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Episode 35: Lego Batman Trilogy - Playing with studs in the manosphere
In this episode, we discuss the game(s) Epic gave away from September 19 to September 26, 2019, the Lego Batman Trilogy. We discuss the legacy of both superheroes and lego, the gender politics of…
Episode 34: Conarium - Click the mute button to make xenophobia disappear!
In this episode, we discuss the game Epic gave away from September 12 to September 19, 2019, the Lovecraft-inspired horror walking simulator from 2017, Conarium. This game allows us to consider…
Episode 33: The End is Nigh - You have to know cosmology to get poop humor
In this episode, we discuss the game epic gave away from September 5 to September 12, 2019, the platformer from 2017 The End is Nigh. We discuss whether dark humor can be pulled off in games, the…
Episode 32: Abzu - Back off Cthulhu, we have Shark Jesus
In this episode, we discuss the game Epic gave away September 5 - September 12, 2019, the 2016 underwater adventure game Abzu. We discuss the use of mythology within video games as source material,…
Episode 31: Celeste - Canadian sense and sensibility
In this episode we discuss the game Epic gave away from August 29 to September 5, 2019, the platformer and indie darling Celeste. We focus a lot on mental health in games and also the way that U.S.…
Episode 30: Inside - Blob is beautiful
In this episode, we discuss the game that Epic gave away from August 29 to September 5, 2019, the 2016 puzzle platformer Inside. During the conversation, we consider whether indie studios should…
Episode 29: Fez - Legally distinct circular transportation ducts
In this episode we discuss the game that was given away from August 22 to August 29, 2019, the puzzle platformer from 2012, Fez. We discuss the impacts of the historical game transition from 2D to…
Episode 28: Hyper Light Drifter - American Horror Story: Insurance
In this episode, we discuss the game Epic gave away from August 15 to August 22, 2019, Hyper Light Drifter. This allows us to have conversations about the ideal gaming console (with a shout out to…
Episode 27: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - Don't make me do math
In this episode, we discuss the game Epic gave away from August 15 to August 22, 2019, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. We had conversations about how media deals with imagining the future, the genre…
Episode 26: GNOG - Carnival of the joyful posthuman eg(gnog)calypse
In this episode, we discuss the 2017 puzzle game GNOG, which Epic gave away from August 8 to August 15, 2019. In this conversation we get into some practical conversations (around music,…
Episode 25: For Honor - Your Permissions Ubisuck
In this episode, we discuss the second game Epic gave away from August 2 to August 9, 2019, the multiplayer online battle arena game, For Honor. This allows us to discuss the phenomenon of online…
Episode 24: Alan Wake - Asians Don't Like Twin Peaks
In this episode, we discuss the game that Epic gave away from August 2 to August 9, 2019, the 2010 game Alan Wake. This allows us to cover topics like asking what makes something scary, to…
Special Episode 1: The Epic-est Games So Far (2025) - The Games, They Touch Me Man
In this special episode, we discuss what games - of the 23 games Epic gave away that we played in 2025 - were the top five games for each of us. We also discuss which we thought were the two worst…
Episode 23: Moonlighter - In the Soviet Union, we have auto-stack!
In this episode, we discuss the game that Epic gave away July 25 to August 2, 2019, the 2018 game Moonlighter, which we may describe as an Ebenezer Scrooge McDuck Simulator. The conversation allows…
Episode 22: This War of Mine - "Are the Children Going to Eat me?" (Ernest Hemingway, probably)
In this episode, we discuss the game that Epic gave away from July 25 to August 2, 2019, This War of Mine. We cover what makes a good war film and game, the role of war as a theme, the ethics of…
Episode 21: Limbo - Even Hell is Better With Your Friends!
In this episode, we discuss the game that Epic gave away July 18 to July 25, 2019, the 2010 puzzle game Limbo. This allows us to revisit conversations like games as art and difficulty in games, as…
Episode 20: Torchlight - Even My Cat Has Hegemonic Masculinity
In this episode, we discuss the game that Epic gave away from July 11 to July 18, 2019, the 2009 dungeon crawler/Diablo-like Torchlight. In the conversation we cover the role of basic, non-offensive…
Episode 19: Overcooked! - Clack Your Tongs, Masculine Onion Man
In this episode, we explore the game that Epic gave away for free from July 4 to July 11, 2019, the 2016 cooking sim game Overcooked! We discuss real world cooking, being alone in a failed kitchen…
Episode 18: Last Day of June - No Eyes, So Creepy (Also, Screw You Ted Hughes)
In this episode, we discuss the game Epic gave away from June 27 to July 4, 2019, Last Day of June. We focus on the aesthetics and styles of games, life as a form of tragedy, and sound and music. The…
Episode 17: Rebel Galxy - Tokyo Drifting in SPAAAAACCCE!!!!
In this episode we discuss Rebel Galaxy, which Epic gave away from June 20 to 27, 2019. We cover topics that range from the scope of games to the use of music and voiced dialogue. We also, because of…
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Epic Free Game Reviews has published 36 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Leisure, Technology.
Epic Free Game Reviews is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 5m.
