VGO has been churning out stupidity and gaming since 2005 making it one of the longest running podcasts of all time. Hosts John “John’s Arcade” Jacobson, and author/comedy creator Michelle Madison, explore all things gaming from console to PC, with a healthy dose of random insanity in between all of the latest videogame and tech news. Live every Tuesday on Twitch.tv/johnANDmichelle, Video Game Outsiders is home to a unique community of adult gamers. For weekly extra episodes, game giveaways, and ad free VGO - join our Discord: https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT For weekly bonus shows and the entire back catalog, visit our website VideoGameOutsiders.com and go premium!
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#977 - IGN China criticizes Western Games as Phantom Blade Zero Breaks Records, Monster Hunter Outlanders is the Best Mobile Game Ever?, Crimson Desert Charting the Unknown Review, Gaming News
Phantom Blade Zero review, Crimson Desert Charting the Unknown DLC, Monster Hunter Outlanders mobile game - Capcom teams up with Timi, Queen's Domain inspired by From Sof
Nov 4 1 h 38 min
#976 - Halloween Spooktacular: Scary Horror Game Reviews, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, CoD Multiplayer, Gaming News
Matt joins us to talk Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, Call of Duty Modern Warfare multiplayer, Tidy Up the Halloween Shop, favorite candy, Order of the Sinking Star, Teneb
Oct 28 1 h 32 min
Micro VGO #235 - BioWare Studio Shut Down & New Mass Effect Game Canceled: Did Dragon Age Veilguard Kill the Studio or is EA Wrong? Breaking Gaming News, Reviews, Reactions!
PREMIUM PREVIEW: BREAKING NEWS - EA shuts down BioWare and cancels Mass Effect, Star Trek: Outposts Unknown, Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea sucks, Enshrouded 1.0, Call o
Oct 21 37 min
#975 - CoD Campaign Review, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Steam Next Fest Indie Games Demo Impressions, Xbox Helix Price, Gaming News
New 1,800 Xbox console? Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 Campaign, Castlevania Belmont's Curse debate, Emberville vs Stardew Valley, ArcheAge Chronicles MMO, Guns of Eschato
Oct 21 1 h 52 min
#974 - GTA VI PC Launch Leak, Valor Mortis Review, Dragon's Dogma II Dark Arisen DLC, Hellraiser, Gaming News
Valor Mortis first person souls, Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Expansion, Hellraiser impressions, Silver Pines horror game review, The Order of the Sinking Star puzzle ga
Oct 14 1 h 44 min
PC Outsiders #147 - Unpacking GTA VI Day One on PC, Best 1k PC Deal on Amazon's Prime Day Gaming Sale, Steam Growth, News, Mods, Reviews
PREMIUM PREVIEW! Prime Day PC tower sale for a budget, GTA streaming on PC backtrack, Spiderman combat and animation mods, John's USB power issue, Micro Center makes you
Oct 7 40 min
#973 - Gears of War E-Day Review & Girl Boss Drama, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Demo, Gaming News
Gears of War E-Day Review, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is free on Amazon Luna, Castlevania Belmont's Curse Demo impressions, Permafrost survival-craft, Wardogs, Spiderman R
Oct 7 1 h 40 min
#972 - Control Resonant Review, Silent Hill Townfall, Minecraft Dungeons II, Witcher 3 Remaster, ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE, Gaming News
Control Resonant, Silent Hill Townfall review, Minecraft Dungeons 2, ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt: Remastered, Dressmaker, GravHounds, Delta F
Sep 30 1 h 32 min
#971 - Xbox Gives Halo to Activision, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Review, Aniimo Impressions, Aion 2 MMO, Hellraiser, Gaming News
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave round table, Aniimo free to play creature collector, Aion 2 MMO demo, Monster Fantasy Playtest is part Monster Hunter Part Animal Crossing? C
Sep 23 1 h 29 min
Warcraft Outsiders - WoW Forever Beta Review, Gameplay Impressions, Launch Details, is this Classic Plus?
PREMIUM PREVIEW: World of Warcraft: Forever - the beta insanity, the Collection upgrade, new race Skyborne, WoW Gamepad support, queues, camping, your questions, and more
Sep 21 39 min
#970 - Wolverine Review & Sony's & Kojima Breakup, Halloween, Blizzcon Recap News: Diablo V, Starcraft Open World Shooter, World of Warcraft Forever, Wardogs
Marvel's Wolverine, Halloween the Game asymmetrical horror, Blizzcon 2026 coverage WoW Diablo 5 Starcraft Overwatch, Valheim 1.0 vs RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0, DRAGON QUE
Sep 16 1 h 39 min
#969 - Onimusha Way of the Sword & Blood of Dawnwalker Review, Nintendo Zelda Ocarina of Time Event Reactions, Gaming News
The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha Way of the Sword round table review, Orbitals Switch 2, Final Fantasy Resonance demo, Wardogs, Bodycam, Nintendo Direct for Zelda Ocarin
Sep 9 1 h 40 min
#968 - Star Wars Zero Company Review, GTA VI Netflix Reaction, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Elden Ring Tarnished Edition, CoD Switch 2, Gaming News
Grand Theft Auto 6 Netflix event, Star Wars Zero Company is Xcom meets Mass Effect, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and the Game Pass PC Problem, Crimson Moon co-op souls
Sep 2 1 h 48 min
Micro VGO #232 - Batman Knightfall, New Fable Quest Gameplay, GTA VI Leaker's Netflix Countdown, Gamescom Gaming News, Games Review
PREMIUM PREVIEW! Batman Knightfall animated movie part 1, Lego Batman DLC, Shadow Dungeon solo dev arpg, How to Fish, thank you Juan for Pizza Sim and Tom for Brazilian D
Aug 26 34 min
#967 - Duskbloods Network Test Impressions, GamesCom Announcements, Call of Duty Beta, Wardogs Review, Gaming News
Gamescom opening night live games, FromSoft's The Duskbloods - should it be delayed?, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 beta, Wardogs is a unique FPS, Dark Souls Remastered,
Aug 26 1 h 36 min
#966 - Mortal Shell II Complete Review: Best New Soulslike or Indie GOTY? GTA VI Leaks, Wolverine PS5 No Disc No Buy Drama, Gaming News
Michelle's Mortal Shell 2 in depth review, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition LOTR Remake, Agent 64: Spies Never Die, GTA 6 leaks 30 fps, does Wolveri
Aug 19 1 h 32 min
#965 - Gears of War E-Day Beta Impressions & Review, GTA VI on Netflix, No Disc No Buy Chat with a Game Store Owner, more PS5, Xbox, Nintendo, and PC Gaming News!
