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Welcome to Collateral Gaming, the ONLY video game podcast that matters! ...Where we focus on good games, bad games, and everything else in-between in the world of gaming!
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Friday Nov 07, 2025
Friday Nov 07, 2025
Featured Game Review: Resident Evil (2002) [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: On the Post-Halloween Edition of Collateral Gaming: Bonus Round!, Ash and Beau are reviewing the 2002 remake of Resident Evil! This entry of the beloved survival horror series is considered by many to be the definitive way to experience the original story at the Spencer Mansion and a benchmark for video game remakes. So, reload your weapons, smoke some of that Green Herb with us as we talk about Resident Evil (2002), and stay tuned for our upcoming review of Silent Hill f and two-part episode on Ghost of Yōtei later this month!
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(Collateral Gaming: Bonus Round! is a Collateral Media Podcast. All game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Title(s):
- Resident Evil – Code: Veronica (バイオハザード コード：ベロニカ, lit: "Biohazard – Code: Veronica") [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
- Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X (バイオハザード コード：ベロニカ～完全版～, lit: "Biohazard – Code: Veronica ~Complete Version~")
Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4
Publisher(s): Capcom
- Eidos Interactive (DC: EU)
- Nintendo Australia (GC: AU)
Designers: Hiroki Kato (director), Shinji Mikami (producer)
Platforms: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s):
- February 3, 2000 (DC: JP)
- March 22, 2001 (X, DC: JP)
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: We hope you had a Happy Halloween, listeners! We celebrated the spooky holiday playing Capcom's classic survival horror originally released on the Dreamcast in 2000—Resident Evil – Code: Veronica! Often overlooked, this entry is the last of the RE series conforming to the gameplay style of the original games. So, smoke some Green Herb with us for this year's Halloween Special, and stay tuned for more spooky content very soon, including the Post-Halloween Edition of Collateral Gaming: Bonus Round!, as well as our review of Silent Hill f!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat from Purple Planet Music. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Title: Cronos: The New Dawn [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developer: Bloober Team
Publisher: Bloober Team
Designers: Wojciech Piejko, Jacek Zięba (directors)
Platforms: Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: September 5, 2025
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: Halloween is almost upon us, and while we're later to it than anticipated, Collateral Gaming's spooky season has begun! Ash and Beau start with a Game Launch review of the new survival horror entry from Bloober Team, the developers of the Silent Hill 2 remake—Cronos: The New Dawn! But how is this new IP from the studio that surprised us just last October with their take on a beloved horror classic? Find out our spoiler-free thoughts now, and stay tuned for more horror content, including our next Game Launch review on Silent Hill f, our Halloween Special on Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, and more!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat from Purple Planet Music. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Title: Fallout 4 [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developer(s): Bethesda Game Studios, id Software (add'l work), Iron Galaxy (VR)
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Designers: Todd Howard (director), Emil Pagliarulo
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: November 10, 2015 (PS4/PC/XB1)
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SPECIAL GUEST: Andrew Orozco (@mooglenator.bsky.social)
SHOWNOTES: Just in time after Fallout Day, Part 2 of our Season Premiere on Fallout 4 is here! Joining us this time is returning guest Andrew Orozco, as we dive deeper into the story and other elements of Bethesda's 2015 open world action RPG. So, journey along with us, and stay tuned for our spooky month content, including Game Launch episodes on Cronos: The New Dawn and Silent Hill ƒ, as well our Halloween Special on Resident Evil – Code Veronica!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat from Purple Planet Music. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Title: Fallout 4 [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developer(s): Bethesda Game Studios, id Software (add'l work), Iron Galaxy (VR)
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Designers: Todd Howard (director), Emil Pagliarulo
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release date: November 10, 2015 (PS4/PC/XB1)
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SPECIAL GUEST: Leo Garcia a.k.a. Geek Scorpio, Gaming Theater Presents (@gamingtheater.bsky.social)
SHOWNOTES: On our Season 8 Premiere, Collateral Gaming is talking the 2015 acclaimed open world action RPG from Bethesda: Fallout 4! In Part 1, Megan and Ash are joined by special guest Leo a.k.a. Geek Scorpio from the Gaming Theater Podcast, for our first foray into the Fallout franchise. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we'll deep-dive into the plot, characters, and lore of Fallout 4!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Gaming Theater Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you get your podcasts! You can subscribe to Gaming Theater Presents on YouTube as well as Patreon; follow them on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok; and check their official website at gamingtheaterprese.wixsite.com/gamingtheater!
