The Broad Topics Episodes

Ready to take a trip down memory lane? In this episode, your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers—Andrew, Dylan, Aubrey, and special guest Braedon—revisit the formative video games that shaped their childhoods and left a lasting impa...

We finally have a ton of information about the Nintendo Switch 2. In this episode, Andrew and Dylan share their thoughts on the recent Nintendo Direct dedicated to the new Switch. Talking points include: What makes Switch 2 d...

Video games have always been attempting the most realistic visuals that hardware and software allows. But over the last couple of generations the cost to value ratio of this pursuit seems to be diminishing. Games are taking l...

Welcome back to Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers! In this episode, hosts Andrew Kimball and Dylan Wren are joined by Phil Barrera from the Wait For It Podcast to dive deep into the world of live service games. We explore the...

Welcome back to Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers! In this special New Year's episode, hosts Andrew Kimball, Aubrey Sommer, and Dylan Wren sit down to share and discuss their gaming resolutions and goals for 2025. From finish...

A new year means a new draft in our Fantasy Critic League! Phil, Eric and Stefan from the Wait For It Podcast crew and Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros. are back again to talk about the results from last year's league and to...

Join hosts Andrew Kimball, Dylan Wren, and Aubrey Sommer as they wrap up an incredible year of gaming with the highly-anticipated FN Game Awards for 2024! This episode is packed with surprising gaming revelations, heartfelt c...

It's back... Welcome to the Fifth Annual Podcast Holiday Crossover Special! We have Super Bracket Bros, Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Game of Groans and The Wait for It Podcast all joining together to bring holiday cheer...

In this episode, we look back at the predictions we made for 2024 to see who got the most correct. Whoever wins, gets to pick a game that the other hosts have to play and we'll record and episode about it! After that, we take...

We're talking about The Game Awards 2024! First, we discuss our thoughts on the show overall. How was the pacing, the awards, the Muppets?? We poke fun at the cringe, try to figure out why Snoop Dogg was there, and the fact t...

We made it, episode 150 is in the bag! We take a look back at the past year of episodes and YouTube videos and talk about the highlights, what we've learned and more! Then, we answer questions that our awesome community submi...

Continuing our month of spooky Halloween themed episodes, Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan are discussing their top three favorite spooky/scary video games on this episode! First, our hosts talk about what qualifies a game to be on o...

In this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers we ask the question, "which characters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would last the longest in popular horror movies?" To determine this, we each picked a character from ...

In this episode of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers," Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan delve into the complex world of live service games. This discussion takes a critical look at the highs and lows of this controversial gaming m...

Andrew and Aubrey aren't here this week so Dylan calls in his sister Delaney to help out. On this episode, they discuss the recent updates to Diablo IV and the things they are enjoying along with a few areas the game could i...

On this episode of the show, Aubrey and Dylan have to decide who will be named the best side character of all time! Andrew created a list of beloved side characters from the games that we all know and love. Then, he created a...

In this episode of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers," hosts Dylan Wren, Andrew Kimball, and Aubrey Sommer dive deep into the world of spoilers. The conversation navigates through the challenges of avoiding spoilers, the soc...

What to share your thoughts on this episode or tell us what you're playing? Send us a text with this link! **Some Night in the Woods spoilers at 44:26** On this episode, Andrew, Aubrey and Dylan do a video game swap! Each hos...

On this special episode of the Friendly Neighborhood Gamers podcast, Andrew, Dylan and Aubrey each host a trivia game for the others to compete in. Andrew hosts a game called I Got It From ChatGPT, Aubrey hosts a game of Syno...

Welcome back to the neighborhood! On this episode, Andrew, Dylan and Aubrey revisit their game of the year lists from 2020 and then remake them. They discuss the new games that made their way onto the list as well as the ones...

On this very special episode of the podcast, Andrew and Dylan are joined by Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros and Phil and Eric (and Stefan) from The Wait For It Podcast to talk about the 2024 Fantasy Critic League! They crew...

This week, Andrew, Dylan and Aubrey discuss the topic of video game genres. The conversation explores some of the faults in how we as a community choose to define games. It also covers some potential solutions and advice for ...

The community surrounding FromSoftware, is a passionate one. It is a testament to the impact of From’s games such as Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro. The members of this community share a common love for the ch...

The Japanese game development studio FromSoftware, has carved out a unique niche in the gaming industry with its distinctive approach to game design. They are renowned for pioneering the ‘Soulslike’ genre, which emphasizes ch...