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The 2017 Game Of The Year nominees have been announced! With such an incredible year for gaming, these titles definitely deserve their status as the best of the bunch. Or do they? Ryan and Josh discuss the nominees from multiple categories and give their opinions on a certain games appearance. They also dive into this […]

This week, Ubisoft made the comment that the believe the next gen of consoles is about 2 years away. Ryan and Josh sit down to discuss what they think about that. Is it too soon? Too far away? How does that make the PS4PRO and Xbox One X buyers feel? They also dive into this […]

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is released TODAY, and thanks to Sony Australia, Josh was lucky enough to get his hands on a review code for the game. Set in the snowy north, The Frozen Wilds takes you on an epic adventure, expanding on the original story with new lore, weapons, and most importantly, […]

Oh my what a week! Coming off a busy weekend at PAX Ryan and Josh have finally had time to dip into all the huge games that came out last week. Namely, Assassins Creed: Origins and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus! They also dissect all the biggest announcements from Paris Games Week 2017! They also […]

After an exhausting weekend at PAX Australia 2017, Ryan and Josh are joined by Joel of www.ani-game.com. They sit down to discuss their PAX Adventures and give their opinions on the future of single player video games. They also dive into this weeks gaming news and what games are hitting shelves and digital storefronts this […]

This week, EA announced the closure of Visceral studios, leaving the fate of their single player Stars Wars game unknown. Is this move justified, or does it display a lack of faith in single player experiences from EA going forward? Ryan and Josh discuss what this could mean for the industry, and give their first […]

The ESRB same out and said that loot boxes are in fact not considered gambling, to them at least. We thought of think differently. Ryan and Josh are joined this week by Buddy from Review Culture to tackle this controversial topic. They also dive into this weeks gaming news and what games are hitting shelves […]

This week Ryan and Josh PlayStation in an unusual location.. their hotel room at EB Expo 2017. After spending time at the EB Expo media preview and Saturday public session they were able to break down EVERYTHING PlayStation Australia brought to the yearly conference. The guys got hands on with many big titles like: Detroit: […]

Another week, another episode of For The Players: The PopCulturists PlayStation Podcast and another person complaining about gaming culture and how horrid it is…. Wait…. this person is IN the games industry? What? An article by Jason Schreier for Kotaku has him discussing how game developers want to be more candid with gamers however they […]

Tokyo Game Show 2018 has come and gone, and with PlayStation being a Japanese company you know they are going to have a conference. As Ryan looked around the internet all he could find was outlandish predictions and expectations for the TGS conference. Now post conference, almost all of them were wrong. Completely wrong! So […]

The PopC Community is divided! Half of us are playing Destiny 2 and the others are on Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds. Both games are fantastic! Ryan and Josh will tell you why you need to play both. Can you guess who has been playing what? Also the news of the week, such as: Bruce Straley leaves […]

Everybody knows that when Destiny launched in 2014 it was a little lackluster. It was missing almost all the “ambitious story” that we were promised. But with the release of Destiny 2 this month, Has Activision and Bungie launched the game the original should have been? In short, yes! In long, jump on in to […]

Imagine it! A Grand Theft Auto movie. Wouldn’t it be magical?   Ryan and Josh thought exactly that. This week they guys take a look at a much overused topic of conversation but throw their own spin on it. Who will get cast? Who would direct? What OTHER games could make their way onto the […]

Like sands through the hourglass, here comes another month for movies and video games. As September begins we start making our way into the busiest period for games and blockbuster movies. But are you unsure what to check out this month? Well Ryan and Josh have you covered with all the releases that matter for […]

With the release of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle around the corner and the announcement that Final Fantasy and Assassins Creed will be creating content together, it got Ryan and Josh thinking. What cross-overs do we truly want to see? Will it be games of a similar vein coming together or two completely separate genres? […]

Thanks to Playstation Australia, The PopCulturists have been lucky enough to get early access to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and review it for you, The PopC Community. Set after the events of Uncharted 4, Chloe is on the hunt for the Tusk of Ganesh and has enlisted the help of Nadine. The Lost legacy see […]

Micro-transactions are garbage to begin with, but when they are put into a full priced AAA single-player game… Nope! With the announcement that Warner Bros. and Monolith have shoe-horned xp boosts, loot boxes, and orc-for-cash Ryan and Josh were simply not pleased. Why the hell should they be here? It just seems so dirty! And […]

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg made this statement at a recent Investors Call: “Destiny is so engaging that the follow-on content is almost as important if not as important as the main game”. This is an interesting statement to make. It seemed to hit Josh the wrong way this week and he decided to bring […]

The cost of PlayStation Plus id going up! But why? At time of posting Sony is yet to state exactly WHY there is an increase in the PS Plus service across Australia and Europe. Where is the money going? Will it “build better services”? Will it help revamp the PSN? Is it to do with […]