Podcast

CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

Leisure, Video Games

Hosted by podcasting vet, Scott Johnson, Jon Jagger and Beau Schwartz. Weekly, on the frogpants network. Video games and the issues around them every week!

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Video Games chart
#37
Episodes
503
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
2 hr 52 min
On air since
2017
Latest episode
5 days ago

Episodes

503 episodes, newest first

  1. CORE 543: Poke Zero

    Show notes

    Scott Jon and Beau are back for another action-packed CORE! Phantom Blade Zero seems to be doing jussssst fine. Also the games of November. Forsaken is the new NMS expansion! Plainsrunning is happening. Scott played Shelves of Sorcery, DinoBones, Tape to Tape 1.0, and Strange Antiquities. As well as OneMoreCrypt.com. Jon played Vampire Survivors for reaons. Beau played Minishoot Adventures TWICE. Azeroth Survivors, and Pathogenic. (Scott also played that.) Your emails and more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/6i65LKkC9QE

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    2 hr 36 min
  2. CORE 542: Bloody Tears

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    That Bioware news really hurts. We get into it. Plus, everything from 40k Boltgun II done and dusted, to 100 percenting Belmont's Curse. Plus a load of other games, and a new Diablo board game that sounds super rad! All that and more on this week's CORE episode!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/sCPzaOfl5yw

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    2 hr 58 min
  3. CORE 541: Scrib Doon!

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    A reminder to check out the latest articles on CORE.SHOW. Plus, Control Resonant is rad, so is Star Wars Galactic Racer, and boy howdy does Castlevania Belmont's Curse start out strong. Also some time with Gears of War E-Day, Pools, 9 Kings, Over the Hill, Dress Maker, Hellraiser, and TONS more. Also, you can play AAA games in a browser now and it's weird. Also, Squadron 42 is up for wishlisting on Steam and we are a little blown away.

    Video: https://youtu.be/QHe5csd9a4Q

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    3 hr 28 min
  4. CORE Crossover: Let’s Grind Some Gears

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    That’s right, Kyle and Garrett from Grinding Gears joins us for a special crossover!! All the details within! Hope you enjoy!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lPM_IhE7oWk

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    2 hr 2 min
  5. CORE 540: A Good Curse

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    We talk about the games of October, and why the new Castlevania is likely the most exciting of the bunch. Plus, Uncharted 5 is real, and RE 9 gets even more confusing. Scott and Jon played the remastered Witcher III with mixed opinions. Scott played Hungry Horrors and TOEM 2. Jon giving Control Resonant a shot. Also he played more Fire Emblem: Fortune'ss Weave. Beau played more Valheim, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Demo X D&D, Forbidden Solitaire, Heroes of the Storm, and a load of WoW Forever. And lots more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/_s8O9fwev7c

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    2 hr 52 min
  6. CORE 539: Good Fortune

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    We played a load of the WoW Forever beta and loved it. Also, the Resident Evil movie rocked. Also, Scott played NMS's update, Letters From The Past, beat Shadow Dungeon, played a bit of Control: Resonant, and can't wait to talk about Hungry Horrors. Jon played Fire Emblem Forturne's Weave and Silent Hill: Townfall. Beau got back into Valheim, and the world is better for it. We talk about Microsoft's new weird patent application that suchs really bad, Bungie saying they will fix things, Quake Champions going Pay to Play, and Nintendo turning 137 years this year! And some talk about games on rails!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/anOICAdtMrU

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    3 hr 18 min
  7. CORE Supplemental: Jon and the King

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    And important bonus bit of content this week from Jon.

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    23 min
  8. CORE 538: Something is Forever

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    New Warcraft? Check. Scott gets weird with old-school rogue-likes? Check. Onimusha was AWESOME? Check! Plus a ton more. This is our biggest episode of 2026 for some reason.

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/erOnXsJf-qY

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    3 hr 55 min
  9. The Instance: 2026 Blizzcon Opening Ceremonies

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    WoW Forever, new Starfcraft shooters, Diablo V, and lots more! With Scott, Bobby, Jon, and Beau.

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7APXbF-qi3g

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    2 hr 49 min
  10. CORE 537: Year of The Sword

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    Turns out, Capcom has YET another winner on it's hands with the Onimusha. Blood of the Dawn Walker might not really need that timer afterall. Scott played Security 51 and more Shadow Dungeon. Jon in addition to Oni, played a load of FFR, and more Vampire Survivors. Beau is all back in now that Valheim 1.0 is out. Slay the Spire 2 too. We breakdown the Nintendo stuff this week, as well as Playstation and Kojima breakup. And Shroom and Gloom is out. Emails and more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DJBsb2osG3s

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    2 hr 30 min
  11. CORE 536: Grand Theft Automatic

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    We played a load of Zero Company! Jon even beat it! Was it good? Oh, it was VERY good. Plus, GTA6 is at maximum hype levels, State of Play happened today at Sony, Zero Company's company is having a bad week for no good reason and more. Scott played some Blood Dungeon and Shadown Dungeon. (Different games.) Jon played the early bits of Blood of The Dawnwalker. Beau played Palworld and gave us an update on his game dev learning journey. The first games we ever beat, and what games might never get played before we die. All that and more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/MkqRrg7GNBY

