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Hear the tale of a friend group completely turning around on a game. We're so back! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

IT'S TIME TO GET DOWN BAD! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Steve and Hawes are on demon time. Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

The time has come and there is much salt to be had. Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Steve lets Hawes babble about another Final Fantasy XIV expansion! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Steve beat Control and Hawes is playing the new Dragon Age! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play a down bad version of Destiny? Well, do Steve and Hawes have the game for you! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Hawes and Steve go over the announcements from this year's Tokyo Game Show! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

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This week Steve is better at the big robot game! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Steve and Hawes are headed back into the universe of Warhammer 40000 to fight stuff and be grim dark...or something like that. You might want to skip this one if Imagine Dragons is your favorite band. Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

You might want to skip this one if Imagine Dragons is your favorite band. Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

Steve and Hawes welcome back their buddy Mike Pappas! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

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This week Hawes and Steve tackle Final Fantasy 14's first expansion! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Hawes and Steve look backwards and forwards! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Steve and Hawes talk about the capcom beat em up collection and College Football 25. Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Hawes and Steve have issues with old reviews. Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

This week Steve and Hawes talk about some of their favorite game mechanics! Check out our Shadow of the ErdSteve merch! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/61773811-shadow-of-the-erdsteve

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This week Steve and Hawes defy the Greater Will. The call to long lost grace speaks to us all.

Two presentations and you just know Geoff is steaming right now!

Steve drove across three states to be here tonight

This week Steve and Hawes offer the most basic of hygiene advice.

The time has come. Keighley the fifth member of the gaming god hand has assembled his sacrifices and soon his darkness shall engulf the world.

Lisan al Gaib!

Okee Dokee

This week Steve and Hawes welcome their pal Sal Perales of the Rogue Rebels to talk about Final Fantasy 14 and his first experience with an MMO! Be sure to check out Sal and his family at: https://theroguerebels.com/

That man drew that Steve

We almost lost this one!

What you guys know about Wild Arms?

Oh god it's so good

Eorzea will never be the same.

A healthy dose of messin around.

WE MIGHT JUST LIKE THIS GAME A WHOLE LOT!

Boy we sure do love democracy!

STEVE ISN'T HOLLOW ANYMORE!

This week Steve and Hawes rescue Mike from the land of crane games and slot car racing.

This week Steve and Hawes carve their opinions into stone.

Hawes and Steve are back talking about a damn ass magical weekend.

Steve and Hawes recount one of the best weekends ever.

C'mon man, let us flex a little huh?!

Steve caused the second impact and is unavailable this week so Hawes has recruited Will to talk about Fortnite again!

This week Steve's gonna play you a lil song on his lute. Huh?!

This week Steve and Hawes discuss the upcoming year in gaming!

This week Steve and Hawes end the year with something...

This week Hawes and Steve hash out their top five games of the year and talk about some honorable mentions.

This week Steve and Hawes discuss all of the reveals from this years Game Awards!

This week Steve and Hawes ask the most important questions!

This week Steve and Hawes review the nominees for the Game Awards 2023 and cast their votes!

Hawes and Steve have finished Spider-Man 2 and are ready to talk about it!

This week Steve, Hawes and Jeff skip a bunch of Warhammer cut scenes and have a good ole time.

This week Hawes and Steve just get lil silly.

This week Steve takes the wheel and puts his feet on the phone! We're talking about FromSoftware!

Hawes and Steve talking about Spider-man!

This week Steve and Hawes have the red ring of death...again.

It's time for more unsolicited emails to people we admire!

This week Steve and Hawes goof off and update everyone on their Balder's Gate adventures.

Get over here!! or whatever...

oooooohhhhhhhhh boooooooooooooy!

THERE ARE TOO MANY GOOD RPGS RIGHT NOW

This week Steve and Hawes made a quick stop at a roadside barbeque stand and don't feel so good.

This week Hawes and Steve invite their buddy Mike Pappas onto the show and let him drive the boat! Check out friend of the podcast Kimberly Sterling's new shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimberlysterlingart 

This week Hawes and Steve talk about a few different topics. Evo, Final Fantasy Fan fest and more! Check out friend of the podcast Kimberly Sterling's new shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimberlysterlingart 

This week Steve and Hawes have their buddies Jeff and Randy on to talk about Street Fighter 6! Check out friend of the podcast Kimberly Sterling's new shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimberlysterlingart 

OOOOOOH BOY!!! Steve and Hawes! Final Fantasy XVI!!! AGAIN!! Check out friend of the podcast Kimberly Sterling's new shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimberlysterlingart 

OOOOOOH BOY!!! Steve and Hawes! Final Fantasy XVI!!! Check out friend of the podcast Kimberly Sterling's new shop! https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimberlysterlingart

Somehow Steve and Hawes find another way to talk about Halo 3 multiplayer.

