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250 Years | Bungie, Steam Machine, Xbox, GTAVI
Jun 26, 2026
1h 06m 25s
Fireworks | Xbox, PlayStation
Jun 19, 2026
1h 09m 04s
Stir Crazy | Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs, Xbox Showcase, Nintendo Direct
Jun 12, 2026
1h 19m 05s
It's Over | Indie Quest 2026, PlayStation State of Play
Jun 5, 2026
1h 04m 41s
Sunscream | Dragon Quest XII, Steam Deck, Witcher 3: Songs of the Past
May 29, 2026
1h 00m 50s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/26/26 | 250 Years | Bungie, Steam Machine, Xbox, GTAVI | This week Eric sees stars, Matt keeps scrolling, Bungie says goodbye to their Destiny 2 staff, the Steam Machine reveals its price, Xbox gets more expensive, and GTAVI ruins everything! Releases: StarFox & Dark Scrolls | 1h 06m 25s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Fireworks | Xbox, PlayStation | This week Matt takes a bite, Eric tells a tale, Xbox is FINE, and PlayStation pushes back! Releases: Starbites & The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales | 1h 09m 04s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | Stir Crazy | Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs, Xbox Showcase, Nintendo Direct | This week Matt pulls double duty in the releases, covers FOUR separate gaming showcases, AND edits the whole damn thing in record time! What a hero! Who even needs Eric?! Not me! I'm the best! 🤣 Releases: Don't Let It Starve & Beastro | 1h 19m 05s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | It's Over | Indie Quest 2026, PlayStation State of Play | This week Matt hits the books, Eric keeps it tight, Indie Quest brings color and style, and PlayStation brings out the big guns! Releases: Burden Street Station & Fatekeeper | 1h 04m 41s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 | Sunscream | Dragon Quest XII, Steam Deck, Witcher 3: Songs of the Past | This week Eric sees the light, Matt hears an echo, Dragon Quest switches gears, Valve raises prices, and CD Projekt Red pulls a Gearbox! Releases: 007 First Light & Echo Generation 2 | 1h 00m 50s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 | Full of Lies | Quantic Dream, Destiny 2, Star Wars, Witchfire, State of Play, SGDQ, Chakan, Six One Indie Showcase | This week Matt takes a sip, Eric gets wild and wooly, Quantic Dream does what we expected, Bungie stops development on Destiny 2, Sony announces their next State of Play, the Six One Indie Showcase blows Matt's mind, and much more! Releases: Coffee Talk Tokyo & Bubsy 4D | 57m 40s | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | Not a Lie, Not a Truth | Phasmophobia / Alan Wake, Discord / Game Pass, Crimson Desert, Stellar Blade 2, Dead Space | This week Eric goes under the sea, Matt drops the beat, and we're full of little news pieces, from Phasmophobia to Discord to Crimson Desert to Stellar Blade 2 to EA! Releases: Subnautica 2 & Dead as Disco | 1h 00m 24s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 | Cat Ears | Summer Games Fest, Stranger Than Heaven, StarFox | This week Matt puts you in check, Eric's in the mix, and we get a look at Summer Games Fest, Stranger Than Heaven, and...StarFox?! Releases: Gambonanza & Mixtape | 55m 14s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | It Ain't Hard | Gamepass, "Microsoft Gaming", Dead Space, Nintendo, Spiders, Akira Yamaoka | This week we both dodge bullets, Xbox makes lots of changes, Eric gets clickbaited, gamers want their money back, Spiders says goodbye [grammatically correct], and a master takes his talents to a new franchise! This is also EPISODE 500 of THiRD SHiFT! Thanks to everyone who's been with us on this wild ride! Releases: SAROS & Sektori | 1h 03m 48s | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | A Simple Question | Mailbag!✨ | mailbagcomedy+1 | — | THiRD SHiFT | — | listener questionspodcast+1 | — | 45m 44s | |
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| 4/17/26 | Sonic | Amazon Luna, Meta Quest 3, Wild Arms 4, Xbox, Game Pass, Triple-i Initiative 2026✨ | SonicAmazon Luna+5 | — | LunaMeta Quest 3+11 | — | gamingnews+1 | — | 58m 08s | |