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    2 hr 37 min
  12. CORE 535: Zero Hour for Zero Company

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    Let's do this! We talk about the games of September. Gamescom Opening Night recap. Star Wars Zero Company day is here. Scott played and LOVED Shape of Dreams. Also, Spinny Dungeon, and Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! (That's a real title.) Jon finished How Many Dudes, and is playing Journey with his kiddo! Beau played nothing but played around with game dev all week! An email in defense of Star Citizen, and lots more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KyI4byafEjw

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    3 hr 2 min
  13. CORE 534: No Man's Game

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    Beau and Scott played a lot of TCG Card Shop Simulator. Scott played Xeno Tilt, Demon's Tilt, Cult of Pin, and Pokemon Pinball. Notice a pattern? Jon is playing Pokemon Go again. Also more How Many Dudes other odds and ends. We talk about that Star Citizen livestream nightmare, the Horizon Hunters Gathering mess, and Fortnite going hard on outside game characteres. Also Blizzcon is stacked with celebs this year. More on muting bad voices in your games, and lots more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/GsRM6tTN5Lg

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    2 hr 30 min
  14. CORE 533: Fix That Thing!

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    It's that time of the week! CORE is on. And we wanna talk about stuff like Restory, How Many Dudes, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Cult of Pin, Black Jacket, Marvel Tokon, Agent 64, Death Howl, DragonSword Awakening, TCG Shop Simulator, Helldivers 2, among other games. Plus Lord of the Rings comes back from the 2011 death hole! Blizzard is the best performing studio XBOX has right now. We could use more Sean Murrays, Donnie Yen in Phantom Blade 0, Amazon is OUT of MMO's, VR Showcase happened and Beau has the scoop, your feedback and lots more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/jwzxnmBsSfI

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    3 hr 28 min
  15. CORE 532: Arachnophilia

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    Turns out, Spider-Man movies also inspire spending money on games. We get into it. Also, Scott played Granblue, messed with a Taco, played AC Valhalla and more. Jon played some Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, How Many Dudes, and more Midnight Suns. Beau played a TON of DragonSword Akwakenings. Your emails and more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/iyb_H54UPhk

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    2 hr 3 min
  16. CORE 531: Pandora's Box

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    A quick note about Frogpants Replay at the top, and then off we go! Scott played a lot more AC games, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. And more fun with Sunshine and Moonlight with retro games. Jon still playing Marvel Midnight Suns, with some twists. Shader mods on Rebirth, and his son beat Astrobot on his own! Beau played DragonSword: Awakening, Tears of Metal, and more Nightreign. He also gave us a VR update on G-Rebels, Metal Hellsinger VR, Overload, and Arken Age. News about whats coming to FF14 is pretty interesting today as well. Your emails and more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/aupfa3we3ag

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    2 hr 54 min
  17. CORE 530: Wash The Walker

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    Power washing gets a lot more fun when you put Star Wars stuff in it. Also, Scott played a lot of Black Flag Resynced, Farcry 4 (wait for it), Granblue Fantasy Relink, and a couple indies. Jon got all back into Marvel Midnight Suns, and Beau played DOOM The Dark Ages Revelations, and more Nightreign. He also really likes Chinese art books it seems. Microsoft is bringing a slate of classic Xbox titles to PC. The Witcher 3 expansion gets real at Gamescom. WoW and D&D are doing a proper crossover it seems. How best to play Final Fantasy 7 and LOADS more!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/cgb8c5ASVkc

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    2 hr 29 min
  18. CORE 529: Higher Seas

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    We start with the games we played this week! The Aventures of Elliott still gracing Scott and Jon's screens. Scott is ALL in on Black Flag Resynced. He also configured Moonlight on his network and has praises for it. Palworld 1.0 for Scott and Jon as well. Jon played Denshattack, and Beau still mainlaining Nightriegn like a pro player. Then some talk about Glen Schofield pulling out of games, MS destroying someone's personal data, Sega having big plans for GamesCom, and then a RUSH of emails and phone calls from you guys to top us up this week!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/AYRwJBmNLB4

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    2 hr 54 min
  19. MORE CORE: Rock Band, and beyond: Where will we play these games?

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    Let's talk about it in today's email.

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    6 min
  20. CORE 528: Ex-Box

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    A reminder about a few new posts on the feeds, and then off to the exciting world of how Xbox seems to be shitting the ENTIRE bed. Plus Games Done Quick, and the summer sale stuff. Scott tested the hell out of the state of GeForce Now, and did it with a load of games, including Just Cause 3, Diablo IV, Black Flag Resynced, Disco Elysium, and Ghostwire Tokyo to name a few. Jon played AstroBot and The Adventures of Elliot. Beau still buried in Nightreign and Slay The Spire 2!

    VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7tMpJgcajfw

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    3 hr 4 min

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