This week Hawes and Steve talking about Bioware. The history of the studio, the games they've developed and what went wrong along the way!

This week Steve and Hawes close out the sixth generation of consoles by talking about the Microsoft Xbox!

This week Hawes and Steven talk about the animated Super Mario Bros movie!

This episode Hawes and Steve take a look back at the year in gaming so far and pry open their third eyes and peer into the future.

This week Steve and Hawes tackle as many of the latest video game reveals as humanly possible in an hour!

This week Hawes and Steven welcome their friend Eric Strothers to bury the bit and talk about Red Dead Redemption 2! Make sure to check out Eric on The Bad Motivators and The Sith List wherever you listen to podcasts!

This week Steven and Hawes go over all of the announcements from the recent Sony showcase!

This week Hawes and Steve discuss the recent Street Fighter 6 Beta, The new Mortal Kombat reveal, early Final Fantasy 16 impressions, and much more!

This week Steve and Hawes and joined by their buddy Jeff Leng to talk about Street Fighter V before the upcoming release of Street Fighter 6!

This week and Steve and Hawes just talk about a variety of topics and get a little weird.

This week Hawes and Steve do a little samurai farming, a little fighting, a little sake drinking, a whole lot of story head scratching, and one of them spends a little too much time on side activities!

For their 100th episode Steve and Hawes face off and draft their next slate of characters for their teams! If you missed the stream check out the video on demand version here: https://youtu.be/JhuzSdhV-Yo

This week Hawes and Steven break down the latest Final Fantasy XVI footage from the recent State of Play!

This week Steven and Hawes welcome their buddy Randy from The Sith List to talk about the latest Resident Evil remake! Make sure to check out The Sith List on YouTube, Patreon and whever you listen to podcasts!

This week Hawes and Steve get a little weird talking about the fifteenth entry in The King of Fighters franchise. Well, Hawes gets weird. It's been well established that he is down tremendously bad. Boobs.

This week Hawes and Steven talk about the Diablo 4 beta and some first impressions about the Resident 4 remake.

This week Steve and Hawes welcome their buddies from The Sith List Podcast, Iraj, Les, and Carlos onto the show to talk about the first season of The Last of Us! Make sure to check out The Sith List on Youtube or wherever you listen to podcasts!

This week Hawes and Steven just talk a lil bit.

This week Steve and Hawes talk about a little square console with a handle.

This week Hawes and Steven welcome their friend Emily onto the show to talk about Lucasarts Adventure Games! Make sure to check out Emily's show The Canto Bight Dispatch!

This week Steve and Hawes look back on the Street Fighter 2 animated movie from 1994. Flexing in a hospital.

This week Steven and Hawes just have a good old fashioned weird time!

This week Hawes and Steve welcome their buddy Robbo to talk about the handheld games that were destined to end up in a landfill! Make sure to check out Robbo on the Hardcore Gaming 101 podcast!

This week Steve and Hawes welcome their buddy Shawn Hoffman onboard to talk about The Last of Us Part 2! Be warned, there are a LOT of spoilers! Be sure to check out our buddy Shawn at: https://shawn.party/

This week Steve and Hawes welcome Tom Sutton from the Star Wars Fun For Everyone podcast to talk about Respawn's entry into the Star Wars franchise, Jedi Fallen Order! Be sure to check out our buddy Tom's podcast Star Wars Fun for Everyone wherever you listen to podcasts!

This week Hawes and Steve look ahead to the year of 2023 and discuss the various media releases that they are excited about!

This week Hawes and Steven forgo the gaming talk and get real.

This week Hawes and Steve set themselves up for success in 2023!

This week Steven and Hawes discuss the further adventures of sad dad and boy!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about what makes a good DLC and some of their favorite DLCs of all time!

This week Hawes and Steven starred into the cold black eyes of a serial killer and talk about the reveals and winners from the 2022 Game Awards!

This week Steve and Hawes discuss two hand-held consoles that couldn't be more different!

This week Steve and Hawes go through the Game Awards nominations, cast their votes, and crown their game of the year! This week Steve and Hawes talk a roll down memory lane and talk about Sega's final fore into the console market, the Sega Dreamcast!