| 4/10/26 | Trillions of Dollars | Yoshihisa Kishimoto, State of Play, The Playerbase, Koshmar: The Last Reverie, Quantic Dream, Cyberpunk 2077✨ | video gamesmusic+3 | — | Quantic DreamCyberpunk 2077+6 | — | Yoshihisa KishimotoState of Play+3 | — | 57m 25s | |
| 4/3/26 | Favorable Jesus | Eidos Montreal, Cinemersive Labs, PlayStation prices, next gen speculation✨ | Eidos MontrealCinemersive Labs+2 | — | GRIME IIDarwin's Paradox+4 | — | gamingconsole generation+2 | — | 55m 20s | |
| 3/27/26 | Ugly Dudes [v2] | PlayStation price hike, AAA game costs, Epic Games, Xbox Partner Preview✨ | PlayStation price hikeAAA game costs+2 | — | Xbox Partner PreviewGreedFall 2: The Dying World+6 | — | gamingvideo games+1 | — | 1h 05m 26s | |
| 3/20/26 | Alex | News Smorgasbord! [Wheel of Time, Future Games Show, Red Storm Entertainment, FBC Firebreak, PSSR, PS Portal, Switch 2, LRG, Atlus, Borderlands 4]✨ | Wheel of TimeFuture Games Show+8 | — | PSSRPS Portal+10 | — | newstrivia+1 | — | 59m 30s | |
| 3/13/26 | Interrupted | Borderlands 4 DLC, Nippon Ichi, Fortnite, Sega, Ghost of Yotei✨ | Borderlands 4Nippon Ichi Software+3 | — | Borderlands 4Nippon Ichi+6 | — | esoterictwisted+1 | — | 54m 05s | |
| 3/6/26 | Hamster Wheel | Highguard, Echoes of Aincrad, Indie World, Capcom Spotlight, PlayStation✨ | HighguardEchoes of Aincrad+3 | — | World of Warcraft: MidnightCity Hunter+9 | — | RPGNintendo+2 | — | 1h 01m 55s | |
| 2/27/26 | No More Accents | Marathon, Horizon, XBox✨ | accentsMarathon+3 | — | MarathonHorizon+4 | — | proudevil+3 | — | 1h 00m 53s | |
| 2/20/26 | Steamroller | Bluepoint, Highguard, State of Play✨ | BluepointHighguard+1 | — | HighguardBluepoint+5 | — | Sonygaming news+1 | — | 59m 03s | |
| 2/6/26 | The Worst One | Overwatch, FF7R Part 3, Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase | This week Matt goes dark, Eric uses his imagination, Overwatch tries to redeem itself, Final Fantasy may go fully multiplatform, Nintendo has a Partner Showcase, and the episode ends in the worst way imaginable! Releases: Dark Auction & DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined | 1h 02m 33s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | On A Watchlist | Dark Auction, Mario Galaxy, Tomodachi Life | This week Eric gets serviced, Matt steeples his fingers, we discuss the Dark Auction controversy(?), and Nintendo has two separate Directs! Releases: CODE VEIN II & Earth Must Die | 50m 39s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | Jackin' Horses | Ubisoft, Marathon, Xbox Developer Direct | Get your mind out of the gutter - this week Matt gets launched into orbit, Eric (re-)joins a cult, and we discuss Ubisoft's reorganization, Marathon's preorders, and the four big games in the Xbox Developer Direct! Releases: Mio: Memories in Orbit & Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven | 48m 46s | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | Devolve | Anthem, PSSR, Layoffs, Project AVA | This week Eric goes one step beyond, Matt goes for a walk (man), Anthem shuts down, a PSSR announcement is leaked, Meta VR closes studios, Ubisoft lays off staff, and Razer wants you to buy a waifu! Releases: The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon & CASSETTE BOY | 55m 43s | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | Word Salad | New Year's Resolutions! | It's the first official THiRD SHiFT episode of 2026, and you know what that means - it's time for our New Year's Resolution special! Join us as we look back at the abject failures of 2025 and set new goals for the coming year! Releases: Dunecrawl & Parasite Mutant demo | 51m 51s | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | 2006 | 2025 Games of the Year | Recorded on New Year's Eve, it's our 2025 Games of the Year special! Thanks again to our friends Steve (aka Demented Wizard) and Gnomable for sending in their picks! See you (officially) in 2026! Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOI-asaC8Jk | 1h 17m 29s | ||||||
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