failure that spoiled a beautiful narrative.Macabre Reviews: For Halloween, we review the morally dubious management sim Graveyard Keeper and the side-scrolling defense game Kingdom, and reveal which DLCs (Zombies! Co-op!) are absolutely essential to fix the base game's biggest flaws.Plus: Frank shares his thoughts after getting the Platinum for the incredible Ghost of Yōtei and we share our anti-stress gaming recommendations!

This week, we're unpacking all the major announcements from the Capcom Spotlight, including a shocking change for Resident Evil Requiem and a deep dive into Monster Hunter Wilds. We also fly into the new Sims 4 expansion to discuss the arrival of Fairies. Plus, we cover the incredible comeback of Game Informer magazine and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the legendary Diablo II. Tune in to hear all this and what we've been playing this week!

We're back! Right now we seriously can't stand the incels complaining about someone in fiction who looks different, the scrub-having skills of DBZ players, and the colorism in Hollywood. Enjoy :D

Hey guys! This week we will go over EVO Japan's schedule, the NY Video Game Awards Winners, and hackers. Why anyone would choose to hack Rainbow Six Siege is beyond us.