This week Steve and Hawes talk a roll down memory lane and talk about Sega's final fore into the console market, the Sega Dreamcast!

This week Steve and Hawes rank stuff!

This week Hawes and Steve talk about another remake of a survival horror classic, Resident Evil 2!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about Dead by Daylight, a game they've put many many hours into.

This week Hawes and Steve heap praise onto the first game in the Last of Us franchise! Even if the recent remake was a bit unnecessary.

This week Steve and Hawes shoot the breeze a little bit and hear from some of their listeners! 

Steve is deep into football season so that's what we're talking about this week! Football games. C'mon guys, it's in the title.

Steve is avoiding a hurricane this week so Hawes has enlisted the help of his buddy Will! They go over a little over their gaming history together and then talk about this most recently gaming obsession...FORTNITE!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about the remake of one of their favorite games of all time and make an impassioned plea for the survival of a certain character!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about all of the announcements that came out on a random ass Tuesday and Wednesday in September!

Hawes and Steven just shoot the breeze and have good time talking about video games this week.

This week Steve and Hawes are comparing two more years in video game history! 2000 and 2007! Which year had the better list of releases? Vote on our twitter poll!

Look, I'm just going to be honest with you guys. This one is weird. There's no two ways around it. Steve and Hawes read some excellent listener emails and the bits keep going. You guys were warned. This is a bit heavy episode. Lots of bits. Maybe too many bits? Who can say? Is there some chancellor of bits somewhere who dictates how many bits are allowed and how deep the bits can go? Probably not. I don't know man.

This week Steve and Hawes welcome KING TOM from The Sith List to the show to talk about their favorite developer from the early days of PC gaming, Sierra Online! King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest. So many games with "Quest" in the title! That never gets confusing and no one ever messes that up. Nope. Not us. No sir.

Hawes is super excited this week because Steve finally beat Mass Effect and they can talk about it!

This week Hawes and Steve welcome their buddies Randy from The Sith List and Josh from The Sacred Icon podcast to talk about Cyberpunk 2077! Makes sure to check out The Sith List podcast and Youtube channel! Make sure to check out Sacred Icon wherever you listen to podcasts! This week Steve and Hawes ask the age-old question, "If you were at your Mom's funeral would you remove your stupid hat?" Find out these answers and many more this week when they discuss Gears of War 4!

This week Steve and Hawes ask the age-old question, "If you were at your Mom's funeral would you remove your stupid hat?" Find out these answers and many more this week when they discuss Gears of War 4!

This week Hawes and Steve discuss the juggernaut that was Sony's entry in the sixth console generation!

This week Steve and Hawes talk a variety of smaller topics and then spoil season four Stranger Things in the second half of the episode. We give you guys a warning so don't freak out.

This week two radical dudes talk about the Ninja Turtles. I don't know man. It's Steve and Hawes. We played Shredder's Revenge and loved it. You should listen to this episode.

Take a trip back to the summer of 2020 when Hawes, Steve, and their buddy Randy (from the Sith List) go together to talk about Ghost of Tsushima. You should totally check out The Sith List on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts!

This week Steve and Hawes talk a trip down memory lane and discuss the Summer of Arcade program that ran from 2008 until 2013.

This week Steve and Hawes talk about all of the video game announcements from the previous week and why 2023 could be one of the best years in video game history!

This week Hawes and Steven are draft more characters to see who can create the ultimate team of video game characters!

This week Steve and Hawes discuss a variety of fighting games that don't include their two most favorite.

This week Hawes and Steve discuss the good and (mostly) bad of Nintendo's third home console.

This week Steve and Hawes discuss some of their favorite opening moments throughout video game history!

This week Hawes and Steve are discussing a grab bag of video game topics and new items that have happened recently!

Steve, Hawes, Nick, and Jeff are back to wrap up their Elden Ring discussion!

Steve and Hawes have conquered Elden Ring and now they have assembled two of their best buddies to break it all down! Welcome Nick Simeri and Jeff Leng to the podcast!

Steve is all settled into his new house so this week he and Hawes catch up on everything that has happened since he moved!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about the worst times they were disappointed by a video game release.

This week Hawes and Steve are talking memories and favorite games from the original Playstation!

This week Steve and Hawes hear from YOU our wonderful listeners!

This week Steve and Hawes discuss their top five video game weapons of all time and offer up a lot of honorable mentions as well!

This week Hawes and Steve tap into the dark arts to bring cancelled video games back to life!