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat from Purple Planet Music. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Title: Shuten Order [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developers: Too Kyo Games, Neilo
Publisher(s): DMM Games (JP), Spike Chunsoft (WW)
Designer: Kazutaka Kodaka (director)
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Windows
Release date: September 5, 2025
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: Blessed be the Shuten Order... On the latest Game Launch review, Ashley covers a new, if obscure release from Danganronpa series creator Kazutaka Kodaka! Fresh off the heels of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Too Kyo Games is releasing yet another visual novel adventure experimenting with genre. This time, 5 different game genres are explored in separate routes, each focusing on a suspect of a murder mystery. The victim? The amnesiac protagonist themselves, the enigmatic Founder of a cult-like organization and theocratic city-state, temporarily revived to take part in a divine ritual! Caught your interest? Catch Ash's spoiler-free thoughts on this recent release, and stay tuned for Collateral Gaming's Anniversary Special Let's Play on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and our Season Eight Premiere on Fallout 4!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Featured Console Review: Nintendo Switch 2
Featured Game Reviews:
- Donkey Kong Bananza [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
- Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
- Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics
- ...and several more!
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: On the long-awaited conclusion of our Season Finale, Dan joins us again for a very special Game Launch episode! Having covered Nintendo Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World in Part 1, we review the console in depth in Part 2, as well as cover the myriad of first- and third-party releases since launch. From Nintendo's own new releases (yes, even the Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour), to remasters or enhanced ports exclusive to the platform, cross-platform titles optimized for Switch 2, the new Nintendo Classics library of GameCube games (plus Mario Paint on SNES), Switch 1 titles with free updates or otherwise improved on the new hardware, and even game demos, there was plenty for us to talk about and more, only a couple months after release! Thank you to all of our listeners, fellow podcasters, and content creators for a successful Season Seven of Collateral Gaming, and stay tuned for our Anniversary Special Let's Play! of Four Swords, post-season content, and our Season Eight Premiere featuring Fallout 4!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
You can listen to Victims and Villains at victimsandvillains.net, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get your podcasts. More importantly, if you or someone you know is reading this right now and struggling with suicide, depression, addiction, or self-harm—please reach out. Comment, message, or tweet at them. Go to victimsandvillains.net/hope for more resources. Call the suicide lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Text "HELP" to 741-741. There is hope and you DO have so much value and worth!
Also, check out Dan's work at TechRaptor.net!
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Title: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (DEATH STRANDINGデス・ストランディング2：ON THE BEACHオン・ザ・ビーチ, Desu Sutorandingu Tsū: On za Bīchi) [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developer(s): Kojima Productions, Guerrilla Games (add'l work)
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Designer: Hideo Kojima (director)
Platform: PlayStation 5
Release date: June 26, 2025
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: On the latest Game Launch review, Ashley is covering Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. As a follow-up to 2019's Death Stranding—which Collateral Gaming covered not long after its original PS4 release—this is truly a Hideo Game, which could only come from the mind of developer legend and GigaChad Hideo Kojima. Prep time is over; it's time to set out and discuss the title that will compete with the likes of Expedition 33 for Game of the Year—no spoilers! Also, check out Part 1 of our Season Finale featuring Mario Kart World, and stay tuned for Part 2 covering the Nintendo Switch 2 console and lineup!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Title: Mario Kart World [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developer(s): Nintendo EPD; Monolith Soft, 1-Up Studio, Bandai Namco Studios (add'l support)
Publisher: Nintendo
Designers: Kenta Sato, Masaaki Ishikawa, Shintaro Jikumaru (directors); Shintaro Jikumaru
Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
Release date: June 5, 2025
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: It took us longer than expected to get here, but Collateral Gaming is finally covering the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 on our Season Seven Finale! Dan Rockwood joins us for Part 1, as we review launch title Mario Kart World! Does the power of the new console show in the latest installment of Nintendo's beloved kart racing series? Is this a game worth buying a new Switch 2 for? Find out now, and stay tuned for Part 2, where we'll review the console itself as well as various other launch titles, exclusives, and other games that have released on the platform since!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
You can listen to Victims and Villains at victimsandvillains.net, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get your podcasts. More importantly, if you or someone you know is reading this right now and struggling with suicide, depression, addiction, or self-harm—please reach out. Comment, message, or tweet at them. Go to victimsandvillains.net/hope for more resources. Call the suicide lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Text "HELP" to 741-741. There is hope and you DO have so much value and worth!
Also, check out Dan's work at TechRaptor.net!
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Title: Bushido Blade (ブシドーブレード, Bushidō Burēdo) [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
Developer: Lightweight
Publishers: Square (JP), Sony Computer Entertainment (WW)
Designer: Kunihiko Nakata (director)
Platform: PlayStation
Release date: March 14, 19987 (JP)
PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)
SHOWNOTES: Collateral Gaming is back with another retro review—this time, the PS1 kenjutsu simulator fighting game released during SquareSoft's golden era: Bushido Blade! Featuring realistic fighting mechanics and even incorporating the bushidō code into gameplay, this underrated title was truly ahead of its time. Find out more on our latest episode, and stay tuned for our Season Finale on Mario Kart World and the Nintendo Switch 2!
Collateral Gaming is on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and is on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Also, check out Collateral Let's Play! on our YouTube channel.
Collateral Media merch is available on Dashery! Check out everything from shirts and hats, to stickers and even tapestries, at our affiliate link now: collateralmedia.dashery.com
(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)