Enlightened Gamer

Enlightened Gamer


Latest Episodes

Episode 12 – Shooters
December 11, 2015

In this episode, John and Matt discuss their history with the first-person shooter genre and lack of appetite for contemporary shooters.

Episode 11 – Upcoming Space Sims Pt. 1
December 04, 2015

In this episode, we talk loosely about Star Citizen's upcoming Arena Commander 2.0, the current state of Elite: Dangerous and its future planetside DLC, and dive briefly into our guest's prolonged engagement with Eve Online.

Episode 10 – Undertale
November 19, 2015

DISCLAIMER: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE GAME. - In this episode, we here my stepdaughter's opinions on Undertale and find out why it takes her "Game of the Year" award.

Episode 9 – The 500 Club: Dark Souls
November 17, 2015

In this episode, we speak with Tyler Oren about the abusive relationship he has with Dark Souls and why he can't get himself to walk away. We also discuss character customization and unfairly stereotyped characters in video games.

Episode 8 – The 500 Club: The Borderlands Series
November 10, 2015

Disclaimer: This episode contains a few spoilers from the Borderlands series of games. If you somehow haven't managed to play them yet, you may wish to tune back in once you have. You'll be glad you played them. - In this episode,

Episode 7 – The Extra Life Minisode
November 04, 2015

Joel and John man the helm for this episode highlighting the upcoming Extra Life event taking place November 7th. This is an annual event that has seen a tremendous increase in participation and success over the last few years,

Episode 6 – The 500 Club: League of Legends
November 04, 2015

We invite Tyler Harrison to join us in explaining why League of Legends is such a hit among so many PC gamers in the first of a series called "The 500 Club" featuring gamers who have played a single game or game series for more than five-hundred hours.

Episode 5 – Timeline Pt. 2
October 31, 2015

We conclude discussing our formative gaming years in this show.

The Halloween Bonusode!
October 31, 2015

In Halloween "spirit", we recorded an episode detailing some of gaming's creepy easter eggs and spooky stories(creepypastas). - Disclaimer: This was all recorded live in the same room and on a central recording device onto a single stereo track.

Episode 4 – A Not So Brief History Pt. 1
October 29, 2015

In this episode, our hosts provide some background into how they became gamers, and Matt provides context later in the episode as to why you might actually want to listen to Navi every once in a while.