This week Steve and Hawes bring Amico updates and talk about the March 2022 Sony State of Play!

This episode Hawes and Steven are pitting their high school graduation years against each other. Which year was better for console and game releases?

It's finally here! Elden Ring! Steve and Hawes are VERY excited!

This week Steve and Hawes return to unveil some of their deepest video game secrets.

This week Steve and Hawes are taking about Bungie, the newest Nintendo Direct and giving their early impressions on Sifu!

This week Steve and Hawes hear from the listeners and talk about a special moment from a recent meeting of the Italian government.

This week Hawes and Steve talk about Microsoft's most recent mega acquisition and reflect on some of the franchises that will now be under their control. 

This week Steven and Hawes take a deep dive into the games of the Super Nintendo and crown their favorites!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about their Super Nintendo origin stories and lead up to next week's episode where they crown their favorite game!

This week Steve and Hawes discuss the games they are most looking forward to in the coming year!

This week Steve and Hawes fight it out to draft the ultimate collection of video game characters! Make sure to vote on the twitter poll!

This week Hawes and Steve let listeners guide the episode and announce the latest give away winner!

This week Steve and Hawes are finally talking about Halo Infinite and boy howdy are they excited! Follow Jessie on twitter at: @messiehare

This week Steven is down with the sickness so Hawes enlists Jessie McGarity for a little trip to Pelican Town! Follow Jessie on twitter at: @messiehare

This week Hawes and Steve are discussing their feelings after one year with the ninth generation of consoles!

This week Steve and Hawes are talking about the latest game in the Battlefield series! Is it as bad as some peoples have made it out to be? 

This week Steve and Hawes are talking about their favorite fighting game franchise!

This week Hawes and Steve are talking about the bad guys!

This week Hawes and Steve gives you some recommendations that will hopefully make choosing your next Gamepass game a little easier. Just play Yakuza ok?

This week Steven and Hawes talk about God of War. Not to be confused with the God of War that was released in 2005. No, the God of War released in 2018. They have the same name which isn't confusing at all.

This week Steve and Hawes are back with another listener guided episode! Favorite generation of games? Gaming achievements? Gaming magazines? It's all covered here!

This week Hawes and Steve talk about trying out Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042!

This week Hawes and Steve try to escape hell! Or something...I don't know. The game is really good though. For real.

This week Steve and Hawes are talking about Insomniac's Spider-Man! I don't know man, it's in the title. I'm bad at show notes.

This week Hawes and Steve welcome their good buddy Evan DeChellis to the show to educate them about Pokemon!

This week Hawes and Steve talk about one of their favorite fighting game franchises Mortal Kombat!

This week Steven and Hawes gush about the latest Playstation showcase and all of the games they are excited for!

This week Steve and Hawes turn the show over to the listeners as they guide the episode with their emails and voice messages!

This week Steve and Hawes talk about what they've been playing and dive in the first game in the Halo franchise!

This week Hawes and Steve have a Tallarico update and talk about properties they think should have high budget video game adaptations!

This week Steve and Hawes do what Nintendon't! That's right, we're sharing our memories of the Sega Genesis and crowning games as our favorite!

This week Hawes has prepared a presentation for Steve. He's about to clue him, and all of you guys, into a upcoming console that seems a little bit shady.

This week Steve and Hawes talk about the Dead by Daylight anniversary event, Demon Slayer, the questionable quality of anime games, and finally offer up their deepest, darkest, gaming confessions.

This week Steve and Hawes discuss the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch OLED version. Steve presents Hawes with a important question. We do our first iTunes review giveaway! Feedback! We discuss your emails and voice messages.

This week Steve and Hawes journey through their memories of the Nintendo Entertainment System and crown their favorite game from it's catalogue. 

This week Steve and Hawes share memories of their time with the various games in the Final Fantasy series.

This week we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Yakuza! Yakuza 0 is a prequel to the entire series, and in our mind, a perfect place to start if you've been wanting to give it a shot. Here out thoughts on the adventures of Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima in this 80's set crime story.

This week we are diving in and discussing the PS5 remake of Demon's Souls! Are these games as hard as they're made out to be? What's so appealing about a "souls like" game?

We're back this week to discuss all of the E3 2021 hype! OOOOOOOOHHHH Elden Ring!

Look, we all know 2020 wasn't great. Thankfully we found a way to stay sane through it all. Gaming! In this episode we discuss the games that kept us occupied while the world seemingly burned around us.

Steve and Hawes kick off their first episode by recounting the origins of their friendship and their gaming history!