It's the middle of summer and we've seen a lot of games announced, so The Beats Crew decided to take some time away from talking about games we've played, and focus on some games we want to play! We talk about Summer Games Fest as well as the latest State of Play, Xbox Showcase, and Nintendo Direct. From there - it's anything goes. We talk about getting sad from finishing a game, a gaming delivery gone wrong, some Muff focused trivia - and more! So turn the lights down, think about your favorite cosplayer (a Muff trivia question by the way...) and join us for a slightly unstructured episode!

Before the Elden Ring DLC commands all of our time, we decided to take a look at a smaller game with an even smaller protagonist - Stray! It's got scratching, it's got meowing, it's got...robots? It wasn't a long game but this cat led adventure game made a lasting impression with our crew. And with the recent announcement that Stray is coming to switch it'll soon be able to be enjoyed by everyone! But be forewarned - we've got a lot of spoilers throughout. We've also got a double dose of cat trivia at the end. Even if you're a dog person we invite you to grab your headphones and join us for our deep dive of Stray!

Way back on episode 26 we had a topic of disappointing games. Those were games that we thought were going to be really good but ended up just being OK or kinda bad. A little over 100 shows later and we are revisiting that topic, but this time around just focusing on flat out bad games. We never intended any of these games to be good, and in most cases they were not!

To add to the fun, we also did a little Secret Santa type swap where we chose crappy games for each other to play. Some people got lucky with a decent game and others were stuck playing Lizard Lady vs The Cats. We also chose to play some terrible games by choice such as classic bad game Shaq Fu and more modern games like Control. Wait, Control is a bad game? Well to some of the less cultured members of the podcast...

To balance things out, we did get some great game discussion mixed in with - new indie game hotness Animal Well, FromSoft classic Sekiro, Final Fantasy Theatrhythm, and more! Oh and if you stick around to the end...my apologies.

The Beat of the Month crew are back and this time we're doing another game show episode - Family Feud style! Step aside Steve Harvey because Melbro is at the helm. Having surveyed 1000s of individuals, he's equipped us with 12 rounds of questions for an epic showdown between Rochelle Guys and OG3. Can you name the top 5 ways that you can tell you're about to fight a boss? Who will claim victory? Tune in to find out!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Saturday to bring you an early episode of Beat of the Month! It's May 4th, so of course the special occasion is Star Wars Games! We've been playing Star Wars games all month long and The Beats crew has got quite the assortment of games to talk about.

We've got a quartet of old school games from the Atari 2600 with Star Wars Arcade and Death Star Battle, all the way up to modern day with Jedi Survivor on PS5. We also talk a bit about some Star Wars adjacent games like Mass Effect 3 (OK, loose connection but hey - space is space). We round things out with a bit of Fallout the TV show and of course some Star Wars trivia. So instead of watching the original trilogy for the 50th time, join us for some Star Wars gaming goodness!

As the earth cycles around the sun, we've made a complete cycle around the Beat of the Month crew and landed back at Muff's choice for the next deep dive. Featuring wrestling, bikinis, and an all female cast, it could only be Rumble Roses! I hope you saved your eclipse glasses since these visuals are so hot they'll burn your retinas! While there were only two games in the series (for PS2 and Xbox 360) the series seems to have gained a bit of a cult classic following. Obvious reasons aside, it also has a pretty solid wrestling game foundation. We get into the characters, the mechanics, the story - and more! And we've got some wrestling game trivia to end the round as well. So grab your popcorn, your sweat bands, (and if you must...your tissues) and join us for this deep dive into Rumble Roses!

Winter is over, the birds are chirping, and the weather is changing - but the Beat of the Month marches on! No wait, March was last month. For THIS month, we are looking at games featuring Mother Nature, since April Showers bring May Flowers! For the most part we've got games with rain such as Death Stranding and Arkham Knight, but we also sneak in some other weather related games in there as well. Not a single mention of Heavy Rain which seems like a missed opportunity, but what can you do - we all played that game already!

Think you have a better idea than games about rain? Well, you might be on to something... If you have any episode suggestions, please send us an email at beatofthemonth@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!