The Game Show

The Game Show is a celebration of video games and our collective interests mixed with a healthy dose of humor, while bringing in our favorite people in the game and movie industries on as guests.The podcast before podcasts.The Game Show began in 2002 and quickly developed a tight knit community of gamers, and interviewed top industry talent. Likely the first video game podcast, The Game Show ran for ten years where the team covered industry events and created a massive amount of content. The Game Show returns in 2025 after more than a decade with three hosts from the first run and two new.

The Game Show is a leisure podcast hosted by BreakmanX.com, with 73 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

BreakmanX.com hosts The Game Show, a leisure show with 73 episodes published.

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  Episode #28

  Sonic 3, Metal Gear Solid, RE2: Sequels That Beat the Original

  Aug 13, 20261h 39mS13

  This week the crew ranks sequels that beat the original — Mario, Sonic, Metroid, Resident Evil, Metal Gear, Zelda, Pokémon, Horizon, and more. Some picks are easy calls, some might start an argument. Games discussed: Super Mario Bros. 2, Sonic 3, Pokémon Crystal, Jedi Survivor, Mega Man 2, Mario Kart 8, Alan Wake 2, Super Metroid, Jet Set Radio Future, Horizon Forbidden West, A Link to the Past, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid. The Game Show has been running since 2002 — one of the first video game podcasts ever made. New episodes weekly.

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  Episode #27

  Failed Game Consoles: Phantom, Gizmondo, N-Gage & Ouya | S13E27

  Aug 6, 20261h 37mS13

  We're counting down some of the biggest console failures in gaming history — and we actually played most of them ourselves. The Phantom, Infinium Labs' infamous vaporware console that never shipped a single unit. Gizmondo, the handheld secretly bankrolled by the Swedish mafia. Nokia's N-Gage, the "taco phone" you had to hold sideways to make calls. And the Ouya, the Kickstarter darling that raised $8.5 million and still couldn't make it. Plus we get into some deep-cut flops: the NEC PC-FX, the NEC SuperGrafx, the Virtual Boy, the Atari 7800, the Philips CD-i, and even Soulja Boy's short-lived line of retro consoles. We also cover this week's gaming news: EA's finalized sale to the Saudi PIF and Jared Kushner, a leaked Xbox backward compatibility document for Project Helix, mass layoffs at the FIFA World Cup game's studio, and a new Lego PlayStation 1 set. The Game Show has been running since 2002 — one of the earliest gaming podcasts around. Every week we cover the games we're playing, the news shaping the industry, and whatever else we can't shut up about. Join the conversation at breakmanx.com — click Discord to chat with us during the week, or drop a comment, we read them all.

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  Episode #26

  The Greatest GameCube Games of All Time, Ranked | S13E26

  Jul 30, 20261h 36mS13

  The greatest GameCube games of all time, ranked and argued about by the crew that started this show on that very console. Rogue Leader, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Beyond Good and Evil, Ikaruga, and a dozen more picks get debated — plus gaming news on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 hitting Switch 2, the Avatar Legends fighting game, and a Dungeons & Dragons movie in the works. The Game Show has been running since 2002 — one of the longest-running gaming podcasts on the internet. More at https://breakmanx.com

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  Episode #25

  The Kinect, the 32X, and Gaming's Greatest Add-On Disasters | The Game Show S13E25

  Jul 23, 20261h 43mS13

  The Sega 32X. The Xbox Kinect. Two of gaming's most infamous add-ons, separated by almost 20 years but united by the same core mistake: asking players to buy into a half-finished vision of the future.Tonight we dig into what these add-ons promised, why the hardware and timing worked against them, and what (if anything) they got right before getting left behind. Along the way we'll talk Sega CD, Power Glove, PlayStation Camera, and the whole lineage of "the console isn't done yet, buy this too" add-ons.New episodes every week.► MUSIC Opening: Project X – Mega Man 2 “Project X2 – Title Screen” OC ReMix – https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00625 Closing: Project X – Mega Man 2 “Ending” Buy the album here: https://projectx.bandcamp.com/album/m…

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  Episode #25

  The Kinect, the 32X, and Gaming's Greatest Add-On Disasters | The Game Show S13E25

  Jul 23, 20261h 43mS13

  <p>The Sega 32X. The Xbox Kinect. Two of gaming's most infamous add-ons, separated by almost 20 years but united by the same core mistake: asking players to buy into a half-finished vision of the future.Tonight we dig into what these add-ons promised, why the hardware and timing worked against them, and what (if anything) they got right before getting left behind. Along the way we'll talk Sega CD, Power Glove, PlayStation Camera, and the whole lineage of "the console isn't done yet, buy this too" add-ons.New episodes every week.► MUSIC Opening: Project X – Mega Man 2 “Project X2 – Title Screen”...

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