The Broad Topics Episodes

On this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Andrew and Dylan are joined by some very special guests in order to take things back to the days of Level Playing Field! Aubrey, Abi, and Delaney join the show to answer 3...

Join hosts Andrew Kimball and Dylan Wren on this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers as they delve into the captivating realm of double A (AA) video games. As the industry experiences a shift in talent and a rise in ...

In this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, hosts Dylan Wren and Andrew Kimball delve deep into the world of gaming subscriptions. The hosts explore the value of Xbox Gamepass and its potential impact on traditional...

In this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, hosts Dylan Wren and Andrew Kimball delve into the world of music rhythm games with a focus on the iconic series, Rock Band. They explore the challenges and delights of fi...

Andrew and Dylan are joined by Eric and Phil from The Wait For It podcast and Stefan (Eric's brother) to talk about the results of the 2023 Fantasy Critic League and to draft for the 2024 league! Jay Davis of Super Bracket Br...

Last year Andrew and Dylan made predictions about things they thought would happen in 2023. Now it's time to look back and see who was correct! Whichever host got the most predictions correct gets to choose a game for the oth...

**Lies of P Spoilers** check the timestamps below. It's time once again for the annual FN Game Awards! Andrew and Dylan give out awards to the games they played this last year. Awards such as, best art-style, best villain, bi...

On this episode of the podcast Andrew and Dylan share their top 10 games of 2023! Along with that, they also go over the various "year in review" data from Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox. We hope you enjoy and we hope you al...

It's time once again for the Super Bracket Bros, The Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Game of Groans, and The Wait For It podcast to gather around a holiday topic and argue about it. This year the gang aims to find out what the ...

Join Andrew and Dylan for a very special milestone episode as they take a look back over the past year and answer some questions from the community! WEBSITE https://www.fngamers.com/ DISCORD https://discord.gg/euhEYZxC58 TWIT...

Welcome back to the neighborhood, on this episode Andrew and Dylan are talking about the 2023 Game Awards! The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry. Established in 2014, th...

Aubrey is back in the neighborhood to chat with Andrew about the games that defined their childhood. Dylan couldn't make it this week so it was the perfect opportunity for two siblings to sit down and reminisce about all of t...

On this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, hosts Dylan Wren and Andrew Kimball delve into the world of bad games that they love. From "scary" dialogue to unimpressive shooting mechanics, they explore games like "Ma...

On this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Andrew and Dylan share their thoughts on the MASSIVE Xbox Leak that happened a couple of weeks ago. After that they take a look at their backlogs. But more than that, they...

Andrew and Dylan look back at games that they are nostalgic for or games that defined their childhoods. They examine if these games hold up today and if they are worth going back to. They also discuss nostalgia in general and...

In this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, we dive into the captivating world of board games. Join us as we discuss the fascinating dynamics between video game adaptations and traditional board games, the significa...

In this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Andrew and Dylan tackle the prevalent issue of toxicity in the gaming community head-on. Exploring the psychology behind toxic behavior, they discuss the Dunning Kruger ef...

On this episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Andrew and Dylan discuss their favorite announcements from the recent gaming events including PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Showcases. They cover a variety of topics suc...

Andrew and Dylan take a look back at the year 2019 and right the wrongs of their original GOTY lists from that year. This is a beefy Level Playing Field throwback episode that we had a lot of fun recording and we hope you enj...

Aubrey Kimball and Delany Wren stop by the neighborhood to talk about Cozy Games! What are cozy games? What are some of their favorite ones? Why does Disney Dreamlight Valley have such bad inventory management? All of these q...

This week the FN Gamers are talking about game mechanics that need to go away forever! The discord community also responded and shared their thoughts on this topic as well. If you wanna be part of the conversation, click the ...

Dylan recently reviewed State of Decay 2 on our YouTube channel and has been enjoying his time in the zombie genre. That sparked the idea to talk about zombies in games. The FN Gamers break down what they like about the genre...

With the DLC for Elden Ring, The Shadow of the Erdtree, recently announced, we wanted to talk about what we’re hoping to see when it releases and then expand that conversation to talk about DLC in games in general. In this ep...

This week the FN Gamers are talking about some of their favorite Star Wars video games, and some Star Wars video games they played as kids. This is a general conversation about a lot of different games so there aren't any spo...