Gears of War: E-Day multiplayer open beta, The Division Resurgence lands on Steam, Bonehold vs Ignite the Depths, Chop Chop Inc, Truxton Extreme, Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Rem
GameFreak's Beast of Reincarnation round table review, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Mistfall Hunter dark fantasy extraction, Batman Caped Crusader Chronicles, Palworld cards a
Premium Preview! John is on the beach playing Splatoon Raiders, Michelle checks out ARPG updates: Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn DLC, Path of Exile 1 Curse of the Allflame
Jul 27 34 min
#963 - Aniimo First Impressions, DragonSword: Awakening Full Review, Duskbloods Sign-ups & more Gaming News
Aniimo creature collector closed beta review - Palworld or Pokemon?, New RPG Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call preview, Digimon UP, Denshattack!, Ascend to Zero, Stellar Bla
Jul 22 1 h 33 min
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I am always looking for good video game podcast especially one that covers current games. I found Video Game Outsiders and was excited to give it a try. They have great coverage of current games and I would really enjoy the podcast a lot, but inevitably on almost every episode John, one of the host, does something that makes me want to turn it off. He will sometime do these bits that he thinks are funny and even when the other host try to move on he just keeps going and going, or he will play some sound effect over and over while others are trying to speak. Today, as one of the other host was trying to explain a game, what kind of game it was, their experience, etc, he constantly interrupted them over and over. The gentleman finally told him, if he would quit interrupting and let him speak he would get his answer. Obviously people like this show since it’s been around so long, but it is hard for me to enjoy it with John’s constant antics, and interruption’s. As far as game coverage goes, when people are allowed to speak and get out their thoughts, I enjoy it very much.
JasonM4848 · May 2026
As someone who listens to a lot of video game related podcasts. This is by far my favorite one out there. I absolutely look forward to hearing the show each and every week. Although John can get a little annoying sometimes. But, the chemistry between him and Michelle is off the charts.
Gods of Polaris · Mar 2026
I have listened to this podcast for a couple years and they have become the main source of reviews that I trust. I don’t always agree with their opinions but I respect that they give honest takes that fold into todays reactionary gaming culture. All three play off each other very well and it has a bunch of funny moments. This podcast is something I look forward to every week and I would highly recommend it. Also John fess up to the stupid smoke detector alarm, we all know it was you.
hovaisback · May 2024
I've been listening to these three for what feels like a lifetime, and not only have they become my favorite video game hosts, I'm happy to say they've also become my friends. John is a great guy with tremendous musical and comedic talent. Michelle, though she tries to put on a tough as nails exterior, is really a secret sweetie pie with a heart of gold. And Matt... Let's just say his wife is a lucky gal. The conversations sometimes turn into screaming, but the comedy bits, songs and in-depth conversations about gaming always shine through. John and Michelle, with the later addition of Matt, have carried this show on for the better part of 2 decades with their tremendous dedication and chemistry. If you love true gaming talk that isn't filtered and is completely genuine, listen to VGO.
Tedakin · Jun 2023
Gave this show another shot for the D4 review. Hosts cut each other off. She just kept saying “okay” every 10 seconds while the other host is talking. They are swearing at each other, no chemistry. Took 45-60 minutes before they got to Diablo talk. Listen to something like Core or any other gaming podcast instead
maybenexttime1 · Jun 2023
I searched up video game podcasts to listen to as my new job allows for a lot of listing opportunities and found this one. I assumed by their name they’d be people who aren’t in the gaming industry and still have good conversations. I couldn’t stand the amount of times John interrupted Michelle in the first twenty minutes of an episode, and Michelle seemed to not be able to finish a sentence without John taking over. I’ve listened to podcasts a lot younger than this with more professionalism in its veins. The last episode I tried listening to was the Hogwarts Legacy review and it felt like I was sitting at an immature high school lunch room table taking about porn and laughing at dumb fart jokes. Took them way too long to get to the topic of the show and wasn’t worth the complaining of other games or making fun of different styles of games that happened along the way.
Piratehooker456 · Feb 2023
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