Lapsed Gamer Radio

We here at Lapsed Gamer Radio feel that Spotify can go f**k themselves, and our podcast will no longer be available on that platform.

Nick is back and joins Mark and Chazzee to talk about defunct music venues, the recent Xbox partner showcase, Epic Games layoffs, some other old news, and all the games they've been enjoying recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/2975-checkpo…

Mark and Chazzee are joined by our friend and yours, Doug, to discuss Xbox's "Project Helix", layoffs at Battlefield Studios, Jeff Kaplan's tell-all podcast appearance, and of course all the games we've been playing recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/297-checkpoi…

It's the 40th anniversary year of the Legend of Zelda franchise, and seeming as Nintendo are doing nothing to celebrate that milestone we decided to. So join Nick, Chazzee and Mark as they go through the entire franchise and rank the games on a tier list. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/296-side-que…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss regional chip shop cuisine, Upcoming Nintendo releases, more bad news about hardware shortages, and of course all the games they've been playing over the last month or so. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/2955-checkpo…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about some video game news, rant again about how much Tim Sweeney sucks, discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, and all the games they've played over the last month or so. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/295-checkpoi…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to look back on our 2025 predictions, make some new ones for 2026, and preview all the games we're looking forward to this year. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/294-checkpoi…

The Top 10 Games Mark Played in 2025 lapsedgamer.com/marks-top-10-g…

It's time to conclude the annual LGR "best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily extravaganza 2025". In this episode we reveal honourable and dishonourable mentions, and our top two games of the year. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/293-side-que…

The boys are here for their annual "best games we played this year that didn't necessarily come out this year but most of them did extravaganza part 1". In this first part we run down our 5th, 4th, and 3rd favourite games that we played this year. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/292-side-que…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about Tim Sweeney's latest crashout, the weird story around Horses being blocked from Steam, JRPG 3.0, Battlefield sales figures, and of course all the games they've been playing recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/291-checkpoi…

To mark 80 years since the end of the end of World War 2, Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to talk about the history of its depiction in video games. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/290-side-que…

In this bonus extrasode Mark and Nick get together to talk about the nominations for all the categories in this year's Game Awards, pick their preferred winners, and predict who will win. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/2895-checkpo…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss some now comically outdated news, Chazzee's fear of mascots, back pain, the World Series, and all of the games they've been playing over the past month. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/289-checkpoi…

Quiet one this week, Mark and Chazzee get together to further discuss the EA buyout and union pushback against it, the latest David Cage bowel movement, a whole bunch of other news, and all the games they've been playing recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/288-checkpoi…

Nick is joined by Andy and Chazzee to talk about EA being bought by the worst people on the planet and the implications for their IP, the Game Pass price increases and the future of Xbox, and run down all the games they've been playing recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/287-checkpoi…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to laugh at Randy Pitchford, moan about the state of video game optimisation, ruminate on the nature of mosh pits, talk about upcoming Nintendo releases, and run down all the games they've been playing recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/286-checkpoi…

We heard the internet loves tier lists, so we decided to get in on the action. Join Nick, Chazzee and Mark as they build a tier list of the best console launch lineups while doing a lot of reminiscing. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/285-side-que…

Worlds collide as Doug and Nick appear on an episode together! Join them and Mark as they talk a little about some very old news, Nick tortures the boys with a quiz, and they run down all the games they've been playing over the past month or so. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/284-checkpoi…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee for an extra special episode where they listen to, and talk about, some of their favourite pieces of video game music. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/283-side-que…

Nick is on holiday so Doug makes his annual appearance, joining Mark and Chazzee to discuss the fallout from the mass layoffs at Microsoft, how utterly useless Copilot is, a brief review of the Switch 2, and all the games they've been playing recently. podcast.lapsedgamer.com/e/282-checkpoi…