Episodes 36
Avg. Duration 1h 34m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Oct 2023
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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A weekly newsletter about Star Wars, Video Game novels, and adjacent topics.

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Podcast Time: Revisiting VANQUISH aka The Rocket Knees Simulator

Mar 18, 2026 1h 9m

Fresh off the release of BAYONETTA, Platinum Games released another SEGA published 3rd person stylistic action game called VANQUISH. While it doesn’t feat. a sexy witch who turns her clothes into…

The BAYONETTA Podcast: The Dommy Mommy Supremacy Simulator

Feb 03, 2026 1h 2m

Hello all! Welcome to another episode of THE DAMAGE PER PODCAST! This week, Mitch and I tackle one of my favorite series - BAYONETTA! To pull off a character like Bayonetta without it being…

Podcasting about ASURA'S WRATH AKA That Game Where You Use A Sword in Your Mouth B/C Your Arms Were Ripped Off

Dec 07, 2025 1h 27m

Hello all, Back at it with another podcast this month about a game that blew my mind in 2012 and all these years later, it still blows my mind. There is nothing quite like ASURA’S WRATH - it’s a…

HALLOWEENCAST: THE QUARRY (2022) - AKA WHOOPS I PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON AND IT KILLED A MAJOR CHARACTER SIMULATOR

Oct 31, 2025 1h 47m

Hello all! Welcome to another edition of DAMAGE PER PODCAST! This month we are making it just under the wire for a SPOOOKY episode where we tackle Supermassive’s 2022 game, THE QUARRY. Supermassive…

Damage Per Podcast: HEAVENLY SWORD or the Andy Serkis Makes Funny Faces Game

Sep 15, 2025 1h 11m

Hello all, Quick note: Sorry for swapping Ninja Theory and Team Ninja several times in the podcast. Ninja Theory are the developers! This month, Mitch and I went back in time to 2007 when video games…

Post Sickness GameStop Haul Yap Session

Sep 05, 2025 5m

Hello all! Getting over a bug but not sick enough to spend money on games. Come hang with me while I yap about my haul. Have a great weekend! Get full access to Damage Per Second at…

Let's Yap Video: BRUTE FORCE novel, CRYSIS 2 (car kicking simulator), and the HEAVENLY SWORD movie(?).

Aug 25, 2025 9m

Hello all! Thinking of trying this new form of GUYS GUESS WHAT I’M INTO RN. Video is a format I am drawn to but can never quite figure out so let’s see what happens here. In this post I’ll chat the…

Spin Around and Reload Ur Gunz for MAX PAYNE 2

Aug 01, 2025 1h 16m

Hello all! We are here this episode to talk about our buddy Max again. As we finish up our Remedy-developed run of games, we end on a high note (though Remedy never truly misses except that one…

Slow Mo Jump Diving Back Into MAX PAYNE (2001)

Jul 08, 2025 59m

In 2001, I was 13 years old and Max Payne’s grimace in marketing material for the game MAX PAYNE looked badass and the Xbox? It looked even more badass. MARIO KART? Hell no I wanted man in leather…

PODCAST TIME - ALAN WAKE 2 aka OLD PEOPLE ARE SCARY SIMULATOR

May 30, 2025 1h 8m

*taps mic* ahem We are back! Hello all! Mitch and I have returned to discuss the wildest, weirdest and greatest(?) game Remedy has blessed us with. Part survival horror and part lightbulb swap puzzle…

Back to the Remedy-Verse with CONTROL or The Concrete Throwing Simulator

Apr 01, 2025 1h 28m

Hello all! Getting ahead of the Switch 2 Direct dropping tomorrow to give your ears our chit chat on Remedy’s 2019 game, Control. But a Switch 2 presentation is pretty exciting, y’all! I mean, we…

QUANTUM BREAK - Time Has Been Kind to this Ambitious Title

Feb 27, 2025 1h 9m

Hello all, In 2016, Microsoft published QUANTUM BREAK which was the next project from developer Remedy. After the ho-hum financial success of ALAN WAKE, MS told Remedy that they didn’t want an ALAN…

Alan Wake but 15 Years Later (AKA Enemies Spawn Behind You Simulator)

Jan 22, 2025 1h 42m

Hello all! Mitch and I are taking a dive into the Remedy-verse for the first part of the year. Our first target is Alan Wake, the 2010 survival horror shine-flashlight-at-everything simulator that…

Talkin' GEARS TACTICS - The Coalition Was On to Something

Jan 08, 2025 1h 39m

Hello all, We are back after an unplanned December break with our first podcast of 2025. This week Mitch and I talk about the most recent Gears title to be developed. In 2020, The Coalition and…

Episode 20: Gears of Fall Part Deux - Revisiting Gears 5

Nov 24, 2024 1h 51m

Hello all! Gears of Fall continues for Mitch 💀 and myself with GEARS 5! The first first entry where the “OF WAR” was dropped from the title. Why? Creative-heads said that fans shortened the title…

Episode 19: SPOOOKY Time w/Blair Witch (2019) VIDJO JAME

Oct 25, 2024 1h 36m

Hello all, This week Mitch and I take on Bloober Team’s Blair Witch game that, upon internet searching, caused GRIEF for horror fans. Mitch and I don’t see it because we both enjoyed our time with…

Episode 18: Gears of Fall Part Deux - Revisiting Gears of War 4

Oct 04, 2024 1h 37m

Hello all, We are back to talk Gears of War! A whole year has gone by since the first Gears of Fall adventure. This season there are fewer games and books to talk about (and maybe not as memorable)…

Podcast Episode 17: Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 but 10 Years Later (AKA WTF GUYS)

Sep 13, 2024 1h 50m

Hello all! Mitch and I are back to talk more Castlevania this week with Lords of Shadow 2. A few months ago we discussed the first Lords of Shadow which I feel is a mixed bag but overall enjoyable…

Episode 16: Dante's Inferno but 14 Years Later (AKA 9 CIRCLES OF A CUCK)

Jul 31, 2024 1h 24m

Hello all, This month Mitch and I tackle the most over-marketed video game of all time, 2010’s Dante’s Inferno. I mean, if it’s not the most over-marketed, it is up there. But video game financials…

Episode 15: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (AKA SENUA IS BIG MAD NOW)

Jul 06, 2024 1h 36m

Hello all! Excited to drop this hot episode in your laps - we have worked our way to Ninja Theory’s latest release which is a followup to 2017’s Hellblade. Hellblade 2 was released at the end of May…

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